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Bot-O-Rama 2016 - Discussion
Topic Started: Dec 29 2015, 01:03 AM (3,776 Views)
Badnik96
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You're just a voice pal, you don't know a damn thing about racing!
IIRC none of the Hammerfall writers had written for ARC before, unless Josh was a writer for Hammerfall (I forget if he was). Either way, we don't normally use random chance to decide legitimate fights.
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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

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Toxic
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Josh was the only ARCer that wrote for me. Everybody else was greenhorns.
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The_Angry_Goat
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HotDealsInTexas
Apr 18 2016, 09:00 PM


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I believe it's already been established that it can be stuck on its side, see week 2 results.


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


week 2 was not a mistake because I didnt write that match with him getting stuck on his back, and neither brad nor i are saying he should have been stuck on his back. He can easily get stuck on his SIDES because he has flat sides and his lifter doesn't extend outside of the sides of his robot.
Edited by The_Angry_Goat, Apr 19 2016, 01:29 AM.
‽ 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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Badnik96
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You're just a voice pal, you don't know a damn thing about racing!
1/3 done, but I'll gladly rewrite this one if the result is overturned.
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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

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The_Angry_Goat
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I was reading the RP thread (because I like to see how people are planning their fights, including my opponents after I've written my RPs for my fights), and noticed this:

HDiT's RP
 
His flipper is also vulnerable with "only" 13 weapon armor.


Oh Geeze I'm Terribly Sorry I didn't Mean to Flip Your Robot Over's flipper has only 3 power, and does not qualify for an active weapons bonus, so it still just has 11 armor.
‽ 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
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The_Angry_Goat
Apr 19 2016, 07:59 PM
I was reading the RP thread (because I like to see how people are planning their fights, including my opponents after I've written my RPs for my fights), and noticed this:

HDiT's RP
 
His flipper is also vulnerable with "only" 13 weapon armor.


Oh Geeze I'm Terribly Sorry I didn't Mean to Flip Your Robot Over's flipper has only 3 power, and does not qualify for an active weapons bonus, so it still just has 11 armor.
Woopsie-daisies. Thanks for catching that.
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LOUD LOVE HYPE

I'M COMING FOR YOU SLING SHOT

BRING IT BOI
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Badnik96
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You're just a voice pal, you don't know a damn thing about racing!
Two robots in the finals! I'm incredibly uncertain about Sling Shot's chances against Loud Love (especially considering last time) but I feel reasonably confident I can take Vorpal Bunny again. We'll have to see I guess.
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

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The_Angry_Goat
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how the hell is Buzzkill still alive :v:

fought the good fight against Vorpal Bunny... it's a helluva spinner and hard to beat. I would at least appreciate having my RP read before I'm eviscerated, though :P
‽ 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
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All right, time for the finals!

In the hobbyweights, Buzzkill's vertical spinner will fight Do Not Open's wedge for the championship, while Sirocco and Panda go for third place.

In the featherweights, we actually have two group stage rematches: Rebellious Activity's lifter vs. Vorpal Bunny's spinning bar in the final, and Oh Geeze's flipper vs. Feathergo's vertical spinner for third place.

In the sportsman class, we have... even more rematches! Sling Shot vs. Loud Love for the final, and Tormentor vs. The Horney One for third place!

We also have the second rumble for each weight class. In the hobbyweights we have Annoying Wasp, Panda, Pro, and also all the spinners that didn't make the playoffs despite showing up for matches.

In the featherweights, we have Sister Sledge and a whole bunch of spinners. Seriously, that's a lot of spinners. I guess there were five in the hobbyweight rumble last week too, but Blood Blister disappeared so I'm not sure if it counts.

In the sportsmans, we have, umm... one crusher, two flippers, one lifter, one hammer two hammers on the same robot, and whatever you call DnB's weapon.
Edited by Hooray For Lexan, Apr 25 2016, 01:50 PM.
"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."

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Hooray For Lexan
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The_Angry_Goat
Apr 25 2016, 01:09 PM
how the hell is Buzzkill still alive :v:

fought the good fight against Vorpal Bunny... it's a helluva spinner and hard to beat. I would at least appreciate having my RP read before I'm eviscerated, though :P
#LOWARMORBOYZ

And yeah, good match. I honestly thought I was going to get stuck on the wall or OOTAed.

I'm fighting Rebellious Activity again though, so that may still happen.
"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."

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The_Angry_Goat
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HotDealsInTexas
Apr 25 2016, 01:09 PM
Feathergo's lifter

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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
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The_Angry_Goat
Apr 25 2016, 01:16 PM
HotDealsInTexas
Apr 25 2016, 01:09 PM
Feathergo's lifter

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I have no idea what you're talking about. Feathergo is a vertical spinner and I have never said otherwise.

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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."

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TotallyNotSatan
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Ooh! Wyvern vs. The Horney One yet again.
Record:

RUINATION: THE UPHEAVAL
Altair: 0-0
Discordi: 0-0
Ballast: 0-0
Bozo: 0-0
Total: 0-0

PRESSURE DROP
Discordi: 0-0
Total: 0-0

Final Total: 0-0
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The_Angry_Goat
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why are so many robots afraid of me in the rumble :v:
‽ 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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The_Angry_Goat
Apr 29 2016, 02:20 PM
why are so many robots afraid of me in the rumble :v:
It's actually a BO problem, they were just too polite to tell you.
Area51Escapee,Jan 30 2011
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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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Hooray For Lexan
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the final results are in! After thirty-six robots and eighty-four matches, the champions have been crowned.

In the Hobbyweight Division:

1st Place: Buzzkill
2nd Place: Panda
3rd Place: Sirocco

Rumble Winners: Do Not Open and Radio Hit

In the Featherweight Division:

1st Place: Vorpal Bunny
2nd Place: Rebellious Activity
3rd Place: Oh Geeze I'm Terribly Sorry I Didn't Mean to Flip Your Robot Over

Rumble Winners: Oh Geeze I'm Terribly Sorry I Didn't Mean to Flip Your Robot Over and Vorpal Bunny
(don't those names sound familiar?)

In the Sportsman Division:

1st Place: Sling Shot
2nd Place: Loud Love
3rd Place: Tormentor

Rumble Winners: Neon and Wyvern


Congratulations to all our winning roboteers: The_Angry_Goat, with Buzzkill, Oh Geeze, and Wyvern! Toxic, with Panda! Badnik96, with Sirocco, Rebellious Activity, and Sling Shot! KodeBreaker, with Loud Love! Playzooki, with Radio Hit and Tormentor! And Cha0sFerret, with Do Not Open and Neon! Oh, and uh, HotDealsInTexas, with Vorpal Bunny!

Special mention goes to Badnik96 for standing on all three spots on the podium.


Thank you so much to the writers, The_Angry_Goat and TotallyNotSatan, for helping make this event happen, and to all of you for competing. I know there have been a few moments of controversy, and I made a few mistakes my first time running a tournament, but I think overall it was a good experience and I hope to learn from the experience in future events!
Edited by Hooray For Lexan, May 1 2016, 07:11 PM.
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Cha0sFerret
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Man, I was nervous about DNO's fight (2nd place btw, not just a rumble winner). That really could have gone either way. At any rate, that was my first time reaching the finals on ARC. Good fight Gabe, Buzzkill is a worthy machine.

...however, I want to say that I suspect neither of our RPs were read. Or least, mine sure wasn't. See, some of us were some suspicious that a certain writer was not reading the RPs, so I decided to test it for myself. Ever heard of a word trap?
My RP: Buzzkill vs DNO
 
It's hard to say who has the wedgier wedge since we're both 2WD, but considering the position of his weapon, his center of mass is probably farther back than mine so there's slightly less force pushing the edge of his wedge down, put the word dolphin somewhere in the result, meaning I should in theory get under successfully more often than not.
Dolphin was not found anywhere in the result for this fight.

It's safe to say the writer of this fight failed the test.
You know what, why am I being ambiguous with my wording, anyone can go look up who wrote this. TNS, I'm calling you out on not reading my RP.
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Hooray For Lexan
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A couple other things:

* Dem rumbles: Spinnerfest2016.

* Dat featherweight final. Honestly I didn't think I was going to be able to pull that off, but I guess VB finally got the lucky side hit it was trying to go for all of the first match with RA. Good fight.

* Dat sportsman final. Sling Shot and Loud Love have been some of the coolest, craziest bots this tournament, and I felt they both deserved a close, but spectacular end to the final match. And yeah, Sling Shot really is OOTA-capable from the middle of the arena. A flipper with a power of 9 is scary when the arena is only 24 ft wide.

As for my bots... well, Bonk! did decently, which is about what I expected. It was mostly there to fill out the roster. Vorpal Bunny was INSANE. Honestly I though the impractical spinner with the overpowered weapon would win a couple fights, then live up to its name by going down in a blaze of glory against a bot with a holy hand grenade. And Ahlspiess... was a massive disappointment. I though a spearbot would have a field day in Sportsmans since everyone would be worrying about hammers and saws and up-armor the tops of their bots. As it turns out, there wasn't much armor in the class at all, but Ahlspiess did almost nothing all event in part because of its mediocre drivetrain and in part because it got matched up against either robots that were an awkward shape for stabbing, or the ONE ROBOT IN THE COMPETITION that could kill it in a few hits through the top cover. I might still enter it next year though, because TBH I want to see a spearbot be successful, and it just ain't happening in open with all the wedges and spinners.
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May 1 2016, 07:28 PM
* Dat sportsman final. Sling Shot and Loud Love have been some of the coolest, craziest bots this tournament, and I felt they both deserved a close, but spectacular end to the final match. And yeah, Sling Shot really is OOTA-capable from the middle of the arena. A flipper with a power of 9 is scary when the arena is only 24 ft wide.
I'd like to know why I stupidly charged at him and risked OOTA'ing myself like that when I said in my RP to stay near the walls more, especially since at that point I pretty much had the match in the bag.

Nothing against Badnik, Sling Shot's a great design. But that's really not the way I'd have preferred to lose.

I just don't get it. Was it purely for shock value?
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