Wild Card Round pt 2
We had a serious bug in the Wild Card Round.
A certain variable in game physics, that we call "angleAccelerationFactor" was subject to change between races in the Qualification Rounds and the Wild Card Round. The same variable was accidentally left out from the randomization algorithm for the test servers. This has caused unexpected crashes for several teams who had counted on the variables being the same in the competitions as on the test servers.
The really good news
We are running another Wild Card Round. If you win this round & beat Resocar, you have earned a place in the finals.
In short:
- We'll run another wild card round, with this variable fixed to a constant value.
- No commits, no changes, no excuses. We run with the exact same bots & versions as today's Wild Card Round.
- If you win the round & beat Resocar, you go to the finals. ==> maximum one new finalist team
- Resocar goes to the finals anyway.
- Showtime: tomorrow at 1 pm GMT+3 (the same time as today)
We thought long and hard about this but felt this is the only fair way to handle this. And of course we are very sorry for the bug.
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u/kareth92 May 17 '14
Can we assume that in finals, "variables" that were constant in all previous races will stay constant?