Clickbeetle's DSL bots

[123savethewhales]

You should totally get at least 1 flamethrowers on Cuendillar, you will win so much more fights by points that way.

[MassimoV]

I was thinking about your showcase in study hall today lol. The bots look great, and I think they are gonna make it to the final atleast.

[madman3]

I find PA's top armour a nightmare to use, so gj click.

Also, LW scares me. MW and HW not so much, but all three are highly cool. The flamer makes me like the TRFBD tbh (Take note madman).

I can't seem to get flamers to work. Also I consider flamers cheap with the current AI we have. TRFBD are cheap enough without the ability to launch flame across the arena.

Still pretty good Click, I like the HW a lot.

[123savethewhales]

I find PA's top armour a nightmare to use, so gj click.

Also, LW scares me. MW and HW not so much, but all three are highly cool. The flamer makes me like the TRFBD tbh (Take note madman).

I can't seem to get flamers to work. Also I consider flamers cheap with the current AI we have. TRFBD are cheap enough without the ability to launch flame across the arena.

Still pretty good Click, I like the HW a lot.

Funny you would say that since I find flamethrower next to useless, especially on flails.

I mean, you just throw 20kg on something that can't help you win the weapon war, and you are throwing them on bot types that can deal 10,000 damage with razors in a few seconds.  Plus when flamethrower spins they barely make contact.

As Click said, it is for decoration and nothing more.

[madman3]

I find PA's top armour a nightmare to use, so gj click.

Also, LW scares me. MW and HW not so much, but all three are highly cool. The flamer makes me like the TRFBD tbh (Take note madman).

I can't seem to get flamers to work. Also I consider flamers cheap with the current AI we have. TRFBD are cheap enough without the ability to launch flame across the arena.

Still pretty good Click, I like the HW a lot.

Funny you would say that since I find flamethrower next to useless, especially on flails.

I mean, you just throw 20kg on something that can't help you win the weapon war, and you are throwing them on bot types that can deal 10,000 damage with razors in a few seconds.  Plus when flamethrower spins they barely make contact.

As Click said, it is for decoration and nothing more.

Flame SnS are the online players bane though (thank you Ty for giving me flamethrower-phobia). They're pretty much how you win by points cheaply.

[Gazea2]

I find PA's top armour a nightmare to use, so gj click.

Also, LW scares me. MW and HW not so much, but all three are highly cool. The flamer makes me like the TRFBD tbh (Take note madman).

I can't seem to get flamers to work. Also I consider flamers cheap with the current AI we have. TRFBD are cheap enough without the ability to launch flame across the arena.

Still pretty good Click, I like the HW a lot.

Funny you would say that since I find flamethrower next to useless, especially on flails.

I mean, you just throw 20kg on something that can't help you win the weapon war, and you are throwing them on bot types that can deal 10,000 damage with razors in a few seconds.  Plus when flamethrower spins they barely make contact.

As Click said, it is for decoration and nothing more.

Flame SnS are the online players bane though (thank you Ty for giving me flamethrower-phobia). They're pretty much how you win by points cheaply.

Did it overheat your bot? 
Bots look awesome as always, Click. Should do pretty well.

[123savethewhales]

I find PA's top armour a nightmare to use, so gj click.

Also, LW scares me. MW and HW not so much, but all three are highly cool. The flamer makes me like the TRFBD tbh (Take note madman).

I can't seem to get flamers to work. Also I consider flamers cheap with the current AI we have. TRFBD are cheap enough without the ability to launch flame across the arena.

Still pretty good Click, I like the HW a lot.

Funny you would say that since I find flamethrower next to useless, especially on flails.

I mean, you just throw 20kg on something that can't help you win the weapon war, and you are throwing them on bot types that can deal 10,000 damage with razors in a few seconds.  Plus when flamethrower spins they barely make contact.

As Click said, it is for decoration and nothing more.

Flame SnS are the online players bane though (thank you Ty for giving me flamethrower-phobia). They're pretty much how you win by points cheaply.

Right because flamethrower ignores game lag and continue to deal damage at the same rate.........  Like flamethrowers in UHW fights are just retarded.

[Clickbeetle]

Good old DSL2.



It's been too long since I entered a tournament.  Kurt's Powers of Three tournament was the only one open, so I built something for it.

Stats: Astroflight drive with wide ant wheels, 6 ant batteries, servo turret-mounted hammer (30kg sledge), 5mm aluminum armor.

I revise my earlier assessment that this turret hammer design only works in SHW.  Thunderclap is actually pretty good for an IRL bot.  It's weak against drums, but can hold its own against most other designs, especially HS.  Thunderclap wants to be matched up with two HS with weak tops in the tournament.

In theory, this should be a good design for Powers of Three, being wedged on all sides with the ability to attack in any direction.  In practice, I'll probably get flipped OOTA in the first round.  BUT I'LL LOOK COOL DOING IT.

[MassimoV]

Hell yes, this looks so pimp...

[Badnik96]

Awesome! I love the Storm skirts.

[playzooki]

Nice robot

And dont worry, ill be here to beat it in some retarded way, like i did to mr as in BB8 

[RpJk]

Yo click you gonna enter a stock tourney soon?

[RedAce]

That looks amazing Click. It's also pretty original too. One question, how stable is it?

[Naryar]

Well, Click, you wouldn't be yourself if you entered a tournament with a cool bot and promptly fail to win first round :P

[Clickbeetle]

Yo click you gonna enter a stock tourney soon?

If one comes up soon!

That looks amazing Click. It's also pretty original too. One question, how stable is it?

More stable than most traditional hammers.  Stable enough to never be in danger of tipping itself over (unless you rotate the servo exactly 180 degrees, at which point it Havoks out of control.  I'm hoping that won't happen in battle.)  Part of what makes this design work is the weight distribution--Thunderclap is tall, but still has a low center of gravity.  Those Storm skirts alone weigh 60 kgs, counting the hinges.

[Clickbeetle]

More bots for BB9.



I wanted to build a Karcas-type bot, and this was the result.  Works as a flipper and a clamp.  The wedge is kind of sucky (actually, really sucky), but it looks too cool to change.  It wouldn't be the same with skirts.

It has 3mm steel armor, so it's not going to get KO'd quickly.  Unless it goes up against Thyrus' "Yeah Tiny Grinding Weapons Shaped Like Asterisks Totally Work IRL" thing.  (I'm just trash-talking Thyrus; I think your bots are cool enough even if the weapons are not quite IRL.)

Etymology:  Dynastes adamanteus is a fake species name for a Hercules beetle.  The specific epithet, adamanteus, is the Latin word for steel.

Then there's this thing.



Yup, a 4WD LW.  Screw efficiency, 4WD is awesome.

Slambot works kind of like Sewer Snake.  It's good at carrying bots across the arena and slamming them into the walls, which causes the forks to flex and possibly flip the opponent.  This is a really fun bot and I'm really hoping to get at least one boxlong slam in BB9.  Also, it works exactly the same upside-down.

It has 5mm plastic armor, and a BFE'd chassis for reduced height.  I tried using Hypno wheels but went with the DSL wheels for two reasons.  One, Hypnos are so small the bot can get wedged under the spike strip.  And two, DSL wheels look better.

Edit:  Oh yeah, and Slambot is sponsored by real spam sites.  Don't type in any of those URLs.

[Pwnator]

oh god dat flamp

If you're really worried about the wedginess though, you could probably attach 2 stacked hex plates on the metal hinge, with the bottom one holding a plastic skirt and the other one holding the spike strips. But yeah, it looks too cool as is.

[Naryar]

When I saw "Dynastes" I though "fgsdfjhik what kind of beetle it is ??!?" and there I had the answer :P

it looks very, very sweet but then again it is a bot made by clickbeetle so there's that.

It would be more awesome if you skinned it like a beetle's armor though.

Unless it goes up against Thyrus' "Yeah Tiny Grinding Weapons Shaped Like Asterisks Totally Work IRL" thing.  (I'm just trash-talking Thyrus; I think your bots are cool enough even if the weapons are not quite IRL.)

i agree with this sentiment as well

I'm not so fond of the LW though. Honestly if you put 2WD NPC and some artfully placed 40cm angled skirt hinges as stabilizers it will look cooler and be faster.

Maybe name it after some tiger beetle as well. Even if it doesn't have huge jaws.

[Shield]

I personally love Slam bot the way it is.

Though I would love to know what extender setup you used and what not. I can't really see very clearly

[090901]

I personally love Slam bot the way it is.

Though I would love to know what extender setup you used and what not. I can't really see very clearly

Slambot uses one hexplate to hold on the Vlad forks.