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DSL TC Showcases / Re: F1Krazy's DSL Showcase

« on: October 05, 2016, 10:11:39 AM »

Have to stop by and acknowledge that Vertigo has been one of my favorite entries in Redditbots since the first photos of the bots were posted there.

I'm excited to see it in action!

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: That Time FaceBagman Tried DSL

« on: October 05, 2016, 10:01:37 AM »

Looks pretty neat. With the DSL bars sticking out of the sides, and the clock face on the top, it kinda looks like a wristwatch.

What kind of armour does it have? If it's tough enough then a few axe blows shouldn't be a problem. Otherwise you'll have to be on the lookout for Deathstalker

Thanks! That's absolutely what I was going for. :)

Iirc the armor is Titanium, though I can't for the life of me recall which one. It can take some punishment though and it's best defense will obviously be to keep the weapon moving to hopefully deflect an opposing hammerbot when it's smartzone tells the AI to fire the axe/hammer.

In a 1-on-1, I think it could do some work. The qualifiers will be a challenge just because it could get ganged up on or the recoil from landing a big hit could send it into the pit if it's unlucky. Hoping neither of those scenarios occur, but that's just the nature of the game.

Also, Deathstalker's pretty rad. I downloaded and played around with it a bit and it's a quick little sonofagun. Cool use of the Vlad piece as a tail too! :)

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DSL TC Showcases / That Time FaceBagman Tried DSL

« on: October 05, 2016, 09:25:29 AM »

First, a major thank you to all of you for inspiring me to join and get back into this game. I'm fairly sure I have negative artistic/creative talent, but I enjoy giving this stuff a shot anyways and I'm always looking for advice and ways to improve what I'm building technically and aesthetically.

So since my joining this site kicked off with entering a tournament right off the bat, here's the Cruiserweight that will be repping me in GTM Robot Wars, Witching Hour:

Witching Hour
"Ring" Spinner
Weight: 593.00

As far as ways to improve it for the future, I definitely need to get better at extender-work. It also has some trouble maneuvering when cornered, but that may have more to do with the AI I've been playing around with? When I've taken it for a whirl, it's not nearly as sluggish/awkward.

Also, watching it Mauler dance is amazing.    My goal was to make a bot that could pull the dance off and still keep on moving when inverted. From that standpoint, I'm incredibly pleased with how it turned out. I think it actually hits a little harder and lower when inverted, oddly enough. Makes it naturally very successful against flippers but it's obvious weakness is to well-timed hammers and any spinner with better mallets that can out-range it.

The full HW version is a complete rebuild with a larger frame, a different drive-setup, and panel-work around the ring. I may enter it in a future Redditbots tournament under the name "Forever Midnight" if the current tourney there is popular enough to guarantee it.

Eager for any advice anyone has!

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Tournament Archives / Re: GTM Robot Wars - Signups

« on: October 02, 2016, 11:17:35 AM »

Loooong time lurker and entered the Redditbots tournament that's taking place soon. Finally signed up just to give this a shot! Sending something asap

Also, you're all pretty awesome people