Feel free to answer as many questions as you like, but it would be great if everyone answered everything!
These survey answers will be included in the 2015 competition report, so the more info the better.
Please feel free to provide external references/links as necessary

Bot Name:
Bot Race:
Author Name(s):
Affiliation(s):
Nationality(s): 
Occupation(s):

(These will be listed on the competition website)
Bot URL:
Personal URL:
Affiliation URL:

Q: How did you become interested in Starcraft AI?

Q: How long have you been working on your bot?

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

Q: Why did you choose the race of your bot?

Q: Did you use any existing code as the basis for your bot? If so, why, and what did you change?

Q: What is the overall strategy/strategies of your bot? Why did you choose them?

Q: Do you incorporate learning of any form in your bot? If so, how was it accomplished? 

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?

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

Q: Have you tested your bot against humans? If so, how did it go?

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

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



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?

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

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