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Don't Flick The Bean vs. Pinpoint
Topic Started: Jul 6 2009, 04:21 AM (87 Views)
succotash_54
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See, I keep my bots' names simple so that when I fight an opponent like this, both our names fit in the subject title.

Our stats are IDENTICAL, and our weapons are similar. He's shelled and I'm disced. I also have the w00ty wedge with pink tongue. Though this kind of bot isn't the kind the wedge setup is supposed to be advantageous against, I believe I'll be able to do some good with it.

Get the disc up to full speed. And come out at him. Nothing much either of us can do to deceive each other, but keep an eye out, just in case.

Ram him, weapon to weapon. No fear. This is where the wedge comes in. It's pretty flush with the disc, but it's still worth a shot. If the spring-loaded tongue wedge can slip under his body even a fraction of a second before my disc hits him, I can jostle him a little bit to where his hit isn't as direct as he'd like it to be. An indirect hit means he won't hit me as powerfully, since the direction of his vector of attack will be askew. My hit will still be square, so that should mean I do more damage to him. We'll both recoil with our low torques, but we'll get at each other again, I'm sure. Do it repeatedly. Hit him again and again. I want to wreck/dent his shell badly enough to where it'll throw him off-balance. An off-balance shell spinner will (hopefully) go nuts when powering up. And since it's a shell, it probably doesn't have any more mass than my disc, and is spread out over more area/volume.

If I can knock his out on this principle, and still be able to use mine, keep damaging him. Rip him up. If we both lose ours, use the wedge. It won't be too great a help, but it might do a little, and it's better than nothing. Get under wherever I can, and take him to the nearest saw.

Even if I don't get under, keep hitting. My weapon is for knocking, and his grinds. He won't be able to grind on me before I knock some dents into him, hopefully. Again, he'll be off-balance when/if this happens.

I'm not worried about him damaging the pink tongue. Look closely at his pics, the shell does not reach all the way to the ground. My tongue's pretty low. Shell should not hit tongue.

Keep hitting him, keep the disc facing him, keep being aggressive.

Good luck Paul.
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Oh my identical stats.

Here's the advantage I've got: I'm protected from all sides. With equal speed, there's a decent chance that I'll be able to get to his sides or back a few time, which I can mangle up pretty bad. If I hit a delicate spot on the chassis, I can even stop the weapon by warping the armor. In which case, he's got nothing left and i can just beat the crap out of him.

but there really is hardly any RP for shell spinners. spin up and attack him, preferably the sides or back. duh. we're just going to see who lasts longer. maybe my friction drive will help me absorb his tougher hits and keep me lasting longer.

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