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 #Loader
 
+At the beginning of a round, the parsed output of each [warrior](warriors) is loaded into the [core](core).  Warriors are loaded into core at randomly selected addresses but are gauranteed no to be loaded closer than the [Minimum Separation](match_settings#minimum-separation) specified in the [Match Settings](match_settings).
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+Because warriors are loaded to a random address, successive rounds with the same warriors can have drastically different results.  For this reason, matches between warrios are usually conducted over a number of rounds large enough to give a fair representation of each warrior's performance, removing the effect of 'lucky' wins.
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+When a warrior is loaded into Core, each of its parsed output instructions are placed sequentially and the warrior is allocated a single, initial [process](processes) set to execute the warrior's first instruction which is defined by the [ORG](../redcode/org) or [END](../redcode/org) directive.  If no directive is specified, the first instruction in the warriors parsed output will be executed.
diff --git a/docs/corewar/match_settings.md b/docs/corewar/match_settings.md
@@ -18,7 +18,18 @@ The maximum number of [Processes](processes) that each Warrior can have at one t
 
 The maximum number of instructions which each Warrior can be composed of.  Writing a warrior longer than this limit will result in a [Parser](../redcode/parser) error.
 
-## Minimum Separation|The [Loader](loader) will not place Warriors closer than this number of addresses at the start of a Round|
-|Standard|Which redcode [standard](../redcode/#standards) should be used when parsing warriors|
-|Read limit|Instructions beyond this distance from the currently executing instruction cannot be read| 
-|Write limit|Instructions beyond this distance from the currenlty executing instruction cannot be written to|
+## Minimum Separation
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+The [Loader](loader) will not place Warriors closer than this number of addresses at the start of a Round.
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+## Standard
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+Which redcode [standard](../redcode/#standards) should be used when parsing warriors.
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+## Read limit
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+Instructions beyond this distance from the currently executing instruction cannot be read.
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+## Write limit
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+Instructions beyond this distance from the currenlty executing instruction cannot be written to.