Matt

@FliiFe, @ChadSki the reason I suggested having a server with a consistent setup, and with opponents that act deterministically is that the test results would be directly comparable. Imagine you're...

@Salvationdk thanks for testing out the server, it's a shame it's not ready yet.

@ChadSki ok, I'm pretty convinced by that argument. I do however feel that we need input from an expert on statistics to make sure we know how many tests to...

@ErmiyaEskandary that's the gist of it!

@ErmiyaEskandary correct. As long as we have input from someone familiar with statistics, we should then be able to determine which is better. We'd need to do some statistical analysis...

I agree it depends on #139 and yes it's similar to #129

@ChadSki I like the idea of running two versions of the same bot against each other as a check on the test methodology, kind of like how the scientists running...

@ErmiyaEskandary just length upon death?

I don't think there's any point measuring rank, since the number of participants on a server is arbitrary, so achieving rank 18 on day 1 isn't the same as achieving...

Precisely, but I've seen a couple of bots (specifically the DNA-based bot that was mentioned in one of the discussions here) that takes rank into consideration, so I wanted to...