Knuckle Cracker

I stuck with a topic close to my heart (hoping to graduate in Mathematics this Summer). In addition, players who love drones will have an excellent week. The mathematicians are in no particular order.

A few useful links:
All Tournaments (http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=7410.0)
Code Map Scoreboard (http://knucklecracker.com/creeperworld2/viewscores.php)
Tournament Score Tool (http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=7477.0)

Theme:
Great Mathematicians



   
   
   
   
   
   

Map Name:	Size:	Complexity:
David Hilbert	Small	Low
Alexandre Grothendieck	Small	Medium
John von Neumann	Medium	Medium
Georg Cantor	Large	High
Leonhard Euler	Large	Medium

You forgot that Fig Newton guy.
;)

Quote from: Helper on March 04, 2013, 07:50:18 AM
You forgot that Fig Newton guy.
;)

It is precisely anticipation of such comments that made me write "Great Mathematicians" and not "Greatest". I wanted freedom to pick nice maps. HF :).

Quote from: Lord_Farin on March 04, 2013, 07:52:27 AM
...precisely...

An excellent word selection, as one might expect from a Maths major.

Cinth done drew first blood already.

[Edit]

I think it is funny that my Brit friends use "Maths" where Americans would use "Mathematics". Just trying for a little (very little) humor (humour).
H

Just doing a pass on the maps.  I'm sure you all will blow these early runs out the water :)

Edit: Speaking of Math Majors :)  I recently swapped from EE to Math.

Ouch! Mission #3 kicked my tookus.
I'm thinking one of those magic mirror types will get it in about 6-7 minutes.
(Good for developing humility though.)

Yeah, it's going to be a challenge to get started on 3 for sure. 

Glad to pronounce that John von Neumann has been tackled a lot so far :). The bar is set very high by ea3401, very nice!

No completions just yet:

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	David Hilbert	Alexandre Grothendieck	John von Neumann	Georg Cantor	Leonhard Euler	Total Score	Total Time
1	Hunter Seeker	11270	12632	10135	10177		44214
2	inept_celt	10944	12348	9896			33188
3	Cinth	11412	12218	9354			32984
4	dt42	11656	12927				24583
5	ea3401	11887		11967			23854
6	Helper	11746		11016			22762
7	ctuna	11795					11795
8	mopa42	11721					11721
9	Dagobert	11548					11548
10	asmussen			10949			10949

Scores recorded at 2013-03-04 17:02:42 forum time.

You missed my score from Euler there :/

Anywho, finished the set.  Mission 3 was a lot of fun.  I might be tempted to work on that one some more.

Cantor is a pain though ;)  heads up for those who haven't hit it yet... That big chamber on the bottom fills up fairly quickly.

I have a better time for Hilbert (4:20) but it isn't posting online.

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	David Hilbert	Alexandre Grothendieck	John von Neumann	Georg Cantor	Leonhard Euler	Total Score	Total Time
1	Hunter Seeker	11679	12632	10135	10177	11325	55948	67:25
2	Cinth	11412	12218	9354	10232	11121	54337	83:07
3	inept_celt	11310	12472	9896	8627	10676	52981	101:36
4	asmussen	11635	12898	10949		11510	46992
5	dt42	11656	12927	11252			35835
6	ea3401	11887		11967			23854
7	mopa42	11721		11757			23478
8	MizInIA	11053	12270				23323
9	Dagobert	11548				11604	23152
10	ctuna	11795		11209			23004
11	Helper	11746		11016			22762

Scores recorded at 2013-03-05 02:33:03 forum time.

Euler is my hero! He came up with the most beautiful formula ever: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_identity

upperKEES, that is so cool.  Just looked it up...

Five contestants have completed all maps; 43 scores in total, by 13 players. Scores are getting closer to the usual realm and my own estimated maxima; I doubt 60k will be reached this week.

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	David Hilbert	Alexandre Grothendieck	John von Neumann	Georg Cantor	Leonhard Euler	Total Score	Total Time
1	dt42	11656	12927	11252	10807	11827	58469	44:17
2	asmussen	11635	12898	10949	10624	11510	57616	51:40
3	Hunter Seeker	11753	12987	10135	10177	11325	56377	65:07
4	Cinth	11576	12640	9354	10232	11121	54923	78:26
5	inept_celt	11310	12504	9933	9302	10917	53966	89:11
6	Helper	11746		11016	11318		34080
7	Gu250	11425			10856	11229	33510
8	ea3401	11887		11967			23854
9	mopa42	11721		11757			23478
10	MiquelFire	11084	12348				23432
11	MizInIA	11053	12270				23323
12	Dagobert	11548				11604	23152
13	ctuna	11795		11330			23125

Scores recorded at 2013-03-06 02:38:00 forum time.

Quote from: Lord_Farin on March 06, 2013, 02:41:14 AM
I doubt 60k will be reached this week.

60k is very possible.  I added up all the top scores and it is almost there (59986). 

And looking at some of these times  :o 

60k has been reached :)

Another update. Thanks to mopa42 for proving me wrong :). Differences in score are very large at this point (except for the first two games), suggesting there is quite the room for improvement.

[EDIT: Updated again. No changes in the top-3]

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	David Hilbert	Alexandre Grothendieck	John von Neumann	Georg Cantor	Leonhard Euler	Total Score	Total Time
1	mopa42	11798	13039	11757	11538	11980	60112	30:47
2	Helper	11822	13069	11016	11318	11847	59072	37:34
3	dt42	11656	12927	11252	11100	11827	58762	41:32
4	ctuna	11795	12928	11330	11107	11319	58479	41:34
5	asmussen	11635	12898	10949	10624	11510	57616	51:40
6	Gu250	11425	12659	10591	10856	11229	56760	58:25
7	Hunter Seeker	11753	12987	10135	10177	11325	56377	65:07
8	Cinth	11605	12640	9354	10314	11192	55105	76:53
9	inept_celt	11379	12534	9933	9302	10935	54083	88:17
10	MizInIA	11053	12270	9324	8603	10256	51506	119:34
11	ea3401	11887		11967			23854
12	MiquelFire	11084	12348				23432
13	Dagobert	11548				11604	23152
14	Ronini				9384	10901	20285

Scores recorded at 2013-03-09 04:01:00 forum time.

Sigh... I'm down to shaving off tenths of a second on my posted times. 

Testing V 9 of mopa42's scoring program.

14 players and 61 scores

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Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	David Hilbert	Alexandre Grothendieck	John von Neumann	Georg Cantor	Leonhard Euler	Total Score	Total Time
1	mopa42	11798	13039	11757	11538	11980	60112	30:47
2	Helper	11822	13069	11016	11318	11847	59072	37:34
3	dt42	11656	12927	11252	11334	11827	58996	39:29
4	ctuna	11825	12928	11330	11107	11620	58810	38:54
5	asmussen	11635	12898	10949	10624	11510	57616	51:40
6	Gu250	11425	12659	10591	10856	11229	56760	58:25
7	Hunter Seeker	11753	12987	10135	10177	11325	56377	65:07
8	Cinth	11605	12640	9354	10314	11192	55105	76:53
9	inept_celt	11379	12534	10065	9302	10935	54215	86:42
10	MizInIA	11053	12270	9324	8603	10256	51506	119:34
11	Ronini	11009	12406		9384	10901	43700
12	ea3401	11887	13139	11967			36993
13	MiquelFire	11084	12348				23432
14	Dagobert	11548				11604	23152

Scores recorded at 2013-03-11 05:03:56 forum time.

It's mopa42 taking the prize with a whopping 1000pt lead on the runner-up. Congratulations! We hope to see a new tournament starting soon :).

Re:Strategy. For Georg Cantor, the key part of my strategy was attacking on three fronts at once at the end.
For John von Neumann, I dug in to stay safe and used primarily conversion bombs to attack emitter chambers. I used a dark beam with a bunch of mirrors to clean up the top.

I should have this week's maps up shortly.