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Off-Topic Discussion / Re: Emoji Grand Championship

« on: September 27, 2019, 10:16:14 PM »

 

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Contests / Re: Vote BOTM October IRL

« on: September 27, 2019, 10:15:20 PM »

#3 has the best looking splash and bot imo

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Creativity Showcase / Re: reier makes pictures

« on: September 22, 2019, 12:07:00 AM »

hey all. i don't like advertising but I thought I'd mention I got the first chapter of my comic up on amazon. feel free to check it out if you're interested. it's on paperback and the kindle that i'm sure every single one of you owns.

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Ironforge TC Showcases / Re: The Mighty Reier's "legal monopoly on this meta" Ironforge extravaganza

« on: September 21, 2019, 02:57:38 AM »

thank you my single fan

yet another ye olde cool machine that needed a sparkle upgrade

i'd be interested to see how this would do in a tournament. bit squirly to drive but i just get a kick out of it with the nutso chassis

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Tournament Archives / Re: CENTAURI 3 - Online Tournament | SBV

« on: September 21, 2019, 12:14:07 AM »

2nd round (Winners 2/Losers 1) added.
down to 6 competitors left!

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Tournament Archives / Re: Boomer Brawl SBV 👴👊

« on: September 19, 2019, 12:54:13 PM »

lmao poor sm

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Tournament Archives / Re: CENTAURI 3 - Online Tournament | SBV

« on: September 19, 2019, 12:41:24 PM »

unfortunately we had some lag issues this time around unlike all the other times. apparently parsec has upped their bandwidth requirements since i last hosted. we still have quite a few good matches but regrettably you can tell some people were struggling. to my knowledge we've never had any major lag issues until now even though nothing had changed on my end.

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Ironforge TC Showcases / Re: The Mighty Reier's "pls like and subscribe :gawe:" Ironforge extravaganza

« on: September 18, 2019, 11:32:58 PM »

ye and nobody commented

aslo new paintjob 

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Ironforge TC Showcases / Re: The Mighty Reier's "pls like and subscribe :gawe:" Ironforge extravaganza

« on: September 18, 2019, 09:44:31 PM »

o my goooodnezzz DOS BOTTUS??
reier, is this christmas?
no, it's september 18.
now known as the DAY OF RECKONING

aw yea. cmon replica builders 1v1 me behind the swings after school
so this is more or less an updated version of Nuclear Load which imo is better overall but especially for pvp. not that the old one was bad by any means. basically NL has this weird hybrid VS/HS/FS weapon system which i'm a bit amazed more bots haven't tried cause it's really fantastic imo. The new weapon loadout with the small teeth and beaters really add a decent amount of damage compared to just using big teeth, however, I feel the big teeth are often better in pvp because each individual tooth can take a larger burst of initial damage and hence won't gyro and ruin the wedge quality quite as easily.
stock-esque 4wd, helps a lot in pvp as well because you do not want to lose a wheel when driving against a human opponent and having 4 makes it a lot safer in case one gets ripped off. also looks pretty rad imo.
pretty small and nimble to avoid hazards. self-rights easily too. tough armor. really happy with it overall.


thoughts?

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Tournament Archives / Re: CENTAURI 3 - Online Tournament | SBV

« on: September 18, 2019, 09:35:27 PM »

round 1 up boys

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Challenge Board / Re: Badger vs Code Red [IF HW]

« on: September 18, 2019, 12:44:33 AM »

ayyyy lookin forward to it

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Ironforge TC Showcases / Re: The Mighty Reier's "pls like and subscribe :gawe:" Ironforge extravaganza

« on: September 16, 2019, 11:06:57 PM »

i suppose so. but thats why you got cheese like this!!!!

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a hush falls over the crowd. what is it? can it be? not only has Rieir, our glorious savior, graced us with his presence - but LO--
the commoners struggle to make out the silhouette of the machine... they have never seen anything like it. is that-- no, it couldn't be... could the legends be true?

could this be the first STANDARD bot seen in generations??


but it coo cause it a coo botto

so yea this was one of my first ironforge bots and i recently touched it up and gave it a brand spankin new coat of the ol greased lightning. basically aneurysm is designed to be as durable as possible while still doing decent damage. plastic 10 armor and all the dark plates mean this thing is a pain in the booty to KO for most bots. this setup in particular is designed for multiplayer hence the extra batteries and dualbird drive, hopefully allowing me a fighting chance against hammers and other bots that counter this design. it also gives it great pushing power if we are using an arena with pits or hazards (which in pvp you better be). the lack of a wedge isn't quite as big of a deal in pvp in my experience and the weapon placement allows it to do damage even if outwedged anyway.

but man i just like how it looks. it's probably my favorite bot i've ever made and i just geek out showing it off. really happy with it overall even if its not objectively the strongest machine ever made.

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Ironforge TC Showcases / Re: Sickle robotics ironforge showcase.

« on: September 16, 2019, 09:23:59 PM »

I think it's really close. weapon is great for a LW, good amount of teeth and design of the weapon itself. chassis design is good overall and the dark plate will help a lot.

without internals it's hard to know what's in there but some things I would suggest:
one carbatt and 1 duracel minimum. 2 nifities will give you the amps you need but last a much shorter time, too short imo. a carbatt and a nifty can be really great, but anything more than that is overkill imo.
your wheels are pretty exposed and are probably your main weakness. it's also an easy spot for an HS to hit your chassis and destroy you.
you should probably stick a ballast or two in there just to give yourself more stability. the first 4 ballasts don't count towards your weight limit (eg with 2 ballasts its legal for your LW to weigh 225kg).
RC drive (I assume it has this?) might be a bit weak but YMMV.

overall good job definitely can see the improvement since your last few bots.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: TheRoboteer's Hit or Miss DSL Showcase

« on: September 16, 2019, 05:39:02 PM »

not bad. it's pretty tough to make clean linework with angled panels. wheel covers are nice.
i do feel like one other color in small places would help the scheme a lot, it seems a bit too monochromatic imo. something like you had on the VS.

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Ironforge TC Showcases / Re: The Mighty Reier's "pls like and subscribe :gawe:" Ironforge extravaganza

« on: September 16, 2019, 05:17:43 PM »

pizzazz time

coolest flipper EVER?????? vote now
yea so i was just messing around and this thing fell on my lap. isn't particularly strong but dang do i like how it looks. was thinking something along the lines of St. Agro where it has a flipper on the top and bottom. doesn't necessarily launch opponents high as much as waaaay behind it. the icepicks keep it from getting stuck on its back and look pretty metal~~

bonus points for non-locked treads. works pretty decent actually.

post to keep gtm alive 

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Sickle’s unoriginal DSL Builds

« on: September 16, 2019, 05:00:10 PM »

looks pretty good. i worry a bit that the weapons attached so close to the shell might not have quite enough reach. also if this thing is inverted it'll be way weaker. not too bad other than that 

i like the FS above better actually. bottom wedge setup looks better. the weapon design is all right but i feel you need more weapons total. pretty solid.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: RedAce's DSL Showcase

« on: September 16, 2019, 04:01:28 PM »

normally not a huge fan of red and green but you pulled it off well. gj

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Off-Topic Discussion / Re: BOTM and Challenge Belt Feedback

« on: September 16, 2019, 01:43:25 AM »

Just gonna say I liked the FOTEPEX botm (makes people actually want to post on showcases)

And a Parsec companion belt for metas other than irl would be sweet

That would mean that other people would need to play other metas, and i remember some challenge belts where only one person entered because it was something something unrealistic

see, this shallow fatalistic attitude is the exact stuff we are trying to avoid. no one is forcing you to do anything. stop taking a dump on other people trying to improve the forum.

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Off-Topic Discussion / Re: BOTM and Challenge Belt Feedback

« on: September 15, 2019, 11:09:47 PM »

i never paid much attention to the challenge belt before but I do like the idea. I was talking to 8bean a little bit ago and he had the great idea of making it a Parsec-based MP thing or at least a companion belt which uses parsec, which I think is fantastic. Not only would it give people an incentive to build and drive (and push the meta forward), but it would probably be big enough to reach all of the ra2 subgroups to some capacity if it was hosted here which would help the schism. PVP matches are so much better than AI matches, seriously. it's not even close. They're not even really harder to host. i really hope this is considered.

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Tournament Archives / Re: Boomer Brawl SBV 👴👊

« on: September 15, 2019, 10:14:12 PM »

EARTHQUAKE IS GONNA WIN IT ALL BABY

i believe