IMM07: Survivor Bot Challenge (rename when posting)

Effie Trinket
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IMM07: Survivor Bot Challenge (rename when posting) Nov 4, 2019 6:52:01 GMT

Post by Effie Trinket on Nov 4, 2019 6:52:01 GMT

In an actual round about surviving, what's more appropirate than actually playing survivor?! Today you are putting your skills to use to see if you can outwit your competitors

Each pair will work together to make a Survivorbot and enter it into a subgame of Survivor. Your bot will need to have three things:

1) Stats. You have 100 points to spend among three stats: STRENGTH, SPEED, and SMARTS. This will affect how your Survivorbot performs in the challenges. Please use positive whole numbers only.

2) TC Strategy. Create a set of rules for how your Survivorbot will vote in Tribal Councils. This can be anything from "Always vote for the bot with the second-highest SPEED" to 30 lines of IF-THEN clauses depending on what round it is. You will never vote for yourself. Here are the criteria that your bot is aware of:

* Stats of other bots
* Who each bot voted for in the game so far
* Which bot won which challenges
* How many votes each bot has received at TC

Things your bot SPECIFICALLY does not know:
The names of the other bots
Results of future challenges.

3) Jury strategy. Include a rule for how your Survivorbot will vote should it reach the 3-member Jury panel.

There will be eight immunity challenges.

Challenge 1 will be won by the highest SPEED. Ties will be broken by highest SMARTS.

Challenge 2 will be won by the highest SMARTS. Ties will be broken by highest STRENGTH.

Challenge 3 will be won by the highest STRENGTH. Ties will be broken by highest SMARTS.

Challenge 4 will be won by the highest SMARTS. Ties will be broken by highest SPEED.

Challenge 5 will be won by the highest SPEED. Ties will be broken by highest STRENGTH.

Challenge 6 will be won by the bot with the most STRENGTH. Ties will be broken by highest SPEED.

A final note. If your TC algorithm makes it impossible to decide on a vote, your Survivorbot will overheat and have to be removed from the game. This will skip that particular Tribal Council. If multiple Survivorbots overheat at the same time, the game will be shortened by the appropriate number of challenges.

You have 24 hours to submit your bot, and we will have results within 24 hours of submissions.

Any questions? Please contact a mod (that handy dandy district forum is great for that). DO NOT COLLABORATE WITH OTHER DISTRICTS IN THIS CHALLENGE.

Good luck!

Last Edit: Mar 9, 2020 5:15:01 GMT by Effie Trinket

Katniss Everdeen
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Never forget Gale

IMM07: Survivor Bot Challenge (rename when posting) Jan 14, 2020 5:22:58 GMT

Post by Katniss Everdeen on Jan 14, 2020 5:22:58 GMT

16 bots? Good luck. Is there a limit on the length of code? When I did Big Brother Bots, I had one player write a ridiculous code and it got annoying. It was more trouble than what is worth.

Your challenge numbers and jury total do not seem to match, did you intend this to be later in the game?

Survivorbots is quite ripe for loophole searching. Can numbers be non-integers or non-negative for point distribution?

How is a winner determined? In a team challenge - how is this determined?

What is deadline - and how much time is spent on determining the winner?

Seneca Crane
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IMM07: Survivor Bot Challenge (rename when posting) Feb 20, 2020 7:44:18 GMT

Post by Seneca Crane on Feb 20, 2020 7:44:18 GMT

SPOILER: Click to show

Posted by Caesar Flickerman

Welcome back folks and what a Cornucopia that was! It had my heart pounding for sure, seeing people just sneak through. 16 Tributes remain. How excited are you all?

...

Now that we have gone through the most intense phase of the Games, it is time to watch our Tributes transition into long term survival. This is where they will make their plans and preparations, which will obviously be broadcast to all of you. As a special treat, we have our Tech Team on standby, and we will be conducting a simulation right here and right now to give you a taste for the future.

Each Pair will work together to create a Survivorbot, who will be entered into a subgame of Survivor. They will need the following:

1) Stats: You will have 100 points to spend between STRENGTH, SAVVINESS, and SOCIABILITY. This will affect how your Survivorbot performs in challenges. You will choose only positive, whole numbers.

2) TC Strategy: You will create a set of rules for how your Survivorbot will vote in Tribal Council. This can be anything from "Always vote for the Survivorbot with the second highest SAVVINESS" to 30 lines of IF-THEN statements. Your Survivorbot cannot vote itself, so it will not be included as an option when processing TC Strategy. Your Survivorbot is aware of the following:

* Stats of other Survivorbots
* Who each Survivorbot has voted for
* Which Survivorbot has won which challenges
* How many votes each Survivorbot has received at each Tribal Council

Your Survivorbot is specifically unaware of the following:

* The names of other Survivorbots
* Results of future challenges

3) Jury Strategy: You will create a rule for how your Survivorbot will vote between the Two Finalists if it is on the Jury. Jury begins at Final 5.

There will be six immunity challenges:

Challenge 1 will be won by the highest SAVVINESS. Ties will be broken by highest SOCIABILITY.

Challenge 2 will be won by the highest SOCIABILITY. Ties will be broken by highest STRENGTH.

Challenge 3 will be won by the highest STRENGTH. Ties will be broken by highest SOCIABILITY.

Challenge 4 will be won by the highest SOCIABILITY. Ties will be broken by highest SAVVINESS.

Challenge 5 will be won by the highest SAVVINESS. Ties will be broken by highest STRENGTH.

Challenge 6 will be won by the bot with the most STRENGTH. Ties will be broken by highest SAVVINESS.

If there is a tie at Tribal Council, there will be a revote between the tied Survivorbots. If there is still a tie after that, we will got to Rocks. Additionally if your TC Strategy makes it impossible to decide a vote, your Survivorbot will overheat and be removed from the game. That Tribal Council will be skipped. If multiple Survivorbots overheat at the same time, the game will be shortened by the appropriate number of challenges.

You have 24 hours to submit and name your Survivorbot, and we will have results within 24 hours of submission.

You may not collaborate with any other Districts for this challenge.

Please contact a moderator if you have any questions, and may the odds be ever in your favor!

Last Edit: Mar 18, 2020 7:56:02 GMT by Caesar Flickerman

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Effie Trinket
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IMM07: Survivor Bot Challenge (rename when posting) Mar 17, 2020 6:35:22 GMT

Post by Effie Trinket on Mar 17, 2020 6:35:22 GMT

~Posted by Caesar~

Welcome back folks! Now that we have gone through the most intense phase of the Games, it is time to watch our final ten Tributes transition into the final stages of this Game. This is where they will make their plans and preparations, which will obviously be broadcast to all of you. As a special treat, we have our Tech Team on standby, and we will be conducting a simulation right here and right now to give you a taste for the future.

Each Pair will work together to create a Survivorbot, who will be entered into a subgame of Survivor. They will need the following:

1) Stats: You will have 100 points to spend between STRENGTH, SAVVINESS, and SOCIABILITY. This will affect how your Survivorbot performs in challenges. You will choose only positive, whole numbers.

2) TC Strategy: You will create a set of rules for how your Survivorbot will vote in Tribal Council. This can be anything from "Always vote for the Survivorbot with the second highest SAVVINESS" to 30 lines of IF-THEN statements. Your Survivorbot cannot vote itself, so it will not be included as an option when processing TC Strategy. Your Survivorbot is aware of the following:

* Stats of other Survivorbots
* Who each Survivorbot has voted for
* Which Survivorbot has won which challenges
* How many votes each Survivorbot has received at each Tribal Council

Your Survivorbot is specifically unaware of the following:

* The names of other Survivorbots
* Results of future challenges

3) Jury Strategy: You will create a ruleset for how your Survivorbot will vote between the Two Finalists if it is on the Jury. All non-finalist Bots will be on the jury!

There will be three immunity challenges:

Challenge 1 will be won by the highest SAVVINESS. Ties will be broken by highest SOCIABILITY.

Challenge 2 will be won by the highest SOCIABILITY. Ties will be broken by highest STRENGTH.

Challenge 3 will be won by the highest STRENGTH. Ties will be broken by highest SAVVINESS.

If there is a tie at Tribal Council, there will be a revote between the tied Survivorbots. If there is still a tie after that, we will go to Rocks. Additionally if your TC Strategy makes it impossible to decide a vote, your Survivorbot will overheat and be removed from the game. That Tribal Council will be skipped. If multiple Survivorbots overheat at the same time, the game will be shortened by the appropriate number of challenges. If any time there is a tie for any challenge that cannot be broken by the aforementioned tiebreakers, no bot will win immunity.

If there is for any reason an inability to determine a winner at Final Tribal Council specifically, we will consult the following tiebreaker layers:

1. Won the most challenges

2. Highest SOCIABILITY

3. Received lowest amount of votes at prior tribal councils

4. Voted for by the best placing juror Bot with a valid ruleset

You have 36 hours to submit and name your Survivorbot, and we will have results within 48 hours of submission (to let us judge).

You may not collaborate with any other Districts for this challenge.

Please contact a moderator if you have any questions, and may the odds be ever in your favor!

Last Edit: Mar 18, 2020 19:57:33 GMT by Caesar Flickerman

Caesar Flickerman
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IMM07: Survivor Bot Challenge (rename when posting) Mar 21, 2020 1:10:41 GMT

Post by Caesar Flickerman on Mar 21, 2020 1:10:41 GMT

Esteemed viewers, I have 5 charming robots to introduce:

Representing District 3 is Cantor's Bot with 100 SAVVINESS, 0 SOCIABILITY and 0 STRENGTH
Representing District 7 is Deforester with 2 SAVVINESS, 31 SOCIABILITY and 67 STRENGTH
Representing District 8 is Wall-E with 42 SAVVINESS, 24 SOCIABILITY and 34 STRENGTH
Representing District 10 is Beetlebot with 100 SAVVINESS, 0 SOCIABILITY and 0 STRENGTH

Representing District 12 is kanban with 33 SAVVINESS, 33 SOCIABILITY and 34 STRENGTH

Two of these bots have fully maximized their SAVVINESS and have identical stats. It remains to be seen whether their Tribal Council programming is similar as well. One bot has favored STRENGTH over SAVVINESS, while the remaining two have rather middling stats. Which set of stats will prove most beneficial? We're accepting your bets!

And now, for our first Immunity challenge: a test of SAVVINESS (tiebreaker: SOCIABILITY)! Cantor's Bot and Beetlebot are so neck-in-neck that we ultimately declare no one wins immunity!

At the first tribal council,
Cantor's Bot votes for Deforester based on its strength
Deforester votes for kanban based on its sociability
Wall-E votes for kanban based on its (second highest) strength
Beetlebot votes for kanban based on its sociability
kanban votes for Deforester based on its sociability

...

kanban is eliminated in a close 3-2 vote.

We have a battle of SOCIABILITY (tiebreaker: STRENGTH) for the second immunity challenge. Deforester wins!

It's now time for the second tribal council:

...

Wall-E overheats. It wanted to vote based on highest strength, and had no programming to resolve the tie between Cantor's Bot and Beetlebot.

Wall-E, based on its strength, would have been voted for by Cantor's Bot and Beetlebot. Deforester would have voted for Cantor's Bot based on a calculation that penalized Cantor's Bot for voting for it in the previous round. However, overheating skips the tribal council, so none of these votes count. It's merely relevant that these other bots did not also overheat!

It's down to 3. Who will fall short before the finale?

At the third Immunity challenge, the bots' STRENGTH (tiebreaker: SAVVINESS) is being put to the test! Wow, what a result! Deforester has made an immunity run to the end. That is, if it manages not to overheat.

At the third tribal council, our sole voter is Deforester.

...

...

what's this?

Deforester wanted to vote for the bot with most challenges won, but neither Cantor's Bot nor Beetlebot won a challenge.

Deforester wanted to vote for the bot with the least votes received, but neither Cantor's Bot nor Beetlebot received any votes thus far.

Deforester thus votes for the Bot that voted in the majority the most, which is Beetlebot.

Congratulations to Deforester and Cantor's Bot on making the Final 2! You both have done your Districts proud.

This is the moment we've all been waiting for. Who will win our Final Tribal Council?

kanban votes for Deforester based on its challenge prowess.

... One vote for Deforester.

Wall-E, using its first tiebreaker layer, votes for Cantor's Bot based on its SAVVINESS.

... That's a tie. One vote for Deforester and one vote for Cantor's Bot.

It all comes down to our final juror! Beetlebot votes for the bot that received the most votes over the course of the game.

...

Deforester wins this Survivor Bot Game 2-1 and wins immunity for District 7!

District 7 as the immune pair will give a ranked preference list for who will go to the Eliminator. Other Districts will need to submit their primary and secondary votes. This voting phase will end at 8 PM PDT on 3/21.

Last Edit: Mar 21, 2020 3:23:45 GMT by Caesar Flickerman