Idiot Triangle vs. What's the Scoop (ROBOT3 FW Week 6)
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:43 pm
Idiot Triangle:
Speed: 16
Traction: 1 (+3 spinup)
Torque: 1
Weapon: 2
Armor: 10 (+2 teeth)
What’s the Scoop:
6 Speed
5 Traction
4 Torque
0 Weapon
15 Armor
Okay, I’m fighting a chair. A CHAIR.
First of all, regardless of what the torque and traction stats say, he’s got a Bronco-level long wheelbase for its width, and his wheels are narrow, have literally no tread, and are made of HDPE, a plastic sometimes called the “poor man’s Teflon” and commonly used for applications like skids and bearings because it has a VERY LOW COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION. There is no way that robot should be capable of accelerating or turning quickly and controllably.
Second, while he can absorb hits from me all day, he’s tall and unlike HUGE has no spikes on the wheels to keep him upright. It’s not a question of if he’ll fall over, it’s a question of when he’ll fall over getting smacked around by a horizontal spinner all day. And then… Life Alert time!
Third, getting corner hits on the side of that wedge is going to be really easy.
Get out of the corner and spin2win. This is honestly going to be a derpfest: I can’t damage him but his ability to control me is also very limited and he’ll be bouncing both of us all over the place, monstertrucking me as his wheels flop around, and other dumb stuff like that. Again, until he falls over.
GL HF
Speed: 16
Traction: 1 (+3 spinup)
Torque: 1
Weapon: 2
Armor: 10 (+2 teeth)
What’s the Scoop:
6 Speed
5 Traction
4 Torque
0 Weapon
15 Armor
Okay, I’m fighting a chair. A CHAIR.
First of all, regardless of what the torque and traction stats say, he’s got a Bronco-level long wheelbase for its width, and his wheels are narrow, have literally no tread, and are made of HDPE, a plastic sometimes called the “poor man’s Teflon” and commonly used for applications like skids and bearings because it has a VERY LOW COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION. There is no way that robot should be capable of accelerating or turning quickly and controllably.
Second, while he can absorb hits from me all day, he’s tall and unlike HUGE has no spikes on the wheels to keep him upright. It’s not a question of if he’ll fall over, it’s a question of when he’ll fall over getting smacked around by a horizontal spinner all day. And then… Life Alert time!
Third, getting corner hits on the side of that wedge is going to be really easy.
Get out of the corner and spin2win. This is honestly going to be a derpfest: I can’t damage him but his ability to control me is also very limited and he’ll be bouncing both of us all over the place, monstertrucking me as his wheels flop around, and other dumb stuff like that. Again, until he falls over.
GL HF