robot  :blockhed
author :xiphias
contact:xiphias@liquidinformation.net
date   :05/07/1999

primary purpose:
  Blockhed was designed to be THE KING OF THE HILL.

design paradigm: 
  Blockhed was written as an attempt to nullify the time factor. The robot
that is first able to find and fire upon its opponent is likely to win.
This was beautifully demonstrated by FiFi and I-Master in the last tournament.
It has been my intention to make this a non-issue. Furthermore, any robot that
attempts to exploit the weaknesses of blockhed WILL be annihilated by most other bots
unless its author is indeed clever! It is my sincerest hope that blockhed will be a
pain in the side of robot programmers for a long time to come (it's already a pain in my
own side:). My current assesment of this general paradigm is currently at about 75% 
optimistic.
  
implementation:
  Blockhed is a very 'stupid' bot. Each action it takes (be it offense, defense,
or whatever) is tightly scripted. In this sense blockhed is a very unsophisticated
robot. Code length is currently running around 400 lines, some of which is highly
optimized and some of which consists of delays. My current assesment of this implementation
is currently at about 35% optimistic.

fighting style:
  Blockhed basically tries to stay alive long enough to inflict the death blow on
YOUR robot. It's offense is much like the gentle rap of the sculptor's hammer; a chip
here, a chip there, until a finished work (in this case YOUR dead robot) is all that 
remains. It's defense will remain shrouded in the mystery of the obvious.

dedication:
  I hereby dedicate any and all victories that blockhed may procure to the undying memory
of humankind's greatest acheivement: DEVO

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|xiphias_____________| I AM A TWO PLUS TWO EQUALS FOUR MAN