BOTM Jan 2015

[Trovaner]

Alright, you guys voted for a DSL HW BOTM...

Here's how this works. Every participant creates a bot that follows the given bot restrictions for that month. They then create a simple splash for their bot and uploaded it to GTM's BOTM Uploader before the deadline expires. After the deadline expires, a poll will be created for the community to vote on their favorite entry. At the end of the month, the splash with the most votes will be put on GTM's homepage for a month.

Bot Restrictions

• DSL 2
• Standard Realism
• HW (up to 800kg)
• No cheatbot2, hidden, or custom components
• No BFE, AAM, HAX mode, Zero glitch, etc.

Splash Rules

• Entries must be uploaded using the BOTM Uploader
• One bot per splash
• One splash per member
• Please do not put anything in that identifies you as the creator. Credit will be given after the poll to reduce bias and give people a chance to guess who made what.
• There must be at least one image of the insides in the splash
• The weight must be given in the splash
• Images must be either JPG, PNG, or GIF.
• Images must be no wider than 700px and no taller than 800px
• Entries must be in by December 26, 2014 at 11:59 PM Central Standard Time (GMT - 5:00) so that we can spend the rest of the month voting.

Please upload your entries using the BOTM Uploader.

Questions/comments?

Edit: I'm postponing the voting until tomorrow.

[rnifnuf]

The due date is January 26, 2014? So the entry was due eleven months ago? With all due respect, Trov, don't you mean December 26, 2014? Why am I typing questions? Why can't I stop? HELP ME?

[Natster-104]

Don't know why, but it's weird thinking about January 2015 at the beginning of December 2014

Standard realism, nah don't do it tbh

[Jonzu95]

I'm pretty sure Trov just made a mistake. ^^

[playzooki]

Entering

[Trovaner]

I'm pretty sure Trov just made a mistake. ^^

That he did. I think its fixed now, though.

[RedAce]

Definitely entering. I have something good this time.

[090901]

Don't know why, but it's weird thinking about January 2015 at the beginning of December 2014

Standard realism, nah don't do it tbh

dude... you can still enter an irl bot....they still fit in the guidelines.

[Naryar]

don't enter irl bots into standard dsl stuff, please.

Why ? Because everyone complains of a bot being too DSL-S when entered into IRL contests, and yet no one gives a sh** if someone enters an IRL bot in a DSL-S contest.

Also I will probably enter.

[playzooki]

don't enter irl bots into standard dsl stuff, please.

Why ? Because everyone complains of a bot being too DSL-S when entered into IRL contests, and yet no one gives a sh** if someone enters an IRL bot in a DSL-S contest.

Also I will probably enter.

Brb making irl dsl hw

[HurricaneAndrew]

I don't see what's wrong with entering an IRL bot in BoTM. As far as tournaments go, I agree with Naryar.

[Mecha]

hold on brb when there's a stock botm......so good bye forever
Seriously though, I'm glad BOTM came back anyway.

[Trovaner]

I, personally, don't mind when people enter IRL into standard BOTMs. Considering that its a voting contest, its going to come down to what most people like best anyways. IRL contests tend to get kind of messy with differing definitions depending on context so I doubt that I'll ever explicitly say that a BOTM is IRL. I'd rather keep it open to as many building styles as possible so that we get more entries and less complaints.

[Naryar]

Let's rephrase that argument then.

If people can enter IRL bots into DSL-S voting contests, then there's no reason you and I can't enter DSL-S bots into IRL voting contests as well. And i'm pretty sure people will be unhappy if this happens.

I am totally OK with contests that allow both IRL bots and Standard bots (considering it is voting instead of battling), but then it shouldn't be marked as a DSL standard contest, but as a "any building style allowed" contest.

[Thrackerzod]

I think the issue would be that, technically, an IRL bot fits all of the requirements for Standard, but a Standard bot might not fit all of the requirements for IRL.  It seems like IRL is more specific.  Saying "any style" would also allow for stock-styled robots, where stuff just passes through other stuff all willy-nilly.  That said, I don't build IRL much, and when I try to, it isn't, so I could be completely wrong.

[Meganerdbomb]

Let's rephrase that argument then.

If people can enter IRL bots into DSL-S voting contests, then there's no reason you and I can't enter DSL-S bots into IRL voting contests as well. And i'm pretty sure people will be unhappy if this happens.

I am totally OK with contests that allow both IRL bots and Standard bots (considering it is voting instead of battling), but then it shouldn't be marked as a DSL standard contest, but as a "any building style allowed" contest.

That is a BS argument because IRL has stricter guidelines than standard. An IRL bot still obeys all dsl standard regulations for overlapping parts,  etc,  but with the addition of guidelines about weapons and such to make the bot more like what you could conceivably see in real life.  Thus,  an irl bot is  still dsl-s because it follows the no stacking and no physics breaking guidelines,  but a dsl-s bot is not irl if it does not follow the irl guidelines regarding  efficiency.

[HurricaneAndrew]

I don't think there has ever been a strictly IRL BoTM anyway.

[Thrackerzod]

That is a BS argument because IRL has stricter guidelines than standard. An IRL bot still obeys all dsl standard regulations for overlapping parts,  etc,  but with the addition of guidelines about weapons and such to make the bot more like what you could conceivably see in real life.  Thus,  an irl bot is  still dsl-s because it follows the no stacking and no physics breaking guidelines,  but a dsl-s bot is not irl if it does not follow the irl guidelines regarding  efficiency.

Hey, so I did get it right.

[cephalopod]

Although I agree with allowing IRL bots into Standard contests (not tournaments) like this... a lot of IRL bots do break Standard rules, eg cheatbot2 use, bfe use, and I know I've gotten away with a few things not truly realistic because it's hidden inside chassis.

[Merrick]

Let's rephrase that argument then.

If people can enter IRL bots into DSL-S voting contests, then there's no reason you and I can't enter DSL-S bots into IRL voting contests as well.

Yes, there is. DSL-S robots would be breaking IRL building rules, but nothing about IRL robots breaks DSL-S building rules.

I don't think there has ever been a strictly IRL BoTM anyway.

There was a Replica BoTM just before it went on haitus.

By nature, that had to be IRL.