It can store recordings, but not automatically. They're stored for 14 days and need to be "published" manually by me. So let me know if you want something specific.

krasi0

Germany21 Posts

January 16 2015 13:48 GMT

#62

I was thinking of the cases, when one misses out on their bot playing, e.g. during night time. Also, it might be useful to the blogger to fast-forward during more boring matches.

JakubTrancik

Slovakia1 Post

January 16 2015 13:55 GMT

#63

I deem the commentaries of the lower ranking bots to be comedy gold, please continue :D

Great thread overall, many thanks for your work

PS: Cannon micro with no living units can be hard work! (I guess i'm desperately searching for a cannon builder, that needs a fix :D)

LetaBot

Netherlands557 Posts

January 16 2015 23:29 GMT

#64

Rafal Poniatowski(T) vs. Denis Ivancik(Z):

So funny that it does not deserve spoiler tags (unfortunately no pictures).
Denis Ivancik opens up with.... 1 drone scout. No spawning pool or extra drones.
After defeating the drone scout, Rafal Poniatowski sends 3 vultures to destroy the enemy drone and hatchery.

After defeating the drones without the support of 20 marines and 3 tanks (dancing around in the middle) the vultures start attacking the hatchery. While the vultures are attacking the hatchery, the spider mine research finishes.

The moment that it finishes is the moment that all 3 vultures start planting mines.
Unfortunately for the vultures, the spider mines pop due to the larva, and the splash damage from the spider mines kill all three vultures. Yes, that is right, the only units lost by Rafal Poniatowski are the units killed by his own spider mines.

He did eventually destroy the hatchery and won.

Tomas Cere(P) vs. Dave Churchill(P):
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Tomas Cere opens with fast dragoon, Dave Churchil with fast zealot.
The dragoon micro stalled the zealot rush, but eventually Tomas Cere lost.
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nepeta

1872 Posts

January 17 2015 14:47 GMT

#65

It's been a while since I last wrote, but the tournament is still going strong. I've got some screenshot sets from yesterday and will do some lower ranked bots today. The top bots are all nice and dandy, but sometimes I feel the real charm of this AI competition lies in the good ideas that, for one reason or another, don't bear fruit.

Rafal Poniatowski (T) vs Marian Devecka (Z)

One of the few bots I rather watch as an opponent; if it doesn't crash the game on startup, it is a very impressive zerg. Good macro and a veery leetle dirty treeck!

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First lurkers get semi-repelled.

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Tanks pop for Poniatowski and the Devecka's attack is stopped completely.

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In the true spirit of zerg, massive amounts of lurker/ling are thrown at the bunker and tanks, often burrowing late.

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Poniatowski didn't scout anymore, which is a shame, because there must be some serious macro going on beneath the fog of war.

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Lift a rax out of spite... I feared half an hour of this screen burning in my screen, but then-

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5 minutes later a single hydra was created and drove it home!

Tomas Vajda (P) vs Florian Richoux (P)

Normally Vajda should have this, because although Richoux has a very decent protoss bot, the Carrier King has been doing very well so far -and no reason to suspect otherwise in the future.

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Both on 3-base, a couple of attacks have struck a cannon wall, and the first carriers are out.

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Richoux's ground forces take down Vajda's 3rd.

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Vajda's XIMP bot has 2 bases, Richoux 3. Now look at the time: 27:52: Mains and naturals are drying out. This will all come down to macro (I think).

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Vajda has stopped expanding, is not distance-mining, out of minerals! (not gas, obviously)

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Unfortunately, Richoux forgot to build anti-air, and the game for him is lost.

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Black White (P) vs Ludmila Nemsilajova (T)

Now a hidden gem. 21-6 in games, not up there with the very best but close behind, there is a slumbering taskmaster which has, by the looks of a first person video, a lot of power at its disposal. Nemsilajova is a bit down in the table, a punch-up may be inevitable, but lets look at the beauty of it all:

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Nemsilajova's text is superimposed upon by the broadcasting software, but look at the grid-mapping: scouting obviously is very important to this bot.

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~~Skynet~~Black White has run a combat sim, and thinks a probe may be victorious vs a building SCV... Also note the 'hitlist' in the top right: 1 command center and 1 depot known to be killed.

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Disregarding the fact that Nemsilajova's troops are not intent on defending themselves, the next combat sim predicted a zealot and a probe are up to another SCV. Not the build-order in green in the top left, and the something manager bottom right. Remind me to ask Black White's boss what that's all about, it looks pro.

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Main destroyed, mission accomplished, but why no gg?

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They are rebuilding, attack vector logged in (in zealot voice).

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Some more scouting happened (which I can't explain but must be in the code somewhere) and the expo was killed and all. gg!

I love debug info on first person videos!

Ivana Kellyerova (T) vs Marek Suppa (Z)

Two lesser gods, but in a battle of their own, each stands a chance.

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Minerals being mined, one of the first SCVs scouts...

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Shakespear wrote about it: All zerg are 5poolers...

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Cue starving and ignominious defeat...

Bjorn Persson Mattsson (P) vs Vojtech Jirsa (T)

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Marine pressure incoming? Is this another LetaBot?

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Defend the expo, cut them off at the pass!

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Marines scare easily, but they'll be back in numbers...

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This combat simulator, I didn't get the code book, is 100% correct: Marines do not fire upon dragoons unless they're 3 to 1. One good killed 6.

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If you don't want this, send them over the top, at least then you'll have a chance.

krasi0

Germany21 Posts

January 18 2015 13:48 GMT

#66

Now, when I think about it, you did well to devote more time on the lower ranked bots. Truth to be told, it's not an easy task to develop a good bot, hence a bot creator has to start from somewhere and then build on top of that foundation to achieve something decent.
Other commentors and I have been a bit extra critical / harsh on the chat, which seems to only do a disservice to the effort put into any bot and even worse - might as well discourage some newcomers from even trying. Now, that would be a net loss for the comminuty.

Anyway, enough ranting. Thanks again for the hilarious read!

nepeta

1872 Posts

January 18 2015 15:49 GMT

#67

The last hurrah

The round-robin phase of the tournament is over, expect a write-up soon about that. That said, there is one more game I would like to do:

Maja Nemsilajova (T) vs Adrian Sternmuller (Z)

I first heard of this game, when I heard the the words "Prepped and ready!". About 5 times. Then I heard it 10 times more. Switch to the stream, and this is what I saw:

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"We're a prophylactic unit (a)"

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Either a loose wire, or somebot about to one-up Nada's salvation army.

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"We're under attack!"

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"Around the last combat building, at the double, protective carre- FORM!"

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"Aaarghj!"

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The turret failed to hold off the rampaging hordes, gg.

krasi0

Germany21 Posts

January 18 2015 20:54 GMT

#68

So the hydras just bursted in, uninvited to the medical conference? What a shame! :D

Kittan

Poland3999 Posts

January 18 2015 22:40 GMT

#69

Thank you for the awesome writeups! Very interesting competition, as always.

nepeta

1872 Posts

January 19 2015 14:09 GMT

#70

Waiting for important communications from the university, I was nervous and bored, so here are some more reports.

Daniel Blackburn (Z) vs Jakub Trancik (P)

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A cannon-rusher vs a 5pooler, excitement and nail-biting!

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The forge did not survice this. Later the nexus got killed. Stalemate ensued...

Matej Istenik (T) vs Marian Devecka (Z)

Not S-class, but certainly A-class in AI land. Should be an even match, lets watch and find out!

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Choke being guarded...

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We're under attack!

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Mines and lurkers, and infantry...

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Target!

Wave upon wave rolls in...

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Terran holds!

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Hold the ridge and blast 'm!

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I said: "Hold the ridge..."

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1 base vs map into...

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gg! Devecka makes more lurkers each game (if she doesn't crash) than Lee Jaedong has ever seen!

ICELab (T) vs Soeren Klett (T)

Both tank-pushing, battle cruiser-using mofo terran, the game is on!

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ICELab has enemy choke detection and sends some tank to contain, while expanding furiously

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and dropping mercilessly.

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And again.

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Klett has been teching up to battle cruisers though, and clears the contain.

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ICELab send some vessels to inspect the destruction of siege tanks.

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Soon after, ICELab's cruisers arive to harass a factory.

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4 base battle cruiser bot engaged.

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Yamatoing depots...

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while getting matrixed in case the factory shoots back.

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Good thing the supply is capped at 200: gg!

Marek Suppa (Z) vs Denis Ivancik (Z)

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How not to stop a 5pool...

krasi0

Germany21 Posts

January 19 2015 15:03 GMT

#71

A fun FFA game between the following BWAPI bots: Overmind VS IceLab VS Skynet VS krasi0 v2.33.: http://www.broodwarai.com/forums/download/file.php?id=141
There are some other very good replays posted towards the end of this topic: http://www.broodwarai.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=659&start=45

sscaitournament

Czech Republic90 Posts

January 19 2015 15:46 GMT

#72

"How not to stop a 5pool..." nice :D

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

January 19 2015 15:49 GMT

#73

On January 20 2015 00:46 sscaitournament wrote:
"How not to stop a 5pool..." nice :D

I don't get it. Is it because the drone is attacking the eggs?

nepeta

1872 Posts

January 28 2015 19:25 GMT

#74

The clock is ticking.... for ~~BAD~~ NEW BLOOD!!!!!1

Simon Prins (T) vs Martin Rooijackers (T)

A new star ashines in the heavens: Simon Prins. From Utrecht, Netherlands. First match of him I saw on stream, his scvs didn't even mine. But I kept an eye on him and whenever I could catch a game, I caught it.

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