GTM Robot Wars - SBV

[Merrick]

Hurt Sanwich - It's a box with a spinning Disc and no protection. I thing this poor mans Supernova will loose in round one

Hey hurt sandwich was a two minute bot I built for giggles, its obviously not gonna win but don't put it down just yet, upsets can happen. I believe In my crappy bot. Least I don't go op mechavore disc and frenzy hammer on everyone

Glad a builder like Thyrus lost out to a 2 minute entry 'built for giggles'.

/s

[cephalopod]

Look guys, I'm really not a fan of all this salt over anyone not being in. Everyone had the same chance and the same notice period. I'm sorry everyone didn't make it but that's the way it's happened. And let that be an end to it. Thank you.

[Merrick]

Sorry, Craaig. Shouldn't bring my real life salt online.

[firestorm999]

Bullet Bot: Looks like the Black Ice of the tournament, and I hope it does well.

Good comparison in my opinion, considering I just saw Black Ice's disastrous qualifying battle against Tombstone. Thanks for the support also, Bullet Bot/Bob is going to need it.

Most likely heavier armor.

Fair enough, that makes sense. Maybe I should of added side panels for Bullet Bot/Bob instead of relying on excess armour and two spikes on the sides. It is too late now though, but I will consider GTM Robot Wars a success for me overall if it showcases the other two robots in my melee as strong competitors, should they destroy mine. 

[wrhysj]

Hurt Sanwich - It's a box with a spinning Disc and no protection. I thing this poor mans Supernova will loose in round one

Hey hurt sandwich was a two minute bot I built for giggles, its obviously not gonna win but don't put it down just yet, upsets can happen. I believe In my crappy bot. Least I don't go op mechavore disc and frenzy hammer on everyone

Glad a builder like Thyrus lost out to a 2 minute entry 'built for giggles'.



/s

I just mean i don't take it as the end of the world i do this for fun i don't care if my bot get's totally destroyed. and i only had two minutes cause right now i have 4 law essays to go in, and obviously it took longer than two minutes. This is a game remember, i built a bot then sent it in for a game. I'm sorry that a more experienced builder didn't get in, but i entered straight with a bot... a brand new bot just for this competition

[qwertythe300th]

boy oh boy its RW time!

Badniks bot looks like those Arcade Machines from the early 2000's where the ball spins around and lands on a color then the old guy goes TICKETS FOR YELLOW

[dragonsteincole]

A lot of great bots in these splashes, don't take the following too seriously, it's only a metagame.

Ginger Step Child - Can see this sneaking into the Round Robin stage. Looking pretty blah, but that is a lot of weaponry on the end of those arms. 4/10.
Smaug - This is the Heat's whipping boy. Will easily get smacked in the chops by one bot, and the other can easily make it fly. Will make good viewing either way. 3/10.
Agent Orange - A bit of a creative letdown, but has the potential to **** someone's day up nicely. 6/10.
Maelstrom - This bot should be on a poster in Agent Orange's garage to give it something to aspire to when it grows up. Looks the business, can see this getting to the Heat finals quite easily. 8/10.
F30 - Lovely looking bot that is quite under-weaponed compared to the rest. If this can OOTA people in an arena notorious for being difficult to flip bots out of, then it could be a dark Horse for Heat winner. 7/10.
Fusion Reactor - As usual with DemonofTomorrow, the bot looks great, and has a weapon suited to the task ahead. Can see this winning the Heat with little trouble, if it doesn't suffer a shock defeat in the melee. 9/10.

Hurt Sanwich - A loaf of a bot with a nasty filling, will sadly be toast in this Heat. 3/10.
Zlammer - Boy will **** your day up with it's well-stocked axehead. The armour is either going to be good enough or fly apart like a washing machine with a brick thrown inside. I want to see either occur. 7/10.
Billet 9 - The Billet series of bots always fascinates me for their meticulous detail and how they're constantly evolving. But will being so under the weight limit mean it's outgunned in this tournament? 6/10.
Witching Hour - The second bot in this heat I can see reaching the heat final and even further. Another low slung design with a meaty bar/ring spinner weapon, this could prove bewitching to watch. 7/10.
Reaper - This could have been an amazing bot, from lowkey one of the best IRL builders on the forum. But facing not one but two low HS means it's going to be absolutely reaped from the off, which is a shame. 5/10.
Gadreel - Best homage to the best bot ever. A true champ. 10/10.

Darlene - Sweet Darlene better hope her speed can get a bot OOTA before they can land a blow, otherwise I don't think it's going to do too well in it's melee. 5/10.
Metrocide - Much like the Tube, this annoys me. But also like the Tube, I wouldn't want to step in front of one. Can see this sneaking into the heat final if it doesn't get mauled in the melee. 6/10.
Industry 5 - This looks like what you'd see if Razer and Matilda 69'd and fused together. But the weapon is going to ruin people's lives, much like the mental image of Razer and Matilda 69ing. You're welcome. 8/10.
A Piece of Rake - This ain't the prettiest thing to ever be made in DSL, but something about this suggests it could pull an upset or two, but it will do well to be in contention for the Heat final. 6/10.
Phobos - A meaty blue disc that is going to see it easily into the Round Robin, and to the Heat Final too. It looks like it has the measure of most of the other bots in the heat, it's close otherwise. Darkhorse. 8/10.
31V15 - Another great-looking bot that may go all the way, IF someone doesn't land a lucky strike on those exposed wheels. Otherwise it has the weapon to get it out of most trouble. 8/10.

Galaxy - Looking a little basic, but quite well prepared with that dual vertical discs, and a sneaky flipper/srimech. Sadly, there's a few bots that may land that perfect shot on the weapon motor and cause this Galaxy to melt. But it ain't Duck Fury. 6/10.
Hypershocked - I would take 10 paragraphs to write about the strengths and weaknesses of this bot, but to keep this civil, I can see this doing quite well in the Heat, maybe even a Heat Finalist, but not going much further. But it ain't Duck Fury. 7/10.
Terrazone - Asside from the Terra-bul paintjob, this could steal a win or two from an unlucky opponent. I don't think the little lawnmower that could, can though. But it ain't Duck Fury. 5/10.
Cridine - The name is accurate, as I Cri and Di a little inside when looking at this bot. The weapon is strong enough, but there are some alignment issues for sure. Can still see this doing reasonably well though. But it ain't Duck Fury. 4/10.
Duck Fury - BITCH YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT DUCK FURY. HOLY sh**. This was love at first sight, and I don't care who knows it. May get plucked hardcore by Galaxy in the melee, but I don't care. 10/10.
Scratch - It's ok I guess, and probably my pick of the Heat. But it ain't Duck Fury. 8/10.

InVasion - Meh.
Undercut - In another heat, this could do very well with it's super-low spinning disc, but it appears to have walked into the wrong neighbourhood. Will be in contention throughout though. 6/10.
Lobsteriffic! - With this weapon set-up, its going to smash head-on with InVasion and join like peanut butter and jelly, or Razer and Matilda. Both will be knocking the sh** out of each other. It will be brutal. Parents will complain, Flood XL-C will be watching with popcorn. What i'm saying is it'll either do great, or not at all. 7/10.
Flood XL-C - This will mop up what is left of the melee it's in, and then I reckon make it to the heat final handily. This may go a lot further too with it's fine pair of hammers. 8/10.
VF-09 WALKURE - What is with these Gerry Anderson names in this heat? The spikes are made for making Undercut suffer in the melee, after that it's anyone's guess as to how this does, those dual Vlad spikes should see it treated with respect though. 7/10.
Toxic Slash 2 - 200Kg of front plow is nothing to be sniffed at, but could there have been better choices that made the bot stronk overall? Don't be surprised or aroused to see this get pounded from behind and kicked out early. 6/10.

Duke - The builder may have certain "qualities" that make him as popular as a wet fart, but Duke may posess the swagger to shock a few people on the way to a Heat Final. 7/10.
Evil Art Project - A gold star for creativity, it may ear a "There Was An Attempt" Star performance-wise, but never say never. 6/10.
Deathstalker - A very tidy bot from a good builder, a little rough in places, but there's a lot of bots in the heat that may suffer under that axe. A darkhorse for the Heat final. 7/10.
Hammatime - ****ing oof, come back Cridine, all is forgiven. The weapon is suitably beefy, but the construction of this bot is going to cause it major problems against the wrong opponent. 3/10.
Gamma - A neat, compact bot that has put a lot of thought into it's defenses, with a hefty horizontal bar to dazzle other bots, if the paintjob doesn't first. Can see this winning the Heat quite nicely. 8/10.
Bullet Bot - What idiot prints the wrong name of the bot on the actual bot itself? Fast and with a simple no-nonsense weapon setup, this unfortunately is going to be cannon fodder for the other two bots in the heat. 4/10.

[Baconus_Yum]

Why does everybody hate Hammatime?
Edit: Wrong word

[Gulden]

Terrazone: Strengths: Wedge

Duke: Strengths: Powerful Wedge

 

[dragonsteincole]

Why does everybody hate Hammatime?
Edit: Wrong word

Dislike is probably the better term, although people who missed or ignored the weeks of lead-in time for this tournament, then moan about the bots that signed up in time will probably prefer the term hate.

A serious answer would be that it is put together quite sloppily, which for a building style that is in theory puts looks as above 'efficiency' is a major downside. It's details like the weapon being off-center, the simple box shape, and the overall appearance that aren't reflecting kindly upon Hammatime.
Mechanically it works, but the lack of polish is what is reflecting badly on the bot and how people perceive your building ability.

It's a bit harsh unfortunately, and shouldn't be taken as a personal insult, I didn't mean anything I said in my post as a personal attack, but that is how it can be around the forum. I don't mind taking the time to go through some things with you to try and help you along, the offer is there if you want it. :)

[cephalopod]

Terrazone: Strengths: Wedge

Duke: Strengths: Powerful Wedge

 

The Terrazone one was intentional.
The Duke one was a side effect of me making a whole load of splashes that take a long time at once.

Better explanation than an emoji deserved :P

[FaceBagman]

Terrazone: Strengths: Wedge

Duke: Strengths: Powerful Wedge

 

I mean just look at how much power it exudes. It's obviously a very confident wedge. 

[Baconus_Yum]

Why does everybody hate Hammatime?
Edit: Wrong word

Dislike is probably the better term, although people who missed or ignored the weeks of lead-in time for this tournament, then moan about the bots that signed up in time will probably prefer the term hate.

A serious answer would be that it is put together quite sloppily, which for a building style that is in theory puts looks as above 'efficiency' is a major downside. It's details like the weapon being off-center, the simple box shape, and the overall appearance that aren't reflecting kindly upon Hammatime.
Mechanically it works, but the lack of polish is what is reflecting badly on the bot and how people perceive your building ability.

It's a bit harsh unfortunately, and shouldn't be taken as a personal insult, I didn't mean anything I said in my post as a personal attack, but that is how it can be around the forum. I don't mind taking the time to go through some things with you to try and help you along, the offer is there if you want it. :)

I am going to be honest for this:
This is around the third of fourth of my good bots.  I mean, I have improved.  Whacker (32 seed Redditbots) had Steering motors, and I did not even realize you could change how you wanted to attach stuff to the robot.  Anyways, I know that I could do much better (keep a look out for spiky) and I will not stop trying until I give up this game.

[cephalopod]

Start a showcase man, you'll be improving rapidly in no time!

[Thyrus]

This is not against you but why are people talk like this redditbots thing was something special?
I'm sure you will improve your building the more time you spend in the botlab

[Naryar]

Some thoughts about all of those bots.

Ginger Step Child : Nice. A bit bland as far as aesthetics go, but I like the design. Needs more hybrids.

Smaug : It may look cool as sh**, but it has only a flamethrower. It's going to get killed.

Agent Orange : Not bad.

Maelstrom : It looks badass. Wedge looks bad, but...

F30 : It's a flipper. It seems like any other flipper to me.

Fusion Reactor : Looks kinda cool but still is le generic IRL HS.

Hurt Sandwich : No.

Zlammer : Not bad ? I feel it can't really compete due to not enough frontal armor. Nice to see gear hammers in this, still.

Billet 9 : It does look cool. Despite not being too original.

Witching Hour : Eh. I'm not convinced.

Reaper : Ok, that does look totally awesome. However, it's HS fodder due to having exposed chassis sides, and the disc's not exposed enough.

Gadreel : Eh. Naaah. It's a stinger thing, but it's kinda weak and not that good looking.

Darleene : That flipper setup is triggering me for some reason... The fast flipper is gonna be fun, however.

Metrocide : This sh**ty weapon setup... Skin is weird too. 3/10.

Industry 5 : One of my favorites. It looks great, a bit Thyrus-like, and probably is going to work. Armored too !

A Piece of Rake : Is that a hammer or a popup ? It's not going to work either.

Phobos : I don't like the color scheme, plus it's a bit bland.

31V15 : It looks good. Appears to be fragile however.

Galaxy : Not bad, I guess. It's not striking me as special. Does it actually flips bots then turns and grinds them ? If then then it's totally cool.

Hypershocked : A clamp !  However, I feel it is not going to work due to poor wedges and a narrow weapon.

Terrazone : A wammer. In an IRL tournament. This seems... out of place. Seems it's not going to work.

Cridine : Yeah, err... no.

Duck Fury : The obligatory Robot Wars joke entry.

Scratch : Pussycat sucked. This one is going to ride bots and not damage them much.

Invasion : Alright, THAT looks cool ! Chassis choice is a bit weird, though.

Undercut : *yawns*

Lobsterrific : I like this one quite a bit due to weapon setup. It's lacking in armor, I feel, however.

Flood XL-C : It's the fast wedged HS, which is always a nice design. The sledgehammers are very... "RA2" which doesn't fit so well to this tourney, I feel. I like it overall.

VF-09 Walkyrie : Yes ! Well, it's not very offensive, but this is an artbot anyways. Flat as **** tho, which means it's going to avoid some weapons too.

Toxic Slash 2 : It's a bit boring ? Less good than the other wedged HS, I feel.

Duke : It's... okay.

Evil Art Project : Alright, I guess.

Deathstalker : Looks cool. Can't trap much though.

Hammatime : Easily the most boring bot there...

Gamma : A bit psychedelic in coloring but I really like the design. HS, yes, but with added spikes. One of my favorites to be sure.

Bullet Bob : 

[firestorm999]

Bullet Bob : 

So my robot will become the most famous of GTM Robot Wars, as much as the godlike SFTW? Great!

[Naryar]

Bullet Bob : 

So my robot will become the most famous of GTM Robot Wars, as much as the godlike SFTW? Great!

No...

[FaceBagman]

Witching Hour : Eh. I not comvinced

Honestly, thank you for finally showing a lack of confidence. I hope to be the favorite that loses early, to fulfill the RW prophecy. Too much pressure, tbh. :)

[Mr. AS]

Witching Hour : Eh. I not comvinced

Honestly, thank you for finally showing a lack of confidence. I hope to be the favorite that loses early, to fulfill the RW prophecy. Too much pressure, tbh. :)

Don't give up! A wise man once said: "Never lose hope, be persistent and stubborn and never give up. There are many instances in history where apparent losers suddenly turn out to be winners unexpectedly, so you should never conclude all hope is lost."