I didn’t know about __new__(), I only knew about redifining methods, so based on what you knew, your reasoning was correct.
I knew no one before starting the clique. Lanrian joined the same way as the others. If anything, Lanrian was suspicious because they insisted we put the random.seed() inside move() and make it pseudorandom so that simulators can accurately emulate our behaviour. The reason they gave was to better collaborate, and have the simulators play 2 against 3 instead of 3 against 3. I was mildly convinced and I still am suspicious of that move. They only late in the week reported the weakness, after you and philh passed on the chance to do so. But they did so soon after I showed them the code.
I was really paranoid about this and I feel you could have used this somehow.
The secrecy on the members was used to:
prevent members and potential members from worrying if there were too few current members. That was the purpose I had in mind when I made that choice. A few days before the end I still was not sure we’d be enough. I was also worried some members would drop if we were too little. So the 2 members who joined in the last 2 days really helped.
avoid any collusion between members that would not include me. And more generally receive any valuable information that members would like to share.
So I used that advantage only in a defensive way. But I did receive an offer that did inform me on more offensive uses, and impacted my payload, which I will elaborate on if the sender allows it.
I didn’t know about __new__(), I only knew about redifining methods, so based on what you knew, your reasoning was correct.
I knew no one before starting the clique. Lanrian joined the same way as the others. If anything, Lanrian was suspicious because they insisted we put the random.seed() inside move() and make it pseudorandom so that simulators can accurately emulate our behaviour. The reason they gave was to better collaborate, and have the simulators play 2 against 3 instead of 3 against 3. I was mildly convinced and I still am suspicious of that move. They only late in the week reported the weakness, after you and philh passed on the chance to do so. But they did so soon after I showed them the code.
The secrecy on the members was used to:
prevent members and potential members from worrying if there were too few current members. That was the purpose I had in mind when I made that choice. A few days before the end I still was not sure we’d be enough. I was also worried some members would drop if we were too little. So the 2 members who joined in the last 2 days really helped.
avoid any collusion between members that would not include me. And more generally receive any valuable information that members would like to share.
So I used that advantage only in a defensive way. But I did receive an offer that did inform me on more offensive uses, and impacted my payload, which I will elaborate on if the sender allows it.
I stand by my reasoning! As long as we don’t yield to bullying, simulators are our friends, ensuring that the maximum payout is always payed out.