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   1 <div class="statement-body">
   2    <!-- GOAL -->
   3    <div class="statement-section statement-goal">
   4      <h2>
   5        <span class="icon icon-goal">&nbsp;</span>
   6        <span>The Goal</span>
   7      </h2>
   8      <div class="statement-goal-content">
   9        Don't get destroyed by the troll.
  10      </div>
  11    </div>
  12    <!-- RULES -->
  13    <div class="statement-section statement-rules">
  14      <h2>
  15        <span class="icon icon-rules">&nbsp;</span>
  16        <span>Rules</span>
  17      </h2>
  18      <div class="statement-rules-content">
  19        If you have stones, shoot <const>1</const> or more of them.
  20        <br>
  21        If you don't have stones, shoot <const>0</const> exactly.
  22      </div>
  23    </div>
  24    <div class="statement-section statement-warning">
  25      <h2>
  26        <span class="icon icon-warning">&nbsp;</span>
  27        <span>Rule Evolution</span>
  28      </h2>
  29      <div class="statement-warning-content">
  30        The following ideas are still in flux, waiting for some
  31        opinions.  Please drop a word on the
  32        <a href="https://www.codingame.com/contribute/view/507070b7925f661e2d2835c14f950b9d157e">
  33          contribution's page
  34        </a>
  35        or
  36        <a href="https://forum.codingame.com/t/troll-vs-castles-brainstorm/184827?u=jbm">
  37          on the forum
  38        </a>
  39        <ul>
  40          <li>
  41            Is it even worth publishing? can the problem be totally solved?
  42          </li>
  43          <li>
  44            More maps? (a map is a {road length} × {initial stone count} pair)
  45          </li>
  46          <li>
  47            Leagues? I could conceive the referee being permissive
  48            (allow 0 stones thrown) in the first one, and then strict.
  49          </li>
  50          <li>
  51            Fog of war? (see only troll position, not enemy throw/stones left)
  52          </li>
  53          <li>
  54            <strong>variable</strong> for of war? (seeing enemy stones
  55            is a boolean decided randomly as part of the map?
  56          </li>
  57          <li>
  58            alternative fog of war? (seeing enemy stones only when
  59            troll is close to us?)
  60          </li>
  61          <li>
  62            Praise for my artistic skillz
  63          </li>
  64          <li>
  65            Other remarks?
  66          </li>
  67        </ul>
  68      </div>
  69    </div>
  70    <div class="statement-victory-conditions">
  71      <div class="icon victory"></div>
  72      <div class="blk">
  73        <div class="title">Victory Condition</div>
  74        <div class="text">Your opponent loses.</div>
  75      </div>
  76    </div>
  77    <div class="statement-lose-conditions">
  78      <div class="icon lose"></div>
  79      <div class="blk">
  80        <div class="title">Defeat Condition</div>
  81        <ul>
  82          <li>The troll reaches your castle.</li>
  83          <li>When no player has stones left, the troll is closer to your castle.</li>
  84        </ul>
  85      </div>
  86    </div>
  87    <div class="statement-section statement-protocol">
  88      <h2>
  89        <span class="icon icon-protocol">&nbsp;</span>
  90        <span>I/O Protocol</span>
  91      </h2>
  92      <div class="statement-protocol-content">
  93        Just read the sample code.  You can figure this out.
  94        <br>
  95        You're currently allowed the default SDK timings.  I think it's
  96        one second for the first turn and 50&nbsp;ms then, but don't
  97        quote me on this.
  98      </div>
  99    </div>
 100    <div class="statement-section statement-expertrules">
 101      <h2>
 102        <span class="icon icon-expertrules">&nbsp;</span>
 103        <span>Expert rules</span>
 104      </h2>
 105      <div class="statement-expert-rules-content">
 106        <p>
 107          The following maps are currently available and randomly yet
 108          extremely fairly (you wouldn't believe the effort that went
 109          into this) chosen uniformly at random among the following:
 110        </p>
 111        <table>
 112          <tr><th>Road length</th><th>Stones</th></tr>
 113          <tr><td><const>6</const></td><td><const>15</const></td></tr>
 114          <tr><td><const>6</const></td><td><const>30</const></td></tr>
 115          <tr><td><const>14</const></td><td><const>30</const></td></tr>
 116          <tr><td><const>14</const></td><td><const>50</const></td></tr>
 117        </table>
 118        <p>
 119          As with anything in this <em>draft</em> statement, this
 120          is <strong>subject to change without notice</strong>.  Why do
 121          you think they're provided in the game input?
 122        </p>
 123        <p>
 124          You can also override them via game
 125          settings <tt>roadLength</tt> and <tt>initialStones</tt>.
 126        </p>
 127      </div>
 128    </div>
 129    <div class="statement-section statement-protocol">
 130      <h2>
 131        <span class="icon icon-protocol">&nbsp;</span>
 132        <span>Change Log</span>
 133      </h2>
 134      <p>
 135        I'm not maintaining the full changelog here anymore as the
 136        <a href="https://troll.desast.re/troll.git">game's source
 137        repository</a> is now publicly available.  I'll just make note
 138        of the single latest change, so you can know how far behind you
 139        were lagging.  Patches welcome, BTW.
 140      </p>
 141      <p>
 142        This draft's last change is:
 143        <strong>
 144          game parameters can be overridden.
 145        </strong>
 146      </p>
 147    </div>
 148    <div class="statement-story-background">
 149      <div class="statement-story"
 150           style="position: relative; min-height: min-content">
 151        <div class="story-text">
 152          <div style="text-align: center">
 153            &ldquo;Trolls simply detest the very sight of dwarves (uncooked).&rdquo;
 154          </div>
 155          <div style="text-align: right">
 156            &mdash;&nbsp;J.R.R. Tolkien, <i>The Hobbit</i>
 157          </div>
 158        </div>
 159        <div class="story-text">
 160          <p>
 161            Based on an involuntary suggestion by
 162            <span class="card" cg-codingamer-card-popup=""
 163                  userid="user.codingamer.userId">
 164              <a class="pseudo"
 165                 href="/profile/dbfa96e0ac9b77a3db679628f27224ae8509333"
 166                 title="Zaap38">Zaap38</a>
 167            </span>
 168            on the #Fr channel.  The original appears to be by
 169            <a href="http://andre.lovichi.free.fr/teaching/ea/2015-2016/cours/troll/Trolls_et_chateaux.pdf">
 170              Romain Andr&eacute;-Lovichi
 171            </a>.
 172          </p>
 173        </div>
 174      </div>
 175    </div>
 176 </div>