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Starcraft AI bot war

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Re: Starcraft AI bot war

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well the Protoss have the higher scores probably because they are the last left in the game and would have fought for more time. if the AI would be more developed then playing against 2-3 computers would be impossible. I think the AI scripts are for training benefits.

Re: Starcraft AI bot war

#4
"You DO remember where your Starcraft disks are, don’t you?"

It's like he can read my mind! They're a four hour drive from here, if I could even find them. I guess I'll have to wait for SC2.

Re: Starcraft AI bot war

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post #6

The fact that people are still playing Starcraft restores my faith in humanity

Still playing? People are SERIOUS about Starcraft. Here is a youtube video from Korea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jen46qkZVNI Check out the size of the crowd around 2:30

wow, okay I take it back, now I've lost faith again

Re: Starcraft AI bot war

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I was hoping someone had finally reverse engineered SC/BNet to make an AI design platform for the game. Booh.

The analysis of this game is pretty empty - Protoss will always do better with more resources, because they're just a more resource-consuming race. Humans will do worse with a general AI, because smart micromanaging of terrain units is what gives them a strong advantage.

Re: Starcraft AI bot war

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post #8

I was hoping someone had finally reverse engineered SC/BNet to make an AI design platform for the game. Booh. The analysis of this game is pretty empty - Protoss will always do better with more resources, because they're just a more resource-consuming race. Humans will do worse with a general AI, because smart micromanaging of terrain units is what gives them a strong advantage.

"Protoss will always do better with more resources, because they're just a more resource-consuming race."

Not quite. As the article says, Protoss do better even without more resources, it is just that the remaining Protoss players often run out of resources before one of them is eliminated.

Re: Starcraft AI bot war

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post #4

"You DO remember where your Starcraft disks are, don’t you?" It's like he can read my mind! They're a four hour drive from here, if I could even find them. I guess I'll have to wait for SC2.

what's the latest word on the release date?
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