hiatus starts to tail off

I have regained enough time and energy to make occasional posts. Expect a low level of activity.

I registered Steamhammer for AIIDE 2019. I rolled back the BWAPI 4.4.0 upgrade for now, but I have started to make a few other changes that I have strength for. Last year the AIIDE version of Steamhammer got a multi-page change list broken down by category; this year it will be a short list. I expect to upload versions to SSCAIT once or twice before the deadline, to try to catch any bugs I’m adding in.

Doing little may actually be good for tournament performance. Last year I added so many features that I was fixing bugs for months, and the current mostly-fixed version is performing well on BASIL. At the moment, Steamhammer is the top zerg. When it loses, the most frequent cause is a gross strategic blunder, and apparently Steamhammer’s wide choice of openings allows it to eventually learn to avoid most strategic blunders. A long tournament like AIIDE should show the same effect.

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Ecgberht on Friday, August 9. 2019:

Welcome back Jay!

Tully Elliston on Monday, August 12. 2019:

Good luck, don't go in with a blank learning file this time!

MicroDK on Monday, August 19. 2019:

Good to see you back on the horse... :D

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