Author Topic: RAW Videos. (Read 51845 times)

Madiaba · « **Reply #20 on:** September 28, 2008, 10:18:10 AM »

Wow, some cool bots. It's hard for me to guess among the apparently better ones, because I can't see what's inside them. And then there's luck...

Daisy Might: I'd been working (in all my free time) on this arena and BOTM entry, so I'd hardly had time to actually make/tweak a bot for the Tourney. That's an older pic of Daisy Might under construction. It only had 1 bat in it at that time, but now added another and tweaked the hammers some.
But it's weaknesses I can see from some limited testing are:
1. It's armor is only dsa.
2. It may get flipped (via flipper or powerful VS) out of this low-walled arena (I'll complain to the arena-maker).
3. Luck. (as mentioned, probably the biggest variable. :?)

(Edit: Splash Bot pic is now current.)

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #21 on:** September 28, 2008, 10:19:51 AM »

Now that I think about it, I think I did not change the armor... So mine has DSA, its still as good as in stock right? Better than 1mm steel?

Urjak · « **Reply #22 on:** September 28, 2008, 11:20:49 AM »

Quote from: somestrangeguy;15804

Now that I think about it, I think I did not change the armor... So mine has DSA, its still as good as in stock right? Better than 1mm steel?

I dont think so, I thought DSA was disabled in DSL.

Sage · « **Reply #23 on:** September 28, 2008, 11:23:33 AM »

Quote from: JoeCB1991;15777

The Dual Perm actually has stayed on pretty well against the AI, I think that Mako has been the only one that has knocked it off, but I have usually knocked off one of the wedges and a couple hammers by that time. But I think that it will get knocked off in one of these fights.

And Sage, do you mind if I post the videos with my bot on my YouTube Account after they go up?

i dont think i have your newest version. since i must have missed it, i will allow you to send it. but the splash picture will remain the same. and sure you can post videos on youtube.

infiniteinertia · « **Reply #24 on:** September 28, 2008, 11:23:58 AM »

Psi was more an experiment to see if heavy armor good drive and good wedges could out maneuver the slower heavier weaponed bots. Trust me I have better HW's I could have entered.

System32 · « **Reply #25 on:** September 28, 2008, 11:26:52 AM »

Note to self: Next Competition, Build somthing that is good...

Sage · « **Reply #26 on:** September 28, 2008, 11:27:32 AM »

Quote from: somestrangeguy;15804

Now that I think about it, I think I did not change the armor... So mine has DSA, its still as good as in stock right? Better than 1mm steel?

oohh ouch. click said theres still dsa, but its horribly weak compared to the other armors.

EDIT: i posted the splash at like 12:30 last night, and now i have 3 pages. awesome.

pyscolone · « **Reply #27 on:** September 28, 2008, 11:49:41 AM »

Mi bowt will own all 0f urs tehehhee.

kill343gs · « **Reply #28 on:** September 28, 2008, 11:57:14 AM »

My expertise in DSL is little to none, but here are my predictions anyways:

Bots to watch:
Mako 4-Whatever the

this thing is, it looks scary.
Thor 3- Decent weapons, decent skirts.
Pinball- We all know how scary Haymaker is, and this bot will be no different. My only concern is the low walls of the arena.
Infernal Contraption- Weapons look strong, if hard to get to. The only way this bot is gonna work is if the wedges are better than its opponents.
Far Cry- Not to be arrogant or anything, but this thing's weapons are mighty tough. Decent weapon motor protection will keep it spinning, but the lack of wheelguards could prove fatal if it can't turn fast enough.
Epic Flailure- Scary. Need I say more?
P-AI-Daisy Might_50- Strong weapons spinning at high speeds. Ouch.
BLAH- See for yourself.

Sorrow · « **Reply #29 on:** September 28, 2008, 12:11:33 PM »

I think I found one problem with BLAH: I built a huge dual-perm HS for the

of it, and it takes forever to spin up. And mine only has two hammers. Plus, it takes off like a helicopter after a hit.
Anyway, I like the looks of most of those bots. I'll probably lose, since I never got around to updating Lu-Tze's wedge. She can beat Shebeast, Mako, and Smashbox, but I think that's only thanks to the fact that a person is driving. Her fights go:
1. Charge
2. Two wedges collide; both robots go flying
3. Lu-Tze gets up, pounds crap out of opponent

I'll be bold and say that if I can out-wedge my opponent, I'll win. Probably screwed, though.

Sage · « **Reply #30 on:** September 28, 2008, 12:20:04 PM »

pinball rarely ever wins guys. it flings itself out of the arena a ton. but the spinup time is so fast, its amazing.

blah has a really long spinup time.

JoeCB1991 · « **Reply #31 on:** September 28, 2008, 12:29:28 PM »

I just sent it in.

And after looking at T O R Q U E, I am not sure how well it will do. I like the weapon, but the bars that connect the tri bar and the hammers are very vulnerable. When I fight bots that have those bars on them with Destroyer I can usually knock them off with one or two hits, so that might happen here as well.

Sage · « **Reply #32 on:** September 28, 2008, 12:37:05 PM »

how would you guys feel if i did the first fight before the rest of the round. just to show you guys how the videos will look and what not. 2 people have aied their own bots and i will use those for the fight. this will be an official fight, and will affect the bracket.

JoeCB1991 · « **Reply #33 on:** September 28, 2008, 12:40:05 PM »

I would rather wait and see, but I would like to see a preview video showing the strengths and weaknesses of the bots.

Urjak · « **Reply #34 on:** September 28, 2008, 12:41:50 PM »

Quote from: JoeCB1991;15818

I would rather wait and see, but I would like to see a preview video showing the strengths and weaknesses of the bots.

Yeah, that would be cool.

Sage · « **Reply #35 on:** September 28, 2008, 12:46:06 PM »

i could do that if you want to wait another week for the actual videos. it too long enough taking a snapshot of every single bot, but to take video...

Urjak · « **Reply #36 on:** September 28, 2008, 12:48:18 PM »

Quote from: Sage;15820

i could do that if you want to wait another week for the actual videos. it too long enough taking a snapshot of every single bot, but to take video...

Or, you could do like BBEANS, and show each bot at the beggining with their strengths and weaknesses, then do the battle.

Reier · « **Reply #37 on:** September 28, 2008, 12:56:11 PM »

Agree with Urjak.

Like Naryar said, MDIII doesn't prob have enough weapons & I'm pretty worried about these bots:
Mako 4
Speed king
Pinball (Ouch!)
Daisy_might
T O R Q U E

Bots that I think I can beat:
(Not that these bots are bad)
Classy paintjob
BLAH
Facemelikeaman
PSI
Hum Drums
Shadow
Morse Code Breaker

Tie (Not sure)
the rest

All these bots are good, and good job with the toruney Sage!

Sage · « **Reply #38 on:** September 28, 2008, 01:00:27 PM »

Quote from: Urjak;15821

Or, you could do like BBEANS, and show each bot at the beggining with their strengths and weaknesses, then do the battle.

thats something im not going to do, because it takes forever. the few people i have showed the sample video to have thought it was great even without str/weak.

Jules · « **Reply #39 on:** September 28, 2008, 01:01:05 PM »

I am having second thoughts on my entry. I don't think it will do as well as my previous bots.
All the bots look like hard hitters and I can't picture there being many boring matches.