[SSCAIT] Student StarCraft AI Tournament & Ladder

SSCAIT 2020/21

There were 56 bots in the 2020/21 installment of SSCAIT. The tournament was divided into two phases:

Round Robin tournament of 3080 games, where everybody played two games against everybody else. After this, 16 bots with the best score proceeded into next phase.
Double elimination bracket of the 16 best bots.

Round Robin results:

The best RR win rate of 94.55% (104 wins and only 6 losses) was achieved by Stardust bot by Bruce Mackenzie Nielsen.

The 16 best bots proceeding to the elimination bracket:

Stardust (P)
BananaBrain (P)
BetaStar (P)
Monster (Z)
Hao Pan (T)
PurpleWave (P)
Iron Bot (T)
Dragon (T)
Krasi0P (P)
Marian Devecka (Z)
Steamhammer (Z)
XIAOYICOG2019 (T)
Proxy (Z)
WillyT (T)
MadMixP (P)
TyrProtoss (P)

Elimination Bracket Videos:

The elimination bracket winner is Stardust bot, developed by Bruce Mackenzie Nielsen. The bracket results are shown below.

All the elimination games can be watched in this YouTube playlist.

Double Elimination Bracket results:

Score after round-robin phase:

Name	Race	Win Rate	Score (wins)	Losses	Description	Division	Updated
Stardust	Protoss	94.55%	104	6	https://github.com/bmnielsen/Stardust	Mixed	2020-12-22 22:45:20
BananaBrain	Protoss	90%	99	11	Come to the dark side; we have candy! BASIL:PUBLISH-READ,MAP-POOL:2019Season1	Mixed	2020-12-22 20:46:50
BetaStar	Protoss	90%	99	11	Our bot is based on CSE, improving the code and strategy against all three races, and using a new machine learning module.	Student: Nanjing University	2019-09-07 15:13:26
Monster	Zerg	89.09%	98	12	Munch-munch, gobble-gobble! BASIL: PB-KEY-0xFE664ABB	Mixed	2020-12-22 23:16:01
PurpleWave	Protoss	82.73%	91	19	Built with love. https://github.com/dgant/PurpleWave BASIL:PUBLISH-READ	Mixed	2020-12-23 00:13:41
Hao Pan	Terran	82.73%	91	19	Halo by Hao Pan, playing as Terran. Based on Iron bot. Uses VS2017, BWAPI 4.4.0, BWEM-community, and special tactics. BASIL: PB-KEY-0xFB1DFE42	Mixed	2020-12-22 23:59:06
Iron bot	Terran	80.91%	89	21	Stone's successor http://bwem.sourceforge.net/Iron.html Iron uses the BWEM library: http://bwem.sourceforge.net	Mixed	2019-03-17 10:08:23
Dragon	Terran	79.09%	87	23	Based on https://github.com/TorchCraft/TorchCraftAI (CherryPI).	Mixed	2020-10-01 18:29:40
krasi0P	Protoss	78.18%	86	24	Can play both Terran and Protoss. Detailed tutorial to run the bot using krasi0BotLauncher: https://goo.gl/JLN8JY	Mixed	2020-12-20 11:01:46
Marian Devecka	Zerg	75.45%	83	27	Savage zerg bot. Shows no mercy. BASIL:PUBLISH-READ,MAP-POOL:2019Season1	Mixed	2019-05-05 13:20:43
Steamhammer	Zerg	70.91%	78	32	Steamhammer 3.3.5 by Jay Scott. Tournament version. http://satirist.org/ai/starcraft/steamhammer/ BASIL:PUBLISH-READ,MAP-POOL:2019Season1	Mixed	2020-12-21 21:48:23
XIAOYICOG2019	Terran	69.09%	76	34		Mixed	2019-10-10 07:45:00
Proxy	Zerg	68.18%	75	35	Some bug fixes to stop the bot throwing so much. Mutalisk micro is WIP. Using BWEM and FAP.	Mixed	2019-01-22 17:40:16
WillyT	Terran	67.27%	74	36	C++/VS19/BWAPI 4.4.0 --- BASIL: PUBLISH-READ --- builds: bio-rush or 1raxFE --- update: drops	Mixed	2020-12-22 19:00:49
MadMixP	Protoss	64.55%	71	39	MadMix version 0.5.6 playing as Protoss. Built with the goal of finding an entertaining mix of units, strategies and madness. BASIL:PUBLISH-READ,MAP-POOL:2019Season1	Mixed	2020-10-14 00:01:40
TyrProtoss	Protoss	62.73%	69	41	Tyr has joined the mighty Protoss! Check out my blog: http://tyr-ai.net	Mixed	2018-03-18 21:32:03
McRaveZ	Zerg	60.91%	67	43	Development version. https://github.com/Cmccrave/McRave BASIL:PUBLISH-READ	Mixed	2020-12-23 00:16:54
Andrew Smith	Protoss	59.09%	65	45	Disabled as skyforknet is a fixed version of this one ----- Version 2.1 of Skynet	Mixed	2013-05-25 11:53:18
Chris Coxe	Zerg	57.27%	63	47	ZZZKBot by Chris Coxe. License: LGPLv3. https://liquipedia.net/starcraft/ZZZKBot https://github.com/chriscoxe/ZZZKBot BASIL: PB-KEY-0x55BEA5C9	Mixed	2020-02-14 15:45:15
Martin Rooijackers	Terran	56.36%	62	48	LetaBot: MCTS coming fully after the SSCAI tournament is over. Experimental version for this tournament. TvZ specialist. https://github.com/MartinRooijackers/LetaBot	Mixed	2017-12-20 22:34:36
Microwave	Zerg	56.36%	62	48	* Base defense uses combat sim * Regroup uses static defense * Overlord scout enemy base * Bugfixes BASIL: PB-KEY-0xE9AA1BEA	Mixed	2020-12-22 10:39:31
legacy	Random	55.45%	61	49	myfirstbot	Mixed	2019-05-12 15:22:43
Tomas Vajda	Protoss	55.45%	61	49	XIMP bot. Carrier push.	Mixed	2015-02-05 00:05:59
Arrakhammer	Zerg	55.45%	61	49	Zerg based on Steamhammer 1.2.2. https://github.com/avan994/Arrakhammer	Mixed	2018-08-09 07:26:59
Dave Churchill	Random	55.45%	61	49	https://github.com/davechurchill/ualbertabot	Mixed	2015-12-24 09:33:23
WuliBot	Protoss	54.55%	60	50	Customized AI on UalbertaBot https://github.com/XiangyuLi926/CSCI-524-Networked-AI	Mixed	2018-03-01 07:47:19
Sijia Xu	Zerg	53.64%	59	51	https://github.com/sijiaxu/Overkill	Mixed	2015-10-10 17:37:53
ICELab	Terran	50.91%	56	54	ICEbot 2.1 from Intelligent Computer Entertainment Lab., Ritsumeikan University. Potential flows, finite state machine, enemy strategy prediction which triggers adaptive strategy rules and a lot of other heuristic things are applied in this bot.	Mixed	2013-12-22 16:47:59
Ecgberht	Terran	50.91%	56	54	King of Wessex.--------------------- https://github.com/Jabbo16/Ecgberht BASIL:PUBLISH-READ	Student: Universidad Carlos III Madrid	2020-01-25 20:31:22
NLPRbot	Zerg	50.91%	56	54		Mixed	2017-09-04 12:38:08
ZurZurZur	Zerg	48.18%	53	57	Crazy macro Zerg bot, improvements ongoing... v0.823	Mixed	2017-08-27 14:00:42
AILien	Zerg	48.18%	53	57	Fixed issues with scourges and devourers not properly deciding where to go Fixed issue where no more scourge would be built when spire became greater Fixed double-extractor-issue Now using some actual BOs for ZvZ	Mixed	2020-04-17 04:58:03
Simplicity	Zerg	47.27%	52	58	BWAPI 4.4.0 with JBWAPI and BWEM. A few new features, plus many new bugs! BASIL:PUBLISH-READ	Mixed	2019-12-17 22:06:40
Andrey Kurdiumov	Random	45.45%	50	60	Rule-based bot https://github.com/kant2002/ualbertabot ======================= Working on having good performance in playing games first.	Mixed	2019-08-28 16:42:19
MegaBot2017	Protoss	43.64%	48	62	[Improved scoring and crash discounting, regarding previous version] MegaBot selects a "sub"-bot to play a match in its behalf. So far it selects among 2015 versions of Skynet, Xelnaga and NUSBot.	Student: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	2017-10-27 13:55:36
Flash	Protoss	40.91%	45	65	Reactive protoss with carrier. Based on ualbertabot.	Mixed	2016-04-25 05:16:50
CUBOT	Zerg	40%	44	66	Adaptive weights toward different opponents.	Student: China University of Mining and Technology	2018-12-20 08:10:59
NiteKatT	Terran	37.27%	41	69	Version 1.13a. Can play 1:1, FFA, Top vs. Bottom, and even Team Melee and Team Free For All! http://github.com/nitekat/BGHBot	Mixed	2018-05-14 06:40:45
KasoBot	Terran	36.36%	40	70	https://github.com/kaso123/KasoBot/ ----------- New version with some basic fundamentals done. Lot of work remaining. BASIL:PUBLISH-READ	Mixed	2020-11-27 18:13:23
Soeren Klett	Terran	36.36%	40	70	W.O.P.R - Bot - Monitoring and replanning	Student: University of Bielefeld	2016-03-07 23:26:18
Slater	Protoss	32.73%	36	74	Slater likes to dismantle its opponent with shuttle-reaver micro. Thanks to everyone in the SSCAIT discord for all their help :)	Mixed	2020-04-03 07:59:24
Yuanheng Zhu	Protoss	30%	33	77	Probe rush	Mixed	2017-08-18 04:43:48
Florian Richoux	Protoss	29.09%	32	78	AIUR v2.2. Please visit http://aiur-group.github.io/AIUR/" target="_blank">aiur-group.github.io/AIUR/ for further information.	Mixed	2014-10-30 14:32:16
Lukas Moravec	Protoss	28.18%	31	79		Mixed	2020-12-19 21:08:55
Junkbot	Terran	24.55%	27	83	A scrappy Terran bot, converted from Java to C++, based off Steamhammer/UAB. v0.1.0: Looking to see how it fairs at this stage.	Student: Purdue University Fort Wayne	2019-03-04 08:32:15
Tomas Cere	Protoss	24.55%	27	83	Simple Protoss bot.	Mixed	2012-10-10 00:00:00
NuiBot	Zerg	23.64%	26	84	Basic Zerg bot based on rule model. Bot is made as a part of my Master´s Thesis. We are working on next updates.	Student: FIIT STU Bratislava	2020-05-02 20:05:36
Bryan Weber	Zerg	23.64%	26	84	goo.gl/1tJwZo BASIL:PUBLISH-READ	Mixed	2020-12-19 05:57:52
KaonBot	Terran	23.64%	26	84	Disabled until a new version is released. It plays worse than the built-in AI ----- Bio Terran with a randomly generated dynamic build order. I hope to replace the randomness with learning capability at some point. https://github.com/m-kha	Mixed	2017-04-27 03:35:51
Jakub Trancik	Protoss	22.73%	25	85	Simple toss bot utilizing potential fields, with building placement trained by a genetic algorithm.	Mixed	2013-12-22 20:45:01
EggBot	Protoss	21.82%	24	86	This is a (not great) cannon rush bot built from scratch that follows up with a gateway and zealots.	Student: Memorial University of Newfoundland	2020-09-27 01:11:24
Aurelien Lermant	Zerg	20.91%	23	87	GarmBot is a Macro-heavy bot, expanding rapidly to try and overwhelm the enemy with an unstopable stream of zerg units. Still a lot of optimisations to be done. Latest update : Ultralisks and more upgrades.	Mixed	2018-05-12 10:18:10
Matej Istenik	Terran	20.91%	23	87	Simple Terran bot based on agents, state machines and lots of ifs.	Mixed	2016-03-04 21:19:44
Marine Hell	Terran	16.36%	18	92	This bot was written from scratch in 5 hours following official tutorial. I would like to keep it "as it is" to show how easy can be to write simple bot which is capable of winning. Source codes : https://github.com/libor-vilimek/marine-hell	Mixed	2017-03-15 10:21:29
JumpyDoggoBot	Zerg	15.45%	17	93	Big ol' Jumpy doggos making Terran a concern (Basic stages, only 4 Pool at this point) Follow it's development at: www.makingcomputerdothings.com	Mixed	2019-06-12 21:44:22
StyxZ	Zerg	0%	0	110	Turtles all the way down.	Mixed	2020-09-20 14:45:08