Re: off contest matches

Hi,

Thanks Bothari for this proposal. I believe it is doable, and maybe not 
so difficult to implement. I will implement it as soon as possible 
(probably tomorrow). In the meanwhile, I may also implement some rules 
to shorten the boring matches where no robot is moving.

-Olivier

Bothari wrote:

>RoboMarci: Is there any progress with the off contest matches?
>Olivier: No, not yet...
>
>Here is a proposition of an easy(?) implementation of "off 
>contest matches".
>
>It would indeed be cool to update our robot and ask for a 
>fight with a specific oponent (even a match again our own 
>robot ?).
>
>The ideay is to let people write a "request_match.txt" in 
>their directory. This file will contain one line with the name 
>of two robots (case has to be respected !).
>
>For instance :
>Bothari gollum
>
>This way, the server can check each competitor directory and 
>parse the two first words of teh first line of this file. At 
>the end, he will get a list of the off contest fights to perform.
>The server can then remove or rename all of these files as 
>"request_match.txt.old". This way, competitor have to rename 
>reload their request_match.txt if they want an other figth to 
>be performed next time. This way, only requested fight will be 
>performed.
>
>After the sequence of fights, the server just repeat the check 
>of the txt files. If none present, no figths. And he can wait 
>a bit before rechecking.
>
>
>I don't know how the contest sequence of match is programmed,
>so it's probably not so easy to have things working this way.
>But I like the way it allow to have only requested fight.
>
>
>Any comments ? Aditionnal improve ideas ?
>What's your opinion olivier ? Realistic ? Easy to implement or 
>not ?
>
>Bothari, who hopes it will help to get off contest soon...
>
>  
>

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