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Cherry Bomb Classic - Discussion; Update: 7/21/16 - deadline, rules, and house bots/arenas!
Topic Started: Jul 3 2016, 11:41 PM (10,739 Views)
Badnik96
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You're just a voice pal, you don't know a damn thing about racing!
Nick is indeed correct.

I brought this exact subject up in the skype chat a few weeks ago, and i remember us talking about how it would apply as a walker, but the speed stat would dictate how quickly the weapon tilted. Or something like that.

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Well, I actually have two ideas.

1: Build a big, heavy ring spinner, with a single leg in the center which sticks all the way through the robot with a foot on the top and the bottom, and the leg can be raised, lowered, and moved in the pitch and jaw directions. The robot would move in a "hopping" motion, using its leg to move in any direction and using the immense angular momentum of the weapon to keep it stable.

2: Same design, but with four feet significantly off-center which can just raise and lower. Basically, it raises itself up on one foot, so the forces try to make the body tip over, but because it's spinning, it precesses. After it's gone 90 degrees, switch to the next foot, and so on.

In both cases, it can drop itself to the floor for a hit, and it has the ability to do so when an opponent is partway under it, hopping a few inches in the air and hopefully bringing its spinning mass down on top of its opponent.

I'm going to call it "Funerary Precession."
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Jul 6 2016, 11:02 PM
Well, I actually have two ideas.

1: Build a big, heavy ring spinner, with a single leg in the center which sticks all the way through the robot with a foot on the top and the bottom, and the leg can be raised, lowered, and moved in the pitch and jaw directions. The robot would move in a "hopping" motion, using its leg to move in any direction and using the immense angular momentum of the weapon to keep it stable.

2: Same design, but with four feet significantly off-center which can just raise and lower. Basically, it raises itself up on one foot, so the forces try to make the body tip over, but because it's spinning, it precesses. After it's gone 90 degrees, switch to the next foot, and so on.

In both cases, it can drop itself to the floor for a hit, and it has the ability to do so when an opponent is partway under it, hopping a few inches in the air and hopefully bringing its spinning mass down on top of its opponent.

I'm going to call it "Funerary Precession."


Alright! That sounds badass, and it's definitely not gyroscopic precession in the same way as Wrecks. I was actually working on something similar myself, tbh. Personally, I think that the second idea holds more potential in terms of maneuverability, stability, and reliability. However, each foot should probably count as an actuated part. The first idea is just begging to be bullied by something with either really thick armour or a low, fast, and tough wedge. However, it would probably only need to put one point into actuation.

Tentatively, I'd say that the speed should be governed by the weapon power divided by 4 rounded up or down to the nearest whole number (up if it falls on a .5). Traction would be the weapon power divided by 6, and torque would be the weapon power divided by eight. It will be applied as a bonus and not cost any stat points.

So basically, 30-4 (actuated legs) gives you 26 points and you don't have to invest in a drive train. You could potentially go 16 weapon and 10 armour and have a 4/2/2 drive train be another scary Eldritch Abomination (this also equates to 34 points). Congratulations.
Edited by The Monsterworks, Jul 6 2016, 11:30 PM.
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I'm just curious... has anyone ever entered a 4-part cluster before? If so, has a 4 part cluster ever made the playoffs?
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Dear God, even walkers would be just 16 points each.
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Jul 7 2016, 04:42 AM
Dear God, even walkers would be just 16 points each.
;) I have my ways...
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You're just a voice pal, you don't know a damn thing about racing!
I made one named The Koopa Bros. which IIRC was one or two matches outside the playoffs back in Reign of Steel. Then again i didn't really pay attention to that tourney so i'm probably really wrong about how it did :v:
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Inb4 I get drawn against Monsterworks in Showbots.
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IS TIME FOR HOUSE ROBOT

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IS BOXY, BORING AND EFFICIENT. JUST LIKE SOVIET FACTORY.


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YOU MIGHT BE THINKING "HA! THAT HAMMER DOES NOT ROTATE NEARLY FAR ENOUGH TO HURT MY ROBOT." BUT YOU WOULD BE WRONG! HAMMER IS NOT THERE TO HURT YOU! HAMMER IS THERE TO TRAP YOU! SICKLE DOES THE ALL DAMAGE!

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OH YES, THERE IS ALSO LIFTER IN FRONT! IT GET UNDER YOUR WEDGES, AND LIFT YOU TOO! BUT MOSTLY GET UNDER YOUR WEDGES. LIFTER CANNOT RIGHT ROBOT, BUT IS OK. HAMMER CAN.

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EDIT: OH YES ALSO CRUSHER CAN OPEN WIDER IF IT NEED TO
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Ruination 4
Nick's Fuzzy Rules: 7-1
Glitch: 5-3
Hazardous Waste Removal: 6-2
Khnum: 4-4


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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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Housebot?

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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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STATS!!!

Weapon: 15
Armor: 6 (+6 Showbot bonus)
Speed: 10
Traction: 8
Torque: 1
Area51Escapee,Jan 30 2011
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Spatula,Jan 29 2011
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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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COMRADE GABRIEL! WE ARE REQUIRE MANY STAT POINT FOR GLORY OF RUSSIAN PEOPLE. IS ALLOWED POINTS OF 40 FOR MUCH SMASH AND GREAT VICTORY. WILL RECEIVE FREE EXTRA POINTS SIX FOR HAVE STRONK ARMOUR TO DEFLECT CAPITALIST PIGS! BEST OF FORTUNE, COMRADE!
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HmmmmMMMMMMM......
I think I might have something for a house robot. I might go a bit old school to the desgpign, but that's what I do, use some old designs and make them new again
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Jul 8 2016, 11:11 AM
Housebot?

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Nice, but one based on Hyper Metal Sonic would have been better. :P
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Area51Escapee,Jan 30 2011
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Spatula,Jan 29 2011
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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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STATS FOR OUR MOST GLORIOUS ROBOT ARE AS FOLLOWS

Speed: 8
Traction: 8
Torque: 3
Weapon: 16 (1/1/14)
Armor: 11 (5+bonus 6)
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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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You're just a voice pal, you don't know a damn thing about racing!
Why the fuck are there three fucking slitherbots now

The next person to enter a slithering SHW is getting the actual Slither jammed somewhere unpleasant. Fuck all of this.
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You're just a voice pal, you don't know a damn thing about racing!
alex's shw was really cool until all of you made less cool doppelgangers of it
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