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[090901]

Is there any way to view the old forums? Back before the limits of the game had basically been reached, when fellow builders were constantly innovating, those were the days.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070701000000*/http://robotarena.com/wizforum/default.asp

Hopfully this is what you are looking for.

[Naryar]

holy sh** it's metal virus

come back and build stuff and enter tournaments !

Also maybe the wayback machine could help you with the old RA2 forum.

[Metal Virus]

http://web.archive.org/web/20070701000000*/http://robotarena.com/wizforum/default.asp

Hopfully this is what you are looking for.

Wow, thank you. The incoming nostalgia will be intense. There used to be another popular unofficial forum that many of the best members posted at, but I can't even remember the name anymore.

It's a shame there haven't been more robot combat video games. I'm hoping with the increased popularity of Kickstarter we'll someday see one.

It would be amazing to do it all over again with a new game.

holy sh** it's metal virus

come back and build stuff and enter tournaments !

Also maybe the wayback machine could help you with the old RA2 forum.

I will be checking out the forums, but I doubt I will play RA2 again. When I stopped playing many years ago, it was because builders had basically done everything that could be done within the limitations of the game.

Very happy to see people are still enjoying the game.

[RpJk]

http://web.archive.org/web/20070701000000*/http://robotarena.com/wizforum/default.asp

Hopfully this is what you are looking for.

Wow, thank you. The incoming nostalgia will be intense. There used to be another popular unofficial forum that many of the best members posted at, but I can't even remember the name anymore.

It's a shame there haven't been more robot combat video games. I'm hoping with the increased popularity of Kickstarter we'll someday see one.

It would be amazing to do it all over again with a new game.

holy sh** it's metal virus

come back and build stuff and enter tournaments !

Also maybe the wayback machine could help you with the old RA2 forum.

I will be checking out the forums, but I doubt I will play RA2 again. When I stopped playing many years ago, it was because builders had basically done everything that could be done within the limitations of the game.

Very happy to see people are still enjoying the game.

You should definitely have a look at the Robot Wars mode that is in devolopment.

[Meganerdbomb]

http://web.archive.org/web/20070701000000*/http://robotarena.com/wizforum/default.asp

Hopfully this is what you are looking for.

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Wow, thank you. The incoming nostalgia will be intense. There used to be another popular unofficial forum that many of the best members posted at, but I can't even remember the name anymore.

It's a shame there haven't been more robot combat video games. I'm hoping with the increased popularity of Kickstarter we'll someday see one.

It would be amazing to do it all over again with a new game.

holy sh** it's metal virus

come back and build stuff and enter tournaments !

Also maybe the wayback machine could help you with the old RA2 forum.

I will be checking out the forums, but I doubt I will play RA2 again. When I stopped playing many years ago, it was because builders had basically done everything that could be done within the limitations of the game.

Very happy to see people are still enjoying the game.

You mean Technex's forum? I  was on that one. Good to see you back by the way,  even if  you are just stopping by.

[RFS]

I'm assuming the Technex quip was sarcastic? That guy was bad news and attracted a distinctly notorious crowd. I lent a hand to his forum for reasons unknown.

The other popular RA2 forums were ARC, Bots4Battle, and RA Reborn. B4B closed down, RA-Reborn was absorbed into RFSHQ, and ARC is still around today.

[Meganerdbomb]

I'm assuming the Technex quip was sarcastic? That guy was bad news and attracted a distinctly notorious crowd. I lent a hand to his forum for reasons unknown.

The other popular RA2 forums were ARC, Bots4Battle, and RA Reborn. B4B closed down, RA-Reborn was absorbed into RFSHQ, and ARC is still around today.

Of course,  iirc,  Technex and MV did not exactly  get along. he was a good builder though,  and some good members  from the official  site  had accounts  there,  including  you.

[Metal Virus]

I'm assuming the Technex quip was sarcastic? That guy was bad news and attracted a distinctly notorious crowd. I lent a hand to his forum for reasons unknown.

The other popular RA2 forums were ARC, Bots4Battle, and RA Reborn. B4B closed down, RA-Reborn was absorbed into RFSHQ, and ARC is still around today.

I remember B4B and RA-Reborn, I was probably thinking of RFSHQ though.

Are you still playing RA2? It's great to see and RA2 legend still posting.

Of course,  iirc,  Technex's and MV did not exactly  get along. he was a good builder though,  and some good members  from the official  site  had accounts  there,  including  you.

I was so young, I will not be surprised if there are members who did not get along with me. To be honest though, I don't even remember Technex.

[RFS]

Of course,  iirc,  Technex and MV did not exactly  get along. he was a good builder though,  and some good members  from the official  site  had accounts  there,  including  you.

Technex had the best nicknames in the community:
Technex --> Chex Mix
COOL MAN (old name) --> COLON MAN

If I remember right he was very self-centered and had an emote on his forums that said "BOW TO COOL MAN". This was later appopriated by RFSHQ since like everything in the RA2 community he briefly became the subject of community derision. I think I joined his forums because they were smaller and quieter and I wanted a place like that to wean me off of RA2 since I had been banned from AceUplink and was in the process of moving out of RFSHQ.

If you search Technex's old posts here he apparently did some attention whoring by posting about some "RA2 Virus" that only affected your RA2 game and nothing else. Hilarious.

I remember B4B and RA-Reborn, I was probably thinking of RFSHQ though.

Are you still playing RA2? It's great to see and RA2 legend still posting.

I am flattered. :P I do still "play" the game, though I admittedly took a huge hiatus to pursue some personal interests and focus on my career. These days I contribute cheeky robots to various tournaments but I do not actively spend a lot of time with the game or anything. I mostly enjoy the tournaments in between working on projects.

[Domanating]

When I stopped playing many years ago, it was because builders had basically done everything that could be done within the limitations of the game.

Nonsense, the possibilities are nearly endless. You just need the inspiration for it.

[Metal Virus]

When I stopped playing many years ago, it was because builders had basically done everything that could be done within the limitations of the game.

Nonsense, the possibilities are nearly endless. You just need the inspiration for it.

I meant when the community was pushing the very mechanics of RA2. The era when new types of robots were created, and physics breaking mechanics were discovered. Like "pop-ups" first being created, or Jimxorb's "rupt" glitch, or the tri-bar spinners with more tri-bar spinners on the ends that basically caused a havoc explosion.

There came a time when the era of discovery ended and robots started to become derivatives of the originals.

Creativity is definitely still possible, but I haven't seen anything truly new. The amount of value the community got out of RA2 is incredible, and it's definitely one of my all time best video game experiences.

[cephalopod]

You'd be surprised what has been found really. The Hax Mode discovery for instance, which is particularly notable for making almost any stack possible.

[RFS]

When I stopped playing many years ago, it was because builders had basically done everything that could be done within the limitations of the game.

Nonsense, the possibilities are nearly endless. You just need the inspiration for it.

I meant when the community was pushing the very mechanics of RA2. The era when new types of robots were created, and physics breaking mechanics were discovered. Like "pop-ups" first being created, or Jimxorb's "rupt" glitch, or the tri-bar spinners with more tri-bar spinners on the ends that basically caused a havoc explosion.

There came a time when the era of discovery ended and robots started to become derivatives of the originals.

Creativity is definitely still possible, but I haven't seen anything truly new. The amount of value the community got out of RA2 is incredible, and it's definitely one of my all time best video game experiences.

I built two robots recently, Particle Accelerator and The Legend of Bryce Genesis, that were essentially proof of concept robots with unconventional and dare I say new designs. There is also a third robot I've entered, WE GOT DODGSON, that to the best of my knowledge is also the first of its kind in RA2 history. (It has not yet been unveiled so it's still a secret.)

I feel the same way as you MV so that's why I started looking further into the game to see if there really still is uncharted territory. I believe there is. :)

[Natef]

wowzers, metal virus!

i don't build anymore, i just play around with bots on the exchange

[Mecha]

Welcome back Metal Virus. :)

[kill343gs]

We still occasionally kick up some rad stuff

[Metal Virus]

I built two robots recently, Particle Accelerator and The Legend of Bryce Genesis, that were essentially proof of concept robots with unconventional and dare I say new designs. There is also a third robot I've entered, WE GOT DODGSON, that to the best of my knowledge is also the first of its kind in RA2 history. (It has not yet been unveiled so it's still a secret.)

I feel the same way as you MV so that's why I started looking further into the game to see if there really still is uncharted territory. I believe there is. :)

That's great to see! Still innovating all these years later, truly one of the greats.  Maybe i'll play around a little bit with RA2 again if I get some inspiration.

Time is pretty limited these days though, and in my opinion the gaming industry has been on a treadmill for a while now with very little innovation. I've lost interest in most games at this point, but clearly i'm never going to forget this community.

[RFS]

RA2 is special. :) There has not been and likely will not be another game like it since it's tied to heavily to a bygone era (BattleBots, et al.). I've played around here and there in the decade+ since the game's release (any my departure from the community) but things come back around. I hosted a FIRST event in February and it reminded me of RA2 and all the fun times I had during that initial period of discovery so I wanted to pursue that again.

[helloface]

There is also a third robot I've entered, WE GOT DODGSON, that to the best of my knowledge is also the first of its kind in RA2 history. (It has not yet been unveiled so it's still a secret.)

It's quite genius, really.

[Meganerdbomb]

I built two robots recently, Particle Accelerator and The Legend of Bryce Genesis, that were essentially proof of concept robots with unconventional and dare I say new designs. There is also a third robot I've entered, WE GOT DODGSON, that to the best of my knowledge is also the first of its kind in RA2 history. (It has not yet been unveiled so it's still a secret.)

I feel the same way as you MV so that's why I started looking further into the game to see if there really still is uncharted territory. I believe there is. :)

That's great to see! Still innovating all these years later, truly one of the greats.  Maybe i'll play around a little bit with RA2 again if I get some inspiration.

Time is pretty limited these days though, and in my opinion the gaming industry has been on a treadmill for a while now with very little innovation. I've lost interest in most games at this point, but clearly i'm never going to forget this community.

I stopped building years ago too, but I just picked up Ironforge   and found it fun to play around with. It makes it fun to experiment again. Also, I doubt you remember me, but you were one of the first people to give advice in my original n00b showcase.