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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #100 on: March 20, 2016, 02:25:09 AM »
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Bot looks good, but I worry about the wheels considering how narrow it is.
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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #101 on: March 20, 2016, 12:58:38 PM »
what armor are you using?
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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #102 on: May 03, 2016, 06:16:54 PM »
oh is BotM over



So this thing was kinda last minute.  Usually, I get some kind of good idea during the month, but nothing came to me this time.  Making the splash, my goal was to make it as "not Thrackerzod" as I could, so I went very text-light, no arrows, etc.  RedAce still got me, but I think I fooled a couple other people.

There wasn't enough space on the top to write out the whole name of the bot, so I just wrote "Madman" and put absolute value bars around it.  I thought that was kinda clever.

Oh, and, if you didn't realize where I got the name from:

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #103 on: May 03, 2016, 06:24:58 PM »
Do you need 'get' the name from anywhere? I don't even know what that is but I'm familiar with the use of 'absolute madman'.

Also, you fooled me because I thought you were #4 :P

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #104 on: May 03, 2016, 06:32:20 PM »
Also, you fooled me because I thought you were #4 :P

I thought 4 and 6 both looked like splashes I would have made, so I guess I got a lucky turnout for fooling people.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #105 on: May 03, 2016, 06:42:17 PM »
RedAce still got me, but I think I fooled a couple other people.
Really, the skin is what gave it away for me.  I seem to notice a pattern in how you do you skins nowadays.

But yeah, for a last-minute entrant, it was alright, but nothing special.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #106 on: May 03, 2016, 07:01:06 PM »
RedAce still got me, but I think I fooled a couple other people.
Really, the skin is what gave it away for me.  I seem to notice a pattern in how you do you skins nowadays.

But yeah, for a last-minute entrant, it was alright, but nothing special.

Ever since I had to line up that lightning bolt on Delta Thunder, I vowed never to make complicated paintjorbs ever again.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #107 on: May 04, 2016, 04:20:46 AM »
>not thrackerzod
>three wedges on a MW

heh, i still couldn't guess it was you though.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #108 on: June 11, 2016, 02:47:03 AM »
robot:



It's trying to be a DSL version of Sealion Hammersmith.  One thing I've noticed is that the single vertical arm is too weak for the bot to self-right, so that's not great.  I need to add some kind of trappy-thing at the front.  Also I have no idea what to do with the batteries; the motors say how many amps they take but all the batteries just give me "power units".

Forgot to put the weight on the splash.  It's 796.0.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #109 on: June 11, 2016, 03:44:12 AM »
Also I have no idea what to do with the batteries; the motors say how many amps they take but all the batteries just give me "power units".

Just keep testing your bots in fights, and see how many batteries you can remove before the robot doesn't last the whole 3 minutes.When you reach that point, start adding batteries back in until you get to the point where you have just enough to last the 3 minutes.


Personally, I'd remove those ants, and get some sort of Snow Plow setup on the front rather than those angled shell plates. Also, why ant saws?


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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #110 on: June 11, 2016, 03:48:30 AM »
two of the large batteries should be enough i think

I would swap to some stronger weapons for the side-hammers. Ant blades are too fragile imo considering that they're more likely to make contact with the other bot's weapons.
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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #111 on: June 11, 2016, 04:22:57 PM »
why ant saws?

ant saws are supposedly really good in dsl 2.2

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #112 on: June 15, 2016, 03:21:15 AM »
the sequel:



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5 saws per arm

Right, so this one generally works better than the first version.  It needs a whole dang nuclear reactor to power it due to all the hammer arms, but whatever.  The skirt at the back stops it from flipping backwards, but also makes it have trouble self-righting.  Without the panel it self-rights fine, but can flip itself onto its back.  Also, I think I need to increase the reach of the weapons - every time it fights a bot with long skirts on front (read: every DSL bot) it ends up just swinging at the air.

They look kinda weird in the picture, but the lower extenders on the vertical arm are polycarb.  The front catcher thing is held on by a really janky carbon fiber/aluminum corner setup.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #113 on: June 15, 2016, 06:40:59 AM »
That looks a lot better, but I reccommend dropping down to only one top hammer, in order to give your bot bottom protection and tougher armour.


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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #114 on: June 15, 2016, 01:40:47 PM »
That looks a lot better, but I reccommend dropping down to only one top hammer, in order to give your bot bottom protection and tougher armour.

In my testing, it couldn't self-right with only one top hammer.  But then, it can't really self-right with the balance sheet in the back, so i donno/

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #115 on: June 15, 2016, 02:01:58 PM »
That looks a lot better, but I reccommend dropping down to only one top hammer, in order to give your bot bottom protection and tougher armour.

In my testing, it couldn't self-right with only one top hammer.  But then, it can't really self-right with the balance sheet in the back, so i donno/

Hmm. My bot can self-right just fine with this sort of setup-



Maybe try something along these lines, and see what luck you're having?


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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #116 on: June 15, 2016, 03:03:01 PM »
ok we're getting somewhere



This version's pretty decent, far as I can tell.  Tested it against some of the Rival Rumble bots and the wedge seems decent.  It can kinda self-right by randomly wiggling until it flips over, so that's better than nothing.  Got rid of the ant saws because they fell off too quickly.  Two large black batteries plus one small black battery.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #117 on: June 15, 2016, 04:41:23 PM »
Lookin' sweet, man. Nicely done.


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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #118 on: June 15, 2016, 11:17:08 PM »
Damn that looks really cool.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #119 on: June 18, 2016, 04:10:24 PM »
another



Built in a Stock style for Yugitom's upcoming tournament, this is the DSL version of Krastos, the Glue Maker.  Weapon setup is not the most efficient, but at least it looks cool.