AIST S4 results
AIST S4 results are published. Despite my optimism, Steamhammer scored 0-2 in its first match then 0-2 in the loser’s bracket to be the first knocked out, as in the past. In fact, it is the worst result ever; in its other two tries, Steamhammer scored 1-4 rather than 0-4 as here.
Here are the results in crosstable form, counting games, players in rank order. The tournament counted matches, not games, so you can’t directly read off the tournament results from here. But it may give a different perspective.
| # | bot | overall | star | purp | will | drag | bana | stea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stardust | 7-2 | 5-1 | * | * | 2-1 | * | |
| 2 | purplewave | 7-6 | 1-5 | 4-0 | 2-1 | * | * | |
| 3 | willyt | 4-5 | * | 0-4 | 2-1 | * | 2-0 | |
| 4 | dragon | 4-5 | * | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | * | |
| 5 | bananabrain | 4-4 | 1-2 | * | * | 1-2 | 2-0 | |
| 6 | steamhammer | 0-4 | * | * | 0-2 | * | 0-2 |
I watched the replays. PurpleWave 2-1 Dragon after Dragon crashed twice; the first game was a convincing win by Dragon. Again versus WillyT, Dragon won once and crashed twice. PurpleWave tried to counter Stardust with reavers, but suffered when bottlenecked at ramps. If you want the best games, I recommend the ones named in the replay pack Series 2, G1, and Series 10, G1.
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Edmund Nelson on :
As evidenced by steamhammer going 0-4 the skill of the average participant in this tournament was extremely high.
I doubt stardust will beat a B or A level ladder player though, but since brood war is slowly dying as a game there isn't much time left before human skill level degrades to the point where bots will be on top.
Tully Elliston on :
I would expect that Humans can adapt to a single well executed approach, much better than AIs can, so being unpredictable or at least varied is more important when fighting vs meat.