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edwardzachary785 t1_izfc3h5 wrote

Hi Meta Team, I’m curious to know about your process for setting up this tournament to test out Cicero against real players. What sources did you use to find players, and how did you vet players to assure that Cicero was competing against a mix of various skill levels?

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Specialist-Regret241 t1_izfemmo wrote

Generally crap player here who did better than Cicero twice and lost once.

I don't know what they would say but it looked to me like the matches in which they entered Cicero had a pretty wide range of skill, although I don't think there was anyone who diplomacy players consider to be at the top of the game. Hard to say as online diplomacy is so fragmented; Cicero was in a very new very niche variant.

Edited to add that I forgot about some of the players who were involved in the playtesting and design side. They're pretty good.

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MetaAI_Official OP t1_izfpaa6 wrote

We joined a league designed by members of the active online Diplomacy community. The league included new players as well as more experienced players who have performed well in other Diplomacy tournaments. -AM

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MetaAI_Official OP t1_izfqers wrote

Markus was instrumental in organising this - he's deeply connected to the online diplomacy community and his expertise and care for the people involved was pretty critical here. Both from a logistics point of view of getting people to play lots of games but also from making sure there was a good balance. I think from personal feedback I've received it was also a really fun event for the people who participated, so hats off to Markus for all his work on that. -AG

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