Got to give a shout out to Demon and the whole community for this tournament. I was super hesitant to jump back into the game after I spent so much time working on my last project (a glorious giant beater-bar hammer) and then accidentally deleted it. </3
However, watching these fights and seeing so many fun designs is inspiring af.
A few thoughts:
-It was really nice to see both Cling and Ashtray get wins. Both are designs I respected and appreciated, but I honestly didn't expect that out of them at all.
-Vanilla Ice seemed at first like it could be a viable counter to Raus, and Raus still managed to walk away with a big win. I feel like that says pretty good things about it going forward.
-Tire Chipper needs some kind of protection for the front of the chassis, otherwise I can't see it ever being effective. And this is from a member of "Undercutter Lovers Not-So-Anonymous".
-Speaking of:
Not PP3D: Undercutters don't work. I don't understand why people still do them.
-Quoted Gulden for posterity.
I don't like the NotPP3D bots, they're a bit boxy and sloppy-looking. But I respect the win here.
-The Cruiserweight fights were amazing. inVasion surely would have stomped my poor bot if GTM Robot Wars had kept going. It's so aggressive.
-Walkure v. Duke 2: #Lewd
-Black Steel could not turn GTM Robogames into the #WedgeWorld that irl Robogames has become, thank you based Paladin. Maybe Whiplash should consider stealing an old Mechavore disc for next year's rematches against Swamp Thing and Original Sin...
-I'll make my thoughts on Anti-Grav as brief as possible. I dig the Anti-Grav series. It was one of the first GTM bots I checked out. I always appreciate Avalanche's bluntness here and on the BB subreddit. But it wasn't just the arena that caused this result. The fact is, Anti-Grav could have easily taken a judge's decision if it had just lasted the whole 3 minutes. If you have no idea where the tournament will be held ahead of time, it seems advisable to make sure you're prepared for any scenario possible. That includes giving your robot enough battery power to sustain the entire length of the fight. It's an incredible risk to take, leaving a robot with less battery life; and in this case, it cost Avalanche a win.
-I downloaded Mass Collider a while back to play around with. It's seriously one of the most powerful Tomb-clones I've seen in the game and can even dish out major damage against a lot of bots with the extra 200 in weight. I'm eager to see it get more action here.
-Mindsweeper might be my favorite of the Heavyweights. It's a work of art and seems to back it up by hitting hard.
-Didn't really care much for School's Out or Comet 4, but Comet 4 is kind of walking the tightrope of irl which kind of irks me.
-Vulcan H ringing a bot out and getting a win. Kudos!
-Generation Freakshow: A weird combination of everything that should make a bot absolutely ugly and yet still it's kind of glorious. That wedge looks like it's gonna cause problems too.
-Shark Byte's hinged drum (is it hinged? if not, ignore what I'm about to say) is such a clever design decision. One of my favorites so far.
Overall, I feel like the arena definitely will favor larger bots to a degree, but the fact that this is a double-elim tournament should give everyone a pretty good chance.
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