Bot tournament wrap-up and show-and-tell
summary
A weekend tournament runs 327 bots from 20 people through 39,169 games of Connect Four with an opcode limit per move (small CPU/opcode budget). The top entry is not minimax version 25, which wins 220 of 240 matches; many top bots use simple local checks (win-next, block-next) rather than full minimax. Prizes note an unclaimed beginner prize, a tie for worst-in-show, a one-hit-wonder, goldfish bots that store no state, and a smallest bot measured at 7,277 AST nodes that still beats the high spots.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Tournament overview
- 2:05Top bot winner interview
- 7:48Prizes for beginners and worst bot
- 11:09One-hit wonder and goldfish prizes
- 16:26Smallest high-score killer
- 19:02Closing remarks
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