;------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; ____________ ; | I-MASTER | | From the lost Atlantean colony in the heart of ; ----------+ / Tarzan's Africa emerges I-MASTER... ; _FiFi_Laroo_ / Mankinds last hope for survival in a ; grrlz RIOT! / simulated arena. ; +-fifi2000@gURLmAIL.com-- ;====================================================================== ; ; I-MASTER: this is version 1 point something for I-Master... ; She was originally called BUZZBOMB after the Dead ; Kennedys' song, but I-MASTER is MUCH more efficient ; and doesn't get stuck in the corner as much... WHEW! ; ; Her goal was 1st and foremost to destroy 2TheMax, but ; as she continued to adapt to 2TheMax's weaknesses, she ; seemed to handle several other bots and so she decided ; (being an intelligent bot:)) to enter the M.12 Tour. ; ; I-MASTER is to compete only in the M.12 Tour and is ; not to be released in either locked or unlocked form ; at any time. I would, however, like for these comments ; to be avalible to anyone who may wish to view them in ; order to get an idea of her workings without actually ; seeing any code or any live battles. I believe that this ; is the furthest extent through which other bot writers ; should ever encounter another bot. That is the essence ; of war... of bots... to only anticipate the enemy during ; development... so that when gates are raised, only a suave ; bot, sleek like the puma, fast as the cheeta and strong ; like the elephant, will rise above the shrapnel. What each ; author chooses to release is their own business, but I ; prefer the exciment of the unknown enemy, and I prefer to ; be one, as well. =) ; ; ; HOW I-MASTER uses an optimized variation of the binary search ; SHE method as seen in bots like CORONER and WARBLADE2 (without ; WORKS: costly table building or excessive CMPs), the only search ; you'll ever need. ;) She avoids corners but not ; necessarily walls and falls prey to the bot that keeps its ; distance. She locks on to the target and approches in such ; a way as to evade common target location anticipation ; techniques that I've seen. As to how I will not reveal her ; evasive maneuver; however, let it be known that therein, ; under unique conditions, lies her fatal flaw. ; ; When she shoots... she shoots to kill. ; ; ; W/Love ; - FiFi ; ; P.S. : Who knows? Perhaps I will release a locked I-MASTER before ; the next tournament! ; ;--------------------------------------------------------------------------