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Offline System32

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« Reply #80 on: January 19, 2009, 03:30:34 PM »
Preying Mantis: First time I've seen a bot use Samuri swords, period. I also like how you keep with the insect theme. (I wonder what your version of a stick insect would look like...)

Cold front: I say you should replace the axes with some spike tips and razors for more offencive ability, and remove the spike strips and replace them with somthing lighter (I'm sure those blades are), for better self righting.

Other than that, it looks awesome. (<3 splash)
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« Reply #81 on: January 19, 2009, 04:04:51 PM »
Slaying Mantis: Very Original, Very Nice indeed.

With Cold Front: I built a bot for my back very much like your Points of No Return, but turned it into something very much like ColdFront, except my original version has 6wd. I might consider rebuilding the "wammer" in favor of more weapons instead of 6wd... very nice...
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« Reply #82 on: January 24, 2009, 03:03:24 PM »
I'd definitely pick Slaying Mantis for BOTM beacause it's just so freaking cool. I don't have muh to say about Cold Front but it is original.
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« Reply #83 on: January 24, 2009, 05:42:03 PM »
Slaying Mantis ftw

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« Reply #84 on: January 24, 2009, 05:43:21 PM »
Heeeey welcome back Jack.
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« Reply #85 on: January 25, 2009, 04:11:07 AM »
on frag beetle how do u get the maces to curve like that? they look cool
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« Reply #86 on: January 25, 2009, 11:17:42 AM »
Easy. Just add another extender.

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« Reply #87 on: January 25, 2009, 11:26:35 AM »
Quote from: R1885;27488
Easy. Just add another extender.


what the heck? he asked how they were curved. "Add another extender" ?
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« Reply #88 on: January 25, 2009, 09:58:52 PM »
The claws are made up of a series of 20 cm extenders attached by the side connection points and rotated one click.  The maces are attached to the end connection points.  It's easier to see how it's done on the MW, Frag Beetle Larva.

Also, I have another new HW nearly done.  Just needs to be skinned, and I need to think of a good name.

With Sage almost certainly entering Vise in BBEANS, I might enter this new bot instead of Frag Beetle.  Why?  It's capable of consistently throwing any HS I pit it against OOTA, it's capable of consistently getting under most opponents (including Rabid Pit Bull) and it's capable of one-hit KOing even bots with DSA and big chassises.  And it's not a HS or a popup.  I'll keep you guessing as to what it actually looks like.

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« Reply #89 on: January 25, 2009, 10:19:37 PM »
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You got my vote for RA2 Wizard. Always and forever.

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« Reply #90 on: January 26, 2009, 12:46:16 AM »
Probably a fast piston bot that fires like \ <-- that way. Just a guess, but it sounds epic.

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« Reply #91 on: January 26, 2009, 01:50:11 AM »
I doubt a wedged and fast poker can one-hit-kill and even more throw OOTA a HS easily.

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« Reply #92 on: February 01, 2009, 07:29:02 PM »
Nope, you're both wrong.

Sorry for keeping you all in the dark... I wasn't going to say anything, but then I was answering a question about Frag Beetle, and yeah... I couldn't resist hyping the bot a little. :mrgreen:

So here it is... hope you're not too disappointed!

I had to make an extra-big splash because, well, this bot's battles cover a lot of area. :icon_twisted:



Pretty much everything is visible.  2 Supervolts, DSA, 16 iron spikes.  It can usually self-right with the Snapper wedges.

This is a very destructive bot... whether a win or a loss, most matches end quickly and in very dramatic fashion.  That's one reason why I'm considering it for BBEANS.

The other reason is that it's good against horizontal spinners.  While I wouldn't be so bold as to call Heaven's Sawmill an HS-killer, if it came up against an HS in BBEANS, the match could at least go either way.

It can also get under a good number of opponents, though that's more due to the wedge placement than actually having good wedges.  On a head-on wedge collision, Heaven's Sawmill is at a disadvantage.  But the wedges are so long (180 cm) that they're good at getting under opponents purely by outdistancing them.

And yes, it's capable of one-hit KO's, though that doesn't happen very often.  I might have gotten 2 or 3 so far.

Its main weakness is its slow turning.  If any bot gets on its flank, it's pretty much doomed.  I tried to fix this problem by stacking the batteries and moving the drive motors out more, and indeed it could turn faster, but a couple of dumb things happened then.  One, the wedges magically went from "meh" to "might as well be sledgehammers for all the good they do".  It couldn't even get under Fatal Incision (in Team Emergency).  Two, there were certain bots (Lethal Force and Ultimate Spammer, to name a couple) that when I fought them with the old version, my turning would be slower.  But with the wide-wheel version, I was mysteriously unable to budge an inch whenever I fought those bots.  I still don't know what causes that glitch, but at least with the narrow wheels I have a fighting chance.  And three, with faster turning, it started gyro-dancing.  The narrow-wheel version turns about as fast as it can without gyro-dancing (except when fighting Lethal Force and Ultimate Spammer, then it turns slower for some reason).  So I decided to stick with the narrow wheels.

Also, tall chassis for the win. :mrgreen: (I had to do that to deal with the 7-part limit).

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« Reply #93 on: February 01, 2009, 07:34:10 PM »
YOU STOLE MY LONG WEDGE X_X

Looks pretty good, and definitely interesting. What do you mean deal with the 7 part limit? How does a huge chassis do that?
You got my vote for RA2 Wizard. Always and forever.

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« Reply #94 on: February 01, 2009, 07:38:18 PM »
He didnt need to use an extender to get the hps higher. They're straight on the chassis.

Anyway, cool bot. Ive always loved chained spinners.

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« Reply #95 on: February 01, 2009, 07:45:11 PM »
I love the snowplow design. That is so awesome.


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« Reply #96 on: February 01, 2009, 08:17:17 PM »
Been trying for a design exactly like that just could never get it done in the lab.

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« Reply #97 on: February 01, 2009, 09:27:19 PM »
Wow. I'm speechless.

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« Reply #98 on: February 02, 2009, 01:55:47 AM »
Original bots ftw. Maybe a VS is going to win finally...

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« Reply #99 on: February 02, 2009, 07:37:05 AM »
Wow. Looks destructive.
I built that big robot on that TV show that time