Supreme Computer Cup

@maudlin27 You'll need to download the mods from the vault when the tournament starts, I'll be posting instructions on how to do that and detailed instructions on how the tournament will work before the tournament starts.

I'd love to play! some friends of mine have been playing against AI a lot recently and wishing for an AI that doesn't need cheats to be good-this is a good way for me to contribute!

@swkoll how do I sign up?

@rowanmorseyt Anyone who wants to sign up just makes a post in this thread saying that they want to participate and then show up tomorrow on FAF.

Can I sign up if I'm below 0 rank? (currently -140)

@gunner1069 Yep! I've signed you up.

Hm i have to sign out again, didn't notice its clashing with the 2v2 Tourney

Sorry but I also need to withdraw - won't be able to be online later today

i would like to sign up to try to beat some AIs that will most certainly destroy me

@swkoll i cant download some of the mods show as they dont show up in the faf launcher is there another place i can download them from? [mods in question
6.Sorian AI (creator Sorian): Adaptive and 3. Skouby AI (creator Skouby)]

Instructions for the tournament:

  1. Join the #computercup irc channel, you can do this by clicking the "+" in the chat window and typing "#computercup"
  2. Check what group you are in (below), this will determine which maps you play vs which AI. This ensures every AI plays each map a somewhat equal amount of time and players get different maps each game.
  3. Starting at 15:00 UTC, everyone is going to start playing their games vs AI using this chart below from top to bottom. Everyone's first game is vs RNGAI, then AI-Swarm etc.
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  4. Each AI mod will need to be downloaded from the vault (guide). Some AIs will require AI-Usevo to be active to work (RNGAI, AI-Swarm, Marlo's Sorian AI edit). If AI-Usevo is on please enable "Ai Map Marker Generator": "Autogenerate Always" in settings. (guide) Sorian AI is built into the client and does not require downloading.
  5. Host each game, all games should use default spawns (slot 1 vs slot 2), you can pick whatever faction you would like, AIs should be played on random, except for DilliDalli and Marlo's Sorian AI edit whose faction picks can be found in the chart where Yellow is Seraphim, Green is Aeon, Red is Cybran, and Blue is UEF. (hosting guide)
  6. Play each game and report the result in the #computercup channel (ie won vs Sorian AI)

Group 1:
IAMTHEPLOKOKIOPO
MajorTrouble
Group 2:
Protect
gonglinyuan
Group 3:
FemtoZetta
CowGod
Group 4:
graftod666
Dankmemes
Group 5:
NapSpan
Hemfast
Group 6:
Jip
ButelkaOlejku
Group 7:
Askaholic
coufounazeer
Group 8:
maudlin27
Fury
Group 9:
RandomWheelchair

@iamtheplokokiopo Sorian AI is built into the client and doesn't require downloading, Skouby's AI is actually called SACUAI and the post has been updated to reflect this.

Here's the list of games played:

edit: not all games have the right name - I forgot to edit them in between at times

A work of art is never finished, merely abandoned

Replay IDs for my games (AI lost them all):

A couple of points that struck me in particular while playing:
DilliDalli - I first played on the map with it as Sera (forgot it was meant to be Aeon) and the Com charged to an island alone allowing an easy kill with air.
Tried again with them as Aeon thinking it was just that it shouldve had hover units to support, but it did the same thing

SACU AI - the AI appeared to send all (or most) of it's land army out of the way to attack one wall segment that my Engi had built on an island before it died (there was nothing of value of mine nearby and I had no units there)

PoR - RNG AI - https://replay.faforever.com/14789914
Saltrock - Swarm - https://replay.faforever.com/14790411
Theta - SacuAI - https://replay.faforever.com/14790510
Emerald crater - dili dali - https://replay.faforever.com/14790595
Crossfire - Uveso - https://replay.faforever.com/14790706
Poalr depression - Sorian - https://replay.faforever.com/14790971
Open palms - Sorian Edit - https://replay.faforever.com/14791082

Imo the one with most potential is dili. Could see it kicking ass of some -200 - 300 rated players in ladder.

AI Map Replay comment
RNGAI Open Palms https://replay.faforever.com/14791086 forgot to turn on markers the first time, so this is the second attempt
AI-Swarm Summer Duel https://replay.faforever.com/14790327
SACUAI Cobalt Valley https://replay.faforever.com/14790415
AI: DilliDalli Point of Reach https://replay.faforever.com/14790493
AI-Uveso Saltrock Colony https://replay.faforever.com/14790667
Sorian AI Theta Passage https://replay.faforever.com/14790773
Sorian Edit Emerald Crater https://replay.faforever.com/14790869

Damn Femto, fancy

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Some things I noted while playing

SACU AI might've actually competed with me had it done any reclaim, it had ample opportunity but didn't

Sorian Edit didn't build any hydro plants

DilliDalli was VERY aggressive - I liked that, too many new players including myself have to learn to be aggressive and the AI generally aren't aggressive enough to teach that

AI Swarm gave me the most trouble and if it weren't for the 45 min time limit, it would've been a loss for me
I might've done better with a different faction(aeon probably) but regardless, well done to the dev

Also, I copied the graph from FemtoZetta-Very Nice

https://replay.faforever.com/14790162
https://replay.faforever.com/14790329
https://replay.faforever.com/14790775
https://replay.faforever.com/14790896
https://replay.faforever.com/14790994
https://replay.faforever.com/14791317
https://replay.faforever.com/14791498