Aceuplink Survivors....

[frezal]

Wow man, those are sweeeeet. It's funny I never stacked or any of that non-sense,

I ran into that problem when I returned here a couple months ago. All of these kids these days stack everything (without cheating too), and now I'm having to play catchup.

About AU: I was never actually banned from there, but I assume that was because I didn't post often. My main beef with the place was with allowing DaStompa to be a part of the administration. That guy was a tyrant and an all around douchebag.

Oh, I remembered another thing from AU I liked: the AU motors. I think I re-skinned my copy to remove the AU logos, but I appreciated the extra power. Those motors made fighting the Battlebots AI bots a little less hard.

[MAD Scientist]

Well howdy doody, looks like you're still alive and kicking - and **** you too buddy. :) It's not MY fault that I took it upon myself to collaborate with some incredibly intelligent and like-minded modders of the game to lay down a format to build upon the game in numerous ways. Myself and my "cronies" created AI expansions that, at the time, revolutionized the Robot Arena 2 modding community.

AceUplink managed to make a BattleBots AI pack (extremely well modded I give you that much, it was beautiful) that ranked up there with "nice to look at but goddamn impossible". What did AU do for the community, really? You all released some modifications but nothing that really gave way to build upon things in the way that myself, Disturbed, Goose, and Starcore decided to take further. In fact, in an ironic kind of way, you led us all together. You can claim a piece of that credit for yourself because without AceUplink there probably would not have been any RFS AI Pack, Starcore AI Pack, or even the DSL mod to blow the game wide open.

If it gives you any solace, Radio F (which began in 1995) disbanded in 2008. I retired from RFSHQ in June of that year to pursue my life where I left off when I hopped on the RA2 bandwagon. I have gone back to being a furry/scaly writer and artist and found a special Mrs. RFS to share the happiness with. I've also ditched the "Radio F Software" moniker and I go by "Dracophile" now - a username that took me 7 years to replace the "temporary" RFS with, but one that personally fits me a lot better. You have full permission to laugh at me if you will because I know I deserve it, but I've done a ****ton of growing up since AceUplink. I rubbed a lot of sh** in your collective faces for no real reason and I am most likely wholly responsible for completely ****ing your website up in every way imaginable. I realize it got to the point where registration was basically blocked off because I had about 3 new accounts a week that went under the radar.

Yes, I did start RFSHQ to completely and absolutely ruin AceUplink. I was out to "do better than you", and that's exactly why we opened on February 12th, 2004 - your domain's "roll over" date (we became the comedy site on May 9th, 2004). When the site opened I was looking to hoard everyone who was banned or disgruntled with AceUplink so that we could build a community that would out-class yours. A little while into the RFSHQ timeline I realized that this was pretty ****ing stupid and I stopped. RFSHQ was an experiment, a joke, and some strange project that took on a life of its own and perpetuated itself on a conglomeration of mostly negative things. The proof is in the pudding, RFSHQ tried way too hard to be like Something Awful and it pretty much blew apart. I created the website with hate in mind and when I wanted to make something out of it I was always reminded of the ill-intent that made the place.

Things could have probably ended a of a lot better, but from the beginning I kind of felt like I wasn't wanted there in the first place once I had seen that AW and the others were like "wow ANOTHER mod, and it's THIS guy?" Kind of disheartening to an extent. Sim, AW, and TDS could have handled my resignation a little better than they did, and I probably could have done without throwing a complete bitch fit on the forums that lasted Nth months. It was a cluster**** on both sides, if I knew now what I knew then.

I hold no grudge with you, MAD, or anybody else at AceUplink; but I realize that you probably would still like to see me eaten alive by wolves or something and I honestly don't blame you. The reasoning behind my demeanor at AceUplink is both lengthy and personal, and I'll spare you the insightful monologue (that I'd rather not be public information anyways).

I'm sorry.

PS: I apologize for ****ing up your telephone, something you wanted to blame on me when it wasn't actually my fault in the first place - but that's a conversation from 2003 and water under the bridge. I work for Miniclip.com now and I have since been harassed and threatened by troublemakers who see ME as a "Nazi" and have my contact information and haven't been shy about calling me and saying bizarre things. What goes around comes around, I got what was coming to me.

PPS: We inherited the download database from HackerX's and Nanaman's RA-Reborn. Anything they did to the files was their own idea, we just took up hosting them. We didn't strip anything from any tutorials.

PPP?S: Don't call me Justin, Anthony. Really.

P4S: Can I just say "snipe1040" and we can all just laugh and forget about this? :)

LOL snipe1040....

hahah, It's all good Radio (I wont call you Justin )

We've both got our own lives now... I'm actually very impressed that you addressed this personally. I hope this can maybe be an example to the younger kids on here that e-fights are kind dumb. Back then I took all of it really personally, kinda silly in retrospect, AU was a group of my friends. We spent ALOT of time experimenting w/ everything the game had to offer and threw days of our lives into it, kinda like how crazy kids are about W.O.W. now.

Maybe we can dust off some bots and go at it once for ole' time sake... what ya think? ....

[ACAMS]

FOOD FIGHT......
 
MAD Scientist already has built a bot that looks like a pack of Marlboro.....maybe he can make one look like food.....and the tournament is on!
I will AI...nevermind, I am stupid......Starcore or madiaba can AI them and the battle is on.....tomato is a fruit....let the fruit wars begin!

[RFS]

LOL snipe1040....

hahah, It's all good Radio (I wont call you Justin )

We've both got our own lives now... I'm actually very impressed that you addressed this personally. I hope this can maybe be an example to the younger kids on here that e-fights are kind dumb.

Maybe we can dust off some bots and go at it once for ole' time sake... what ya think? ....

That's right kiddos - the Internet is not really SRS BIZNEZZ (a catchphrase that wasn't even around in 2003), it's only Internet. :P

I came out of the woodwork because a little birdy told me that "someone from RA2 history came back to GTM... and ratted on you in his first post", and at first I was like "haha it's COLONMAN/Chexmix (COOL MAN aka Technex) isn't it?" and my buddy said "no, it's MAD actually". And then I was like, "oh... well crap he hated the out of me ".

I'd battle ya (Thumperizer V Deep Blue) but I've gone through two computers since AceUplink, bro - RA2 is no longer installed on my hard drive. I backed up my files onto a few CDs, but they're in storage across town from where I live. Collecting dust.

I still don't have a decent Internet connection six years later anyways. :P

edit:

Back then I took all of it really personally, kinda silly in retrospect, AU was a group of my friends. We spent ALOT of time experimenting w/ everything the game had to offer and threw days of our lives into it, kinda like how crazy kids are about W.O.W. now.

Meh, it was "personal" on my half too. I was really caught up in it and such, TOO far caught up in things, because to be honest at the time I was pretty screwed up (mentally, at least). It wasn't my idea to take the fight IRL (the phone thing), that was a third party suggestion that I laughed at, but they decided to take it way to goddamn seriously.

As for WOW addiction, these my "re-discovered" interest in dragons and reptiles drives me these days. Things were wacky with me in the past because I started trying to be somebody I wasn't, and now that I've just gone back to what seems like I was "meant" to do I've been a lot better. Went on a date today to go see Land of the Lost with "Mrs. Dracophile" - and I had a plush Spyro to give to her, and she had a plush T-Rex and a copy of "How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight" for me. :3

These days I mostly try to be a role model for the youngin's on Club Penguin (a company I work with by proxy from my position at Miniclip) since they're all about 13 years old - try to get them not to make the same stupid mistakes I did. I've tried to bury the hatchet with everyone else I've crossed with in the past. I made amends with AW and CARP on their robot combat website a couple years ago by giving them a bunch of photos and such for their archives.

[ACAMS]

watermlon is a fruit

[MikeNCR]

That's right kiddos - the Internet is not really SRS BIZNEZZ (which was a catchphrase that wasn't even around in 2003), it's only Internet. :P

I came out of the woodwork because a little birdy told me that "someone from RA2 history came back to GTM... and ratted on you in his first post", and at first I was like "haha it's COLONMAN/Chexmix (COOL MAN aka Technex) isn't it?" and my buddy said "no, it's MAD actually". And then I was like, "oh... well crap he hated the out of me ".

I'd battle ya (Thumperizer V Deep Blue) but I've gone through two computers since AceUplink, bro - RA2 is no longer installed on my hard drive. I backed up my files onto a few CDs, but they're in storage across town from where I live. Collecting dust.

I still don't have a decent Internet connection six years later anyways. :P

Get with the modern era, we AI the bots and let them fight eachother, AI to AI.

[ACAMS]

should I move this to Tournaments and Contests????

[MAD Scientist]

That's right kiddos - the Internet is not really SRS BIZNEZZ (which was a catchphrase that wasn't even around in 2003), it's only Internet. :P

I came out of the woodwork because a little birdy told me that "someone from RA2 history came back to GTM... and ratted on you in his first post", and at first I was like "haha it's COLONMAN/Chexmix (COOL MAN aka Technex) isn't it?" and my buddy said "no, it's MAD actually". And then I was like, "oh... well crap he hated the out of me ".

I'd battle ya (Thumperizer V Deep Blue) but I've gone through two computers since AceUplink, bro - RA2 is no longer installed on my hard drive. I backed up my files onto a few CDs, but they're in storage across town from where I live. Collecting dust.

I still don't have a decent Internet connection six years later anyways. :P

hahah, I'll take a rain-check... but i'll hold you to it. :-D

Glad to hear you are doing well, I don't wish you were eaten by wolves nor hit by a bus. Although I disagree, the intertubez have always been serious business. :biggrin:

I guess we can just bury this hatchet?

PS.... I go by "T2" now. hah

[MAD Scientist]

Get with the modern era, we AI the bots and let them fight eachother, AI to AI.

WHAT IS THIS BLASPHEMY?!

[RFS]

I guess we can just bury this hatchet?

Yup, I totally ghost-wrote that phrase into my post while you were posting this.

[MAD Scientist]

Yup, I totally ghost-wrote that phrase into my post while you were posting this.

[Naryar]

We need more oldtimers.

So much to learn from them...

[Barbie]

i ate a grape

[frezal]

We need more oldtimers.

That would be great. Perhaps one day more of my old B4B buddies will return.

[Somebody]

Good to see you guys back and going at it. I knew you would come back Radio. BTW, Thumperizer is in your AI pack, which is in the downloads section, so you can get it if you want to.
Why don't you guys start showcases and see how far behind you have become :biggrin:

I would reccommend you guys check out BBEANS, Clickbeetle's AI tournament
http://beetlebros.gametechmods.com/bbeans/index.htm

Its epic.

[Reier]

Yeah, it'd be awsome if you guys would start showcases.
BTW, was DSL out before you guys left? You should check out Naryar's, Urjak's, MikeNCR's, Mine, R0B0SH4RK's etc for some cool bots.

[frezal]

I'm pretty sure we were all here (not here, but in the community) when the first DSL came out. I remember having it installed, and being around when it was announced that Lu-Tze had passed on.

[System32]

Who cares about the bots, we have two oldies back. Kinda. Ok, one. I'm sure dracophile will go back to GatorAIDS. (I still love that name.)

Anyway, Deep blue is a non invertible poker? if so, I go for tha thumperizer. But in a lighter note, should we have a tha thumperiser based bot for the new Starcore AI? We have got Ultra Violence... (A play on Ultraviolet which in other words is DEEPER blue...)

[Jack Daniels]

I appreciate having you veterans kicking around. Can we all gather around the campfire and you can tell us bot stories?

Stick to these forums, we all have a pretty good time still. This game is certainly not dead by any stretch of imagination, and , it is still evolving as we speak.  

Even though I never met you before, welcome back.

[DuckRA2]

GOOSE it's good to see you friend!

and then they seized and compiled all the faqs/resources and started to be posted around the web after they were conveniently edited to exclude AU mod/member names. One of the last surviving un-touched faq is at gamefaq, take a look for yourselves.... http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/game/589525.html

I once found that when searching the internet for Robot Arena 2 Stuff
I also found a bot exchange with bots all from Jimxorb