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Contests / Re: VOTE BOTM FEB 2018

« on: January 31, 2018, 07:06:09 PM »

We've seen 2 before

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Olister92's DSL showcase

« on: January 31, 2018, 02:25:09 PM »

Pretty nice actually, great job on that flipper. You could probably get away with Ti5 and use the weight to add some plating on the sides to protect the wheels. But it's a great bot and I hope to see you improve it in how you see fit

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Tournament Archives / Re: Robot Arena Invitational

« on: January 31, 2018, 12:59:38 PM »

Hmm intriguing... seems like a fun and novel idea

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Hoppin's Robots that are DSL

« on: January 31, 2018, 06:53:25 AM »

Enhh, I prefer the CW version. Please tell me the HW version's called "Cold Fusion"?

Fission for now. But maybe I'll do something like dsc did  with carbonize and make a frosty version.

It looks really nice. Gives off a real mean vibe, and it seems like it'll be a beast in combat. Not a big fan of the color scheme, but that's more of a "me" thing. And how's its speed? I can't really tell its drive from the pictures.

Thank you, the colour is meant to be giving off a metallic/cold steel vibe so I think it hits it rather well. And the drivr is NPC fast so its pretty nippy for a HW.

It would look cooler if it the metal had a sheen to it but RA2 limitations. It looks like another beast of a bot to stay well clear of

Its a shame I know. But I might do some skinning on the front panels.Like Badnik reommended

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Hoppin's Robots that are DSL

« on: January 31, 2018, 05:15:45 AM »

It looks really nice. Gives off a real mean vibe, and it seems like it'll be a beast in combat. Not a big fan of the color scheme, but that's more of a "me" thing. And how's its speed? I can't really tell its drive from the pictures.

Thank you, the colour is meant to be giving off a metallic/cold steel vibe so I think it hits it rather well. And the drivr is NPC fast so its pretty nippy for a HW.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Hoppin's Robots that are DSL

« on: January 30, 2018, 08:47:29 PM »

HW version of Fusion. Fission 790.2

Pls more than 1 person give feedback kthxbye<3

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Pokébros DSL TipSite

« on: January 30, 2018, 02:29:40 PM »

Boi I got some more bots!
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White light: Originally intended to be a HW but was able to fit him into a CW. Titanium armour panels all round the body with exception of the back.
Bill Nye The spinning guy: So after going up against and losing to a full body spinner each tournament i've been in I decided to build my own. I don't know if this is good or bad for a full body spinner so experienced players will need to help me
Holy Shunt: I love Gabriel so I tried to replicate him with an extender bot. I don't have an internal pic although there is no need as most of the internals that are necessary are already in the bot, so instead have a screen shot of him killing eye stabber

For your shell spinner I recommend you remove the beaters and give it a more powerful motor, like a 6 mag

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Olister92's DSL showcase

« on: January 29, 2018, 05:07:35 PM »

As you have 2 reds. 1 red will go to the drive and 1 will go for the storm, which isn't enough.

You were right, I shouldn't have questioned you. I hang my head in shame and also make changes
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Now I feel bad, its a great bot none the less, just battery was a concern. But now that bot looks great.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Olister92's DSL showcase

« on: January 29, 2018, 04:10:44 PM »

Crappy splash alert!
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That's rather neat actually, but you don't have enought battery life, I actually recommend turning the the storm into a vdma and then adding more batteries.

I did seriously consider using a normal VDMA but this seemed a bit more outrageous, as for the batteries I though 2 reds would be plenty for a 3 minute bout. Then again it hasn't been battle tested at all yet

As you have 2 reds. 1 red will go to the drive and 1 will go for the storm, which isn't enough.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Olister92's DSL showcase

« on: January 29, 2018, 04:01:22 PM »

Crappy splash alert!
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That's rather neat actually, but you don't have enought battery life, I actually recommend turning the the storm into a vdma and then adding more batteries.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Hoppin's Robots that are DSL

« on: January 29, 2018, 03:41:41 PM »

That is one mean looking drum spinner, are those large drums?

They're Mediums

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Hoppin's Robots that are DSL

« on: January 29, 2018, 03:22:50 PM »

Fusion 597.5

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Hoppin's Robots that are DSL

« on: January 29, 2018, 01:44:26 PM »

Neat, I love the wheelguards. I guess it's more of a tornado-style pushbot than a flipper in practice tough?

Thanks man, yea, the goal is to push them around and using a combination of the flipper and momentum turn them over

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Hoppin's Robots that are DSL

« on: January 28, 2018, 07:34:34 PM »

Titan. 800.0. Also tried making an overhead bar spinner but that ain't happening for awhile.

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Off-Topic Discussion / Re: The General Chatter Thread - Deadgenocide's account of the week edition

« on: January 28, 2018, 07:22:11 PM »

hey can I get uhhh my monthy GTM news/drama update

GTMCS2 started, some new people joined. And we're all stilling waiting for International Wars...

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Challenge Board / Re: Challenge Belt - January 2018

« on: January 27, 2018, 01:30:59 PM »

I feel that the challenge belt in it's current state has overlooked the communities trends, such as the rise of IRL and that no one tends to do challenges anymore. However, I don't believe implementing IRL is a solution until we change solve the dispute of what classifies as IRL (Mystic is currently looking at creating a document for potential rule sets, etc for IRL. Which we can either adjust or use. Found here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N5zeHUZg6Eo2rY-FnhRNwp4S1Rrd79_ZQgURy5ha-wg/edit).
What I do believe is that the barrier of entry is too high due to no one being interested in the challenge board.
It is important to make the meta and weightclass feasible to new player who'd like to get into the meta, GTMCS2 did a great job of getting new players to build in metas which they hadn't tried before.
Not only that I also feel that it doesn't feel official enough, it feels really last minute and not announced enough, I often forget it exists.
This are issues which were also reflected when I asked the GTM members over at A Heap of Land.

My idea so far:
Create a system like how CSGO sorts their pro teams
Legends, Returning Challengers and New challengers.

Allow me to explain how this'll fit into a challenge belt system.
"Challengers" will have no entry requirement, meaning that the whole community would have access to it. Here I believe having easy to create weight classes and some intermediate ones will be helpful as it can get people into the metas.
So it acts like a beginners place.

"Legends" however, will be the big league so to speak. The entry requirements could be that they either win a "Challengers" tourney or Top [Insert number here]. In this tourney the meta and weightclass would be more for advanced users. For the first run of "Legends" notable players (Reier, Thyrus, Badger, Pwnator and Sage as some examples imo)  and previous Challenge belt holders.... so just Dreamcast would be automatically eligible.

If you have any ideas for the system yourself, please share them.

Overall I feel that the challenge belt cuts out a large proportion of the community due to it's behind bars entry requirements and its lack of accessibility to players looking to get into it. GTM is a community forum and should be aiming to support the communities interests and help out players who seek to improve their skills and compete with other players.

Edit: Linked Mystic's document

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Tournament Archives / Re: Orc's Wars

« on: January 26, 2018, 01:49:49 PM »

HYPE! After doing poorly with money bags I hope I'm more successful here. Also are we going to get any side events because I think having cruiser, middle or super heavy weight competition would be sweet

Like last time, there will be a Lightweight, Middleweight and Super Heavyweight competition. And I believe there will be a Challenge Belt, Tag Team Terror and a World Champion. But Orc can correct me if Im incorrect

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Hoppin's Robots that are DSL

« on: January 26, 2018, 01:40:03 PM »

I think somewhere LRA2 just kinda winced. What size bursts have you got in there?

Mediums.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Hoppin's Robots that are DSL

« on: January 26, 2018, 01:21:37 PM »

5 Bursts.... again.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: 8bean's IRL Showcase!

« on: January 25, 2018, 07:13:40 PM »

Nice bots here, the first of which beat me. looking at purple nurple, I think you should try to get a 6 mag in the bot instead of a perm. Then you can mold the body to the same width of the batteries and NPC fasts. as for the bar, frenzy hammers make it look different, but you can go with a 50x250 or longer bar with large typhoon teeth.

As for mustard. like neon said you'll need better support for the weapon. Overall I'd just try to make the chassis as compact as you can, this will save you weight in which you can apply better plating. Also hinge your wedges, they'll be much more effective.

Great bots overall, interested to see how you can improve and I certainly hope to get my revenge on Purple Nurple 

General tip for showcases, try not to make your bot image so small, really makes it difficult to see the details.