RoboRumble

Ok cool, I wasn't sure if a pairing was one round. 35 makes more sense as thats plenty of time to learn movement & targeting. My bot does save data during a battle between rounds using static data but it doesn't currently save it between battles.

I'll prioritise fast learning over saving data to disk for the moment although I could probably save virtual gun hit rates at a later point.

Whats the consensus on pre-stored data against various opponents? Its that considered bad form or a reasonable plan?

Cheers!

The consensus on the pre-stored data kind of "allowed, but considered cheesy". We have one such example in the Nanorumble (See LBB), and it's generally considered to be an amusing novelty rather than a serious competitor because it does this.

In the upper ranks of the megabot rumble, it would probably be considered bad form unless it's a one-off experiment of "let's see how well this does", which would be considered interesting instead of bad form.