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[leorcc]

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Well its a discussion Ive had in real life for many years now. Most people at first think Im against walkers (far from it) but then they understand that to me it just doesnt seem fair that because someone wants to do things the hard way, we who put more value in drive reliability should get punished for it.

If someone makes a walker but then starts moping about how heavy or prone to failure it is, should take a look at their design and realize this is Robot combat, its not Technobots. If you cant make a robot within weight because it has legs, or if someone loses because the legs jammed or whatever, that is just too bad.

And the same goes for tracks.

[corsair_lightning]

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Cyrilium 2
Shape: All Torque (Series 2)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cigIaIJw8aQ&feature=relatedhttp://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cigIaI...eature=related
Colour: Gold with a silver stripe down the middle.
Weight: 110kg
Dimensions: 90cm x 68cm x 16cm
Speed: 15mph
Turning Circle: 0mm
Ground Clearance: 0mm at the front, and 5mm everywhere else.
Movement: 66cm x 6cm x 11cm high grip titanium tank tracks.
Armour: 5mm titanium
Power: 4 TWM3R Magmotors from Team Whyachi powered by an R34 Car Battery from the United States.
Weapons: 750psi rear hinged flipper with 30 flips mounted on the front, and a 20kg 100kj titanium flywheel that can retract into the body when the bot needs to self right.
Srimech: Flipper
Notes: New robot.
Strengths: Resilient, Reliable
Weaknesses: Tracks Controversy

To see the Magmotors, go to http://www.teamwhyachi.comhttp://www.teamwhyachi.com.

[joey_picus]

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http://www.robotcombat.com/store.htmlhttp://www.robotcombat.com/store.html might be better.

[alex_holt]

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Its very much oppinion based, I dont have a problem with no one getting a weight bonus as such (much as it would mean a massive nerf to Aaota) what Id like is consistency of rules.

If you are going to have weight bonuses, give them to everything which deserves them, or if you arent give them to nobody, its the pick and choose mentality that bugs me most.

Personally I intend to keep my weight bonuses the same if I ever get round to doing another tourny because I think the fact that despite the weight bonuses we dont get walkers and tracks constantly winning demonstrates that it doesnt debalance it too much. If that changes then of course its up for review.

[Guest]

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Can someone check these latest designs please?

Gulp
Weight: 100kg (tracked)
Shape: Like a Tank, but with protected tracks and skirts
Dimensions: 195 x 70 x 45
Ground Clearance: Effectively 0 due to skirts all around, but 6mm behind the skirts.
Turning Circle: 0
Power: 4 x S28-400 magmotors running at 24v
Locomotion: 2 x steel tank tracks
Weaponry: Tazbot-style 360 degree turret with a 75cm long hardox lifting arm that has diamond edged sides so it can act as a spinner when the turret turns. The turret is spun by 1 x LEM-130 runnung at 36v, and the lifting arm is driven by a windscreen wiper motor at 36v.
Armour: 4mm hardox on front, rear and sides, 5mm titanium on turret and the top, 2mm titanium on base.
Srimech: The lifting arm can right the robot in any direction due to the turret, so as to avoid putting itself OOTA or back onto an opponents wedge.
Colour: Camouflaged!
Top Speed: 10mph

Marwolaeth (death in welsh)
Weight: 110kg (shuffler)
Shape: Low box
Dimensions: 80 x 100 x 20
Ground Clearance: Effectively 0 due to skirts on sides and rear, 10mm on front and behind skirts
Turning Circle: 0
Power: 2 x S28-400 magmotors running at 24v
Locomotion: 2 x Drill Zilla style feet
Weaponry: 50 x 50 3mm thick hardox horizontal spinning disc powered by 2 x LEM-130s, can get up to 3000rpm in seconds, lethal in 3 seconds. 2 large Wild Thing (Series 5) style teeth on the flywheel.
Armour: 6mm titanium on top and base, 1mm titanium on skirts, 4mm hardox sides
Srimech: Invertible

[joey_picus]

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Gulp: I dont know if a windscreen wiper motor will give enough power to lift the arm with a robot on it, or if itll handle 36 volts. The tracks could do with grip, but otherwise good.

Marwolaeth: And I thought some of the names I came up with were difficult to spell... A Kj count for the flywheel would help, http://www.teamcosmos.com/ke/ke.shtmlhttp://www.teamcosmos.com/ke/ke.shtml apparently helps but it doesnt ork for me for some strange reason.

Both looking pretty good though

[Guest]

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Thanks JoeyIll sort that stuff out.

[kodster]

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What web browser do you use, Joey?

[joey_picus]

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Firefox, but its an ancient version (1.5 something)

[kodster]

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That would be why. Go to that site using Internet Explorer and it should work.

[joey_picus]

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Ah yes, I see the light now

[corsair_lightning]

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Does anyone see anything wrong with Cyrilium 2?
(The Latest Version!)

[kodster]

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I see one thing wrong:

Weapons: 750psi rear hinged flipper with 30 flips mounted on the front, and a 20kg 100kj titanium flywheel that can retract into the body when the bot needs to self right.

Still too much weaponry. Id say ditch the disc entirely. Also, whats powering the flipper? CO2? If so, state the weight of the tanks, and how many tanks youre using to power it. There is more technical information, but Ill leave it here for now.



Also, Id like to see you post a fight in here so we can help you with tournament.

[corsair_lightning]

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Ok, how about a 5kg titanium circular saw that can retract into the body?

Intrigue vs Nitro-Gene 4.0

3..2..1..Activate!

Intrigue comes in and presses the pit release button, as Nitro-Gene gets under him, and flips him. Intrigue didnt like that, and gets around to the left of Nitro-Gene, to try and axe those wheels. He succeeds, but not without getting flipped upside-down by Nitro-Genes flipper. Intrigue now uses the axe to self right, but Nitro-Gene is prepared to flip him once more. Intrigue now pushes Nitro-Gene onto the flame grill, and now into the angle grinder. Nitro-Gene is not moving, so our special guest refbot, The Watcher, will now count out Nitro-Gene.
1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10!
Nitro-Gene 4.0 is out, which means Intrigue wins this demo match.

How about that?

[kodster]

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Ok, how about a 5kg titanium circular saw that can retract into the body?

How does it retract into the body? Electrics? Please state these kinds of things in your stats.

Intrigue vs. Nitro-Gene 4.0

Its kinda short, and you didnt state some stuff that you should have. For instance...

Intrigue comes in and presses the pit release button, as Nitro-Gene gets under him, and flips him

Where did Nitro-Gene get under Intrigue? How did Intrigue recover from the flip?

He succeeds, but not without getting flipped upside-down by Nitro-Genes flipper.

How can Nitro-Gene flip someone from the side? Flippers dont do that.

Intrigue now pushes Nitro-Gene onto the flame grill, and now into the angle grinder. Nitro-Gene is not moving, so our special guest refbot, The Watcher, will now count out Nitro-Gene.

How did Intrigue push Nitro-Gene? Did he get under and push, or did they cancel out, and Intrigue was more powerful? How did Nitro-Gene stop working? Also, you dont use other peoples refbots without permission.

Just a few things to consider.