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Bot Name: Oritaka
Bot Race: Terran
Author Name(s): Yoshitaka Hirai
Affiliation(s): University of Elector-Communications
Nationality(s): Japan
Occupation(s): 


Q: How did you become interested in Starcraft AI?
I searched game ai contest by google.

Q: How long have you been working on your bot?
About one month.

Q: About how many lines of code is your bot?
1500

Q: Why did you choose the race of your bot?
I thought that terran is standard.

Q: Did you use any existing code as the basis for your bot? If so, why, and what did you change?
I didn't use existing code.

Q: What is the overall strategy/strategies of your bot? Why did you choose them?
Optimize resource gathering, make many marrines and attack.

Q: Do you incorporate learning of any form in your bot? If so, how was it accomplished? 
I didn't use learning.

Q: Do you use any interesting AI techniques or algorithms in your bot? If so, which?

Q: What do you feel are the strongest and weakest parts of your bot's overall performance?
strongest → many marrines
weakest  → few unit type

Q: If you competed in previous tournaments, what did you change for this year's entry?
I competed first time.

Q: Have you tested your bot against humans? If so, how did it go?
I didn't.

Q: Any fun or interesting stories about the development / testing of your bot?
All was fun.

Q: Any other projects you're working on that you'd like to advertise?
Daihinmin AI


Optional Opinion Questions:

Q: What is your opinion on the current state of StarCraft AI? How long do you think before computers can beat humans in a best-of-7 match?
I can't imagine.

Q: What do you feel is the biggest hurdle (technological or otherwise) in improving your bot's AI?
Coding is hard task.

Q: Which bots are the most interesting to you and why?
ICEbot