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Knightrous
Site Admin
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Posts: 8511
Location: NSW
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Actually, I read your guide before RoboWars 4 when I was building Schmackhed, and it definately helped. I practised probably close to an hour each night after work and had the robot tested fairly well before the event. I also spent a few hours battling Andrew with OffSet to simulate battles and it was really helpful event day.
Since my robot Schmackhed doesn't have a weapon, I had to rely entirely on Control & Aggression (Meaning I had to be able to drive properly to do that), which surprisingly, I won a fair few matches because of it. I also learn how to drive with only one wheel working, because that happened in the two battles
There was still a few teething issues that didn't really show up till midway through the event (drive motors didn't have enough gearing, which made them get hotter and worked the batteries harder, to be fixed for the next event), so maybe for the next robot, I'll be close to being "fully" prepared.
OT: Dave, what has been your more favourite match that you have had to judge so far? And what was the worst? _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
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Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:00 pm |
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Nick
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 11802
Location: Sydney, NSW
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a good driver trumps everything - regardless of what the driver is driving.
Oh well, I'm furked then ! Perhaps I will just rename Jolt to LTFD mark 2...
More seriously, it seems most people think of strategy differently to me. I keep a "tacics" folder for each competition with a page for each competitor. It has a photo, recent history, design notes and most importantly, a very concise tactic such as: stay clear of the weapon / flips easily / try & lose gracefully, etc. Anything more than that is too hard to remember as Dave said.
To me, strategy is all about longer-term decisions affecting the whole of the competition, such as:
Which bot to take?
Optimise to destruction or survivability
What spares are likely to be needed.
That sort of stuff has to be in place before I leave for the event; there is no way I will remember it later on _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
UK 2016 Gladiator champion
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Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:23 pm |
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Knightrous
Site Admin
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Posts: 8511
Location: NSW
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My strategies are pretty simple ones.
First, I look at the opponent, what is their weakness? Once I identify that weakness, that is what I aim for. Then I look at their strengths, and look at how I can minimise that against me.
Second, I look at my robot, what is my weakness? Once I identify that, I aim to hide that Then I look at my strengths, then I see how I can maximise that.
Example:
Schmackhed VS Jolt:
What is Jolt's Weakness? Not invertible, Easily box rushed, Low driving skills (Not sure if it's robot or driver . )
What is Jolt's Strengths? Big weapon! Moderately armoured. Spasmodic driving (Can be hard to predict when attacking)
What is Schmackhed's Weakness: Exposed rear wheels, light armour on the rear, drive train underpowered/burns out most of the time....
What is Schmackhed's Strengths: Extremely good front armour, very low to the ground.
So against Jolt, I wanted to keep my front end pointed at the weapon at all times, keep in close to him when attacking and try to stall the weapon as much as possible. Because that's where my strengths are. I also periodically backed off and put some distant between us so I could give my drive a rest, as not to burn it out early, I also tried to keep the back end hidden at all times.... And lucky for me, this tactic seemed to work. I won _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
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Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:46 pm |
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