Author Topic: The 100 Most Memorable RA2 Robots Of All Time (Read 63387 times)

Badnik96 · « **Reply #80 on:** May 31, 2012, 08:04:37 AM »

Besides being a decent popup, what exactly did Missile test due to deserve a top 100 spot?

Everything else suggested will be added later.

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #81 on:** May 31, 2012, 08:13:57 AM »

Well, it would be nice if I had one bot in the Top 100 list, and Missile Test was the only I could've thought of.

NFX · « **Reply #82 on:** May 31, 2012, 08:17:17 AM »

It did quite well in BBEANS 6, but the general concensus seems to be that it was a fairly lucky run. It's not exactly memorable in the same sense that R4 is. It was reasonably successful, but I'm not too sure about it being Top 100 level.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #83 on:** May 31, 2012, 08:21:44 AM »

Quote from: Jonzu95 on May 31, 2012, 08:13:57 AM

Well, it would be nice if I had one bot in the Top 100 list, and Missile Test was the only I could've thought of.

yes it would be nice, but you don;t have any notable bots really. Missile Test got lucky that it didn't fight a wedge until DoA2.

Scrap Daddy · « **Reply #84 on:** May 31, 2012, 08:37:08 AM »

Quote from: Sage on May 31, 2012, 12:11:15 AM

(in addition to what's been posted)

Barbed Obsidian. (Luigica was a genius, this was IMO his finest work)
Little Darling. (people around when I started will remember her horrors)
Vise/Frag Beetle 2- the best side hammers ever built.
Final Destination- finalized the reinvention of the hammer, and is one of the best.

I'll think of more. Whatever Inf named the true-piston-popup he has in INF AI is truly the best of it's kind.

Ingor is still better than Final Destination!!

Naryar · « **Reply #85 on:** May 31, 2012, 08:42:30 AM »

why is sftw in the list

NFX · « **Reply #86 on:** May 31, 2012, 08:49:52 AM »

Quote from: Naryar on May 31, 2012, 08:42:30 AM

why is sftw in the list

SFTW will almost certainly be #100. Mostly because almost everyone has heard of SFTW. It's possibly the most iconic RA2 bot ever made, just because it was so terrible.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #87 on:** May 31, 2012, 08:58:57 AM »

Gyratory Revolt by FB (first robot to utilise servo boosting)

Some of the more overlooked robots of mine that could possibly be considered..

My own creations that discovered new variants of Servo boosting, Gyratory Reborn, Synergy and Unity
High Stakes the first robot to use the Octane Glitch

Centrifugal Force/Fury both utterly useless but some of my finest/ most involved AI work getting them to walk, shuffle and err... kinda... hump other robots

And at least half my BOTM entrys could also fill up the creative category some more :P

lloopp D lloopp · « **Reply #88 on:** May 31, 2012, 09:45:00 AM »

AntonYYYm
Face Gasher

By the way this is not lloopp it is his friend who he introduced to RA2 totally not lloopp okay?

Urjak · « **Reply #89 on:** May 31, 2012, 10:07:38 AM »

Quote from: Badnik96 on May 30, 2012, 02:26:39 PM

Absolute Chaos Obviously
Alter Ego III (First 9-mace bursted HPZ LW HS) Ehh, that's fair
Bane X (Most flail razors in BBEANS6) Hehe
Borg Queen (First Starcore bot ever) Alright
Child's Play IV Yup
Clockwork Hydra I guess...
Crimson (began the Pysc Popup challenge) Seems alright
Death Port 2 Fair
Death of Angels 2 Fair
Digital Apocalypse Only barely know this bot, not sure of its importance
Drumblebee Yup
E-Rupt Yup
EMERGENCY Obviously
Enturon (Consistently one of the best DSL BW Rammers out there) Only insect weight on this list...
Event Horizon Ummm... I guess. Not sure what's that notable about it
Final Z (successful BBEANS6 bot, spawned numerous clones) Not quite sure if this deserves to be here
Flaming Whizzer Yup
Flying Guillotine Ehh... I suppose
Fury (Iconic Stock MW HS) Sure
GOD MODE (First Hax Mode bot) If for nothing more than being a landmark in glitch exploitation
Hammer of Justice Yup
Hazardous Contraption Yup
Hope No More Fair
Hypno (Built by MAD Scientist, first showcased FBS) Sure
ICED OUT Yup
Insult to Injury V (Immortalized due to its razor guy run in BBEANS5) Yeah, I suppose
Ion- (Most famous unrealistic DSL bot) Not sure if it's any more notable than any other unrealistic DSL bot
Iron Outlaws (first interchangeable bot) Yup
Iron Spaghetti (Popularized the use of flails in tourneys) Not quite sure if that's actually true, but alright
Jex Air 3 (old and recognizable) Fair
Ludicrous Speed (First torque reaction flipper, spawned ReActive and its clones) Fair
Mako Yup
Minesweeper I guess...
Neglected Waterbug Obviously
Nuclear Fallout (best wedges on a stock bot entered into a tournament) Shouldn't be on the list
Project Trinity Yeah
Queen Calypso (First IRL tourney champion) Really not sure about this one...
R4 Or this one...
Rabid Pit Bull Yeah
Rage III (Drove itself OOTA and started a meme.) Fair
razor guy (Started the term "razor guy run" after its surprise wins in BBEANS1) I guess...
Ripper Swing (First TRFBD) Fair
Rotation-Powered Pulsar (Killer SnS) Fair
Ryu-Kishin (First BattleBots champion) Not quite enough achievement/notability in my mind...
Seism 13 Yup
Seism 16 (Wedgiest Stock MW) Untestable, not sure if it deserves to be on the list
SkinHead Don't know it
SmashBox 2 Yup
SnSnSnSnS Don't quite think it is important/notable enough to be on the list, but I'm not sure
Spinner from the west Obviously
Sweet Poppin' Corns (Best representation of AAM) I guess...
Terrible Sight (Innovation of Narmour) Ehh...
Tha Thumperizer Sure
The Orange is a Tasty Fruit (inspired a new, effective VS design that is still in use today) Ehh...
Tofu (New, unique way to make SNS that was effective) Not enough importance...
Ultimate Sacrifice (new design with invincible armor Fair
ULTIMATUM (HOJ Slayer) Fair
Valid Query 2 (first standard-weight class rammer to win an AI tournament) Ehhh...
Volatile Partisan (First to simulate Mecanum-style drive) Fair
Wicked Chicken (First Chicken Drill) Yup
Zapper (Began DSL popups as we see them now) I'm not sure if that's true...

Well there are my thoughts on the current nominees...

Badnik96 · « **Reply #90 on:** May 31, 2012, 10:20:40 AM »

That's kinda the reason why I started this now. So we could look it over and get rid of the bots that people think aren't famous enough.

AntonYYYm definately was revolutionary for starting the BSG flipper craze (IIRC). Face Gasher... no.

Scrap Daddy · « **Reply #91 on:** May 31, 2012, 10:22:23 AM »

Agree like 100% with urj

Badnik96 · « **Reply #92 on:** May 31, 2012, 10:41:17 AM »

also yeah we probably are going to have more than 100 candidates when we finish. We should just have a few veterans and stuff order them and then we could do a countdown video or three.

ty4er · « **Reply #93 on:** May 31, 2012, 11:44:13 AM »

myflailrammercough

also i pretty much agree with urjak, irl should have their own section or atleast shouldn't be on here

cephalopod · « **Reply #94 on:** May 31, 2012, 11:58:52 AM »

Quote from: Badnik96 on May 30, 2012, 02:26:39 PM

Absolute Chaos
Alter Ego III (First 9-mace bursted HPZ LW HS)
AntonYYYm (started the BSG flipper craze after its BBEANS6 performance)
Bane X (Most flail razors in BBEANS6)
Borg Queen (First Starcore bot ever)
Child's Play IV
Clockwork Hydra
Crimson (began the Pysc Popup challenge)
Death Port 2
Death of Angels 2
Destroyer (most versions built of a single robot)
Digital Apocalypse
Drumblebee
E-Rupt
EMERGENCY
Enturon (Consistently one of the best DSL BW Rammers out there)
Event Horizon
Final Z (successful BBEANS6 bot, spawned numerous clones)
Flaming Whizzer
Flying Guillotine
Fury (Iconic Stock MW HS)
GOD MODE (First Hax Mode bot)
Hammer of Justice
Hazardous Contraption
Hope No More
Hypno (Built by MAD Scientist, first showcased FBS)
ICED OUT
Insult to Injury V (Immortalized due to its razor guy run in BBEANS5)Ion- (Most famous unrealistic DSL bot)
Iron Outlaws (first interchangeable bot)
Iron Spaghetti (Popularized the use of flails in tourneys)
Jex Air 3 (old and recognizable)
Ludicrous Speed (First torque reaction flipper, spawned ReActive and its clones)
Mako
Minesweeper
Neglected Waterbug
Project Trinity
Queen Calypso (First IRL tourney champion)
R4
Rabid Pit Bull
Rage III (Drove itself OOTA and started a meme.)
razor guy (Started the term "razor guy run" after its surprise wins in BBEANS1)
Ripper Swing (First TRFBD)
Rotation-Powered Pulsar (Killer SnS)
Seism 13
SkinHead ??
SmashBox 2
SnSnSnSnS
Spinner from the west
Sweet Poppin' Corns (Best representation of AAM)
Terrible Sight (Innovation of Narmour)Tha Thumperizer
The Orange is a Tasty Fruit (inspired a new, effective VS design that is still in use today)
Ultimate Sacrifice (new design with invincible armor ??
ULTIMATUM (HOJ Slayer)
Valid Query 2 (first standard-weight class rammer to win an AI tournament)
Volatile Partisan (First to simulate Mecanum-style drive)
Wicked Chicken (First Chicken Drill)

My personal thoughts. Green = Yeah, Orange = Okay, Red = I dunno..
We do need to be much much more picky over new stuff. If a lot of the 'new' bots here were made a few years back, they wouldn't be remembered.

HurricaneAndrew · « **Reply #95 on:** May 31, 2012, 12:01:41 PM »

How about the dick-shaped bot I built? I'm sure it was the first bot with a for a chassis.

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #96 on:** May 31, 2012, 12:12:17 PM »

Quote from: HurricaneAndrew on May 31, 2012, 12:01:41 PM

How about the dick-shaped bot I built? I'm sure it was the first bot with a for a chassis.

But p3nor is cooler.

Conraaa · « **Reply #97 on:** May 31, 2012, 12:25:55 PM »

What about 3V = 3IR?

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #98 on:** May 31, 2012, 12:31:33 PM »

Quote from: Conraaa on May 31, 2012, 12:25:55 PM

What about 3V = 3IR?

:D

martymidget · « **Reply #99 on:** May 31, 2012, 12:31:38 PM »

Not enough AW or BW- Nanowhirl should probably be there. And Mr Flibble (shameless plug) for the flukiest tourney win, and coming a legit 2nd in MMR :P