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BOTM June 2016
« on: May 11, 2016, 07:36:31 PM »
As some of you may have noticed, I'm running kind of late. The reason for this is because I've been planning on having this BOTM be for RA3 bots. The official release date for RA3 is May 26 so the submission period will be kind of short but I'm sure you guys will have time to make a bot with a simple splash (edit: I've revised the deadline so members will have more time to come up with stuff).

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. The splash with the most votes will be put on GTM's homepage for a month.

Bot Restrictions
  • RA3 - Stock
  • Standard (or IRL if you want to go with something a tad more strict)
  • HW
  • No Cheats

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 June 7, 2016 at 11:59 PM Central Standard Time (GMT - 6:00).

Please upload your entries using the BOTM Uploader.

Questions/comments?

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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2016, 07:45:00 PM »
That is if there is a cheatbot3
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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2016, 12:15:50 AM »
but what if i don't have money to buy ra3 :(

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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2016, 12:46:20 AM »
but what if i don't have money to buy ra3 :(

Arrgh, me matey.

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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2016, 02:13:23 AM »
but what if i don't have money to buy ra3 :(

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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2016, 03:47:36 AM »
Honestly i'd much rather have a RA3 BOTM for July. A 5 day submission period is very, very short for BOTM.

Not to mention the time we need to adapt and understand RA3...
« Last Edit: May 12, 2016, 04:19:39 AM by Naryar »

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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2016, 04:16:22 AM »
I don't think anyone's expecting Absolute Chaos out of the gate, but I would support RA3 being the next BOTM since it really isn't much time at all




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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2016, 04:27:42 AM »
One could argue that the short deadline hurts those who were not a part of the closed beta. Those involved would probably be far more adapt at ra3's system compared to the rest of the fourm who are just starting out.

I don't think that it matters at all, but a few members might feel otherwise.
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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2016, 04:28:50 AM »
Can take picture on RA3?

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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2016, 06:00:44 AM »
One could argue that the short deadline hurts those who were not a part of the closed beta. Those involved would probably be far more adapt at ra3's system compared to the rest of the fourm who are just starting out.

I don't think that it matters at all, but a few members might feel otherwise.

I don't know who's on the beta but do any of them usually take part in botm?
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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2016, 06:05:42 AM »
Only people I know that could potentially be in the beta is CB/FB, naturally since they were invited to the offices. I didn't even know there was a closed beta going on to comment on anyone else.




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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2016, 06:12:00 AM »
Can take picture on RA3?
Yes. Steam has a screenshot feature where if you press... F11, I think... it takes a screenshot. It's either F11, F12 or F5.

Just to ask, what would count as standard building for RA3? We don't really know what there is to build with, so wouldn't everything be pretty much standard?

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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2016, 06:18:50 AM »
Only people I know that could potentially be in the beta is CB/FB, naturally since they were invited to the offices. I didn't even know there was a closed beta going on to comment on anyone else.
They mentioned last q&a that they have a handful of members from the community helping them with feedback on the game.
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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2016, 06:48:52 AM »
Can take picture on RA3?
Yes. Steam has a screenshot feature where if you press... F11, I think... it takes a screenshot. It's either F11, F12 or F5.

Just to ask, what would count as standard building for RA3? We don't really know what there is to build with, so wouldn't everything be pretty much standard?

F12.

Standard must be taking it from stock RA2 rules. Overlapping is fine, no BFE (Knowing the bot files will be JSON format) or AAM (That'll be possible in some regard, surely), glitches are OK (if we find any 5 days after official release that'll be embarassing)




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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2016, 07:11:21 AM »
Honestly we have no idea what standard means in a RA3 context : if it's DSL-standard or stock (unrealistic) building.

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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2016, 08:59:05 AM »
With the new botlab it will be harder to cut out bot for the splash

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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #16 on: May 12, 2016, 01:11:46 PM »
Wait...

Why the fuk are we doing an RA3 BOTM, when none of us have any experience with it yet?
Like, nobody knows if any sort of tricks/etc are possible yet.

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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #17 on: May 12, 2016, 01:18:31 PM »
I was kinda thinking, maybe I'd make the background image now, and then just quickly edit in whatever crappy thing I build on the first day I have RA3.

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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #18 on: May 12, 2016, 01:19:25 PM »
Bot of  the month: serious Business

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Re: BOTM June 2016
« Reply #19 on: May 12, 2016, 01:21:42 PM »
It'd be an interesting reminder to us in the future when we're making much better RA3 botm robots but 5 days to make a bot and splash may be too little time.