I notice I was slightly declining for a bit until round 10, where I started shooting up again. I’m not sure if it’s because I changed my strategy at that point and scored more or because a bunch of other people changed their strategy at that point and scored less. I think it’s more the latter, particularly increasing clone hostility.
Clones have slightly lost ground since last time. Without critical mass, their increasing hostility will hurt them more than the opponents. It looks like we’re heading for a repeat of history, with Measure as the Zvi to my David. Because MeasureBot always starts 3 in the endgame and I randomize 50⁄50, I think I slowly lose if its starting population is bigger than mine and it’s just us. If there are multiple endgame bots my more cooperative nature could be an advantage.
Actual Zvi’s BendBot has gained significant ground after being in the middle of the pack in earlier rounds. Maybe it handles the middle game especially well. LiamGoddard in fourth place is the highest ranked bot we haven’t gotten any explanation of.
The “true timeline” with AbstractSpyTreeBot is probably going to be this but more extreme, since ASTB feeds Measure even more.
Thanks! I figured it was in the spirit of a DefectBot to defect linguistically as well, and there was a tiny chance someone might be doing naive string-matching.
I notice I was slightly declining for a bit until round 10, where I started shooting up again. I’m not sure if it’s because I changed my strategy at that point and scored more or because a bunch of other people changed their strategy at that point and scored less. I think it’s more the latter, particularly increasing clone hostility.
Clones have slightly lost ground since last time. Without critical mass, their increasing hostility will hurt them more than the opponents. It looks like we’re heading for a repeat of history, with Measure as the Zvi to my David. Because MeasureBot always starts 3 in the endgame and I randomize 50⁄50, I think I slowly lose if its starting population is bigger than mine and it’s just us. If there are multiple endgame bots my more cooperative nature could be an advantage.
Actual Zvi’s BendBot has gained significant ground after being in the middle of the pack in earlier rounds. Maybe it handles the middle game especially well. LiamGoddard in fourth place is the highest ranked bot we haven’t gotten any explanation of.
The “true timeline” with AbstractSpyTreeBot is probably going to be this but more extreme, since ASTB feeds Measure even more.
Larks, excellent name choice for your AttackBot.
Thanks! I figured it was in the spirit of a DefectBot to defect linguistically as well, and there was a tiny chance someone might be doing naive string-matching.