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Robot Arena Matches => Tournaments => Online Battles => Topic started by: Maxaxle on April 23, 2011, 06:39:07 PM

Title: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: Maxaxle on April 23, 2011, 06:39:07 PM
I wouldn't mind a good battle!...but stock parts only, please. And don't rage about my mod intolerance, I just feel that mods have a tenancy to unbalance games.
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on April 23, 2011, 06:41:52 PM
Our DSL 2.1 mod tends to balance the game more than anything... I think you should at least give it a shot.
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: Enigm@ on April 23, 2011, 06:43:41 PM
Sorry. Oklahoma's a long ways away from San Diego. :P
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: Hydro on April 23, 2011, 06:43:58 PM
I'm within 1,000 miles of there, if that helps.
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: Jack Daniels on April 23, 2011, 06:56:05 PM
San Diego?!!?!? That means you were close enough to attend actual Battlebot Shows back in the day.  Please tell us you went.  :3
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: Maxaxle on April 23, 2011, 06:57:57 PM
Our DSL 2.1 mod tends to balance the game more than anything... I think you should at least give it a shot.
Alright.

I'm within 1,000 miles of there, if that helps.
If the game isn't superlaggy, I think it will be fine.

San Diego?!!?!? That means you were close enough to attend actual Battlebot Shows back in the day.  Please tell us you went.  :3
I wasn't exactly rich (or even a teenager) at the time... :rage
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on April 23, 2011, 07:01:52 PM
I'm within 1,000 miles of there, if that helps.
If the game isn't superlaggy, I think it will be fine.

That is where you will be very disappointed. :/
 
It's the main reason we do AI tournaments now.
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: Somebody on April 23, 2011, 07:05:01 PM
I'm in New Hampshire... so no...
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: Badnik96 on April 23, 2011, 07:06:12 PM
*Same as Somebody except I'm in Connecticut*

I'm up for a match though. Do you have Hamachi?
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: xanosz on April 23, 2011, 07:20:04 PM
I'm in San Francisco so at least we are in the same state.
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: TriTon on April 23, 2011, 07:23:20 PM
San Fransisco? I live right across the SF bay!
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: J on April 23, 2011, 07:24:38 PM
I'm in Maryland.
Cant.
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: Conraaa on April 24, 2011, 02:57:20 AM
I'm in Britiain so i'm not exactly much use. Sorry.
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: JoeBlo on April 25, 2011, 08:35:06 AM
Anyone else find it funny that the responses to the question "Anyone near San Diego?" is everyone explaining that they are not near San Diego?

Its kinda the opposite of what was asked :P
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: Somebody on April 25, 2011, 08:48:37 PM
OK Mr. Australia...

(Its ok Joe, I answered for you ;) )

Edit: 7000 Post weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: Maxaxle on April 25, 2011, 09:03:55 PM
Anyone else find it funny that the responses to the question "Anyone near San Diego?" is everyone explaining that they are not near San Diego?

Its kinda the opposite of what was asked :P
Took the words right out of my mouth...er, fingers.
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: NFX on April 26, 2011, 01:41:03 PM
The trouble with online battles is that there can be quite a bit of inconsistency between hosts. For example, there's a video somewhere of Scrap Daddy, Ounce, and I forget the third participant, and Scrap Daddy's machine was spinning like a top. The video showed his bot edging along the arena wall, but Scrap believed he was moving towards Ounce's bot, which was in the middle of the arena. So you and your opponent could end up with completely different outcomes.
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: Maxaxle on April 26, 2011, 07:08:13 PM
The trouble with online battles is that there can be quite a bit of inconsistency between hosts. For example, there's a video somewhere of Scrap Daddy, Ounce, and I forget the third participant, and Scrap Daddy's machine was spinning like a top. The video showed his bot edging along the arena wall, but Scrap believed he was moving towards Ounce's bot, which was in the middle of the arena. So you and your opponent could end up with completely different outcomes.
Great.
[/sarcasm]
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on April 26, 2011, 07:14:37 PM
I tried to tell you that you would be disappointed.
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: Jack Daniels on April 26, 2011, 08:17:19 PM
The trouble with online battles is that there can be quite a bit of inconsistency between hosts. For example, there's a video somewhere of Scrap Daddy, Ounce, and I forget the third participant, and Scrap Daddy's machine was spinning like a top. The video showed his bot edging along the arena wall, but Scrap believed he was moving towards Ounce's bot, which was in the middle of the arena. So you and your opponent could end up with completely different outcomes.
Great.
[/sarcasm]

Even more the reason for you to stick around the forums and submit bots for tourneys instead.  Bonus points if you learn how to AI the bot.  Aw c'mon, its fun really! Trust me!
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: NFX on April 27, 2011, 04:32:22 AM
The trouble with online battles is that there can be quite a bit of inconsistency between hosts. For example, there's a video somewhere of Scrap Daddy, Ounce, and I forget the third participant, and Scrap Daddy's machine was spinning like a top. The video showed his bot edging along the arena wall, but Scrap believed he was moving towards Ounce's bot, which was in the middle of the arena. So you and your opponent could end up with completely different outcomes.
Great.
[/sarcasm]

Even more the reason for you to stick around the forums and submit bots for tourneys instead.  Bonus points if you learn how to AI the bot.  Aw c'mon, its fun really! Trust me!

It is a good deal of fun. =D If you start a showcase, members give you advice on how to improve your bots, and they will gradually become more competitive in a tournament environment as you learn various tricks. Simplest ones would probably be Stacking and the eFFe Glitch. Sage has some great tutorial videos for them, I would recommend them to literally any newcomer to the boards. And I usually do. Plus, with an AI tournament, the bots are more evenly matched, so you don't have to worry about your driving skills.
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: Scrap Daddy on April 27, 2011, 02:35:42 PM
lol regardless of the lag, online is awesome
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: R0B0SH4RK on April 27, 2011, 10:54:25 PM
^ That man speaks the truth. Sometimes lag makes everything more fun.
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: JoeBlo on April 28, 2011, 09:38:31 AM
I remember mine and Dooms online battles..

Like when on his game he pinned me against the wall and spun around in celebration...

While on my game I was taking him apart with my spinner..

Then the 2 caught up (sorta) and Doom saw his robot randomly falling apart while he was spinning around in celebration :P

Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: kill343gs on April 28, 2011, 10:20:47 AM
This talk of online makes me miss the good old days... we need to get together and play sometime.
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: Scrap Daddy on April 28, 2011, 02:27:52 PM
This talk of online makes me miss the good old days... we need to get together and play sometime.
dude me and sage and ounce and r0b0 and drier and inf used to play all the time why didn't you play
Title: Re: Anyone near San Diego?
Post by: The Ounce on April 28, 2011, 04:17:40 PM
This talk of online makes me miss the good old days... we need to get together and play sometime.
dude me and sage and ounce and r0b0 and drier and inf used to play all the time why didn't you play
Yeah, good times.  We definitely should have some online battles soon.  Not today though: I'm busy.