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An OK marketing piece for Two Sigma, but I don't see why being a Hedge Fund has anything to do with it. BTW, Robocode has been there for years and there is a hu
by stuffedBelly 9y ago
An OK marketing piece for Two Sigma, but I don't see why being a Hedge Fund has anything to do with it. BTW, Robocode has been there for years and there is a huge community behind it.
P.S. I work in finance and sometimes find companies in this industry try way too hard to appeal to the younger generation. Lots of marketing pieces sound like dad jokes.
- swyx 9y agoi am new to robocode but from skimming through it it seems you are just controlling one tank? this two sigma game involves controlling a swarm of bots with colonizing involved so its a different problem. in any case, just 'cause something exists shouldnt block you from trying your own twist on it.
- sydriax 9y agoYeah, I agree that Robocode is very different from Halite. There are some competitions that are somewhat similar. - Visually, generals.io is pretty similar to Halite-I, but in actuality ends up being a pretty different game. - Halite-I is most similar to the Ants AI Challenge of 2011 (which inspired it). - Halite-II was conceived of as sort of a mix of Halite-I and Planet Wars. - MIT Battlecode is similar in controlling lots of pieces, but the style of game is very different because Halite is all about emergent behaviors in the game whereas traditionally Battlecode hasn't been. They're also very different from the implementation side for the end-user. - Codingame can range from somewhat similar to very, very different.
- emodendroket 9y agoProbably because people would be surprised at the juxtaposition.