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pk6811s@acad.drake.edu writes:

>> 
>> I have had a request about the Valentine tournament.  With Winter upon us
>> and little else to do (now that the inauguration is over and the SuperBowl
>> nearly past), someone may wish to revive the tournament.  Unfortunately,
>> I am not currently in a position to do so.
>>

>This looks like a natural spinoff for King of the Hill.  Like this:

>    1. Everyone submits a warrior (by deadline)
>    2. Program assigns round-1 opponents
>    3. Program runs round-1 battles.
>    4. Program assigns round-2 opponents in winner/loser brackets
>    5. Program sends the participants their status and their
>       previous and next opponents' last warrior code.
>    6. Everyone (who is still in) submits a warrior (by deadline)
>    .
>    .  repeat 2-6 until there is only one participant left
>    .

	If the emphasis of the contest was to be on authors, rather than
programmers, it might be a worth informing contestants of their next
opponent before warriors are submitted (i.e. swap rounds 1 & 2),to 
heighten the "psychological warfare" aspect. Alternatively, if people
were to submit an "army" of warriors (say 3, or 4) at the beginning of
the contest,  each of which they were only allowed to use twice during
the ensuing rounds, then the accent would again be on overall
performance, but the pace of the tournament would be faster.
	Obviously, the latter suggestion would rely on competitors 
submitting genuinely different warriors, and might therefore be deemed
unimplementable. Even worse, neither suggestion solves the essential
problem of who would hold the competition - unfortunately I'm way to
busy at the moment...
	Si.


 


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