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I submitted '''j.SynapticBot 2+''' to the original rumble in the beginner class. It reached the semi-finals [http://web.archive.org/web/20021003235906/http://apps.alphaworks.ibm.com/rumble/], where it was bested by [[Ares]], the Beginner class winner. Overall, it ranked 5<sup><small>th</small></sup> in the Beginner class.
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SynapticBot used [[Anti-Gravity Movement]] with randomly placed attraction points to keep it from getting stuck or holding still. It used a slowly changing scalar to pick where to shoot between [[Head on Targeting]] and [[Linear Targeting]]. It would close to ramming distance if its energy was significantly greater than the opponents.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:28, 10 June 2009

I submitted j.SynapticBot 2+ to the original rumble in the beginner class. It reached the semi-finals [1], where it was bested by Ares, the Beginner class winner. Overall, it ranked 5th in the Beginner class.

SynapticBot used Anti-Gravity Movement with randomly placed attraction points to keep it from getting stuck or holding still. It used a slowly changing scalar to pick where to shoot between Head on Targeting and Linear Targeting. It would close to ramming distance if its energy was significantly greater than the opponents.