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Weapon Usage Statistics
Topic Started: Sep 20 2014, 09:59 AM (217 Views)
Siphai
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In changing the stats and rewriting the rules, I always wondered if it had any effect on the usage of certain robots. That is to say I wondered whether certain environments made certain types of designs more enticing for people to enter. This does not take into account the success of those designs (that's probably my next project, though a much more tedious one to tackle) but we do get an idea of the trend of certain designs as they become popular and slip into obscurity. In this, I do not discriminate weight class, and combine all weightclasses together (I do this because the weightclasses are identical in function, and are all affected by the same rules).

There were two main problems with this project. One was that a different amount of people entered competitions (for example, Ruination and CBBR both had just 9 people entering, while Armageddon had 20 people!). This meant that I couldn't use a hard count of how many designs were entered into a competition, since a tournament like Armageddon, that had 80 designs, would obviously have more bricks than Ruination. Instead I took the design count as a ratio of the total population, to show what percentage of designs in that competition were a horizontal spinner, or a lifter, and then compared those percentages across all tournaments.

The second problem was defining the designs. I tried to keep a limited amount of design types (Striker, for example, did not get its own Treads category, but instead was lumped in with the bricks, while the new Klarinette got lumped in with the Crusher/Clamper). Here's how I classified everything:

Flipper
Anything that uses a jerking motion to lift a robot

Lifter
Anything that uses a smooth motion to lift a robot

Brick
Un-armed robots, or robots who's primary method of competing was its drivetrain.

Horizontal Spinner
Cage, bar, disc spinners.

Vertical Spinner
Anything thin enough to not be labled as a drum.

Drum
Egg-beaters, vertical 'racks', and drums.

Ring/FBS
Ring spinners and shell spinners.

Axe/Hammer
Axes and hammers.

Punchbot
Both Probot-styled Punchbots, and pneumatic spikes.

Thwack
Melty-brained and Sit and Spinner thwacks. Translational spinners included.

Overhead Thwack
All Overkill style thwacks.

Multibot
All multibots, regardless of weapon.

Crusher/Clamper
Razer crushers, Complete Control clampers, and robots that had a combination of ax/hammer and a lifter that could conceivably be used to control the opponent.

And then I simply went through the signups and tallied who I felt belonged where. I don't think my allocation of certain robots would be too far off from what everyone else would declare, but people are welcome to take their own tallies and compare them to mine if you want to see the raw stats :v:

Anyway here are the results:

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(All of the stats together)

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(Individual stats)
Team Targeted - (36-12) Robot Bastards

Dr. P: 4-8
Square Wave: 11-1
Snijmachine: 10-2
Parabolic Trajectory: 11-1
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Siphai
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One of the things I think is interesting is that you can see a massive dip for Bricks right when FRR, and the Wedge Stat, are introduced, but you slowly start to see it climb as people realize that they can continue to be dominant. On the other hand, Hammers, Lifters, and Crushers all dip off a bit as they require both the Wedge Stat and other stats in order to be effective.
Team Targeted - (36-12) Robot Bastards

Dr. P: 4-8
Square Wave: 11-1
Snijmachine: 10-2
Parabolic Trajectory: 11-1
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NWOWWE
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Just out of curiosity, did Hector LeMans count as a vert spinner or a drum? :v:
Area51Escapee,Jan 30 2011
01:27 AM
Spatula,Jan 29 2011
11:32 PM
I should go 3-1 this week but it'll probably be something like 0-4 or 0-5.

It sucks going 0-5. You lose all 4 of your bot fights for the week and you also lose at life.
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Siphai
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Sep 23 2014, 03:07 PM
Just out of curiosity, did Hector LeMans count as a vert spinner or a drum? :v:
Vertical spinner I think. There were a couple of those that I went back and forth on. Usually if I was really unsure I just went with the description =P
Team Targeted - (36-12) Robot Bastards

Dr. P: 4-8
Square Wave: 11-1
Snijmachine: 10-2
Parabolic Trajectory: 11-1
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GF93
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Siphai
Sep 20 2014, 10:02 AM
One of the things I think is interesting is that you can see a massive dip for Bricks right when FRR, and the Wedge Stat, are introduced, but you slowly start to see it climb as people realize that they can continue to be dominant.
Or it was round about the time when Lian started entering whole teams of them. :P
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Swiftsure- 2-0
Torque Dirty 2 Me- 2-0
Ayame- 1-0
Dead on Arrival- 1-0
Barley Picker- 1-0
Lethal Injection 3- 1-0

Robot Bastards 2 (5-5)
Apathy & Lethargy- 2-1
Trump ex Machina- 0-3
Rainbow in the Dark- 3-1 (6-3)

Ruination: The Upheaval (20-8)
Ayame- 6-1
Marauder- 6-1
Dreadnought Mk3- 3-4
Lethal Injection 3- 5-2

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Losses: 230
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Siphai
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GF93 ragging on someone else for entering whole teams of bricks. This is hilarious!
Team Targeted - (36-12) Robot Bastards

Dr. P: 4-8
Square Wave: 11-1
Snijmachine: 10-2
Parabolic Trajectory: 11-1
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NWOWWE
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lol
Area51Escapee,Jan 30 2011
01:27 AM
Spatula,Jan 29 2011
11:32 PM
I should go 3-1 this week but it'll probably be something like 0-4 or 0-5.

It sucks going 0-5. You lose all 4 of your bot fights for the week and you also lose at life.
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GF93
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Vi veri veniversum vivus vici.
Personally, I prefer Flippers. :v:
Ice Cubed Robotics Posted Image
"I will not die until I achieve something. Even though the ideal is high, I never give in. Therefore, I never die with regrets."

Cherry Bomb Classic: Season 2 (8-0)
Swiftsure- 2-0
Torque Dirty 2 Me- 2-0
Ayame- 1-0
Dead on Arrival- 1-0
Barley Picker- 1-0
Lethal Injection 3- 1-0

Robot Bastards 2 (5-5)
Apathy & Lethargy- 2-1
Trump ex Machina- 0-3
Rainbow in the Dark- 3-1 (6-3)

Ruination: The Upheaval (20-8)
Ayame- 6-1
Marauder- 6-1
Dreadnought Mk3- 3-4
Lethal Injection 3- 5-2

ALL-TIME RECORD
Wins: 347
Losses: 230
KodeBreaker
 
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That Kode Guy
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GF93
Sep 24 2014, 11:36 AM
Personally, I prefer Flippers. :v:
I will now rag on GF93 for having low powered flippers despite SZF winning Carnage with a 1-powered flipper.

Oops. :v:
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NWOWWE
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KodeBreaker
Sep 24 2014, 12:16 PM
GF93
Sep 24 2014, 11:36 AM
Personally, I prefer Flippers. :v:
I will now rag on GF93 for having low powered flippers despite SZF winning Carnage with a 1-powered flipper.

Oops. :v:
This is just as valid replacing Shadow Zone with Cuite Honey. :v:
Area51Escapee,Jan 30 2011
01:27 AM
Spatula,Jan 29 2011
11:32 PM
I should go 3-1 this week but it'll probably be something like 0-4 or 0-5.

It sucks going 0-5. You lose all 4 of your bot fights for the week and you also lose at life.
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That Kode Guy
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NWOWWE
Sep 24 2014, 12:17 PM
KodeBreaker
Sep 24 2014, 12:16 PM
GF93
Sep 24 2014, 11:36 AM
Personally, I prefer Flippers. :v:
I will now rag on GF93 for having low powered flippers despite SZF winning Carnage with a 1-powered flipper.

Oops. :v:
This is just as valid replacing Shadow Zone with Cuite Honey. :v:
That too. :v:
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Team Covenant stuff
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GF93
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Vi veri veniversum vivus vici.
Eh, personally I preferred Shadow Zone of those two. Don't care what anyone says, fight me. :P
Ice Cubed Robotics Posted Image
"I will not die until I achieve something. Even though the ideal is high, I never give in. Therefore, I never die with regrets."

Cherry Bomb Classic: Season 2 (8-0)
Swiftsure- 2-0
Torque Dirty 2 Me- 2-0
Ayame- 1-0
Dead on Arrival- 1-0
Barley Picker- 1-0
Lethal Injection 3- 1-0

Robot Bastards 2 (5-5)
Apathy & Lethargy- 2-1
Trump ex Machina- 0-3
Rainbow in the Dark- 3-1 (6-3)

Ruination: The Upheaval (20-8)
Ayame- 6-1
Marauder- 6-1
Dreadnought Mk3- 3-4
Lethal Injection 3- 5-2

ALL-TIME RECORD
Wins: 347
Losses: 230
KodeBreaker
 
Alex Valentine is the hero we deserve.

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Badnik96
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You're just a voice pal, you don't know a damn thing about racing!
Were there really 30 flippers in FRR6? :v:
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GF93
Sep 24 2014, 01:38 PM
Don't care what anyone says, fight me. :P
Oh I'll fight you... FOREVER!

:v:
Area51Escapee,Jan 30 2011
01:27 AM
Spatula,Jan 29 2011
11:32 PM
I should go 3-1 this week but it'll probably be something like 0-4 or 0-5.

It sucks going 0-5. You lose all 4 of your bot fights for the week and you also lose at life.
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playzooki
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Sep 24 2014, 01:40 PM
GF93
Sep 24 2014, 01:38 PM
Don't care what anyone says, fight me. :P
Oh I'll fight you... FOREVER!

:v:
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GF93
 
I'm starting to regret entering.
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That Kode Guy
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Badnik96
Sep 24 2014, 01:40 PM
Were there really 30 flippers in FRR6? :v:
I think that's 30%. :v:
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Mystic2000
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so little Vetical Spinners ? this needs to be fixed *goes enter 3 Vertical Spinners in Ruination 3*
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Badnik96
Sep 24 2014, 01:40 PM
Were there really 30 flippers in FRR6? :v:
Nope. 30% of the entrants were flippers. Which is, admittedly, pretty high. The reason for doing it this way was that Armageddon had 80 bots in it, whereas if I remember rightly, FRR6 had barely over half that. So actual quantities would skew the results quite badly.
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Siphai
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Sep 24 2014, 03:43 PM
Badnik96
Sep 24 2014, 01:40 PM
Were there really 30 flippers in FRR6? :v:
Nope. 30% of the entrants were flippers. Which is, admittedly, pretty high. The reason for doing it this way was that Armageddon had 80 bots in it, whereas if I remember rightly, FRR6 had barely over half that. So actual quantities would skew the results quite badly.
This is correct. Also, I double checked at the 30.31% is a typo :$ It should be 20.31%. There were only 13 flippers in a tournament of 64 robots
Team Targeted - (36-12) Robot Bastards

Dr. P: 4-8
Square Wave: 11-1
Snijmachine: 10-2
Parabolic Trajectory: 11-1
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