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| Bot-O-Rama 2016 - Discussion | |
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| Cha0sFerret | Apr 10 2016, 09:39 PM Post #241 |
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What just appeared in my hands?
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So I have a 3-0, an 0-3, and an undecided so far, with 2/3 guaranteed playoff spots and one guaranteed out. Definitely better than my showing in Ruination. |
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| Badnik96 | Apr 10 2016, 11:04 PM Post #242 |
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You're just a voice pal, you don't know a damn thing about racing!
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3-0 and two 2-1s is a very solid result. Looking forward to seeing how my machines do in the playoffs. |
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Team Ignition WhipCoil - The Crash & Burn Tournament 5 Champion Redline - Robot Bastards LW Champion Sling Shot - Bot-o-Rama 2016 Sportsman Champion The Debilitator - Cherry Bomb Classic Lightweight Champion Pyrite - FRR Backlash Lightweight Champion Doomerang - Robot Fight Night Heavyweight Champion [/color]
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| That Kode Guy | Apr 10 2016, 11:21 PM Post #243 |
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Ruiner of All
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... Yeah... No way I'm beating Rebellious Activity. REALLY need to think of a redesign for Hikage that actually is badass, instead of looking badass and failing to execute said badassness. <__> |
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| Hooray For Lexan | Apr 10 2016, 11:40 PM Post #244 |
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Heavyweight
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All right, everybody! After six weeks of awesome battles, the Group Stage is finally over! The Following Robots are advancing the the playoffs: Hobbyweights: Sirocco and Pro from Group A, Buzzkill and Caldera from Group B, Do Not Open and Bonk! from group C, and Annoying Wasp and Panda as wildcards. Featherweights: Oh Geeze and Feathergo from Group A, Redneck Alimony Payment and Bolt Thrower from Group B, Rebellious Activity and Vorpal Bunny from Group C, and Hikage and Database as wildcards. Sportsman: Loud Love and Sling Shot from Group A, Neon and Tormentor from Group B, Nurse Killjoy and Wyvern from Group C, and Ahlspiess and The Horney One as wildcards. Here are the playoff brackets: Hobbyweight Playoffs Featherweight Playoffs Sportsman Playoffs Brackets are also available in the first post of the brackets and fight cards thread. I'd also like to give out a couple special awards. First, the Undefeated Award, for all robots that went 3-0 in the Group Stage, goes to: Cha0sFerret, with Do Not Open! The_Angry_Goat, with Oh Geeze! Toxic, with Redneck Alimony Payment! Badnik96, with Rebellious Activity! KodeBreaker, with Loud Love! And finally, Cha0sFerret again, with Neon! Next, the "Made the playoffs in every weight class" award goes to: Badnik96, KodeBreaker, The_Angry_Goat, NoiseyGiraffe, and HotDealsInTexas! The "Most stupidly overpowered weapon" award goes to Kodebreaker with Caldera, HotDealsInTexas with Vorpal Bunny, and playzooki with Tormentor! The "Best Multibot" award goes to Cha0sFerret with Neon! The "Best non-participant" award goes to Britespark! And finally "Biggest disappointment" award goes to BrianTheAmerican, who would probably be in the playoffs if he showed up for his matches! Anyway, let's check out how things look for the quarterfinals: In the hobbyweights, the two wildcards Annoying Wasp and Panda will be taking on each other. With Annoying Wasp's weak weapon, this could be an easy win for the fast wedgebot. Pro will face off against Buzzkill. This could be interesting: Buzzkill's unusual weapon placement caused it problems against Panda, which we might see again here, but unlike Panda Pro will have to self-right with its flipper if overturned, and The_Angry_Goat has done a great job of keeping the pressure on flipped opponents with both Buzzkill and Wyvern. Pro's armor also isn't the strongest, so repeated blows could do some serious damage. However, Pro is OOTA-capable, and if Buzzkill gets flipped without the disc at full speed it could end up stuck on its back like Hikage did earlier in the event. Sirocco's strange propeller will be going up against the drumette of Bonk! Sirocco's weapon has been able to hit the top of Annoying Wasp and the boxy sides of Pro (the less said about Blood Blister the better), but Bonk! seems to have a slightly better shape to go weapon-to-weapon with Sirocco, and it could end up damaging the spindly support rods. Finally, Do Not Open is fighting Caldera, and quite frankly if any robot can stop that devastating shell, it's DNO. In the featherweights, Hikage is fighting Rebellious Activity. Given Hikage's performance against Oh Geeze and RA's performance against Database, I think this could put the drumbot out of the competition. Feathergo is fighting Bolt Thrower. It seems like a decent matchup; Feathergo's weapon is a bit underpowered and the lexan armor is vulnerable, but Bolt Thrower has even less armor, and is one of the few bots Feathergo will be able to seriously damage. Database is fighting Oh Geeze. I think Database will struggle to do damage, and could end up stuck on its back like it did against Rebellious Activity. Finally, the two horizontal spinners in the playoffs, Redneck Alimony Payment and Vorpal Bunny, will fight each other. In the Sportsman Class, The Horney One's very fast hydraulic lifter will take on Wyvern's spring-powered flipper - another battle of scorpion vs. goat. Neon will be fighting Sling Shot - get ready to see some robots hitting the ceiling. Loud Love's flailing hammers will be fighting Nurse Killjoy's beak. This doesn't look good: LL's awkward shape will make it difficult for Nurse Killjoy to grab, Nurse Killjoy has thin armor, and Loud Love's hammers pack a surprising punch. And finally, the two most powerful weapons in the Sportsman class, the hammer of Tormentor and the spear of Ahlspiess, will clash. With weapons like that either bot could get a KO in a few hits, but Ahlspiess was designed to fight hammerbots, and unlike Loud Love, which beat Ahlspiess in part due to its awkward shape being hard to hit, Tormentor is a box with vertical, thinly-armored sides. Edited by Hooray For Lexan, Apr 11 2016, 10:21 AM.
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"you can give a fuck, just don't give too much of a fuck. there's an optimal level of fuckiness, and if you exceed your fuck quota you'll burn out." - BEES Trihunter on V900's New Undercutter: Spoiler: click to toggle
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| Badnik96 | Apr 11 2016, 02:14 AM Post #245 |
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Um, Sirocco didn't go 3-0. It lost to Annoying Wasp. |
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Team Ignition WhipCoil - The Crash & Burn Tournament 5 Champion Redline - Robot Bastards LW Champion Sling Shot - Bot-o-Rama 2016 Sportsman Champion The Debilitator - Cherry Bomb Classic Lightweight Champion Pyrite - FRR Backlash Lightweight Champion Doomerang - Robot Fight Night Heavyweight Champion [/color]
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| scorpion1m | Apr 11 2016, 03:17 AM Post #246 |
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the broniest robot fan
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2 tough robotsi am agents but pro is the perfect robot to bet caldera |
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| Hooray For Lexan | Apr 11 2016, 10:24 AM Post #247 |
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Wait, shit, so it did. I don't know how the hell I entered that wrong. Fixed it. Fortunately it looks like that didn't affect the group standings.
...not really. You could flip it in theory, but your speed-traction balance means you risk oversteering and giving him a free shot at your corners. |
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"you can give a fuck, just don't give too much of a fuck. there's an optimal level of fuckiness, and if you exceed your fuck quota you'll burn out." - BEES Trihunter on V900's New Undercutter: Spoiler: click to toggle
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| The_Angry_Goat | Apr 14 2016, 04:43 PM Post #248 |
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So uh, it came to my attention today that Toxic posted his RP for Panda about 6 1/2 hours late. now the signup page says "RPs will be due Saturdays (NOT Sundays) at 11:59:59 PM PST." I have been judging this as a hard deadline for the matches I write. For things to be fair, either all the other writers will need to do this, or I will need to be more lenient. HDiT, could you make an official ruling one way or the other (I genuinely don't care which it is, I just want us to be consistent)? If we're going with the hard deadline, I don't want Panda's win to be counted as an FF loss - it would be unfair to him to retroactively enforce rules (and I was kinda expecting to lose anyway ). although I would like my slight annoyance to be acknowledge
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‽ ROBOTICS (180 - 88 lifetime) Ruination 4 Nick's Fuzzy Rules: 7-1 Glitch: 5-3 Hazardous Waste Removal: 6-2 Khnum: 4-4 ROBOT2 Hat Garage: 0-0 Lilian: 0-0 Blue Max: 0-0 Neuromancer: 0-0 "giant fucking dinosaur" is in my top 5 picks to win the nut ~V900 So you're saying no arenas that fill the driver booths with powerful hallucinogenic gas that argle bargle THE ENEMY'S GATE IS SIDEWAYS ~ Rocket III ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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| Hooray For Lexan | Apr 14 2016, 08:07 PM Post #249 |
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...Well, originally I wanted to do a hard deadline, but it was resulting in too many forfeits. At this point, I'd say be more lenient. If the RP isn't there when the writer of the match, whatever time zone he or she may be in, wakes up on Sunday morning to check the RP board, then it's a forfeit (as long as it's after the nominal deadline - if you're in the UK and get up at 6 AM you'll have to give them a little longer). |
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"you can give a fuck, just don't give too much of a fuck. there's an optimal level of fuckiness, and if you exceed your fuck quota you'll burn out." - BEES Trihunter on V900's New Undercutter: Spoiler: click to toggle
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| scorpion1m | Apr 18 2016, 01:20 PM Post #250 |
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the broniest robot fan
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waits for results |
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| Toxic | Apr 18 2016, 07:20 PM Post #251 |
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Panda goes to the Semi-Finals! Was not expecting that. Good run for Redneck Alimony Payment. I like that bot....gonna have to tweak the design a bit, I think. |
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| Badnik96 | Apr 18 2016, 07:22 PM Post #252 |
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Holy crap, 3-0 in the quarters! I am on a fucking roll here.
Edited by Badnik96, Apr 18 2016, 07:22 PM.
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Team Ignition WhipCoil - The Crash & Burn Tournament 5 Champion Redline - Robot Bastards LW Champion Sling Shot - Bot-o-Rama 2016 Sportsman Champion The Debilitator - Cherry Bomb Classic Lightweight Champion Pyrite - FRR Backlash Lightweight Champion Doomerang - Robot Fight Night Heavyweight Champion [/color]
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| That Kode Guy | Apr 18 2016, 07:22 PM Post #253 |
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Loud Love remains unbeaten! Screw you Caldera and Hikage, you never meant anything to me anyway! VIVA LOUD LOVE |
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| The_Angry_Goat | Apr 18 2016, 07:53 PM Post #254 |
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Woo Buzzkill! that was a helluva match! also Oh Geeze I Didn't Mean to Flip Your Robot Over continues to be great!
hmmm, I take issue with this. first of all, it is rude. second of all, I added a note to one of the things I wrote last week (just mentioning that Vice can't get stuck on its side), that was removed for some reason before being published, and third of all, I specifically decided to avoid his lifter: (Bold is mine for emphasis) So I was supposed to be avoiding his lifter for the entire match - something that should have been possible and how is THO short with the lifter down? it's visibly long in the photo, and certainly quite a good deal longer than Wyvern, a wide 2WD robot Also: Annoying wasp should not have been able to damage Panda's wedge at all. 11 armor to 11 weapon. Edited by The_Angry_Goat, Apr 18 2016, 07:54 PM.
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‽ ROBOTICS (180 - 88 lifetime) Ruination 4 Nick's Fuzzy Rules: 7-1 Glitch: 5-3 Hazardous Waste Removal: 6-2 Khnum: 4-4 ROBOT2 Hat Garage: 0-0 Lilian: 0-0 Blue Max: 0-0 Neuromancer: 0-0 "giant fucking dinosaur" is in my top 5 picks to win the nut ~V900 So you're saying no arenas that fill the driver booths with powerful hallucinogenic gas that argle bargle THE ENEMY'S GATE IS SIDEWAYS ~ Rocket III ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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| Cha0sFerret | Apr 18 2016, 08:00 PM Post #255 |
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What just appeared in my hands?
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Neon was gonna go down eventually, I guess. Gimmick bots can only get so far. Good fight, Badnik! DNO continues to impress. I have a few issues with the result of THO vs Wyvern. Let's make a list: I'm sorry, I'm not convinced that THO's lifter goes high enough to pull this off. That was just unnecessary. I believe it's already been established that it can be stuck on its side, see week 2 results. I have a problem with using what's essentially a coin flip to decide anything that isn't a double FF. |
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Robocon (3-1) Eat Me Too: 2-0 Eye of Fury: 1-1 Ruination: The Upheaval (11-5) Eat Me Too: 3-1 Lulver: 3-1 Wedgelord: 3-1 Scrunglebot: 2-2 A growing collection of fun quotes from the community
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| Hiicantpk | Apr 18 2016, 08:26 PM Post #256 |
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If I ever remake Database into another weight class, I'll be sure to add a SRIMech ._. |
".. if Kody is removing OOTAs, I'm flying to Canada for the sole purpose of taking a shit down his chimney. " - GF93Team 57 Robo*Con Uptown Funk: 2-0 Remi IV: 1-1 (Lifetime 10-13) Ruination 4 Tidal Wave II: 2-5 (Lifetime 19-15) Remi IV: 4-3 (Lifetime 12-14) Flandre Scarlet: 2-5 (Lifetime 3-5) Lifter 2: Electric Boogaloo: 4-3 | |
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| NoiseyGiraffe | Apr 18 2016, 08:49 PM Post #257 |
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Didn't think Feathergo would go the furtherest of my 3. RIP Nurse Killjoy. You were good and will be back if there's another tournament but had the worst draw possible. And Annoying Wasp, meh. Did anyone like A'Wasp? It was thrown together at the last minute but done quite well, never really cared for it though. |
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| The_Angry_Goat | Apr 18 2016, 08:59 PM Post #258 |
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Good design, but I think it coulda been statted a bit better (at least 12 weapon is needed for an effective spinner, IMO) |
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‽ ROBOTICS (180 - 88 lifetime) Ruination 4 Nick's Fuzzy Rules: 7-1 Glitch: 5-3 Hazardous Waste Removal: 6-2 Khnum: 4-4 ROBOT2 Hat Garage: 0-0 Lilian: 0-0 Blue Max: 0-0 Neuromancer: 0-0 "giant fucking dinosaur" is in my top 5 picks to win the nut ~V900 So you're saying no arenas that fill the driver booths with powerful hallucinogenic gas that argle bargle THE ENEMY'S GATE IS SIDEWAYS ~ Rocket III ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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| Hooray For Lexan | Apr 18 2016, 09:00 PM Post #259 |
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Okay... first, I apologize if the explanation of what happened came across as rude - my intent was to explain my reasoning for why THO performed well on the fight, since it wasn't immediately obvious. I've removed that portion. The reason I choose to remove the bit about Vice was because I believed it wasn't relevant to the match that actually happened, and talking about a hypothetical match. In the future, I'll move all notes to the discussion thread. You said you would attempt to avoid his lifter, which you did. That doesn't mean you'll succeed every time. You did get around the lifter plenty of times, but because his speed was 75% of yours and you both had good traction balances sometimes he was able to keep his front facing you, and due to the robots shape he usually won face-to-face collisions.
Yeah, he's definitely much longer than Wyvern, but he's also short in the sense of "not tall." I could have said "low," but that would have meant it got confused with ground clearance instead of length. Ain't English an awesome language?
Honestly, no he shouldn't have. However, that match already had to be edited once, results were due to be posted, and the result didn't affect the match outcome. Since this is the playoffs the fight cards were dependent on the results, and I thought it wouldn't have been fair to post all the other results and leave you and Toxic with less time to RP for the next match.
30 lb bots are generally 1-2 feet long, and THO is on the longer end of that. The top of the lifter is almost as high as the dead zone wall, and as Goat said that lifter is so friggin fast that the opponent has a lot of momentum.
Week 2 was actually a mistake. It was written as getting stuck on its back because scorpion forgot to specify the lifter's range of motion and the writers thought the model he posted in the signup page showed the limit.
Hmm... I think randomizing things a bit helps avoid "this robot looks cooler" bias. My approach is generally to use the RP, stats, and robot designs to come up with a probability of something happening (e.g. I might say Do Not Open is lower and better-controlled than Buzzkill, so it has a 2/3 chance of getting under it, but Buzzkill still has a chance because things like wheelies and floor seams happen. Or if a spinner got a 5 damage corner hit, I might say: "I'll roll a d4. 1, the damage is spectacular but superficial, 2 disables the weapon, 3 disables one side of the drive, and 4 is a total knockout. My impression was that this is a fairly normal practice - IIRC someone made reference to "damage dice" or something in Hammerfall. |
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"you can give a fuck, just don't give too much of a fuck. there's an optimal level of fuckiness, and if you exceed your fuck quota you'll burn out." - BEES Trihunter on V900's New Undercutter: Spoiler: click to toggle
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| Hooray For Lexan | Apr 18 2016, 09:15 PM Post #260 |
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Anyway, time to summarize the last week and the next week! In the hobbyweights we had some good fights, with Panda shoving Annoying Wasp all over the place, Caldera's volcano going extinct against the durable wedge of DNO, Buzzkill tearing up Pro, and Sirocco giving me a lifelong fear of propellers which will require years of expensive therapy to overcome. In the featherweights, um... actually, to be honest, the featherweights were kinda boring this week because most of the fights featured vertical spinners getting stuck on their backs in the first thirty seconds. Come on guys, it's [current year,] srimechs have been around for almost 20 years! I may be a bit biased here, but the main highlight of the featherweights was this moment. Oops, wrong footage. And in the sportsman division, Wyvern was spectacularly and controversially upside by The Horney One, Sling Shot finally managed to actually hit Neon and end the multibot's reign of terror, Loud Love pounded Nurse Killjoy into submission, and Ahlspiess vs. Tormentor turned into a derpfest because both bots break down. This week, we have the semifinals! In the hobbyweights, we have a rematch between Panda and Buzzkill - will things go the same way? And fresh off a victory against Caldera, Do Not Open will attempt to put Sirocco on the No Fly List. In the featherweights, Rebellious Activity will fight Feathergo, and Oh Geeze will go up against Vorpal Bunny. In the sportsman class, it'll be hydraulics vs. flywheels with The Horney One vs. Sling Shot, and twin hammers vs. single hammer with Loud Love vs. Tormentor. And of course, don't forget that even if you're out of the main tournament there are still the rumbles! In each weight class, six robots (or seven for the sportsmans because Neon's in there) will be thrown in the same arena. It'll be chaos, and for some contests a chance to avenge a previous defeat. |
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