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Topic Started: Feb 22 2017, 05:16 PM (3,477 Views)
Badnik96
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Madman
Feb 26 2017, 10:19 PM
saws suck balls irl and shouldn't be viable.

i point you to this year's motorama where both the sportsman AND full combat classes were won by sawbots

please do research before blindly lashing at people
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The_Angry_Goat
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Fuck you all I'm entering my Sawbot now. these rules are perfectly viable :V

(also INB4 someone says something about the anti-spinner plow winning all my matches; then don't enter spinners ya dumbass :V )
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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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Hooray For Lexan
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aaaahahaha dat plow.

So that's why people were talking about making the chassis armor penalty triangle numbers :V

Although actually even with that rule that thing would still have 13 armor on the plow, so you'd still need a ridiculous walking deathspinner to actually damage it.

On one hand I'm kind of glad I'm not entering a spinner in MW... on the other hand I'm just waiting to see either a vertical spinner get under it or a faster horizontal get around it and tear it a new one.

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The red walls are 1.5 ft tall, meaning that with a bit of luck heavyweight clamps and lifters might even get a TKO via stranding.


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Madman
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TBTH, I was just doing it to piss off Alex because he's clearly Jonesing to enter Osiris, which is a poor ripoff of the original Hellhound that he has a chubby for. I actually agree that pure saws (aka not-Ritual) are sort of gimped in this meta and need to be more viable. Right now with these rules, you'll get mulched by any decent spinner as a saw bot.
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Wolf51-50
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HmmmmMMMMMMM......
Madman
Feb 27 2017, 11:23 AM
TBTH, I was just doing it to piss off Alex because he's clearly Jonesing to enter Osiris, which is a poor ripoff of the original Hellhound that he has a chubby for. I actually agree that pure saws (aka not-Ritual) are sort of gimped in this meta and need to be more viable. Right now with these rules, you'll get mulched by any decent spinner as a saw bot.
Just say something about Osiris' saw not being able to cut into anything, since it has no teeth on the saw :P Btw, I still believe that it won't cut into anything. It's not there to get the point across when there are saws that have no teeth (see Spin Orbiting Force)
Sorry, just had to bring it up one last time. I'm done now until I start Rping against it
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The_Angry_Goat
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Madman
Feb 27 2017, 11:23 AM
Right now with these rules, you'll get mulched by any decent spinner as a saw bot.
that's generally what happens to pure sawbots against spinners :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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Wolf51-50
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HmmmmMMMMMMM......
The_Angry_Goat
Feb 27 2017, 12:51 PM
Madman
Feb 27 2017, 11:23 AM
Right now with these rules, you'll get mulched by any decent spinner as a saw bot.
that's generally what happens to pure sawbots against spinners :V
Something something Skorpios, something something beating two spinners in a rumble :V

Something something Red Devil, something something, KOing Witch Doctor
One more!

Something something MegatRON something something won judges decision against huge
Alpha Robotics- Embrace the Carnage!

Upcoming tournaments
Reckoning: Revival

Vovoka 0-0 (Lifetime 6-2)

Current Tournaments:

Ruination 4: The Upheaval
LW: White Lightning 0-2 (Lifetime 3-5)
MW: Diablo Genesis 0-2(Lifetime 5-2)
HW: Coup de Grâce 1-1 (Lifetime 12-4)[currently reining HW CHAMPION]
SHW: Fenrir 2-0 (Lifetime 2-1)


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Wolf51-50
Feb 27 2017, 01:01 PM
The_Angry_Goat
Feb 27 2017, 12:51 PM
Madman
Feb 27 2017, 11:23 AM
Right now with these rules, you'll get mulched by any decent spinner as a saw bot.
that's generally what happens to pure sawbots against spinners :V
Something something Skorpios, something something beating two spinners in a rumble :V

Something something Red Devil, something something, KOing Witch Doctor
One more!

Something something MegatRON something something won judges decision against huge
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that's generally what happens to pure sawbots against spinners
Edited by The_Angry_Goat, Feb 27 2017, 02:00 PM.
‽ 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!
salamandra will challenge your assumptions!!!
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Vi veri veniversum vivus vici.
Wolf51-50
Feb 27 2017, 01:01 PM
The_Angry_Goat
Feb 27 2017, 12:51 PM
Madman
Feb 27 2017, 11:23 AM
Right now with these rules, you'll get mulched by any decent spinner as a saw bot.
that's generally what happens to pure sawbots against spinners :V
Something something Skorpios, something something beating two spinners in a rumble :V

Something something Red Devil, something something, KOing Witch Doctor
One more!

Something something MegatRON something something won judges decision against huge
And something something Sawblaze beating Overhaul and Road Rash in the MIT Rumble. :v:
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Laz, you're a shit. This deb8 is srs bsns and you know that we envisioned Hellhound as a saw. Drew, you too. You had to look up if there was even such thing as a toothless saw in the first place.

See, and most of those saw-wielding robots won based on their drive trains and ability to act as tank wedges prior to delivering damage with their saws. With the ARC stat system, there's no way that you can invest enough in a saw to make it an actual damaging weapon vs any robot with more than a token amount of armour while being able to have points for a strong (7 speed +) drivetrain and decent armour yourself.
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1. That's false. I knew about toothless saws from the start and didn't have to look it up. I'm surprised you're still mad about that conversation

And 2. Maybe there's something that can be done about the saw rules. If it's not the CBC rules, maybe we can find a way to make saws effective. Ex: like punching bars are always fast-moving, saws can always make cuts into the armor. And if the saw isn't above the body armor, it can be used for cosmetic damage, like what flamethrowers do. They might not be able to damage, but say they'll always create a shower of sparks and make a small cut in the armor. Not great, but better than having the saw do absolutely nothing
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Upcoming tournaments
Reckoning: Revival

Vovoka 0-0 (Lifetime 6-2)

Current Tournaments:

Ruination 4: The Upheaval
LW: White Lightning 0-2 (Lifetime 3-5)
MW: Diablo Genesis 0-2(Lifetime 5-2)
HW: Coup de Grâce 1-1 (Lifetime 12-4)[currently reining HW CHAMPION]
SHW: Fenrir 2-0 (Lifetime 2-1)


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firebird tho

that shit's sick
‽ 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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Thanks, man! I was worried that the Hot Stuff style clamp would annoy people, but honestly it's still at a big speed disadvantage against most wedges/lifters and has a directional weapon, and actually getting an OOTA with it will take some careful maneuvering. But I wanted to at least give it a fighting chance against brickbots.
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>mw launcher has 7 points on weapon
>you can oota opponents with a flipper with a power of 7 points

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How about this: the lower the value of (Sawbot Weapon - Opponent Armor), the longer it takes for the saw to actually cut through. You could write a scale that would still allow saws to cut through armor values higher than the weapon power, it would just take a very long time.
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always being able to penetrate your opponent's armor is both unrealistic (IMO), and generally a recipe for someone to find a loophole (cough cough teresa :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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attackfrog
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How about this: the lower the value of (Sawbot Weapon - Opponent Armor), the longer it takes for the saw to actually cut through. You could write a scale that would still allow saws to cut through armor values higher than the weapon power, it would just take a very long time.
That's basically what we used in Cherry Bomb, and it was honestly a bit overpowered.
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HmmmmMMMMMMM......
Again though, I don't think it's an exaggeration to allow saws to make cosmetic damage when the armor is higher. Worse case scenario, the saws wins on damage against a brick
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Upcoming tournaments
Reckoning: Revival

Vovoka 0-0 (Lifetime 6-2)

Current Tournaments:

Ruination 4: The Upheaval
LW: White Lightning 0-2 (Lifetime 3-5)
MW: Diablo Genesis 0-2(Lifetime 5-2)
HW: Coup de Grâce 1-1 (Lifetime 12-4)[currently reining HW CHAMPION]
SHW: Fenrir 2-0 (Lifetime 2-1)


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well that's my team up... added in a rule to prevent uber armor stacking on modular bots, (thanks to Monsterworks on that one!). this affects literally no currently entered robot except for Ritual, so I don't see it being a bother to anyone :P

we've hit the cap on teams - and will be 1 over in fact, if everyone who has reserved signs up for every weight class. which brings up the question of do more people want to participate? if they do, I can raise the entry limit to 16. if they don't there will be some competition for those final spots (more on that in the masterpost on the signup page). Regardless, It'd be nice to have some more staff members, because I will not be running this on my own :V . I'd say 3-4 of us is the minimum if we go to 12, 4-5 if we go to 16
‽ 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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