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Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 07:31:43 -0600
From: REMOVETOSPAMMEcodeguy@hotmail.com (Travis Bemann)
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Subject: Corewar beginner
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I'm a beginner at Corewar.  I've created some warriors, but I'm not sure
about how to do things such as scattering bombing paths without hitting my
own warrior.  Also, I'm not sure about what some of the terminology, such
as vampire (or vamp for short), means.  Could you give me some Corewar
tips, such as tips on how to improve the best warrior that I've created
yet, which is:

;redcode-94
;name Mauvestone
;author Travis Bemann
;strategy spl 0 scan-bomber, 2-pass coreclear, imp-gate
;assert 1

        org boot
step0   equ #4
step1   equ #6
step2   equ #2
boot    mov impgate,last+20
scan0   add step0,aim
scan1   jmz.f scan0,@aim
        slt aim,#CORESIZE-50
        jmp clear0
        mov ammo0,>aim
        mov ammo1,>aim
        add step1,aim
        jmp scan1
clear0  mov aimold,aim
clear1  add step2,aim
        slt aim,#CORESIZE-50
        jmp clear2
        mov ammo2,@aim
        jmp clear1
clear2  mov aimold,aim
        add #1,aim
clear3  add step2,aim
        slt aim,#CORESIZE-50
        jmp last+20
        mov ammo2,@aim
        jmp clear3
impgate jmp.b 0,<-10
ammo0   spl 0
ammo1   jmp -1
ammo2   dat #0,#0
aim     dat #0,#last+21
aimold  dat #0,#last+21
last    dat #0,#0
        end

-- 
Travis Bemann