#Volga CTF Quals 2016 tic-tac-toe writeup
###Category: PPC Points: 200
An important step towards the strong AI is the ability of an artificial agent to solve a well-defined problem. A project by the name 'tic-tac-toe' was one of such test problems. It's still up...
nc tic-tac-toe.2016.volgactf.ru 45679
For this problem, I did a bit of playing against their AI normally It seemed as though their AU cares more about making a specific setup to win than actually stopping us. (I've seen it not stop me from getting three in a row on it's turn )
Knowing this, my script was very simple. There are two methods that are essentially the same, one assesses for when you start, one for when the opponent starts. It will: (in order of priority) make the winning move if there is one, stop the opponent's winning move, or make a random move. This seemingly unstrategic method will give you a score approximately 3 times that of their AI.
This code was written at 3 or 4 AM, so if anything needs clarified please contact me (@bert88sta).