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« on: September 15, 2019, 06:40:00 PM »
Guess what boys, we're
OP updated and signups closed!
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« on: September 15, 2019, 06:13:38 PM »
I can host
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« on: September 15, 2019, 07:57:51 AM »
Right, hello! I really appreciate this insight so thanks for your efforts.
- The community being seen in a negative/positive light is interesting. I know there are those who view GTM as "toxic" and those who are fine with it. I have been in touch with Yugitom as a GTM/GWars representative as well as Mystrsyko to try and bridge stuff in those areas. More work will be going into this alongside other communities and people.
- I would love to hear people's ideas on how to improve GTM's look! Please get in touch.
- Looking at ideas to try and encourage people to post here more. Been talking with Hop on this topic. We need GTM as it is where the downloads and the history is.
- Tournaments: ah yes, I brought this up before in the "Ra2 is sucky" topic. We need more tournaments, especially smaller ones. I do have a big idea to try and encourage people to host but it'll take a lot of planning.
- The fracturing of the userbase is an interesting one. Sure a lot of the active GTM users use OW/PWS but these servers were never ment to replace GTM.
Again, thank you for this: as mentioned, I do have ideas for improvements but don't want to rush them out. I'm also here to listen to anything you guys want to contribute, can't promise it'll be implemented but I'll damn well listen. Drop me a DM or whatever.
Cheers!
On the point of getting people to post on GTM more, I think we should look at the unique stuff GTM can do, such as BOTM or challenges belts. Both these monthly events have been in a pretty bad/nonexistent state for a decent while, however with some rethinking I think they could be a good draw for people to use the site and the forums. In specific, BOTM is a bit of a mess right now as it's basically a free for all. Going back to either the old system of enforcing a theme, or FOTEPX's system of having your bots entered through posting in a showcase (which would also help the lack of bots being showcased) would benefit it I think. We don't need multiple categories, there's not enough content and DSL IRL is the only thing people play anymore RE: The challenge belt, honestly I think it's fine to just restart as a monthly DSL-IRL mini tournament with changing arenas and weightclasses. We just need a dedicated host, and maybe admin support to give a forum award to the current holder couldn't hurt either.
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« on: September 14, 2019, 06:02:26 PM »
Hopefully this can kickstart the process of healing GTM's reputation between communities. I'll be watching with interest as to how Orc will approach the role of admin. Congrats, by the way!
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« on: September 14, 2019, 03:26:02 PM »
obviously stuff like OW and PWS can't be given that same treatment nor should they
dunno bout that one chief, they should've been the first ones to go screw the discord zoomers
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« on: September 14, 2019, 04:57:00 AM »
i could give it a shot maybe if no one else wants to step forward
i can't do a worse job than trov did 
Looking forward to GTM being moved over to tapatalk
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« on: September 13, 2019, 05:46:13 PM »
as a """boomer"""" I hate the fact I have to join a new discord server for like every god damn tournament to know whats even going on but that's just me
****ing this
I wouldn't mind if GTM weren't the only place to go for RA2 if I didn't have to go on a scavenger hunt to find the other ones. I swear the OW and PWS servers aren't public and they're apparently the most thriving places for RA2. I could be wrong by now (since I last checked) but I just can't be arsed to check and go on said scavenger hunt. I don't know how the current community puts up with it.
pretty much anyone who is remotely active and not a complete idiot/reject/boomer is on those servers (which tbh theres only like 2 or 3 major ones)
Doesn't make it much better. It's also not great for newbs that stumble upon GTM, only to find a super quiet forum and maybe a dead discord server link.
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« on: September 13, 2019, 04:51:13 PM »
Good to see ya around, yugi as a """boomer"""" I hate the fact I have to join a new discord server for like every god damn tournament to know whats even going on but that's just me
****ing this
I wouldn't mind if GTM weren't the only place to go for RA2 if I didn't have to go on a scavenger hunt to find the other ones. I swear the OW and PWS servers aren't public and they're apparently the most thriving places for RA2. I could be wrong by now (since I last checked) but I just can't be arsed to check and go on said scavenger hunt. I don't know how the current community puts up with it.
qft
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« on: September 13, 2019, 04:15:48 PM »
Also what happened to the dicksword?
Apparently Geice nuked it for the epic lulz Also also, wtf happened to this place in general
it died
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« on: September 12, 2019, 12:30:00 PM »
The issue is the people who have the time to run things are probably the exact people we don't want running things.
I think this applies for most online community admin applications in general. The kind of person who volunteers to give their free time to moderate the community is probably the kind of person you don't want to be giving any power. See: all of Reddit
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« on: September 12, 2019, 07:39:31 AM »
outsource it to india
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« on: September 09, 2019, 07:03:14 AM »
That's a great bot for a newbie. A bit plain, but very neatly laid out with a well done weapon system. I really like how you're themeing your showcase too. Keep up the good work!
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« on: September 05, 2019, 11:17:34 PM »
Stop what youre doing and think about why this will not work
Explain why not, apart from some replicas being made better than others
my guy, did you not read a single one of the replies to this thread?
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« on: September 05, 2019, 03:10:10 AM »
Suggestion - IRL Parsec as a 4th "meta"/subtournament
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« on: September 05, 2019, 01:24:54 AM »
Thanks, boomer
Honestly Kill was right when he tried to make GTM more of a hugbox. Maybe the best idea would be to move all the RA2 (or just IRL?) stuff to a new/different community that's more friendly and not stuck on an archaic communication format. The splintering of communities is already an issue (cheers Orc), if GTM isn't a suitable hub for everything RA2 anymore, for whatever reasons, then maybe a new one is needed. Having everything decentralised is bad for almost everyone, and it feels like GTM has become toxic or at least nonessential to the continuation of RA2.
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« on: September 04, 2019, 03:49:34 AM »
Ironforge is literally only played by Reier. DSL should be used for Standard.
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« on: September 02, 2019, 02:03:52 AM »
RE weapon balancing: It's so difficult to perfectly balance weapons, it not just a linear weight:damage scale you can adhere to. The mesh is such a big deal, and it's effect on balancing is unquantifiable, so you can't solve the balancing issue with spreadsheets unless you feel like removing a load of components to make a tiny mesh pool like IF.
Btw thanks for this iteration of the bi-yearly doompost. Let me know if there's a rota for it or something.
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« on: August 25, 2019, 02:16:41 PM »
what the **** that beta rep in particular is mental. You have some crazy talent my guy and you're wasting it on obscure battlebots games lol.
But yeah it's all sick great work boss.
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« on: August 19, 2019, 04:31:53 AM »
I like the song choice for the first round.
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« on: August 18, 2019, 05:24:32 PM »
Heat E of Deathmatch 4 is now up!
Apologies for this being up here late. Had a pretty busy evening yesterday.
Qualifier 1: (Match Rating: 3/5) - This match I remember getting quite a few havoks for, and I think most of which I can blame on The Machine. Lucklily this fight was rather one-sided in Duality's favor for the judge's decision, so nothing particularly difficult. Also, just to note now, Duality now can push with its back wedge once the front weaponry gets broken off. I love Apanx's bot exporter. I couldn't get it to work for the longest time, and I'm so happy now since I can actually get the specific quirky AI .pys to finally work! :D
Qualifier 2: (Match Rating: 4/5) - Due to multibot ruling, Pure Abuse could only fight with one of the twins. But this fight was hectic. Lots of parts being taken off of everything, and luck was in favor for Solar Storm, as both Kopter and Pure Abuse was counted out before Solar Storm got mangled.
Redemption Battle 1: (Match Rating: 3/5) - Okay, I dunno how the music got so loud here, but regardless this is where the twins really shined. Poor Cruor wasn't fast enough to flank either of the twins make a statement.
Redemption Battle 2: (Match Rating: 3/5) - This fight was actually close. While Machine spent most of the time in the first half pushing around Kopter being incredibly aggressive, Kopter really took the second half with Damage, and for control, I had to give the nod to Kopter for being slightly more controlled. Again, this was hella close.
Semi-Final 1: (Match Rating: 3/5) - Oh boy, this match. Another close fight here. Firstly, I probably could've counted out Kopter, after closer inspection, Duality did kinda keep nudging Kopter while it was on its back, and I knew in testing Kopter was capable of self-righting. The decision itself was close cause while Kopter took Damage and Duality took Aggression, Both bots were in a close stage of being out of control, and towards the end, it's where Duality lacked it the most. Sheesh. Two close decisions in a row, and coincidentally, both have had my bot coming out from the skin of its teeth. I feel I might get scolded for that, but I'll do my damndest to certainly be fair as possible. And that's my word.
Semi-Final 2: (Match Rating: 3/5) - The previous champion wasn't capable of taking on the twins as they took full advantage and tossed around Solar Storm. Shame too, I was hoping Solar Storm was going to make a comeback someday.
Heat Final: (Match Rating: 4/5) - A short, but quite a thrilling fight I must say. I was almost certain Kopter was going to get it's ass kicked by the Pure Abuse twins, but sure enough, the blade had some power in it, so it can actually take the twins out. Yay, I finally won a heat! It took me four series, but my God, I'm finally glad I can actually say that! Couldn't have got more unlucky w/ matchups and how the rumble played out. Oh well. Karma for entering such a sh**bot lul
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