Author Topic: Well, hey guys. (Read 1497 times)

mushrooshi · « **on:** June 23, 2010, 11:52:03 PM »

Dark Gerbil
Sonic Boom
Gerbilfyed4
Dr Doughnut

Any of these names sound familiar?

EDIT: Also, chances are, I've been involved in the RA2 community longer than probably 75% of everyone else here.

Oh, and I was also one of the most hated members back in the day :D

frezal · « **Reply #1 on:** June 24, 2010, 12:02:50 AM »

Quote from: mushrooshi on June 23, 2010, 11:52:03 PM

Dark Gerbil
Sonic Boom
Gerbilfyed4
Dr Doughnut

Any of these names sound familiar?

EDIT: Also, chances are, I've been involved in the RA2 community longer than probably 75% of everyone else here.

Oh, and I was also one of the most hated members back in the day :D

None of these names ring any bells, but that could just be because I don't remember names too well. When were you active?

mushrooshi · « **Reply #2 on:** June 24, 2010, 12:08:40 AM »

Oh gosh, thats a hard question to ask.

I got involved in the RA2 community roughly from 5th grade to 7th grade, when I stopped. I'm currently about to be a senior in highschool. Back in the day, I would annoy people by whining and posting everything 1|\| 1337 |33(4|_|53 ! 7|-|0|_|6|-|7 !7 \/\/45 (001 (in 'leet' because I thought it was cool), and thus I got banned a few times at the official RA2 forums. I didn't know about IP addresses (Because I was a total noobitard back then). I then joined RFSHQ, back while it was on an invisionfree board.

After a while, I rejoined RFSHQ, but when they were on... was it phpBB or vBulletin?

So, I was probably active... 2003/2004 through 2005/2006 or so.

Does anyone have Steam? Add me, 'mushrooshi'!

Oh, and just as proof, I remember:

When Firebeetle and Clickbeetle (IIRC they were brothers?) just joined, Clickbeetle had a dungbeetle for his avatar, and Firebeetle had some vectorish angly emblem of his own
When Starcore had the boobs for his avatar
When Spoof/Smoof/some mod had that 3d animated Yin/Yang avatar
When clutch7 (or whatever his number was) had a spikey triangle thing for his avatar
when kraZy trolled the hell outta me and had his santahat anime avatar.
When ACAMS joined, and had his trashcan-shaped robot thingy for his avatar.

Meanwhile, being the lulzy noob I was, when I first meet HackerX on RFSHQ, I raged at him and said he was bad and such for getting banned. I treated the RFSHQ banned members list like terrorists.

I also remember how kraZy sent me tubgirl.

Pwnator · « **Reply #3 on:** June 24, 2010, 12:29:53 AM »

Quote from: mushrooshi on June 24, 2010, 12:08:40 AM

When Starcore had the boobs for his avatar

lolwut

Anyways, it's always nice to see veterans returning. :D

Naryar · « **Reply #4 on:** June 24, 2010, 05:07:30 AM »

I saw you on RFSHQ i think...

And trolled you with the community :P Sorry for that.

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #5 on:** June 24, 2010, 05:36:01 AM »

Another oldie comes back :D

You have definetly been around quite alot longer then I have because when I joined, Acams was already Admin and he had somewhere near 2000 posts on the old forums(wich no longer exist btw)

ACAMS · « **Reply #6 on:** June 24, 2010, 06:28:26 AM »

Quote from: mushrooshi on June 24, 2010, 12:08:40 AM

Oh, and just as proof, I remember:

When ACAMS joined, and had his trashcan-shaped robot thingy for his avatar.

That would be like remembering when your daddy was born!!!

I remember when YOU joined, and yes, you were a lot like LRA2, and Sparkbutt.

Serge · « **Reply #7 on:** June 24, 2010, 07:06:27 AM »

Quote from: mushrooshi on June 23, 2010, 11:52:03 PM

Sonic Boom

Oh no.

Next thing we know, Tygron comes back.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #8 on:** June 24, 2010, 07:27:29 AM »

Quote from: ACAMS on June 24, 2010, 06:28:26 AM

That would be like remembering when your daddy was born!!!

you had the trashcan robot thingo since i have been on here until a month or so ago

Badnik96 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 24, 2010, 07:43:14 AM »

Didn't Sonic Boom get banned on the old forums? I remember someone (I think Click) posted the link to it in the Archive thread.

But welcome back, hopefully you won't get banned this time.

mushrooshi · « **Reply #10 on:** June 24, 2010, 05:43:20 PM »

Quote from: ACAMS on June 24, 2010, 06:28:26 AM

Quote from: mushrooshi on June 24, 2010, 12:08:40 AM

Oh, and just as proof, I remember:

When ACAMS joined, and had his trashcan-shaped robot thingy for his avatar.

That would be like remembering when your daddy was born!!!

I remember when YOU joined, and yes, you were a lot like LRA2, and Sparkbutt.

Hmm, memory might be a bit rusty then, but I still remember your trashcan robot thing.

And I got banned. 3 times I think.

I want the link to my lulzy stupidity back in the day. If my 10 year old self came back, I'd be pretty pissed with him too.

At least, ACAMS wasn't an admin at the time.

Is RA2 on the public domain now?

Also, can anyone link me to some good guides on how to make robot parts and arenas, aswell as AI bots? I'm not a noob at this kind of stuff, as I've created some pretty complex designs on Autodesk Inventor, and Autodesk 3dsmax is very similar.

frezal · « **Reply #11 on:** June 24, 2010, 05:49:59 PM »

Quote from: Serge on June 24, 2010, 07:06:27 AM

Quote from: mushrooshi on June 23, 2010, 11:52:03 PM
Sonic Boom

Oh no.

Next thing we know, Tygron comes back.

I remember Tygron. That kid sucked.

Serge · « **Reply #12 on:** June 24, 2010, 05:51:33 PM »

Well, everyone can make a model in 3ds max. Exporting it requires a lot of preparation, work and practice, though. Read some of my topics in the Modification and Designs section. Since I'm not available on IM at the moment, you can ask JoeBlo for help, I helped him get everything working so he knows how to do it.

Somebody · « **Reply #13 on:** June 24, 2010, 06:25:21 PM »

To get you up to speed...

ACAMS owns this forum and runs it with Goose (he is not here much). Clickbeetle, Madiaba, Darkrat (who is not here pretty much ever anymore), and Starcore are Admins here. JoeBlo and kill343gs are Global Moderators, and Pwnator and Naryar moderate the Showcase sections, with Trovaner moderating the main RA2 section.

We have had eFFeeMMe, Luigica, kraZy, razer, MiniDJBeirne, MAD Scientist, and a few others show up from the old forums. Rolo also came and stayed for a while until he got pissed and left because he got annoyed. frezal is also here to stay, along with Serge (MegaVolt), who recently has been exploring the .exe of RA2, and has slayed weight limits, learned to edit the banner bar, and it is highly anticipated to see if he can slay the rule of 7 and the max sphere. Currently, he is away from his computer on a vacation. Infiniteinertia was here before as well, but was driven off by n00bs. Sage has been trying to get him back though...

Clickbeetle now runs the Number 1 most successful AI Tournament, BBEANS. We never do online tournaments anymore. The bots are AIed and put in a bracket after being sent to a single user. The 6th BBEANS Tournament is so far the most popular, being the first to fill a 64 Bot Bracket. The Winners so far were Polinator (Cooker) in BBEANS 1, MikeNCR in BBEANS 2, ACAMS in BBEANS 3, Naryar in BBEANS 4, and Firebeetle in BBEANS 5. tons of other AI Tournaments are around though, there are guides everywhere for AIing.

To get up to speed on building, start a showcase. RA2 is easily available, with Ready to play versions of both 1.3 Stock and DSL 2.1. Also many other mods, Like the Starcore v4 Alpha, and NAR AI v2.3, which is for DSL (rebalancing the parts and stronger AI). You will be amazed at how far botbuilding has come. Just about everything in DSL is related to efficiency now. It has to be to win.

We have an extensive RA2Wiki, stocked with pages on nearly all of the bots that have competed in BBEANS, (besides BBEANS 3, which I have to finish, and BBEANS 5, which Pwnator is finishing). It also has tutorials, info, info on AI Packs, and random other bits.

Currently, the forum n00bs have been life robot arena2 (LRA2), who was banned and rejoined as Avalanche. He does not show up much anymore. He is like an 8 or 9 year old kid. The other has been Sparkey98, but after losing in Craaigs "Not Overly Epic Showdown" (NOES) to Avalanche, he learned to listen to advice a bit (his main downfall). Sparkey has been much better lately though. He is claimed to be leaving, but we all know that he will be back soon. He always is.

The forum ~~troll~~ highly opinionated user is System32, followed closely in second by frezal, and 3rd is ACAMS whenever he is talking about Obama and black people in general.

Forum memes would happen to be Pikabob (my avatar, it started a forum-wide avatar craze. Twice.) Another is Spinner from the west (SFTW, an epic fail of a bot that competed in BBEANS 3), which is used to signify a failbot. "Threads Like This" is used for fail threads here on the forums. A ROBO Smiley is a poorly drawn smiley drawn in MS Paint, used to signify awesomeness

Think thats about it. Welcome to GTM, start a showcase, and stay a while.

PS: Just because you were a member of the old forums, you instantly are well respected by just about everyone here.
And you cannot leave now. I just spent forever typing this post. XD

mushrooshi · « **Reply #14 on:** June 24, 2010, 06:27:47 PM »

Quote from: Somebody on June 24, 2010, 06:25:21 PM

To get you up to speed...

ACAMS owns this forum and runs it with Goose (he is not here much). Clickbeetle, Madiaba, Darkrat (who is not here pretty much ever anymore), and Starcore are Admins here. JoeBlo and kill343gs are Global Moderators, and Pwnator and Naryar moderate the Showcase sections, with Trovaner moderating the main RA2 section.

We have had eFFeeMMe, Luigica, kraZy, MiniDJBeirne, MAD Scientist, and a few others show up from the old forums. Rolo also came and stayed for a while until he got pissed and left because he got annoyed.

Clickbeetle now runs the Number 1 most successful AI Tournament, BBEANS. We never do online tournaments anymore. The bots are AIed and put in a bracket after being sent to a single user. The 6th BBEANS Tournament is so far the most popular, being the first to fill a 64 Bot Bracket. The Winners so far were Polinator (Cooker) in BBEANS 1, MikeNCR in BBEANS 2, ACAMS in BBEANS 3, Naryar in BBEANS 4, and Firebeetle in BBEANS 5. tons of other AI Tournaments are around though, there are guides everywhere for AIing.

I definitely know Goose, I remember Darkrat, Clickbeetle, Starcore, and kraZy. I honestly don't remember any of the other ones. Is JimXorb or something like that around?

frezal · « **Reply #15 on:** June 24, 2010, 06:30:26 PM »

Quote from: mushrooshi on June 24, 2010, 06:27:47 PM

I definitely know Goose, I remember Darkrat, Clickbeetle, Starcore, and kraZy. I honestly don't remember any of the other ones. Is JimXorb or something like that around?

JimXorb is long gone, though Sparkles supposedly pesters him on a different forum.

cephalopod · « **Reply #16 on:** June 24, 2010, 06:31:22 PM »

Welcome back...
And I believe JimXorb may have popped back after being badgered by Sparkey. But I believe he left long ago.

EDIT: Damn, beat to it :P

Naryar · « **Reply #17 on:** June 24, 2010, 06:32:34 PM »

It's v2.3 somebody

ACAMS · « **Reply #18 on:** June 24, 2010, 06:52:17 PM »

Quote from: Somebody on June 24, 2010, 06:25:21 PM

To get you up to speed...

We have Serge (MegaVolt)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA........Megavolt was like LRA2 and was I think, the only other member to be banned.....You mean mEgAbYtE

Meganerdbomb · « **Reply #19 on:** June 24, 2010, 06:53:33 PM »

I was about to say....