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=== Bot Name ===

Hydra

==== Author ====

[[Kev]]

=== History ===

See [[Hydra/History]].

==== Extends ====

[[AdvancedRobot]].

==== What's special about it? ====

The movement's pretty unique.

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

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/pclark/kc.serpent.Hydra_0.11.jar

==== How competitive is it? ====

We'll see.

==== How does it [[Movement|move]]? ====

[[WaveSurfing]] with [[DynamicClustering]]. I added some pretty interesting features to it such as multiple weighting systems and rolling averages. Besides the danger calculation, it is identical to [[WaveSerpent]]'s movement.
 
==== How does it fire? ====

The same as WaveSerpent: a dynamic clustering gun with scans segmented on velocity and acceleration.

==== How does it [[DodgingBullets|dodge bullets]]? ====

[[WaveSurfing]].

==== How does the [[Melee|melee]] strategy differ from [[OneOnOne|one-on-one]]  strategy? ====

There's currently no melee strategy.

==== What does it save between rounds and matches? ===

It saves gun and surfing data between rounds, nothing between matches.

==== Where did you get the name? ====

The Hydra is an almost unkillable beast from Greek mythology.

==== Can I use your code? ====

Sure, it's released under the terms of the [[RWPCL]].

==== What's next for your robot? ====

* Improve its behavior against simple targeters.
* Eventually rewrite it completely.

==== Does it have any [[WhiteWhale]]s? ====

[[WaveSurfing|WaveSurfers]] I guess...

==== What other robot(s) is it based on? ====

[[WaveSerpent]]

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==== Comments, questions, feedback: ====

So what's the story behind Hydra? =) --[[David Alves]]

Well, it's basically WaveSerpent with dynamic clustering for movement. I originally made it just to get into the TopTenDCParty, but I have higher hopes now :).  -- [[Kev]]

Man, Hydra at 2098.93!! =) Crossing my fingers for you. When's the next release coming? -- [[Voidious]]

Hopefully soon, but Hydra is stubbornly resisting all of my attempts to tweak it. My initially assigned variables don't like to be changed for some reason, but its only a matter of time before I find something that works... -- [[Kev]]

Well, you can count on my 2 clients running for the rest of the night. Good luck with 0.21 dude! -- [[Voidious]]

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