Noodle's Showcase

[Noodle]

Well a little bit about me, I've been playing RA2 ever since my parents picked it up in a bargain bin when I was younger and I've loved it ever since.

I've been building bots for a while and I thought I was pretty good at it until I took a look at these forums and found a bunch of robots that could prolly  tear my best robot to pieces in seconds.  To put things in perspective, people stack crap like its nobody's business.  The only part I've ever stacked is a small battery pack, and very rarely at that.

Oh well, I suppose I'll post what I do have.  This is spike strip.  It's a box with wheels and a load of spikes on the front.  It scores a good deal of points (I've got a couple hits where I scored about 1000).  I tried fighting Emergency but could only score 6000 or so before I just went berserk on him and ko'd him.

Anyway, here's a few pictures to help everyone's self esteems:


I have no idea why my team's name is battlebots and the icon is fire when I know how to use custom icons and come up with better names.

[Pwnator]

Welcome to the forums, dude.

Anyway, it's not that bad. It's actually quite decent if you ignore the fact that it's underweight. It only needs a Supervolt and a Nifty (or even just one Supervolt), since one Supervolt can power 4 HP-Zteks for 3 minutes.

And square extenders aren't better than round extenders. Just use those so you'll have more free weight to attach weapons. Use the free weight by making two weapon racks: one at the top and the other at the bottom. And shiny wheels and rubber wheels can still make your bot invertible. :D


If you're looking for a better challenge, get the Starcore v3 pack from the Downloads section. The bots there are as tough (or slightly tougher) than your bots. :D

[Reier]

Hey Noodlez, welcome to GTM.
Looks like a pretty good first bot in all honesty. ;D Probably should do what Pwn said, though.

[Noodle]

Welcome to the forums, dude.

Anyway, it's not that bad. It's actually quite decent if you ignore the fact that it's underweight. It only needs a Supervolt and a Nifty (or even just one Supervolt), since one Supervolt can power 4 HP-Zteks for 3 minutes.

And square extenders aren't better than round extenders. Just use those so you'll have more free weight to attach weapons. Use the free weight by making two weapon racks: one at the top and the other at the bottom. And shiny wheels and rubber wheels can still make your bot invertible. :D


If you're looking for a better challenge, get the Starcore v3 pack from the Downloads section. The bots there are as tough (or slightly tougher) than your bots. :D

Ok well first off I didn't know about that battery thing.  I just loaded it with batteries cus I figured it'd sap alot of juice.
I used square brackets when I made this thing cus it was easier to turn them around perfectly.  This was true until I looked at a round extender from the side and realized it only had 6 sides.

I took some of your advice, put some new paint on, and came up with this:


I guess I'll do some fights later when I'm not procrastinating on homework and staying up past midnight at the same time.

BTW, thanks.

Noodlez

I still don't get why everyone calls me Noodles.  Is the plural more appealing or something?
It doesn't really bother me I just wanted to know why.

[Sage]

Now use better weapons. Iron spikes are great on rammers. Also try putting some weapons sideways so they protect the sides.

[Noodle]

Now use better weapons. Iron spikes are great on rammers. Also try putting some weapons sideways so they protect the sides.

Right-o



This is all I'm gonna do for tonight.  I gotta bury this homework.

[Bubbleman]

Naryar will definately flame you for empty space, but, to be honest, i could never build that well in stock!
 , BTW.

[Pwnator]

Nah he won't. There are times when attempting to remove empty space by using a 'U' chassis actually eats up more weight than using a simple box chassis. I found that out when I built Core Drill. XD

[System32]

Unless you need better turning... Wasn't noodle sucked into ?

[Pwnator]

I thought she was with Russel?

[System32]

I thought she was with Russel?

Russel's not with noodle, cause he's at plastic beach, I think.
 
In fact, Murdoc and 2D are there as well. Noodle's probably still with Russel's dead rapper friend in somewhere.

[Jonzu95]

Good looking bot Noodle. Btw, you have Cool Avatar.

[NFX]

Welcome to the forums, dude.

That actually looks pretty decent for a first bot, to be honest. And Naryar might yell at you for empty space, but I'm fairly sure a little bit doesn't hurt. Maybe put some Iron Spikes out sideways from the extenders for some side protection.

Next thing you might want to try is stacking batteries. Basically where you put one battery in first (preferably a Blackvolt) and then put another one in almost exactly the same place, but a little bit to one side. Saves a good amount of space, and therefore weight for weaponry and such.

[Noodle]

Unless you need better turning... Wasn't noodle sucked into ?

I thought she was with Russel?

Russel's not with noodle, cause he's at plastic beach, I think.
 
In fact, Murdoc and 2D are there as well. Noodle's probably still with Russel's dead rapper friend in somewhere.

Wow I love these forums allready!

Noodle's supposed to be in somewhere but right about now nobody has any idea as to where she is.

Russel is in the Pacific Ocean somewhere making his way to Plastic Beach methinks.

I'll get back on topic in a sec, I'll tweak up Spike Plow some more to see what I can do.
Edit:
It appears I've hit the weight limit.  I don't really want to sacrifice structural integrity for some wheel protectors unless it works better to do so.

What do the pro's think?

[Jack Daniels]

The iron spikes suit it better now.  You will discover that there are certain components which rule the stock game.  Other components are good if used a certain way.  And some components are rubbish altogether.  You take advice well, which earns respect on the forum ten-fold.

All in all, that is a solid rammer you are working on.  It is cool that you have enjoyed the game for so long and now you are ready to learn more.

Keep having fun.

[Sage]

Not much you can do without copying the generic HW rammer. You could make the back of the chassis skinnier so the motors touch eachother (the back 2 pairs) and then have the front widened for the 1 battery and 1 more pair of motors. Cooler looking plus you get some more weapon weight.

[Noodle]

The iron spikes suit it better now.  You will discover that there are certain components which rule the stock game.  Other components are good if used a certain way.

Yeah, iron spikes and razortips are ftw (not hit normals).

And some components are rubbish altogether. 

*cough* Servo Motors *cough*

You take advice well, which earns respect on the forum ten-fold.

Sweeet

All in all, that is a solid rammer you are working on.  It is cool that you have enjoyed the game for so long and now you are ready to learn more.
Keep having fun.

Thanks!  I love the warm reception I'm getting on this forum.

Not much you can do without copying the generic HW rammer. You could make the back of the chassis skinnier so the motors touch eachother (the back 2 pairs) and then have the front widened for the 1 battery and 1 more pair of motors. Cooler looking plus you get some more weapon weight.

I guess I could try it.  I just don't like re-shaping the chassis from scratch like that cus I still haven't gotten down the relativity in sizes between the chassis grid and the components.

[COOLRUNNER87]

And some components are rubbish altogether. 

*cough* Servo Motors *cough*

Not entirely. Servo-boosted robots, such as the one posted on the front page, can be quite deadly with servo motors.

[russian roulette]

Unless you need better turning... Wasn't noodle sucked into ?

I thought she was with Russel?

Russel's not with noodle, cause he's at plastic beach, I think.
 
In fact, Murdoc and 2D are there as well. Noodle's probably still with Russel's dead rapper friend in somewhere.

Wow I love these forums allready!

Noodle's supposed to be in somewhere but right about now nobody has any idea as to where she is.

Russel is in the Pacific Ocean somewhere making his way to Plastic Beach methinks.

I'll get back on topic in a sec, I'll tweak up Spike Plow some more to see what I can do.
Edit:
It appears I've hit the weight limit.  I don't really want to sacrifice structural integrity for some wheel protectors unless it works better to do so.

What do the pro's think?

Well, thank god more than one of us likes the Gorillaz. I think they are funny as and great to listen to.

[DuckRA2]

I think it needs two stacked blacks. but that is just my lil opinion. I think you could also fit pistons instread of static weapons. And then a little castor or plow armor.