RoboRally Arena II
 
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  COMPETITION:  1  ROUND:  4  START DATE:  May 21, 2001
 
TURN ONE PROGRAM CARDS ARE DUE:
0900 GMT, Monday, May 21, 2001
 
Recipiants:
 
 - All active 'bots in this round only.
 
Contents:
 
 - Instructions.
 - Pre Round Comments.
 - 'Bots Entered.
 - Official Table.
 - Current Board.
 - Randomised List of Program Cards.
 - Options Available at the End of Turn One.
 - Notes.
 
* Instructions.
 
First look at the official table to find your 'bot reference (ref) name (it is a four character (max) abbreviation of your 'bot name). Check your 'bot status, 'in waiting' means not active this round, 'active' means active this round and this turn, 'fragged' means active this round, but not this turn, 'retired' means active in a previous round, but never again. If 'bot status is 'active' then find your 'bot location (x88x format) and go to the current board to find it.
 
To find your program cards you need the list of program cards, the number of program cards to be dealt (see official table) and the pre-chosen program card code (1-84). This private code indicates where to choose cards from the list. To find your current program cards look at your 'bots code number and find it in the randomised list.
 
if you did not provide a program code it defaults to 01. if you have lost/forgotten the one set then email for confirmation of it. if you want confirmation of the cards  you should be dealt that can  be emailed out too.
 
sample randomised card list:
     
1: R-350
2: B-430
3: 1-500
4: L-170
5: R-290
6: R-190
7: 1-570
8: 2-720
9: 1-660
10: L-150
11: R-320
12: 2-750
...
76: 3-800
77: U-400
78: L-130
79: 2-680
80: R-230
81: 2-770
82: 3-810
83: R-360
84: R-330
 
Choose the correct number of cards sequentially from the card number corresponding to the pre-chosen code. For example if nine cards are to be dealt and the chosen code was 4 then cards 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 and 12 are dealt (L-170, R-290, R-190, 1-570, 2-720, 1-660, L-150, R-320 and 2-750). If five cards are to be dealt and the code is 77 then cards 77,78,79,80 and 81 are dealt (U-400, L-130, 2-680, R-230 and 2-770). The list wraps from 84 back to one so if seven cards are to be dealt and the code chosen was 82 then cards 82,83,84,1,2,3 and 4 are dealt (3-810, R-360, R-330, R-350, R-430, 1-500 and L-170).
 
Choose an option from the list (provided below).
 
Submit turn program and option choice in the format:
 
X-88##(phase)
X-88##(phase)
X-88##(phase)
X-88##(phase)
X-88##(phase)
(turn)
(option)
(code)
(comments)
 
  PRE-TURN ONE COMMENTS:
 
* 'Bots Entered.
 
  'BOT NAME:  Droideka  'BOT NUMBER:  01  'BOT DESCRIPTION:  While moving, its head is tucked under its body and it rolls. When in attack mode, its head pops up, lasers fold out and it generates a shield around itself. More that a match for any Jedi...
  'BOT NAME:  JunkPile  'BOT NUMBER:  22  'BOT DESCRIPTION:  <no desc. set>
  'BOT NAME:  Lirkas  'BOT NUMBER:  23  'BOT DESCRIPTION:  A dustbin-form (and previously dustbin-function) bot who has delusions of grandeur. Did modify itself with all sort of add-ons to appear more menacing, but doesn't have a clue how to make them work. Thinks he knows how to fly.
  'BOT NAME:  TreadMower  'BOT NUMBER:  24  'BOT DESCRIPTION:  After working three months at a nursing home, this ex-treadmill quickly grew weary of half-a-mile-an-hour walks accompanied by the smell of Ben-Gay.  After much coaxing, his riding lawnmower girlfriend agreed to form a union -- literally. Merging together they formed a mechanical hybrid unlike anything else the nursing home patrons -- or the world -- had ever before seen.  The media affectionately dubbed the new creature a  treadmower" and the nickname stuck.  Treadmower soon joined the RoboRally circuit and the rest, as they say, is history.  Please visit your local library if you'd like to learn more.
  'BOT NAME:  Poor-Y-Gone  'BOT NUMBER:  25  'BOT DESCRIPTION:  Mwahaha, facing defeat was just a minor setback, now I'm back, round and smooth and ready to crush all my enemies and those who stand in the way between me and my digital food. Mwahahahahaha... etc, etc.
  'BOT NAME:  Striker  'BOT NUMBER:  26  'BOT DESCRIPTION:  A robotic Tyrannosaurus Rex looming an amazing eight stories high.  Has no lasers, but it doesn't matter because he enjoys destroying other 'bots merely by stepping on them.
  'BOT NAME:  C64  'BOT NUMBER:  27  'BOT DESCRIPTION:  Someone got carried away on trying to add peripherals to their C64.  Before they knew it it had wheels and lasers and sensors and ¡K
  'BOT NAME:  Ziph  'BOT NUMBER:  28  'BOT DESCRIPTION:  One who, at the crunch, slopes off for a heavy session of relaxation.
 
* Official Table.
 
All 'bots are active
 
BOT NAME        NUMBER   LOCATION CARDS
Droideka         01        L7n      9
JunkPile         22       d13w      9
Lirkas           23       c11w      9
TreadMower       24       j12s      9
Poor-Y-Gone      25        e2n      9
Striker          26        l6n      9
C64              27        i1e      9
Ziph             28        f8e      9
                       
LAUNCHED OPTIONS:
TYPE            OWNER       LOCATION
BUZZ BOMB (BBC) Mecha-Tama  f6n (Mecha-Tama programs BCC much like another 'bot)
PROXIMITY MINE  Cliffhanger a1
MINE            Blighted    b4
MISSILE         Da King     g4n
 
*Current Board.
 
      A      B      C      D      E      F      G      H      I      J      K      L      M
   |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
1  |P MINE|      |      |      |      |      |      |      |C64  0|      |      |      |      |  1
   | <==> |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |>>>>>>|      |      |      |      |
   |------|------|------|XXXXXX|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
2  |      |   /->|----->|----->|^^^^^^|----->|----->|----->|----->|----->|----->|--\   |      |  2
   |      |  //->|----->|----->|PoGo 0|----->|----->|----->|----->|----->|----->|--vv  |      |
   |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|XXXXXX|------|------|------|
3  |      |  ^^  |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |  ||  |      |  3
   |      |  ||  |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |  vv  |      |
   |------|------X------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------X------|
4  |      |MINE!!X      |/----\|      |      |^^^^^^|      |      |/----\|      |  ||  X      |  4
   |      | <==> X      |\----/|      |      |MISILE|      |      |\----/|      |  vv  X      |
   |------|------X------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------X------|
5  |      |  ^^  |      |      |      |      |XXXXXX|      |      |      |      |  ||  |      |  5
   |      |  ||  |      |      |      |      |XXXXXX|      |      |      |      |  vv  |      |
   |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
6  |      |  ^^  |      |      |      |^^^^^^|      |      |      |      |      |^^^^^^|      |  6
   |      |  ||  |      |      |      |  BBC |      |      |      |      |      |Strk 0|      |
   |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
7  |      |  ^^  |      |      |XXXXXX|      |      |      |XXXXXX|      |      |^^^^^^|      |  7
   |      |  ||  |      |      |XXXXXX|      |      |      |XXXXXX|      |      |Drdk 2|      |
   |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
8  |      |  ^^  |      |      |      |Ziph 0|      |      |      |      |      |  ||  |      |  8
   |      |  ||  |      |      |      |>>>>>>|      |      |      |      |      |  vv  |      |
   |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
9  |      |  ^^  |      |      |      |      |XXXXXX|      |      |      |      |  ||  |      |  9
   |      |  ||  |      |      |      |      |XXXXXX|      |      |      |      |  vv  |      |
   |------X------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------X------|------|
10 |      X  ^^  |      |/----\|      |      |      |      |      |/----\|      X  ||  |      | 10
   |      X  ||  |      |\----/|      |      |      |      |      |\----/|      X  vv  |      |
   |------X------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------X------|------|
11 |      |  ^^  |Lirk 0|      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |  ||  |      | 11
   |      |  ||  |<<<<<<|      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |  vv  |      |
   |------|------|------|XXXXXX|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
12 |      |  ^^--|<-----|<-----|<-----|<-----|<-----|<-----|<-----|TMow 0|<-----|<--/  |      | 12
   |      |   \\-|<-----|<-----|<-----|<-----|<-----|<-----|<-----|vvvvvv|<-----|<-/   |      |
   |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|XXXXXX|------|------|------|
13 |      |      |      |Junk 0|      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 13
   |      |      |      |<<<<<<|      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
   |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
      A      B      C      D      E      F      G      H      I      J      K      L      M
 
* Randomised list of program cards.
 
cards to choose from for turn one only:
 
01:  L-070          29:  2-700          57:  L-060
02:  L-130          30:  R-330          58:  1-660
03:  L-040          31:  1-570          59:  L-170
04:  R-340          32:  1-650          60:  R-260
05:  2-690          33:  L-080          61:  R-290
06:  3-820          34:  U-370          62:  2-750
07:  U-380          35:  1-540          63:  U-390
08:  1-560          36:  3-800          64:  B-430
09:  1-630          37:  L-010          65:  L-020
10:  L-120          38:  L-030          66:  1-530
11:  1-490          39:  1-510          67:  1-590
12:  L-050          40:  U-410          68:  3-790
13:  R-230          41:  B-460          69:  R-350
14:  R-250          42:  L-160          70:  R-190
15:  L-150          43:  1-600          71:  1-500
16:  1-620          44:  R-320          72:  R-270
17:  2-760          45:  R-360          73:  2-780
18:  1-640          46:  L-110          74:  L-090
19:  R-310          47:  B-470          75:  3-810
20:  1-580          48:  R-210          76:  2-670
21:  R-280          49:  3-830          77:  L-100
22:  B-450          50:  R-300          78:  R-240
23:  2-720          51:  1-550          79:  B-440
24:  2-680          52:  B-480          80:  3-840
25:  R-200          53:  U-420          81:  2-730
26:  1-520          54:  1-610          82:  U-400
27:  2-740          55:  2-770          83:  R-220
28:  2-710          56:  L-140          84:  L-180
 
* Options available at the end of turn one:
 
weapons          backup        popgun
High Power Laser Ablative Coat Extra Memory
Proximity Mine   Big Jet
Ramming Gear     Brakes
                 Bridge Layer
                 Converter
                 Crab Legs
                 Dual Processor
 
* Notes:
 
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Myu!
Mecha-Tama:"?!?! Captain Toby! A new entity is forming on the port bow! Though it doesn't seem to have been fully formed yet."
Captain Toby:"What?! Sound the Red Alert! Put it on screen!"
Mecha-Tama:"Red Alert! All hands to battle stations!"
Captain Toby:"Go right!"
Mecha-Tama:<thinking>"Right? Port is left, not right..."

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Myu!
 
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>Also, what happens when both a device (mine, 
>missile, etc) and it's owner appear in the 
>same round, and that device frags another bot?
>Is this a self-frag? Or when a device is 
>launched, the owner gets fragged, then the 
>device frags another bot. (ie a self-frag is 
>a frag caused by a 'bots own weapons, or by 
>a weapon owned by a bot that isn't in the round
>(anymore))

ooo .. good point .. umm .. if you were active at any time in a round with your own launched things in it that do damage you get the points .. im sure toby can handle that (i  hope you can all understand it). notice da king got some post-humous points last round.
 
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