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« on: March 30, 2021, 11:26:58 AM »
Nah, that little joint by the wedgelet. The one the game always tries to sneak in on you.
Ahh I see. It MIGHT be possible to fix it with the right combination of angle pieces. I think I've got a 22.5 degree and a 10 degree angling it inwards ATM. Maybe a 45 degree with a 10 degree in the other direction would get them meshing seamlessly. I'll have a tinker at some point soon
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« on: March 30, 2021, 11:06:38 AM »
I love watching angled discs kill things. The colors and layout are great. Only nitpick would be that panel corner but those never want to line up right.
10/10 want to fight this killer pokeball.
Which panel corner are you referring to? The one in front of the wheel?
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« on: March 15, 2021, 10:09:45 AM »
Another update to this to bring it in line with the current rules. Updated the section on wedge design because it was poorly worded before to stress the importance of having your wedge being pressed into the ground by the hinge, and also gave a short rundown of the advantages and disadvantages of panel wedges vs wedgelets. Additionally, added a bit about flipper arc limits that exist now.
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« on: March 02, 2021, 09:07:19 AM »
Frankly I think releasing fully custom components is a compatibility and balancing nightmare and would undo all the good work done with 2.4 to finally standardise everyone's installs so hosts aren't constantly having to look for some component that they don't have installed that someone used on a bot without realising that not everyone has it, especially with 2.5 in the pipeline which could potentially have wildly different component balance.
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« on: March 02, 2021, 01:14:55 AM »
Hey remember that stuff about not doing much damage? Yeah that's not a thing anymore. Pretty standard fare for a bot update. Went back to it and realised there were a bunch of areas I could build smarter to save some weight without really compromising the looks at all, and with that weight I invested in a mech disc instead of the weedy shell disc + 2 small typhoons. This should certainly be more damaging, and possibly more durable too, though I'm not sure because of how frequency affects the damage that components take as well as dish out. Certainly an improvement competitiveness wise, and visually it still looks good too, though I did kinda like the bolts on the spinner from the shell disc.
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« on: February 28, 2021, 05:16:53 AM »
The next PWT leg is in the combat arena which means Monsieur Grand Flipper Bleu will have to take a timeout due to the lack of pits and OOTA zones. As a result I decided I'd build a new HS since I don't normally do those. Went for a kinda Wild Thing style thing with some influences from Skorpios too, though I did aim to make it pretty distinct from either of those. Obviously with only 2 small typhoons it's not gonna be particularly competitive, but it looks pretty decent I think which is IMO a rarity for HSes, and you get 3 bots in PWT anyway so my other 2 entries can do the heavy lifting competitiveness wise.
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« on: February 26, 2021, 12:25:17 PM »
What "Recent Events" are you talking about? Is there I place where I can find discussion about this taboo incident?
all of the vets and top builders aside from like robo are massive cheaters
Nice work with scanner, Silverfish. Definite a welcome release
Everyone is a crook but me 
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« on: February 04, 2021, 03:17:04 PM »
It's already here. Also, ever tried DSL?
https://gametechmods.com/forums/downloads/?sa=view;down=135
That doesn't have any OOTA zones As for commissioning and arena, you're probably gonna have a hard time. There's only a few people around who actually have the skillset to make an arena, and from what I understand it's a hell of a lot of work. Your best bet would probably be something like the starcore arena, which has a pair of pulverizers and 2 arena flippers in the centre (similar to the octagon arena) but that has OOTA zones the whole way around. The arena's fairly big though and the walls are reasonably high so with the stock bots you're using OOTAs shouldn't be too common. Here's a screenshot of it:
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« on: February 02, 2021, 05:12:51 PM »
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« on: January 30, 2021, 06:00:25 PM »
What arena is being used? I can't find text regarding that either.
Robogames I believe
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« on: January 29, 2021, 01:20:44 AM »
If I have a request, please actually post the videos on GTM this time. I completely missed the tourney last time.
Where do i post the videos?
Just make a post with a YouTube link in this thread when you upload one. It'll embed automatically
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« on: January 27, 2021, 03:27:31 PM »
I really like the shape of it, not much else to say really. Just really top quality work, as always. If I were to nitpick, the front wedge looks a tiny bit tacked on and it would be nice if the yellow top panels were flush with the chassis outline
I've already sent cringey 7 ****in updates for this thing and today's the last day of signups so I don't wanna pester him again with another update, but I will absolutely have a stab at getting the top panels fully flush in the near future
Actually **** that lol. He dealt with 7 updates already what's 1 more. Top panel made flush and swapped to grippier pirellis rather than miniwheels through better weight management
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« on: January 27, 2021, 08:44:12 AM »
I really like the shape of it, not much else to say really. Just really top quality work, as always. If I were to nitpick, the front wedge looks a tiny bit tacked on and it would be nice if the yellow top panels were flush with the chassis outline
Yeah I totally see what you mean. I actually did a complete ground up rebuild once already, as in the initial build the top panel was even less flush than it is here. I've already sent cringey 7 ****in updates for this thing and today's the last day of signups so I don't wanna pester him again with another update, but I will absolutely have a stab at getting the top panels fully flush in the near future because you're definitely right that them sticking up a bit isn't great.
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« on: January 27, 2021, 08:13:20 AM »
Guess I'll show my WWRA2 bot now. Fairly conventional design wise because I wanted to try to make this thing legitimately competitive (at least as axes can be), though I did make an effort to give it some shape via the rear end and the hammer support setup. When Super posted his hammer a while back I realised we'd gone for pretty much the exact same philosophy so it'll be interesting to see what the other two hammer builders have done
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« on: January 10, 2021, 06:01:20 PM »
The penultimate heat is upon us as Heat G is now here!
Fight Summaries:
Eliminator 1:A brutal battle to start out with where Sarin was just pummelled to near-death, but still survived. Meanwhile Torrent and Mediocre White were fighting their own fights, but all 4 'bots did survive, so the judges' decision went as such:
Damage: Obviously Orang Min got the 2 points for damage for utterly demolishing Sarin while the minor point went to Mediocre White for destroying Torrent's weapon system. Orang Min 2, Mediocre White 1
Control: I'm gonna say this right now, SnS'es will almost certainly lose in the event of a judges' decision due to having no real controlling capabilities. With that said, Torrent was far more controlled with Mediocre white snagging the minor point solely because Sarin lost points for charging into Orang Min constantly and not getting any control. Torrent 2, Mediocre White 1
Aggression: Aggression's a similar case, with both Mediocre White and Torrent getting the points while Orang Min got nothing. Mediocre White was better at aggressive action, though, so Mediocre White 1, Torrent 1/2
Overall, Medicore White 3, Torrent 2.5, Orang Min 2.
The DM4 champ struggled hard, getting ripped to death by Kirin 2020. I figured Shrike would suffer the same fate, but to my surprise a killer flip outta nowhere after an abrupt havok ended up killing Kirin while Grey Box Testing managed to deal wayward damage, breaking off one of Shrike's forks in the process. A relatively solid, if quick fight. Poor Tearaway never had a chance, did it? It got torn up and spat out in ruthless style while Sarin was torn apart again and actually counted out as a result of Kirin's attacks. Kirin did die in the closing seconds, but it didn't really matter for it in the end.
Kirin got the win on all categories, not only because it killed Tearaway and immobilised Sarin, but also because Orang Min was so passive and reluctant to do anything that even with Kirin getting penalised for attacking an already dead Sarin and losing power, it was not enough for it to be eliminated. ...aaaaaand cue a 'bot suddenly coming out of nowhere to put on a dominant performance. Shrike did fantastically after a slow start, managing to punt out all 3 'bots in the fastest fight of AN2 to my knowledge. No 'bot was safe, and Shrike pulled off an amazing victory without any losses despite its minimal changes. Welp, the 'bot I expected to win the fight somehow ended up being the only 'bot that actually got eliminated, that being Kirin. This was actually harder than I thought it would be to judge, because all 'bots did damage in some form and had their strong moments. Here's how I scored this fight.
Damage: I had to think quite a bit about this, as Torrent and Mediocre White did more noticable damage but were in terrible shape at the end while Grey Box was less noticable, but was relatively intact at the end. Ultimately, Grey Box's consistent damage output and lack of any damage netted it the 2 points while Torrent got the minor point for ripping apart Mediocre White's armour and weapon. Grey Box Testing 2, Torrent 1.
Control: What sealed the minor point for Grey Box was it being the lone 'bot left standing in the end, but it didn't do enough to get the major points, which I gave to Torrent as it consistently managed to control the 'bots it fought during the match. Torrent 2, Grey Box Testing 1.
Aggression: The decider... was actually the minor point, as Mediocre White got the 1 point for aggression for being the most aggressive during the battle. Ultimately, though it was Grey Box that got the minor point due to its stronger performance and being the last 'bot standing in the end. Mediocre White 1, Grey Box Testing 1/2.
Overall: Grey Box Testing 3.5, Torrent 3, Mediocre White 1. This was a bit odd, honestly. Sarin felt like it was screwed over hard, but Shrike managed to pull off a phenomenal performance that I was not expecting at all. Grey Box managed to survive and barely make it out alive, and with that, only one heat remains. I can't avoid it any longer, so I might as well do this thing...
HEAT H COMING SOON... Colour me surprised. Shrike was a literal afterthought of just taking my old ass Deathmatch 2 bot and doing some minor modifications to bring it up to roughly current standards. If you'd told me it would wreck house and go undefeated in its heat I wouldn't have believed you.
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« on: January 05, 2021, 01:37:41 PM »
Crap, I better enter something fast!
Did you not read the giant bold text that says to not build yet?
Oops, too late, built a bot already. Oh well.
Anyways, can I sign up for the tourney? This tournament's team concept is interesting to me.
Yeah but the point of the tourney is that you build after signing up. You get into teams and discuss among yourselves what bot type each person is gonna do and then build a bot accordingly. Coming in with a bot pre built doesn't really work.
Yeah, sorry. I'm not used to this type of format. So, where do we discuss team stuffs?
It's fine DW about it. Each team will likely get put into discord groups if it's like last time, where they can discuss what bot types each person wants to do and share pics of builds in progress to get advice and feedback and stuff
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« on: January 05, 2021, 02:50:03 AM »
Crap, I better enter something fast!
Did you not read the giant bold text that says to not build yet?
Oops, too late, built a bot already. Oh well.
Anyways, can I sign up for the tourney? This tournament's team concept is interesting to me.
Yeah but the point of the tourney is that you build after signing up. You get into teams and discuss among yourselves what bot type each person is gonna do and then build a bot accordingly. Coming in with a bot pre built doesn't really work.
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« on: January 04, 2021, 03:43:43 PM »
Well it's a new year so I better get my "1 middleweight per year" quota out of the way A new MW version of Claymore/Sabre. Actually learned some interesting new weight management techniques that should be useful on my HWs and CWs as well doing it so it was actually worth the effort, and it's certainly an improvement over the old MW Sabre/Claymore that I built back in like 2018. If ever there's a tournament calling for MWs, CWs and HWs or something then this will likely be my entry.
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« on: January 03, 2021, 10:43:13 AM »
What a great thread
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« on: January 01, 2021, 05:49:13 PM »
Quick rebuild of an old blue flipper to shake off the rust of not building for 3 months.
Probably gonna skin up the flipper panels and chuck it in AC3 depending how many entries each person gets
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One day I'll make a britflipper that can actually win fights
The flipper itself is neat, but I REALLY love the name.
I've got a big notepad doc of just random cool words that I think would work as bot names
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