Re: boring matches

I disagree with the proposition.
It is only based on the false assumption that the last robot is a boring one.
Moreover, it doesn't solve anything, as the supposed boring robot can get back
the day after.

So, according to me, eliminating the last robot is not a solution to get ride of
boring matches.

A boring matches is for me : a match facing the same two robots than the day
before, when none of them has been updtated, and when one of them is clearly
superior to the other one (ie score of 3-0 or 3-1)

A solution can be to not perform these boring matchs, by just keeping last day
result.
This way a robot keep it's position in the hall of fame (whatever it is) without
fighting, because the above and below robot are the same than the day before,
and because there is no doubt about who will be the winner if the matches is
replayed.

Concerning matches with rounds all ended by time out, I don't think they  are
automatically boring ones. If they are, the above filter will probably allow to
have them played only one time.

With suche a rule, by highlighting new played matches, it will be able to focus
on what is new in the contest, and identify stable robot groups in the hall of
fame that no more need to figth because they have established their position.

Bothari, whose opinion is not based on the fact he is at the bottom of the hall
of fame ;)


Olivier Michel wrote:
> Concerning the limitation on boring matches / boring robots, I believe
> the best way to work around this is to eliminate the last robot in the
> hall of fame every day until the hall of fame has a minimum number of
> entries (let's say 10 at the begining). A robot which has been
> eliminated this way can get back into the contest simply by submitting a
> new version of its controller: his main class will be simply renamed to
> MyEclecticJudoka.class-eliminated. It is simple to implement and easy to
> understand (no energy level, arbitraty distance covered by the robot
> during an arbitrary number of seconds, etc.). Let me know if you have
> any thoughts about it so that I could proceed with this idea soon.
> -Olivier


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