Welcome to the second continuous installment of the AoKH AI Scripting Ladder. Here you can enter your AI to compete aganist AIs with a wide range of abilities and a huge range of strategies. Whether it's to improve your AI's skill or whether you want to enjoy the exciting fun and community it provides, the AI scripting ladder will suit your needs.
If you want to enter the ladder, just drop a post in the thread with a link to your AI, tell us what civ you want it to play, and your AI will be added to the ladder.
If you are joining the ladder for the first time, we have listed some scripts that you can test your AI against in addition to the standard computer AI, so that you can know that your AI will be ready for the ladder. These scripts are Hispain Special, Chong Hong Wei, and Flash Myn. The first two are relatively easy to beat. If you can beat these two AIs consistently, then your AI is ready for the Ladder. If not, you can still join anyway. If you think you're AI is quite strong, you can test it against Flash Myn for a much stronger challenge. The links to these scripts are listed below the ladder standings.
When you enter your AI, it will play four unrated games against different opponents and given a rating based on its performance. Once your AI has been given a rating, your AI is ready to enter round play and climb up the ladder.
Like multiplayer ladders, the AI ladder determines an AI script's overall skill ability over the course of several games and compares the skill ratings of other AIs to each other. The biggest change from its previous installment is its use of a proper ladder ranking system with actual numerical ratings instead of a net win and loss ratio, which means that the ladder will be much more mobile, and beginning AIs will play against other AIs that match their skill much more accurately.
The AI Ladder uses the ELO system, the same system used to rank chess players or players on online gaming sites such as
Each AI will is assigned a certain class depending on its current score:
Also, if you would like your AI to play against a specific AI in addition to the assigned games in the round, just post a request and the game will be played. The game affect the ratings of both AIs unless requested otherwise. Requested games are limited to one game against each AI per cycle.
In addition, for those who like a bit of nostaliga, you can find the first installment of the AI scripting ladder
AI Ladder Champion Hall of Fame:
The Horde ARFFI De'gel AgeofStoneWalls Crusade | 9 Sep, 2010 - 15 Dec, 2011 15 Dec, 2011 - 23 Feb, 2012 23 Feb, 2012 - 3 Mar, 2012 3 Mar, 2012 - present |
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. | Crusade No Limits ARFFI De'gel Eagles Revenge VNS_Halen | 1747 1741 1741 1717 | Random Huns Aztecs Aztecs Vikings | Campeador TOAO_Dave ARFFI ER VNS_None |
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. | Vaisravana The Horde Solidus Phyrexx John Mendl Leif Ericson AgeofStoneWalls Challenger Lade Chameleon MiniEel IS_Machine CPS Alexander Kamikaze Brititron Tlamacazqui Snake Barbarian Kosmos | 1681 1678 1670 1665 1662 1658 1649 1648 1645 1643 1642 1634 1624 1621 1621 1603 1601 1600 | Chinese Random Byzantines Huns Teutons Vikings Aztecs Huns Mayans Random Goths Goths Random Vik/Jap/Teut/Goth Chinese Aztecs Mayans Random Random | java sparrow zergs java sparrow robink John Mendl Leif Ericson TOAO_DaVe Clarty Marathon Scripter64 UnfairestEel DuckOfNormandy Suriel The Ruler cakemaphoneige jdstankosky UnfairestEel II2N Bari |
25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. | Boss Wartron Ace Offwo AI Promi Integrity AllianceThundaEmpire Mire Octopussy Zarus Storm! | 1586 1569 1569 1556 1552 1534 1528 1511 1508 1502 | Random Goths Random Random Byzantines Random Random Mayans Random Goths Random | lws735 cakemaphoneige Alevo offwo200 Promiskuitiv Murray Jnr Mabuse kram1138 The Ruler Lazarus II Alevo |
36. | Carlos Ferdinand | Chinese | Carlos Ferdinand |
Use the first two AIs to test whether your AI is ready to join the AI Ladder. Test against Flash Myn for a much more difficult challenge.
Vermin Supreme Fast 'n' Furious UnfairSteel | Huns Mongols Random | Lazarus II Dupemaster UnfairestEel | Snake Ace CPS Alexander Lade Wartron Kamikaze | Loss Win - Loss - - |
Those who are willing to judge and record these games (anyone can judge a game), please post for which games you would like to play. Authors should not judge games that contain their own AI. All games should be played on Hard difficulty, Arabia, 200 pop, low resources. Games will be considered a draw if they last more than two hours, thus you can end the game after two hours if you wish.
It is recommended that the judges cheat "natural wonders" so that there is no possibility of interference from the judge. However, if you feel that this would hamper your ability to review the game you may opt not to do this, as long as you provide the recorded game.
Once the game is finished, please write a short review of the game. Provide helpful comments on what were each AI's weak points so that the authors of the scripts can know how to update them. Also post the recorded game link along with the review.To make it easier for us to gather information from the reviews, please post the reviews of the games in this format (just copy it into your post and edit it):
AI #1 (Civilization) vs. AI #2 (Civilization)
1 Jan, 2012 (this date is just an example of the format)
Review:
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Winner: (AI Name)
Game Time: X:XX:XX (hours:minutes:seconds)
Recorded Game link
1 Jan, 2012 (this date is just an example of the format)
Review:
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Winner: (AI Name)
Game Time: X:XX:XX (hours:minutes:seconds)
Recorded Game link
Thanks for judging and reviewing! Here is the current schedule. Sign up for the games you would like to play:
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1. 2. 3. Vermin Supreme Fast 'n' Furious UnfairSteel vs. vs. vs. CPS Alexander Wartron Kamikaze 3 2 1 |
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Ace AgeofStoneWalls AllianceThundaEmpire ARFFI De'gel Boss Brititron Carlos Ferdinand Challenger CPS Alexander Eagles Revenge Integrity Kosmos Leif Ericson MiniEel No Limits Octopussy Promi Solidus vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Barbarian Chameleon Mire Crusade IS Machine Kamikaze (Japanese) Zarus Snake Lade John Mendl Offwo AI Wartron Phyrexx Vaisravana VNS_Halen Storm! Tlamacazqui The Horde Clarty - - II2N Promiskuitiv - - zergs - Clarty The Ruler - - The Ruler - - II2N II2N Barbarian - - Crusade IS Machine - - Challenger - Eagles Revenge Integrity - - Vaisravana - - Tlamacazqui The Horde |
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[This message has been edited by Leif Ericson (edited 11-03-2012 @ 11:45 PM).]