So last night I thought about what makes a signature bot. As in, what are some of the qualities I'd want in my signature bot? Well, first of all, I'd want it to remind people of me...I don't want anyone to see it and go "Hey that looks like a bot Pwnator would build!". I decided that I was pretty much known for no bots other than lightweights, so...I decided I was going to build a lightweight. But, what else makes a signature bot? It has to be unique was another point I came up with...not something people have seen a million times before. That's
boring. Of course, while being unique, it has to be effective at the same time; this is the kind of bot I'd want to consider entering into tournaments, and I don't mean the in-game ones with the Stock AI. So with my checklist ready, I set out to make my bot...but after I was done, I realized, a signature bot needs a cool name and texture. This was definitely the hardest part of making my signature bot...I couldn't find or make any good textures or come up with a good name at first. I pulled through in the end, though, and this is what I came up with:
Trine was a cool little HS I built with DSA and a Nifty, as it only needed to power 4 RADs...but apparently it ran out of power too quickly, so I rebuilt the chassis to fit in a Supervolt. Insides:
The RADs spin faster because of the SnapperII, and Trine is weaponed with two Irons and four Razors as well as DSA. So I built a nice bot. Was I done? I wanted to make sure I was truly satisfied with my to-be signature bot...so I took it out for a spin with Starcore AI v4, and LOVED how it performed. If I ever wanted to know how a bot was built and its extender setup and whatnot, I could just battle it with Trine, because it literally dismantled every single bot it came across. I made an album of some good dismantling memories of some battles:
Trine and me dismantling Billy Goat Gruff because I wanted to find out why the wedge was attached in such a weird way.
Happy times dismantling Tempus Fugit. (DANGIT TRINE YOU MISSED A WHEEL AGAIN
)
A nice picnic with Eagle Borg Scout. He lost all of his 9 razors and I lost 1.
(41-second dismantling, that's a new record for Trine! :D)
It was actually after I tried it out that I understood how Trine was so successful in its battles - the bottom tribar, being placed extremely low to the ground, went under most other chassi or at least other spinners to attack the chassis directly on HS, while the top one aimed for exposed motors like on v4 Cyclone or Sentinel Observer, or just simply the chassis. I <3 this bot, and I'll somehow make it my signature in the future. You'll find your signature bot someday too if you just believe!
So anyway that's my new bot Trine with a bit of a backstory for your enjoyment. As you can see it beats Starcore v4 AI with ease and I really like it. Plus, it's a LW HS that's actually unique, what more could you ask for?
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