GrubbmThree

Background Information

What's special about it?: Frankly nothing, it just is one of the best rambots.

How does it move?: Ramming, it tries to intercept the opponent by following its own bullets. It reverses direction if it is more beneficial.

How does it fire?: Iterative circular gun with some protection to avoid shooting straight into the wall. The iteration stops at the outer hull of the opponent.

What's next for your robot?: Nothing. This old bot still is a problembot for many.

How competitive is it?: It outranked the best rambot at that time, NanoDeath, in march 2005. In feb 2006, Kev's MaxRisk came along and became the best rambot by a large margin. Currently it is on par with Jab's Sanguijuela in second place. In the Rambot Challenge 2K6 it disappoints a bit with 5th place.

This tank is completely based on free information available on this wiki.

0.9 The original since 2006
- RoboRumble ‒ APS: 55.96% (461st), PL: 663-491 (460th), Survival: 50.91%
- On par with Sanguijuela in second place, far behind MaxRisk
0.9a 2017-09-06
- RoboRumble ‒ APS: 55.78% (463rd), PL: 652-500 (474th), Survival: 51.16%
- At the beginning of each round, turn radar the shortest way towards the center of the field.
- Slightly better in micro and mini (Survival) but worse in roborumble
0.9b 2017-09-07
- RoboRumble ‒ APS: 55.76% (463rd), PL: 636-520 (493rd), Survival: 50.64%
- Hit the brakes when sharp turn is needed (so less switching direction)
- Seems that switching directions is more beneficial than keep chasing
0.9c 2017-09-09
- RoboRumble ‒ APS: 55.51% (470th), PL: 643-513 (488th), Survival: 50.78%
- Stop iterating just outside hull, so a bit less overshooting. Probably the best version ?
- only better against the few I tested, against the others . . . not
0.9d 2017-09-xx
- ```
'''{{subst:rumblestats:roborumble|gh.micro.GrubbmThree 0.9a|RumbleStatsDefault}}'''
```
- Introduce a 'wobble' (see behaviour of MaxRisk) when going rather straight