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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        You <em>have</em> to shoot at least <const>1</const> stone per
  20        turn if you have any left.
  21      </div>
  22    </div>
  23    <div class="statement-section statement-warning">
  24      <h2>
  25        <span class="icon icon-warning">&nbsp;</span>
  26        <span>Rule Evolution</span>
  27      </h2>
  28      <div class="statement-warning-content">
  29        The following ideas are still in flux, waiting for some
  30        opinions.  Please drop a word on the
  31        <a href="https://www.codingame.com/contribute/view/507070b7925f661e2d2835c14f950b9d157e">
  32          contribution's page
  33        </a>
  34        or
  35        <a href="https://forum.codingame.com/t/troll-vs-castles-brainstorm/184827?u=jbm">
  36          on the forum
  37        </a>
  38        <ul>
  39          <li>
  40            Is it even worth publishing? can the problem be totally solved?
  41          </li>
  42          <li>
  43            More maps? (a map is a {road length} × {initial stone count} pair)
  44          </li>
  45          <li>
  46            Leagues? I could conceive the referee being permissive
  47            (allow 0 stones thrown) in the first one, and then strict.
  48          </li>
  49          <li>
  50            Fog of war? (see only troll position, not enemy throw/stones left)
  51          </li>
  52          <li>
  53            <strong>variable</strong> for of war? (seeing enemy stones
  54            is a boolean decided randomly as part of the map?
  55          </li>
  56          <li>
  57            alternative fog of war? (seeing enemy stones only when
  58            troll is close to us?)
  59          </li>
  60          <li>
  61            Praise for my artistic skillz
  62          </li>
  63          <li>
  64            Other remarks?
  65          </li>
  66        </ul>
  67      </div>
  68    </div>
  69    <div class="statement-victory-conditions">
  70      <div class="icon victory"></div>
  71      <div class="blk">
  72        <div class="title">Victory Condition</div>
  73        <div class="text">Your opponent loses.</div>
  74      </div>
  75    </div>
  76    <div class="statement-lose-conditions">
  77      <div class="icon lose"></div>
  78      <div class="blk">
  79        <div class="title">Defeat Condition</div>
  80        <ul>
  81          <li>The troll reaches your castle.</li>
  82          <li>When no player has stones left, the troll is closer to your castle.</li>
  83        </ul>
  84      </div>
  85    </div>
  86    <div class="statement-section statement-protocol">
  87      <h2>
  88        <span class="icon icon-protocol">&nbsp;</span>
  89        <span>I/O Protocol</span>
  90      </h2>
  91      <div class="statement-protocol-content">
  92        Just read the sample code.  You can figure this out.
  93      </div>
  94    </div>
  95    <div class="statement-section statement-expertrules">
  96      <h2>
  97        <span class="icon icon-expertrules">&nbsp;</span>
  98        <span>Maps</span>
  99      </h2>
 100      <div class="statement-expert-rules-content">
 101        <p>
 102          The following maps are currently available and randomly yet
 103          extremely fairly (you wouldn't believe the effort that went
 104          into this) chosen uniformly at random among the following:
 105        </p>
 106        <table>
 107          <tr><th>Road length</th><th>Stones</th></tr>
 108          <tr><td><const>6</const></td><td><const>15</const></td></tr>
 109          <tr><td><const>6</const></td><td><const>30</const></td></tr>
 110          <tr><td><const>14</const></td><td><const>30</const></td></tr>
 111          <tr><td><const>14</const></td><td><const>50</const></td></tr>
 112        </table>
 113        <p>
 114          As with anything in this <em>draft</em> statement, this
 115          is <strong>subject to change without notice</strong>.  Why do
 116          you think they're provided in the game input?
 117        </p>
 118      </div>
 119    </div>
 120    <div class="statement-section statement-protocol">
 121      <h2>
 122        <span class="icon icon-protocol">&nbsp;</span>
 123        <span>Change Log</span>
 124      </h2>
 125      <ul>
 126        <li>
 127          Fixed the road length fencepost non-issue.
 128        </li>
 129        <li>
 130          Of course that game needed MSG functionality!
 131        </li>
 132        <li>
 133          Enforce the one-stone rule.  (that also fixed the legacy
 134          buh&mdash;sorry people!  I put an easter egg in exchange)
 135        </li>
 136        <li>
 137          Cutesy defeat animations.
 138        </li>
 139        <li>
 140          Distinct castle sprites!
 141        </li>
 142        <li>
 143          Terminate game when there are no more stones in sight.
 144        </li>
 145        <li>
 146          More pretty. (SRLSLY)
 147        </li>
 148        <li>
 149          No more void maps. (root cause: Java <const>%</const> on a
 150          negative seed)
 151        </li>
 152      </ul>
 153    </div>
 154    <div class="statement-story-background">
 155      <div class="statement-story"
 156           style="position: relative; min-height: min-content">
 157        <div class="story-text">
 158          <div style="text-align: center">
 159            &ldquo;Trolls simply detest the very sight of dwarves (uncooked).&rdquo;
 160          </div>
 161          <div style="text-align: right">
 162            &mdash;&nbsp;J.R.R. Tolkien, <i>The Hobbit</i>
 163          </div>
 164
 165          <hr>
 166
 167          Based on an involuntary suggestion by
 168          <span class="card" cg-codingamer-card-popup=""
 169                userid="user.codingamer.userId">
 170            <a class="pseudo"
 171               href="/profile/dbfa96e0ac9b77a3db679628f27224ae8509333"
 172               title="Zaap38">Zaap38</a>
 173          </span>
 174          on the #Fr channel.  The original appears to be by
 175          <a href="http://andre.lovichi.free.fr/teaching/ea/2015-2016/cours/troll/Trolls_et_chateaux.pdf">
 176            Romain Andr&eacute;-Lovichi
 177          </a>.
 178        </div>
 179      </div>
 180    </div>
 181 </div>