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Looking to the future...
Topic Started: Feb 27 2009, 05:00 PM (14,997 Views)
Fish Of Doom
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I feel like a fucking celebrity around here.
You better hope you don't fight anyone with big wheels or high ground clearance. Something like Sovereign would own that bot.
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panicattacky2k
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Luckily for him, there's a notable weight difference between Sovereign and Dead Zone, so I don't see that happening anytime soon.
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Siphai
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He said 'something like' Sovereign, not neccesarily the actual robot. Big wheels and high ground clearence will have the advantage, although the way robots go in SHW I dare say not too many will fit that description. He'd be more worried about robots that would be able to get under him and ignore those wedges, as well as any power spinners.

He'll have a field day with any hammers though.
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panicattacky2k
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Siphai
Apr 16 2009, 09:42 AM
He said 'something like' Sovereign

I know that, I'm just being a dick.
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NWOWWE
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Well you were pretty successful then.
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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The Guy
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Apr 15 2009, 05:17 PM
SHW: Dead Zone.

Still might change this, if I decide it's too ineffective.
Essentially, I zoom under opponents, wedge them, lift them into the "pit" (open space in the center of the bot) and then, while they're stuck in there, just take them to the arena hazards and hold them there. they can't go anywhere or do anything.

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better Dead Zone than Red Zone
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Boo...
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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Fish Of Doom
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I feel like a fucking celebrity around here.
Siphai
Apr 16 2009, 06:35 PM

better Dead Zone than Red Zone

WHOA HO HO, SETTLE DOWN THERE!
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Siphai
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goddamn that joke literally gave me a hard on
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Siphai
Apr 16 2009, 03:22 PM
goddamn that joke literally gave me a hard on

I'll take "Things I Didn't Need To Know, And Would Have Been Better Off Not Knowing" for $300.
There are few crimes in our modern society that merit public beating. Interrupting someone's enjoyment of Messiah to request "Jingle Bells" by the Singing Dogs is irrefutably one such offense.
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joeychevron
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There's a room where the light won't find you...
Only problem I can see is if your opponent has more torque, unless there's a floor in the 'pit' it will effectively have control over you, not the other way round. You wouldn't be able to let go of them if that happened either, unlike with TAN.

Good design though, I like it a lot.
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Fish Of Doom
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Pits are the most bullshit hazard ever, I hope we never have a pit.
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Ry_Trapp0
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totally agree. we definatly need inner walls so mah epic flippers can launch some competition out of the arena, but pits are just lame.
Nothing to see here, people, move along

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That Kode Guy
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I know, eh. My translational spinner lost to a lifter because it got pitted just as its opponent was about to break down. A certain Mr. Jackson on FRA may or may not have something to do with that. :P
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Team Covenant stuff
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Fish Of Doom
Apr 18 2009, 12:27 PM
Pits are the most bullshit hazard ever, I hope we never have a pit.

ah that takes me back to robot wars season 3 where they still had the pit that was open for the whole match. So many robots lost for no reason other than accidentally driving into it
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joeychevron
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There's a room where the light won't find you...
T II drove accidentally into the pit and still won :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-S95wUXCbI
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joeychevron
Apr 18 2009, 02:30 PM
T II drove accidentally into the pit and still won :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-S95wUXCbI

hahaha those robots are hilariously bad
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Fish Of Doom
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We should have ARC: Robot Wars where there's like 5 enormous bots in the arena at all times, all hazards are either completely ineffective or pits, and all robots work at 50% performance. Whatever a certain stat is, cut it in half. Also, 3/4 of all bots have to be pneumatic flippers.
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Fish Of Doom
Apr 18 2009, 03:44 PM
We should have ARC: Robot Wars where there's like 5 enormous bots in the arena at all times, all hazards are either completely ineffective or pits, and all robots work at 50% performance. Whatever a certain stat is, cut it in half. Also, 3/4 of all bots have to be pneumatic flippers.

don't forget the part where the fights make up 5% of the actual result and the rest is interviews plus stupid hyping
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joeychevron
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There's a room where the light won't find you...
...I strongly disagree with some of those sentiments but I will keep my mouth shut in the interest of cross channel harmony :P

Except for one thing - there weren't about 3/4 of robots with pneumatic flippers, nowadays it's closer to 7/8 on the live event circuit. The remainder are either pneumatic axes, rammers, and whatever it is that Scorpion is doing now (what does a disc robot become if the disc is turned off? hmm)
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