Final Standings

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CONGRATULATIONS TO 

                Mihai Badoiu from Bucharest Romania! 

		  WINNER OF THE AIMLESS POTM !!!!

Andre' Wilhelmus wins the Tournament of Champions crown
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Here's the results of the final run:

				Mon Sep  2 00:41:50 EDT 1996
				57 entered
				440 asked for details.
				1121 are on the mailing list!

WE HAVE A WINNER ... Thanks to all who participated, your results are
listed below.  More details forthcoming in the next few days!

CONGRATULATIONS TO:  Mihai Badoiu from Bucharest Romania! 

There were three buildings in the finals:  amaze.me, multiplicity,
  and the evil potm.building ... each had its own foibles!

  Below are the final scores ... the ranking is based on the TOTAL
  STEPS, UPS, and TIME (SECONDS) summed over all three runs.  Also shown
  are the total STEPS and UPS for each of the three buildings.

                <--- TOTAL --->  <------- INDIVIDUAL ------->
          ENTRY STEPS  UPS SECS  amaze.me multiplic potm.buil AUTHOR
   ------------ ----- ---- ----  -------- --------- --------- ------------
stalker         22862 4612 1398 5732/911  8212/1547 8918/2154 Mihai Badoiu
mowing3D        22564 2410 1408 5636/696  8018/965  8910/749  Bob Hall
Ripple          22016 3694 1788 5464/940  7768/1257 8784/1497 Emerald Chung
I_want_a_guide  21468 3392 1665 5144/900  7972/1216 8352/1276 Kurt VandenBranden
Get_Back        21302 5672  595 5116/1235 7642/1791 8544/2646 Tim Ruhl
Willie_Wundes   21290 4123 1374 5196/703  7594/1196 8500/2224 Dave Peterson
antFarm         21170 4478 1802 5162/1099 7756/1492 8252/1887 Glenn Bradford
son_of_Sot      20734 5962 1770 4980/1051 7630/2052 8124/2859 Bob Ashenfelter
Witless         20716 3900 1154 5408/700  7152/1449 8156/1751 Alex Popiel
janitor         20482 3653 1843 4920/397  7386/790  8176/2466 Greg Youngdahl
Round+Round     20422 4415 1650 5290/1029 6908/1345 8224/2041 Daniel vanderZee
rookie          19596 5447 1642 4156/1198 7314/1812 8126/2437 Paul Nelson
blind           18572 3529  915 2490/442  8008/1365 8074/1722 Carlos Valenzuela
Minos           18242 3718 1758 3130/709  7068/1278 8044/1731 Didier Barzin
strider         15766 5823    0 2844/1105 5974/1944 6948/2774 George VanAusdall
boom            15724 5783    2 3000/1157 6062/1997 6662/2629 R.Ang I.Soehardjo
Protein         15254 2605 1710 6/0       7180/1379 8068/1226 Kroum Savadjiev
sagan           15022 2520   24 6/0       6898/1070 8118/1450 Douglas Zongker
Wandering_Plane 14950 2420    0 6/0       6880/1088 8064/1332 Raj Singh
Save_The_Worm   14908 3822   34 6/0       6830/1447 8072/2375 Vance Heron
Plima           14868 2401    0 6/0       6904/1215 7958/1186 Zeljko Zahtila
zigzag          14718 2143    0 6/0       6776/989  7936/1154 Mark Kuczynski
proto1          14478 2399 1796 6/0       6584/1119 7888/1280 P.Frants S.Pieterse
Where_to?       13224 1440 1280 5504/634  7718/806  2/0       Markus Sabadello
pastaiga        12866 2335  260 5304/1081 7562/1254 0/0       Krists Boitmanis
Red29erDevils    8714 3434 1969 2798/1078 0/0       5916/2356 Nils Magnus
DownAndOut       8394  849  742 464/92    0/0       7930/757  Jim Eadie
Marketroid       8068 1290  895 6/0       0/0       8062/1290 Steven Burnap
Run_A_Muck       5268  574 1953 5268/574  0/0       0/0       Jim Wright
YAIA             5266  998 1312 5262/998  2/0       2/0       Emery Lapinski
SeeMyThumb       4820 1161   44 4816/1161 2/0       2/0       Brace Stout
CheeseHead       3856  886 1777 1694/386  2162/500  0/0       Mike Buchmann
LostSoul          372   64 1785 6/0       110/11    256/53    Byon Garrabrant
ROGUE              82    6  469 6/0       0/0       76/6      Michael Strauch
XaaShuffle         28    0  603 18/0      4/0       6/0       Mark Huizer
Maze_Master         6    0    0 2/0       2/0       2/0       Ertugrul Tabak
RoamAndRamble       6    0    0 2/0       2/0       2/0       Russ Cox
Swifter_Drifter     6    0    0 2/0       2/0       2/0       Scott Everett
CARAMBA             6    0  666 6/0       0/0       0/0       Ralph Meira
vasco_da_nada       6    0 1365 2/0       2/0       2/0       Salman Nawaz
Crazy_Scheme        6    0 2004 6/0       0/0       0/0       Mike Mossey
AmazingStories      4    0  671 0/0       2/0       2/0       Ruud deJong
WalkAbout           4    0  932 0/0       2/0       2/0       Charles Roberson
CrazyWalk           0    0    0 0/0       0/0       0/0       Wim Decroix
Ramblin_Man         0    0    0 0/0       0/0       0/0       Vince Wolodkin
TheExtraStep        0    0    0 0/0       0/0       0/0       Jeffrey Pogodzinski
Wanderer            0    0    0 0/0       0/0       0/0       John Hitchcock
dalmation           0    0    0 0/0       0/0       0/0       Ken Weinert
delver              0    0    0 0/0       0/0       0/0       David Wells
ImLost              0    0  774 0/0       0/0       0/0       Michael Goldshteyn
legume              0    0 1324 0/0       0/0       0/0       Mark Schnitzius
LuckyBlindDrunk     0    0 1980 0/0       0/0       0/0       Ray Cole
Mr_Magoo            0    0 1987 0/0       0/0       0/0       Justin Legakis
pathbreaker         0    0 1992 0/0       0/0       0/0       John Williams

======== And now ... the Tournament of Champions for past POTM winners
========  (since past winners cannot win again, they compete separately!)

                <--- TOTAL --->  <------- INDIVIDUAL ------->
          ENTRY STEPS  UPS SECS  amaze.me multiplic potm.buil AUTHOR
   ------------ ----- ---- ----  -------- --------- --------- ------------
Spelunker       23084 3645 1771 5768/942  8320/1316 8996/1387 =Andre Wilhelmus
sundew          22246 4194 1477 5600/584  7886/952  8760/2658 =Fred Hicinbothem
Harley_Hamilton 21948 5871 1568 5330/1158 7772/1777 8846/2936 =Chad Hurwitz

Congratulations also to Andre Wilhelmus for winning the Tournament
of Champions with the best overall entry (Spelunker).

There were three buildings used (they were picked about two weeks ago):
  (I'll circulate them to the participants shortly)

 o amaze.me	  is a collection of 2D mazes - one per floor
 o multiplicity	  was designed to have many, many alternative paths
 o potm.building  was designed by looking sideways at the problem
		  and trying to create sneaky stuff - the result
		  is tunnels, chimneys, and some hidden messages.

ALSO:  Look for the consolation prizes, and the collecions of the program
  descriptions from all the participants ... if you sent a program you'll
  get these without asking.  They will also be posted on the web pages
  in a few days ... along with the source code of a few of the top entries.

Thanks for your support and participation .... if you entered then please
 send in your program descriptions so I can circulate them to all!

 =Fred
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