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Challenge Board / Re: Reier vs 8bean

« on: October 04, 2018, 08:47:21 AM »

thanks

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Discussion / Re: RA2 Player Nations

« on: October 03, 2018, 02:37:55 PM »

Azerbaijan, over here.

did the UK replace England with azerbaijan

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Bildschirms Bots! (Also Hi!)

« on: October 02, 2018, 03:46:46 PM »

looks really clean. i like the drive.

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Challenge Board / Re: Reier vs 8bean

« on: October 01, 2018, 02:16:22 PM »

can we get the scores updated?

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Real Robotics Discussion / Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread

« on: October 01, 2018, 02:21:09 AM »

now that pika's kia (rest in peace sweet prince) my vote is on whiplash

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Online Battles / Re: online match

« on: September 30, 2018, 07:58:10 PM »

whatsec? whatranger? what are these, I can host it literally now, I'm in uk and I'm not joining no discord also, DSL Mod

parsec and gameranger are two programs we use to host ra2 marches. hosting directly from the multiplayer tab in ra2 will leave you with a whole lot of nothing since the gamespy servers went down. if you want to host you absolutely need the help of 3rd party software to even hope to get it to work.

on lan it works fine on the other hand. you can host local marches no problem.

I also suggest discord because otherwise you will probably be disappointed that no one knows when to join your matches. just trying to save you some grief

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Online Battles / Re: online match

« on: September 30, 2018, 12:40:16 AM »

you need to say more information next time chief

are you hosting with parsec? gameranger?
what mod?
what time?
where are you located (for lag)?
etc

and you may want to join the gtm discord so you can get people's attention immediately

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Discussion / Re: What is the most balanced arena?

« on: September 28, 2018, 06:48:52 PM »

Bridge of Doom would be balanced if people made a meta for it.

pvp

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: 090901's DSL showcase.

« on: September 26, 2018, 11:35:09 PM »

i built this chinese tier knockoff of 123s designs to see if they are still meta and based on my extensive testing of the like 3 dsl-s bots on the exchange i can say his bots would still knock the teeth in of anything built recently lol

who woulda thought that efficient bots can fight more efficiently

looks nice though. i like the way the wheels and disks play off each other. just hope that the wheels won't get hit, they seem a bit too vulnerable for my liking

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Discussion / Re: IMPORTANT: this will save RA2

« on: September 25, 2018, 12:53:11 AM »

So I've been out of the loop for a while. What are ya'll using to host these live matches?

it's a program called parsec. it's basically a screen sharing software that people can use to connect to a host. very minimal lag, most people said they could barely notice they weren't playing on their own pc

i used a laptop made around 5 years ago with nothing changed in it and built in graphics card and played on it perfectly fine with no lag so most machines should be able to play on it and i expect half the machines in GTM can probably host on it so its worth looking at and can easily enough make it a weekly or even every 2 week thing for someone to host if enough are willing to try

what he said. almost no one had any major problems when playing in the centauris, and i know that several people's pcs aren't that good by any stretch. hosting may be a different story but I have a solid middle of the road pc with middle of the road upload speed and it worked without any problems really. people just need to give it a shot. don't really know why people are so terrified of getting out of their comfort zone when it's basically a straight upgrade

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Tournament Archives / Re: CENTAURI 2 - Online Tournament | SBV

« on: September 25, 2018, 12:41:58 AM »

something something lightning didn't strike twice amirite

For real though, that was a really good match.  At one point in r1 both my wheels were in the pit - I have no idea how I survived that.  In r2, just like last time, some sloppy driving got me into a bad position and Lightning did not hesitate to take advantage.  I got lucky in r3 by breaking the spin of death at just the right time.  Major points to Lightning.  And on the subject, major points to Reier for hosting!

did good man. so did lightning. and everyone else. except those who lost 
jk. everyone acted sportsmanly (???) and pvp tournaments are way more fun and personal between the competitors and host than AI could ever hope to be. tons of banter and fun stuff in the discord. i really do thank everyone for being polite and timely, you guys made it a blast to host. Hope to do one again soon once my job slows down.

that being said, here's a present to everyone and their grammy cause i love you all so much or whatever. BONUS TIME

after the tourney finished (only took 2 days of filming) we did some fun stuff in the centauri discord. 8bean vs lightning vs 09 vs thrackerzod on the hilltop for instance


then we got really nuts with a buncha random crap. I hopped in some matches to have fun. we used voice chat for these but mine didn't record cause i forgot to set OBS correctly. everyone else is there though.

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Discussion / Re: IMPORTANT: this will save RA2

« on: September 24, 2018, 07:25:23 PM »

hey again. I claimed a while ago that online play in ra2 would extend the life of the game to the extreme, and i stand by that statement.
now we have proof. I’ve so far hosted 2 Centauris, online tournaments, that were bigger successes than I could have hoped. the second was even better than the first, and I thought the first was amazing. i can't tell you how many times i heard stuff like

Can’t really look at AI matches the same anymore.

from centauri competitors.



if you haven't yet, watch it. please. i don’t care that it was me who hosted it. I would say the same if someone else hosts one. you have to watch it to see how pitiful AI is in comparison.
I’m saying this cause most people havent. The views on YT are very low. I understand. the mindset of most tournaments is to only watch your own fights, and theres barely a point in watching anyway cause the ai is so braindead and predictable. Just read summaries of the fights in all honesty.
This is 100% NOT the case with pvp matches. Any fight in either Centauris blow any AI fight out of the water. You do not have to be a competitor to enjoy a fight. Some players are gooood drivers, incredible to watch, and it’s possible to win with extremely unorthodox designs. A clamp won C1, for crying out loud. 2 push bots with 0 and minimal weapons respectively got 3rd and 2nd in C2. When do you see that with AI? you don’t. we need pvp to encourage building innovation. it’s so much fun and almost everyone is missing out! makes me so sad. it doesnt have to be like this.

We need people to watch these matches, and we need people to host more online tournaments. It is not much of a commitment. All the C2 matches were filmed in 2 days. was even less of a commitment for the competitors. i've hosted 5 AI tournaments before and centauri was honestly easier and way more fun to do. pretty much every 'issue' mentioned above was completely disproved with the centauris.
We need pvp for the game, people. Please. i'm getting tired of being one of the only ones trying to save this game, especially when it is so simple to fix.

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Tournament Archives / Re: CENTAURI 2 - Online Tournament | SBV

« on: September 24, 2018, 09:58:19 AM »

I wonder if Lightning S can take back-to-back championships?

who knows maybe you'll have to just watch and find out

dun dun dundundun dun dun dun
its the   G R  A N D      F I  N A L

can lightning KEEP THE CROWN
or will the NEW BLOOD TAKE HIM DOWN
fight out today on epsn yeaaaaaaaaaa


stay tuned for bonus videos later!

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Discussion / Re: What is the most balanced arena?

« on: September 23, 2018, 11:03:47 PM »

depends on the mod. ironforge for instance is super geared towards flippers since bursts are so powerful. the stronger the bursts are, the higher the arena wall needs to be. something like the BBEANS arena v2 with higher walls would be one of the more balanced arenas imo, especially with the middle hazard that helps break up wedge wars.

also depends on if you use ai or pvp, pits in pvp are far more balanced and less random than with ai

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Tournament Archives / Re: CENTAURI 2 - Online Tournament | SBV

« on: September 23, 2018, 02:07:41 PM »

last match before the final, we now have our two finalists 

LOSERS 4

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Challenge Board / Re: Reier vs 8bean

« on: September 23, 2018, 12:57:33 AM »

Reier wins 3-0. 8bean will vouch for me that no shenanigans (lag, input sabotage, etc) were in play. gg man, was a tough bot to beat.

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Challenge Board / Reier vs 8bean (Reier Wins)

« on: September 22, 2018, 11:55:08 PM »

Bo5
centauri octagon
ironforge
LW

PARSEC though. also I am hosting cause we couldn't get a host (thanks a ton guys). 8bean suggested I do it and by his admission he said the lag was basically nonexistent. so it's as fair as it's gonna get.

is this challenge board legal? hope so, we filmed it already 

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Tournament Archives / Re: CENTAURI 2 - Online Tournament | SBV

« on: September 22, 2018, 09:09:16 PM »

LOSERS 3

 

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Modifications / Re: IDEA: Everything mod?

« on: September 22, 2018, 01:25:22 PM »

i don't get the point. it won't be fun at all.

nothing would be balanced, IF parts are like a million times stronger and tougher than stock parts while being lighter. not to mention some parts would overwrite others like the 2.1/2.2 weapons and stuff, and neither are balanced the same so what gets overwritten anyway?

while theoretically you could, you probably shouldn't. it would be a huge mess and not enjoyable to play at all.

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Tournament Archives / Re: Your Favourite Type of Tournament

« on: September 22, 2018, 11:36:24 AM »

yugi, have you thought about doing a parsec tourney for the euros? I haven't been able to let them in centauri due to lag issues but I know a lot of people that would go for it. would also help popularize pvp which in turn lets people build a variety of new designs that wouldn't be as effective with ai