Mechapocalypse Discussion

[JoeBlo]

it will probably be hammer spinners central :P since spin motors require less power then bursts and hammers are strong weapons for a low component count

either that or lots of rammers :P

[powerrave]

this tourney may actually work well, bringing now bots to light that otherwise may never have been build.

[madman3]

it will probably be hammer spinners central :P since spin motors require less power then bursts and hammers are strong weapons for a low component count

either that or lots of rammers :P

I'm slightly worried about rammers but the bot I've already built is perfect against spinners. See my showcase.

[NFX]

Anyone else interested in this idea?

[powerrave]

yes...

[Clickbeetle]

20 components limit ? Not going to be easy...

We can already remove 4 for the drive (more or less would be foolish), 3 MINIMUM for the Power components... that makes no popups, no jugglers, no razor spam, what else ?

Heh. I already have an idea for this but unsure :P

I bet you could still make a decent popup or juggler if you really tried.  It would just need to be a little different than the current standard (hecko, chassis wedge!).  Just like the standard razor flail shell spinner won't work; you will need to use hammers.  Razor spam, however, definitely won't work.


I like this idea.  It seems to me that it will actually produce more realistic designs, since you will want to attach as much stuff to the baseplate as possible (to limit extender work) and use fewer, heavier weapons.  Maybe even fewer, heavier batteries.

[Badnik96]

*goes to build an SS that would be considered epic 2 years ago*

[Naryar]

*goes to build an SS that would be considered epic 2 years ago*

My rammer faild, either i'm going to build Tempest 4 either a popup.

[powerrave]

i do have some idea... but now entirely sure... ... =[

[NFX]

Okay, sit rep,  I've managed to sort out the problem with Halestorm 5's AI, and I reckon I could AI most of the potential entries myself now. I'll have a chat with Gazea2 about the AI'ing situation.

Also, the only prize I can come up with at the moment is the arena. =P

[Badnik96]

I got a VS idea, if I'm calculating right it should have 18 components.

*goes to build*

[powerrave]

some here, but i ended up with 20 components... still need to do some editing as... it goes to fast for its own good.

[NFX]

This seems to have more interest than I thought it would do. =) Which is good.

Having quite a big workload at uni at the moment, however, so I might wait until the poll after next until I give this the green tick.

[NFX]

Okay, this tournament is receiving the GREEN TICK, and will proceed to the poll for the Signups Stage. I think I've got everything sorted out for it, and I hope to make this tourney the best I can. =D

[70 CUDA]

dose this include the control board?

[Naryar]

Yes.

[70 CUDA]

i thoght so just making sure. lol i counted up mine and got 16 lol

[Clickbeetle]

Muhahaha, I got a bot for this... exactly 20 components and it counters the three bot types I think will be most common in this tournament fairly reliably.  (Those are HS, VS, and rammers.)  And as an added bonus, it looks cool.


Hope this goes through next poll... there are a LOT of tournaments with green ticks.

[madman3]

I have another counter bot I made about an hour ago...
oh and would two big orange bats and a battlepack be able to run 2 small JXs and 2 npcfasts?

[NFX]

I'm starting to like this. =D From the sounds of it, there's going to be a lot of robots built to counter other robot types. Should make for interesting brackets.