Nothing Exicting In GTM

[WeN]

All is just ****ing DSL IRL and I am ****ing useless

My mainland Stock start dying now.

[Thyrus]

Is this part of your art project?
If you want to keep stock going you could host a stock tournament. Try to get people into it.

[SagarisRA2]

I would download stock just to enter a tournament for that, still getting used to DSL IRL myself.

[Meganerdbomb]

Is this part of your art project?
If you want to keep stock going you could host a stock tournament. Try to get people into it.

he did, and nobody entered. 

[Philippa]

Because stock is dieing? mebey?

[Dreamcast]

Is this part of your art project?
If you want to keep stock going you could host a stock tournament. Try to get people into it.

he did, and nobody entered. 

Yea nobody enters ra2cf stock SHW tournaments.

[Dark-Al]

Is this part of your art project?
If you want to keep stock going you could host a stock tournament. Try to get people into it.

he did, and nobody entered. 

Yea nobody enters ra2cf stock SHW tournaments.

In truth only 7 people entered Wen and a Damned War. But apart from me and the other six users, no one else decided to make a ra2cf stock SHW. Though often I do point to the main problem being that the large majority of this forum and it's users has more interest in DSL-IRL building most of the time, and when a Stock tournament does happen, it ends up being a Stock MW tournament because no one else has an interest in Stock building above MWs. I'm aware the last statement isn't 100% correct, knowing that some users still show more variety in bot building by building in other metas and Stock Weight classes, but this is what the forum has mainly descended into: DSL IRL building or Stock MW building for the better or worse on how you view the situation.

[WeN]

Can i change rule in the wen and a damned war and rerun it immediately becuase

if not then I am screwed and had to wait a months and I will be gone for another years

In truth only 7 people entered Wen and a Damned War.

I got deadgecondue bot and its already 8 people

[NeonCalypso]

I might cheer you up by entering your tournament, if only i had some time...

[Meganerdbomb]

Can i change rule in the wen and a damned war and rerun it immediately becuase
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if not then I am screwed and had to wait a months and I will be gone for another years

In truth only 7 people entered Wen and a Damned War.

I got deadgecondue bot and its already 8 people

You should be allowed to run it as just a regular 8-man double elimination tournament, in my opinion.

[Shield]

a small Stock MW tourney would be welcome

make it the bridge of doom arena tho

[Dreamcast]

make it the bridge of doom arena tho

This idea is good without even being a meme.

[kix]

IMO DSL-IRL is becoming the new stock

[WeN]

a small Stock MW tourney would be welcome

make it the bridge of doom arena tho

reported to apanx

[Mr. AS]

IRL is straight cancer, it's bred more (((toxic))) users than any meme circlejerk discord server ever could.

Literally prove me wrong, you can't.

[doot]

I think with regards to why DSL IRL is so played now, especially in 2017 is mainly because its just so easy to get into compared to the other metagames currently. Stock's suffering from severe stagnation right now, with most of the builds now being the same bot types with a few things changed (HS/VS/Popup/the occasional stiltbot/SnS if they're allowed). DSL-S in 2.2 suffers from balancing problems which is why mechavore flywheels and other replica weapons reign dominant and Ironforge is the most balanced of the competitive metagames right now, but tends to have flippers reign supreme in arenas with OotA zones.

With DSL-IRL, most of the people look at this and tend to have their own design ethos, and along with the enormous variety in robot designs right now, its easy to see why DSL-IRL is so often played. With RA2CF and other stuff, IRL's possibilities have become almost limitless, with the limit being the havok engine. :P

I'm not saying that I won't enter TWatDW - hell, I may try to build something if I have the chance to, but theres a reason so few are going to other metagames now in 2017, with some exceptions like Revolution 2 and RA2 Mafia.

[WeN]

Update 2:

Make a no powerful Stcok IRL to knock every unreal off

Update for real:

Alright it's time to move my career in stock to career in DSL IRL now.

rip Wen At Stock 2015-2017

[kix]

Mr. AS
STOP POST!!!

[smashysmashy]

I think with regards to why DSL IRL is so played now, especially in 2017 is mainly because its just so easy to get into compared to the other metagames currently. Stock's suffering from severe stagnation right now, with most of the builds now being the same bot types with a few things changed (HS/VS/Popup/the occasional stiltbot/SnS if they're allowed). DSL-S in 2.2 suffers from balancing problems which is why mechavore flywheels and other replica weapons reign dominant and Ironforge is the most balanced of the competitive metagames right now, but tends to have flippers reign supreme in arenas with OotA zones.

With DSL-IRL, most of the people look at this and tend to have their own design ethos, and along with the enormous variety in robot designs right now, its easy to see why DSL-IRL is so often played. With RA2CF and other stuff, IRL's possibilities have become almost limitless, with the limit being the havok engine. :P

I'm not saying that I won't enter TWatDW - hell, I may try to build something if I have the chance to, but theres a reason so few are going to other metagames now in 2017, with some exceptions like Revolution 2 and RA2 Mafia.

Aye - I remember that back when I used to build (so, 2010-12, nothing special) that the trend away from Stock was already starting. I think back then was when DSL-IRL started to get some attention - Freeziez did a series of tournaments (Battlebots?) which seemed to be one of the most popular around at the time.

[Arcane]

IRL is straight cancer, it's bred more (((toxic))) users than any meme circlejerk discord server ever could.

Literally prove me wrong, you can't.

But it has generated users. It’s an unfair comparison, you are essentially comparing taking “two steps forward and one step backwards” to taking no steps at all and saying taking no steps at all is better because it doesn’t have that “toxic” step backwards.