Author Topic: Clickbeetle's bots (Read 81634 times)

Reier · « **Reply #160 on:** August 01, 2009, 05:06:39 PM »

Heh, nice, like the pic of Seism 13 getting creamed. =P Looks like you did 'em without snapper loading...?
Is Charbydis invertible?

Flying_Chao · « **Reply #161 on:** August 01, 2009, 05:09:26 PM »

Clever names.

System32 · « **Reply #162 on:** August 01, 2009, 05:13:54 PM »

HW tag team duo?

Sage · « **Reply #163 on:** August 01, 2009, 07:06:49 PM »

Quote from: Reier;56439

Looks like you did 'em without snapper loading...?

For scylla, no. theres a 20cm attached to the bottom AP of the blue snapper which has a HPZ attached to the side of it, which you have to use snapper loading to do.

as for charybidis, i can't tell with all the armor, but somehow i know he used snapper loading in at least one stage of the building.

Impressive bots click. Your stealing all the thunder cause theres no showcases that are contending with you at the moment. =P

just wait till i get my computer fixed...

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #164 on:** August 01, 2009, 10:51:19 PM »

Nope, there's no snapper loading involved on either Charybdis or Scylla. Just the eFFe glitch.

The extender on the bottom AP of the Snappers on Scylla is 40cm, not 20. And for Charybdis, the 2 side weapon motors are attached to a Y connector on the bottom Snapper AP, while the middle motor is attached to the bottom of a 40cm extender coming off the top AP. The plow and ramplate are attached to the end of that 40cm extender.

They are both invertible, Charybdis just barely, but it can move upside down. And yes, they're designed to complement each other, like a tag team duo. I'm thinking about downsizing them to MW's for RAW2 (assuming Sage gets his computer fixed) now that I know the designs work.

Edit... just looked at the pic again and that does look an awful lot like a 20cm extender on Scylla. But I could swear I built it without Snapper loading. Maybe I just don't remember... I had it sitting unfinished in my bot lab for a long time before I got it working right.

Are you sure you can't attach HP Zteks on a 20cm that way without Snapper loading? It looks like I could have done it.

Oh yeah, something else I forgot to mention. Both bots have perfectly aligned weapon collision boxes, because I oriented the Snappers horizontally. Vertical Snappers are what messes up mace collision. I don't have any hard evidence, but I think if the motors spin on the same axis as the Snappers, they also get a slight speed boost.

DuckRA2 · « **Reply #165 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:37:50 PM »

i would use non hp ztecs, but just my preference

infiniteinertia · « **Reply #166 on:** August 05, 2009, 10:53:17 AM »

life robot arena2 · « **Reply #167 on:** August 12, 2009, 09:35:17 AM »

Dam, those two are GOOD.
so is symbiode.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #168 on:** August 23, 2009, 06:55:27 PM »

Someone had to do it. Might as well be me.

I did everything in my power to give VAtBH good wedges, since Insult to Injury has such an uncanny wedge. DDT's, rubber wheels, forward weight distribution, lots of ballast... and without the weapons attached (if it's just a chassis with wedges) it can get under anything. NWB? No problem, just slides right under.

WITH the weapons, though, it only has a "pretty good" wedge. It can get under bots like 3-2-1 Blastoff and SurgicalStrike and Shadow Tyrant, but NWB is beyond its abilities. Apparently, having a low center of gravity must be a factor in having a good wedge. It's still a decent bot, though. Good at throwing bots OOTA, and pinning wedges against the wall.

Also, here are the bots I entered in RAW2. Though if I end up teaming with somebody, I will probably change my bot.

Trial: Plastic armor, 1 Supervolt, regular Z-tek drive, 15 razors. An undercutter good at beating other HS, like the HW version, Charybdis (it even uses almost the same chassis). It can easily beat any HS except other undercutters with more weapons (like the SC4 Man-at-Arms) or long overcutting spinners (like Dizzy Bees or PickUpStix in PYS AI). And, like Charybdis, it's bad with popups.

Error: DSA, 6 casters on the bottom, 1 Supervolt, angle motor drive, 15 razors. Like the HW Scylla, it's an overcutter with lots of downward-pointing razors for tearing up popups, along with caster armor for defense. It can beat any wedged bot in Starcore and the PYS AI, but it's bad with other HS because it lacks sheer numbers of weapons.

The bots are designed to complement each other, obviously. When fighting an HS team, Trial does most of the work, while when fighting a popup team, Error makes itself useful. Sort of a trial and error approach to fighting, hence the names.

Oh, and those battles in the splash were AI'd

Sage · « **Reply #169 on:** August 23, 2009, 06:58:52 PM »

Told ya ballast works :D

RedSawn · « **Reply #170 on:** August 23, 2009, 06:59:33 PM »

Pain to Perjury was my MW take on ItI. Not very good really. You did ItI justice though!

infiniteinertia · « **Reply #171 on:** August 24, 2009, 01:10:37 AM »

1st Place: Clickbeetle
2nd Place: Nobody else

Natef · « **Reply #172 on:** August 24, 2009, 01:12:27 AM »

Pwnator · « **Reply #173 on:** August 24, 2009, 05:13:17 AM »

I couldn't stop laughing because of the 'RAW Eggs' team. XD

I better fix my hammer soon...

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #174 on:** September 12, 2009, 12:06:09 AM »

Update to Slaying Mantis V.

It's now self-righteous! Those rear samurai swords aren't just decorations anymore--I attached them to the back of the claws so it can flip itself over when it's on its back or side. The process is a bit clumsy, but it can do it.

I also tweaked the claws a bit. I got rid of the mostly decorative spike strips and added another razor. It has four razors per claw now, for a total of 8. Powerful enough to get 3-hit KO's on an exposed chassis.

A bit of extra weight which I think I will use for a 10kg ballast in the back, to make it a little bit less prone to tipping forward.

The insides are the same as the original Slaying Mantis V.

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #175 on:** September 12, 2009, 01:20:00 AM »

Still the coolest hammer bot ever IMO.

System32 · « **Reply #176 on:** September 12, 2009, 05:42:15 AM »

I thought the swords were wheel gaurds...

Natef · « **Reply #177 on:** September 12, 2009, 07:04:47 AM »

Your bots always put a smile on my face!

Reier · « **Reply #178 on:** September 12, 2009, 10:01:24 AM »

Quote from: R0B0SH4RK;65460

Still the coolest hammer bot ever IMO.

QFT, <++++++++++++3

JoeBlo · « **Reply #179 on:** September 12, 2009, 10:05:33 AM »

Quote from: Natef;65503

Your bots always put a smile on my face!

100% agreed

another one of my clickbeetle favorites, and the first ever BOTM entry I voted for, its a great example of originality and effectiveness combined