SSCAIT runs of upsets
I am amused: As I write, Steamhammer is ranked #11 in win rate in SSCAIT. It has played 4 games against players ranked higher—and won all of them. The games are 1-0 Krasi0P (I expect the second game to also be a win), 2-0 Killerbot by Marian Devecka, and 1-0 Hao Pan (the second game could go either way). All the losses that pushed Steamhammer down to #11 were against weaker players. That’s a change from last year, when Steamhammer performed consistently and had comparatively few upsets in either direction. Some losses are caused by bugs (0-1 XIMP by Tomas Vajda) or by Steamhammer’s standard weak play (0-1 AILien), but I think the lion’s share are due to poor opening choices by the opponent model: Steamhammer is performing inconsistently because it is thinking on its own.
Current #14 LetaBot by Martin Rooijackers has a similar record: It has played 6 games against higher-ranked players and won 5 of them, including its game against Steamhammer (it happens sometimes).
Overall, I think the biggest upset so far is #50 KillAll 1-0 #2 PurpleWave. Of course the tournament is only about 1/4 over.
Trackbacks
No Trackbacks
Comments
Barcode on :
WP by the author of PurpleWave!
MarcoDBAA on :
SAIDA is already beaten by 4 protoss bots, by Locutus with a DT rush, Bananabrain won by zealot rush (both shortly before the tournament, but SAIDA was updated then), krasi0P defeated him with a cannon rush and the carrier rush and contain by Purplewave now was also too much to handle.
The losses weren´t exactly brought about by very close games either. We´ll see if the learning can find solutions.
krasi0 on :
On top of that, cannon rushes typically don't fare well against Zergling rushes, so that explains my string of losses against many Zerg bots.
Jay Scott on :