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Ironforge TC Showcases / Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!

« on: August 07, 2015, 07:42:35 AM »

you could be constructive instead of being a douche. i'm new to ironforge, as i have already pointed out.,of course my building is a bit messy. i'm not going for realism here and i'm not experienced enough to make them look perfect.

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General Support / Re: What is the difference between "IRL" and "Standard" robot, etc?

« on: August 07, 2015, 12:17:13 AM »

I was hoping for more in depth information to be honest... like, are there certain rules for IRL building to restrict things that are common to standard bots, etc.

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General Support / What is the difference between "IRL" and "Standard" robot, etc?

« on: August 06, 2015, 11:27:26 PM »

Hi guys, just wondering if you could inform this newbie what an IRL robot is (I know it stands for 'in real life'), and how it differs from a "standard" robot, or other categories of robot building? I want to make an IRL robot in ironforge but I have no idea how to start until I know exactly what it entails.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Thyrus`Showcase

« on: August 06, 2015, 06:51:29 PM »

Goodness me that looks incredible. I honestly can't even fathom how you created that (but i prefer ironforge so I'm not good with DSL anyway), but bravo!

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Ironforge TC Showcases / Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!

« on: August 06, 2015, 06:11:21 PM »

Okay, here goes my first Ultra Heavy Weight!



Behold Shredder X! Virtually unstoppable outside of a freak Havok explosion, yet to be beaten in its current incarnation (though I've only used it against AI so far...)



The asymmetrical vertical spinner is hugely effective, powered by the Perm 80 motor. On one side is a combination of T-shaped beater bars, triple cutting teeth and side-on 30mm crushing teeth, while on the other side are four 40mm crushing teeth. All on two sets of three-layer angled plates for additional protection for the motor powering it. It spins upwards, of course.





You might notice the huge amount of armour plating I have added to the outside (and also used for the srimech), in the form of a dark extender stack + dark armour plate combo. I love the aesthetic it gives, and it is rather sturdy armour too - out of the AI bots, only the HW Shell has managed to break through any significant portion of it.

It's also surprisingly fast, agile and powerful at pushing, especially considering its weight and the fact it runs only on 2 blackbirds.

It's taken a lot of work to get this robot just the way I want it, but I'm finally happy enough with it to post it. Now to relax before finishing my family of MW + HW + UHW robots.

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Ironforge TC Showcases / Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!

« on: August 04, 2015, 08:43:19 AM »

hey man welcome to gtm :)

nice first bot! I can tell you've been lurking a bit, you seem to be aware of ironforge weightclasses and the like. I'm assuming you're not going for an IRL approach and are trying for a more efficient robot (standard).

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all in all, nice first start. thanks for making a showcase, glad to see what you come up with next. :) Be sure to check out other showcases too.

There are some MW ironforge tournaments potentially coming up, it'd be great if you want to compete.

Thank you for the help! :) The armour is Steel 10mm, the strongest available armour, I'll put that in the OP. The flipper is primarily a srimech, yes, although it can flip opponents in a pinch. Thanks for pointing out the low amperage, I'll add in a 10-amp battery since I can fit it in the weight limit.

Actually I'm not a lurker, I'm completely new to this place and Ironforge in particular - I only know the weight classes because of the loading screen haha.

I use the firebirds for pushing power, as with less powerful motors I tend to get pinned against a wall and counted out a fair bit (happens a lot with my lightweights) and besides, I can use my wedge to push other robots around easily if my vertical spinner gets destroyed. I do get your point though, excess power could be an issue.

I am tempted to post my newer robots, do you know if I should post them below, or edit them into the OP? Which would be best?

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Ironforge TC Showcases / Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!

« on: August 02, 2015, 09:30:21 AM »

Hey guys! Well after months of DSL building, I discovered Ironforge and am loving it! While I am still getting to grips with it, I have managed to build a robot capable of putting up a decent fight against most any of the heavyweight AI robots. So, after two failures of robots, here is Reaper Evolution!



The armour is 10mm Steel, the strongest available.

Note that the weight includes 250 kg of red Ballasts, 200 kg of which is free of course. So this is effectively 593.1 kg , making it a SHW, not an UHW.

Additional screenshots, showing the weapon and armour plate locations and the internal components:








(Showing the location of the five ballasts, needed to counterweight the robot thanks to the rather heavy rotational weapon.)

Any suggestions for improvements? It seems to work well enough for most fights and runs pretty fast, but even with 250 kg of ballasts and a flipper on the back end, the robot is not stable enough for the wedge / flipper to be particularly useful, so robots that need to be flipped to be beaten reliably - such as shell spinners and tribar spinners - are a pain to fight. I don't want to edit the robot too heavily, I just want the back wedge stabilized and running flush to the ground.