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 SymbolicPatternMatching

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 SymbolicPatternMatching gun to learn this targeting method. In Assertive I implemented a slightly modified version of it.