Author Topic: The Ole' Days When You Were A Noob (Read 5190 times)

qwertythe300th · « **on:** April 24, 2012, 07:16:35 PM »

Admit It, Everyone here was a RA2 noob at 1 point. I was curious about your noob stories, what was the toughest opponent when you were a noob, first robot, failing when trying to make bots, and more. Well Lemme See, When I Was a noob, I always made replicas. BUT I never knew how to wire em correctly. All my bots just went in circles. so I always used "The Rookies" . So, that's my story. Yours?

MassimoV · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2012, 07:17:39 PM »

I alway used Clickbeetles custom components.

GarvinTheGreat · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2012, 07:20:26 PM »

Ole days when I was a n00b, eh? PM Spam, Poop Threads, DOGs, Unfunny jokes, ego the size of jupiter, deleting everything RA2, Pulling Garvins, ect

Mr. AS · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2012, 07:26:26 PM »

Reier · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2012, 07:30:10 PM »

I built a robot with 4WD HPZ and thought it was so awesome I'd never make a 4WD HPZ bot again since that'd ruin its legacy

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2012, 07:31:19 PM »

Must've asked about 19 times if Cassius II was going to be in DSL3 back in my day...

Natef · « **Reply #6 on:** April 24, 2012, 07:35:25 PM »

I bumped at least 5 threads.

Meganerdbomb · « **Reply #7 on:** April 24, 2012, 07:37:02 PM »

You bitches didn't even know what RA2 was yet, and I had a bot with 10 pistons that was totally amazing because it could beat EMERGENCY every time.

Reier · « **Reply #8 on:** April 24, 2012, 08:30:40 PM »

That's nothing, I couldn't figure out how to program my robots for about a week. Thought I got cheated.

Enigm@ · « **Reply #9 on:** April 24, 2012, 08:49:33 PM »

Quote from: Sparkey98 on April 24, 2012, 08:42:15 PM

https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,2996.msg88035.html#msg88035
https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,2994.msg87977.html#msg87977

I am a form of cancer.

ftfy

Sparkey98 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 24, 2012, 08:56:37 PM »

Quote from: Enigma on April 24, 2012, 08:49:33 PM

Quote from: Sparkey98 on April 24, 2012, 08:42:15 PM
https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,2996.msg88035.html#msg88035
https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,2994.msg87977.html#msg87977

I am a form of cancer.
ftfy

<3

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #11 on:** April 24, 2012, 09:00:48 PM »

What can I say? I was building replicas before it was cool, and convinced that they were good fighters because they could beat almost 50% of their weight class's AI. I lashed out at Inf and Psych for very stupid reasons, and paid the price.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 24, 2012, 09:16:37 PM »

I made a 3-year bump and my first dsl bots were horrible (but IRL). In Stock, again I built IRL and with custom parts for months before I found GTM.

Does anyone rember Riptec Z?

090901 · « **Reply #13 on:** April 24, 2012, 09:17:45 PM »

let's see.
I didn't know how to wire my bots.
I didn't know about attachment points even after having the game for like 6 months.
I was pretty dumb.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #14 on:** April 24, 2012, 09:28:17 PM »

I was one of those people who fell into the trapping of having "too realistic" expectations for the game. How to make a bot go forward, I figured that out in like 5 minutes. I just couldn't (and still have some trouble to) wrap my brain around making a bot that didn't look feasible from a real life standpoint.

qwertythe300th · « **Reply #15 on:** April 24, 2012, 09:56:30 PM »

Quote from: Sonny_Resetti on April 24, 2012, 09:28:17 PM

I was one of those people who fell into the trapping of having "too realistic" expectations for the game. How to make a bot go forward, I figured that out in like 5 minutes. I just couldn't (and still have some trouble to) wrap my brain around making a bot that didn't look feasible from a real life standpoint.

Im The Exact Same Way. Also my 1st replica, discector, *August 2005* Also Only Went In Circles. And I Still Have A Love With Using C.R.U.S.H. , As You Know My Robot C.R.U.S.H. And S.M.A.S.H.

Scrap Daddy · « **Reply #16 on:** April 24, 2012, 10:27:43 PM »

I had the game since it came out and just figured out how to wire bots and use attachment points in like 2006. Every bot I made up until then was a mod of a XTRA or rookie with the same drive and chassis. Either that or hope a bot that just spun in circles would win.

Thyrus · « **Reply #17 on:** April 24, 2012, 10:37:31 PM »

It took me weeks to figure out how wireing works but when I did i started building bots inspired by RW bots. I god a pretty good Beast of Bodmin ripoff that is sadly lost and a Firestorm inspired bot aka DirtDevil

Virus Bomb · « **Reply #18 on:** April 24, 2012, 10:41:59 PM »

I have everyone beat

On the first bot I made I literally attached all the wheels to axles thinking that the axles were actually motors >_< I didn't know anything about wiring, different attachment points, or how to raise and rotate components. I also always used the mini control board and blue control board on all of my early DSL bots thinking that the blue control board was the receiver for the mini control board.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #19 on:** April 24, 2012, 10:48:53 PM »

Quote from: Virus Bomb on April 24, 2012, 10:41:59 PM

I have everyone beat

On the first bot I made I literally attached all the wheels to axles thinking that the axles were actually motors >_< I didn't know anything about wiring, different attachment points, or how to raise and rotate components. I also always used the mini control board and blue control board on all of my early DSL bots thinking that the blue control board was the receiver for the mini control board.

I think I got you beat. My first project was a replica of Razer, and I spent hours getting the chassis just right. Then I mounted the crusher on a baseplate anchor, and tried to use snappers for drive. (didn't know about any patches yet btw)