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So, I've hyped it all up, it's still not on the repository, and you're wondering what your statist robot should expect in FloodHT?  Well, here's what a few respected Statist type robots said about it:

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'''[[Kawigi]]''': Now, [[StatistRobot]], I understand that you've endured 200 grueling rounds against this ''[[FloodHT]]''.  What was your observation of it?

'''[[StatistRobot]]''': Well, [[Kawigi]], I was quite impressed in general.  He had a pretty tough profile as far as I could tell.

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Well, how does he do in normal fighting range?

'''[[StatistRobot]]''': Well, when I fought him, he looked something like this to my internal statistical system:

http://students.cs.byu.edu/~kawigi/robots/smogpaintermedium.jpg

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Whoa, that's one broad curve.  But maybe I could take advantage of weak movement close up?

'''[[StatistRobot]]''': Nah, I'd doubt it.

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Why wouldn't it work?

'''[[StatistRobot]]''': Because if you get close to him, he does this:

http://students.cs.byu.edu/~kawigi/robots/smogpainterclose.jpg

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Ouch, I wouldn't even know where to fire there.

'''[[StatistRobot]]''': I didn't either.

'''[[Kawigi]]''': How is his gun?

'''[[StatistRobot]]''': Ummm, a lot better than mine, that's why I'm in rehab.

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Oh, sorry to hear that.  Did you ever try just getting as far away from him as possible?

'''[[StatistRobot]]''': Yeah, I didn't get hit quite as much, but I still couldn't find a weakness.  He did this to me:

http://students.cs.byu.edu/~kawigi/robots/smogpainterfar.jpg

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Ouch, that's brutal.  And you couldn't get any further away than that?

'''[[StatistRobot]]''': Nope, he would never let me further than 700 without his [[DynamicDistancing]] factors kicking in and chasing me.

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Well, I hope you recover soon.  Stay tuned for an interview with [[FloodMini]].  If anyone can give us an insider's view on [[FloodHT]], it's got to be [[FloodMini]].
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'''[[Kawigi]]''': And we're back, and with me here is a close relative of [[FloodHT]]'s, and a respected statist who recently broke into the top 15 on the [[EternalRumble]].  Welcome, [[FloodMini]]!

'''[[FloodMini]]''': Well, with an introduction like that, you'd expect me to say that [[FloodHT]] can be beaten.

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Well, can he?

'''[[FloodMini]]''': Well, I got lucky almost 1/3 of the time.

'''[[Kawigi]]''': That little?  And this is from one of the top 15 robots on the [[EternalRumble]]?

'''[[FloodMini]]''': This is a beast.

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Well, [[FloodMini]], I understand you're something of a master of statistical segmentation.  Does [[FloodHT]] have any weak segments?

'''[[FloodMini]]''': As a matter of fact he does still.  Unfortunately, by the time I find them, he's found my weaknesses several times over.  Unfortunately, his developer has access to my internal stats, so the next release will probably get rid of anything I can see on him.

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Could you give us an overview of his movement?

'''[[FloodMini]]''': But their might be children around!

'''[[Kawigi]]''': I think we'll be ok, visitors to the Robowiki are typically adults, and rarely under 16.

'''[[FloodMini]]''': Well, then I suppose they could handle it.  Here's a general overview:

http://www.yajags.com/robocode/FloodMiniAll.png

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Wow, how do you hit something that looks like that?  Of course, I've never seen one of your graphs before, how does that compare to other bots' profiles?

'''[[FloodMini]]''': Well, here's the general, all-around graph for [[SandboxDT]].  On further segmentation, however, [[SandboxDT]] stays strong in a lot more segments than [[FloodHT]] currently does:

http://www.yajags.com/robocode/FloodMiniSandboxDT.png

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Wow, it looks like in order to hit [[FloodHT]], you just have to shoot wherever [[SandboxDT]] isn't.  What would happen if a robot alternated between [[SandboxDT]]'s movement and [[FloodHT]]'s?

'''[[FloodMini]]''': I think we'd need a new targeting algorithm.

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Wow, so anyways, this is still a real strong profile in your book.  Does FloodHT really look like this at normal distance?

'''[[FloodMini]]''': Actually, he does.  And that little dip in the middle always gets me in the early rounds:

http://www.yajags.com/robocode/FloodMiniMiddle.png

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Well, now I have to admit, I'm a little skeptical that his close range could look like that.

'''[[FloodMini]]''': Sadly, segmenting stats on distance just doesn't seem to do it for this guy:

http://www.yajags.com/robocode/FloodMiniClose.png

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Wow, how many people keep a dip in the center of their profile and a spike on the negative spike at closer than 250?

'''[[FloodMini]]''': It's certainly not the norm, from what I've observed.

'''[[Kawigi]]''': And you're an observant one, aren't you?  Of course, most people have a little more concentration of their profile in the long range, right?

'''[[FloodMini]]''': Yes, they do, and if you consider this a concentration in the middle, so does [[FloodHT]]:

http://www.yajags.com/robocode/FloodMiniFar.png

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Yipes, where did those familiar spikes on the sides go?

'''[[FloodMini]]''': That's what I wanted to know.  It's like every other guess factor is a spike, and I can't even shoot in his neighborhood at that range, because I don't know what he's going to do.

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Was he this good in development?

'''[[FloodMini]]''': I think he must have tried every possible variant of the [[FloodMovement]] in development.  Some made him meat for my gun, some were really buggy, some were really good.  The second he started using this "cool movement" of his, I just lost it.  It has to have taken me about 4 times as long to figure out how to hit him since he started doing it.

'''[[Kawigi]]''': I remember some talk about that technique.  What does OCM look like?

'''[[FloodMini]]''': Well, once I saw OCM, I swear I didn't believe my scanner.  It was like I thought I knew what he was doing, and then BOOOM!!! I lost him.  By the time I registered a wave hit, my bullet was so far from him, I don't even think I could see it anymore.

'''[[Kawigi]]''': Can it be beat?

'''[[FloodMini]]''': I think so.  After about 500 rounds or so, I was starting to figure that little number out.

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Now kawigi that is one impressive set of graphs, however i hate to break it to you - StatistRobot can't talk, so it must have been the voices inside your head... :) -- [[Brainfade]]

Well, it's true that I can't talk, but I can type and I also can IM pictures to SmogPainter. -- [[StatistRobot]]

The most entertaining robot page so far. Put up a graph on DT's short distance profile as well. It's rather impressing. Can I have that grapher please? -- [[PEZ]]

Actually, [[FloodMini]] at least sees [[SandboxDT]]'s close range as basically [[FloodHT]]'s close range without the negative spike:

http://www.yajags.com/robocode/FloodMiniSandboxDTClose.png

About sending out the grapher... Well, it's kind of ghetto (I don't even have a window listener on it, so you have to do Ctrl+C in the console to stop it), but I suppose it's still useful.  It also requires a modified version of [[FloodMini]] (at least if you react to bullet fire, because [[FloodMini]] up to 1.2 fires a wave bullet every scan).  [[Jim|Sparafucil3]] has been using it in trying to improve [[Jekyl]], though, and I guess I could just give it to someone to make it nicer to use. -- [[Kawigi]]

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