Hello, My name is Jim Bourke. I wrote a simple robot called "Jimbo" some time ago. Recently I was reminded of Jrobots so I decided to update my "Jimbo" bot to...
From: "jtbourke" Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 7:01 PM Subject: [javajousters] my thoughts on jrobots - returning after a long hiatus ... Well, maybe it...
I think some of the ideas put foward by jim are worth considering. With the current arena it is has reached a point where it is too hard for a beginner to...
Perhaps there should be two different levels of play. Once a bot wins the "novice" tournament it is forcibly moved up to the "advanced" tournament. That way...
Hi, Jim. Welcome back. I've included comments inline below... Wednesday, September 4, 2002, 12:01:21 PM, jtbourke wrote: j> The changes I propose are intended...
Thursday, September 12, 2002, 2:51:52 PM, jtbourke wrote: j> Another refinement I was thinking of to promote teamplay would be to j> assign each team a corner...
Hi to everybody! I'm happy to see jtbourke back, Jimbo was a very interesting robot and probably the first to introduce circular movements... with better...
... would ... be, ... Do ... I think the next robot I design will be open source because at some point someone has to give the newcomers the information they...
... and ... aiming, it ... I actually wrote a robot called Jimbo2 which I never uploaded in final form, but which would have done much better. But regardless,...
Ok, I'm amending my suggestions based on the input I've gotten. I propose two modes of play: Novice and Expert. The Novice mode will retain all the current...
Monday, September 16, 2002, 1:58:03 PM, jtbourke wrote: j> I think the next robot I design will be open source because at some j> point someone has to give the...
Monday, September 16, 2002, 12:16:55 PM, Walter wrote: WN> I would say that the hard part is making sure that when the guess WN> is right, you hit for a 10. If...
Hi there bot-people. As there has been discussion on how to ease the barrier of newcomers entering the game, I'd like give my view as a newcommer. Although my...
It's getting pretty hard to follow the discussion thread with so many posts sent at different times replying to different mails and so on... So excuse me if i...
Tuesday, September 17, 2002, 11:54:23 AM, Walter wrote: WN> For the time being, i have a proposal: since the beginning when i developed WN> KillerBees...
i would too. max ... From: Alan Lund [mailto:alanlund@...] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 2:04 PM To: javajousters@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re[2]:...
... *** MESSAGE FOR Alan Lund (alias Zeke): please, send me an email confirming if your mail address hasn't changed in the past month, so I can send you the...
Wednesday, October 9, 2002, 5:59:52 AM, Leonardo wrote: LB> *** MESSAGE FOR Alan Lund (alias Zeke): please, send me an email LB> confirming if your mail...
The November 2002 Jrobots Challenge starts now. Remember that you can send your jrobots even in the course of the challenge, so you're never too late. The...
Just a quick note to you all that the international mail did come through. Leo sent the prize during the middle of last month, and it finally arrived two days...
Introduction ... I've been thinking for awhile, maybe too long, about what kinds of ideas I could provide to people interested in developing a JRobots robot...
Hi Alan! From: "Alan Lund" Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 5:50 AM Subject: Re: [javajousters] September 2002 Jrobots Challenge: Results ... Better now than...
Thursday, November 7, 2002, 9:57:12 AM, Leonardo wrote: LB> I read your interesting and deep analysis and I'm not surprised that LB> IonStorm is still the best...
I'm the maker of Tango who is competing in the arena for first time this month. I must tell you that I discover this site casually, and inmediatly I thought it...
Wednesday, November 27, 2002, 4:59:04 PM, caos_3333 wrote: c> I'm working to produce a new version of my robot more consistent than c> previous, and I hope to...
From: "Alan Lund" To: "caos_3333" Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 5:38 AM Subject: Re: [javajousters] (unknown) ... In fact the next challenge is going to...
To read the final placing list of the last tournament, go to the Contests page http://www.cfxweb.net/~jrobots/jjr_contests.shtml This month IonStorm achieved...
I had a thought for two bots that would be complementary to each other, rather than designing lone bots. My idea was for a sheep bot and a wolf or sheepdog...
