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RoBattle Signups; Trials and Tribulations
Topic Started: Apr 12 2018, 08:44 AM (715 Views)
Trihunter	Apr 12 2018, 08:44 AM Post #1
ARC's #1 Touhou fan Posts: 196 Group: Members Member #249 Joined: November 10, 2017	Who remembers Full Metal Challenge, or Robotica, or the early Robot Wars series? Fancy doing some of that in ARC? Well, this is the tournament for you! Expect a mixture of traditional combat, as well as some more technically challenging events. Rules: Sixteen teams will feature in the tournament, whose entries will be paired into four groups of four for the events, with points being awarded to each team depending on their success in the events. The two teams in each group with the most points will progress to the next round, being another two groups of four, and this repeats for the final round, another group of four, to crown one champion. Two weight classes will feature in this tournament: Lightweights and Heavyweights. Each entrant enters one bot for each. Clusterbots with asymmetrical movement, flying bots, explosives and untethered projectiles are banned. However, entanglement devices, drone minibots and hovercraft bots are allowed. Entrants I deem inappropriate for the competition, be it for excessive profanity, incredibly low effort, or otherwise, may be denied entry. Apologies. The standard site rules will be used for this tournament, alongside some errata that will be explained in the following bullet points. Soft RP limit of 400 words. Don't make us read through your thesis on how you precisely angle under your opponent's wedge. The deadline for RPs is one week after all results from the previous week are posted, though this may be altered if I'm late. Extra rules: REDDIT Flamethrower rules: Flamethrowers are mainly intended for entertainment purposes, but under the right circumstances (where they can bypass armour for an extended period), are capable of doing damage. They will be capped at 4 weapon power and will not do damage unless they are applied for an uninterrupted period of time to an area where they can reach the internals of their opponent, such as an opening for a weapon belt, an axe mechanism, or any place where internals are exposed. Their weapon power governs not only how much damage they will do to the internals (obviously, they're bypassing the armour of their opponent), but how much application time is required for them to deal that damage. A four power flamethrower will take fifteen seconds, one with three power will take twenty, with two, twenty-five seconds will be required, and a one point flamethrower will need thirty seconds of application time. MonkeyWrench Multibot Rules: Your main bot starts with 30 points (or 34 for walkers) and has to give up 1 point to create a minibot/multibot/drone. In return, this new bot will receive 4 stat points. You may have a maximum of 6 bots. Your main bot total stat points must be equal to or greater than any other secondary bot created from those stat points. An example would be having 3 bots: a secondary bot would be (5 main bot points * 4 stat points = 20 usable points), another secondary bot would be (5 * 4 = 20), and the main bot would be (30 – 5 – 5 = 20). All 3 robots will have 20 stat points. Another example would be: secondary bot (3 * 4 = 12), secondary bot ( 5 * 4 = 20), main bot (30 – 3 – 5 = 22). Drones will have a maximum of 12 stat points, with a maximum of 3 drones. Drones must have 0 torque and a maximum of 2 armor. Traction is used to show control of flight. Armour Bonuses: Armour bonuses are capped at +1/-1. Multiple Configuration Rules: I'm trying something a bit unorthodox with configuration rules, to encourage creative additions to entrants to get past certain obstacles, like the little bars and catchers you saw on every single robot during Robot Wars Soccer. Robots will be limited to five configurations. If all configurations share the same stats, there is no point deduction. Otherwise, all configurations will have 29 points, or one designated "primary" configuration 30 and all others 28. A configuration can be any alteration you wish, as long as the base chassis isn't significantly altered. You may even change what sort of locomotion you have, though all configurations will still use the lowest stat total out of the kinds used. I will allow for multiple add-on configurations to be combined, if it makes sense and the stats are not altered in such a way that it could be deemed an exploit. For example, one of your bot's configs is for slick tyres, another has off-road tires, using half slicks and half off-roads would not count towards the configuration limit. If I decide a config is invalid, you will be informed as such. More rules may be added if I deem it needed. Events Now we're at the interesting part. The exact specifics of each event will be explained as soon as they come up for a week's event, but for now you can get their name and a basic summary. Traditional combat: Self-explanatory, really. May involve some interesting arenas, though. Ranked by order in which bots were immobilised, or by JD. Pinball: All four robots in the same arena with a bunch of items around. Do tasks with them to score points, Ranked by the number of points scored after two minutes. Soccer: All four robots versus one house robot, as they try to score a goal. Once a bot scores, they're taken out and the rest have another go. Ranked by order in which bots score. Gauntlet: Robotica-style, with bots paired off to run an obstacle course directly against eachother. Ranking in order of time taken by each to clear the course, or by whichever got further when the other won. Wetropolis: Reverse around bollards and get back to the start line as quickly as possible. Can't be too tough, right? Well, the flooded arena may make it tougher. Bring a high ground clearance. Ranked on time, or whoever made it furthest. Bowling: Two attempts at knocking down pins via driving your bot down a well lubricated bowling lane. Ranked on ending score. Labyrinth: Bots paired off to destroy the most ribbons hidden in a labyrinth, Robotica style. Ranking based on points scored at the end. Rollercoaster: A technical obstacle course, focused on driving skill. Lose time if you fall off the course. Ranking decided by final times. Collateral Damage: All four robots in the arena at once, surrounded by boxes of various durabilities. Break the boxes to get points. Ranking is decided by whoever has the most points after two minutes. Findlay Special: Each robot is placed inside their own caravan, alongside four target items. The bots must destroy two of these items then tear themselves out of the caravan as quickly as possible. Ranking decided based on whoever gets out first. Grand International: All four robots do three laps around a muddy field course, complete with water and plenty of ramps. Rankings decided on whoever finishes first. Pitball: Same as Soccer, but there's no house robot, and all bots are in a bowl-shaped arena, and have to get the ball over the outside lip to score. King of the Hill: Four teams, nine gravel hills. Each hill has a flags atop it, which can be knocked down. Four can only be knocked down by one specific bot, four by two adjacent bots, and the final one only by bots that have knocked down two flags. Winner is the bot that got the final flag, the others are ranked by flags scored. ~~Signups close on Sunday May 20th~~ Signups are now closed, with the first events posted Sunday May 27th! Edited by Trihunter, May 20 2018, 04:00 PM.
	Robo*Con Megaflare: 3-2 Nightmare of Chimera: 3-1 ROBOTS II Runaway Rabbit: 0-0 Twin Typhoons: 0-0 Gigaflare: 0-0 Highland Fling II: 0-0


The Monsterworks	Apr 12 2018, 08:53 AM Post #2
Ridiculum et Terribilis Posts: 1,035 Group: Members Member #197 Joined: May 26, 2016	Provisional reserve because this is just a damned cool idea. As long as I'm not super busy when this starts, I'm in!
	Wins: a bunch Losses: more every week! Mastodon (Extinction) \|\| Osiris (Armageddon!) \|\| Elrathia (ROBOTS)


The_Angry_Goat	Apr 12 2018, 10:40 AM Post #3
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posts: 2,269 Group: Admin Member #175 Joined: August 20, 2015	Lightweight: Endless Clowns what, you thought I was entering Cuddle Time!? no? that's probably because no one actually pays attention to what I enter, but that's beside the point! Speed: 7 / Traction: 5 / Torque: 1 / Weapon: [12] / armor: 6 4WD, vertical spinner, twin lifters powered off the same motor. Of note: the lifters can be raised far enough that they'll rest against the main chassis if I need them out of the way, and the robot has 1/2 in. of ground clearance. or 2 in. of ground clearance if I need to. lifters can't actually be brought down with these wheels on lol. both of the following stat sets can be used with or without the big tires on. Speed: 7 / Traction: 5 / Torque: 1 / Weapon: 11 (spinner) / Weapon: 1 (lifters) / armor: 6 Speed: 7 / Traction: 5 / Torque: 1 / Weapon: 8 (spinner) / Weapon: 4 (lifters) / armor: 6 Soccer/other ball events setup. front lower wedge is still titanium, and the upper structure is very thin titanium as well, to keep weight down but hopefully keep it relatively durable. active roller intake is 8.65 in. tall at point of intake, aka the height of the soccer balls in the arena, and is hinged with 5 degrees of freedom up or down to accommodate irregularities in ball size. rear box is UMHW, and is the size of 1 soccer ball. catapult is powered by an electric motor, limited to 55 degrees of motion. obviously no spinner in this config, and the lifter is replaced by the whole intake deal, which is where I'm getting all this weight from. Welcome to what happens when you let a former FRC kid have a chance to design in the FRC vein :V Speed: 7 / Traction: 5 / Torque: 1 / Weapon: 7 (catapult) / Weapon: 5 (intake) / armor: 6 HW: Neuromancer Forks: Triangle nose: anti-spinner: Speed: 7 / Traction: 5 / Torque: 4 / Weapon: 5 / armor: 9 Collector Config: the side walls are hollow and thin, which allows me to make weight. upper collector arm is run off the motor that lifts the entire assembly - so it'll move out of the way as i lift it up, and move down to collection height when the assembly is lowered. I can still shoot when lowered, mind you, since the collector intake is reversible. Speed: 7 / Traction: 5 / Torque: 4 / Weapon: 5 (3/3/3 lifting/intake/pison) / armor: 9 Boat config: (top isn't actually open, just to show what it looks like inside). hinged both vertically, and with some side-to-side freedom as well This is my 28 point config, mostly because I may as well put those useless weapon points into an armor bonus, and also because it means I can technically pull this out in some combat situations if I want to for shits and giggles Speed: 7 / Traction: 5 / Torque: 4 / Weapon: 0 / armor: 12 (+3 front - the entirety of the angled front should be about 1/3 of the bot, but pretty much just goes from the tip of the wedge as far back as is legal :V ) Edited by The_Angry_Goat, May 19 2018, 01:23 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


attackfrog	Apr 12 2018, 01:27 PM Post #4
(•̀ᴗ•́)و Posts: 294 Group: Members Member #178 Joined: September 14, 2015	This sounds like it could be fun! Lightweight: The Gourmet https://imgur.com/a/0gjkKvU It's The Maw's little cousin. A 360 dustpan lifter with optional front wheelguards (see album.) The two drive pods are linked together and don't move independently (as with Razorback in Battlebots.) As for the water challenge... I waterproofed the electronics? :V Stats: 7 Speed / 7 Traction / 3 Torque / 10 Armor / 3 Weapon Heavyweight: Hercules https://imgur.com/a/PsJfJDV Ground clearance? Hercules has got it. A rotating lifter/grabber? Got that too. A resemblance to a giant beetle? Apparently so! The weapon has three actuation points: the arm lifts and lowers 360 degrees around the Y axis of the robot, the clamping head rotates 360 degrees along the X axis of the robot, and the yellow parts of the jaws/clamps/mandibles raise and lower (not 360 degrees, obviously.) Essentially, it can grab, lift, and twist. The wheels are made out of a squishy but resilient foam. (They've still got 8 armor though so pls no slice) Stats: 7 Speed / 7 Traction / 3 Torque / 8 Armor / 5 Weapon (3/3/3 split) Late update to fix The Gourmet's Imgur album link (it previously linked to Hercules's gallery, whoops.) Edited by attackfrog, May 21 2018, 09:45 PM.
	Ruination IV: The Upheaval - Pinstripe (LW: 4 - 3) / The Maw (MW: 3 - 4) / Sinmill (HW: 4 - 3) / Speed Bison (SHW: 7 - 1 and in the semifinals!) REDDIT - Super Swordfish (HW: 4 - 2 and in the round of 16!) RoBattle - The Gourmet (LW: 9pts) / Hercules (HW: 12pts) R.O.B.O.T.S. II - Buzzcut (FW: 0 - 0) / Splashdown (LW: 0 - 0) / Frogbot 2000 (MW: 0 - 0) / Boy Flaily (HW: 0 - 0) [attackfrog on Sketchfab] \| [The Ruination IV Visual Guide] \| [The REDDIT Visual Guide]


patrickrowberry	Apr 12 2018, 02:59 PM Post #5
Middleweight Posts: 403 Group: Members Member #209 Joined: September 5, 2016	lw: ramshock... very powerful lifter pictures this is a tray/wedge lifter if its on the black side it act like a wedge lifter it on its blue isde it act like a tray lifter and has a 200 degree rotating motion 4 wheeled drive (foam filled duh)(edited) http://scorpion1m.deviantart.com/art/ramshock-new-robot-694980847?ga_submit_new=10%3A1501103241 cad made by monster ( https://i.imgur.com/mAdHsPLh.jpg ) speed 7 traction 7 toque 3 weapon 5 armour 8 hw: arms of the law (weird grab lifter) https://scorpion1m.deviantart.com/art/arms-of-the-law-12th-seed-653707426 a dule arm lfiter that can use ehter arm during battle and ueses the other arm for stablilty 2 wheeled foam filled tyres foot note each arm can rotoate the full 180 deggres (this can self right from any postion) speed 8 traction 8 toque 3 weapon 6 (5/5 spilt) armour 5 Edited by patrickrowberry, Apr 13 2018, 02:09 PM.
	https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRE7FYtiGICZTqiY5vlrtA


V900	Apr 12 2018, 05:38 PM Post #6
Rubber Duck Enthusiast Posts: 536 Group: Members Member #86 Joined: September 16, 2011	aight



NFX	Apr 12 2018, 07:14 PM Post #7
Fuck Bitches Get Crystals Posts: 4,044 Group: Admin Member #78 Joined: December 8, 2010	Team Mongoose "The Colour of Awesome" LW: Override 4WD box with tons of ground clearance and a 360 degree moveable saw arm. Fully invertible, designed to keep on rolling no matter what gets thrown its way. Spd: 7 Tra: 5 Tor: 2 Wep: 5 (4 saw, 1 arm) Arm: 11 HW: MiDAS Golden 6WD machine with twin lifting arms that operate as one, and a rapid-fire axe for clamping stuff and causing damage. Rounded ends to keep wheels on the ground at all times, can self-right with the axe and/or lifters with a bit of drivetrain-ing. Side skirts can be removed as needed, and the two lifters can be replaced with a wider plow, mainly for defending against spinners. Bonus setup with ENORMOUS WHEELS in case a Wetropolis happens. Spd: 7 Tra: 7 Tor: 3 Wep: 5 (3 lifter, 3 axe) Arm: 8 Edited by NFX, May 20 2018, 04:56 AM.
	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


British-Robotics	Apr 13 2018, 08:01 AM Post #8
Superheavyweight Posts: 1,251 Group: Members Member #138 Joined: May 10, 2014	LW: Solstice Speed: 7 Traction: 5 Armour: 11 Torque: 2 Weapon: 5 Solstice has six sawblades at the back as defensive weapon whislt the shovel in front is the attacking weapon and is also hinged, it's a 4WD robot and can run inverted. The bottom left shows an interchanable weapon only used for the Soccer, they're both lexan plates in order to get posession of the ball. HW: Gigatron Speed: 5 Traction: 5 Armour: 8 Weapon: 11 Torque: 1 Gigatron is a robot built to do trials. The height of the wheel base was made tall enough. Some part of the machine such as the trolley wheels from the back of the bot can be unattached in case of a dirt track trial. The robot features some attachments. Pinball/Gauntlet - Rubber Mallet Attachement: is used to go for a swing and spin method to knock down obstacles that block it's path or to score points on pinballl. Spinning Axe attachement: The attachment is only used for destrcutive purposes for example, a caravan trial or a battle trial. Sumo Plow Attachment: Cover the front of the bot forged in light material to prevent the weight from stopping the robot moving dead slow or struggling for movement. Soccer polycarb flat plates attachment: Used for soccer use only. Edited by British-Robotics, May 20 2018, 01:34 AM.
	TEAM TBR Team: FRR Backlash Powerdrive Jr 0-4 Lethal Carriageway 3-1 Sparkster 4-0 Chemical Explosion V2 1-3 "Completely British Killers" Ruination: The Contagion: Chemical Explosion - SHW Champion Rocket Knight - HW Quarter Finalist Awards: Ruination: The Contagion: Chemical Explosion: (Astrobot Award, The Windmill Award, Blood Thirsty Award (Shared with Redemption Denied)


Sylandrophol	Apr 13 2018, 05:49 PM Post #9
They/Them Posts: 382 Group: Members Member #100 Joined: September 25, 2012	possible reserve
	TEAM FOXTROT UNIFORM Thunderstryke - New Blood Tournament Semi-Finals Neophyte Redglare - Robot Fight Night: Season 1 Quarter-Finals America Offline - Robot Fight Night: Season 1 Quarter-Finals -- Ruination 4 Mushroom Cloud: 6-1 Biological Warfare: 1-6 America Offline: 2-4 (5-9 total) Space Cadet: 5-2 -- Robo*Con Neophyte Redglare: 1-1 (7-9 total) -- "I'm curious what tactical advantage you're hoping to gain by sacrificing a portion of your bots size/weight for a deployable banana" -NWOWWE 2017 "@That Kode Guy this man just threatened to enact biological warfare on your cartoon wife" -V900 2018


GF93	Apr 14 2018, 12:36 PM Post #10
Vi veri veniversum vivus vici. Posts: 6,031 Group: Members Member #88 Joined: September 17, 2011	Let's do this.
	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 KodeBreaker Alex Valentine is the hero we deserve. Notable Achievements on Advanced Robot Combat for make benefit glorious Team of Ice Cubed Robotics Crazy Bots New Breed City: LW Champion (Deathstalker), MW Champion (Marauder), HW Runner-up (Dreadnought Mk2) FRR: No Mercy: LW Last Eight (War Bastard), MW Champion and Best Rookie (Jackal), HW Last Eight (Dreadnought Mk2) Cherry Bomb Classic: FW Champion and Perfect Season (Torque Dirty 2 Me), FW Tag Team Runner-Up (TD2M, with Salamandra), LW Last Twelve (Spy VS. Spy), HW Last Eight (Terminal Velocity Classic) SHW Last Twelve, Axe Annihilation Winner (Uridium) Crazy Bots Blazing Ruin: LW Runner-up (Conqueror), HW Third Place (Waterloo Sunset), SHW Third Place (Black Mamba), Lazarus Award (Marauder) R.O.B.O.T.S.: Best Strategist, FW Rumble Winner and Fourth Place (Tenebris), LW Quarter-Finalist (Dead on Arrival), Best Rookie and Fourth Place (Axtinguisher), HW Quarter-Finalist (Terminal Velocity Classic) Battlebots Pressure Drop: Runner-up (Dreadnought Mk.3) Reckoning Extinction: Runner-up (Dreadnought Mk.3) ARC vs. GTM: Runner-up (Bulletproof Bomb) FRR: Backlash: LW Semi-Finalist (The Smiler), SHW Semi-Finalist (Captain Anarchy) FRR Dead Zone: Third Place, MW Division (Dreadnought) Ruination- The Beginning: Third Place, SHW Division (Lethal Injection) Ruination- The Omen: LW Third Place, Best Rookie (Tornedron), SHW Last Eight (Lethal Injection Mk2), HW Last Eight (Master of Puppets) Robot Bastards: LW Last Six (Conqueror), MW Last Six (Marauder) Fixation- Monkeywrench: Last Eight (Dreadnought Mk.3)


Wolf51-50	Apr 14 2018, 02:13 PM Post #11
HmmmmMMMMMMM...... Posts: 652 Group: Members Member #199 Joined: June 3, 2016	Only doing one for this tournament. LW: Traposphere "Damnit Drew" Hey it's not perfect, but considering that I made this in less than an hour is pretty fucking good. Also it's a prototype anyway :V. 2WD wedge shape. Twin 360° black lifting arms hoist the body upward on the same axle ala Rogue Wave. Clamp on top runs on a separate system. The idea is to clamp the opponent while lifting it upwards. Now here's where the real fun begins. In the back is a powerful piston. Once the opponent is lifted a certain amount, the piston can be fired in order to allow the robot to jump. In other words, it can fly across the arena with the opponent in it's mouth, send bots OOTA (along with itself. :V), jump over obstacles, and that's right, it can fly over your lame ass wedge, flipper, or whatever piece of shite you got on the front . Basically prepared for most situations and competitions. Can self right with the clamps and lifter, or with Torque reaction. Clamps can be removed if needed during events where I won't need it. Have fun. SPEED: 7 Traction: 6 Weapon: 8 (4 piston, 4[3 clamp/3 lifter]) (Or 4 lifter, 4 piston with clamp removed) Torque: 3 Armor: 6
	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) "hey, that's my underground sex dungeon, not yours!" - The_Angry_Goat


playzooki	Apr 14 2018, 03:31 PM Post #12
oi Posts: 2,832 Group: Members Member #110 Joined: April 14, 2013	LIGHTWEIGHT: barry stanton tribute bot 4wd spinner speed 5 traction 3 armour 7 torque 1 weapon 14 HEAVYWEIGHT: boy band rammer speed 7 traction 6 armour 13 torque 4 weapon 0 Edited by playzooki, Apr 14 2018, 03:56 PM.
	March or Die - Ruination: The Omen MW Last Eight, Ruination: The Omen Tag Team Champion (with the Green Hornet / NWOWWE), Ruination: The Contagion MW CHAMPION Corrupt Politician - Reign of Steel SHW Finalist Murder Is Fun! - Reign of Steel HW Semi-Finalist Shrek - Hammerfall 4th Place GF93 I'm starting to regret entering.


Hooray For Lexan	Apr 14 2018, 04:21 PM Post #13
Heavyweight Posts: 558 Group: Global Moderator Member #186 Joined: November 2, 2015	Reserving, will post bots once my computer's out of the shop and I can use Sketchup. Heavyweight: Compound Fracture Alternate Configs: Anti-Horizontal Plow Anti-Vertical Scoop Extended Forks Water Config Stats: Speed: 7 Traction: 6 Torque: 3 Armor: 11 (+1 front weapon setup) Weapon: 3 Compound Fracture is back again! The basic design is the same as always: a compact, agile four-wheel-drive bot with a hinged lifting wedge, outriggers to prevent overbalancing, and lots and lots of ground clearance. For this event, Compound Fracture has the following configurations to deal with the diverse variety of opponents and challenges this arena offers. In all configurations the electronics are waterproofed to deal with challenging arena conditions. Symmetrical Wedgelets: Used for opponents with non-destructive weaponry. It has three independently hinged wedgelets, with the wider central one lifting (+/-90 degrees) and the outer pair helping the robot to balance as it does so (range of motion is a few degrees more than needed to contact the ground either upright or inverted). This configuration functions identically right-side-up and inverted. Anti-Horizontal Plow: A thick plow with generous angular coverage to deflect horizontal spinners. The outriggers are kept safe underneath the plow, and are hinged to allow for limited depression of the plow - range of motion is +75/-30 degrees. Can self-right by depressing lifter, driving into wall, and raising lifter while continuing to push. Anti-Vertical Scoop: A scoop split into two prongs, with the middle section a smooth curve, to defeat the skids on vertical spinners and drums and minimize the amount of surface they have to bite into. Outriggers, range of motion and self-righting are the same as with the plow. Extended Forks: Another symmetrical configuration, but with the lifter as a pair of forks that extend in front of the outriggers to beat pressing lifters, spatulas, or other problematic wedges. These outriggers also have top and bottom "prongs" to prevent monstertrucking. Water Config: When 2" of ground clearance just isn't enough, Compound Fracture's weapon assembly can be removed entirely and replaced with GIANT 14" wheels. The tires are NPC-PT5306's. They're foam-filled, and have knobby treads which I'm too lazy to model. This config raises the robot's ground clearance to 5 inches. In addition, the receiver is mounted as high in the chassis as possible, which brings the actual antennae more than 8" above the floor. Oh, and the hole in the chassis where the weapon chain would normally go is generously covered with duct tape for actual fights. Edited by Hooray For Lexan, May 7 2018, 07:38 PM.
	"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.


RobotWarsLuver	Apr 15 2018, 04:49 PM Post #14
Antweight Posts: 2 Group: Members Member #259 Joined: April 8, 2018	Here is my lightweight honeycomb Weapon: Axe https://i.imgur.com/YpUttUIh.jpg Honeycomb is a Axebot painted to look like a bee. She has 2 wheels and wings on her back for decoration. Speed: 4 Traction: 4 Torque: 1 Weapon: 12 Armor: 9 (+2 for the plow) And my heavyweight heartbreaker Weapons: Spinning Discs and Steel Spike Heartbreaker is a red 2 wheeled heart shaped robot with 2 spinning discs that run on the same motor and a steel spike sticking out the end. https://i.imgur.com/QyxsztBh.jpg Speed:4 Traction: 4 Torque: 1 Weapon:14 Armor: 7 Edited by RobotWarsLuver, Apr 16 2018, 02:25 PM.



Rocket_III	Apr 16 2018, 08:38 AM Post #15
Featherweight Posts: 12 Group: Members Member #258 Joined: April 8, 2018	LW: Forged in the fires of a long-ago war, this bot's predecessor had little success save in capturing the imagination of the world. Now, it returns in a new form, with the vision of Team Worst Swordsman guiding it to new glories! All shall know... *THE REVENGE OF PSYCHOSPROUT!* A large picture Speed: 10 Traction: 9 Torque: 1 Weapon: 0 Armour: 10 (+1 to central sphere) Method of Locomotion: Ball Transfer Unit The Revenge Of Psychosprout is a horizontal "sit'n'spin" thwackbot with a unique mono-BTU method of locomotion; a trio of powerful electric motors inside the sphere allows it to move through 360 degrees, and at considerable pace. The motors are gyroscopically stabilized within the robot, so that it can have a constant power output, and its half-ring is essentially a collared arm that rests on the surface of the BTU in such a way that it does not impede lateral motion; when it spins in place, however, the arm magnetizes and locks into place so that it actually picks up kinetic energy. While it may not be the most damaging weapon in the universe, its speed and armour are such that it can do a bang-up job deflecting all but the mightiest weapons and run rings around deathspinners. #SproutsOut! --- HW: This robot has yet to see any combat success - so it's trying its hand at a less combat-centric competition instead! With its gleaming bronze-coloured armour and potent grabber-lifter combo, it's time for Team Worst Swordsman to take the arena with... *HELEPOLIS!* Another large picture Speed: 6 Traction: 4 Torque: 3 Weapon: 7 (5 grabber, 5 lifter) Armour: 10 Helepolis is a robot styled after Gabriel, but with a non-damaging weapon (and yes, Gabriel's weapon causes damage) in the form of a grabber. Helepolis' body can spin around its axis, and this is what forms the lifter element of the weapon; its huge reach combined with a fast-acting electric grabber means it can deliver almighty suplexes and even potentially dump bots out of the arena! The grab-and-lift is counterweighted by hinged spikes at the back connected to an electromagnet; when the grabber is engaged on an opponent, the spikes are locked in place, allowing it to lift the opponent rather than just spin its wheels when performing a grab. It's a daunting prospect for anyone to face, even powerful spinners; horizontals especially have little ability to damage its main body, just like with Gabriel. Edited by Rocket_III, May 24 2018, 04:14 PM.
	Team Worst Swordsman: Because if we don't know what we're doing, nobody else will. HW: Tabor (1-4) HW: Helepolis (0-3) MW: Riptide (1-2) MW: Dragonfist (Riptide 2) (0-0) LW: The Revenge of Psychosprout (0-0) LW: Accelerator (0-0) FW: Tree Surgeon (0-0)


NoiseyGiraffe	May 13 2018, 11:56 AM Post #16
Middleweight Posts: 152 Group: Members Member #180 Joined: September 21, 2015	LW - Teardrop is a lightweight thwackbot inspired by RW's Gabriel. The main weapon is a curved axe blade that surrounds the body of the robot. It's powered by the momentum of the robot and also a motor that is connected to a ring gear on the inside of one of the wheels. This allows the weapon to used when stationary and when it's moving, allows the blade to hit even faster as it works in the opposite direction to the wheels travel. It also allows most of the robots weight to be used in the attack for heavier blows. Speed - 7 \| Weapon - 10 \| Armour - 8 \| Traction - 4 \| Torque - 1 HW - LowRider is a 4WD rammer with an axle running through the entire robot allowing it to lower its wedges onto the ground and to raise them if it needs to get over objects. It's built to be heavily armoured against spinner and deals damage by just pushing opponents into the wall at high speed. Made out of Hardox and titanium. Speed: 7 \| Weapon: 1 \| Armour: 13 \| Traction: 5 \| Torque: 4 Edited by NoiseyGiraffe, May 17 2018, 06:54 AM.
	REDDIT Labyrinth - 4-0 ROBOTS II* FW - Pancake - 0-0 HW - Vertigo 3 - 0-0


Mole55	May 19 2018, 01:04 PM Post #17
See Syl, no creativity! Posts: 332 Group: Members Member #196 Joined: April 23, 2016	well one of the reserves probably won't turn up, sooooo: LW: Angel of the North Speed: 10 Traction: 8 Torque: 4 Weapon: 0 Armour: 8 (+2 to the wheels, assuming that it qualifies for the parabolic trajectory rule) HW: The Animals Speed: 8 Traction: 7 Torque: 3 Weapon: 0 Armour: 6 Edited by Mole55, May 20 2018, 12:10 PM.
	North-West Sheds: 26-56 New Blood Tournament HW: The Animals: 3-1 Robot Fight Night MW: Ikea's Guard Dog: 2-1 HW: Dock Leaf 2: 1-2 The Gentleman's Club FW: Mr Halsworth: 1-0 HW: Fathom: 1-1 Notable Results: Tyrian reaching the playoffs in CBC1 Sleipnir reaching the playoffs in R.O.B.O.T.S The Animals coming 2nd in New Blodo Not including rumbles, loaned robots, friendlies or tag-teams. Spoiler: click to toggle Various quotes I find mildly humourous "@Brad (Cha0sFerret) Vague question, but what have I done, and how do I fix it?" wlf51-5 - Today at 02:59 >chassis armour of -15 "Did you finish building it yet?" Hiicant東方 - Today at 21:32 sns? Brad (Cha0sFerret) - Today at 21:33 spare no sausages


Trihunter	May 21 2018, 01:27 PM Post #18
ARC's #1 Touhou fan Posts: 196 Group: Members Member #249 Joined: November 10, 2017	Welp, with signups closed, I guess I should work on one last set of entries to bring this competition to a round dozen. LW: Mind in a P-R-O-G-R-A-M Low light version, because I figured out emissivity. Speed: 4 Traction: 3 Torque: 1 Armour: 8 Weapon: 14 You are invited to witness the end of history. A new age shall begin--an age of infinite prosperity. Enjoy your destruction. A bit of an artsy full body drum here. Figured I'd have some fun with modelling. Enjoy getting smacked into oblivion, most likely. HW: Heian Alien Football config. Probably won't help much because hobbling, but meh: Speed: 4 Traction: 3 Torque: 1 Armour: 12 Weapon: 14 This voice of misfortune! It's the mysterious youkai from ancient times... It's the cry of the nue! Shh, this is totally a HW. Anyway, It's a walkerbot with a huge double edged axe. A proper walker too, not like those pansy ones where you hide the legs under your bot's chassis. The legs are mounted on ball joints, and can widen and narrow themselves, allowing for precise positioning, inverted movement, strafing, and bracing for a srimech. It can even raise its chassis up higher off of the ground, if it needs to! Imgur album for convenience: https://imgur.com/a/vkm0x76 Edited by Trihunter, Jun 4 2018, 04:31 PM.
	Robo*Con Megaflare: 3-2 Nightmare of Chimera: 3-1 ROBOTS II Runaway Rabbit: 0-0 Twin Typhoons: 0-0 Gigaflare: 0-0 Highland Fling II: 0-0


NeonCalypso	Jun 5 2018, 09:48 AM Post #19
Lightweight Posts: 61 Group: Members Member #236 Joined: May 29, 2017	Before going to a really long hiatus, I will be doing this on a tournament one last time Heavyweight Edit: https://imgur.com/a/ZlbcVWs Wtf that [img] thing doesn't work for some reason Edited by NeonCalypso, Jun 8 2018, 09:31 AM.



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