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3261
« on: April 20, 2014, 02:48:01 PM »
I don't know, are they? I used a small perm.
3262
« on: April 20, 2014, 02:45:09 PM »
so i build something for craaig's tournament, while drunk
Piglets are against the rules.
This bot makes me re-think that rule. It's pretty cool. Maybe Piglets can be allowed for hybrids of 2 spinner types?
3263
« on: April 20, 2014, 02:38:48 PM »
Joining the 'Building-For-BB9' club  Due to the hammer being on a spin motor, if the hammer goes further than it should (like, all the way around) it will cut through the skirt hinges, but this is unavoidable... is it still IRL?
3265
« on: April 20, 2014, 01:36:55 PM »
That Warhead is incredible, nice work.
3266
« on: April 20, 2014, 01:34:40 PM »
Nice first bots, the first one in particular looks pretty cool. I'll quickly point out some of the things you may wish to think about
- Angle extenders, as seen on your flipper, are very very weak, maybe consider using Flipper Makers instead?
- Your flippers cut straight through the ramplate on the first one, this would be considered a violation of both DSL Standard and IRL rulesets.
- Similarly, on the second one, your hammers cut through the wheels.
- Lastly, on the second one again, you don't need that much power. In DSL 2.1, every spin motor only needs 1 ant (burst motors still need to be fully powered, so the flipper's all good) so you could get away with having 3 ants in it, but it's safer to have 4. This would free up some weight to do some other stuff! :D
3267
« on: April 20, 2014, 12:53:17 PM »
Just to explain, in DSL2.1, the motor power consumption is strange in a way that means ALL spin motors ONLY need around 1 ant to power for all 3 minutes - putting an extra one in is good practice just in case. This is not the case for burst motors which need to be fully powered, but yes, your LW could get away with 3 ants, and you can always save another kg by using the larger blue control board rather than the small green one :)
3268
« on: April 20, 2014, 09:40:04 AM »
Absolutely not, I'm pretty sure the majority of us here use Chrome.
3269
« on: April 19, 2014, 05:14:38 PM »
Not even nearly enough weaponry. Use 1 perm and a disc rather than a drum would be my advice. Also, the NPCs will attach directly to chassis but still mainly be outside, try it to save some weight.
3270
« on: April 19, 2014, 07:09:10 AM »
Would people rather the bracket be 16 with a loser's bracket or 32 with no loser's bracket?
Thinking of expanding to 32, but still using 4 way melee's, so the first round would be qualifiers and the top 2 in each battle go through to the main 16-spot tournament
3271
« on: April 19, 2014, 06:54:48 AM »
Much to your dismay...
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RULES
- DSL 2.1 LW/MW/HW/SHW-with unlimited entries untill the close date
-One entry per person in each weightclass, so 1 LW, 1 MW, 1 HW, and 1 SHW per person
- Battlebox 3.0
- 3 minute matches
- Realistic Rule applies very strongly, IT MUST BE FOLLOWED.
- No NARmour
- 1 Havok restart, 2nd time eliminated
- No AAM, NCR glitch, or any other glitch that makes the bot unrealistic
- Trov Glitch is allowed, don't abuse it
- You are allowed to BFE as long as the bot stays realistic
- Replicas are NOT allowed
- Cannot use DSA
- Robots must look as close to IRL designs as possible. (No unrealistic weapon sizes, disproportionate designs.)
- Moving weapons may not touch the ground initially. It is OK if a robot is flipped over but not if weapons hit the ground when the match starts.
- Bots with treads get a 60 kg weight cushion.
- It is recomended that your bot(s) have a sponsor decal, but it's not necessary (these can be a help if you're lazy):
(https://gametechmods.com/Robot_Arena2/Misc/AU_Decal_Pack_1.0.zip)
(https://gametechmods.com/Robot_Arena2/Misc/JX_Sponsor_Decals.zip)
- Judge bursts are allowed, but one Judge Burst per bot for LW and MW, two for the HW and SHW divisions.
- No multibots
- Joke bots must still be held to the IRL standards
- No armor attached directly to the chassis of the robot
- LW walkers/shufflers can weigh up to 425 kgs, but at least 175 kgs must be used on the walker or shuffler system itself.
- MW walkers/shufflers can weigh up to 800 kgs, but at least 400 kgs must be used on the walker or shuffler system itself.
- HW walkers/shufflers can weigh up to 1200 kgs, but at least 400 kgs must be used on the walker or shuffler system itself.
- SHW walkers/shufflers can weigh up to 1600 kgs, but at least 400 kgs must be used on the walker or shuffler system itself.
- Cheatbot2 components that are allowed:
WEAPONS
- Matilda teeth
- S3 disc
- Diablo Triple Bar
- Complete Control weapon
WHEELS
- Buster Wheel
- Ronin Wheel
- Yellow Buzzard Wheel
- Growler Wheel
- Slap Happy Wheel
- M.O.E. Wheel
-Thermidor Wheel (in extras, beware: needs to be bfe'd onto the bot)
EXTRAS
- All extras from Bulldog Breed, Apollyon, Thermidor 2, MOE, That Darn Dustpan, Hworf, Complete Control, Techno Destructo, Minion, T-Minus, Tornado, Tazbot, Wheely Big Cheese, and Lightning
- All The Judge extras except gavel head
- All Beta extras except battery and HAMMER
- All Bob extras except flamethrower and top armor
- All Vertigo extras except motor
- Dominator 2 right top, left top, stopper, bar, wheel guards, and antennae
- Heavy Metal Noise tooth
- Ruiner cowboy hat and wheel
- billybar, billyg, billyg2
- growlerwheelframe
- Matilda flywheel (in extenders)
*NEW* WEDGE RULES:
-Wedges have been a contravertial thing in previous Battlebots so I've decided to try doing something about it
-Not acceptable wedges:
-You may use skirt hinges if they are raised up atleast one notch as shown below.
-If it's okay with the majority involved, I will make the final call on if the wedge are acceptable.
JUDGING
- Fights will be judged on significant attacks and control of match.
- Fights will be judged on a spectrum of 45 points.
- Judges will be SKBT and Plazmic Inferno (090901 and Mr. AwesumSauce will be subs if they're both still up for it)
CHAMPIONS
- Moros, Biological Assault, Death Incarnate V 2.1, and Ryu: Hellfire will automatically be re-entered for winning the last tournamnet
- If MikeNCR, Akshaylan, or Thyrus want to enter something else they can send me a new bot
- If they also just want to send an update, that option is also open
MY ENTRIES
I'm entering with these:
I'll take any comments on the rules into consideration, and I hope I can crank this one out for you guys like I've done before.
And so, it begins. This thread is now a signups topic, and the rules stated above may not change. Enjoy! :D
3272
« on: April 18, 2014, 07:08:53 PM »
I like it a lot :)
3273
« on: April 18, 2014, 05:39:32 PM »
If this is going where I think it might be, I look forward to it :)
3274
« on: April 18, 2014, 05:10:51 PM »
Good to see FSS are out of this as well.
Actually I never clarified flails. I might disallow them just to make things... less flaily.
3275
« on: April 18, 2014, 06:14:15 AM »
I have no idea what these are. Are they kids games?
Never really played any specifically for kids games... My first pc games were AoE2, RCT and Frogger lol
3276
« on: April 18, 2014, 04:52:35 AM »
good to see you man
This. It's been too long. :)
3277
« on: April 17, 2014, 05:06:31 AM »
The problem with having a certain heavier weapon motor for jugglers is that it's rarely ever effective, I don't think restricting the minimum motor options is a good idea.
Well don't enter a juggler? :P My point of view, and this issue was raised to me by Marty, is that if it's not done, somebody will enter an FS which essentially is a rammer or something because slow motors, and win everything by, very boringly, deweaponing everything else. In my opinion it's either the restriction or remove Jugglers and Face Spinners, unless I can be convinced otherwise :P
3278
« on: April 16, 2014, 05:37:03 PM »
Just to jump in here, we must remember that Mechadino has no obligation to test for hours upon end to find the perfect AI combination, if the bot wasn't AIed by it's owner, then MD only has to make sure it works in an expected fashion, which it did.
3279
« on: April 16, 2014, 05:28:39 PM »
No problem :D
3280
« on: April 16, 2014, 04:25:43 PM »
Good luck doing that while staying realistic :P
I think I'll keep those guidelines for now - they're in the rules now :)
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