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« on: August 15, 2016, 11:28:46 AM »
When you haven't seen any videos so far, but notice your bot in a poll at the top of the page...
It's not good news is it...? Will catch up on the videos tonight so I can see what everyone is going crazy for haha!
Sadly not. This tournament is kinda depressing to watch, so many cool looking entries that don't get to take down anything. Voted for your bot by the way, second would've been Redace's bot(but he's still in the race luckily) so I went for the flipper instead.
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« on: August 15, 2016, 11:25:35 AM »
Okay, I'm going to have to say no on the flipper/sns because it is still part sns after all. Sorry.
But it doesn't do any damage. I can still understand why, since SNS are banned, and this was a fun comment chain/what the  is that moment.
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« on: August 15, 2016, 09:15:09 AM »
What the was up with Eddy, removing the head of every bot by havoking around and then lagging the game as it was about to lose, Silverfish your bot is a cheating wizard  I would've said "Stock Hammer problem" but you can't really do much when a bot flies though the air and cuts off your hammer, Redace's bot luckily still had the spikes and dealed enough points before
That one wasn't too bad minus screwing over Redace's bot, but that's what the HS would've done anyways. It didn't completely deweapon the two bots that are left with one havok.
just got here, these are going up fast
whoops, i really was trying to add some variety to the entries by submitting a popup. i thought most entries would be hs or sns - sure the arena has low walls but those bots should still do the best in rumbles
it was at least fun to watch my bot rampage through rumble 2 in loser's round 1. also wen's bot may be anti-fun but his charisma has won our hearts  Do you have this bot anywhere on your showcase? I'd like to see the insides to see where it got all that power to flip, guess that you had like 2 or 3 batteries in it.
Can't really say much about the matches, Fracture's did some nice OOTA's and Santa hit my bot 7 times after it was already destroyed, have I really been that bad this year? The start was good, my bot taking on another bot which is in some way linked to Jonzu(guess my popup really disliked that) but it quickly got into the way of a hammer.
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« on: August 15, 2016, 09:14:07 AM »
No theme?
Just the best MW I can be?
The complete RA2 Component Freedom Mod is allowed. Also no wonder why the link doesn't work: [url=http://BOTM Uploader]https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?page=BOTM[/url]
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« on: August 15, 2016, 08:33:55 AM »
Nice, I love the idea behind this. Wonder what tools you would need to build a complete Ant.
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« on: August 15, 2016, 08:25:15 AM »
You only need regular notepad :P
As for .py's you may need other than those already provided, a search in the GTM search bar does wonders.
I still recommend ++ because it's better and will never have the issue where line breaks aren't recognized because of better formatting support. It's one of the basic software which almost every Windows PC should have.
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« on: August 15, 2016, 08:22:29 AM »
Robot Wars is officially back! its finally hitting its stride in both production and battles.. even JP's cheesy wheel jokes are back!
Didn't we have an OOTA before?
'Tildy was the only robot to score an OOTA thus far so Congrats to Eruption being the first competitor to do so.
Speaking off.. the ideas behind eruptions accessories seems cool but the claw seemed to hamper the performance.. it by far looked its most dominant in the last match without all the extra bits.
Storm 2 I expected to do well.. so far this year its been very rewarding to robots that can push the opposition around.. miss the ballistic "full body hammer" offence though
Apollo got super lucky in the rumble.. was technically the first rendered immobile
On another note.. why in the head to heads do they put the teams in the same pod? is their a reason?
I mainly ask because it hampers strategy calls between team members..
Apollo lost a wheel but was still mobile and was even driving in straight lines at the end of the match, no idea how that works but they did.
Matilda did an OOTA? I have to rewatch the episodes because I don't remember that, also didn't notice that Eruption didn't have their accessories on in the last match, wonder why.
I've thought about mentioning that as well, but it's easier for the post battle interviews. The pods are still on one side of the arena and not sideways from what I've seen, but they can't really walk to a middle of it because there isn't one. I do know of a way to watch live but not how to watch it after it aired.
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« on: August 14, 2016, 07:22:06 PM »
Put a bracket for the Loser's bracket up. Incase you are wondering how the "Fan Vote" will work after I upload Loser's Bracket Round One I will be adding a poll with all the bots that lost that will last for a day. The top two vote getters will then move onto round 2 of the loser's bracket.
And here I thought it's game over once you lost, interesting idea with Fan Votes.
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« on: August 14, 2016, 07:08:33 PM »
I'm going to enter something. Be warned, though - I can't AI, as I am a bit of a noob (he says, being a 9-month old lurker) and haven't yet got python as my laptop is shot up and won't dl it.
No need to get python, all you need is Notepad++ and the latest AI files, no idea where you get the latest ones as I've asked in the tech support thread and never got a reply.
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« on: August 14, 2016, 07:00:08 PM »
Still don't understand why Storm 2 have this bad rep. Brute force is something to be admired, especially the way they walloped Steel Avenger out of the arena completely.
For some reason they still believe that they have to act as if this is Series 7, you saw Dara and also JP mention it in this episode a few times. Honestly I'm disappointed at them by that(in general, this episode was great, but it's the competitors that made the episode while the producers only dragged it down for me) I rather wanted to see the opposite where they maybe apologize or say that Storm 2 were the true Series 7 winner. You probably know what Mentorn did in Series 7, rigging battles to get Storm 2 out, check Storm2's wiki entry in the Robot Wars wiki for full info. Still don't understand why Storm 2 have this bad rep. Brute force is something to be admired, especially the way they walloped Steel Avenger out of the arena completely.
I didn't think they did? Unless they talked about it on the show.. I was watching while doing something on Teamspeak, might have missed a few lines.
Great episode though. I expected a classic just from seeing Storm and PP3D (as the successor to Typhoon) as well as seeing Eruption for the first time, but there was plenty to get excited about all round.
The first OOTA by Eruption and first house robot flip(s) by Apollo, if I am not mistaken?
Dara and JP for a bit still sounded like it. Didn't we have an OOTA before?
And yes that's true for the House Robot flips, however Foxic was the first bot to take on the House Robots.
Still don't understand why Storm 2 have this bad rep. Brute force is something to be admired, especially the way they walloped Steel Avenger out of the arena completely.
I didn't think they did? Unless they talked about it on the show.. I was watching while doing something on Teamspeak, might have missed a few lines.
Great episode though. I expected a classic just from seeing Storm and PP3D (as the successor to Typhoon) as well as seeing Eruption for the first time, but there was plenty to get excited about all round.
It seems to be lumped in the same category as Tornado as just "a box on wheels" amongst some fans. While I prefer Storm 2 to Tornado, I think both are unfair judgements, and that the brute power of the push is an amazing, and underappreciated ability.
I agree, however in my opinion they relied far too much on it's brute strength; they probably should've tried some other weapons, especially for their last fight with Apollo. If the front hinged lifter didn't work the first time, it wouldn't likely work the second time.
It's mostly there to self right the bot so that the wedges aren't useless, Storm 2's main attack is still it's strenght and it did push bots around well enough, no real rams into the arena but that happens when other bots have good drive. It still did do well in it's first fight against Apollo and the team seemed happy with it's performance. Really cool episode
Was it just me or did it feel like storm2 was much slower than in series 7? Felt like it was much more about control and not about slamming bots into walls harambe style. I think Eruption get **** over in their match vs storm too, looked to me like storm was immobile before the 10 second end of match counter. Even discounting that, I feel it was eruption's match. Storm had more control but did absolutely nothing with it at all.
Apollo was very impressive, as was PP3D who was the only bot that managed to damage Eruption or Storm, both of which seem to have thick frontal anti-spinner armour. It did look slower, much like Tornado in Series 7(but I guess would have better pushing power) I think it might have to do with them burning out the motors while testing so they probably didn't want to go max speed and ram. It did look immobile there but minus those flips, Storm 2 was in control of the match and pushed them everywhere, imo this match shouldn't have a split judges decision but the Apollo vs Storm 2 one(the first one) should.
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« on: August 14, 2016, 06:53:33 PM »
Round1: Ra2, where having a cool looking bot means you will go out first, because all that matters is max efficiency, RIP. I also totally forget how this is a group rumble so RIP popup. You CLEARLY didn't watch Tot2.
But, in some matchups, yes, it doesn't do too well.
That Tournament was either before I joined or in the time where I took a break from the forum, so yes, I haven't seen it. On the one hand, I want to root for Wen as he is the underdog, but on the other hand, he did enter with an SnS.
Looking at the bracket now. Kinda scared, but I don't expect to go far in a rumble setting. Then again, I don't really care as I wanted to enter something that was actually fricking original for once, unlike most people here.
While mine is a popup I did focus on other things(namely, getting the chassis wedge flat, having two wedges and a wide bot so that HS don't hit sides/have better turning) which efficiency people would probably call useless. If I really went for a efficient popup I could've copied a Starcore one that finishes bots in one hit instead of this design which requires at least 3, if not 4 hits to win. Also liking your entry, welcome to the VS club! I don't really care as I wanted to enter something that was actually fricking original for once, unlike most people here.
ok
anyway I didn't know this was rumble format, I'm facing 3 other popups so im probably dead
I forgot about it as well, at least your bot is a popup as well so it's a complete popup heat. my robot's pretty terrible by the way, for some reason i seem unable to build a good hs
aw man, sucks to hear that, what's exactly the problem? I can imagine that the wheels aren't touching the ground. So I think Wen might have this one if his SNS doesn't stop spinning like it already did in some matches Jonzu's Popup, Thrack's HS and that nice Flipper all in the same heat as mine, what is this madness. Round 2: So Buzz is a side popup, only using a Snapper 2 which explains where the weight for the motors comes from, interesting, sadly it had trouble against the hammer and got flipped over from a Havok, it was low on hp so I don't think that much would've happened. Redace's bot(by the way interesting that you had a similar chassis texture to Hi5er's :P ) pulled a Warhead but later got back over. What the was up with Eddy, removing the head of every bot by havoking around and then lagging the game as it was about to lose, Silverfish your bot is a cheating wizard I would've said "Stock Hammer problem" but you can't really do much when a bot flies though the air and cuts off your hammer, Redace's bot luckily still had the spikes and dealed enough points before Round3: TA3 took on Badger's bot while the other two fought, TA3 then messed up Badger's further after a little split and somehow turned it's back to Starburst 3 who then finished it from behind, just to finish off what was left by Badger's bot. By the way, did we ever find out what caused white/non texture smoke?
Round4: Man you're fast uploading those, I can already see my bot on the back in the thumbnail so I expect a loss. It started well for me, my bot rushing into the chaos that was the other bots, Thrack's never really got going and was later stuck on itself(wheels not touching the ground). Bot got nicely under the flipper and ripped one of the wedges off, then attacked Jonzu's, mine then got flipped around but did bounce back onto it's wheels, attacking Jonzu's again after a bit but getting flipped and kinda doing a wheely which then resulted on a flip on the arena side. Of course for some reason my AI bots just always have the curse to fall out of the arena themselves.
Oh well at least people can't complain about it being a generic popup anymore.
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« on: August 14, 2016, 05:46:05 PM »
Alright, time for the full post on today's episode, will write it a bit differently this time so people will hopefully not just overlook the big spoiler post: I can safely confirm that this episode doesn't have which I really liked, there were other issues that I had with the show, the teams however were amazing, so let's get those out of the way first: I've noticed that the intro has clips from the episode, they don't spoiler fights yet(unlike Series 5/6's) which doesn't make them an issue, I just hope they keep it that way.
In my view, this show seems to take more inspiration from the later Series(Series 5/6, as well as a bit of Extrme) of Robot Wars, personally I liked the Series 3/4 format the most and hope that they take a look at that. Series 5 and 6 had the better competitors and bots, that's for sure, but the show itself was best in those two Series, at least for me.
Some of the team talks reminded me of Series 7, how they would go to a robot and be like "what does it do" while it has a obvious spinner or flipper on it. It didn't come off as this way in this show, it sounded more like Series 3 where the teams got a quick introduction. I was happy that they understood the concept of the undercutter and were amazed by the crushing jaws.
I don't like some of JP's "oh this is bad" comments like the limited supply on flippers, you have that, yes, but unless it's really low it's not worth mentioning, spinners and all bots have only a limited supply of batteries as well, and while a wood inside frame is dated, it can still be used fine, it's not the same as having wood on the outside.
"Could they be flipped, yes they can"
Generic sound effects, why can't we just have the unedited sound and instead have those sound effects, which sound like they're from RA3 and were edited especially bad in this episde, put into it.
A lot of the talk feels like it's suddenly cut.
They really try to avoid mentioning anything of the old series, don't they?
I feel like they should add more stuff to the stats window similar to what Series 3/4 had so you can have a separate tab for armor and notes(instead of having it in defense and putting clusterbots in there)
Scrap the talk about "technology in other places", this time's was about gadgets and raspberry pi's, however the talk didn't really feel structured and they drifted over to the internet how you can talk with everyone over the world. It's not that I don't like this category, but it ends up cutting time for the fight interviews and other stuff, so it's time that could be used for better things. If you look at one episode you will also quickly see how much time is spent between the end of one fight and the next one, but at least it's used well for introducing the roboteers and talking after the fight with them.
It feels like it's way too easy to get the pit activated by accident, move the tyre a bit more outwards so it's like this: _|---|_
Battle 1: Apollo vs Kan-Opener vs PP3D vs Sweeney Todd
I don't think this was the first robot to have 3d printed parts, didn't one of the Heat A or B bots already have that?
I didn't think that Sweeny Todd would be that light(didn't have time to read the robot pages before this episode) and those cutting discs didn't look like the powerful ones like Red Devil, so we have Series 3 weapons here... at least they have omniwheels but such low weight probably means weak drive as well...
Kan Opener opens the pit and Apollo has a bit of a clumsy start, driving over the floor flipper. I think it's a bit hard to see which corner has it, so adding something on top of it should most likely be done for season 2.
I thought it would be it for Apollo after I saw them lose that tyre, later on however they were driving perfectly again which made me wonder if that was really the wheel that they lost(turns out it was).
Kan Opener got a good grip on PP3D and I thought that would be it for them, they avoided the flip and then Apollo came in, kinda ruining their grab but they were still able to hold them until Apollo flipped them.ยจ
PP3d then tried to use the floor flipper to run on the right side but gyroscopic forces stopped that, I really don't know why the team didn't add a angled part so that they don't hit the floor with their spinner, something like this from side view LO\
Sweeny Todd then lost a disc to PP3d and Apollo once again annoyed Kan Opener, leading to them getting the link knocked out. Thought we would have another episode like that but it will be the only important link knockout(and only one of two) for this episode.
Sweeny Todd was still mobile so I was surprised that they didn't mention something about the judges decision(probably to save broadcasting time) but it was obvious who would go through, you could see how Apollo tried to OOTA them.
Don't think that a bot like kan opener could crush a bot like Dara imagines it working. They got unlucky because Apollo got into their way more than once.
Battle 2: Eruption vs Sabretooth vs Storm 2 vs Terror Turtle
I totally forgot that Terror Turtle was in this heat already(thought it was one later), first time that we see the hatchling and I disagree with Dara that minibots are just for show, even simple ones like the ones from team nuts can get under other robots and wedge them for a bit. Is Fiberglass really that strong? They were talking it up a lot and from what I've seen I'd say it's weak in today's combat standards.
Seeing Sabretooth as a image of the show with them being in the first part of the show's intro and having that other interview, I expected them to do better, but once again something broke for them(anyone remember Series 5/6 "Philippa, what's up with that Motorbike?") I feel like the team member that described the bot didn't fully understand it (also spinned the drum in the wrong way)or was nervous being on TV, understandable. So they had a hypershock like drum, a arm to grapple and self right and a anti spinner wedge(which probably had some kind of lifting mechanism to it? Because they did mention a lifter somewhere.)
"Don't tell anyone" was funny :P
Storm 2, the new Mortis, now with a darker look. Love that they have such a detailed analysis but was unsure about the firestorm front hinged flipper first, it does allow them to self right, which helps with the wedges being rather useless when upside down.
Really friendly team and they worked together with the Eruption team to get a little bit of show going towards the end when the battle was already clear.
Dara already seems to question Storm 2 and this trend continues with JP later saying that it didn't do much in it's first battle(which I disagree with) can't we have powerful rammers and pushers now?
Eruption looks nice and like a veteran to the combat zone now, don't see the grabber being of use or really being able to grab a robot up there(getting it up there is one point, having a bot that's low enough to be grabbed is another) but the anti spinner armor is nice.
Eruption's second flip got Sabretooth over while Storm2 pushed Terrorturtle over the flamepit in the meantime. Nice flip from Eruption, but I feel like the angle made it look a lot better than it was.
Head to Head Battles: Apollo vs PP3D
I'd much rather seen a fight from the other group instead of the same, felt a bit like a repeat. But I don't agree with JP at all, PP3d could attack since Apollo had their back to them and focused on another bot.
Apollo sure had a lot of hard repairs to do after that fight to get the wheel working again.
Apollo started driving nicely, did a rather large turn but kept that front turned, and then it happened, the powerful flip that took off a wheel. PP3d now would've needed melty brain to continue(even then it's disc was still touching the ground a bit) :P
Was worried for a second that they had drive problems because of JP's comment which was garbage again. Apollo probably would've won at this point but they went in for another flip when that disc was at full speed and knocked out the link(the back side of PP3D didn't seem to have armor?)
I like how Apollo has those side pannels, makes it easy for the link to be removeable but still be in a safe place.
Storm2 vs Eruption
It felt like Killalot got way too early in here, if a bot just touches the edge of a CPZ they shouldn't be like that, Dead Metal and Matilda(who didn't even spin up her disc until someone really entered her zone) did a better job at that and I respect how they did it.
Storm2 dominated that match, with Eruption only getting good towards the end where Storm 2 lost their link/broke down for some reason.
Again JP says "not a lot of action out of Storm2 late on" when they controled most of that match. I felt like the producers were trying to play the judges decision a bit up here, but you can see both teams agreeing on it, even going like "no they should've won it" by Storm2. I did like the feedback from the other judge.
Storm2 vs Apollo
Oh man this is the battle that we will all be talking about in years. Apollo apparently couldn't run their flipper at full power before, and they weren't just boasting about it, they did worry about getting under the well designed Storm 2.
At first it looked like Storm2 would lead this match, Apollo then got under them and flipped them, driving them on to the floor flipper. Just as Storm2 was about finished with self righting it got flipped over again. Mentioned it above but I liked how Dead Metal stayed in it's corner instead of moving to the edge of the CPZ.
They stopped Storm 2 from self righting but they finally managed to do it after that. Storm 2 seemed to get stuck on the pit(another problem of the old Series, especially 5 and 6, bots getting stuck on the flipper/pit) while Apollo missed a flip. They then flipped them but got stuck on the pit itself, Dead Metal did move to the corner this time as Storm 2 entered it.
Apollo lost the chain(yet was still able to somewhat drive) and with Storm 2 opening the pit I thought they would end it. They tried to drive away from Storm 2 and went through the CPZ, running into Dead Metal, no way they're going to... THEY DID, just like Gravity, the only bot to flip Dead Metal(they are a full body lenght flipper after all), now if we only could have Matilda as well, she's probably easy to flip minus the flywheel which is on the entire time.
Dead Metal was venting some Co2?
I wasn't sure if Matilda would try to get revenge/control that CPZ now, but I found it nice that they would try to flip Dead Metal over again, wonder why they never did that in the original series(then again most house robot kills happened at the end of the battle with little time left).
Apollo got another flip in on Storm 2 which had trouble self righting. Storm 2 ended up pushing it into Dead Metal's(now controlled by Matlida) CPZ and she started spinning up the flywheel(nice that it wasn't active all the time), Apollo missed the flip and I thought they would get a heavy hit in from Matilda now, they avoided her and then got in from another side, directly going under the flywheel and FLIPPING her as well. Great fun.
Ther flipper now got stuck and Storm 2 had them in the direct course to the pit, I thought they would go out now but realy hoped they would survive until the cease(which looked like it would last until a while). They barely avoided it, then had drive problems(meanwhile JP was talking garbage on how Storm 2 played dead but the match was too interesting) then it looked like the entire drive was gone and that Storm 2 would have it.
It then started turning again, trying to block Storm 2 from pushing it by getting the flipper on front, Storm 2 got around them and I thought this would be it, however they managed to avoid it by driving over them and the countdown started, I was really hoping that they survive it now. Their drive then worked again and they were able to drive away, letting the time run out.
What an amazing match, Apollo, the Chaos 2 of this series, except with the shape and reliability problems of Spawn Again(or maybe Chaos 2 from the later series?). Now here I thought that Storm 2 would have it or that it would be a split decision, instead everyone voted for Apollo(I think this and the Eruption vote should've been swapped)
The Gudge was wrong when he said he never saw anything like that before(I think he was also the one that was part of Robot Wars since the beginning?), Chaos 2 flipped 2 house robots, and I guess you can say "destroyed" them after winning Series 3 and a few house robot kills happened after that.
Remember how a lot of the team had to help righting Psycho when Firestorm flipped him? Now they have to do the same with all house robots because of how happy they are :P
Eruption vs PP3D
you really saw PP3D's power as both bots were flying after impacts, one removed Eruption's Spinner armor on one side and knocked the drive out, ironically said hit also knocked out the drive on one of PP3D's side, nothing really happened in the fight, JP and other production crew were talking on how boring it is but the audience didn't seem to mind.
Both bots were great here, it was an amazing heat with 4 good bots, so it was sad to see one of them go out with almost no points.
Both had their motors burnt out with PP3D having no spare and getting a motor from another team which promised to give the motor to another team as well?
Eruption vs Apollo
I did expect Apollo to lose a battle because of it's bad reliablity and it happened here, didn't matter for the results through. Chain gone, Flipper stuck, all gone wrong, just like the Team said it(I loved that the team talked about the issues they were having, was giving a great view into the battle and what went wrong). Was the link just lose? because after Eruption flipped them into Dead Metal's CPZ they were working again just fine. At least we had Eruption spinning on the tip of it's flipper which was good show.
Storm2 vs PP3D
It was nice hearing that Storm 2 still has the 4 bar lifter but they didn't use it(was it stuck?) the plan about flipping them and then not having to worry about the disc is nice, however their disc can hit the floor if they turn fast, so it's still a worry.
Storm 2 was taking the blows from PP3D well, not getting knocked around that much and trying to keep the blade from spinning up, PP3D then got bounced into Shunt and ruined the bucket there, the bottom now has a hole in it. PP3D's blade showed it's power when it damaged the side skirts of Storm 2. Sounds like one of the impacts then bent the disc.
storm 2 then got a huge impact from the disc which sent it spinning on to the spikes(who just lift a bot, that's nice, don't launch them up like the ones in Series 3). Storm 2 then pushed them right over the pit and PP3D lost drive on the other side, they then went for the pit button(and surprisignly didn't do it as quick as possible? and pitted them, putting Storm 2 through to the heat final.
Final: I expected Apollo to lose here because of reliablity issues, they could still be a wildcard for their good performance.
The match started like the Series 3 Firestorm vs Chaos 2 matches, you rarely see those kinds of matches nowadays, both bots rotating sideways and trying to get the other one to charge in to get under them.
Storm 2 got under them(Apollo did get a bit under them before that) and pushed them into Shunt's CPZ, from the speed they were sent into it flying.(Apparently that was Strom 2's original plan, put the bots into the CPZ's, but I have a feeling that this point system is bad for bots like Tornado and Storm 2.) Apollo ended up in the corner, drove to the side, then back and Shunt expected them to do that again, turning to the side, and they got ANOTHER flip in, another house robot down. I really hoped that Killalot would be in the arena now so we could see them flip all 4 of the House Robots(sadly he's the double weight of other house robots, expected him to only be 100kg or so more) Matilda got to flip Shunt back on it's wheels.
Storm 2 activated the pit but Apollo tried to stay away from it. Apollo then was able to flip them once again. They then flipped them over into the CPZ wall, I thought this might be a bad idea since the wedges now work again and they could end up in the pit.
Matilda then attacked Storm 2(It seems like the House Robots really hate Storm2, just like they hated Stinger), Apollo wanted Matilda to get out of the way but the bots continued fighting on a different section of the Arena. Apollo got a good flip having Storm 2 against the arena wall, since their lifter was on the side that isn't on the wall I thought that they should let them be there and wait for them to be counted out, however they did another flip, sent Storm 2 spinning and OUT OF THE ARENA!Amazing.
Apollo was an amazing team, and Storm 2 seemed happy, even if they didn't win it.
Dara is talking them down once again for being a defensive robot and that they're lying about being flipped out not being painful. To be honest I'd rather be flipped out by a good machine after a good fight than simply lose the link, that's always the most disappointing way to exit. Dara in the end just basically said "eh whatever, it's still a loss, don't have more time to talk to you because limited show time".
Final Thoughts: This was an amazing episode with 4 good robots, however it feels like you either have the "show bad guy" who ruins it or the producers who drag down the quality, the roboteers make the show for me and I honestly hope that the producers get their stuff fixed.
If you don't have "that guy" the producers just seem to cause some kind of drama and I HATE that.
If Apollo can work reliably then it will be a strong robot for the Final.
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« on: August 14, 2016, 03:42:18 PM »
you saw 2 of them in battle.
1. front hinged bar lifter (eg sewer snake vs storm 2)
2. 4-bar lifter (plenty of pictures)
3. the disc (in all the promo material but NEVER USED)
Oh so they still have the Old Biohazad lifter, thought they replaced that with the front hinged lifter(which I personally compare to Firestorm). In the show the producer crew sometimes mention weapons wrong and I think the one time Storm 2 had the 4 bar lifter they didn't use it in the battle.
The Disc could be seen on the table when they were talking about some matches, like Rob Collins mentioned here.
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« on: August 14, 2016, 03:25:31 PM »
You remember it wrong.
Michael from Eruption used to be a part of the forum years ago but doesn't come here anymore.
Alright, thanks Craaig, I only remembered that there was some talk about it a few pages ago but couldn't find it. By the way do you have pictures that you could share of Storm2's different configurations? They didn't really get to use them here.
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« on: August 14, 2016, 03:19:23 PM »
Will post a more detailed description later:
Not exactly sure what to think of this episode, I'm not happy with how the show/producers do some things, but it's still far enough from saying that "it can go screw itself" especially after we've seen how bad it can get in Series 7, it's nowhere near it so that's still good.
What really made it for me were the competitors, they were AMAZING! and we had 4 good bots which all would've deserved to win.
By the way, I might remember it wrong but isn't PP3D from people that are part in this forum? You did an amazing job and I loved seeing you fight.
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« on: August 14, 2016, 12:23:51 PM »
@R01 trinity SnS still can have controlled movement and meltybrain
Thought trinity SnS would fly all over the arena much like the original trinity bot?
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« on: August 14, 2016, 12:15:30 PM »
Video: How the did you get my Wheely Tag Tournament entry? Or is that the rumble winner now? Code Red: The side spikes remind me a lot of Mr As' Red Giant from People's Choice, nice VS but I wonder how long one disc lasts. Tangerine Avenger 3: So this was the other half that didn't get to enter because Badger thought it was the same  ? Looks good and interesting skin update even if I prefer the clean one on OA3 more. JUN: heh, not sure if it's a joke entry because a lot of space could be saved there but nice FS. Storm Shock 1: So bots now need to be competitively good for something to be fun? Unrelenting Force: Will be interesting to see how the long wedges do and if the burst motors get in trouble, definitely doesn't look like "yet another clone of a generic popup", which is good.  Eddy: Worried that the blades touch the ground and slow down but the wheels are high enough for that to not happen. Something just tells me that it won't do too great, sorry Silverfish. Glitch in the Matrix: I like Wen's comment on it. Was thinking about building a "Stealth Agent" popup before as well as Bug in the Matrix, those will happen later. Buzzer: I guess this is a popup? the way to keep bots low with the plow is interesting but it will be in trouble if there aren't any kinds of weapon under there. Jonzu's bot: Tryhard popup  Cascade IV: looks interesting, but I think that design was already used quite a lot for popups, wonder what the insides are since the back sticks out like that. NAC: A Stock Flipper? Was surprised to see this but given how it's the ring arena it should be possible to see bots flying. I like something about it's design but don't think that having the brackets stick out like that was a smart idea. Thrack's bot: oh come on, a HS. But those exposed motors and wheels sure look tasty for most bots. Redrum Redux: Oh, so you did give it a new name for the changed version. for that. I hope that it can do well, however the wedges(not the small wedgelets, the chassis parts) worry me a bit and so does the drum which only has 2 extender attackpoints. Santa: Plow Hammer, looks surprisingly compact for a MW and has quite a lot of stuff on it. Starburst 3: More or less generic popup but I wonder if the exposed drive who is so far back can turn into an issue. DarkNSit:I don't think the plows are needed for a SNS and seem to block the weapon more than anything, oh and it's a trinity SNS so I don't think that plows are even needed then(more weapons to make the entire bot spiky would've been the better choice in my view. Also Trinity Glitch=Controlled Movement(which is mentioned in the rules) :P DG's bot: Nope, not seeing that one go far, it just doesn't have the amount of needed weapons, the ram plate is nice but stock meta sadly wants more offense over defense(unless you have certain parts of your bot that need to be protected in order for it to be offensive) Pain and Misery: Interesting Bear Claw VS, also classic Mystic2000 spikewedge, the T connector worries me a bit but other than that I can see a rumble winner here. Kurt's bot made with foxes: surprisingly wide and seems to trade a bit of weapons for that defense, will be interesting to see. Good Luck to everyone, let the bot battle begin.
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« on: August 14, 2016, 11:01:05 AM »
What if you flip it over?
Then it's game over.
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« on: August 13, 2016, 04:46:39 PM »
Finally, I was wondering when you would put that bot up here and thought about asking. Hey wait, this isn't actually the version that fought Redace(would've loved to see a picture of that), that one had razors on the front(which I really liked and was fitting with the bot theme. Were that many self righting problems?) I've been having some issues building something efficient as well(minus that one MW, check my thread if you want to see what I've been up to lately.) You didn't mention it's name(Redrum?) it's ran from one supervolt I guess? With the red color and that bracket it really had a devil like look, and the only thing I'd change is move the anchor for the bracket a bit lower so that it doesn't float in the air/possibly put an extender(maybe you just have the weight) just as a visual detail? And if possible the Razors because I really loved the look that the bot had. You could make the bot wider with that extra weight, that would probably help keep it from getting on its side in the first place and probably help a bit against HS
Wider? Unless you extend the chassis on layer two so that it's like this: \ | | / it won't really help with self righting and even then you can get stuck easily(you will sometimes end up on the side, no matter what), I think the spikes are a nice decoration and help a lot with that. Since extenders only have 100? HP and weapons have 1000 they're more stable as well.
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