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Offline Virus Bomb

Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #100 on: December 01, 2009, 05:54:54 PM »
Does okay, but I haven't tested it much...

EDIT: It does well against both Starcore 4 and PYS AI. Hostile Assault gives it problems though.
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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #101 on: December 02, 2009, 04:21:09 PM »
Any more comments?

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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #102 on: December 02, 2009, 04:22:09 PM »
It's cool. Does it havok? Bots like that havok all the time for me.
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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #103 on: December 02, 2009, 04:24:03 PM »
I never had it havok, not even from turning real fast.

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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #104 on: December 02, 2009, 10:20:03 PM »
That is exceptionally well built, not even for how long you've been around. Just in general, a really well built bot. The only thing I might do is move the spinners back a little bit so bots are more likely to get hit with the iron spikes at the same time. Then again, I'm a rammer specialist so that may be a little biased...


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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #105 on: December 05, 2009, 12:23:33 AM »
Very well built bot.  Oh wait... when I first read "6 HP Z-teks" I thought you meant it was 6WD and I thought "Whoa, no way!" but now I see you mean total.

Well, still a good bot.

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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #106 on: December 05, 2009, 08:39:21 PM »
Thanks for the comments everyone.



I felt like making a 36 iron HS. Snappers are stacked in a funny way. I also had a weird thing happen to me when I was making this bot. When I was done putting the motors on, the right side would always AGOD, but when I was done making the bot, it wouldn't AGOD anymore.

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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #107 on: December 05, 2009, 09:24:06 PM »
Very nicely done. Love the setup. Maces work better on 36 HS against HS, but irons work better against popups and other bot types. Maybe maces on the front two and irons on the back two? And you have 13 kgs, do something with it. Dunno what though. You could use grannies for better invertibility.
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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #108 on: December 05, 2009, 10:39:34 PM »
Pretty, but It's just another spinner. I'll have to try that snapper set up though.

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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #109 on: December 08, 2009, 10:10:07 PM »


Inspired by Inf's Vertical Horizon. Two blacks, and currently not tested. Battleaxes probably will get replaced.

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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #110 on: December 08, 2009, 10:15:52 PM »
Doesn't look bad, i might spread out the weapon motors a bit, and maybe longer wedges.
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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #111 on: December 09, 2009, 02:24:27 AM »
As far as my piercing and concussion experience goes, mace spinners are better at breaking the opponent's weapons , and irons are better at sheer offense.

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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #112 on: December 09, 2009, 03:35:32 AM »
Mace's on a snapper mounted motor VS = shaking and wobbling = horrible wedges

Irons preform better  ;)

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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #113 on: December 09, 2009, 03:41:15 AM »
Irons perform better when the snapper's attached that way. Maces would work better when the snapper's attached horizontally, as shown by R0B0's Metal Simulacra (it should be Simulacrum since it's singular, btw :P). But you should also fix the way you attach the drive since the flat side is not parallel to the ground. And your weapons might also be placed better if you used the original tribar attachment point for the outer tribars. :D
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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #114 on: December 09, 2009, 11:50:40 AM »
To me it looks like The Emancipator Jr.
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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #115 on: December 09, 2009, 05:49:09 PM »
you are actually a very talented builder! I am guessing the battle axes could stabilize the bot, but would be better off with plows instead of the battle axes

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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #116 on: December 12, 2009, 09:28:30 PM »
i might spread out the weapon motors a bit

I wouldn't.  Having them all close together makes for a more focused attack, and easier flipping of bots.  It's like a popup, where you want the weapons to all hit at the same time.

Also, that bot looks like it would be bouncy.  Maybe not though.

In any case, it's an awesome design.

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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #117 on: December 12, 2009, 10:47:07 PM »
Just realized I spelled the name wrong, but it doesn't matter because it was renamed to Maleficence. I replaced the battle axes with sideways mounted extenders and played around with the wedges. It's now able to get under Tempest Exterminator (SCv4), and occasionally gets under Rabid Pitbull.



A random LW I made from one of my BW's chassis. Plastic. Goes even with Tempus Fugit. It probably could be better if I gave it its own chassis.



Some old VS that was inspired by The Emancipator. I made this around the time I made Smallpox (August). Empty space inside of it, but it has the best wedges of any VS I made. It gets under Neglected Waterbug occasionally. Uses DDT wedges.



More random stacking. The blacks are triple stacked, and there is two anchors and a cb in the nifty. I wanted to cross stack a black into the triple stacked blacks, but wasn't able to.

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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #118 on: December 13, 2009, 12:13:53 AM »
!!!

I've never been able to get more than 2 blacks stacked!
And the pinks are awesome!

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Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase
« Reply #119 on: December 13, 2009, 01:10:29 AM »
hmm stacking as an artform ?

the nifty in the super-volt is a new one, so is the snappers

I have only ever done,

2 supervolts together,
4 or 5 pinks together,
2 or 3 air tanks together,
Anchor in a Nifty
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overlapping anchors
overlapping ramplates