What Damage Did You Get?

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What Damage Did You Get?; :v
Topic Started: Jun 26 2017, 03:33 PM (388 Views)
The Monsterworks	Aug 4 2017, 09:02 AM Post #21
Ridiculum et Terribilis Posts: 1,035 Group: Members Member #197 Joined: May 26, 2016	Howler's left side (though they're entirely interchangeable) track has been shredded, along with two of the rollers. There's a bit of warping of the chassis nearby, but nothing I can't hammer out in a couple of minutes. Overall, its sturdy design has cost me surprisingly little time and money in repairs for a spinner. The fact that Elrathia's still somehow going and in the semifinals no less still amazes me. It's had its hammer snapped off more times than I can count. The metal's been really brittle. The mounting has needed replacing a couple of times. My rear wedge was warped by the sheer velocity that I self-right with in my last fight. Some of the linear actuators in the legs have burnt out, but I have plenty on hand. Safe Space held up just fine in its last fight, courtesy of not taking a primetime flip from PnATO. I've already had to switch to the prototype Special Snowflake and basically rebuild it from the inside out. Ironically, it seems to be working better than the one I fought the first handful of fights with. White Knight is completely unscathed, save for some scratches on its drum from the weapon-to-weapon impact against Black Dog. REX stormed through its last fight against Purple Robot Eater without a scratch, though one of the lifter motors has been dying out at peak loads in testing, so I'm replacing it just to be certain. In terms of my CBC2 team, it's all a little bit more up in the air. Banana for Scale's availability is going to depend on how it does in HobbyWham. It's up against a pretty solid vertical spinner in its opening match, so that could go very well or very badly. I'm considering alternatives for sure. KillTank is likely to carry the Monsterworks banner in featherweight instead of Howler II. It's been just a bit too easy for opponents to get to those tracks, so some sort of retool or potentially redesign is in order. I've got a couple of new machines in the middleweight class, but which I'll go with is up in the air at this point. Glacier II is prepped and tested. It's ready to go in the heavyweight division, and hopefully to make some noise. Loaning Krieg out for Whodunit was a big mistake. A lot of my custom settings have been messed with by people who don't have a real understanding of how trackball drives work. I've had to do a lot of rewiring and testing, but it's looking like everything's back in order at this point.
	Wins: a bunch Losses: more every week! Mastodon (Extinction) \|\| Osiris (Armageddon!) \|\| Elrathia (ROBOTS)


Hooray For Lexan	Aug 4 2017, 02:40 PM Post #22
Heavyweight Posts: 558 Group: Global Moderator Member #186 Joined: November 2, 2015	Well, Hati and Skoll are pretty much undamaged... stupid flippers. PnATO took a massive hit from Safe Space which pretty much caved in the side of one of my shuffle pods, including bending both shafts and bending/cracking the feet and cam discs. The other drive motor seems to be broken as well, but I haven't bothered opening it up since it's out of the competition anyway. Firebird managed to get through a crazy match with Howler II without serious damage: the weapon bar is bent and has a big chunk out of it - seems like his bars clipped me after the hit that broke his track off. I've put the spare bar on - I might need to use that attachment again since there's a good chance of my last battle in ROBOTS being a rematch with Mudcrab.
	"you can give a fuck, just don't give too much of a fuck. there's an optimal level of fuckiness, and if you exceed your fuck quota you'll burn out." - BEES Trihunter on V900's New Undercutter: Spoiler: click to toggle Number 15: Burger King Foot Princess. The last thing you want in your Burger King burger is a 15 weapon undercutter, but that might just be what you get. A 4channer uploaded a photo anonymously to the site showcasing his undercutter wedged in Hellhound�s plow. With the statement: "This is the spinners you get on ARC." Admittedly, he had wedgelets on. But that's even worse. The post went live at 6:24 AM on July 6, and a mere 3 minutes later, the tournament organiser in question was alerted to the rogue roboteer. At least, I hope he's rogue. How did it happen? Well, the ARC user hadn't removed the weird-ass wheels from the uploaded photo, which suggested the culprit ate plenty of dicks. This was at 6:27. Three hours later at 9:27, the TO posted with wishes for more writing staff. 5 minutes later, the news station was contacted by another 4channer. And three minutes later, at 9:30, a link was posted: ARC�s online forum. The undercutter photo, otherwise known as exhibit A, was attached. The police contacted the forum in question the next day. When questioned, the admin said "Oh, I know who that is. He's getting kicked out of the tournament." Mystery solved, by 4chan. Now we can all go back to making speed wedges in peace.


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