I haven't been here since 2010...

[Hi5er]

Hi everyone.

I doubt any of you will know me or even remember me (Gig, Somebody, Sage?) as I have contributed very little to this forum, even when I was active (way back in 2010). But a few weeks ago I stumbled across the steam game: Robot Arena 3 and I was like man... what a game RA2 was... The fun I had.

And boom this weekend I decided to download it on my Surface and have some fun times mucking around on one of my old favourites... Here's what I came up with today:

Spyke
He's a spinner.





I just remembered a few glitches as I went really. Not sure if he would be any good in today's game?

Anyway, advice on the above is welcome, but it was a bit of a rush jobby. I didn't even bother with a custom skin!

Whats new in the world of RA2, who's about still?

[Silverfish]

Welcome back. I wouldn't know who you are tho :P.
Anyway, you have A LOT to catch up on. Nowadays, we don't really use servos even. We use the blue snapper lol.

[Hi5er]

Welcome back. I wouldn't know who you are tho :P.
Anyway, you have A LOT to catch up on. Nowadays, we don't really use servos even. We use the blue snapper lol.

As in the Snapper II thingy? When I first started playing that "didn't exist"... Ah the good ol days...

Is that using the eFFe glitch or something? I never learned that! 

I was under the impression mounting a Ztek on a servo made it spin faster? Or was that my silly teenage mind being silly?

Thanks for the welcome :) Is this still an active community?

[Squirrel_Monkey]

Welcome back. Lot's to catch up on.
Maybe browse some people's showcases to see what building is like these days.

I was under the impression mounting a Ztek on a servo made it spin faster? Or was that my silly teenage mind being silly?

This is true, though the same is true for mounting on the Snapper II I believe which is the lighter option.

[Hi5er]

Welcome back. Lot's to catch up on.
Maybe browse some people's showcases to see what building is like these days.

I was under the impression mounting a Ztek on a servo made it spin faster? Or was that my silly teenage mind being silly?

This is true, though the same is true for mounting on the Snapper II I believe which is the lighter option.

Thank you!
Squirrel monkey... Now there's a name I think I remember? Could be wrong...

I will be doing that over the next few days for sure. Servo glitching is so easy tho  haha, I hope the snapper mounting is just as easy... I'll have a read up on it. My crowning achievement on here was stacking 2 supervolts on top of each other in my first week which was "impressive for someone so new" I believe... Hopefully I can replicate that here.

Lots has changed since 2010 then? Any upcoming tournaments this year or is the attention turning to RA3 now?

[Squirrel_Monkey]

Thank you!
Squirrel monkey... Now there's a name I think I remember? Could be wrong...

I believe I joined in 2009 so I must have been just starting up back then. Would have been like 13 or something. Takes me back.

I will be doing that over the next few days for sure. Servo glitching is so easy tho  haha, I hope the snapper mounting is just as easy... I'll have a read up on it. My crowning achievement on here was stacking 2 supervolts on top of each other in my first week which was "impressive for someone so new" I believe... Hopefully I can replicate that here.

We have plenty of tutorials you can check out: https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=17300.0 I recommend Sage's for snapper loading.

Lots has changed since 2010 then? Any upcoming tournaments this year or is the attention turning to RA3 now?

Take a look in the tournament's section. Nothing stock right now but I'm sure one will come around.

[yugitom]

Lots has changed since 2010 then? Any upcoming tournaments this year or is the attention turning to RA3 now?

Nothing is ever really 'upcoming' because anyone can host a tournament at any time. If you wanna see what tournaments are in the works, currently accepting entrants/in sign-ups or are already underway, have a look at the Tournament section and see for yourself. I don't know who was the tournament mod back in 2010 but, if you have any more questions in that area, feel free to ask me.

Attention is definitely not turning to RA3 due to the state it's in, so I'd say it's a safe bet to focus on your RA2 building skills for RA2 tournaments :P

[Silverfish]

Since it seems relevant and (somewhat) necessary, I'll try to compile a list of stuff that's changed.

Servos are mostly to completely irrelevant.
Snapper IIs are seen on almost every stock bot that is MW or higher (and even some LW HSes).
Supervolt stacking is nothing short of NECESSARY on MW or higher bots that aren't HSes.
Rupt flippers, VSes, Hammers (though less so nowadays), and Rammers are hardly ever seen.
36HSes are pretty much the only relevant HW HSes nowadays.
A new mod, Ironforge, has become a third relevant modpack for tournaments.
Go ahead and tell me what I've missed personally.

[Jaydee99]

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I like it a lot

[09090901]

stock died

dsl 2.2 was also released. it's pretty much DSL-3 with backwards compatibilty with 2.1.

Since it seems relevant and (somewhat) necessary, I'll try to compile a list of stuff that's changed.

Servos are mostly to completely irrelevant.
Snapper IIs are seen on almost every stock bot that is MW or higher (and even some LW HSes).
Supervolt stacking is nothing short of NECESSARY on MW or higher bots that aren't HSes.
Rupt flippers, VSes, Hammers (though less so nowadays), and Rammers are hardly ever seen.
36HSes are pretty much the only relevant HW HSes nowadays.
A new mod, Ironforge, has become a third relevant modpack for tournaments.
Go ahead and tell me what I've missed personally.

with the exception of ironforge, pretty much everything there was relevant in 2010.

[Jaydee99]

stock died

dsl 2.2 was also released. it's pretty much DSL-3 with backwards compatibilty with 2.1.

Not quite, GTM died.

[kill343gs]

stock died

dsl 2.2 was also released. it's pretty much DSL-3 with backwards compatibilty with 2.1.

Not quite, GTM died.

That's pretty clearly not true.

[Badnik96]

oh man i kinda remember you! welcome back!

[Sage]

sup bro, glad you remember me

[WeN]

Sup Hi5er. Welcome back.

[Hi5er]

sup bro, glad you remember me

Yeah, you were someone very helpful in my early days! Lets hope you're just as good as getting me out of retirement 

oh man i kinda remember you! welcome back!

No joke, when I logged in I had an unopened PM from you inviting me to join a Nascar tournament or something? Thanks!

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I like it a lot

Thanks man :) Time for me to learn some new tricks I think though...

Lots has changed since 2010 then? Any upcoming tournaments this year or is the attention turning to RA3 now?

Nothing is ever really 'upcoming' because anyone can host a tournament at any time. If you wanna see what tournaments are in the works, currently accepting entrants/in sign-ups or are already underway, have a look at the Tournament section and see for yourself. I don't know who was the tournament mod back in 2010 but, if you have any more questions in that area, feel free to ask me.

Attention is definitely not turning to RA3 due to the state it's in, so I'd say it's a safe bet to focus on your RA2 building skills for RA2 tournaments :P

I thought as much... I am still very much intrigued by it, but I think I will hold off on the purchase for now.

I believe I joined in 2009 so I must have been just starting up back then. Would have been like 13 or something. Takes me back.

Yeah, crazy how much has happened in six years... I was 17 and loving college haha... Now i'm working for the man in a steady relationship... Dam. 

Sup Hi5er. Welcome back.

Thanks man!

[Thyrus]

Are you the bigger brother of ty4er?

[Thrackerzod]

Howdy dude!

[Hi5er]

Are you the bigger brother of ty4er?

Haven't heard of him, depends how much of a rascal mother was I guess.

Howdy dude!

Sup man!

[RedAce]

Oh hey.  I remember seeing your name during my lurking days.  Nice to see you back man.