The Grand Anti-SC competition! - Results!

quantum_mechani · #1 March 16th, 2005, 04:13 PM

Well, I'm pretty happy with my SC entry, Bam. He wracked up the second highest kills, while being probably the easiest to create in a normal game.

sushiboat · #2 March 16th, 2005, 04:39 PM

If there is a second contest, I would like to see Yvelina and Bam return without any changes. That way, we can see how the first contest's winner and runner-up do against the new creations.

FrankTrollman · #3 March 16th, 2005, 04:40 PM

In an arena the matches are random. Also, I think that enslave/hellbind heart/etc. are disabled in the arena. And I know for a fact that running away is disabled - so that would be the way to do it.

-Frank

Tuna · #4 March 16th, 2005, 06:19 PM

And you can wish for arena...

Anyway, i have made up my mind about the spell research: I will simply give all players enough research power to get to level 9 in all paths you have on your pretenders in just a couple of turns, and discard tech caps alltogether.

silhouette · #5 March 16th, 2005, 07:39 PM

This was a lot of fun to think about and watch Tuna -- thanks a lot for the time you spent! Maybe if some simple to maintain automations can be built, someone can setup some ongoing king-of-the-hill sort of matches, with a new battle every week, even with a couple of different hills with different rules (low-magic, w/ artifacts, no-pretenders, magic only, ...) ? Anyone recall corewars days?

I really expected someone to have sent an astral tempest golem, but I don't have the experience to know how to best equip him (SoS, Skullcap, Bone armor, regen, AMA, ???). I guess keeping enough pearls for a long series of 1 on 1's would be the biggest problem.

Sill

Endoperez · #6 March 16th, 2005, 08:14 PM

I suspected someone taking high-ish astral and casting Magic Duel. Against that 1 or 2 many had, it might have been worth the hassle... It would still have been risky, though.

tka · #7 March 17th, 2005, 06:03 AM

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Tuna said:
And you can wish for arena...

Anyway, i have made up my mind about the spell research: I will simply give all players enough research power to get to level 9 in all paths you have on your pretenders in just a couple of turns, and discard tech caps alltogether.

Lot easier if you use my All Researched -mod.
link

The .zip contains research level limiter mods also.

Chazar · #8 March 17th, 2005, 06:47 AM

What about ensuring some kind of all-round-sc capability? Each SC/Anti-SC is required to fight against 60 Militias, 30 Crossbows and 10 Knights before meeting the other SCs...

Of course, this would require a custom .map file and probably an artificial map containg 35 white dots linked like a wheel, but that shouldnt be much work to do...

Tuna · #9 March 17th, 2005, 06:59 AM

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Chazar said:
What about ensuring some kind of all-round-sc capability? Each SC/Anti-SC is required to fight against 60 Militias, 30 Crossbows and 10 Knights before meeting the other SCs...

Of course, this would require a custom .map file and probably an artificial map containg 35 white dots linked like a wheel, but that shouldnt be much work to do...

Why not just do like I did? Check the neighbour data in the save...
I can always add a province there somewhere.

Chazar · #10 March 17th, 2005, 08:29 AM

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Tuna said:Why not just do like I did? Check the neighbour data in the save...
I can always add a province there somewhere.

Why? Well, I guess because you are just more clever than I am...

You're completely right, sorry!