COTM 2018 Elimination 6A

[CuddlyCaucasian]

{7-PLAYER ELIMINATION}

Diamant

So I know this challenge has shown up in a few LSGs, but I can't remember which ones other than Reality Show X, so pretend I gave you the glorious history of this game and how it's a great game people like playing instead of whatever this actually is. Losing Zetaboards makes it really hard to find all of our past site history, somebody should compile it so we never have to search through things again. Maybe that somebody should be me, hm. Anyways, enjoy being adventurers trying to find gems and other shiny shit. Have fun!

- xofelf

Rules

Since you all loved Big Brother bots, we're having another game of robot building. In this game, your bots are digging through a mine trying to find as many gems as possible. Rubies are worth 1 point each, and Diamonds are worth 5 points. The robot who has the least points will be eliminated from the team.

The game takes place in 5 rounds, with the deck being reshuffled before each round. The deck contains the following cards:

• 15 Treasure Cards of various Ruby quantities (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7, 7, 9, 11, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17)
  
• 15 Trap Cards (5 trap types, 3 of each)
  
• 5 Relic Cards

Round Overview

1) Advance into the cave.

Flip the top Expedition card of the deck and put it in the middle of the table face-up.

Treasure card:

take as many Precious Stones from the reserve as there are Rubies on the card. Share these Rubies equally with all players still in the cave, leaving the remaining Rubies on the Treasure card.

Rubies that you gather during the Expedition are vulnerable and can be lost. It’s only when you return prudently (or shamefully) to camp that you can put your Precious Stones safely in your bank.

Trap card:

If a type of trap appears for the first time since you entered the cave, nothing happens and the expedition continues. However, if the same trap is revealed a second time, all players in the cave immediately return to camp empty-handed. One of the two identical Trap cards is removed from the game, and the other is put back in the Expedition card deck.

The round ends immediately.

Relic card:

The Relic card stays on the cave path and nothing happens. Go directly to the “Players’ Decision” Phase. The card isn’t worth any points until a player leaves the cave with the card in their possession.

2) Players' Decision

Before a new Expedition card is revealed, each player still in the cave must decide to continue the expedition and delve deeper into the cave, or to return to camp to put their Precious Stones safely in their bank.

Everyone secretly makes their decision at the same time, and all decisions are revealed at once.

If you chose to continue on, you remain in the cave.

If you chose to exit, you return to camp and proceed as follows:

• On the path out of the cave, gather all Rubies that were left on Treasure Cards. If multiple players are leaving at the same time, they equally share all remaining Rubies. If there are any Rubies left after this, leave them in the cave on any Treasure card.
  
• If multiple players are leaving at the same time, no one takes the Relic cards. However, if only one player leaves, they take all Relics in the cave, which give them Diamonds as follows:
  
• The first 3 Relics to be taken by a player are worth 5 Rubies (1 Diamond) each,
  
  
• The following Relics are worth 10 Rubies (2 Diamonds) each.
  
  
• Relics taken out of the cave by a player are removed from the deck.
  
• Bank all gems and relics collected that round; they are added to your final score and cannot be lost.

After that, a new Expedition card is drawn.

End of the Round

The round ends either when all players have elected to return to camp, or when two of the same trap have been drawn from the deck. At the end of a round, any remaining rubies left on the board are discarded. All relics remaining in the cave are removed from the deck, and don't count toward the increase in value of the relics. If a trap card ended the game, that single card is permanently removed from the deck.

At the end of the fifth round, the player with the lowest score is declared the loser, with ties broken by the person with the lower score at the end of round 4 losing, at the end of round 3, etc.

Designing Your Bots

You must keep the following rules in mind when designing your bots.

• Discussion of the challenge with other players is prohibited.
  
  
• The only real decision-making process the bot needs to have is to decide when it leaves the cave. It's your job to decide what factors make your bot choose to stay or go.
  
• Your bot always knows exactly what cards have been drawn and what cards remain in the deck.
  
• Your bot always knows what round it is, how many points each of the other players have banked, and how many gems everyone still in the cave is holding.
  
• Your bot always knows who leaves the cave each turn (but not until after their decision is made) and who is in the cave with each new card that is drawn.
  
• Your bot
  DOES know which player created which bots.
  
  
• If at any point your design leaves a decision ambiguous, the bot will
  always choose to stay in the cave.

You have

48 hours

to design your bots.

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Round 1

First card...

Spoiler:

14 Rubies! 2 rubies for every player.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	0	2
Felissan	0	2
McMenno	0	2
Shadoweh	0	2
StrangerCoug	0	2
VashtaNeurotic	0	2
Xalxe	0	2

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Nope!

Second card...

Spoiler:

1 Ruby! It remains on the card.

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Nope!

Third card...

Spoiler:

Snake!!! Oh no!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

McMenno is outta there. He picks up the 1 ruby left behind.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	0	2
Felissan	0	2
McMenno	3	0
Shadoweh	0	2
StrangerCoug	0	2
VashtaNeurotic	0	2
Xalxe	0	2

Fourth card...

Spoiler:

7 Rubies! Everyone gets 1, and 1 is left on the card.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	0	3
Felissan	0	3
McMenno	3	0
Shadoweh	0	3
StrangerCoug	0	3
VashtaNeurotic	0	3
Xalxe	0	3

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

StrangerCoug leaves the cave, and grabs the 1 ruby left behind.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	0	3
Felissan	0	3
McMenno	3	0
Shadoweh	0	3
StrangerCoug	4	0
VashtaNeurotic	0	3
Xalxe	0	3

Fifth card...

Spoiler:

Giant Spider!!!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Felissan leaves.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	0	3
Felissan	3	0
McMenno	3	0
Shadoweh	0	3
StrangerCoug	4	0
VashtaNeurotic	0	3
Xalxe	0	3

Sixth card...

Spoiler:

Battering Ram!!!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

CreativeMod1 and Xalxe leave.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	3	0
Felissan	3	0
McMenno	3	0
Shadoweh	0	3
StrangerCoug	4	0
VashtaNeurotic	0	3
Xalxe	3	0

Seventh card...

Spoiler:

Lava Pit!!!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Shadoweh leaves the cave.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	3	0
Felissan	3	0
McMenno	3	0
Shadoweh	3	0
StrangerCoug	4	0
VashtaNeurotic	0	3
Xalxe	3	0

Eighth card...

Spoiler:

Lava Pit again!!! Vashta loses all his unbanked rubies. A Lava Pit card is removed from the deck.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	3	0
Felissan	3	0
McMenno	3	0
Shadoweh	3	0
StrangerCoug	4	0
VashtaNeurotic	0	0
Xalxe	3	0

Did anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Obviously.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

Round 2

First card...

Spoiler:

3 Rubies! They're all left on the card.

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Nope!

Second card...

Spoiler:

A relic!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Nope.

Third card...

Spoiler:

Giant Spider!!!! AHHH!!!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

McMenno leaves, banking the 3 rubies and the relic worth 5 rubies.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	3	0
Felissan	3	0
McMenno	11	0
Shadoweh	3	0
StrangerCoug	4	0
VashtaNeurotic	0	0
Xalxe	3	0

Fourth card...

Spoiler:

Rolling Boulder! AHHHH!!!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Felissan is out.

Fifth card...

Spoiler:

Snake! AHHHH!!!!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

CreativeMod1 and Xalxe leave.

Sixth card...

Spoiler:

Giant Spider!!! Everyone left is forced to leave, but no one had any rubies yet anyway.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	3	0
Felissan	3	0
McMenno	11	0
Shadoweh	3	0
StrangerCoug	4	0
VashtaNeurotic	0	0
Xalxe	3	0

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Round 3

First card...

Spoiler:

A relic!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Nope.

Second card...

Spoiler:

One whole ruby!!!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Nope.

Third card...

Spoiler:

Snake!!!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

McMenno does, picking up the relic worth 5 rubies, and 1 ruby left behind.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	3	0
Felissan	3	0
McMenno	17	0
Shadoweh	3	0
StrangerCoug	4	0
VashtaNeurotic	0	0
Xalxe	3	0

Fourth card...

Spoiler:

A relic!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Felissan leaves, grabbing the relic for 5 rubies.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	3	0
Felissan	8	0
McMenno	17	0
Shadoweh	3	0
StrangerCoug	4	0
VashtaNeurotic	0	0
Xalxe	3	0

Fifth card...

Spoiler:

7 Rubies! Everyone gets 1, and 2 are left on the card.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	3	1
Felissan	8	0
McMenno	17	0
Shadoweh	3	1
StrangerCoug	4	1
VashtaNeurotic	0	1
Xalxe	3	1

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

StrangerCoug leaves, picking up the 2 rubies left behind.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	3	1
Felissan	8	0
McMenno	17	0
Shadoweh	3	1
StrangerCoug	7	0
VashtaNeurotic	0	1
Xalxe	3	1

Sixth card...

Spoiler:

Giant Spider!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Nope.

Seventh card...

Spoiler:

Battering ram!!!!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Xalxe and CreativeMod1 are out.

Eighth card...

Spoiler:

Another relic!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Shadoweh and Vashta both leave, meaning neither grab the relic. Everyone has left the cave, and the unclaimed relic is removed from the deck.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

Round 4

First card...

Spoiler:

14 Rubies! Everyone gets 2.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	4	2
Felissan	8	2
McMenno	17	2
Shadoweh	4	2
StrangerCoug	7	2
VashtaNeurotic	1	2
Xalxe	4	2

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Nope.

Second card...

Spoiler:

3 Rubies! All 3 are left on the card.

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Nope.

Third card...

Spoiler:

Snake!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

McMenno leaves the cave and grabs the 3 rubies.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	4	2
Felissan	8	2
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	4	2
StrangerCoug	7	2
VashtaNeurotic	1	2
Xalxe	4	2

Fourth card...

Spoiler:

11 Rubies! Everyone gets 1, and 5 are left on the card.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	4	3
Felissan	8	3
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	4	3
StrangerCoug	7	3
VashtaNeurotic	1	3
Xalxe	4	3

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Nope.

Fifth card...

Spoiler:

9 Rubies! Everyone gets 1, and 3 are left on the card.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	4	4
Felissan	8	4
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	4	4
StrangerCoug	7	4
VashtaNeurotic	1	4
Xalxe	4	4

Sixth card...

Spoiler:

7 Rubies! Everyone gets 1, and 1 is left on the card.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	4	5
Felissan	8	5
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	4	5
StrangerCoug	7	5
VashtaNeurotic	1	5
Xalxe	4	5

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Xalxe and Shadoweh both leave the cave, picking up 4 rubies each and leaving 1 behind.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	4	4
Felissan	8	4
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	12	0
StrangerCoug	7	4
VashtaNeurotic	1	4
Xalxe	12	0

Seventh card...

Spoiler:

Lava pit!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

StrangerCoug leaves, picking up 1 ruby.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	4	4
Felissan	8	4
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	12	0
StrangerCoug	12	0
VashtaNeurotic	1	4
Xalxe	12	0

Eighth card...

Spoiler:

Battering ram!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

CreativeMod1 and Felissan both leave.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	8	0
Felissan	12	0
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	12	0
StrangerCoug	12	0
VashtaNeurotic	1	4
Xalxe	12	0

Ninth card...

Spoiler:

5 Rubies! All for Vashta.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	8	0
Felissan	12	0
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	12	0
StrangerCoug	12	0
VashtaNeurotic	1	9
Xalxe	12	0

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Vashta leaves the cave.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	8	0
Felissan	12	0
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	12	0
StrangerCoug	12	0
VashtaNeurotic	10	0
Xalxe	12	0

The next card would have been a rolling boulder, and the following card would have ended the round.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

Round 5

First card...

Spoiler:

Lava pit.

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

McMenno does!

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	8	0
Felissan	12	0
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	12	0
StrangerCoug	12	0
VashtaNeurotic	10	0
Xalxe	12	0

Second card...

Spoiler:

Battering ram.

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Nope.

Third card...

Spoiler:

11 Rubies. Everyone gets 1, and 5 remain on the card.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	8	1
Felissan	12	1
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	12	1
StrangerCoug	12	1
VashtaNeurotic	10	1
Xalxe	12	1

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Nope.

Fourth card...

Spoiler:

Snake!

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Xalxe and Felissan do. They each pick up 2 rubies, leaving 1 behind.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	8	1
Felissan	15	0
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	12	1
StrangerCoug	12	1
VashtaNeurotic	10	1
Xalxe	15	0

Fifth card...

Spoiler:

Rolling boulder. Oof, the fourth type of trap we've seen.

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Shadoweh and StrangerCoug leave. There's still 1 ruby left on the ground.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	8	1
Felissan	15	0
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	13	0
StrangerCoug	13	0
VashtaNeurotic	10	1
Xalxe	15	0

Sixth card...

Spoiler:

11 Rubies! Both players left get 5, and 1 remains on the card.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	8	6
Felissan	15	0
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	13	0
StrangerCoug	13	0
VashtaNeurotic	10	6
Xalxe	15	0

Does anyone leave?

Spoiler:

Both CreativeMod1 and Vashta leave the cave.

Player	Banked	Unbanked
CreativeMod1	14	0
Felissan	15	0
McMenno	22	0
Shadoweh	13	0
StrangerCoug	13	0
VashtaNeurotic	16	0
Xalxe	15	0

[CuddlyCaucasian]

Shadoweh and StrangerCoug are tied for the lowest score. They had the same scores at the end of round 4, but since Shadoweh ended round 3 with the lower score, she is eliminated.