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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Scrapyard24c's DSL Garage

« on: April 16, 2013, 01:25:06 PM »

Been a couple of days since I've posted, so here is my first heavyweight drumbot here in the garage, Aries.  It's name comes from the latin word for ram and the name is fitting for what Aries does.  Aries is a four-wheel drive robot with a spinning drum as it's main weapon which it can use to tear up other robots and get under them to slam them into the wall.  The initial design for Aries was supposed to resemble the 4.0-5.0 versions of the Battlebots middleweight Little Drummer Boy but the design did not work very well as Aries was slow and an easy target for the competition.  Aries's strengths are it's destructive drum that can also be used to flip other robots, it's great pushing power, and it is invertable.  The weaknesses of this robot are the wheels are exposed to overhead weaponry and the armor is basic (3mm Aluminum).

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Tournament Archives / Re: Battlebots 6 Signups OPEN!

« on: April 16, 2013, 07:57:40 AM »

Quick question. If there is an odd number of robots after a round, what will be done to even things out?  Will one of the robots get a bye or will some others fight it out in a wild card match or something else along those lines?

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Tournament Archives / Re: Battlebots 6 Signups OPEN!

« on: April 15, 2013, 03:23:47 PM »

It's sent but not skinned, Paint.net is on my laptop and my parents get mad whenever I install something new on the desktop comp...

Is there anything like Microsoft Paint or something along those lines already on the desktop?  That program is standard on most Microsoft powered computers.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Mr AS DSL showcase

« on: April 15, 2013, 01:25:46 PM »

MW for the butts tourney: Sword of Justice

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im going to go back to reg dsl/stock after i finish this team i promise

Going to be bit of a police rivalry if SOJ and my middleweight, Enforcer, ever face off. 

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Tournament Archives / Re: Battlebots 6 Signups OPEN!

« on: April 15, 2013, 12:41:45 PM »

welp I got my laptop back today and it won't fricking start up. So Super Hexagon is going unskinned.

Did you put it on botexchange or save it on a jump drive?  That's what I've done with all of my current robots in case my laptop has a catastrophic failure.

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Discussion / Re: Any bot names?

« on: April 15, 2013, 11:49:33 AM »

I usually name my robots after what their intended use is or a trait the robot has. Two examples are one of my rammers, Kamikaze, which barrels into opponents head-on as if it were on a suicide mission and Shrapnel II, a horizontal bar spinner that is designed to turn it's opponents into what it's name implies.  Other times it's a theme based name.  My middleweight Enforcer gets it's name because it's skin is supposed to resemble a police vehicle.

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Tournament Archives / Re: Battlebots 6 Signups OPEN!

« on: April 15, 2013, 11:42:31 AM »

OK I'll just shut up about this.  I've removed the previous comments.

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Existing Games / Re: Minecraft.

« on: April 14, 2013, 06:05:25 PM »

That's what I've been thinking.  The only question is what to build first.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Virus Bomb DSL Showcase

« on: April 12, 2013, 11:06:43 PM »

Reminds me of Disc-O-Inferno. Nice job

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Scrapyard24c's DSL Garage

« on: April 12, 2013, 10:45:44 AM »

OK I've decided to reveal my heavyweight for Battlebots 6.  It's Death Warrant.  I chose Death Warrant for it's flipper and axe make a deadly combination in the Battlebox and it should go far.  If it doesn't, so be it.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Scrapyard24c's DSL Garage

« on: April 12, 2013, 10:11:59 AM »

You can't get better drive for Spectre?

They both look cool regardless.

Afraid so.  Any other motors would either be too big or too weak to get it moving.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Scrapyard24c's DSL Garage

« on: April 12, 2013, 09:46:25 AM »

Here is my latest Lightweight to be spawned from the garage, Fast Forward.  Fast Forward is a two-wheel drive rammer built with only thing in mind, using it's speed, maneuverability, and extreme pushing power to bully any other lightweights around the arena.  It's strengths are it is extremely fast (hence the name), has great pushing power which it can use to shove it's opponents into the nearest wall, and it is invertable.  The only real weakness I can think of is that Fast Forward has a high ground clearance when upside down.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Battle Shots

« on: April 11, 2013, 11:09:13 PM »

Just another day at the RA2 Gym.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: MikeNCR's Legendary Bots

« on: April 11, 2013, 08:57:17 PM »

The one far left is highly reminiscent of Last Rites.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Scrapyard24c's DSL Garage

« on: April 11, 2013, 03:28:58 PM »

Just finished building another Twisted Metal robot.  This time entering the arena is Spectre.  In Twisted Metal, Spectre is always a white or blue american sports car with racing stripes, usually a Corvette Stingray, other times a Dodge Viper or a Plymouth Superbird.  I built this middleweight of the same name with a similar style in mind.  It's main weapon is a very strong flipper, capable of throwing opponents halfway across the arena floor.  It also is a low profile bot making it hard for most other middleweights to hit.  The only real weaknesses it has is that is a low damage robot and it's low ground clearance has gotten it high-centered on ramps.





Razorback learning the hard way what happens if Spectre ever gets underneath you.




Spectre's namesake

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Scrapyard24c's DSL Garage

« on: April 11, 2013, 11:52:23 AM »

Revealing my Lightweight entry.  This is another robot from earlier in this showcase, Voltergeist.  Voltergeist's flipper is one of the strongest I've built and with the extension up front easily slips under other lightweights and sends them flying.

Lightweight: Voltergeist



This isn't a horror movie, those are real bloodstains and screams of other robots. Be afraid, be very afraid of Voltergeist!



Middleweight: Enforcer



"The duty of an officer of the law is to protect and serve."  What a load of crap. Here is Enforcer!


This was the earliest verson of Enforcer btw

Heavyweight: TBA

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Scrapyard24c's DSL Garage

« on: April 10, 2013, 09:02:51 PM »

Funny thing is Enforcer is the name of a real life lightweight Battlebot and it currently holds the record for the longest competing Battlebot, 15+ years now.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Mazakari's potential tournament showcase

« on: April 10, 2013, 08:56:36 PM »

Nice bot.  Any name to it?

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Scrapyard24c's DSL Garage

« on: April 10, 2013, 08:49:57 PM »

Thought I'd reveal one of my entrants for BB6.  I decided for my middleweight entry I'd use Enforcer.  Enforcer has been a very reliable robot to me up against the dsl middleweights and so I decided high time to see how it would do in a tourney.  Updated the paint scheme too on it for this.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Scrapyard24c's DSL Garage

« on: April 10, 2013, 06:12:15 PM »

Did a rebuild on Shrapnel II and I think I've got the supports down.  What do you guys think?