Introducing the first ever webDiplomacy Terminator Tournament!
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 10:54 pm
Introducing the first ever webDiplomacy Terminator Tournament!
As you can read about here, webDiplomacy’s development team has spent many months working with accredited researchers to create a formidable opponent to play against. It has been a pretty incredible journey for all of us involved, but the fun is only just beginning. In order to unveil this incredible new feature, I am hosting The Terminator Tournament, where your goal is simple: beat the bots.
This tournament is unique in a number of ways, but the most important distinction this tournament has is that you are never actually going to play against another human being. Your games are entirely dependent on you - the phases process when you confirm your orders, the games end when you want them to end (to a degree), and the only thing standing in your way of a solo is you. As such, this tournament is completely representative of your aptitude as a tactician and strategist. Your opponent will be equal to everyone else’s opponent. Your luck will be the same as everyone else’s luck. Ultimately, the results of this tournament are on you and only you.
The details:
There will be two rounds in this tournament and you will play 3 games in each round. The first round will start when you have received your invitation from me to play. It will end on September 30 at 7 PM CST. If your games are not finished by then, they will not be scored, and you will not move on. Round 2 will start immediately thereafter and will end after 10 more days. Only the top 20 scorers from round 1 will move on.
The scoring for this tournament is unique:
a.) At the start of each game, you will begin with 140 points.
b.) If the game draws, you will lose 20 points for each bot remaining in the game. For example, for a 3WD you will earn 100 points. For a 6WD, you will earn 40 points.
c.) If the game ends in a bot solo, you will lose all of your points for that game.
d.) If you are defeated, you will lose all of your points for that game.
e.) If you beat the bots, you will keep the 140 points you began with and earn a 60 point solo bonus, totaling 200 points.
Please do not be confused! Your entry fee is only 5 points, and your bet will be reimbursed when your games finish.
The points you earn in round 1 will determine whether or not you are among the top 20 moving on to round 2. At the beginning of round 2, your points will reset to 0 and everyone will start fresh.
If you make it to round 2, your points actually matter because you keep your round 2 winnings. If you solo all three of your round 2 games, you get to keep 600 points.
The winner of the tournament will receive 500 points. Second place will receive 250, and third place will receive 100.
Initial tiebreakers will be the number of solos per round, and secondary tiebreakers will be your most recent overall GR.
In order to play in this tournament, I need you to fill out this form indicating your interest: https://forms.gle/RdVRA4nL3kneL9Md7
You will be asked for your username and your three favorite countries to play. You will be able to play these three countries in the first round of the tournament. You will also be asked to agree to the tournament rules, which you will find below.
The rules:
You must play fairly! The bots don’t discriminate. They’re going to try and beat you. In many of your games, they probably will. If you are caught canceling games that don’t go so well and restarting them, you will be disqualified from this and future iterations of this tournament, and you will face further penalties at the discretion of the moderators as a result.
Finish your games on time! The bots confirm their orders within like… a third of a second. Tops. You have no excuse to take more than the allotted time to finish your games in each round. If you don’t finish, you won’t get scored, and if you don’t get scored, you won’t move on/win.
Play well! The bots aren’t here to be your punching bag. They’ll kick your ass if you don’t play smart.
The tl;dr:
This is a tournament where you play against robots, not other people. Sound cool? Sign up!
Once you have filled out the form above, I will send you a PM including instructions on how to begin your games. Please follow the instructions in that PM carefully so that you can begin playing against the first online Diplomacy artificial intelligence.
Read that last part again. Seriously, this is super cool.
Good luck.
As you can read about here, webDiplomacy’s development team has spent many months working with accredited researchers to create a formidable opponent to play against. It has been a pretty incredible journey for all of us involved, but the fun is only just beginning. In order to unveil this incredible new feature, I am hosting The Terminator Tournament, where your goal is simple: beat the bots.
This tournament is unique in a number of ways, but the most important distinction this tournament has is that you are never actually going to play against another human being. Your games are entirely dependent on you - the phases process when you confirm your orders, the games end when you want them to end (to a degree), and the only thing standing in your way of a solo is you. As such, this tournament is completely representative of your aptitude as a tactician and strategist. Your opponent will be equal to everyone else’s opponent. Your luck will be the same as everyone else’s luck. Ultimately, the results of this tournament are on you and only you.
The details:
There will be two rounds in this tournament and you will play 3 games in each round. The first round will start when you have received your invitation from me to play. It will end on September 30 at 7 PM CST. If your games are not finished by then, they will not be scored, and you will not move on. Round 2 will start immediately thereafter and will end after 10 more days. Only the top 20 scorers from round 1 will move on.
The scoring for this tournament is unique:
a.) At the start of each game, you will begin with 140 points.
b.) If the game draws, you will lose 20 points for each bot remaining in the game. For example, for a 3WD you will earn 100 points. For a 6WD, you will earn 40 points.
c.) If the game ends in a bot solo, you will lose all of your points for that game.
d.) If you are defeated, you will lose all of your points for that game.
e.) If you beat the bots, you will keep the 140 points you began with and earn a 60 point solo bonus, totaling 200 points.
Please do not be confused! Your entry fee is only 5 points, and your bet will be reimbursed when your games finish.
The points you earn in round 1 will determine whether or not you are among the top 20 moving on to round 2. At the beginning of round 2, your points will reset to 0 and everyone will start fresh.
If you make it to round 2, your points actually matter because you keep your round 2 winnings. If you solo all three of your round 2 games, you get to keep 600 points.
The winner of the tournament will receive 500 points. Second place will receive 250, and third place will receive 100.
Initial tiebreakers will be the number of solos per round, and secondary tiebreakers will be your most recent overall GR.
In order to play in this tournament, I need you to fill out this form indicating your interest: https://forms.gle/RdVRA4nL3kneL9Md7
You will be asked for your username and your three favorite countries to play. You will be able to play these three countries in the first round of the tournament. You will also be asked to agree to the tournament rules, which you will find below.
The rules:
You must play fairly! The bots don’t discriminate. They’re going to try and beat you. In many of your games, they probably will. If you are caught canceling games that don’t go so well and restarting them, you will be disqualified from this and future iterations of this tournament, and you will face further penalties at the discretion of the moderators as a result.
Finish your games on time! The bots confirm their orders within like… a third of a second. Tops. You have no excuse to take more than the allotted time to finish your games in each round. If you don’t finish, you won’t get scored, and if you don’t get scored, you won’t move on/win.
Play well! The bots aren’t here to be your punching bag. They’ll kick your ass if you don’t play smart.
The tl;dr:
This is a tournament where you play against robots, not other people. Sound cool? Sign up!
Once you have filled out the form above, I will send you a PM including instructions on how to begin your games. Please follow the instructions in that PM carefully so that you can begin playing against the first online Diplomacy artificial intelligence.
Read that last part again. Seriously, this is super cool.
Good luck.