Q1. Does the rule "The AIs have to respond within 5 seconds" in the
"Game Setting" section of the "SamurAI Coding 2015-16 Preliminary Round Rules"
include the compilation time?
A1. No.
Q2. Can teams who fail to advance to the World final round at the 1st call for challenge of online preliminary round take part in the 2nd call for challenge of online preliminary round?
A2. Yes.
Q3. Can teams change their programs for the World final round after getting through the online preliminary round?
A3. Yes. Due date of the submission for the World final will be set and announced later.
Q4. Sometimes my program encouters "Timeout" at the 1st turn on the server, although the program does not fail to meet the time limit in my local environment.
A4. The issue is under investigation.
During the preliminary round,
we will try to carefully address each case of "Timeout" in consideration of fairness.