Winners

1. Matthew Hicks
2. Peter Balderson
3. Devin Cline & John Hay (tied)

Numbers

Due: Fri Feb 20, 2004 23:59:59 EST
Please submit your code via WebWork (click here for directions). If you do not submit code, the code you submitted for the project will automatically be entered on your behalf. Please ensure that you follow all directions and naming conventions as described in the project 2 description. For questions about the tournament contact Steve Marlowe.

Bonus Points

The tournament will be worth up to 3% of your final grade and will be scored as follows:

• 1st place - 3% final grade
• 2nd place - 2% final grade
• 3rd place - 1% final grade

Tournament Rules

1. To compete in the tournament you must first qualify. The qualification process consists of playing your player against a default player that I select (probably iso-random-player) in a match of 9 rounds. If you beat the default player the majority of the time (>= 5 times) you will be qualified and will move on to the tournament. I reserve the right to tweak parameters of the game, for example time-left and possibly board size and opponent) in order to ensure that the qualification process sufficiently narrows the field of competitors.
2. Once qualified, your player will be played against every other qualified player starting as both the x and as the y. The number of overall wins will be tallied, and will be used as the basis for determining who the tournament winners are. Ties will be broken by considering who won when the tied players competed against each other. Additional measures such as playoffs may also be employed as needed. Again I reserve the right to tweak parameters of the game in order to ensure a winner.
3. If your player causes any type of error, either during loading or at runtime, it will be disqualified from the tournament. You should check your code before submitting, as I've noticed a handful of project 2 submissions have encountered errors during grading.