Maka's Makinations

[DaSnowingSteak]

I personally use spike strips for popups as they can damage from the side and the tip but that's what I do.

[Badnik96]

I personally use spike strips for popups as they can damage from the side and the tip but that's what I do.

no. never do this. youre wasting weight and reducing the amount of weapons you can use, plus spike strips have normals.

[Avalanche]

I personally use spike strips for popups as they can damage from the side and the tip but that's what I do.

no. never do this. youre wasting weight and reducing the amount of weapons you can use, plus spike strips have normals.

Irons or Razors. That is your choice.

[DaSnowingSteak]

I personally use spike strips for popups as they can damage from the side and the tip but that's what I do.

no. never do this. youre wasting weight and reducing the amount of weapons you can use, plus spike strips have normals.

Irons or Razors. That is your choice.

Thanks for the tip.

[rnifnuf]

I personally use spike strips for popups as they can damage from the side and the tip but that's what I do.

no. never do this. youre wasting weight and reducing the amount of weapons you can use, plus spike strips have normals.

Irons or Razors. That is your choice.

Thanks for the tip.

Razors are preferred for popups because they are overwhelmingly piercing-oriented weapons, and thus, do more damage to the chassis than they do to other components. Popup.py, the Python AI script class designed for use on popups, is programmed specifically to wait until the chassis has been in the smart zone for a certain amount of time before firing its weapons. Popups are designed to do catastrophic damage to the chassis in a very short time, and this is best achieved by using razors for weapons.

[Badnik96]

yeah your choice on stock popups is literally razors. never use irons on popups.

[Jonzu95]

yeah your choice on stock popups is literally razors. never use irons on popups.

*cough* missile test *cough*

never again

[090901]

yeah your choice on stock popups is literally razors. never use irons on popups.

*cough* missile test *cough*

never again

nice dsl bot kid

[Maka]

I decided that padding out my showcase takes precedence over showing my hand for G.K.'s upcoming tournament.



My entries are named Mastergator and Crocksucker (hue hue hue), and they are mechanically identical.  The idea behind this robot is that instead of trying to get under the enemy, it tumbles over it.  I went for this kind of design because I was hoping it might be a good counter to any of the popups encountered in the tournament.   I also assumed that I would stand no chance of actually making a robot of a well established type better than the veteran builders would.

It probably will not work the way I want it to, but it looks cool and that really is all that matters.

[Jonzu95]

yeah your choice on stock popups is literally razors. never use irons on popups.

*cough* missile test *cough*

never again

nice dsl bot kid

irons suck in both games on popups. come on 090901, you can do better than that.

[Mecha]

Nice bots, also the names are.. unique? 

yeah your choice on stock popups is literally razors. never use irons on popups.

*cough* missile test *cough*

never again

nice dsl bot kid

irons suck in both games on popups. come on 090901, you can do better than that.

lol

[090901]

yeah your choice on stock popups is literally razors. never use irons on popups.

*cough* missile test *cough*

never again

nice dsl bot kid

irons suck in both games on popups. come on 090901, you can do better than that.

m8 i thought you were trying to say how good missile test was because of bbeans
then i remembered that version had razors
gg you win

[Sage]

looks like dark july

[Maka]

looks like dark july

It should be a little more well rounded and hopefully better at dealing with wedges, popups, et cetera.

[Sage]

Do note that weapons touching the ground won't do damage. Your entire bottom row is basically armor.

[madman3]

It's a cool idea but surely it can't get under anything? I've done similar things in DSL where I use a snapper based rack of weapons that flip over the opponent using the momentum of going towards them, but you need a really good wedge for it to work. Also as Sage says, it won't necessarily do much damage with the lower rack unless people get under you.

[Maka]

I just got done testing the design, and turns it that it is utter junk and gets destroyed by stuff with wedges.  I tried it with and without the bottom row of spikes touching the ground, but it made no difference.

Back to the drawing board.