Score confirmation

Entelect Challenge 2019
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Another question on scoring…

Lets say after 400 moves, there is no clear winner and scoring needs to be used to determine the winner. If player 1 has all three worms left and player 2 only one worm left, but player 2 has a higher score than player 1 (i.e. player 1 did not really dig), does player 2 still win?

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Hi @sparky

You are correct. However, the scenario you are describing is extremely unlikely for the following reasons:

  • The most points (40 and 20 respectively) per round can be gained by shooting an enemy worm
  • The score includes the average health of all the player’s worms

From the rules:

The total score value is determined by adding together the player’s average worm health and the points for every single command the they played

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I have managed to make this scenario true, without shooting once. So I see it as a valid question…

If both teams survive 400 rounds, Score is the only thing that matters.

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Hi Willie

You are correct in saying that If both teams survive 400 rounds, score is the only thing that matters.

When you say ‘this exact scenario’ does that include that

  • One player has 3 living worms
  • One player has only 1 living worms
  • The player with all 3 worms has a lower score

If that happens again do you mind sharing the csv match logs with the challenge team? I would really like to figure out how that occurred with the scoring rules as they are.

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Here is a theoretical scenario:
The player with 3 worms did either Nothing or Shoot and killed 2 of the opponent’s worms. Did not shoot at the 3rd worm. This will give a score of 1250. (38 shoot commands where 2 were fatal and 362 Do Nothing commands)

The player with 1 worm left did not do any shooting but only gave 400 move commands. This player will have a score of 2000+

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