[SSCAIT] Student StarCraft AI Tournament & Ladder

SSCAIT 2018/19

There were 72 bots in the 2018/19 installment of SSCAIT. The tournament was divided into two phases:

Round Robin tournament of 5112 games, where everybody played two games against everybody else. After this, 16 best bots proceeded into next phase and we announced the best student-created bot (the one with the most points among student-created submissions).
Double elimination bracket of 16 best bots.

Round Robin results:

The best student-created bot is CUBOT from China University of Mining and Technology with 85 wins and 57 losses.

The 16 best bots proceeding to the elimination bracket:

SAIDA
Locutus
Iron bot
Purplewave
BananaBrain
krasi0P
Killerbot
Bereaver
Microwave
tscmoop2
Steamhammer
Hao Pan
Proxy
Andrew Smith
Arrakhammer
Tomas Vajda

Elimination Bracket Videos:

The elimination bracket winner is PurpleWave bot, developed by Dan Gant (member of Facebook's team behind CherryPi bot). The bracket results are shown below.

All the elimination games can be watched in this YouTube playlist.

Double Elimination Bracket results:

Score after round-robin phase:

Name	Race	Win Rate	Score (wins)	Losses	Description	Division	Updated
Locutus	Protoss	95.77%	136	6	Resistance is futile! https://github.com/bmnielsen/Locutus	Mixed	2018-12-20 23:29:50
SAIDA	Terran	95.77%	136	6	* SAIDA is based on UAlberta Bot & BWEM. BWAPI : 4.1.2 * https://github.com/TeamSAIDA/SAIDA	Mixed	2018-12-20 23:23:11
Iron bot	Terran	87.32%	124	18	Stone's successor http://bwem.sourceforge.net/Iron.html Iron uses the BWEM library: http://bwem.sourceforge.net	Mixed	2017-12-20 20:56:53
PurpleWave	Protoss	85.21%	121	21	Built with love. https://github.com/dgant/PurpleWave	Mixed	2018-12-20 23:54:22
BananaBrain	Protoss	83.8%	119	23	BASIL: PB-KEY-0x4F3632BE	Mixed	2018-12-20 23:58:44
krasi0P	Protoss	79.58%	113	29	A half-assed cannon rush bot for the lulz :) Detailed tutorial to run the bot using krasi0BotLauncher: https://goo.gl/JLN8JY	Mixed	2018-12-20 23:39:34
Marian Devecka	Zerg	78.87%	112	30	Savage zerg bot. Shows no mercy.	Mixed	2018-12-20 23:52:22
Bereaver	Protoss	75.35%	107	35	Tomato! strategies.json (put into bwapi-data/read): http://goo.gl/Xgx2Z3	Mixed	2016-12-19 02:38:42
Microwave	Zerg	74.65%	106	36	* bugfix: lurker+squad regroup * bugfix: disable choke pathing * bugfix: disable catch & attack * bugfix: disable long sim * bugfix: sunken defense * BWEB station defense * Unitmix: vs Terran / vs Protoss * Choose strat BASIL: PB-KEY-0xE9AA1BEA	Mixed	2018-12-20 19:05:25
tscmoop2	Protoss	73.94%	105	37	maybe this will work?	Mixed	2018-06-11 03:42:50
Steamhammer	Zerg	72.54%	103	39	Steamhammer 2.1.4 by Jay Scott. Tournament-ready version. http://satirist.org/ai/starcraft/steamhammer/	Mixed	2018-12-20 18:25:43
Proxy	Zerg	71.83%	102	40	Macro Zerg. Using BWEM and FAP. BASIL: PB-KEY-0x747D1853	Mixed	2018-12-19 12:24:21
Hao Pan	Terran	71.83%	102	40	Based on Iron bot. Uses VS2017, BWAPI420, BWEM-community, FAP, special tactics and I/O files. BASIL: PB-KEY-0xFB1DFE42	Mixed	2018-12-20 23:06:52
Andrew Smith	Protoss	70.42%	100	42	Disabled as skyforknet is a fixed version of this one ----- Version 2.1 of Skynet	Mixed	2013-05-25 11:53:18
Tomas Vajda	Protoss	69.01%	98	44	XIMP bot. Carrier push.	Mixed	2015-02-05 00:05:59
Arrakhammer	Zerg	69.01%	98	44	Zerg based on Steamhammer 1.2.2. https://github.com/avan994/Arrakhammer	Mixed	2018-08-09 07:26:59
WuliBot	Protoss	68.31%	97	45	Customized AI on UalbertaBot https://github.com/XiangyuLi926/CSCI-524-Networked-AI	Student: University of Southern California	2018-03-01 07:47:19
Sijia Xu	Zerg	67.61%	96	46	https://github.com/sijiaxu/Overkill	Mixed	2015-10-10 17:37:53
Neo Edmund Zerg	Zerg	67.61%	96	46		Mixed	2017-07-06 05:36:32
McRave	Protoss	66.9%	95	47	SSCAIT 2018 Version https://github.com/Cmccrave/McRave	Mixed	2018-12-13 23:47:38
TyrProtoss	Protoss	66.2%	94	48	Tyr has joined the mighty Protoss! Check out my blog: http://tyr-ai.net	Mixed	2018-03-18 21:32:03
Martin Rooijackers	Terran	63.38%	90	52	LetaBot: MCTS coming fully after the SSCAI tournament is over. Experimental version for this tournament. TvZ specialist. https://github.com/MartinRooijackers/LetaBot	Student: University Maastricht	2017-12-20 22:34:36
AILien	Zerg	63.38%	90	52	Latest Changes: - Zerglings no longer suicide into sunkens when Mutas are around - Units no longer just watch when Drones are slaughtered - when an enemy is seen before the base is found units will come back immediately	Mixed	2018-03-01 02:20:13
NLPRbot	Zerg	61.97%	88	54		Mixed	2017-09-04 12:38:08
ICELab	Terran	61.27%	87	55	ICEbot 2.1 from Intelligent Computer Entertainment Lab., Ritsumeikan University. Potential flows, finite state machine, enemy strategy prediction which triggers adaptive strategy rules and a lot of other heuristic things are applied in this bot.	Mixed	2013-12-22 16:47:59
Andrey Kurdiumov	Random	61.27%	87	55	Rule-based bot https://github.com/kant2002/ualbertabot ======================= Working on having good performance in playing games first.	Mixed	2018-05-13 14:17:01
ZurZurZur	Zerg	59.86%	85	57	Crazy macro Zerg bot, improvements ongoing... v0.823	Mixed	2017-08-27 14:00:42
CUBOT	Zerg	59.86%	85	57	Adaptive weights toward different opponents.	Student: China University of Mining and Technology	2018-12-20 08:10:59
Dave Churchill	Random	59.15%	84	58	https://github.com/davechurchill/ualbertabot	Mixed	2015-12-24 09:33:23
UITtest	Protoss	58.45%	83	59	Just demo bot for study in University	Student: yes	2018-07-15 10:49:22
Simplicity	Zerg	57.75%	82	60	December 10, 2018: Testing out some new settings. We're going to try building less drones and more zerglings. Hope we can survive that early part of the game a little better!	Mixed	2018-12-18 18:10:21
Flash	Protoss	57.04%	81	61	Reactive protoss with carrier. Based on ualbertabot.	Mixed	2016-04-25 05:16:50
Ecgberht	Terran	55.63%	79	63	King of Wessex.--------------------- https://github.com/Jabbo16/Ecgberht BASIL: PB-KEY-4E5297FFDB40A6FA	Student: Universidad Carlos III Madrid	2018-12-20 21:00:34
MadMixP	Protoss	54.93%	78	64	MadMix version 0.5.1 playing as Protoss. Built with the goal of finding an entertaining mix of units, strategies and madness.	Mixed	2018-12-20 01:37:10
Black Crow	Zerg	54.23%	77	65	Made from scratch! Currently missing some major features. Fear, anger, music taste, none of that is here. Uses BWEM.	Mixed	2018-11-05 15:23:38
Carsten Nielsen	Protoss	51.41%	73	69	Simple WIP zealot rush-bot.	Student: Technical University of Denmark	2015-06-19 17:54:09
Toothpick Cactus	Terran	51.41%	73	69	Cactus Plays Terran. 2018 Tournament Uses BWEM, FAP.	Mixed	2018-12-19 06:36:06
Soeren Klett	Terran	51.41%	73	69	W.O.P.R - Bot - Monitoring and replanning	Student: University of Bielefeld	2016-03-07 23:26:18
WillyT	Terran	48.59%	69	73	C++/VS17/BWAPI 4.2.0 --- early bio+scv attack into bio+mech --- update: can react with 3 missile turrets --- where my crashes at?	Mixed	2018-09-28 23:21:59
KillAlll	Zerg	48.59%	69	73		Student: UCAS	2018-12-20 09:21:15
PeregrineBot	Zerg	47.89%	68	74	https://github.com/s7jones/PeregrineBot	Mixed	2018-12-18 19:53:55
MegaBot2017	Protoss	46.48%	66	76	[Improved scoring and crash discounting, regarding previous version] MegaBot selects a "sub"-bot to play a match in its behalf. So far it selects among 2015 versions of Skynet, Xelnaga and NUSBot.	Student: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	2017-10-27 13:55:36
ForceBot	Zerg	45.07%	64	78	Multi-Agent system written in GOAL. Developed as part of my Master thesis.	Student: Delft University of Technology	2018-07-28 00:58:21
NiteKatT	Terran	45.07%	64	78	Version 1.13a. Can play 1:1, FFA, Top vs. Bottom, and even Team Melee and Team Free For All! http://github.com/nitekat/BGHBot	Mixed	2018-05-14 06:40:45
GuiBot	Protoss	43.66%	62	80	A Protoss bot that likes shuttles, corsairs, and drawing lots of lines on the map.	Student: Johns Hopkins University	2018-06-26 16:44:26
Gaoyuan Chen	Protoss	41.55%	59	83	Reaver with Shuttle	Student: University of Southern California	2015-07-20 02:06:56
Florian Richoux	Protoss	39.44%	56	86	AIUR v2.2. Please visit http://aiur-group.github.io/AIUR/" target="_blank">aiur-group.github.io/AIUR/ for further information.	Mixed	2014-10-30 14:32:16
ABCDxyz	Protoss	38.73%	55	87		Mixed	2018-07-13 13:32:26
Yuanheng Zhu	Protoss	38.73%	55	87	Probe rush	Mixed	2017-08-18 04:43:48
StyxZ	Zerg	37.32%	53	89	Turtles all the way down.	Mixed	2018-07-22 16:33:37
Jakub Trancik	Protoss	35.21%	50	92	Simple toss bot utilizing potential fields, with building placement trained by a genetic algorithm.	Mixed	2013-12-22 20:45:01
UPStarCraftAI 2016	Zerg	34.51%	49	93	Version 3. Less bugs, better placements, more reactive strategy. Still a rusher!	Mixed	2017-04-07 20:49:37
insanitybot	Terran	33.8%	48	94	Made from Steamhammer, mech focus for now but will branch out eventually.	Student: Brigham Young University Idaho	2018-12-19 16:10:32
Sungguk Cha	Terran	30.99%	44	98	Simple rush bot	Student: UNIST	2017-02-05 15:48:04
Dolphin Bot	Zerg	29.58%	42	100	Student fork of CUNYBot. Adds scouting, and tries exploitative build orders based on player history. goo.gl/2sSeYU	Student: CSI CUNY	2018-12-20 20:21:52
Aurelien Lermant	Zerg	28.87%	41	101	GarmBot is a Macro-heavy bot, expanding rapidly to try and overwhelm the enemy with an unstopable stream of zerg units. Still a lot of optimisations to be done. Latest update : Ultralisks and more upgrades.	Mixed	2018-05-12 10:18:10
Lukas Moravec	Protoss	28.87%	41	101		Mixed	2018-10-12 23:40:20
Tomas Cere	Protoss	28.87%	41	101	Simple Protoss bot.	Mixed	2012-10-10 00:00:00
Matej Istenik	Terran	28.17%	40	102	Simple Terran bot based on agents, state machines and lots of ifs.	Mixed	2016-03-04 21:19:44
KaonBot	Terran	28.17%	40	102	Bio Terran with a randomly generated dynamic build order. I hope to replace the randomness with learning capability at some point. https://github.com/m-khan/KaonBot New in 0.3.2: Revised worker defense (WIP)	Mixed	2017-04-27 03:35:51
Hannes Bredberg	Terran	23.24%	33	109	Marines will chase you, backed up by ghosts and with a sprinkle of nukes. Open source bot. Source available at: https://github.com/N00byEdge/Neohuman	Student: Royal Institute of Technology	2018-03-03 19:49:57
Alice	Zerg	22.54%	32	110	Alice_1.2.0 Fixed many bugs, set new tactic and trained against other bots.	Student: Germany Dortmund	2018-03-29 21:05:04
Roman Danielis	Protoss	21.83%	31	111	Heuristic bot with adaptive army composition.	Mixed	2012-10-10 00:00:00
JumpyDoggoBot	Zerg	19.72%	28	114	Big ol' Jumpy doggos making Terran a concern (Basic stages, only 4 Pool at this point) Follow it's development at: www.makingcomputerdothings.com	Mixed	2018-12-05 19:55:00
StarCrusher	Protoss	19.72%	28	114	Starcrusher is a bot made by 6 first year students as a part of the Multi Agent System Project. After winning the final tournament of the MAS competition 2018, StarCrusher is ready to compete at the SSCAIT.	Student: Delft University of Technology	2018-07-10 18:50:25
Marine Hell	Terran	19.72%	28	114	This bot was written from scratch in 5 hours following official tutorial. I would like to keep it "as it is" to show how easy can be to write simple bot which is capable of winning. Source codes : https://github.com/libor-vilimek/marine-hell	Mixed	2017-03-15 10:21:29
Marek Kadek	Terran	18.31%	26	116	Terran bot using priorities generated based on various input with army composition based on enemy's.	Mixed	2012-10-10 00:00:00
Johan Kayser	Terran	15.49%	22	120	A Terran bot based on UAlbertaBot. The intent is to use some spatial reasoning for strategic decision making and to play defense until mid/late game.	Student: UQAM	2016-07-29 16:48:54
Delingvery	Zerg	14.08%	20	122	A simple and stupid Zerg that 9 pools, expands, and attacks the first thing it sees. I've rewritten the expansion logic. Should hopefully work more than half the time now. Thanks to everyone on Twitch for your encouragement.	Mixed	2018-09-18 15:25:27
OpprimoBot	Random	13.38%	19	123	OpprimoBot is the first and currently only bot in SSCAIT to play with random race! It is constructed around a modular multi-agent system to make it flexible enough to handle all three races.	Mixed	2015-11-23 10:18:52
Fifouille Legend Random	Random	7.04%	10	132	Disabled until a new version is released. It plays worse than the built-in AI -----	Mixed	2018-12-19 17:07:37
FergalOGrady	Protoss	2.82%	4	138	Simple Protoss bot that attacks with Dragoons. Attack functions currently unrelyable to work. Made as part of my Final Year Project	Student: University of Limerick	2018-12-20 23:59:20