The Amazing Rage Splash, Brackets & Vids !!IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR ARCHIVERS!!

[JoeBlo]

That was a fail.
You and Craaig were a TEAM during WTT so that is a hilarious draw.

stiiill not that funny ?

me and craaig will probaly make decisions hard for outselfs trying to predict the others choice :P

[090901]

wow everyone went to town on changes, I made only small changes between mine as I thought it was realistic 

I agree, some of the bots look like people had to change everything around to change there bot. I didn't change my drive because I didn't think that meet the rules.

[Avalanche]

That was a fail.
You and Craaig were a TEAM during WTT so that is a hilarious draw.

stiiill not that funny ?

me and craaig will probaly make decisions hard for outselfs trying to predict the others choice :P

To me it is.
So,As my bags of things to say has in it,Shut up and i will.

Note By JoeBlo: Cease trying to pick fights with others and ruin peoples threads, I had a bit of a joke with you back on page one, there is no reason to get you underwear in a knot and start fighting anyone.

[Naryar]

LRA2, get your rantings out of this tournament thread !

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Anyways, the rules state you cannot change the chassis, so moving things around (and even removing them) is fine.

I think.

[cephalopod]

me and craaig will probaly make decisions hard for outselfs trying to predict the others choice :P

How did you know? :P

[G.K.]

I wonder what R1885 will choose. In retrospect, I should have made Sigma a true popup, much more effective in DSL IMO.

[Badnik96]

OK, time for predictions!
090901: Side hammer and VS are good, unsure about flipper though.
Craaig:I like them all except the rammer, which needs moar weapons and no Astro's
GK: F*** YEAH CHICKEN DRILL and the rest are good. Should have used sledges on the SnS though.
JD:Not bad, HS and VS's weapon motors are too exposed for my liking.
JoeBlo:I expect these will do well, FBH FTW
Jonzu:Not bad, FS needs a wedge.
Naryar: I can beat all of these with my new LW HS, still not bad as the VS gave me trouble
Nicsan2009:
Pwn: Great bots, should make semi's.
R1885:Play Mario and Luigi much? Anyway, I think E-TEK drive is kinda overkill on the SnS. The most creative bots in the tourney.
RR: Good, should win one match
SD: lol on the HS, very cool bots. Should win some fights
Somebody:Great job! Should make semi's.
S_M:Not the SFTW,but close. could pull off a razor guy though
Stagfish: See above.
S32: Creative VS, should win one fight.
Ounce: Cool, HS reminds me of my planned BBEANS6 entry
Thyrus: Nice skin, but the bots aren't that good.

[Jonzu95]

My Predictions:

Battle 1 = G.K. Wins
Battle 2 = 090901 Wins
Battle 3 = The Ounce Wins
Battle 4 = Pwnator Wins
Battle 5 = Scrap Daddy Wins (I'm going to lose, and badly... >_<)
Battle 6 = Somebody Wins
Battle 7 = System32 Wins
Battle 8 = JoeBlo Wins

Wildcard = Somebody Wins

[JoeBlo]

Gah I am banging my head on the wall over this

I have a design that could have a really good change at winning over 1 robot but getting destroyed by another :P its a big gamble

[G.K.]

Prediction Time!

090901: VS looks good, others less so
Craaig: Rammer kind of random, others look solid
Me: HS is deadly, others fail
JD: Bots look interesting, I d'nt like the look of the sawbot
JB: Love the idea and the KIT KATS but I'm unsure of the effectiveness.
Jonzu: Simple and effective designs

Rest to follow

[JoeBlo]

090901 - not bad, the flipper seems the best out of the 3
Craaig - the HS and VS looks quite effective.... use the rammer, use the rammer, use the rammer... nice bots :P
GK - not bad. some are better then others though,the FS seems a little pointless but the rest look good
JD - :D all look awesome,  nuff said
JoeBlo - mm Chocolate...I really wish I could have used the normal hammer verson I had but SSG said Flail Hammer was the same bot type 
Jonzu - the VS and FS look quite potent the pop up looks like that BSG will have a short lifespan
Nary - Vlad forks arnt used enough :D the HS looks rather deadly
Nicsan - I will give the poker half a chance but if its goign to be randomized... eep
Pwn - boy that is a lot of potential CCIV prototypes :P *cough* if CCIV is LW that is. easily going to go far
R1885 - Ribbs normally try's different things but this takes the cake :P wil be interesting to see them in action
RR - the first 3 are awesome.. the others.. im a little iffy  on
Scrap - :D some of my favorite designs here.. I will be keeping my eyes on them 0.0
Somebody - despite the FS looking like a carrot patch :P some nice robots
S_M - thumbs up for making a replica but exposed chassis wont get you far sorry
Stag - Decisions will mean do or die for this robot a lot of difference between how effective each will be
S32 - that is a rather odd VS for sure, other 2 look good though
Ounce - the only thing that will stop the Pwnator Express Train :P my pick to win this
Thyrus - hehe cleaver name, some interesting robots too

[cephalopod]

Craaig - the HS and VS looks quite effective.... use the rammer, use the rammer, use the rammer... nice bots :P

Either you're telling the truth... or you're using reverse psycology and don't want me to use the rammer...

I think I've made up my mind, but I'm not telling you what I'm thinking :P

[JoeBlo]

then im not telling you what I am selecting :P

even though I haven't even decided :S

[Naryar]

Predictions time !

090901: The side hammer looks decent enough, the VS's weapon is kinda too tall and the flipper... well, is a flipper.

Craaig: The sawbot does look good, the rammer fails, the HS not sure how it is going to fair and the FS's weapon isn't going to fair really well if angled upwards with no real wedge.

GK: The wedged HS has a lot of potential. The rammer and poker though exposed aren't bad, the popup looks decent enough but the lower wedge isn't sticking out enough, and the SnS is the only one which fails.

JD: Bleh... The rammer does look decent enough (still not invertible = fail) but the other one's weapons are either too weak or way too fragile. They all have a wedge though, and it could help.

Joe: Yet again, another bunch of both cool and original designs that are going to get trashed by the more serious fighters.

Jonzu: The FS isn't bad but i am guessing the discs touch the ground, that will slow down weapon speed. The HS is average, the popup as well but the BSG is too backwards for the wedges to be good (weight counterbalancing issue) and the VS will fair well as long as the motor is not hit.

Myself: STUPID CONTROL BOARD RUINING THE PAINTJOB The HS is rather good, as is the VS. The SnS fails and the pusher is decent enough, but nothing more...

Nicsan:

Pwn: Solid building as always, and the only consistent hammer of the competition - that is a good addition to any team. Unsure about the popup's efficiency though.

Ribbs: What's this ? Does Ribbs just went the opposite building style of what he did usually ?  Both of the spinners do fail in weapon department, (credit for being original on it though) and the SnS... well the SnS is rather nice apart from the ungrippy wheel. Still, i excepted better from R1885.

Russian: Drum and FS do look good though the first one doesn't have a lot of reach. Unsure about the horizontal spinner, the popup might be a bit too fast and i am skeptical on the rammer's weapon setup. Still not a bad team.

Scrap: VS is solid (though beware the 400 HPs), the rammer's weapon setup isn't the best, the "wide-ass" made me laugh and the original Ballista is a good bot.

Somebody: All three rather good designs and probably a threat to my bots. The Perm is somehow exposed though, and i am wondering are these wedges enough for stabilizing the FS ??

S_M: RA2 is not real life robot building. Hell, the rammer's not even invertible... and it's not a multibot, right ?

Stagfish:

System32: A decent SnS, a blatant clone that will fair well unless against a popup and a VS that weapon barely does any damage compared to normal setups - i tried it before with a perm 80 and a 60kg hammer, hoping it saved weight, but it failed.

The Ounce: The HS does look like one of the gayest deadliest bots in all the tournament. The first rammer isn't as efficient as a normal V-setup, the sheel and SnS are good, the VS/rammer hybrid is kinda weird and the trapper (aka SECOND rammer, i thought SSG allowed no 2 similar bot types ?) is yet another clone that will probably fair well.

Thyrus:

I just hope there aren't any ballasts and piglets for drive in this tournament...

[JoeBlo]

Joe: Yet again, another bunch of both cool and original designs that are going to get trashed by the more serious fighters.

yeah that tends to happen way to much.. :P

[G.K.]

I just hope there aren't any ballasts and piglets for drive in this tournament...

You'd better look the other way from Thy's bots then.

[Naryar]

I know :P

[Jack Daniels]

JD: Bleh... The rammer does look decent enough (still not invertible = fail) but the other one's weapons are either too weak or way too fragile. They all have a wedge though, and it could help.

Don't ever lose your amazingly frank french honesty.  It makes us all better builders.  I agree with your assessment of my bots. Hell, the more I test them the more I wish I had taken invertability seriously when I built them.  Live and learn eh? 

The funny thing about some of these tourneys that take a while to get up and running... we all learn so much over the 2-3 months that passes.  Some of us look at our bots and facepalm because we know better, now.  haha!

[Jonzu95]

S_M: RA2 is not real life robot building. Hell, the rammer's not even invertible... and it's not a multibot, right?

Nary! It's just a game!

[Stagfish]

or is it "the game"?