rnifnuf's DSL Cavalcade of Crap

[rnifnuf]

I got a 2-hour late start for school today. This is how I used that time:

Armor is Plastic 1. There are three ants and nothing is attached to the farthest shell panel. Avocados are poisonous to parrots.

Guys I did it. I made an antweight shell spinner. Probably not the first, but I made one. It doesn't have a name, though.

ADVANTAGES:
+The sheer fact that its an antweight shell spinner.

DISADVANTAGES:
-Everything else (poor armor, only two weapons, crappy steering, etc.)

Thoughts?

[RammingSpeed]

An antweight shell spinner. Never thought I'd see one of those, congrats

[rnifnuf]

I'm going to an event in Yakima in a few hours. Consider this my final bot before succumbing to exposure to eastern Washington.

Armor is Titanium 5. Those are NPC fasts. The skirts attached to the metal hinges are aluminum. The half-life of Tellurium-128 is more than 2x10²⁴ years.

This is IWB, which is short for "Invertible Wammer? BLASPHEMY!". This bot is...exactly what it sounds like. I can't say much more.

ADVANTAGES:
+Really really really really fast
+Destructive
+Wedgy
+Invertible

DISADVANTAGES:
-Very likely to pull a Rage.

Thoughts?

[rnifnuf]

Good news: I survived Yakima. Good-er news: I have a new bot:


Armor is Aluminum 3.

This is Vortician, a SHW shell spinner that I built a while back. I didn't remove the shell because it isn't a solid shell, and can be seen through. If you have questions in regards to the innards, they are: a small control board, two WP836E's, four medium Puma tanks, two TWM3R2 Drives with Hypnos, and a dual perm. Its setup is completely symmetrical, and has sixteen ripping teeth in total. There are steel armor plates there because the game would not allow me to have ripping teeth if all of the steel armor plates were regular shell plates.

Vortician has four flamethrowers inside the shell to help deal extra damage to the opponent's chassis while spinning. All I need to do now is figure out how to AI it so that it spams fire when the opponent is in range.

The flame idea was inspired by Deflagration, a Super Heavyweight SnS built by Naryar that won Bot of the Month for April 2009.

ADVANTAGES:
+Powerful
+Fast
+Fire

DISADVANTAGES:
-Meh at self-righting

Thoughts?

[Naryar]

ripping teeth are bad on spinners

[Tweedy]

I'm guessing due to the chassis size it's meant to be irl, in that case flamethrowers would be completely counter intuitive irl as the airflow generated by the shell spinning would just make the bot flame itself rather than the opponent.

[Naryar]

I'm guessing due to the chassis size it's meant to be irl, in that case flamethrowers would be completely counter intuitive irl as the airflow generated by the shell spinning would just make the bot flame itself rather than the opponent.

Who gives a damn if it is IRL or not ? Flamethrowers on spinners are cool.

I should rebuild Deflagration, by the way. Good old flame SnS.

[rnifnuf]

I'm guessing due to the chassis size it's meant to be irl, in that case flamethrowers would be completely counter intuitive irl as the airflow generated by the shell spinning would just make the bot flame itself rather than the opponent.

False; I don't really build IRL, though I think that this could become IRL with some minor changes. I intend to keep it DSL-S, however.

ripping teeth are bad on spinners

Okay, so I did this:

Armor is now Titanium 3... WITH FIRE!

Re-forged in homage to Prince Naryar, it is stronger and (slightly) faster than before. Much like Naryar, it breathes fire at its enemies. If that doesn't somehow work, it beats the crap out of them with sixteen large Typhoon2 teeth. Actually, that's only one of two things I changed about it. The other is the Titanium 3 armor. It is 10:31pm and I have nothing more to say.

O mighty Naryar, have I appeased thee? If not, what more must I do to improve thyself as one who forges robots from random scrap parts?

[Merrick]

Yeah, that last image looks pretty rad.

[Natster-104]

 When I saw 'with fire', I just had to post this:

[Naryar]

O mighty Naryar, have I appeased thee? If not, what more must I do to improve thyself as one who forges robots from random scrap parts?

thou art worthy, worshipper

[rnifnuf]

Hi I exist, now meet the "master".


Armor is Plastic 5.

This is Clay Derby, my latest bot, Its chassis holds four ants, a small control board, and two fast NPC's. I named it after Clay Derby from Copper Sun. It was going to be my Centripetal Force entry, but then it wasn't.

ADVANTAGES:
+Incredibly destructive
+Fairly fast

DISADVANTAGES:
-Poor wedge
-Unstable
-Self-righting issues

Thoughts?

[cephalopod]

Yeah, the reason I at least try to avoid having a wedged VS is it's unnecessary obstacle between your opponent and the disc. If it's unstable, the supports aren't far enough forward or to the sides, and the self-right issue could be solved if you got rid of - or shortened - the back supports. I think. :)

[Naryar]

The problem with razors on giant VS's is that you lose your wedge effectiveness quickly.

Full disc seems like a waste as well. If I were you I would just use a smaller disc and razors on beaters.

[Shield]

The problem with razors on giant VS's is that you lose your wedge effectiveness quickly.

Full disc seems like a waste as well. If I were you I would just use a smaller disc and razors on beaters.

i'd personally use flails

[cephalopod]

Yeah, then he could self right even worse.

Nary's right when it comes to disc vs, beaters and razors are probably the best way to go.
Also, try angling the motor up so you can have the supports flat, then you don't have to start so far in the air in matches :)

[Naryar]

The problem with razors on giant VS's is that you lose your wedge effectiveness quickly.

Full disc seems like a waste as well. If I were you I would just use a smaller disc and razors on beaters.

i'd personally use flails

no, stop giving advice

[Clickbeetle]

You could explain why flails are a bad idea.  (They will glitch due to AGOD.)

I personally like wedged VS because they tend to be more stable and fling bots higher than non-wedged VS.  However, discs with razors are the wrong weapon to use because as soon as one razor breaks, the bot will start bouncing and there goes your wedge.  DSL bars with hammers may not do as much damage, but they're more reliable in the long run.

[rnifnuf]

Clay has been, erm, downsized.

Armor is Titanium 5.

I decided to ditch the wedge entirely. In its place, I have supports and hammers on tribars. This has infinitely improved its capability to put up a fight.

ADVANTAGES:
+Very destructive
+Can self-right
+Tosses bots easily
+Fast

DISADVANTAGES:
-Some stability issues
-Not very good at self-righting

Thoughts?

[Naryar]

If i remember correctly tribars are pretty crap for their weight in DSL2.