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Title: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Thyrus on August 24, 2011, 07:11:06 PM

Robot Arena 2 has no goal. No achievements or nothing you could do after you won a ingame tournament. It`s a rather old game but there are still many people playing it.
so what are your motivations to do so?

I still play it cause I want to bring new shapes in this game. DSL makes it possible to bring up completely new designs that couldn`t be done in stock. I love to experiment with the dome parts and the flippermaker. and with this waste of weight I try to make an good looking MW robot.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Mr. AS on August 24, 2011, 07:12:48 PM

I'm still exploring all the possible bot types in stock, then I'll go to DSL and explore some of the types there.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: russian roulette on August 24, 2011, 07:13:08 PM

Discovery, R+D, and testing those D's in tournaments.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: freeziez on August 24, 2011, 07:14:07 PM

I do it for the fun of entering tournaments, and besides, if I didn't build bots on an RA2 forum... :P

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Badnik96 on August 24, 2011, 07:33:50 PM

To satisfy my addiction to Robot Combat, and to be competitive at the one thing I'm good at (I'm not very athletic)

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Natef on August 24, 2011, 07:39:32 PM

It's interesting, and gives me a reason to be here.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: MassimoV on August 24, 2011, 08:04:49 PM

I just like breaking things.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Urjak on August 24, 2011, 08:26:46 PM

Looking for new ways to design bots, and by bots I mean Flail Sheck Spinners. And then sharing those designs with the community.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Enigm@ on August 24, 2011, 08:31:13 PM

Good time killer.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: MassimoV on August 24, 2011, 08:31:53 PM

Quote from: Badnik96 on August 24, 2011, 07:33:50 PM

To satisfy my addiction to Robot Combat, and to be competitive at the one thing I'm good at (I'm not very athletic)

I'll be your personal trainer. I love sports. Anyways, I like contributing new bots even if they aren't terribly good.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: SKBT on August 24, 2011, 08:42:22 PM

I play because it allows me to somewhat satisfy my addition to building stuff without spending money and its fun

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Sparkey98 on August 24, 2011, 09:34:02 PM

Quote from: SKBT on August 24, 2011, 08:42:22 PM

I play because it allows me to somewhat satisfy my addition to building stuff without spending money and its fun

this person


and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBIt7DIx0_E# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBIt7DIx0_E#)
this tournament

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Preytor_4 on August 24, 2011, 09:36:26 PM

Running tournaments

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: J on August 24, 2011, 09:49:19 PM

My story is flat-out un interesting.

tl;dr, I love it when mecha/robots just beat the crap out of eachother for competitive/heroic/[other] reasons.
And because I occasionally get an idea based off something I remember from the old RA2 forum, and try to recreate that, while also making it strong.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: kill343gs on August 24, 2011, 10:52:50 PM

none whatsoever

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: 123savethewhales on August 24, 2011, 11:03:03 PM

Exploring the designs and combination that "work".

That's my reason for playing most games.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: yoda9726 on August 25, 2011, 12:47:15 AM

I've always most enjoyed the games that let you do your own thing, especially when you get to design.  If I can build/create in a game, it'll hold my interest long past when I should've just thrown the game away. 
 
Take any wrestling game with Create-a-wrestler.  I'll actually play the game for about 6 hours total.  But I'll still create wrestlers for about a year or so, just to see what I can come up with.
 
RA2 is kinda like that for me.  I play to see what I can come up with.  If it had 20 or 30 premade bots you could play with, I probably would've stopped playing after a day or so. 

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Jonzu95 on August 25, 2011, 01:02:14 AM

I've loved Robot Combat Since I was 4. And I love it when Robots get destroyed. RA2 Motivates because It's still the best game about of Robot Combat, and Only thing that I recommend in RA2 is absolutely Vanilla And Absolutely Realistic. That's why I created Robot Wars Virtual - Tournament.
 
Oh, And I forgot. I'm the only Finnish person that plays RA2 Active anymore.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: SteveM4 on August 25, 2011, 01:28:41 AM

Wanting to get more flipper power out of the smallest possible chassis.

Sometimes it just hits you.

Like the design for Havok 18 (3 betas), best maths lesson ever.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Scourge of teh Galaxy on August 25, 2011, 01:41:38 AM

I play to glitch. I want to make the system go crazy by adding tons of pistons on a bot or giving it the ability to fly.

I also play it for the spinning. Everything's better with spinning

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: ty4er on August 25, 2011, 01:44:31 AM

I play to have fun destroying other things and seeing how good i can get.


And to mess around with stuff

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: RpJk on August 25, 2011, 02:19:11 AM

1. Just a unique game.

2. The maps of arenas and trying to perfect maneuvering and avoiding the hazards.

3. Trying to bulid amazing designs so it could win tourneys.

4. Thinking about probably 100's of ten thousands different designs from like SFTW to Death Port 3 to buliding Replicas in Stock.

5. Best Time Killer.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Sage on August 25, 2011, 02:35:17 AM

Spatial awareness challenge. It's why I build so much HS. Trying to construct a bot in your head while all the components are randomly floating around in space... i love it.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: G.K. on August 25, 2011, 04:25:16 AM

Quote from: kill343gs on August 24, 2011, 10:52:50 PM

none whatsoever

^^This^^

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: JoeBlo on August 25, 2011, 05:09:02 AM

No motivation to play

No motivation to build

No motivation to mod

..


Why am I here again? :P

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: G.K. on August 25, 2011, 05:20:00 AM

To give us Clash Cubes vids. :P

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: NFX on August 25, 2011, 05:31:17 AM

...I am slightly concerned that NEITHER of the global mods have any motivation to be here. We are still eternally grateful for the privilege of basking in your awesomeness. =P

My motivation is just to see what I can come up with. I've always liked games that have an element of customization in them, and Robot Arena 2 has by far and away the greatest amount of customisation possible in any video game I have played. Whether it be for combat efficiency, or purely for looks, I just enjoy starting with the blank chassis grid and creating anything I want out of it. Infinite possibility.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Badnik96 on August 25, 2011, 05:54:38 AM

^this^

I have a lot of designs to build that are in my head

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: That Robot is a Spy! on August 25, 2011, 07:28:39 AM

Watching something you create wreak Havoc (no pun intended)

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: madman3 on August 25, 2011, 08:39:49 AM

To prat about with un-used designs that work in the games physics engine.
And to invent things, I guess; TRFBDs, Full Body 180 Degree Hammers, Face-Servo Lifters, other random and mostly pointless things.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Scorpion on August 25, 2011, 02:42:30 PM

NFX summed it up beautifully for me.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: System32 on August 25, 2011, 03:19:54 PM

Quote from: Urjak on August 24, 2011, 08:26:46 PM

Looking for new ways to design bots, and by bots I mean Flail Sheck Spinners. And by that I mean click somewhere else on the shell or adding more razors.

FTFY

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Urjak on August 25, 2011, 03:30:09 PM

Quote from: System32 on August 25, 2011, 03:19:54 PM

Quote from: Urjak on August 24, 2011, 08:26:46 PM

Looking for new ways to design bots, and by bots I mean Flail Sheck Spinners. And by that I mean click somewhere else on the shell or adding more razors.

FTFY

You would be surprised just how hard it is to keep adding razors onto an FSS without going through major designs revisions.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: System32 on August 25, 2011, 04:01:14 PM

"Oh, that box chassis isn't right."
*makes chassis a pixel wider..*

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Enigm@ on August 25, 2011, 04:10:35 PM

Quote from: System32 on August 25, 2011, 04:01:14 PM

"Oh, that box chassis isn't right."
*makes chassis a pixel wider..*

trolololo

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: The Ounce on August 25, 2011, 04:21:56 PM

Quote from: Badnik96 on August 24, 2011, 07:33:50 PM

To satisfy my addiction to Robot Combat, and to be competitive at the one thing I'm good at

Pretty much this.  I don't know what I'd do if there were no more tournaments to enter.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Dexterhunter on August 25, 2011, 08:23:02 PM

I can't think of any motivations really. :/

edit: fun works. v

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Scrap Daddy on August 25, 2011, 09:54:38 PM

fun? lol.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Doomkiller on August 26, 2011, 02:37:22 AM

I still have motivation to play this game?
:S

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Badnik96 on August 26, 2011, 05:59:51 AM

LOL

also Madman, what's a face-servo lifter?

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Jonzu95 on August 26, 2011, 07:09:20 AM

Quote from: Sparkey98 on August 26, 2011, 03:19:44 AM

Quote from: Jonzu95 on August 25, 2011, 01:02:14 AM

I've loved Robot Combat Since I was 4. And I love it when Robots get destroyed. RA2 Motivates because It's still the best game about of Robot Combat, and Only thing that I recommend in RA2 is absolutely Vanilla And Absolutely Realistic. That's why I created Robot Wars Virtual - Tournament.
 
Oh, And I forgot. I'm the only Finnish person that plays RA2 Active anymore.

Hi I am Jonzew, vote for me GTM president 2012 and get a free gimp mask!

Idiot.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: G.K. on August 26, 2011, 07:41:47 AM

Sparkey, was that necessary?

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: 027 LB on August 26, 2011, 08:31:18 AM

Sparkey, If your going to post pointless cr@p, then leave.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Avalanche on August 26, 2011, 09:01:35 AM

Sparkey just got himself a new allie.ME.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Naryar on August 26, 2011, 09:38:49 AM

@Sparkey and LRA2 : gtfo n00bs

Anyways, for me two different things are interesting in this game. One is the "CRUSH YOUR OPPONENTS AND LAUGH AT THEIR DEFEAT" part, the second is the "build something new, cool, creative and awesome" part.

It's pretty much what everyone has stated yet, a competitive part and a building part, and both parts are even in the game's title : "Design and Destroy"

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on August 27, 2011, 12:28:49 PM

I just play because I'm competitive and decent at RA2 so I have a good chance of doing well.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: wakkydude on September 04, 2011, 01:37:26 PM

Nothing right now.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: G.K. on September 04, 2011, 02:06:05 PM

It's fun - I just had a real fun time playing it.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: martymidget on September 04, 2011, 03:05:46 PM

I don't really have any at the moment. If someone showcases a cool enough bot however, I may be inclined to build something again.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Little lost bot on September 04, 2011, 10:15:59 PM

To have fun and not have to worry if its effective at all or not. Some times I find it fun to see just how bad a bot can fail cause it just fun watching them go flying or something. Having to make every thing 'effective' and 'right' kills the fun.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Natef on September 04, 2011, 10:26:19 PM

Quote from: Little lost bot on September 04, 2011, 10:15:59 PM

To have fun and not have to worry if its effective at all or not. Some times I find it fun to see just how bad a bot can fail cause it just fun watching them go flying or something. Having to make every thing 'effective' and 'right' kills the fun.

You don't have to listen to them...

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Preytor_4 on September 04, 2011, 10:27:01 PM

Quote from: Natef on September 04, 2011, 10:26:19 PM

Quote from: Little lost bot on September 04, 2011, 10:15:59 PM

To have fun and not have to worry if its effective at all or not. Some times I find it fun to see just how bad a bot can fail cause it just fun watching them go flying or something. Having to make every thing 'effective' and 'right' kills the fun.

You don't have to listen to them...

But this causes flaming, so there is no point in posting.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Little lost bot on September 04, 2011, 10:42:46 PM

Quote from: Preytor_4 on September 04, 2011, 10:27:01 PM

Quote from: Natef on September 04, 2011, 10:26:19 PM

Quote from: Little lost bot on September 04, 2011, 10:15:59 PM

To have fun and not have to worry if its effective at all or not. Some times I find it fun to see just how bad a bot can fail cause it just fun watching them go flying or something. Having to make every thing 'effective' and 'right' kills the fun.

You don't have to listen to them...

But this causes flaming, so there is no point in posting.

May not post them but as the saying goes "Practice makes perfect." so even if you make a decent bot (or thought ya did) and posted it bang even if your just wanting to show it off thinking you just want to show it ya still got at least half the forum jumping on your tail to make the bot better. And after it been made better its looks almost nothing like you intended it just another clone of something else. But thats an entire topic on it own.

And as Perytor said, if you don't listen to them then your flamed labeled a sparky and become a target for everyone to pick on.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Natef on September 04, 2011, 10:48:19 PM

That stinks.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Badnik96 on September 04, 2011, 10:49:07 PM

*builds something awesome enough to get marty building again*

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: wakkydude on September 06, 2011, 11:13:27 AM

I've been making a new video and to do that I made myself to play this game again. It was good until I realized yet again how bad the community was and then went into sadface mode. :(

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: ty4er on September 06, 2011, 11:15:13 AM

You're not much of a help to the community tbh.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: blitzbravo41 on January 27, 2012, 11:54:22 PM

i love making new robots and see them get destory.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: madman3 on January 28, 2012, 04:03:40 AM

Odd bump, but it's on topic.

These days I generally play to see where certain designs perform best, as well as come up with new ones if possible.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: NFX on January 28, 2012, 05:08:41 AM

I've kind of still got a slightly experimentative style, but on the whole I try to build bots to beat a specific bot that I've lost to in the past, such as Bane Revolution, or 3V=IR. When I actually have some spare time to build something, that is.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Naryar on January 28, 2012, 06:11:55 AM

I have lost most motivation to build, but I guess it's only a natural, final stage of RA2 building.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Philippa on January 28, 2012, 06:15:05 AM

I had more motivation when I was playing stock cos I could make anything and still win, but when I came here and saw everyone else's bots, I kind of retired from stock and became a DSL n00b instead.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: cephalopod on January 28, 2012, 06:21:37 AM

I've generally lost most building motivation. Every now and again I'll fire it up and make a few VS advances (eg Pyrexia) but otherwise, meh XD

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: martymidget on January 28, 2012, 06:50:02 AM

I'll build for challenges, tourney's and AI packs, but thats pretty much it. Unless ty somehow goads me into it.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Tweedy on January 28, 2012, 07:04:02 AM

I build irl bots so i can keep myself occupied and play a game that simulated a robot wars battle well

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: ty4er on January 28, 2012, 07:27:36 AM

try and beat everything in 123ai

and if i have way too much spare time or i have a good idea in my head.

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on January 28, 2012, 07:36:11 AM

1. Beat GF93 when I can
2. Ruin Urjak's hopes in tourneys

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: Urjak on January 28, 2012, 10:09:47 AM

Quote from: Squirrel_Monkey on January 28, 2012, 07:36:11 AM

2. Ruin Urjak's hopes in tourneys

GahhhhhhhhH!!!! Your flippers must die!

But yeah, I build just to see how I can push the envelope of a given bot category (i.e. Flail Sheck Spinners).

Title: Re: What are your motivations to play RA2?
Post by: TeamXtreemer on January 28, 2012, 11:34:54 AM

i like robots

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