Results!
1. M11k4_________ 15
pts 191*2 + 302 = 684 (198MS & 306MS)
2.
rubenspaans___
12pts 188*2 +
300 = 676
3. Ihavenoname248
10pts 189*2
+ 296 = 674
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">4. Bacorn_________ 8
pts 186*2 + 288 = 658
5. tjrowe_________ 7
pts 193MS & 276MS -> ??? Lynx
Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. I am accepting all the congratulations in my email inbox. I'm setting up paypal and bitcoin avenues too if you wish to show your great appreciation that way. Then I'll probably make myself a new award here on CC Zone for the most awesome ways to win a competition run by myself. Please, you may stop with the applause already.
But seriously I really thought these were fun levels to work on. I even heard from two other members that they had worked on the levels but didn't end up receiving solutions from them. The odd way to sum up the scores did not change the rankings this time, but the range of scores still indicate that it was a decent method this time around. Earlybird bonuses of 1 Chip Cup point
each go to Ruben, IHNN, and Bacorn, congratulations on that too! (I don't think it's in the spirit of the game for me as the organizer to get this.)
Solution videos:
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Both levels saw a variety of tactics, as you can see them in the videos above, but I have more to say about Frozen Polyominoes. I enjoyed working on it in Lynx rather than MS, but finally did also try to build a route for MS as well. I was able to perform the results by the help of a program called Hourglass, just to see how much it could score. I drew out the path I had for Lynx, as well as two paths for MS (click on them to enlarge):
![[Image: tn_gallery_19_1_138498.png]](https://cczone.invisionzone.com/uploads/gallery/category_1/tn_gallery_19_1_138498.png)
![[Image: tn_gallery_19_1_3972.png]](https://cczone.invisionzone.com/uploads/gallery/category_1/tn_gallery_19_1_3972.png)
The first image is the Lynx route shown in the video as the first solution. The colors show the order I came up with the route, red-orange-purple-blue. In the second image I tried to compare two MS routes, but it turned out pretty full and not as clear as I had hoped. Can you tell which route is two moves more efficient? It does show how Lynx and MS routes for this level look very different. In Lynx any time you step on ice it adds to the time, but in MS boosting means you should prefer stepping on a single tile of ice whenever you can! Even in Lynx it feels odd when the path crosses back on itself, which comes up a few times and happens on ice, but in MS there are more 'back and forth'-sections. I still have no idea if some completely different approach would work better in MS.
Here's a run down of all the scores I have for this first level, just for fun:
179 Lynx score if you go back and forth (horizontally, though vertically is only a move slower)
183 IHNN's first submission, using skates
185 Ruben's first submission, using skates
186 Ruben's second submission, no skates
186 Bacorn's submission, exiting NE
187 IHNN's improved solution using skates
187 Ruben's third submission, delayed use of skates
188 Ruben's final submission, delayed use of skates
189 IHNN's final submission, no skates
189 what the current best MS solution route scores in Lynx
189 Miika's first solution
190 Miika's improved solution
191 Miika's submitted solution
191 Miika's solution in the video, [1.5] moves quicker than the previous one
193.0 MS Tom Rowe's submission
196.0 MS using back and forth method, horizontally
198.2 MS using back and forth method, vertically
198.2 MS Miika's submission using the path first used to score 191 in Lynx
201.8 MS what the better 191 Lynx route is actually worth in MS
204.2 MS what one of the paths drawn on the map is worth
204.6 MS what the other path on the map is worth
205.0 MS the solution shown last in the video
Hopefully you enjoyed this competition and these results. I would love to hear any comments or feelings you had about them.
That's it for now! Let's wait a bit more for the CCLP4 dust to settle and then we can jump in again to more optimizing in this environment!
-Miika
1. M11k4_________ 15
pts 191*2 + 302 = 684 (198MS & 306MS)
2.
rubenspaans___
12pts 188*2 +
300 = 676
3. Ihavenoname248
10pts 189*2
+ 296 = 674
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">4. Bacorn_________ 8
pts 186*2 + 288 = 658
5. tjrowe_________ 7
pts 193MS & 276MS -> ??? Lynx
Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. I am accepting all the congratulations in my email inbox. I'm setting up paypal and bitcoin avenues too if you wish to show your great appreciation that way. Then I'll probably make myself a new award here on CC Zone for the most awesome ways to win a competition run by myself. Please, you may stop with the applause already.
But seriously I really thought these were fun levels to work on. I even heard from two other members that they had worked on the levels but didn't end up receiving solutions from them. The odd way to sum up the scores did not change the rankings this time, but the range of scores still indicate that it was a decent method this time around. Earlybird bonuses of 1 Chip Cup point
each go to Ruben, IHNN, and Bacorn, congratulations on that too! (I don't think it's in the spirit of the game for me as the organizer to get this.)
Solution videos:
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[spoiler]
<div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo " contenteditable="false">
Both levels saw a variety of tactics, as you can see them in the videos above, but I have more to say about Frozen Polyominoes. I enjoyed working on it in Lynx rather than MS, but finally did also try to build a route for MS as well. I was able to perform the results by the help of a program called Hourglass, just to see how much it could score. I drew out the path I had for Lynx, as well as two paths for MS (click on them to enlarge):
The first image is the Lynx route shown in the video as the first solution. The colors show the order I came up with the route, red-orange-purple-blue. In the second image I tried to compare two MS routes, but it turned out pretty full and not as clear as I had hoped. Can you tell which route is two moves more efficient? It does show how Lynx and MS routes for this level look very different. In Lynx any time you step on ice it adds to the time, but in MS boosting means you should prefer stepping on a single tile of ice whenever you can! Even in Lynx it feels odd when the path crosses back on itself, which comes up a few times and happens on ice, but in MS there are more 'back and forth'-sections. I still have no idea if some completely different approach would work better in MS.
Here's a run down of all the scores I have for this first level, just for fun:
179 Lynx score if you go back and forth (horizontally, though vertically is only a move slower)
183 IHNN's first submission, using skates
185 Ruben's first submission, using skates
186 Ruben's second submission, no skates
186 Bacorn's submission, exiting NE
187 IHNN's improved solution using skates
187 Ruben's third submission, delayed use of skates
188 Ruben's final submission, delayed use of skates
189 IHNN's final submission, no skates
189 what the current best MS solution route scores in Lynx
189 Miika's first solution
190 Miika's improved solution
191 Miika's submitted solution
191 Miika's solution in the video, [1.5] moves quicker than the previous one
193.0 MS Tom Rowe's submission
196.0 MS using back and forth method, horizontally
198.2 MS using back and forth method, vertically
198.2 MS Miika's submission using the path first used to score 191 in Lynx
201.8 MS what the better 191 Lynx route is actually worth in MS
204.2 MS what one of the paths drawn on the map is worth
204.6 MS what the other path on the map is worth
205.0 MS the solution shown last in the video
Hopefully you enjoyed this competition and these results. I would love to hear any comments or feelings you had about them.
That's it for now! Let's wait a bit more for the CCLP4 dust to settle and then we can jump in again to more optimizing in this environment!
-Miika