Mr. Mumbles
Smash Ace
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- Jun 13, 2013
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I'd post this in character speculation, except this isn't a series attempt at figuring out who will be on the roster. I have given up thinking anything I do can actually predict Sakurai. No, this is a call to all programmers. Are you a software engineer by trade (like myself)? Or have you written a single line of Java code in your life? Doesn't matter both are welcome here.
Your task should you chose to accept it is to write a program that guesses the roster for ssb4. There are two stipulations.
1. Don't write a program where you know in advance what the output will be (What is the fun in that?)
2. Don't use random numbers or hash functions. Randomness can be fun for a time, but isn't it much more interesting when we really have no idea why it picked character a over character b?
Hopefully we have some people who know how to code on this site, and who like to screw around with challenges like this that aren't apt to produce any meaningful results. For those of you who do know a little bit about coding but have no idea how to achieve the above, wiki nearest neighbor and machine learning in general. I assure you there are some techniques that aren't terribly difficult... mind you I'm pretty sure of the require some finagling to actually fit the problem being asked, but get creative! And remember this is for fun. The algorithm doesn't have to make that much sense. Shoot if your program goes off of the number of letters in the name, I'm okay with that. Slightly more realistic ones would be more appreciated it, as I think they'd be funnier.
There is no time limit on this. If no one else participates I still will so tune in later for my results. I already have the program written, now its time for the hard part. Actually collecting data to feed into the darn thing. Personally I'm opting to feed in data points that I think are relevant and ones I don't think are alike, because who knows what actually matters, and there again I think it is pretty hopeless to predict Sakurai.
Your task should you chose to accept it is to write a program that guesses the roster for ssb4. There are two stipulations.
1. Don't write a program where you know in advance what the output will be (What is the fun in that?)
2. Don't use random numbers or hash functions. Randomness can be fun for a time, but isn't it much more interesting when we really have no idea why it picked character a over character b?
Hopefully we have some people who know how to code on this site, and who like to screw around with challenges like this that aren't apt to produce any meaningful results. For those of you who do know a little bit about coding but have no idea how to achieve the above, wiki nearest neighbor and machine learning in general. I assure you there are some techniques that aren't terribly difficult... mind you I'm pretty sure of the require some finagling to actually fit the problem being asked, but get creative! And remember this is for fun. The algorithm doesn't have to make that much sense. Shoot if your program goes off of the number of letters in the name, I'm okay with that. Slightly more realistic ones would be more appreciated it, as I think they'd be funnier.
There is no time limit on this. If no one else participates I still will so tune in later for my results. I already have the program written, now its time for the hard part. Actually collecting data to feed into the darn thing. Personally I'm opting to feed in data points that I think are relevant and ones I don't think are alike, because who knows what actually matters, and there again I think it is pretty hopeless to predict Sakurai.
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