Robot Prisoner's Dilemma - Mccoyn Wins - Round 2 in Limbo

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Robot Prisoner's Dilemma - Mccoyn Wins - Round 2 in Limbo

Post Post #0 (ISO) » Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:14 am

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It's 2548, and technology has advanced for even the lowest members of society. Nowadays, everyone commits their crime by radio-controlled robot breakins.

Of course, your robot and its partner have now been caught by the robopolice, and now we see who will stay faithful...

The Rules


Your robot will either choose "Friend" or "Foe," as will another player's partner robot.

Both "Friend": Both get +1 point
Both "Foe": No change
One "Friend" and One "Foe": Friend gets -3, Foe gets +2

Here's the catch to the game:
you do not make an individual choice for each round.
Rather, you will give me a set of instructions for how to make your choice each round. It can be brute force, such as "Friend, Foe, Foe, Friend, Foe...", or general, such as "First choose 'friend', then always choose whatever the other player chose in the first round." Anything works, as long as it gives exactly one choice each round.

Each player will be paired off against each other player 10 times. These matches will be isolated from the other matches, so programmings such as "If the other guy scored more than 5 points from his match with Player X, then choose 'foe'" are not legitimate.

To be /in, post /in and PM me your programming.

You may name your bot if you so desire.

Also, this should be a fairly quick game, so given adequate participation, more of these can be played.
Last edited by Pie_is_good on Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:19 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:20 am

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/in
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:53 am

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/more in than your momma
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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Sun Jul 01, 2007 12:18 pm

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/in
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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Sun Jul 01, 2007 12:34 pm

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/in. My robot shall be named Telos.
One time, back in 'nam, Sudo was set upon by an entire squadron of charlies. He challenged them all to a game of Pictionary, which he won resoundingly. The charlies were forced to not only surrender the skirmish, but also their world-famous chili recipe, which Sudo sold to Texas for a hefty profit. Sudo is a master of diplomacy.
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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:26 pm

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Note: The numbers have been changed from "+1/-2" for Friend/Foe to "+2/-3", so that there is an incentive to defect. If this changes any of the submitted programs (which I doubt), you may resubmit.

Also, two newest players, PM me your programs.
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Post Post #6 (ISO) » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:29 pm

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Hmm, So Do we send the commands for all 10 rounds?
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Post Post #7 (ISO) » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:26 pm

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Is the winner the person who wins the most matchups, or the person with the most total points.
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Post Post #8 (ISO) » Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:38 pm

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Also... are you planning on publishing each of our robots' procedures (at the end)?
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Post Post #9 (ISO) » Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:02 pm

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http://people.bath.ac.uk/mk213/ipd/

This is essentially the same thing, in a practice of game theory. Interesting read and to play along with it.

I'll /in with robot name "Foehammer"
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Post Post #10 (ISO) » Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:48 pm

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mccoyn wrote:Is the winner the person who wins the most matchups, or the person with the most total points.
I assume the most points total... otherwise there'd be no incentive to co-operate!
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Post Post #11 (ISO) » Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:49 pm

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YogurtBandit wrote:Hmm, So Do we send the commands for all 10 rounds?
Commands for all 10 rounds is acceptable, as is some kind of algorythm for how your robot decides to act each round (e.g., "if I gained points in the previous round, choose 'foe'" the next round).
mccoyn wrote:Is the winner the person who wins the most matchups, or the person with the most total points.
Total points; otherwise everyone would choose Foe every time.
Mokina wrote:Also... are you planning on publishing each of our robots' procedures (at the end)?
Yep, unless I hear a strong objection.
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Post Post #12 (ISO) » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:38 pm

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/in
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Post Post #13 (ISO) » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:31 am

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Post Post #14 (ISO) » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:58 am

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/in. I'll PM my procedure later today.
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Post Post #15 (ISO) » Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:58 am

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/in, with a robot named Aimee... <3
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Post Post #16 (ISO) » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:58 am

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My robot's name is

ANUBIS


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Post Post #17 (ISO) » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:10 am

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Blackberry wrote:My robot's name is

ANUBIS


:)
More like

ANOOBIS


/badjoke
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Post Post #18 (ISO) » Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:29 pm

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Due to lack of imagination, mine is called Mokinabot.
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Post Post #19 (ISO) » Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:31 pm

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I like yours' name Mokina :)
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Post Post #20 (ISO) » Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:38 pm

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/in if your still taking signups with a robot named MokinaBot.
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Post Post #21 (ISO) » Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:28 pm

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Occult wrote:/in if your still taking signups with a robot named MokinaBot.
Damn. I claim derivative copyright.
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Post Post #22 (ISO) » Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:44 am

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I am claiming that my robot's name shall be the totally original and definately not derivative "Mokinatron".
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Post Post #23 (ISO) » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:18 am

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No comment.
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Post Post #24 (ISO) » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:34 am

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Mokina wrote:Mokinabot.
Occult wrote:MokinaBot.
There is a big difference between the two
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