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Robot Arena Matches => Contests => Topic started by: System32 on November 14, 2009, 11:42:00 AM
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You see, after a while I've noticed there is some bot designs left to be discovered.
Recently we have had the Realistic Popup, the Side Popup and the Bottom Spinner arise. We also have new sub-sets of previous designs, like Servo Crawlers. My idea is simple, it's a splash competition.
Not BOTM, No. instead, you must try something new. A subset/bot type altogether. The bot may use anything, Cheat, DSL, vanilla... The whole point is to create something new.
The deadline is the 28th of november.
This is only the beginning...
-System32
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i really cant think of anymore ideas but ill try
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I may got someting in mind but i`m not sure if someone did it before.
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yeah.
ive been waiting for something like this to try my new type of robot.
dont know if it has already been dont but i havent seen it in any showcases yet nso lets hope it hasnt.
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New type!? Exciting... :D
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FLYING SNS!!!
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:lol:
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A POPDOWN!!!
Heh, actually this sounds like a cool idea... I think Psycolone was trying to inspire us with a similar contest a couple months ago, but nobody really showed interest.
I will see what I can come up with. I hope Click pounces on this one too.
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BTW, Stock or DSL? or Both?
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BTW, Stock or DSL? or Both?
Read.
"The bot may use anything, Cheat, DSL, vanilla... The whole point is to create something new."
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I am definitely in. I have a few ideas in mind...
EDIT: And yeah Click & Joe will both pounce on this and pwn us all :S
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And what is Vanilla? O_o
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Stock
And I might come up with something :D
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Soo, Should we post them here...?
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No, PM a splash to me. I will post them like BOTM.
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Can I use side popup because I made it? :D
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Your supposed to make a new bot type, or expand on a bot type built before.
Like make a new form of HS, or new spinner type altogether.
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A POPDOWN!!!
Already did that, see Backscratcher in my showcase.
I also tried to make a FHS Face Horizontal Spinner, that didnt beat even 0.01% of SCv4 bots so... Yeah! Prehaps the desing would be more effective in DSL?
How I did it was start making a normal HS, but instead of extenders and irons I pus Z-tek, disc and razors.
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I AM SO IN!!!!
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I am definitely in. I have a few ideas in mind...
EDIT: And yeah Click & Joe will both pounce on this and pwn us all :S
I don't know, I don't just tell myself, "Hey, I haven't come up with a new bot design in a while. I think I'll do that," and then go do it. New bot designs sort of just pop up at random, and you have to take advantage of them as they come up.
But if I think of anything, and if I have time to build it, I might enter.
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Is a 5000 KG robot a new bot type?
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Its just heavy so no, unless it has something different weapon types than what you see normally, like HS, Sheck spinner VS and so on...
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Can I use side popup because I made it? :D
you did?
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This is the perfect time to get that Full Body VS to work. Other attempts are just taking too long for my patience.
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I have made loads of new robot types and glitches in my showcase :P
I got a axle to spin as fast as a single perm :P oh wait I shouldn't be telling people this lol
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Just a quick note: it doesn't matter how cool the splash is, but if you want to, you can add the disc of the bot in a paragraph below.
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you did?
Did you see the bot in my showcase?
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I have made loads of new robot types and glitches in my showcase :P
I got a axle to spin as fast as a single perm :P oh wait I shouldn't be telling people this lol
You shouldn't. Joe wins by default.
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8 days left.
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i made a robot that has a couple of burst pistons pointing down and spikes on the bottom so i can jump on them
is that new?
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Depends on how it works.
You sould also be PMing the spashes, 7 days left!
And also, It doesn't matter about how good they are!
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And also, It doesn't matter about how good they are!
takes more then that to make me do it half assed :P
how many entrys have you got ?
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And also, It doesn't matter about how good they are!
But how creative they are... and probably how much eye candy is on the splash :P
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Yeah Joe, as of now I got none, which is sad, I've got 2 more segments of the contest left!
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I have one coming I just like to use up maximum time sometimes :-D also im going all out in BOTM which is taking up a lot of time :P
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speaking of BOTM could you pleeeez release the bot you won with last month jb?
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yeah, I was actually rebuilding my site and going to include a download section like Clicks and include it there but if it takes to long then I will just post a link :-D
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yayayayay
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Depends on how it works.
You sould also be PMing the spashes, 7 days left!
And also, It doesn't matter about how good they are!
Call me stubborn... but I didn't want to enter something that wasn't combat effective as well. To enter a contest... I want my bot to be awesome in more ways than one. I like that you are trying to motivate people to think outside the box.
Oh, and I have been working on my bot on/off for about two weeks and finally got it to be effective in combat today. I will make a splash and throw it at you tomorrow.
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Nice.
Anyway, Time to explain the next part, The polls.
I will ask everyone To vote on 3 factors:
Originality.
Rebuilding effeciveness.
Combat effectiveness.
Originality: How unique is it? have you seen it before?
Rebuilding effeciveness: Can it be made into a decent bot? Can there be variation?
Combat effectiveness: Can it be a killer?
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Well, sounds like you're going to have ONE entry .... I guess JD will win by default.
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I have one coming I just like to use up maximum time sometimes :-D
ahem lol
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I'll try to enter an entry before the deadline. I've had a neat idea for a DSL bot for quite a while now.
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3 days left, And I need them entries in!
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I'll send tomorrow... Hopefully...
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Extended deadline. 1st of september.
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Phew!
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Extended deadline. 1st of september.
er...what ?
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Well, There is three parts in it, and I need at least 5 for it to work.
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so your extending the deadline by 10 months ?
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Wait what?
Umm, I mean the 1st of December.
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:lol:, That's ok. Everybody makes mistakes...
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lol thought so :P
I dont know how well I will fair, I rushed my final version + splash in 1 day
I guess it will depend on how well people understand the splash, it does however discover a new RA2 Glitch :-D
I decided to go for something new rather then just making a splash for one of the many original robots I showcased over the months :P
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4 days(?) left, and only 3 entries!
Sage, didn't you have a splash to submit?
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4 days(?) left, and only 3 entries!
Sage, didn't you have a splash to submit?
Lol yea. I need to make it though :D
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Contest over! Sadly, the third stage (The tournament) can't be done, so on with the poll!
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RESULTZ!
1st place Spin Within - Internal Spinner - Joeblo
2nd place Supernatural Force - VSS - Hypnodisc7
3rd place Waldo's Sweep - Wedge cutting HS - Jack daniels
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RESULTZ!
1st place Spin Within - Internal Spinner - Joeblo
2nd place Supernatural Force - VSS - Hypnodisc7
3rd place Waldo's Sweep - Wedge cutting HS - Jack daniels
Waldo's? lol
Anyways, great contest. Congrats to Joe... now we should have our bots fight it out! :P
Per Naryar's comment on the voting page, I had no idea that my design had been done before. I kinda presumed that it might have been attempted, but I didn't have anything to refer to or check. The design is surprisingly effective and I would be willing to bet that a DSL master could make it work waaay better than I have (i.e. more powerful/faster)
I was really hoping that more people would enter the contest though. Thanks for coordinating it Sys32!
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I heard tht quite a few people had some bots, so in due time I may have another one and THEN have a tournament. (Which, ironically, was the main goal. A tournament with Only new bot types.)
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Per Naryar's comment on the voting page, I had no idea that my design had been done before. I kinda presumed that it might have been attempted, but I didn't have anything to refer to or check.
I've never seen a bot like yours before so it might be entirely original, but it's still a shell spinner and S32 stated "entirely new robot type"
The design is surprisingly effective and I would be willing to bet that a DSL master could make it work waaay better than I have (i.e. more powerful/faster)
A challenge appears ???
Sounds good - I'll try building a bot like that in the future.
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the original High Roller I made had small teeth on hinges pointing down for wedge defense, it was only small, your execution of the design was probably better having it sweep for wedges
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I've never seen a bot like yours before so it might be entirely original, but it's still a shell spinner and S32 stated "entirely new robot type"
Yes, that was the main idea. I did, however add Subset of a previous bot type in as well, so a HS/VS/FS (the ONLY HS variant NOT made by ACAMS) is acceptible as well.
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Per Naryar's comment on the voting page, I had no idea that my design had been done before. I kinda presumed that it might have been attempted, but I didn't have anything to refer to or check.
I've never seen a bot like yours before so it might be entirely original, but it's still a shell spinner and S32 stated "entirely new robot type"
The design is surprisingly effective and I would be willing to bet that a DSL master could make it work waaay better than I have (i.e. more powerful/faster)
A challenge appears ???
Sounds good - I'll try building a bot like that in the future.
Go for it. I would be very curious to how amazing a bot you could build under that concept of a spinning wedge sweeper. And you are right... I should have focused on making an entirely new bot type. Man, this game has been out for so long it is very hard to think of something that has not been done before.
* goes off to listen to Barenaked Ladies' "It's all been done." *
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Post above, JD.
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I wish I'd entered. I've come up with a little concept.