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Firebird is based off of the [[David Alves/Phoenix|Phoenix]] code, but uses DynamicClustering guns for both WaveSurfing and firing at the enemy. All other code is the same. Even the WaveSurfing class is the same, it just has a different value for the "enemy gun" variable. Coming soon to a rumble near you! --[[David Alves]]

Found out something interesting while testing... Firebird spends about a third the time of Phoenix in the movement method (~1150 vs ~3400 ms per round on my laptop), but spends almost ten times as long in the aiming method (~650 vs. ~65 ms per round on my laptop). Need to investigate why that's the case, I would expect it to be uniformly slower or faster...  And yes, that does mean that Firebird is significantly faster overall. At least, it is until it turns on its flattener... --[[David Alves]]

Neat! Perhaps the movement / timing discrepancy is because a VisitCountStats system will access and sum all your buffers no matter how much data you actually have, while a DynamicClustering system crunches far fewer numbers if you only have a few pieces of data. And if it dodges bullets anywhere near as well as [[Phoenix]], it probably doesn't have too many to deal with. =) Now to rederive the [[Lukious]] movement and we'll have a fully-DC-bot party going on in the top 10! -- [[Voidious]]

Awww ... I want to party, too :( -- [[Simonton]]

Oh come on, you'll probably crack the top 10 before I do with [[Lukious]]. =) -- [[Voidious]]

What's that you say? You want to have a TopTenDCParty? =) --[[David Alves]]

Actually, I just came to the sad realization that the first two bots to be knocked ''out'' of the top 10 would also be DC bots... -- [[Voidious]]

Adding 0.1 to the rumble now. Not expecting much, but it should hopefully be above 2000. Let the race to the top ten commence! --[[David Alves]]
*Well, that was quite an understatement. Where will you end when you ''do'' expect something?  -- [[GrubbmGait]]

I think it's pretty funny that this is so close to the rating of [[Lukious]]. And the Lukious gun rewrite left me with almost the exact same rating as the old gun. Are these just coincidence, or is there something specific in DC surfing that is holding us back? Hmm... -- [[Voidious]]

I dunno, I'll run a movement challenge. Maybe that will shed some light on things. --[[David Alves]]

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