Paranoia's Stock Showcase

[Paranoia]

Have you tried doing it with something attached to both of the attachment points ?

You have a point there.

[Paranoia]

In an attempt to take all your critique and to make an effective gut-ripper, I have created Mole. I was attempting to create an effective FS/Gut-Ripping bot which could lift bots onto the wedge and take them out easily and decided to use a Rabid Pitbull-style design. The bot is rather effective against popups and bots which it can outwedge, being able to pin them and slowly damage the enemy with the irons. However it does have some trouble against HS possibly because they are more likely to knock-off the weaponry of the robot and would repel the bot.

[Pwnator]

Swap the motors around. The drive should be doing the lifting while the weapon motors gently force the opponent up.

[Virus Bomb]

those wedges are almost guaranteed to suck with all those motors mounted on those blue snappers.

[Paranoia]

Swap the motors around. The drive should be doing the lifting while the weapon motors gently force the opponent up.

Done, anything else I'd need to do?

those wedges are almost guaranteed to suck with all those motors mounted on those blue snappers.

It still gets the job done, since most MWs don't have a wedge-setup similar to it.

[Gauche Suede]

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In an attempt to take all your critique and to make an effective gut-ripper, I have created Mole. I was attempting to create an effective FS/Gut-Ripping bot which could lift bots onto the wedge and take them out easily and decided to use a Rabid Pitbull-style design. The bot is rather effective against popups and bots which it can outwedge, being able to pin them and slowly damage the enemy with the irons. However it does have some trouble against HS possibly because they are more likely to knock-off the weaponry of the robot and would repel the bot.

And if you just rebuild the chassis and put the CB on top (no need to stack it with the black) of the black, you'll definitely can get a HPZ.

[Paranoia]

This is Panther King, the Heavyweight brother of Panther. 4WD, about 12 Razors and three DDTs (and some Snappers) to boot.

Also, a question: Should I design an AI pack which gradually gets harder in difficulty as you progress through the teams, to encourage newer-builders to improve their stock skills yet still adhere to more experienced players?

[AlexGRFan97]

Yeah, definitely. I was thinking of employing that idea in a scrapped DSL AI Pack, where each team is a "level".

[Paranoia]

Yeah, definitely. I was thinking of employing that idea in a scrapped DSL AI Pack, where each team is a "level".

Alright, for my pack, I may be grading the teams either by 'Class' from 1 to 5, or by assigning each team to "Local", "Regional", "National", "Continental" or "International".

[Venko]

May we see an example from each class?

[Paranoia]

May we see an example from each class?

I'm going to try and get each team judged in this showcase, though for reference Mole is about a Class III/Class IV, not sure which would suit it more, though from the team its in I believe it may be a low Class IV.

[Paranoia]

Alright, I have two teams done so far, if you can please try and assign them to a class depending on what you think they would suit:

[Gauche Suede]

Alright, I have two teams done so far, if you can please try and assign them to a class depending on what you think they would suit:
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Judging from the overall quality of the team, i say that both of them are SCv4 low (V3 bots that got into V4 without any changes), which means that this is class 3.

And i think you're job will be easier if you stick to this difficulty standard :
Class 1 - Stock AI/RFS AI
Class 2 - Starcore 1 plus Starcore 2
Class 3 - Starcore 3 + PYS AI
Class 4 - BBEANS AI (except for the middle weights which fall into class 3)
Class 5 - INF AI + Restocked

I may be wrong so can a vet help me ?

[Venko]

And i think you're job will be easier if you stick to this difficulty standard :
Class 1 - Stock AI/RFS AI
Class 2 - Starcore 1 plus Starcore 2
Class 3 - Starcore 3 + PYS AI
Class 4 - BBEANS AI (except for the middle weights which fall into class 3)
Class 5 - INF AI + Restocked

I may be wrong so can a vet help me ?

The latest SC4 is lacking in here ^, and the :
Class 6 - Venko's secret bots
created specifically to oppose all of the above packs, and they do their job pretty well actually.[/boasting ]

Back on topic. Add the SC4 and the clasification will look OK. As for his bots, more opinions will be needed to classify them more objectively, but *some* people will not be happy with that crawler I supose.

[Paranoia]

And i think you're job will be easier if you stick to this difficulty standard :
Class 1 - Stock AI/RFS AI
Class 2 - Starcore 1 plus Starcore 2
Class 3 - Starcore 3 + PYS AI
Class 4 - BBEANS AI (except for the middle weights which fall into class 3)
Class 5 - INF AI + Restocked

I may be wrong so can a vet help me ?

The latest SC4 is lacking in here ^, and the :
Class 6 - Venko's secret bots
created specifically to oppose all of the above packs, and they do their job pretty well actually.[/boasting ]

Back on topic. Add the SC4 and the clasification will look OK. As for his bots, more opinions will be needed to classify them more objectively, but *some* people will not be happy with that crawler I supose.

I think there may be about 4 Classes instead to make the differences more clear between each class. Class IV will be about ScV3 to ScV4 in terms of difficulty, the crawler has also been replaced by a four-faced FS called the "T112".

For reference, here are the difficulties defined:
Class I - Slightly harder than RFS AI, the bots are weak and should be easy to beat. (No Antweights or Beetleweights at the class)
Class II - Bots are harder, though inefficient and some of the heavyweights are underweight. Use of wedges on bots increases dramatically in this class. (Bots may have good weapons though lack battery, first instances of stacking and hybrids can be found, ie. Balloonicorn, a Hybrid Side/Vertical Hammer on Team Pyro.)
Class III - ScV1 to ScV3 level, bots are now harder and designs found here will be more complex. First instances of the eFFe glitch and popups will be found here.
Class IV - ScV4, Competitive and above, these bots will be the toughest designs in the pack, and some of the most complex. Snapper Loading, and other complex glitches will be found in this class. (An example of a Class IV Bot would be Occupational Hazard/Panther King III, and the soon-to-be constructed Snake-Eyes, which will either be a 36HS or a 24HS with Snowplows.)

[Paranoia]

Snake Eyes in its current form, essentially it's like every other generic 36HS. DSA, HP-ZTek Drive, four HP-ZTeks for the weapon, ect.

[090901]

Change the Irons to maces.

[Paranoia]

Change the Irons to maces.

Done, anything else?

[Venko]

I must admit, you are a better builder than I expected. Keep up the good work.

[Paranoia]

Anyone got ideas for what I should do next? The Randomizer isn't doing much good for me.