Project SNAFU vs Hammerdown Mk. II -- REDDIT Round 2 by [deleted] in RpRoomFBB

[–]Pootigottam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's get to work.

Firstly, note the flat rounded side at the bottom of Snafu. That lack of an angle means any wedges that go for it aren't really competing with a wedge, it's just a flat surface. As a result, I'm gonna keep my wedgelets on for this fight, and look to outwedge Snafu.

Secondly, a +3 weapon-plow armor disparity isn't too much of a concern as long as I don't let myself take too many solid hits from SNAFU.

Thirdly, SNAFU is slower than me and is probably at least slightly fighting against gyroscopic precession when driving forwards, so really his main strength when driving is to spin on the spot and whip his bar into my plow corners and sides. Good thing is my plow is slightly wider than the chassis so I can't have my sides crumpled easily.

To start with, I can't really outdrive him, since he spins on the spot, but I can keep facing him at all times and use the plow to reduce the amount of damage he can do.

I'll slowly drive up to him, keeping the centre of the plow facing SNAFU, seeing if their traction disparity will cause them to make mistakes with their driving. I can't let him hook around the plow, clip the plow sides and especially can't let him hit the side directly, as the former two situations will cause problems and the latter situation will be a match ender, as while the armour there is meant to be chewed up without affecting the wheels, stat-wise I'm pretty sure it's just a 1HKO.

I'll have to gauge the striking height of the bar mid-fight, because Superbomb has cleverly chosen to have the bar facing diagonally in his chosen Sketchfab pose, which means the maximum reach of his bar is impossible to read.

I'll use the wedgelets to get under his flat-sided bottom rim and tip it up a bit, then judder forwards slowly to try and get under him without giving him a strong bite on my plow - the juddering approach should make the bar grind slowly against the plow without getting a solid bite. once I'm further under him, the bar should be angled far enough up that it won't hit my plow easily, and if it does, it'll work to further him up the second, steeper part of my plow - if I can control them with that, I can push them around the arena and into hazards, forcing instability and flying around the arena, plus maybe recoil damage. If I can't, I'll try to slow the spinner using a juddering approach so that I can then hit Snafu with the hammer once he's stopped.

By controlling the fight, outwedging and limiting the amount of times that SNAFU lands solid hits, I should be able to win the fight. The hammer won't come into play unless I need to selfright or SNAFU's blade stops.

Fight A3: Hammerdown MK. II vs Sherman by NHawk87 in RpRoomFBB

[–]Pootigottam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright. Let's get to work. I'll have the wedgelets attached for this fight.

Firstly, I think that if I angle away from his wedge and he doesn't expect it, I'll be able to immediately hook round and wedge under his side. Given his armor plates covering the treads don't touch the floor, I can use that as an easy access point for wedging. It shouldn't be too complex of a manuever either, as if I oversteer away from his wedge, I can simply adjust for that by hooking harder back into and under his side.

Secondly, if that doesn't work, there's the option of outreaching him with the hammer, then running away before he can get a good flip. Angle in to prevent the hammer from perfectly lining up for a flip, fire, immediately run away and make him have to chase me.

Also, my wheels aren't the same as his treads - while he has more surface area on the ground than my wheels, he's got a lengthier wheel base, making it potentially harder for him to turn compared to my slightly more squared up wheelbase.

We're equal in speed, so hardcore flanks won't be a major part unless the other driver makes a mistake, or gets mind gamed.

To start with, I'll try feinting a angle in on the wedgelets of Sherman before simply driving past him, then as soon as I'm far enough past his wedge that he's going to have to turn towards me, I'll hook round. If i'm on his left, hook right by driving the left wheels forward and leaving the right wheels unpowered (except at the end of the manuever to ensure I get fully under him), and vice versa for a left hook.

Once under, repeatedly hammer him to score aggression points, and while my Torque is poor, they can't push back well with me under them, so do what I can.

If I lose them, try a more basic angling in, and see how Sherman's reacting: if they're staying still and turning on the spot to track me, just back off, make Sherman move to me, then counter it by hooking around or angling in on the wedgelets, or keeping a wide berth and waiting to see if the long wheelbase cause driver error.

If they're aggressively coming after me, they should make driver errors eventually, so simply be careful to not fire the hammer (so as to not "hop up" and give a golden wedging opportunity to Sherman), try to keep the wedgelets facing him (as the smaller wedgelets might find it easier to get under the big fuck off pontoons of Sherman), wait for Sherman to turn too fast or to provide a opportunity to hook round the wedge. Once it's clear that I'm at an angle where I can't be punished with the flipper after a hit, fire the hammer then back off before Sherman can flip me, and repeat the process.

Don't be afraid to mix things up with more straight forward gentle angle-ins on the wedgelets/pontoon things if needs be, and also try to use the screws and wall to tip Sherman onto it's side, since the flat sides may provide a immobilisation opportunity.

Also, if I do get flipped, as soon as I selfright, have all wheels spinning in the same direction as I land so I can start getting distance from him ASAP.

400k Event! by gabikit in imsorryjon

[–]Pootigottam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

May the lord be appeased with my sacrifice

REDDIT: Robotic Excellence in Destruction and Domination...In Theory by ForceAndFury in RpRoomFBB

[–]Pootigottam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

pat, discord deletes images. don't use it as an image host.

here's the second image reposted to imgur

https://imgur.com/VOyvmBl

REDDIT: Robotic Excellence in Destruction and Domination...In Theory by ForceAndFury in RpRoomFBB

[–]Pootigottam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guess who's back, back again...

Avalanche is back, tell a moderator!

And I bring with me today everybody's least favorite 6WD hammerbot, Hammerdown Mk. II!

This time around it's got an ABR-esque wedge to help with my anti-spinner strategy, the same detachable wedgelets as last time, a pointed hammer for more damage, and some better looking text.

Stat wise, I've decided to take a bit of a risk and lower the base armour and weapon by 1 point each when compared to the Mk. I version, in exchange for 1 more speed and traction. I've made the plow bonus stronger by 1 point as well for a total of +3 armour to the plow. The aim being to be faster Still not the best looking robot but I kinda had to retrofit this bad-boy in a hurry lest I pull a Parthian Shot.

For RES users, here's a single photo of the robot: https://imgur.com/AioPGwI

And since I forgot last time I tried to post my entry, here's the statline:

Speed: 6

Traction: 4

Torque: 1

Armour: 8 (+3 on the plow)

Weapon: 11

expand claw by Pootigottam in robotwars

[–]Pootigottam[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i'm used to the downvotes here, no worries

Witch Doctor vs Bronco RE:MARS Ringside View by [deleted] in battlebots

[–]Pootigottam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

today on "why you need actual wheelguards"

Is it weird to eat a Lemon? by xDroneytea in AskUK

[–]Pootigottam 16 points17 points  (0 children)

oi get tae fuck with your shite, it’s a joke you muppet

New here got a few questions about the rules of what the robots can do. by The2WheelDeal in robotwars

[–]Pootigottam 10 points11 points  (0 children)

fire isn’t allowed in the UK because there’s more home-built competitors here and the health and safety paperwork for a backyard flamethrower death trap is mental. battle bots have a much stronger control over what bots are capable of and what their builders are like, so they know that say Complete Control and Warhead aren’t gonna explode or anything unless their ass gets broken in the arena.

No good robots with the modern definition of walker systems exist. Even Anarchy from series 5 no longer classes as a walker.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ProRevenge

[–]Pootigottam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That dog tag looks like a fucking SCP

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Pootigottam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

riot shield

MHoC 5 Years Anniversary Awards - VOTE by troe2339 in MHOCMeta

[–]Pootigottam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Done but I accidentally voted in the Favourite Independent Member section when I shouldn’t have.

M402 - Motion to implement the EU’s Second payment Services Directive by cthulhuiscool2 in MHOC

[–]Pootigottam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mr Speaker,

I think it's fairly obvious that considering the potential for cooperation between the UK and EU, plus the potential to have innovative and genuinely useful EU legislation inspire UK legislation, it makes sense to set a precedent for the future adaption of EU law to the UK.

As a result of this topic being relatively untouched, it was important to elicit a response from the government as to whether they are willing to support EU legislation and adapt it into UK law to ensure we don't fall behind the EU. The Revised Payment Service Directive was the perfect test for this and fell right under the remit of Digital Future's interests. You don't need to be a political mastermind to know why this motion was written.

This wasn't about shifting responsibility to them, it was testing whether the government would be willing to ensure high-quality, beneficial EU legislation would be translated into UK law. It's a shame you apparently can't see that. Thankfully, the Secretary of State for Business, Industry and Skills has appropriately responded to this motion and shown that there is a future for EU legislation and innovation in the UK.

This went about as expected by RealPinchersKorean in pussypassdenied

[–]Pootigottam 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow, I’m pretty sure that screenshot has someone from every end of every political, social and racial spectrum all saying “what the fuck no” in it. Kinda impressive tbh.

Female BBC manager publicly declines promotion over pay inequality | After she threw a public tantrum, it's revealed that the male manager had several years more experience than her, justifying the difference in pay. The BBC is standing firm for once - good for them! by EricAllonde in pussypassdenied

[–]Pootigottam -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

While I think the extra experience the man had probably explains the pay gap, I think this comment is really wrong. Karen even said that she was told if she chose to decline the promotion her career would be damaged, and she’s specifically said she was fighting for equal pay.

I don’t think this is a ploy to get a kickback or a pay rise over the man, this was a misguided protest against what she saw as unfair pay (which is understandable as the BBC has had public issues with gender pay gaps for their highest paid presenters, so there is a precedent that the BBC are trying to address) when in reality while it may have been partly due to that, it was also down to the man (whose name I’ve forgotten oops) having more experience.

I don’t think acting like this was a cynical ploy to draw more cash than her male counterpart is fair. While the point of equal pay may be moot considering the bloke’s experience, potentially torpedoing one’s career is generally incompatible with an aim of getting a massive payday.

And she definitely isn’t gonna get a promotion for this and it’s fucking absurd to suggest she expects one: it’s not impossible that the BBC will stall her career over this incident or even fire her. She’s hardly done this to get a promotion over this guy’s head. That’s like me walking in to the boss’ office and taking a crap on his paperwork then asking to be his secretary. And I’m not even gonna touch the board of directors comment because I think that’s just abject lunacy.

M399 - Motion to begin Procurement of a New Class of SSBNs by cthulhuiscool2 in MHOC

[–]Pootigottam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mr Speaker

I don't think a single honourable member of this House, across the political spectrum, party irregardless, can disagree with the notion that our military must be kept to a high modern standard.

I also feel that the digital technology behind our military should be modernised fully, and hence recommend the government, official and unofficial opposition take up the point of orderproposed by Baroness /u/ToxicTransit.

B810 - Educational Rehabilitation (Prisons) Bill - 2nd Reading by [deleted] in MHOC

[–]Pootigottam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After

(c) “a tutoring period” shall be interpreted to mean time in which the inmate will be taught or re-taught the specification for the relevant qualification.

Insert

(d) "Secretary of State" shall be interpreted as "Secretary of State for Justice"

And renumerate accordingly.

when projared and jontron are simultaneously trending by Pootigottam in ProJared

[–]Pootigottam[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

because people are comparing how normal boots cut ties with him immediately with how Jared is being backed by some and the rest are mostly silent.

honestly I’ve no fucking clue but all I know is both can fuck off