The battle for humanity begins! Join Meme and Ezio as they document Meme's journey through the Meta AI Tournament, a 100 game Gunboat Diplomacy event in which players were challenged to defeat Facebook AI Research's new Diplomacy bot.
This tournament uses Sum of Squares Scoring, in which a player's final score is equal to (SC_count^2) / (sum of all players (SC_count^2)) . This means you get a higher score for having more centers, and for the opposition being more divided - you need to grow your own country without letting anyone else get too big to maximise it. Solos (18-center victories) are still worth 100% of the possible points.
Diplomacy is a negotiation-based board game set during World War One. 7 players each control one great power (England, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Russia, and Turkey) and fight for control of Europe, using their diplomatic skill to make covert deals with one another and to backstab their friends.