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[WanderingWinder]

In the single most annoying game ever played on Goko, I present

http://dominionlogs.goko.com//20130403/log.5143c778e4b0d173cd4c231a.1365038040968.txt

I went for big money / chapel and eventually crossroads, but the bot kept insisting scrying pool was good so it bought 10 of them, as well as 10 spies and pretty much nothing else save for 2 fairgrounds. Aside from choosing a horrible strategy, it made the game take way longer than it should have.

If that happens you can probably turn the animation speed all the way up

People play with the animation speed at any other setting?

I'm pretty well known for playing quickly, no? I play with it on fast (or whatever they're calling the third setting, second from the fastest, now).

[elahrairah13]

I played an Androminion game this week in which the bot bought several loans and therefore trashed down to just a handful of coppers...
but also bought 4 or 5 Counting Houses.

[ConMan]

When I play Androminion and Rats is on the board, well - their deck is certainly safe against Curses.

[eHalcyon]

When I play Androminion and Rats is on the board, well - their deck is certainly safe against Curses.

If Androminion bot picks up Rats, I quit.

[ConMan]

When I play Androminion and Rats is on the board, well - their deck is certainly safe against Curses.

If Androminion bot picks up Rats, I quit.

So would I, but I recently installed it on a new phone and I need the "10 wins in a row" achievement again.

For those who don't know how painful it can be, Androminion does a little cascading display of cards gained or revealed, so when your opponent's deck is 20 copies of Rats it's a huge waterfall as each play of Rats results in a reveal of up to 5 more copies.

[Blueswan]

I won the 20th stage of Cornucopia adventures with a "Moat" strategy. I ended with 8VP, the three bots were all in zero or negative territory.

http://dominionlogs.goko.com//20130405/log.50f70ca7e4b0c53c94b0ca2d.1365155526139.txt

[LastFootnote]

I won the 20th stage of Cornucopia adventures with a "Moat" strategy. I ended with 8VP, the three bots were all in zero or negative territory.

http://dominionlogs.goko.com//20130405/log.50f70ca7e4b0c53c94b0ca2d.1365155526139.txt

I love that about the Adventure finals. If I recall correctly, the final stage of Intrigue Act 3 is a board where Secret Chamber is the key card. It's pretty sweet.

EDIT: Assuming I'm remembering the correct stage, it's a four-player game with this board:

$2: Chapel, Moat, Pawn, Secret Chamber
$3: Shanty Town, Swindler, Village
$5: Torturer, Tribute, Witch

[JohnO]

All the bots had a major AI upgrade this week, one is rated over 4k now, they were about 3400  before I think.

[hsiale]

Bots definitely don't understand what is the bane card and how it influences their decision if they should buy Young Witch.

I played two YW games today. In the first one there was Squire (as bane), Lighthouse and Vineyard (and Market+Festival to strengthen the Vineyard strategy even more). First thing I did was piledriving Squires, with Lighthouses after that. Still the bot went heavy YW (3 or 4 of them). I ended the game with 8 Vineyards worth 14 points each and all 10 Curses still in the Supply.

The second game had Oasis as bane and Watchtower in addition to this, which not only was a good YW defense, but also protected from Ghost Ship and allowed a "trash Copper, trash Copper, topdeck Cache" trick. This time at least 4 YWs managed to give me 4 Curses, half of which I trashed with Apprentice.

[clb]

Bots definitely don't understand what is the bane card and how it influences their decision if they should buy Young Witch.

I played two YW games today. In the first one there was Squire (as bane), Lighthouse and Vineyard (and Market+Festival to strengthen the Vineyard strategy even more). First thing I did was piledriving Squires, with Lighthouses after that. Still the bot went heavy YW (3 or 4 of them). I ended the game with 8 Vineyards worth 14 points each and all 10 Curses still in the Supply.

The second game had Oasis as bane and Watchtower in addition to this, which not only was a good YW defense, but also protected from Ghost Ship and allowed a "trash Copper, trash Copper, topdeck Cache" trick. This time at least 4 YWs managed to give me 4 Curses, half of which I trashed with Apprentice.

It has been a little while, so perhaps has been fixed, but the last YW game I played against a bot featured Scheme as the bane. I felt that 1 or 2 were enough (I don't remember the board - I ended up doing some money strategy, I think), but the bot felt it needed all 8 or 9 of the other Schemes.

[hsiale]

This might have been not due to Scheme being the bane, but due to it being a cantrip. Goko bots love cantrips. They piledrive Spy nearly every game it's in the kingdom.

[Blueswan]

This might have been not due to Scheme being the bane, but due to it being a cantrip. Goko bots love cantrips. They piledrive Spy nearly every game it's in the kingdom.

Indeed. And when you lose to a bot who piledrives Spy, that's when you know you played a shitty game. Been there done that.

[Morgrim7]

With Sheme as the bane of YW all you need is one and just topdeck it every turn.

[Taco Lobster]

The bot definitely loves to go village idiot on Scheme.  I don't know how many endgames when Scheme is present come down to the bot spamming Schemes, buying another Scheme, and then returning the played Schemes to the top of its deck. 

[Squidd]

Mint and Fool's Gold were both on the board, and the bot opened with Mint.  I was rather impressed that it knew to go for Mint/FG.  But then T2 it bought a Chapel 

I think the bots (or at least some of them) always take Mint on a 5/2, without regard to the $2 cards. I've seen it a few times. Just now the only $2 was Moat, and the other $5's were Mountebank and Witch.

[clb]

With Sheme as the bane of YW all you need is one and just topdeck it every turn.

True, unless there is some other action I would like to topdeck as it works its way through the deck.

[DG]

Thrones and traders is a great bot strategy.

[hsiale]

http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20130419/log.50893139a2e67cff211cd7e5.1366394173163.txt - for no visible reason (all Provinces in Supply, no Duke or Silk Road) Lord Bottington buys 3 Duchies in turns 8, 9 an 10.

[D Bo]

I wish I saved the log but in an IGG game this morning one of the bots bought all Warehouses except for two that I smuggled before purchasing any treasure allowing me to pile-drive IGGs and Duchies...

[hsiale]

Bots love Warehouse nearly as much as they love Spy.

[clb]

Bots love Warehouse nearly as much as they love Spy.

+3 cards, +1 action - what's not to love? It's basically a superLab or Village Smithy. How could there be a downside to buying them all?

[Tables]

http://dominionlogs.goko.com//20130424/log.505c7f4ca2e6c78ad2ed5ba1.1366857587510.txt

Village Idiot bot played pretty well. Well, except the part where by endgame, he had 10 potions and no potion cost cards.

[shMerker]

I've noticed bots don't always reveal a Moat to block a Curse when they can. For instance if you play a Witch with a Throne Room they'll block the first curse and not the second one. Is this something they all do or is it limited to lower level bots to make them easier to beat?

[ftl]

I think I remember that being reported as a bug, but it must have been forgotten about and never fixed.

[DG]

Its seems as if everything reported in the invitational beta was lost when they switched systems so they need it reporting again on Get Satisfaction.