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| NWOWWE | Jan 7 2013, 11:45 AM Post #421 |
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Team Blood Gulch Motto
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Visually it reminds me a little of Final Boss. I'm pretty intrigued with that hidden puncher setup. |
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| That Kode Guy | Jan 7 2013, 03:39 PM Post #422 |
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Ruiner of All
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Literally just saw this. I have no idea where this rule is but it would actually majorly screw this clusterbot over since they would require different stat sets to be effective at all.
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| That Kode Guy | Jan 7 2013, 03:49 PM Post #423 |
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Ruiner of All
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In other news... line-ups for next tournament, whether Lian gets Crazy Bots running again, Josh decides to host another FRR or ARC or w/e, or I somehow get the next Ruination up: LW - A toss-up between BlackRose, Anti-Virus, Scarab, and that LW concept two pages back. Anti-Virus' chances go lower the better he does in this tournament. MW - Again, depends on how Luna does. Jinx is a reigning champ so she may return, or... or... Terminus might come back. Scared yet? Or my three-way clusterbot for a laugh, provided it gets allowed. <_<HW - Honey stays regardless. SZF is RETIRED, DO NOT ASK ME TO BRING HIM BACK. And Killobite did shit so, uh, no. There is only one possibility of Honey being replaced, and only NFX knows of it, I discussed it with him on Skype. ![]() SHW - It's looking like a fight between concepts here, again. Teresa stands out the most, but both a new Fulcrum may return from Reckoning, or Archetype could make a splash. I'll have to render those two... |
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| Badnik96 | Jan 7 2013, 04:33 PM Post #424 |
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You're just a voice pal, you don't know a damn thing about racing!
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Hmm. I'm planning a tourney for after Ruination actually. Here's my planned lineup: LW: Either Shade Fist 3 (yet to be drawn), Slither or an upgraded Pyrite. Dunno which really, depends on how Pyrite does here. MW; If WhipCoil makes the semis this time then I'll replace it with something (maybe Phoenix the Time Detective or Ouroboros). If not then it stays. HW; If Malevolence does decently then it may come back, otherwise I've had an idea that I may get NFX to render because I would fuck up the paint pic so fucking badly ![]() Another Brick in the Wall may make a reappearance as well. SHW: Phantasmic Slammer no matter what ![]() Actually I may throw Grave Robber in just to see how it does. |
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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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| BEES | Jan 7 2013, 06:45 PM Post #425 |
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I've never lived by anyone's rules but my own.
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I will keep my exact lineup from here on out and just tweak everything, probably. Annoying Box Rush - I was too honorable when I made this bot. I was kind of in a "Vlad the Impaler" mood and made it look like what I thought would be a modern version of the old champ. It looks really really good that way, but if I want to make it unstoppable I can make a few changes. The forks are not changing though. That stays. They allow me to compete with those 8-point wedges while still having enough armor for the Frequencies of the weight class. What I will do is put a clutch on them so I can hold them up in while driving forward. The forks are the future, man. It's gonna be just like the giant rammer bar... everyone's gonna have them some day. Stingray - bad stat decisions this time. I think the problem is that there are really two directions I could go with this design, and I couldn't choose between them when I put down my numbers, so I have something inbetweenish that will pay the price for being a jack of all trades. Direction A: "The Parasite Direction" Speed: 6 Torque: 2 Traction: 6 Weapon: 12 Armor: 4 Wedge: 0 Direction B: "The Force Feedback Direction" Speed: 7 Torque: 2 Traction: 7 Weapon: 5 Armor: 9 (+2 on the bar, -2 chassis) Wedge: 0 Both of these would be better than what I have now, but I'm having a devil of a time deciding which path to take. Anyone else care to weigh in? Parasite - We'll see if any new weaknesses develop. It may need a point from something else on the armor. Kody would probably tell me to bump the speed down to 6 and add a point to traction. I still think that setup is ideal for this particular bot. The whole point is having enough speed to actually be able to get away from a tight situation and charge the weapon--something that other spinners fail at and the reason this one is that much tougher. I don't need to maneuver precisely. I'll just focus on making slight changes to the render for now. Sphere O' Fear - This has the potential to basically be another Influenza, but I'm going to modify it a lot for the next tourney. Visually this one is going to change the most. Right now it's designed to look pretty for a CAD contest. Next time it will look like something designed to kill as efficiently as possible. |
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| NWOWWE | Jan 10 2013, 08:21 AM Post #426 |
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Depending on how Ruination pans out for me my next could vary dramatically. If things go poorly (i.e. bum-rushed out of the playoffs/don't make playoffs, etc.) then I will be very sorely tempted to do a sort of "all-star" line up next time. This would 99% likely exclude Zombie Killer though since I'm sick to death of that clown, and depending on how Robotnik fares, I may want to stick with him anyway. MW would then be Sarge again, and I would be very interested in bringing back ToC for another round, mostly to see how he would do with the current stat system (this would probably happen no matter what). And then SHW would inevitably be Final Boss. If things do go well with Ruination though, I'll definetly look into some new, fresh designs. Harbinger would likely be entered (but I'd probably use him in a different weight class). |
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| That Kode Guy | Jan 10 2013, 11:16 AM Post #427 |
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Ruiner of All
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I really have to come up with something to beat Final Boss. You've kicked my ass every time we've met in SHW. <_< |
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| NWOWWE | Jan 10 2013, 11:29 AM Post #428 |
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Going by his history that means any bot with a wedge > or = his wedge such as Copperhead, Goodbye, or everyone else in FRR Dead Zone. |
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| That Kode Guy | Jan 10 2013, 11:31 AM Post #429 |
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Ruiner of All
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Ugh, and Count Bleck would have been humiliated by Tali'Zorah had we met in Armageddon anyway. lolfailomnibot... |
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| NWOWWE | Jan 10 2013, 11:34 AM Post #430 |
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To be fair, Tali was intended to be a complete spinner killer (she was able to take out Japanese Porn Star even), so I wouldn't worry about that too much. |
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| That Kode Guy | Jan 10 2013, 11:43 AM Post #431 |
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Well at any rate I might go for the 'all-star' team too, regardless of how I do this time around. I really really really would prefer not to bring Shadow Zone Forever back, but at the same time it is very tempting to find out if he could reclaim the HW crown. Jinx and BlackRose too. SHW would be difficult because Industrial Bastardization nearly won last time, but Tax Cutter looks much better than he did in Carnage... And Josh, I don't really think of Zombie Killer as a 'clown' of sorts. Armageddon was the furthest he got since Redemption, where he won, so I think he still has that ol' bite left in him. I like Dr. Robotnik a hell of a lot too so it's difficult.
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| NWOWWE | Jan 10 2013, 12:15 PM Post #432 |
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Team Blood Gulch Motto
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Speaking candidly about my own team, Zombie Killer probably doesn't deserve all the credit he's given. To be realistic, he probably had no business winning the LW championship in Redemption. It's not hard to imagine Underall taking that tournament if Dylan didn't FF out of the playoffs against Double Dose, and ZK was NEVER EVER going to be able to beat Underall with the aura Underall had at the time. Since that tournament, Zombie Killer pretty much never beat a top level opponent again, outside of occasional squeakers against Rascal and Windmill. Other than that it was getting squashed by John bots like Sovereign and SWAT, or bots like Underall, and losses to bots like Rascal and Uplifting Experiance. And then there was the more humiliating losses like Here Comes The Night Train and the older version of Anti-Virus (no offense ). The sad fact is that after the Championship, ZK was pretty much never even a serious threat in LW again outside of being able to bully around spinners.And don't let Armageddon fool you. Zombie Killer had a reasonably favorable Conference and a rediculously easy Division. Notice how he lost to both top bots in his Confrence: Rascal (though he did avenge that in the playoffs), and Falling Down. Even his win vs. Windmill was a narrow 23-22 (like all of his quality wins that season actually. Basically my reasons for not wanting to reuse Zombie Killer could be outlined thustly: 1. His design is far to plain and simplistic to be truely effective with the current crop of competition. He would have to undergo some kind of design modifcation before I could bring him back. Simply put, there have been much better LW wedge designs since Zombie Killers last version, and killing spinners isn't quite as easy as "ram the crap out of them" a lot of the time. 2. There was no way I could bring him back without feeling like I was, in some way, trying to make an easy grab at the all time winningest bot since Paul probably won't be competeing again (so no AMP) and if/when Chris competed again he probably wouldn't be interested in using Barrier again (similarly with Alex and Eurypterus as those two are the other top win total bots). So yeah the minor loopholes to using him are there, but since a big one is that he would have to be redrawn (and obviously by someone much more skilled than me), it realisticly won't happen. |
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| That Kode Guy | Jan 10 2013, 01:37 PM Post #433 |
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Ruiner of All
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Ah, bot history. I still am really not sure. I always figured Zombie Killer was a staple figure in your team.As for me, eh... I know I'VE had some disappointments. Scarab (Reckoning) - I wanted something that was moderately quick and could lay a beating. Considering the competition, though, I don't think he could have done much. His only legit "win" was against Broken Wings and that says a lot. His newest incarnation is better but not by much. I'll have to redesign him again.Fulcrum - Err... I really don't know what I was thinking with this guy. The stats were great. The design... not so much. I'm still happy he managed to hang tough with Copperhead and even win against "Goodbye", but he was pretty much a failure. I do want to bring him back though. If anybody could help me bring him back properly that'd be great. Terminus - This was supposed to be Perseus' redesign. Perseus actually did fairly well despite the losing record. I wanted him to be faster and have more armour. I think the short, chubby design, and lack of weapon power hurt him. He never won a legit match. ![]() Ultraviolence - Yeah, he broke even. Thing is, I could have done much better with him. I could have beaten Y-Combat and Venus Fly Trap easily, but for bland RPing. I let him down. ![]() Killobite - Fell far below expectations. Should I have invested in more wedge? Probably. Would it have mattered much? Probably not. I'm just happy he broke even.
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| NWOWWE | Jan 10 2013, 02:03 PM Post #434 |
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Using him for 6 straight seasons probably helped in that regaurd I mean that probably looked a lot harsher than Zombie Killer really deserves. At the end of the day he did win a championship and made the playoffs 4 out of 6 seasons. Still I stand behind the opinion that he probably hasn't aged as well as he could have. |
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| GF93 | Jan 10 2013, 04:43 PM Post #435 |
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Vi veri veniversum vivus vici.
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From what I can gather, it got stuck on its sides a lot too, right?
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Ice Cubed Robotics "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
Notable Achievements on Advanced Robot Combat for make benefit glorious Team of Ice Cubed Robotics
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| NFX | Jan 10 2013, 04:48 PM Post #436 |
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Fuck Bitches Get Crystals
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It did happen once against Minesweeper, IIRC. Which is what prompted Josh to add some spikes on the sides. But if he's going to be so disparaging about its rather credible tournament run, at least it will be forever remembered for becoming stranded on its side like an idiot. =D |
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Team Mongoose (358-215) "The Colour of Awesome" Braveheart / Crash Blossom / Depth Charge / Broken Ghost / Murder Death Unit / Agent X RoBattle Override - 13 pts MiDAS - 12 pts it was a gigantic masturbation of polygons :v - That Kode Guy | |
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| NWOWWE | Jan 10 2013, 04:53 PM Post #437 |
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Well that's sort of a strange story in itself. ZK actually made it several seasons pretty much with out it happening at all, and then one season (Reckoning I believe) it happened at least 3 or 4 times sometimes in less than believeable circumstances. <_< Which is why it was redesigned with the side spikes.
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| NWOWWE | Jan 10 2013, 04:56 PM Post #438 |
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I'll just suffice it to say that I'm an incredibly bitter, hollow shell of a human being.
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| prince palatine | Jan 10 2013, 04:56 PM Post #439 |
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Narumeia Waifu Trash!
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Time to look at my team in terms of there future and their potential replacements LW's : The Servant's Assistant In terms of competitions on this forum, this bot is my most successful yet. With two finals under it's belt, and it's 8 match winning streak (Second only to Kraze in terms of winning streak last season) This bot was designed to take on spinners and wedges (It's predecessor failed to deal with both) I've have plenty of success against wedges (Red Zone, Talon and Janus for example) But does not do well competing with spinners (Beaten by the War Bastard, by D-REZ once, though I've beaten him twice before but only just and Dr Robotnik, who I'm 0-2 against) In my final overview of my bot, I shall keep it in action for at least another season after Ruination. If it fails to win some sort of tournament, I'm gonna place it in retirement, hopefully with a good win/loss record intact MW's: Hammer & Nailz My first bot ever to appear on the vapourbot circuit (The original one sucked, best not to go into detail) To be honest, I'm not sure why I brought him back. Mainly cause the Middleweights is full of spinners and wedges, he's not gonna have a chance against any of the competitors (Sparkey and Sylandro not included in that) I felt I could succeed where Chris had failed with Sunshine, and that was to have a successful run in the MW's with a hammerbot, but my bot won't last against Rooster Teeth and Luna. All in all, I'm gonna retire it from competition on this forum once this tournament is done. Will it return with a whole new look? I don't know, but with the stats stystem, and with all the bricks and spinners in the division, a future hammerbot don't seem likely. HW's: CAMO ALERT This bot has never really gotten into good gear, it started off as a HW in the first place, but I was dismayed to see Thunder Ball annihilate it effortlessly. So I went back to thinking of a plan, a drop down the MW's seemed like a good idea at the time, but it just struggled and had to settle with a 4-6 battle record. (All it's wins were upsets though, FF win over Automaton, a win over King DeDeDe, and two close decisions over Sunshine and Dreadnought) So I went back to ye olde drawing board and thought about a suitable replacement for Metallic Doom, in the end, I settled with scaling our friend here back up to his original weight class. Will he stay? Possibly, it all depends on what kind of run he has here. If he can make the play-offs and put in some really good performances, then he'll stay. If he fails and has a very disappointing run, he'll have to go. SHW's: Thief Pheonic My spinning bastard puts in some solid performances and always dishes out the damage, but a lack of self righting has hindered him time and time again in the last two seasons of competing. He's also been slow and prone to be hit by rammers and bashed about all the time This bot will definitely stay for another season, with much better stat allocation. It should look a lot like this Speed: 7 Traction: 4 Armour: 6 Torque: 1 Weapon: 12 Wedge: 0 It will sacrifice a lot of it's torque to increase speed so it can keep up with rammers and still deal the important damage. Hopefully increasing it's chances of being a serious contender. It's name will go back to Dr Thwack. Let's look at potential replacements LW's: The Maiden The Maiden is a concept only Kody has seen, it was something I came up with about a year or two ago. It's gonna be a flipper, much like it's predecessors, but should have more wedge like/angled sides to deflect spinners away MW's: Scoopatron Rebooted This bot was unfortunate last time, as close judges decision always went against him. This time, that scoop with be an active weapon as a lifter. Should be under more control of itself and still be very well armored. HW's: Druid Another old bot of mine, it's a full body flipper that has the Mortis shape (And Mortis' tracks to boot) it should very closely resemble Mortis in Battlebots 2.0. I may give it use in the Byte Size tourney, should that ever formulate. (And if someone would be nice enough to CAD it for me, get in touch) SHW's: Merry Hampton REVO Named after a Steam Train, this bot will come in with speed on it's side, and hopefully some good Armour and an active weapon to hopefully force it's way through Yeah, that;s my dumbass plan for the future XD |
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Team Ectogasm Honours Robot Attack LW Runner Up (With The Servant's Assistant) FRR: Dead Zone LW Runner Up (With The Servant's Assistant) Ruination: The Beginning joint third place (With The Servant's Assistant, Camo Alert and Hammer & Nailz) Crazy Bots Blazing Ruin: MW Runner Up (Merry Hampton BR) and SHW CHAMPION!!! (F-Dynasty) League of Robotic Excellence: MW 3rd place (Terminus) and LW CHAMPION!!! (The Servant's Assistant 3) Ruination: The Omen: MW joint 3rd place (Merry Hampton BR) SHW joint 3rd place (Curse Of The Deep 2) and HW CHAMPION!!! (Klarinette) | |
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| Badnik96 | Jan 10 2013, 04:57 PM Post #440 |
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You're just a voice pal, you don't know a damn thing about racing!
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Anyway, I have a new MW design in the works should WhipCoil make the playoffs this time around. If not, it'll be a HW. I asked NFX to CAD it, and it should make an appearance in my tourney. All i'll say is that it's gonna be a nightmare to fight, its opponents will look like a nuclear warhead went off ![]() (yes there are clues in that sentence) |
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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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Or my three-way clusterbot for a laugh, provided it gets allowed. <_<
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). The sad fact is that after the Championship, ZK was pretty much never even a serious threat in LW again outside of being able to bully around spinners.

9:26 AM Jul 11