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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Sign Ups Open!)
« Reply #20 on: May 13, 2020, 10:39:05 PM »
Yo we got TWO ENTRIES left. Enter while you can
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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Sign Ups Open!)
« Reply #21 on: May 14, 2020, 12:03:13 AM »
I'm in.  heck
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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Sign Ups Open!)
« Reply #22 on: May 14, 2020, 12:04:13 AM »
I shouldn't have come here

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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Sign Ups Open!)
« Reply #23 on: May 14, 2020, 01:00:53 AM »
One entry left!
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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Sign Ups Open!)
« Reply #24 on: May 14, 2020, 09:49:00 AM »
I was hoping to enter, but decided not to due to having recording for my own tournament plus lack of familiarity w/ IF and DSL-S.

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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Sign Ups Open!)
« Reply #25 on: May 15, 2020, 03:49:05 PM »
Sign Ups are now closed! SBV Soon.
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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Splashes)
« Reply #26 on: May 15, 2020, 05:52:19 PM »
Splashes are here!

 
Alien Pitchfork.png

 
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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Splashes Available!)
« Reply #27 on: May 15, 2020, 06:30:57 PM »
(post your splash on the front page too champ, it'll get buried here)

predictions

Alien Pitchfork (Kid Delta): Looks fast and tough but I think it'll get deweaponed easy and just kinda spaz for the rest of the match.
Chop Chop (Botbuster): holy nuts that looks unstable. i feel like it's not even going to get super big hits in because it looks difficult to hit anything with the weapon with how far forward the treads are. I kinda dig it though for some reason. nice paint job obv.
Dragonfly (Kelimpel): its getting there but i still think the weapon placement is real clunky and will hurt it. the wedge looks really bad. i could still see it do some decent damage.
Golden Eyes (Cringey): i think this one is getting there too but it's a bit strange with some of the priorities (like the super heavy plows that probably won't do much?). I think it will get deweaponed quickly and have a very hard time keeping opponents on the narrow wedge.
Grill Snake (NeonCalypso): i could see it doing well in the combat arena. one of the stronger entries imo. no weaknesses that are too glaring.
HUGE (NH the introvert): points for effort but i see it doing poor damage even if it gets people up that real janky wedge (which won't happen). is it underweight?
Iron Beast 2 (MNB): looks pretty solid but I definitely would have lowered the plow strength and gotten more weapons on there. I also really question the logic of the saws. I think it looks good though.
Iron Ostrich (Hard Bot): haha i like it. the damage will likely be pretty poor and good lord that turnspeed but it's a fun idea. i hope it does well. hopefully it doesn't lose by points.
Killswitch (Thatdiscord): simple and solid. could do more damage if the weapons were angled up individually though imo. at least you rotated them, it should help. good weapon count too. gets my approval.
Nuclear Load Vega (Reier): wedge might suck who knows. i should have entered something more zany but i was lazy and didn't want to build anything original  :dumb) winning ai battles in ra2 is basically a coinflip anyway I should have done a crazier entry. oh well
Osprey (8bean): get em beano. i still think it's too tough and not damaging enough but its not bad at all.
Ravage (Sickle Robotics): I could see it do well too (lots of jugglers my goodness) but I think this one also needed a weapon position tweak. it can't hurt to angle them up either. you could also get a lighter plow and use the weight elsewhere. still not bad at all.
Sharp Shadow (Badnik): i think this one could be really dangerous. or the wedge will fail. time will tell.
Sun Bear (Geice): if i cared about winning i would have entered one of these ;)
Tracker (Plerco): basic but solid. not a lot else I can say. probably would have helped to widen the chassis a bit but I doubt it'll be too much of an issue.
Bone Jaw 2 (Nary): i think it looks pretty good old man. not sure you need that many sickles but i doubt it's that big of a deal. i'm looking forward to seeing it fight. i think the hammers might be amputated pretty quick though against all the jugglers and VS and stuff, I hope it has the sustain to win with just a ramming rack. 



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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Splashes Available!)
« Reply #28 on: May 15, 2020, 06:43:01 PM »
Sun Bear (Geice): if i cared about winning i would have entered one of these ;)
i mean, you sent a wedged gutripper with the exactly the same weapons. that's not really any better chief
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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Splashes Available!)
« Reply #29 on: May 15, 2020, 06:45:04 PM »
Sun Bear (Geice): if i cared about winning i would have entered one of these ;)
i mean, you sent a wedged gutripper with the exactly the same weapons. that's not really any better chief
yea im a bad boy. i guess i meant i would have built one. i had NL lying around and i didnt have to do anything :mrgreen:
but bold claim about wedges. wedges are a huge gamble
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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Splashes Available!)
« Reply #30 on: May 15, 2020, 10:32:50 PM »
Sun Bear (Geice): if i cared about winning i would have entered one of these ;)
i mean, you sent a wedged gutripper with the exactly the same weapons. that's not really any better chief
yea im a bad boy. i guess i meant i would have built one. i had NL lying around and i didnt have to do anything :mrgreen:
but bold claim about wedges. wedges are a huge gamble
all I'm trying to say is that for someone who hates wedges, it seems odds that you have a hateboner for the handful of meta designs that don't rely on wedge rng and can actually counter some gutrippers. i don't deny that they're uninspired or unoriginal, but they're not invincible insta-win designs with no counters
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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Bracket)
« Reply #31 on: May 15, 2020, 11:03:23 PM »
Bracket For Frontlines!
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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Splashes Available!)
« Reply #32 on: May 15, 2020, 11:34:14 PM »
Sun Bear (Geice): if i cared about winning i would have entered one of these ;)
i mean, you sent a wedged gutripper with the exactly the same weapons. that's not really any better chief
yea im a bad boy. i guess i meant i would have built one. i had NL lying around and i didnt have to do anything :mrgreen:
but bold claim about wedges. wedges are a huge gamble
all I'm trying to say is that for someone who hates wedges, it seems odds that you have a hateboner for the handful of meta designs that don't rely on wedge rng and can actually counter some gutrippers. i don't deny that they're uninspired or unoriginal, but they're not invincible insta-win designs with no counters
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i dont hate wedgeless VS nor did i say they are insta-win
i also don't hate wedges. I just don't like how random they are. you pretty much just roll a dice when you stick wedges on for how good they're gonna be.
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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Bracket Available!)
« Reply #33 on: May 17, 2020, 01:55:51 AM »
oof that bracket is literally full of VS, i don't see how I can win more than one fight lol

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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Bracket Available!)
« Reply #34 on: May 17, 2020, 04:14:55 AM »
oof that bracket is literally full of VS, i don't see how I can win more than one fight lol
Real chads make bots that aren't jugglers in Ironforge.
I literally forgot to add underarmor to APF, Which you know is kinda required against Verts most of the time
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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Bracket Available!)
« Reply #35 on: May 18, 2020, 02:26:49 AM »
oof that bracket is literally full of VS, i don't see how I can win more than one fight lol
Real chads make bots that aren't jugglers in Ironforge.
I literally forgot to add underarmor to APF, Which you know is kinda required against Verts most of the time
Yeah, I know hammer is the manliest choice. Though I'm just going to get rekt, I think, unless I manage to outdamage VS with my wamming rack, which I doubt. Oh well, metagame blindness :P

I'm not so sure under armor would help that much against vertical spinners. Gutripping ones for sure. Otherwise... well, the big spinners will just flip you with a hit and make your under armor only absorb a small fraction of the hits.

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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Bracket Available!)
« Reply #36 on: May 18, 2020, 02:37:42 AM »
I'm not so sure under armor would help that much against vertical spinners. Gutripping ones for sure. Otherwise... well, the big spinners will just flip you with a hit and make your under armor only absorb a small fraction of the hits.

actually it might be pretty useful. crushing teeth take forever to get rid of a dark armor panel
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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Splashes Available!)
« Reply #37 on: May 18, 2020, 08:09:10 PM »

Iron Beast 2 (MNB): looks pretty solid but I definitely would have lowered the plow strength and gotten more weapons on there. I also really question the logic of the saws. I think it looks good though.


Yeeeah, I always end up over-armoring and under-weaponizing my Ironforge bots. I get distracted by the big sexy HP numbers and how cool heater plows look I guess.
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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Splashes Available!)
« Reply #38 on: May 19, 2020, 01:28:12 PM »

Iron Beast 2 (MNB): looks pretty solid but I definitely would have lowered the plow strength and gotten more weapons on there. I also really question the logic of the saws. I think it looks good though.


Yeeeah, I always end up over-armoring and under-weaponizing my Ironforge bots. I get distracted by the big sexy HP numbers and how cool heater plows look I guess.

Does it have a topless woman on the bottom ?

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Re: Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Splashes Available!)
« Reply #39 on: May 19, 2020, 03:47:02 PM »

Iron Beast 2 (MNB): looks pretty solid but I definitely would have lowered the plow strength and gotten more weapons on there. I also really question the logic of the saws. I think it looks good though.


Yeeeah, I always end up over-armoring and under-weaponizing my Ironforge bots. I get distracted by the big sexy HP numbers and how cool heater plows look I guess.

Does it have a topless woman on the bottom ?
No,the skin import button wasn't working.  :(
im just waiting for meganerdbomb to come along and kick things into gear.