Scorpions Totally EEEEVIL Showcase

[martymidget]

Its different, I like it. The BSG's mounted like that give it more pop :D

My main concern is the flipper segments- one hit from another popup, or a lucky blow from an undercutter, there goes half your weaponry AND drive.

[ty4er]

it's so crazy i like it, would be best if you figured out what to do about the flipper segments though (perhaps skirts at like a 45 degree angle?)

[Scorpion]

I'll give the skirt idea a go, if it doesn't really work i could always at least move the drive to the back, give it some more survivability.

[NFX]

If you drop the weapon extenders to poly ones, that'll give you more weight to use on skirts to hold your drive and BSG's on. They're probably going to get hit a lot more often than the extenders, so they need to be pretty tough, I think. Also make sure they're NPC Normals, for 30 times the HP.

[ty4er]

putting something on the top will also help quite a bit with undercutters by the look of it

[Naryar]

it looks really bad honestly

[Scorpion]

it looks really bad honestly

I'm presuming you mean relative to my standards...

Care to elaborate anyway?

[madman3]

It sucks. It's got too much pointless exterior component mounting which will count against it when fighting SnS, and the front armour is too fragile and narrow. I'd just scrap the chassis and be unoriginal with the design and just make a wide popup with interior mounted stuff rather than the ultra messy stuff you have there.

[Scorpion]

Screw it, what's the point in making something so generic?

[madman3]

Screw it, what's the point in making something so generic?

Because it works. The whole originality thing is worthless if the bot sucks, unless it's an artbot or IRL, which your bot clearly isn't.

[Scorpion]

Screw it, what's the point in making something so generic?

Because it works. The whole originality thing is worthless if the bot sucks, unless it's an artbot or IRL, which your bot clearly isn't.

We're at the point now though where basically, there is one design for each kind of bot, with VERY limited variation.
I don't really want to step into IRL territory, as a chunk of that seems to be circlejerking.

[HurricaneAndrew]

I have decided that the only pop-ups that can be built as DSL realistic without being generic as Hell are HW.

Look at the HW popup that I posted in my DSL showcase a few month ago (Second to last page, at the deepest). No one has built anything like it to my knowledge and it works pretty well.

[madman3]

Screw it, what's the point in making something so generic?

Because it works. The whole originality thing is worthless if the bot sucks, unless it's an artbot or IRL, which your bot clearly isn't.

We're at the point now though where basically, there is one design for each kind of bot, with VERY limited variation.
I don't really want to step into IRL territory, as a chunk of that seems to be circlejerking.

Then go make new kinds of bots. Experiment efficiently rather than aimlessly.

[Naryar]

Yes indeed, you're doing originality wrong. It's fragile, the extender work sucks, all for the sake of originality. Not a good thing.

Screw it, what's the point in making something so generic?

Because it works. The whole originality thing is worthless if the bot sucks, unless it's an artbot or IRL, which your bot clearly isn't.

+1rep for truth.

I have decided that the only pop-ups that can be built as DSL realistic without being generic as Hell are HW.

Nonsense. And I sure can back up that claim of BS on your words with building.

[Scorpion]

Alright, apologies for the last bot, it is crap, and TBH it had been lying round for a little bit...

This bot is much better; and to clarify I started this off yesterday, I've not been cloning you Naryar, though it is coincidental.
Wedgehog:


Npc fasts and titanium 3 armour

[Naryar]

yup i immediately thought of my bot as well

Looks better than it anyway.

[MassimoV]

That looks sweet. Is it fast enough?

[martymidget]

Regarding the popup, originality > pure efficiency, providing it is fairly efficient, and especially if it is an art bot (or IRL). If most of the bots of one type look the same and perform in basically the same way, might as well allow stacking completely and call it stock 2.0.

[Naryar]

Regarding the popup, originality > pure efficiency, providing it is fairly efficient

...yes, but it's not efficient.

[madman3]

Nice bot. Can't really say much beyond that, but it looks well built and stuff.