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== Starcore v4.0 Reboot ==

== Starcore v4.0 Reboot ==

In mid-2017 Starcore circled around to see if there was interest in helping to finish up the Starcore v4.0 pack. Many jumped to assist and be involved in a Starcore pack. To show off latest skills and abilities. It has been over 10 years since the Starcore packs have been touched. And while many are deep into DSL and its variants, there is still interest in finishing up the Meta of [[RA2}} [[Stock]] AI packs. The target is to fix any bots in need of fixing from Starcore v4.0 Alpha2, rebuild as needed using latest learnings and grow the pack by roughly 10 more teams to bring it to a grand total of 45 teams of 6 bots each. With a double rotate system to bring 15 teams at a team into view for the internal [[RA2]] tournament system.

In mid-2017 Starcore circled around to see if there was interest in helping to finish up the Starcore v4.0 pack. Many jumped to assist and be involved in a Starcore pack. To show off latest skills and abilities. It has been over 10 years since the Starcore packs have been touched. And while many are deep into DSL and its variants, there is still interest in finishing up the Meta of [[RA2}} [[Stock]] AI packs. The target is to fix any bots in need of fixing from Starcore v4.0 Alpha2, rebuild as needed using latest learnings and grow the pack by roughly 10 more teams to bring it to a grand total of 45 teams of 6 bots each. With a double rotate system to bring 15 teams at a team into view for the internal [[RA2]] tournament system.

Starcore's activity on the forums had slowed to a crawl in between 2007 and 2017, but he still enters worthy tournaments once in a while and has seemingly lost none of his skill. He also tends to appear and post when his name is mentioned, kind of like the bat light, an event dubbed "the Starcore effect" by [[R0B0SH4RK]].

Starcore's activity on the forums had slowed to a crawl in between 2007 and 2017, but he still enters worthy tournaments once in a while and has seemingly lost none of his skill. He also tends to appear and post when his name is mentioned, kind of like the bat light, an event dubbed "the Starcore effect" by [[R0B0SH4RK]].

'''Building skills'''

'''Building skills'''

[[Stock]]: Created the Starcore AI packs, building a majority of the first 15 teams along with most the packs [[Antweight]]s. Still a great [[Stock]] builder, even after leaving and returning to the community for years at a time. Innovated structured AI files, wrote AI tutorials and many of the standard .py files still in use today including the defacto standard, Omni.py.

[[Stock]]: Created the Starcore AI packs, building a majority of the first 15 teams along with many of the packs [[Antweight]]s. Still a great [[Stock]] builder, even after leaving and returning to the community for years at a time. Innovated structured AI files, wrote AI tutorials and many of the standard .py files still in use today including the defacto standard, Omni.py.

[[DSL]]: Program Manager, Design Lead, and AI for [[DSL-TC]] 1.0. [[Starcore]] started the [[DSL-TC]] project, building most the internals and AI for the Stock DSL 1.0 bots.

[[DSL]]: Program Manager, Design Lead, and AI for [[DSL-TC]] 1.0. [[Starcore]] started the [[DSL-TC]] project, building most the internals and AI for the Stock DSL 1.0 bots.

[[Tempus Fugit]]: A [[Lightweight]] horizontal spinner with 6 razor tips and 2 z-teks as weapons. Starcore came back to RA2 briefly and entered an old version in [[BBEANS]]3 but didn't fair well. This showed to Starcore the community had grown and improved and spurred him into creating a massively updated version for the for Starcore v4 Alpha making it one of the strongest [[LW]] [[HS]] around.

[[Tempus Fugit]]: A [[Lightweight]] horizontal spinner with 6 razor tips and 2 z-teks as weapons. Starcore came back to RA2 briefly and entered an old version in [[BBEANS]]3 but didn't fair well. This showed to Starcore the community had grown and improved and spurred him into creating a massively updated version for the for Starcore v4 Alpha making it one of the strongest [[LW]] [[HS]] around.

[[Fury]]: Bigger brother to the updated [[Tempus Fugit]]. [[Fury]] is one of the legendary [[MW]] [[HS]].   

[[Fury]]: Bigger brother to the updated [[Tempus Fugit]]. [[Fury]] is one of the legendary [[MW]] [[HS]].   

[[Spin Doctor]]: A [[HW]] [[HS]]/[[SnS]] hybrid with 30 irons. It may not be perceived as good as a Pure [[HS]] in sheer damage potential, but with its SnS code and belly caster armor, it is much better against popups.

[[Spin Doctor]]: A [[HW]] [[HS]]/[[SnS]] hybrid with 30 irons. It may not be perceived as good as a Pure [[HS]] in sheer damage potential, but with its SnS code and belly caster armor, it is much better against popups.

[[T-800 Terminator]]: A solid [[HW]] [[HS]] with 27 Maces, 2 Spikes, and 4 Ram Plates. It did very well in [[BBEANS]]5.

[[T-800 Terminator]]: A solid [[HW]] [[HS]] with 27 Maces, 2 Spikes, and 4 Ram Plates. It did very well in [[BBEANS]]5.