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praptak on Oct 19, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google AI Challenge 2011

From a quick look the success of a strategy is very much dependent on the characteristics of a map. It seems that there are maps where you cannot even reach your opponent (maze_2, if I'm not mistaken.) Such maps punish defensive strategies. On the other hand, open maps with anthills not far from each other probably punish greedy strategies.

tompko on Oct 19, 2011 [–]

The maps are toroidal, i.e. the left and right sides are connected as are the top and bottom. So it is possible to reach the enemy in maze_2.

praptak on Oct 19, 2011 | [–]

I stand corrected, I missed the connection wrapping around the top/bottom edge.

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