LittleBlackBook

Background Information

LittleBlackBook
Author(s)	Miked0801
Extends	AdvancedRobot
Targeting	Guess Factor
Movement	Stop and go, Dodge oscalate, & random
Released	June 18 2009
Current Version	1.2
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What's special about it?: A string based, Guess Factor bot with 3 different movement types. Does not learn - all factors are predefined in the file.

How does it move?: From studies of its opponents (offline), it either goes mostly forward, back and forth, or random.

How does it fire?: String based Guess Factor segmented by distance and a little lateral velocity.

How does it dodge bullets?: Watches enemy power levels and moves when it changes at all.

How does the melee strategy differ from one-on-one strategy?: No melee strategy, but it would probably be ok.

Where did you get the name?: It has a little black book on every bot it competes against.

Can I use your code?: Go for it, though give credit as this is a new concept that has yet to be fully fleshed out by me. I'd like to see how far I can push this idea before fighting the next generation of SGF gun bots :)

~~Create a seperate bot to generate my tables for me - man that was tedious to do by hand.~~
Add all other rumble bots for improvements outside of the nano land.
Improved dodging and flatter random movement (mode 2).
Improve default parameters.
~~Address 0 velocity aiming issues via averaging or something.~~
Codesize reduction. Found 4-9 bytes thus far. Need a bunch more :)
Dynamic distancing based on hit % - or something cheap. I'm setting range to 160ish now - no need for this. Perhaps a mode 3+ movement to set this? That could work. Hmmm....
Investigate other segmentations methods besides distance - which I'm told is one of the weakest.
~~Investigate partial string matches on names.~~ Just too expensive.

Does it have any White Whales?: Any energy based dodge w/stop and go type movements will give it some problems. Decent wave surfers will also destroy it as it only has 1 aim per segment. Multi-mode movement will give it fits as well if both movements don't fall under similiar aim factors. Combine multimode with decent dodging and I get beat. Here's my current hit list:

~~Scytodes - stop'n'go dodger with good gun. 80/20 kill rate on me.~~
BlackWidow now feasts upon me.
NeophytePRAL - Decent flat, random movement, but his gun destroys me.
~~Smog - this bot has been my enemy for years and years.~~
AceSurf - Surfer adjusts away from my aim - death.
HunRobar bots in general :)
Rammers - 2.5 firepower isn't enough against 90% hit rates. Only 4 good ones though to deal with so low on list. I could always retire Tide, but that would be really cheezy.

What other robot(s) is it based on?: Some Moebius/NeophytePattern movement code, but mostly unique ideas here.

Too Early for this yet - though it's #1 in nano after all pairing complete by 0.02%.