Sobieski

Bot Name

Sobieski.

Author

Timotheus (pfvicm)

Extends

AdvancedRobot.

What's special about it?

Nothing really.

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

https://www.robocoderepository.com/BotDetail.jsp?id=2909

How competitive is it?

1. 222 in Rumble as of 4/28/06.

How does it move?

PerpendicularMovement.

How does it fire?

LinearTargeting.

How does it dodge bullets?

No strategy.

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

Not at all.

How does it select a target to attack/avoid in melee?

Not at all.

What does it save between rounds and matches?

Nothing.

Where did you get the name?

John III Sobieski, hero of the Battle of Vienna. I usually name my bots after great generals.

Can I use your code?

No reason why not...there's not much original in there...

What's next for your robot?

Try to tinker and improve somewhat. I still have 187 bytes to burn before I'm out of the Micro category...

Does it have any WhiteWhales?

ruc.nano.Zealot 0.2

What other robot(s) is it based on?

Cobbled together from code from this wiki.

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Comments, questions, feedback:

Brief historical note: apart from being a general (with many great battles beforehand) at the moment of the Vienna battle Sobieski was the Polish king. Polish army played key role in that war, with great effort. And went back home generally unrewarded, what was far from being a precendence. It is somewhat of Polish tradition to win some wars and then get screwed due to idiotic and corrupted politicians. --lRem

Yes, I know about him being king of Poland. My favorite miliary heros are Eastern European. -- Pfvicm

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Updated to version 7.2.3b. Fancier radar installed. -- Pfvicm