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« on: May 09, 2012, 10:09:31 PM »
HW for the team  Basically a HW Orange Wave. The spikes give it a second form of offense when it flips over and before it self-rights (which those skirts on the top are needed in order to do). It's notably lacking in weapon weight for a HW, just having a bare DSL bar for a weapon. It may get outweaponed by most other spinners, but it doesn't do any less damage before that happens and it's plenty dangerous against any bot light in the weapon weight department. The only flaw is the weak chassis armor; usually the chassis is safely out of reach, but if it happens to get hit before Supercell can self-right, it's going to hurt. Oh and it's kind of hard to see but it has a titanium sheet on the bottom to protect the drive motors.
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« on: May 09, 2012, 09:51:14 PM »
I would attach the RAD's on the other end to get the tribars as far apart as possible. This makes it easier to trap bots, particularly HS, and get the razors into their weak spots.
Great build anyway, even if it is sort of a clone. Naryar should be happy you didn't use 2 Nifties. :P
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« on: May 09, 2012, 09:38:30 PM »
Tried some different armor setups.  Neither of these is as strong as the mace setup, and it doesn't make bots slide up noticeably easier. In theory they should slide up easier, but I think the drum is doing most of the lifting work in either case. The front probably needs to be more wedged and less steep to get the effect you guys are going for, which will probably require a redesign with the drum positioned more toward the middle of the bot. Looks like I know what I'll be trying for Drumblebee 9 eventually.
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« on: May 07, 2012, 02:53:11 AM »
Most Original: Uber Kill
Coolest: Agrophobia
Favorite Match: Reier vs. Squirrel_Monkey (one of the only really close matches)
Most Fearsome Brotherhood: NFX (sounds weird since he went 0-2, but he was who I was most scared of at the start of the tournament.)
Unluckiest Brotherhood: RPJK (should have beaten me except Elan's weird driving saved me)
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« on: May 07, 2012, 02:40:20 AM »
Shame to take Scrap out in round 1 once again. His bots look so cool but never win, though I think CRASH could have won against a different opponent. Can't say I'm disappointed about winning though. Next fight is gonna be hard. Sound has twice the weapons that I do and its top is pretty strong, unlike mine. I'll have to make up in stability and power what I lack in weapon weight... yeah, probably just a hopeful way of saying I'm gonna lose.  Pretty confident it will have to come down to a judges' decision though. Sound may break my hammer but he's not getting through my 10mm Ti chassis.
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« on: May 07, 2012, 01:23:06 AM »
So do the same 16 people enter all the weight classes, or are there new signups every season?
Maybe a dumb question, but your intro spiel sort of made it sound like you're looking for the top overall builder in all of RA2.
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« on: May 07, 2012, 01:12:48 AM »
I forgot about this.
Now that I've been reminded, yes, I am still interested in how it turns out.
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« on: May 07, 2012, 01:00:08 AM »
Barbed Obsidian... was that R0B0's piston popup? Can't remember exactly which bot it is but I think I know what you mean. To be honest, I'm not completely happy with the current armor setup. But I tried a different one, and it A) didn't protect the motors as well, B) made the wedges worse for some reason, and C) didn't look as cool. I left the armor the way it is for fear of upsetting the delicate balance that makes Drumblebee 8 not a fail.
BUT you just made me think of using iron spikes instead of maces and angling them down to make a sort of steep wedge. I must try this.
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« on: May 07, 2012, 12:33:09 AM »
Lol, that is the weirdest chassis shape I have ever seen used on a serious bot. Imagine if ACAMS did another standard-chassis bot-building contest and gave everyone that chassis.  I really don't think you need a new one; that shape gives the bot originality and flavor.
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« on: May 06, 2012, 11:57:23 PM »
 And finally, after trying and failing 3 times to make a Drumblebee that is better than Drumblebee 5, which is surprisingly difficult considering how old Drumblebee 5 is...  I DID IT. It's still not a really good bot, but it's at least better than Drumblebee 5 most of the time. I'll take what I can get. I say "usually" and "sometimes" and "most of the time" about how good Drumblebee 8 is because it's bouncy and unreliable. Not super bouncy like Drumblebee 7, but enough to mess up the wedge at critical moments. This can be remedied by keeping the weapon off until you're under the opponent, but then it often gets flipped so the opponent gets under even though Drumblebee actually got under first. You need to time the weapon activation just right to maximize the chance of staying under the opponent, either that or fight in an arena that prevents box-rushing. Drumblebee 8 does not like being box-rushed. You'd think 96 kg of motor protection would be adequate, but it still loses its weapon motors before it loses its razors, meaning it can't beat any good HS except with perfect driving. But VS not being able to beat HS is nothing new. It's enough to beat HS hybrids like 2 Sinister and Tempest Exterminator. Just 1 Supervolt because I'm not using a burst motor for the (mostly cosmetic) stinger anymore. And DSA of course.
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« on: April 29, 2012, 03:26:40 PM »
Actually- I wonder if Sonny could provide the "Three, Two, One, Activate" sound he uses for his videos to replace the intro buzzer? That'd be fantastic.
Doesn't work. The intro sounds are the same .wav repeated multiple times, not one long .wav. It would repeat the whole "Three, Two, One" three times.
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« on: April 29, 2012, 03:11:30 PM »
Ugh, why doesn't AI ever work in tournaments as well as it does in testing? I thought I sorted out Elan's driving better than that. I guess tipped-over chassis design = bad idea despite caster advantage. S_M seems to have this in the bag now, though Reier could possibly beat him as that fight was pretty close the first time. I'm afraid Pwnator and Hercules will need a miracle to advance past the next round on account of being outweaponed. (Pwnator, if you get a rematch with S_M you should use the bar spinner for the lulz. Or S_M should use his rammer for even more lulz. )
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« on: April 29, 2012, 01:50:28 PM »
Just one of those thoughts... Do you want me to record real motor/pnuematics sounds? The in game pneumatics sound nothing like the do in real life.
I like this idea. Between the two of us, we've got a pretty good range of motors. You could probably also take a recording of Phoenix's flipper.
Motors/rigs I've got
Short Magmotor
18v dewalt
18v dewalt flipper(maybe burst-ish)
Spark (ant) motors
Servo
Could also probably record the drill press/table saw/mill etc.. for some other noise options.
Sweet. It would be awesome if we could have a different sound for every motor.
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« on: April 28, 2012, 08:55:23 PM »
Whoa. I thought maybe you cloned them, but then I thought, "Nah, they look too accurate, no way that's a clone." Edit: Oho, now that I know what to look for I can see that the front ice picks on Deathwatch are angled 1 click off. 
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« on: April 28, 2012, 08:44:27 PM »
Where did you get Deathwatch and Deathwatch Queen? I don't recall ever putting those on the bot exchange, especially not the unskinned versions.
Cool shots though. Take that, Hot Wheels!
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« on: April 28, 2012, 07:05:35 PM »
Back before I joined the official forums, I had a standard test to determine if a bot was good or not. It was this: If a bot can beat Tornado at least 1 out of 3 fights or so, it's a pretty good fighter. I'd go to FB and say, "I made a really cool bot, you have to come see it! It can even sometimes beat Tornado!"  Oddly, EMERGENCY was always more of an annoyance than a serious threat. I'd get tossed around of course but usually ended up winning.
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« on: April 28, 2012, 06:53:06 PM »
That would be awesome  I used my old antweight Defy Ant to record the new motor sounds for DSL2 so I know it can be done. It takes a lot of tweaking to get right though... the game distorts a lot of the sounds.
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« on: April 28, 2012, 06:48:59 PM »
Weird. It faced the right direction in my previous matches. And I just tested it and it faces the right way in both the Combat Arena and the Containment Cube on my computer.
Random fluke? I'd ask you to test and see if it happens again on your computer but, meh, it doesn't really matter at this point.
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« on: April 28, 2012, 06:29:07 PM »
Why was my hammer facing the wrong way against Fracture!? Did you download the other LaserGuided.py I made for Thunderhead?
Not like I could have won either way but still, that was pretty lame. Didn't even put up a fight.
Anyway, congrats to Fracture for winning the finals, you had the better bot.
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« on: April 28, 2012, 06:01:30 PM »
LOL Elan's weird wall-hugging actually helped me? I doubt I could have won that if Strangford Claws didn't batter its weapons on the walls for so long waiting for Elan to turn around.
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