Author Topic: THE OFFICIAL WEIGHT CLASS GUIDE (Read 60264 times)

JoeBlo · « **Reply #160 on:** February 02, 2011, 07:54:26 PM »

If they become official weight classes I will leave this website..

NFX · « **Reply #161 on:** February 02, 2011, 10:01:58 PM »

I propose we take this to its logical conclusion, and have 800 seperate weight classes, one for each kg of your bot.

But not really. 7 weight classes is probably enough for most people's building needs. If you have trouble building to the weight limit, just add more stuff. Or lurk.

powerrave · « **Reply #162 on:** February 03, 2011, 04:30:01 AM »

treu treu. just thinking more choice would get us a set of new designs and such.

S.M.I.D.S.Y · « **Reply #163 on:** February 09, 2011, 02:43:45 PM »

Am i the only one here who doesn't know how to make a DSL bot that's over 800 KG in weight? i find that really frustrating

, just when my imagination gets going, it's brought to an abrubt hault by the 'over 800' error message, is there any way around it?

090901 · « **Reply #164 on:** February 09, 2011, 02:48:35 PM »

Download a anti-ballast.

powerrave · « **Reply #165 on:** February 09, 2011, 05:15:37 PM »

Joe's Weight-makers are your answer.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #166 on:** February 10, 2011, 03:58:41 AM »

www.robotarena2.info

That Robot is a Spy! · « **Reply #167 on:** August 01, 2011, 04:30:43 PM »

New ideas for weight classes:
Fleaweight: Under 100kg
Featherweight: Under 300kg

Scorpion · « **Reply #168 on:** August 01, 2011, 04:33:31 PM »

Fleaweight has been mentioned many times before, and it's a stupid idea.
Featherweight seems like too much division to me.

What about cruiserweight though, is that seen as "official" now?

HurricaneAndrew · « **Reply #169 on:** August 05, 2011, 10:07:52 AM »

What the Hell is Cruiserweight?

freeziez · « **Reply #170 on:** August 05, 2011, 10:14:35 AM »

Quote from: HurricaneAndrew on August 05, 2011, 10:07:52 AM

What the Hell is Cruiserweight?

600 kgs.

russian roulette · « **Reply #171 on:** August 05, 2011, 10:14:59 AM »

Quote from: HurricaneAndrew on August 05, 2011, 10:07:52 AM

What the Hell is Cruiserweight?

600kg (I thought we settled on Sparkeyweight, Joe) it is the "official"weightclass used for CCV

JoeBlo · « **Reply #172 on:** August 05, 2011, 11:12:12 AM »

Thread cleaned, please post serious ideas and discussions in future..

Phero Tyrian · « **Reply #173 on:** May 04, 2012, 01:02:43 PM »

Yo dudes,
Occam's razor: simpler is better
settle for 5-6 weight classes that fit really well with what you can do with a bot and leave it at that.

NFX · « **Reply #174 on:** May 04, 2012, 01:10:17 PM »

Welcome to the boards. =) Hopefully you'll stick around, build a few things, and enjoy your time here.

We've got seven official weight classes at the moment:

The three you get in the game, Lightweight, Middleweight and Heavyweight.
Two sub-Lightweight classes, Antweight (0-125kg), and Beetleweight (125-175kg)
Superheavyweight (800.1-1200kg) and Ultraheavyweight (1200.1-5000kg)

Recently, Enigma submitted a bot into Nar AI that has been classed as a "Gigaheavyweight", which I think is 5000.1-10000kg, but that's a bit too much for anyone's standards. And it will probably take four weeks to finish a three minute match. Personally, I think what we've got is enough for anyone.

Reier · « **Reply #175 on:** May 04, 2012, 01:16:29 PM »

Just remember the default 3 if you're new

Naryar · « **Reply #176 on:** May 05, 2012, 01:00:43 AM »

"Gigaheavyweight" was simply to clarify the confusion between "superheavyweight".

Back then SHW used to mean "over the official weight limit", see the Starcore SHW's. Now we have SHW (800.1-1200), UHW(1200.1-5000).

The problem is that I have seen that some people have been using SHW as the old meaning of SHW.

Now we have : antweight (0-125.0), beetleweight(125.1-175.0), lightweight(175.1-249.0), middleweight(249.1-399.0), heavyweight (400.1-800.0), SHW (800.1-1200.0), UHW(1200.1-5000.0).

Gigaheavyweight is everything above, but 10 tons is more than enough for building a heavy bot, so I'll suppose we don't need more. (

it's already difficult to fill all the weight of an UHW). So I call GHW (5000.1-10000.0)

Fleaweight and featherweight and cruiserweight are nonsense. As the sagacious newbie posted before, simpler is better. 7-8 weightclasses are more than enough.

HurricaneAndrew · « **Reply #177 on:** June 25, 2012, 08:47:58 AM »

lol@ misspelled thread title

I propose that any weight class that there hasn't been a tournament for just be deemed unofficial.

If someone wants to make a tournament for an unofficial weightclass, they can. These tournaments could just be called "customweight tournaments" or something similar and would need to have limits specified for the individual tournament.

I think that it would do away with the fleaweight, featherweight, cruiserweight, uberheavyweight and gigaheavyweight debates, but still leave flexibility in the weightclasses.

Does this seem like a decent idea, or would it overcomplicate things even worse?

Enigm@ · « **Reply #178 on:** June 25, 2012, 08:49:34 AM »

Quote from: NFX on May 04, 2012, 01:10:17 PM

Recently, Enigma submitted a bot into Nar AI that has been classed as a "Gigaheavyweight", which I think is 5000.1-10000kg, but that's a bit too much for anyone's standards. And it will probably take four weeks to finish a three minute match. Personally, I think what we've got is enough for anyone.

NO ONE CAN GET ON MY LEVEL

Mecha · « **Reply #179 on:** June 25, 2012, 09:44:07 AM »

It should just stay as AW, BW, LW, MW, HW, SHW, UHW. no GW.

Author Topic: THE OFFICIAL WEIGHT CLASS GUIDE (Read 60264 times)

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