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I'm pretty sure you can come up with something exciting for the melee rumble. And definitive a thumbs up for the grammar checks. I'm certainly not annoyed by it, not at all.

Wompi19:22, 14 December 2012

As you wish,

I think you mean 'And a definitive thumbs up'.

If you would like, I could look over your bot pages and correct anything I see.

Actually, I have a nano melee bot ready. The code isn't commented and I haven't decided on a name yet, but if you want, I could release it as 'TestMelee'. It isn't anything revolutionary, just Infinity with a few tweaks.

Sheldor00:48, 15 December 2012
 

Looking over my pages would be great. I was not sure if it would be appropriate to ask you.

Sure, bring it on! It might take a while to get a stable result, because the melee rumble is not very well fitted to get a fast result for nano/micro bots. But i can reactivate my contribution system and we will see how it works.

Wompi10:11, 15 December 2012
 

I just released it, we'll see how terrible it is. :) Any name suggestions?

Sheldor19:26, 15 December 2012
 

How about Fencer, or Crazy88 if it behaves like a certain yellow-dressed woman (although I don't think a Katana is an approved weapon in fencing)

GrubbmGait22:38, 15 December 2012

I'm saving Fencer as a name for my one on one mega. Any good dutch names for weapons and/or warriors?

Sheldor23:04, 15 December 2012
 

There are specific techniques you could use as a name.. though not dutch.

riposte, passé, flèche, reprise, raddoppio

Chase06:09, 16 December 2012

I was only planning to give fencing names to my One on One bots, as fencing is the modern equivalent of dueling, and it doesn't really fit in Melee. Although, flèche(or balestra) would be an excellent name for a ram bot...

Sheldor13:39, 16 December 2012
 

Wow, thanks for looking over my pages. They look far better now, and hopefully I can give up some of the bad habits for the future. Generally I'm quite resistant to language related issues, so it might take a while :).

Looks like your TestMelee is doing quite well, but i guess for a final statement he needs at least 10k battles. As for an appropriate name, I have no idea. Maybe you just sift your general interests. Most bot authors can be recognized on the naming pattern they use and this has a nice personal touch in my opinion.

Wompi11:46, 17 December 2012
 

No problem, I'm glad you like them. I did notice you have some trouble with placings, this[1] might help. Also, you use "its" when you mean "it's" and vice versa(This is a very common mistake, many people who speak English as their first language get this wrong every day.).[2]

Actually, I consider TestMelee to be a failure. I like to judge bots based on their position relative to the robot(s) on which they were based(For example, Moebius is a good bot because it's .5 APS above its main inspiration.).

I think melee coding might be easier in the micro/mini classes. I'll start working on that as soon as I take the mini 1v1 throne(It'll probably take a few weeks(months).).

Sheldor15:35, 17 December 2012
 
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How about "SnowDog"?

It would make a nice line of Melee bots, and the colors could be white-white-black.

My team could be "DisciplesOfTheSnowDog", and my twin duel team would then have to be "ByTorAndTheSnowDog"(after the events of The Necromancer, of course).

By the way, Happy New Year!

Sheldor18:14, 1 January 2013

Am I really the only Rush fan here?

Any respectable geek community of this size should have at least three or four. :)

Sheldor23:00, 7 January 2013
 

Heck no! I love Rush. And I know Darkcanuck (though absent lately) is at least somewhat of a fan. Big thumbs up from me for the SnowDog naming scheme. :-)

Voidious23:03, 7 January 2013

Great! I'll start working on that as soon as I fix ÉpéeistMicro.

Speaking of Darkcanuck, does he still manage the rumble server? Both Tkiesel and I requested USA flags, but we haven't gotten them yet.

Sheldor16:17, 8 January 2013
 

I'm not sure what's up with Darkcanuck. We haven't heard from him in a while on the wiki, and I even emailed him a few months ago and never got a response. Apparently someone's still paying for darkcanuck.net, since we still have a rumble server. But it is at the point I'd consider moving to a new rumble server just to be safe.

Voidious18:01, 8 January 2013
 

I emailed about getting a key for the query API awhile back and haven't heard anything. But hard to know if it's even the right email address. At one time I think I offered to help support any ongoing maintenance costs. That offer still stands for whoever hosts in the future, be it Darkcanuck or someone else.

Skotty20:32, 8 January 2013

Really? Maintenance costs are what were preventing me from trying to raise another server. Free clouds severely limit resources, and I was thinking in implementing a Ranked Pairs ranking system, which consumes a lot of main memory to calculate in a reasonable time.

Current APS, PL and ELO systems can be implemented with fewer resources in free clouds, but I wasn´t willing to go all the way only to repeat what is already being done in Darkcanuck´s and Skilgannon´s servers.

MN14:53, 9 January 2013
 

I'm also willing to pitch in (or purchase) if we need a new RoboRumble server (or App Engine account or whatever).

Voidious16:52, 9 January 2013
 

I don't particularly have a problem with using the lite rumble.

Chase16:59, 9 January 2013