Assertive

Background Information

Bot Name

Assertive

Author

User:Robar

Extends

AdvancedRobot

What's special about it?

My first Pattern Matcher NanoBot. It uses a home-made movement which seems to be very competitive... :)

Great, I want to try it. Where can I download it?

http://www.robocoderepository.com/BotDetail.jsp?id=3451

How competitive is it?

Quite. Assertive 0.3 is a top 10 nano and a top 300 bot in the general Roborumble

Strategy

How does it move?

It has a similar movement to NanoAndrew, DoctorBob or NanoGod, but it's more aggressive and more competitive against advanced targetings.

How does it fire?

Symbolic Pattern Matching

How does it dodge bullets?

It's not a bullet-dodger howsoever it seems to be.

How does the melee strategy differ from One-on-one strategy?

It's only a one-on-one bot.

What does it save between rounds and matches?

Between rounds it saves lateral velocity for the Pattern Matching (and everything else, too, because static variables cost less codesize :P), between matches nothing.

Additional Information

Where did you get the name?

I created a movement, looked at it for a while then opened a dictionary and that was the perfect name...

Can I use your code?

RWPCL

What's next for your robot?

Now I'm working on my first MicroBot, but I think I should do something against Head-on Targeting :)

Does it have any White Whales?

Not really, but my everlasting testingBots are Splinter, Nanolaulektric, AceSurf, NanoAndrew, DoctorBob, PulsarNano, etcetera...

What other robot(s) is it based on?

I uexamined FunkyChicken's Pattern Matching gun to learn this targeting. In Assertive I implemented a slightly modified version of it.