How did you find GTM?

[Resetti's Replicas]

I came here via the RA2 forums too, but how I discovered that is a pretty interesting story.  I had played the 5 Robot Wars games and was disappointed by their limitations; I think I saw RA2 on Ebay occasionally but I ignored it because it wasn't Robot Wars.  I'd heard about how the legendary Mauler was too dangerous for Robot Wars, so it got me searching for videos of it.  Keep in mind this was 2006, Youtube was in its infant stages, so nothing was there.  What I did find was this.  In addition to getting my Mauler fix, I saw the Tornado Mer vs Particle Accelerator fight to which they remarked "reminds me of Robot Arena 2."  In this video, Tornado Mer systematically chops off PA's wheels.  That got my attention; the wheels don't fall off like that in the RW games.  I bought the game swiftly and found the forums while searching for info because my bots sucked at fighting.

I really want to see those clips but I can't open .rm files D:

That particular one is on Youtube now:



And the others probably are too if you search for them

[HurricaneAndrew]

Seems like Google brought me here. Not sure why or how.

[helloface]

Welcome back Andy.

[HurricaneAndrew]

Welcome back Andy.

It's not like I've never been muted.

[frezal]

I probably first came to this place after RA-Reborn went down. Those guys had the most comprehensive download database at the time, and when they ended the site, I had no other choice than to come here.

I didn't really start posting here until sometime after the official boards went down.

[HurricaneAndrew]

I probably first came to this place after RA-Reborn went down. Those guys had the most comprehensive download database at the time, and when they ended the site, I had no other choice than to come here.

I didn't really start posting here until sometime after the official boards went down.

Pretty sure you didn't even register here until a couple months before me.

[Dexterhunter]

Was forced against my will to migrate from the RA2 forums

This pretty much.


Before that though, I looked up aceuplink because aceuplink was plastered in the credits of the game (or those guides to make a robot in the game folder or something) eventually I found Gametechmods later on and the rest is history because I dont want to type more.


Edit: oh naryars still a nobody

[playzooki]

Bought the game in '11 or '12, found these forums, lurked, lost interest in ra2, regained interest, rediscovered these forums, joined, the end

[Badnik96]

Thought I should expand on my first post...

Got obsessed with robotics back in '01 during Season 3 of BattleBots. I was like 4 at the time, and my mom was like "you should check out this cool new tv show I found". Watched it religiously till it got cancelled. After that I had to look for the occasional Robot Wars episode they showed on BBC to get my fix. Played with mini Lego battlebots until my uncle gave me my own computer, and from there I searched "BattleBots". This took me to Youtube, and one of the related videos was Alphasim's Robot Wars RA2 video. Watched that and a bunch of other old RA2 vids, and one of them linked to GTM, so I looked and was hooked. Didn't know you could download it for free so I convinced my mom to buy it for me after playing the hour-long demo. After buying it i screwed around with custom parts and AI packs for a few months before joining GTM. Didn't even post for a month after registering, and my first post was about entering a BoTM (where my entry sucked). Since then I've been unable to leave D:

help

[HurricaneAndrew]

I was kidnapped and brought here by Sage and now I'm being held against my will.

[That Robot is a Spy!]

Being 9 years old, and having a lot of time on my hands.

[rnifnuf]

I was introduced to RA2 in a tech ed class in October 2012. I loved it, but I didn't have a way to make my own bots at home. So for my birthday in March 2013, I asked my parents for a copy of RA2. Amazon actually sent a copy of RA1 instead XD. My parents later ordered a different copy of RA2 off of Amazon which arrived in April. I installed the game on my PC, but the UI was screwed up, so I had to find a way to fix it. I didn't find the 1.3 patch on Gametechmods, but I did a bit of research on RA2 and found out that this was the last surviving community for RA2. So on May 12, 2013, I signed up and the rest is history.

[Badnik96]

Wait you used RA2 in a tech ed class? Where?

[rnifnuf]

Wait you used RA2 in a tech ed class? Where?

My middle school offered a tech ed class. The seventh graders have a whole unit dedicated to RA2. Although they only build in Stock and they haven't even unlocked the AI parts...

[Badnik96]

Ok you went to the coolest school ever

[MassimoV]

Wait you used RA2 in a tech ed class? Where?

My middle school offered a tech ed class. The seventh graders have a whole unit dedicated to RA2. Although they only build in Stock and they haven't even unlocked the AI parts...

You should've downloaded ULTIMATUM and brought it on a flash drive and just kick everyone's ass. An RA2 class in school would be fun as hell though.

[helloface]

Wait you used RA2 in a tech ed class? Where?

My middle school offered a tech ed class. The seventh graders have a whole unit dedicated to RA2. Although they only build in Stock and they haven't even unlocked the AI parts...

Too bad my school is stuck with sh**ty macs 

[rnifnuf]

Ok you went to the coolest school ever

Actually, it's not as good as it sounds. Even though we are one of the better schools in the district.
Now that I think about it, we're more "uncool" than "bad", as my school usually has kids that at least make it to the regional level at competitions.

My school only has one floor and has barely updated their equipment since around 2004 (although the shop class just got a set of shiny new laptops and we recently got a bunch of iPads, everything else is outdated). Also, our band program kinda sucks despite the fact that we were invited to play at the WMEA conference 2014 in Yakima. Either we submitted a really damn good audition or everyone else either didn't try or got too cocky and messed it up.

Oh well, at least they're forcing our band up to eleven... from two or three XD

You should've downloaded ULTIMATUM and brought it on a flash drive and just kick everyone's ass. An RA2 class in school would be fun as hell though.

Actually, we had no access to the RA2 files, so bringing ULTIMATUM on a flash drive was out of the question. And back then, I had no idea that there was a whole community dedicated to this game. I'm thinking of making replicas of the three bots I built for the class... and putting them in my Stock showcase XD

[The Asian]

helloface and STC threatened to rape me if i didn't join

[S.T.C.]

helloface and STC threatened to rape me if i didn't join

Still contemplating you b**ch