Author Topic: Clickbeetle's bots (Read 79221 times)

Naryar · « **Reply #320 on:** July 28, 2011, 02:53:07 PM »

Wammer/true popup ???

<3

Firebeetle · « **Reply #321 on:** August 01, 2011, 03:06:07 AM »

I temporarily derail this thread just a moment for a Beetlebros featurette.

Needless to say my bot-building has grown rusty dusty musty and crusty, but I've built a new one for CB's Ironbot tournament.

11 axes and 18 irons. And yes the wedge is off center, which is detrimental to looks, but not performance.
It's decent at fighting, but my main focus was for survivability and to not enter an HS. Funny thing is, it doesn't do too spectacular against HSes, due to those fleshy front corners, so it could very well get whomped. However it does fine and dandy against anything else as long as it wedges under them.
Anyways, built for the tourney:
As a wammer, it's good at shoveling around the opponent, which deflects damage and has the merit of using of the arena's bountiful hazards. The goal is to hold its ground and let the carnivores kill each other in later rounds. I put every single weapon on its own anchor for extra durability.

FOTEPX · « **Reply #322 on:** August 01, 2011, 03:08:00 AM »

Oh hey, it's Firebeetl-FIREBEETLE!? *Bows*

ashman12 · « **Reply #323 on:** August 01, 2011, 03:13:29 AM »

Looks Good, Firebeetle, and its good to see your still kicking around.

G.K. · « **Reply #324 on:** August 01, 2011, 03:19:50 AM »

Interesting placement of casters

Naryar · « **Reply #325 on:** August 01, 2011, 03:20:10 AM »

Another bot I don't want to face.

madman3 · « **Reply #326 on:** August 01, 2011, 05:22:48 AM »

Wedge is kinda off center.

Good to see a vet still kicking around.

ashman12 · « **Reply #327 on:** August 01, 2011, 05:39:41 AM »

Quote from: madman3 on August 01, 2011, 05:22:48 AM

Wedge is kinda off center.

Good to see a vet still kicking around.

...And yes the wedge is off center, which is detrimental to looks, but not performance...

Guessing you didnt see this part.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #328 on:** August 01, 2011, 06:56:53 AM »

Awesome looking robot is awesome..

I have no criticism about fighting ability becasue I tend to not care.. looks are everything I say.. :P

NFX · « **Reply #329 on:** August 01, 2011, 06:58:58 AM »

That looks really good, FB. Nice to see you're still kicking around for Click's tourneys. =)

Badnik96 · « **Reply #330 on:** August 01, 2011, 08:35:46 AM »

Yay! Firebeetle!

I got my wish!

kill343gs · « **Reply #331 on:** August 01, 2011, 12:35:14 PM »

I saw you lurking last night at 3AM and I knew good things were about to happen.

J · « **Reply #332 on:** August 01, 2011, 12:51:56 PM »

Its such a simple design, but its looks really badass just because of the way he arranged the whole frontal weaponry.

Also, its looks more like a Styracosaurus, rather then a Tricera(IMO)

Scorpion · « **Reply #333 on:** August 01, 2011, 01:48:44 PM »

Quote from: J on August 01, 2011, 12:51:56 PM

Its such a simple design, but its looks really badass just because of the way he arranged the whole frontal weaponry.

QFT

infiniteinertia · « **Reply #334 on:** August 01, 2011, 02:43:45 PM »

Quote from: kill343gs on August 01, 2011, 12:35:14 PM

I saw you lurking last night at 3AM and I knew good things were about to happen.

QFT.

Hi, FB, good to see you. Hope you polish up those skills and compete in CBs tournament just like this every once and a while!

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #335 on:** December 10, 2011, 09:12:08 PM »

The stock showcase is nearly dead... THIS SHOULD NOT BE.

ARISE, STOCK!

I liked Cold Snap's design so much I translated it into HW. It worked, too; this is the best iteration of Cold Front so far. The shorter chassis makes self-righting a breeze (versions 1 and 2 struggled to self-right) and the wedges are also better than 1 or 2. It consistently gets under NWB, but not Hot Wheels. And of course, the ramming front combined with popup spikes is an HS's worst nightmare, which is the point of this design. It's still vulnerable to spikeballing spinners, though, but there's nothing I can do about that.

It has 2 Supervolts, 8 popup razors on 2 Snapper 2's, and DSA.

And here is a LW that needs work. When it works, it works well, but the weapon extenders break off too easily and the wheels are too exposed. Also, it's not invertible. Not sure where to go with it. 2 small battery packs and DSA.

And finally a useless unnamed rammer I'm just showcasing because of the cool razor setup. The idea was to put the ramming racks on Snappers so if a popup got under me, I could fire the razors like a short hammer to fight back. It might work except that popups always KO it before it can do any damage. It also has a tendency to somersault and get stuck on its rear. Maybe if it was a HW with caster armor...

Virus Bomb · « **Reply #336 on:** December 10, 2011, 09:17:36 PM »

For the LW rammer, have you tried ditching the anchor and putting the weapon rack on the snapper?

Cold Front looks sick.

Meganerdbomb · « **Reply #337 on:** December 10, 2011, 09:50:57 PM »

I really like Cold Front. So clean and simple, and so awesome.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #338 on:** December 10, 2011, 10:27:51 PM »

For the second rammer, what happened to Longbow? Wasn't that the same concept?

Fracture · « **Reply #339 on:** December 10, 2011, 10:46:57 PM »

Longbow = Fast rammer designed to purely beat popups
New rammer = Normal rammer but with backup against popups