Chaosmancer's bots (don't expect good quality ever)

[Chaosmancer]

How do you make a trinity one then?

[ty4er]

Shove all your weapons on pistons (they dont need air) and when it's spinning, fire the pistons and watch.


Just make the weapons face one way (the way your spinning) and have them all on extenders if possible. Razors and maces are pretty good for this iirc (maces protect, razors damage)

Then again you can make a flyer (see the scrap vs pwn vs whoever else thread) by angling the pistons downwards

[Chaosmancer]

Oh, I think I already made my really small bot into one of those with use of battleaxes. I could always try to make one 'properly' though.

[ty4er]

They're (kinda, in a bit of a faggy way) effective and fun to watch, especially those that are properly built.

Have you watched the scrap v those guys video by any chance?

[Chaosmancer]

Nah, I went to have tea, but I may or may not get round to it, just like I may or may not build another serious bot (keeping interest is my main issue)

[Chaosmancer]

You know what, I no longer care about quality. Jonzu indirectly issued me a challenge by saying that you couldn't make a heavyweight from an antweight chassis, a couple of hours, and several crashes later (at least 20-30), I bring you this abomination;

Pre-death:


Post-death:


Weight:


Any battle:


With four HP Z-Teks, 12 pistons, and 12 pickaxes. Unfortunately it can't battle at all (it's because of the pistons), but oh well, I proved Jonzu wrong, you don't have to be Chuck Norris to make an antweight chassis into a heavyweight. And cue the constructive criticism (despite the bot being a joke).

[Jonzu95]

The bot has to be effective too y'know. :P

[Scourge of teh Galaxy]

The bot has to be effective too y'know. :P

That wasn't agreed upon. I stated I'd end up making a HW if I tried to make an AW, you basically said it was impossible, chaosmancer took it as a challenge and built this. No other criteria were given

[Mr. AS]

it might not havok as badly if you replace the pistons for something else

[Chaosmancer]

I would do that, but as the second picture shows, it died. In fact that is the second version. The first one havoked, the second one didn't but appeared like that anyway. But I made it for fun, I might remake it with less pistons at some point, but piston explosions are fun.

[Jonzu95]

The bot has to be effective too y'know. :P

That wasn't agreed upon. I stated I'd end up making a HW if I tried to make an AW, you basically said it was impossible, chaosmancer took it as a challenge and built this. No other criteria were given

I just didn't say that the bot must be effective. I just thought in my mind he will make it effective.

[Chaosmancer]

The bot has to be effective too y'know. :P

That wasn't agreed upon. I stated I'd end up making a HW if I tried to make an AW, you basically said it was impossible, Chaosmancer took it as a challenge and built this. No other criteria were given

I just didn't say that the bot must be effective. I just thought in my mind he will make it effective.

It wasn't part of the original agreement. Besides, you actually expected me to build something serious when it was just a case of 'find heavy things and find ways to put multiple heavy thing on/around the bot', of course I am just going to go nuts. Besides, none of my bots here are effective, they are all rubbishy tests and screwarounds. I doubt that I will ever build an bot that is actually serious or genuinely effective. Hell, the one I am working on now drives on walls, and that was just to see if I could make something in a 2x2 square.

[Jonzu95]

Yes, I did expect, that's all...

[Scourge of teh Galaxy]

Don't expect efficiency from someone who sees a program and goes "Ooh, how can I break this~?"

[Jonzu95]

Thanks for the tip

[Chaosmancer]

...May as well Shoryuken this up however many pages and show you just how technically terrible my bot

that won the challenge between Jonzu, RPJK, and me

actually is.

In keeping with a system that, in hindsight, is a bit rubbish;

The Bot:


Front view:


Side View:


Top View:


Weight:


Four regular Z-Teks because HPs would be too heavy, and I didn't want two of one and two of the other. SlipperBottom wheels because Shinies don't allow Face Spinners to be invertible (see Jonzu's tourney). One black, 2 HP Z-Teks for weapons because...I felt like it (when I had Shiny Hubs, it actually worked to the weight limit more, if I remember correctly), each with two 60 cm discs, each with 2 razors. And if you have any small hobos, they can live in the empty space in the chassis. Feel free to let me know the myriad of ways to make it better.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that that bot has genuine aluminium skin, the armour itself is plastic.

[Jonzu95]

Robot Wars Series 9 for sure... :P

[Chaosmancer]

Yes, random red message, I am sure that I want to reply.

So this is the AW that I will be entering into Jonzu's tourney. It turned out better than I thought, considering how it was supposed to be 'I am going to be stupid and put a Ztek on an AW' and turned into me trying to shave off pixels to allow me to get it to work (had to shave off .7kg to get a 40cm extender). But this is the final product, incredibly rubbish, but I am happy that I managed to actually get everything to fit.

Weight:


Overview:


Side View:


Top View:


I do have other bots I could show, but I have wasted too much time on this AW, back to Persona 3 it is.

[ianh05]

Looks awesome, might be a good overcutter seeing as most AW's have low chassis height. This could beat my bot if it can hit the top of my bots chassis  .

[Mr. AS]

hmm seems good even if the ztek seems exposed. it might do well against rammers despite what you may think.

also is that using regular aluminum? if so you should try to get dsa on there.