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« on: January 25, 2013, 08:01:45 PM »
I’ve been looking around the forum and decided, some great IRL bots have been made this year. And I was wondering which the best is. I’ve looked around and found my favorites. Now this list is completely opinion based and I might have forgotten one of another so if you think differently, you can try making your own list. I really liked some of the bots built. One of my rules is not to include a builder twice to allow more variety. So now off to the fun part, I give you: THE BEST IRL BOTS OF 2012! 10. Sudden Impact-Scrapyard24c A newcomer this year who’s been showing real building potential. I particularly liked this one mostly cause it was exactly like something you would see in an earlier season of BattleBots. Now a 4wd SnS with the wheels in that orientation is not the best functionally but aesthetically, it looks really cool. I also remembered watch the Sudden Impact truck race when I was little so maybe it’s also nostalgic for me. Scrapyard has been playing a lot of Minecraft recently but I know he’ll be back to building eventually. 9. Spitfire-090901 Despite 090901 spending a lot of time in the junkyard, he can still build really well. I also have the same respect for Mr. AS, but we’re not talking about stock here. This one I really admired for a couple of reasons. First it was a flame bot which are awesome. The wheel guards were also very cool. The back DSL bar back worked well and the top symbol fit with the bot and its general air to it. If the ram plates weren’t there and maybe had a sponsor logo or two, it might even have been ranked hire; it’s still an awesome robot. 8. Remove Before Flight-D-Lark Now, D-Lark just came back but this was too awesome not to mention. I always love when bots have eyes on their skin. It harkens back to DSC’s robots (who isn’t on the list as he hasn’t built since 2011). I think a dirt layer was added too giving it a worn look to it. The shape of it was pretty cool and it had the 09 wheel guards with spikes as a plus. The only thing I would chance is maybe use an aluminum skirt instead of a DSL bar as a flipper which looks a little awkward. Still, it‘s pretty great and I hope D-Lark sticks around to build more IRL and more in general. 7. Tony Terror-Plazmic Inferno For most of 2012 Plazmic’s building would be, well, boring. That all changed with Terror Tony. Terror Tony’s skin was awesome. The black and yellow flame looked awesome and so did the face on the front. The dual T-Minus arms was also a good idea. They might have been lower than the bot but the video he posted proved it didn’t affect its performance. Since Terror Tony, Plazmic has been putting more effort into the skins and the bot designs in general to this day. He’s been building great and will probably make the 2013 list if he keeps it up. 6. AggroCat 2-Thyrus How could I forget this bot? It’s an iconic bot from one of the fathers of IRL building. The back motor guards look like some Nordic armor and the S3 wheels were a great choice for this one. I think he used a burst hinge for the flippers though. I can’t really blame him though; you can’t get 6 BSGs in there without being sloppy. I would probably call it the best St. Agro style flipper built to date. I really hope Thyrus keeps building cause he is really good at it. 5. Super Cell-Click Beetle What better way to start the upper half of the chart with the exalted one himself, Click Beetle. Super Cell is one of the first bots with those motor overhead and drive below bar kind of set ups. It might have been the first one to do so and make it look very awesome, at least in the HW category where the weapon motor is inside the chassis. The skin is awesome as you would expect the tail on top look really cool. Not to mention the storm skirts and let me tell you that working with storm skirts is only less annoying than working with tornado wedges. Click managed to use them perfectly. He hasn’t been on since last year but he’ll be back and just as awesome as ever. 4. Osiris-Classicus Classicus has a building style which I’ve only seen resembled in Domanating and Unreal (who aren’t appearing because Dom doesn’t build IRL and all of Unreal’s bots are gone). This style is perfectly shown in Osiris. First, the bot’s an IRL SHW; those are hard to come by. The skinning on the components is fantastic. The idea of a 4-way hammer is really cool. And that Dominator 2 component on top really just completes the bot. Classicus took a hiatus after Osiris was revealed but he’s said he’s going to build more which is pleasing to all of us. 3. Capital Punishment-Virus Bomb This guy needs more comments. He is a DSL virtuoso. And that shows in this SHW VS. All the intricate work done on the disc support is really nice. The sloped back is cool cause you never do see that shape. The weapon setup is also pretty killer. It’s not a huge disc or bar, almost a grinder of sorts. The Overkill wheels are a great choice as they really fit with the bot. I really hope Virus Bomb continuous to make strong IRL bots. 2. Drakina-NFX Wow, a lot of effort went into this one. All the extender work on the eyes, the mouth, the body, and the tail. It was based on one of NFX old CADs which I can’t find because his imageshack account committed suicide. The jaw with fire coming out is amazing. He even went out of the way to add some teeth. The wheel guards were ingenious too. The hex plate with the angled skirt is brilliant. Drakina will be in Live Designs AI so everyone can have it. NFX has been busy at university but he’s too good of a member so he’ll build more. Special Note: Shout out for his Iron Oxide showing that stock IRL can be cool too. Before I announce my winner, I want to show some other good ones as honorable mentions: •Electric Boogaloo Clone- SKBT SKBT is very underrated. He can design one mean bot. My favorite is this unnamed EB-esque bot. Cool disc, cool plow, I love. •Clever Heist-Jack Daniels This is Jack’s only bot this year, but boy is it good. The inward facing wheels are cool. The undercutting backlash disc is done well and the screw edging is neat. •Electric Ray-Badnik96 Badnik’s bots have a lot of personality. This one’s was cute. The small size, the deep blue, the eyes, and the TDD saw make for a cool bot and the tail is nice too. •Crocodile Rock-Conraaa A great builder this Conraaa guy is. I really like the atmosphere this bot gives off. The smirk, the texture, and the drum set up. Cool bot. •Viper 2-Fotepx It’s too bad that Fotepx’s DSL broke he’s a good builder. I really like the blue hypno teeth, very clean. •Crasp Drone 2-Craaig A Craaig VS with some MS Paint skills, enough has been said. And finally… 1.Sludge Bomb 2-Scrap Daddy You can’t beat Scrap Daddy. He’s the new king. The last 3 bots were on cause they’re intricacy, but this combines both simplistic design with some complexity. You see the bot and think, “12 wheels!” And yeah, 12 wheels is right. I have never seen anything like it. The flipper arm is cool too and how it use extenders below to give the illusion of a pneumatic flipper. The chassis is open allowing for a sweet skin. The way he skinned the front wedge was brilliant. This maybe my second favorite IRL bot ever (Thunderhead by Clickbeetle is first). Thus, it earns my favorite IRL bot of 2012. I hope you enjoyed the review. Feel free to share your opinions and make your own if you want. Thanks for reading!
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« on: December 27, 2012, 06:03:08 PM »
Sonny asked for it.
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« on: October 05, 2012, 05:36:51 PM »
So Barbie just said over the wiki that she made both. Hmmm, that's weird....
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« on: September 25, 2012, 09:03:07 PM »
Signups Close Feb 28th!!!1. You must follow the events rules if you plan on entering it. 2. You can enter into all of the events. 3. I will randomize the entries and make the brackets with challonge.com 4. Each battle is 1 vs 1, best of 3 fights. 5. Game type is DSL for each event. 6. No multibots, flail rammers, or carbon fiber extenders on a SnS allowed. 7. A bot can be updated until the splash is posted. 8. Each bot must show controlled movement. 9. Each bot gets one havok (eliminates a bot because of it) restart. After that, the bot is disqualified. 10. I can AI and make splashes but you can help with the splashes (and AI) you want to. 11. There are 4 events with 8 competitors in each. 12. The bot may represent ANY COUNTRY YOU WANT in the form of a skin. You can check out my flag pack in the mods section if you can't skin well. 13. There can only be 2 representatives from one country in each event. For example, you can't enter a bot based on the U.S. in an event if there are already 2 bots based on the U.S. in that event. 14. The LW's may utilize the following cheatbot2 components: WEAPONS
- Matilda teeth
- S3 disc
- Diablo Triple Bar
- Complete Control weapon
- Beta hammer
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
- 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 wheelbillybar, billyg, billyg2
- growlerwheelfram
The events are a little more challenging this time around. Let's see what they are... 1. LW
2. IRL DSL building
3. If the bot is too unrealistic I will have you change it. If all the spots fill up and somone wants to take your spot and you haven't updated it, you will be disquallified.
4.Battlebox 2.0 with hazards on and no heckraisers (Battlebox 3.0).
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1.Gropaga-Japan
2.Logan-Georgia
3.Lighning S.-USA
4.RedlineM203-USA
5.Conraaa-Macedonia
6.boombabyboom-Germany
7.Martymidget-Cornwall
8.090901-Canada
1. MW
2. Standard DSL building
3. Bot must have 3 wheels, no more, no less. All the wheels must be part of the drive system and touch the ground at the start of the match.
4. No SnSers
5.Combat Arena
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1.Mr.AwsumSauce-USA
2.Conraa-Macedonia
3.RedlineM203-England
4.090901-Canada
5.
6.
7.
8.
1. HW
2. Standard DSL building
3. The only components allowed from the wheels catagory are casters and tank treads.
4. You may use any motor for the drive.
5. No crawlers
6. RA2 Tournament Arena hazards on
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1.Martymidget-Cornwall
2.Lightning S.-Russia
3.Classicus-Cornwall
4.090901-Canananananada
5.Conraaa-Macedonia
6.Mr. AwsumSauce-Canada
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8.
1. SHW
2. Standard DSL building
3. The bot must use at least 2 skis.
4. Containment Cube hazards on
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1.HurricaneAndrew-Italy
2.Logannaruto-Georgia
3.Martymidget-Cornwall
4.Conraaa-Macedonia
5.Mr. Awsumsauce-Canada
6.RedlineM203-Jamaica
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8.
Black-Recieved Red-Problem Green-AI'ed and ready to go!
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« on: August 18, 2012, 08:48:43 PM »
So I'm making a whole decal pack on flags. All are possible entries to any future olympic tourney I host and I won't include Canada unless people want me to. This is gonna take a while for me to make but they pay off should be good. Just letting everyone know what I'm up to. Flag Pack Original Separstist Edition (no RA2O): Extinct Countries Edition (no RA2O): Ultimate Sponsors Pack (big thanks to Classicus and everyone who worked on the AU pack and JX pack):
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« on: August 13, 2012, 10:55:36 AM »
Cograts to the winners, but now time for some awards. You can't votre for yourself. Coolest Bot: Which bot do you think was the coolest? Most Fearsome: The bot you didn't want to fight. Crowd Favorite: Bot you cheered on. Best Skin: Coolest paint job. SFTW: The  of the tourney. Best engineering: Best built bot. Voting closes on Saturday 10:00 GTM time. Also here are the international standings (Gold medal=3pts Silver=2pts Bronze=1pt): G S B 1.  USA 5 2 3 2.  Scotland 0 2 2 3.  Japan 1 0 0 3.  Liechtensein 1 0 0 3.  Indonesia 1 0 0 3.  Canada 0 1 1 4.  Cornwall 0 1 0 4.  Netherlands 0 1 0 4.  Macedonia 0 1 0 5.  England 0 0 1 5.  Croatia 0 0 1 5.  Micronesia 0 0 1 6.  Eritrea 0 0 0 6.  Ireland 0 0 0 6.  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 6.  Wales 0 0 0 6.  Djibouti 0 0 0 Might host another after XC season which ends in October.
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« on: July 29, 2012, 05:48:00 PM »
LET THE GAMES BEGIN! Splashes: Brackets: Videos:
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« on: July 29, 2012, 11:41:55 AM »
Disscus anything related to Olympics here.
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« on: July 19, 2012, 11:32:07 AM »
Well as promised, here's the sequel. 1. You must follow the events rules if you plan on entering it. 2. You can enter into 2 events. 3. I will randomize the entries and make the brackets with challonge.com 4. Each battle is 1 vs 1, best of 3 fights. 5. Game type is DSL for each event. 6. No multibots allowed. 7. A bot can be updated until the splash is posted. 8. Each bot must show controlled movement. 9. Each bot gets one havok (eliminates a bot because of it) restart. After that, the bot is disqualified. 10. I can AI and make splashes but you can help with the splashes you want to. 11. There are 4 events with 8 competitors in each. 12. The bot must represent ANY COUNTRY YOU WANT in the form of a skin. 13. With the change in the rule above, there can only be 2 representatives from one country in each event. For example, you can't enter a bot based on the U.S. in an event if there are already 2 bots based on the U.S. in that event. 14. The HW's may utilize the following cheatbot2 components: WEAPONS
- Matilda teeth
- S3 disc
- Diablo Triple Bar
- Complete Control weapon
- Wham bat
- Beta hammer
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
- 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 wheelbillybar, billyg, billyg2
- growlerwheelfram
And heeeeeere are the events: 1.BW
2. Standard DSL building
3. Small Arena with hazards off
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1.Ty4er-Canada
2.Conraaa-Macedonia
3.Squirrel_Monkey-Eritrea
4.Urjak-USA
5.Jack Daniels-Croatia
6.Logannaruto-USA
7.R1885-Ireland
8.Badnik96-Canada 1. LW
2. Standard DSL building
3. Claw Top arena with hazards on
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1.Conraaa-Macedonia
2.Mr.AwesumSaude-USA
3.MikeNCR-USA
4.Forrest-Wales
5.090901-Micronesia
6.NFX-Scotland
7.iahn05-Djibouti
8.Linxus-Kazakhstan 1.MW
2. Standard DSL building
3. No flails or popups
4. RA2 Tournament Arena hazards on
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1.Ty4er-Canada
2.Madman3-Liechtenstein
3.Squirrel_Monkey-Eritrea
4.090901-Micronesia
5.Gropaga-Japan
6.Logannaruto-USA
7.Gache Suede-Indonesia
8.Kurt Wylde-Scotland 1.HW
2. DSL IRL building
3. If the bot is too unrealistic I will have you change it. If all the spots fill up and somone wants to take your spot and you haven't updated it, you will be disquallified.
4. Combat Arena hazard on
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1.Madman3-Liechtenstein
2.SKBT-USA
3.Plazmic Inferno-England
4.Mr.AwsumSauce-Canada
5.MikeNCR-USA
6.R1885-Ireland
7.Badnik96-Canada
8.NFX-Scotland -Good to go Blue-Okayed Black-Recieved Red-Problem
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« on: June 12, 2012, 01:59:34 PM »
Cograts to the winners, but now time for some awards. You can't votre for yourself. Coolest Bot: Which bot do you think was the coolest? Most Fearsome: The bot you didn't want to fight. Crowd Favorite: Bot you cheered on. Best Skin: Coolest paint job. Voting closes on thursday 10:00 GTM time. Also here are the international standings (Gold medal=3pts Silver=2pts Bronze=1pt): G S B
1.USA 3 1 2
2.Japan 1 0 0
2.Scotland 0 1 2
3.Cornwall 0 1 0
3.Netherlands 0 1 0
4.England 0 0 1 I will host another as soon as I can but I wont have access to RA2 for a little bit.
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« on: June 05, 2012, 01:40:41 PM »
 LET THE GAMES BEGIN! Splashes: Brackets: Videos: Opening Ceremony: LW: MW: HW: SHW:
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« on: June 04, 2012, 12:51:30 PM »
I was looking through my arena folders and looked in the RA1 file (Kenzorg) I found the normal stuff but then I found this picture:  I also found 2 .gmfs. I don't what this is or why any of this stuff is in the folder. Anyone know?
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« on: May 24, 2012, 07:45:55 PM »
Hey I'm trying to find a free image editor that can save tga. files. So far I've had no luck so could someone help me?
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« on: May 17, 2012, 04:00:33 PM »
Hi everyone, I was thinking of holding an olympic like tourney with 4 events and 4 competitors in each. Here are the overall general rules: 1. You must follow the events rules if you plan on entering it. 2. You can enter into 2 events. 3. I will randomize the entries and make the brackets with challonge.com 4. Each battle is 1 vs 1, best of 3 fights. 5. Game type is DSL for each event. 6. No multibots allowed. 7. A bot can be updated until the splash is posted. 8. Each bot must show controlled movement. 9. Each bot gets one havok (eliminates a bot because of it) restart. After that, the bot is disqualified. 10. I can AI and hopefully ty4er will make the splash. 11. The bot must represent the country you're from in some way, be it name or skin.Now for specifics: 1. LW
2. Normal DSL building standards
3. Small Arena with hazards off
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1.Powerrave Netherlands
2.Logannaruto U.S.A.
3.MikeNCR U.S.A.
4.Martymidget Cornwall 1. MW
2. IRL building standards
3. If the bot isn't realistic enough, I will disqualify it.
4.Kenzorg IGC arena with hazards
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1.NFX Scotland
2.Plazmic Inferno England
3.Powerrave Netherlands
4.SKBT U.S.A.
1.HW
2.Normal DSL building standards
3. Ring Arena with hazards on
4. Each bot must be a verticle spinner
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1.Plazmic Inferno England
2.SKBT U.S.A.
3.Squirrel_Monkey England
4.Grpoga Japan
1.SHW
2.Normal DSL building standards
3.Combat Arena
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1.Logannaruto U.S.A.
2.Kurt Wylde Scotland
3.MikeNCR U.S.A.
4.Squirrel_Monkey England
Black-recieved Red-problem Blue-legal Green ai'ed and ready to go
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« on: May 12, 2012, 09:39:02 PM »
The little squares that line the left side of the bot exchange pages have 404'ed. Don't know if you know and just dont care or if no one cared.
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« on: May 01, 2012, 09:55:13 PM »
With RA2:FB starting, I need some feed back from stock, so to keep with BTTB I have a crap one and a serious one.  
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« on: March 31, 2012, 04:07:34 PM »
No I'm not doing what sparkey tried to do awhile back. I'm making a little youtube series with some AI bots I already have (I dont except entries). There's just random heats and no bracket, just daily winners. As an added bonus you get commentation from the sexy voice of me (it's kinda soft so you may need to turn up the volume a bit). I should have the first heat up by the end of today so tune in.
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« on: February 05, 2012, 07:34:18 PM »
Now this is just an idea so I'm not telling anyone to make this, it's just an idea. So I love the obstacle course arena in DSL. The only problem is, AI could never run it. I always thought a race could have been fun but they all just decide to attack the robot closest to it. So I did a quick sketch on an obstacle course arena which could be compatible with AI'ed bots.  (Sorry for poor MS Paint skills) So there's the obstacles: Brown rectangles- crates Grey rectangles- concrete blocks Green circles- barrels long grey rectangle- seesaw ramp black squares- pits grey circles-speed bumps And you maybe asking, how does this help AI. Well you see that box that has the robot inside, well the robot on the course will drive towards the robot in the box. The box will be big enough so when the timer starts the bot can move around and make sure it's not imobilized. When the bot on the course gets to the end of it, there will be some kind of hazard that is activated to destroy the bot in the box. So that's my idea. Tell me what you think of it, and remember, it's just an idea.
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« on: February 05, 2012, 03:14:28 PM »
It's on right now, and just as awesome as every other puppy bowl.
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« on: February 01, 2012, 10:05:45 PM »
I was wondering if FRAPS allows you to use a microphone to put your voice on a video?
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