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Robot Arena => Showcases => DSL TC Showcases => Topic started by: BruceakaJAWS on May 21, 2008, 07:34:52 PM
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I not new to the game. Some of you may have seen my bots on the old forum. so heres a new one. I call it miller. I built it when I was looking at one of cudas bots and it gave me an idea. But I changed it a bit.
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I like the wheel design it looks cool.
Is this a popup?
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No It has hammer but I really didn't build it to be a fighter. I build it more for fun
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i know bot I built called Peice of cake. Its a descent bot but it could be better.
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i am NOT downloading anything just to look at a picture. just show it.
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Here are pics of the bots in the links up top
Miller
(http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/1938/miller1iw8.th.png) (http://img181.imageshack.us/my.php?image=miller1iw8.png)
A Piece of Cake
(http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/112/cakema9.th.png) (http://img181.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cakema9.png)
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Well Piece of Cake is certainly original. You don't see too many three-wheeled bots. I'm guessing the strategy is to strafe around your opponent and sideswipe them with the spinner? If that's the case, I think the bot would be better if the weapon spun the other way, so it would push your bot away from the opponent after a hit.
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Aren't piglets not the best motors for drive?
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Thanks for the Idea of reversing the blade It made a big difference in the bots proformance
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A new bot I built called Argos II. Its a remake of an older bot so I keeped it a little more classic.
(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7755/argosiifr3.th.png) (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=argosiifr3.png)
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Hm, very classic. Is there a chance to see the insides?
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Yes. But only when i get back to my computer
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Here is an inside look at my robot Argos II. A remake of an older bot of mine.
(http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2391/argosii2ey2.th.png) (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=argosii2ey2.png)
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It seems like not of peolpe have looked at my bots but here are two new one. The first one is a light weight named Tiny Tim. It uses a spinning drum as a weapon. I will have pics of the insides later.
(http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/9903/tinytimuq9.th.png) (http://img386.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tinytimuq9.png)
Here the other one named Black Dragon. Its a heavyweight with a clamp hammer like weapon and a flamthrower.
(http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/3921/blackdragon1tm4.th.png) (http://img386.imageshack.us/my.php?image=blackdragon1tm4.png)
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Pretty good but the flamethrower at least in my experiences isnt the best combat weapon.
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Comment on Argus II:
For to compete with S3 bots it's probably not powerfull enough. There is a lot of waisted space inside. Try to replace the 4 snappers in front with two magsnappers with two or more weapons on each of them. Shrink the chassis to the absolute minimum. This applies to all bots. When I go to make a bot for a competition, I redo the chassis several times till there is no possible improve anymore.
Tiny Tim seems to be interesting, but I need to see the insides.
Black Dragon is between MW and HW. Either you downgrade it to MW, or you blow it up to HW. Like this it is closed to worthless, because it cannot compete to other HW, that have closed to 800 kg.
If you want more people to come by, to see your showcase, there are three ways to acheive this.
Try to go new ways and show more original and more spectacular bots, or have a big mouth and make big (but empty) announcments and statements like Venko. The third and best is: do both.
If you want just to have more and more visitors and you are not in a hurry, go ahead to post and thanks to the (more or less) helpfull adwises of the other members and by your own increasing skills, you will be a better bot builder. Join some competitions and you will get even more experienced.
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I agree with Cooker on Argus II. But competing against S3 bots with a DSL bot is pretty unfair. The opposite is really great (using a totally stock bot for competing against DSL bots).
Yea, use 2 mag snappers or even 3, this is a heavyweight. You could try putting more than 1 weapon on each of your flipper's arms.
And you could use orange batts too, not plenty of battlepacks. I love battlepacks and more than oranges, but the total performance is better. Its simple: the heavier the battery is, the better power/weight ratio it has. You could eventually reshape the chassis.
This drive train seems weak for a HW. If I were you, I'll use at least fast NPC-T64s, and perhaps grippier wheels.
3 Mag Snappers and fast NPC-T64 drive needs a little more than 3 orange batts and one battlepack.
And dont forget to adapt the chassis to that config.
Another thing on defense: the better armors (armor/weight ratio) are Titanium 1, Plastic 3, Titanium 5 and Titanium 10. Dont use aluminium because it really sucks.
About Black Dragon: I do think that he is too much speed-orientated. The weapons seem a little weak for a HW and he has low external defenses (but if you have good armor it is fine)
Ill suggest using more than one tooth on the upper clamp and finding something for side defense (that is, avoiding to get the opponent flanking you an grinding at your wheels)
But I really like the design, pretty original. (for me black dragons spit acid, but whatever)
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But I really like the design, pretty original. (for me black dragons spit acid, but whatever)
What are you, a dragon racist!?
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No. Black dragons are creatures of the marshes. They can breathe underwater, use insect spells, can corrupt water... and are evil, of course.
Red (and gold) dragons breathe fire. (long live fire breathing dragons)
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Uhh... S3 is a bot in DSL. He's not talking about SCv3.
Basically, Cooker and Naryar have given you all the advice you need at this point.
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Uhh... S3 is a bot in DSL. He's not talking about SCv3.
Ah okaaaaaaaaaay
No, but it is S3 bots so...
*stops right there*
NOOO I'm becoming Venko!
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wait a sec.... is cooker polinator? it says polinator on his avatar. he was a part of the old forum i think. if not, why does his avatar say polinator?
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Yea, he is. He won BBEANS 1, i think.
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wait a sec.... is cooker polinator? it says polinator on his avatar. he was a part of the old forum i think. if not, why does his avatar say polinator?
Yes, Clickbeetle is the one who guessed correctly.
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Here is a picture of the insides of tiny tim. I m redoing black dragon to a middleweight.
(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/3193/tinytim2cq2.th.png) (http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tinytim2cq2.png)
Heres a new bot thats is kind of a replica of Blood Moon. Its Pretty good in combat and rarely loses.
(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/8964/bloodmooneu3.th.png) (http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bloodmooneu3.png)
Also thank you for all the advice.
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You mean Blue Moon in BBEANS3? If so, then that looks NOTHING like Blue Moon. It's not even a HS
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You mean Blue Moon in BBEANS3? If so, then that looks NOTHING like Blue Moon. It's not even a HS
Maybe because it's Blood Moon, not Blue Moon....
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Blood moons a bot from Battlebots. Thats a pretty good replica of it actually. The wedge isnt shaped exactly like it but I dont think you can do it like that in RA2
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i think both of those bots would be easily raped.
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I dont see the point of putting 3WD on Tiny Tim.
"Three-wheel-bot: You're on crack ;p"
Nothing, just an old quote...
I did a LW that is close to this Blood Moon (a wedge sawbot). But with a minion disc on a TWM3 and two hypnodisc wheels on drive TWM3R's. 1 battlepack and two ant batts.
Ok for your Blood Moon:
-This bot is WAY overpowered. It doesn't even needs a battlepack to work, like it is. (it needs a little less than 20 amps)
-Too much empty space.
- Ill suggest using bigger wheels and placing the astroflights at the end of your bot, to get traction if your bot is on it's rear end.
-Im not sure about the efficiency of the weapon.
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Tiny tim as three wheels just because I was bored and I will make some of those improvements to blood moon.Also heres a picture of Blood moon for those who don't know what it looks likes.
(http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8678/bloodmoonvg4.th.jpg) (http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bloodmoonvg4.jpg)
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Oooooohhh... Blood Moon... I remember that bot. Thanks for pointing it out. I feel slightly less intelligent now...
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you were intelligent?
(:))
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Was he?