Robo Rally [Awards Ceremony]

[animorpherv1]

I submitted.

I wish I had more right turns. *sigh*

[Drench]

Magua, can we work something out here? Because this is just going to be WIFOM otherwise.

I'm a robot. Of course I

am

can be reasonable.

What did you have in mind?

Okay. As the map stands, it's pretty certain that we're not getting bothered by anyone else until next turn at the earliest. So, I guess I'm asking, if at all possible, to try and get us both to hit the flag at different points during the turn, so that we don't end up screwing each other over and putting us both in a worse position than where we started.

I don't know if you're able to try and go via the blue conveyor belt, but if you are, this might be a lot easier. I'm limited in my turns. If you go via the blue conveyor belt, I'll be hitting the flag next turn and we'll both have time to hit the flag without interfering. If you go via the lane we're both in, it gets a little trickier, obviously. Not sure what you're capable of, so I'll leave it to you to elaborate as you want.

[Cybele]

I submitted.

I wish I had more right turns. *sigh*

I'll trade you one of my rights for a left?

[animorpherv1]

That's ...

possible?

[Cybele]

No.

[animorpherv1]

Damn. Um...

*quickly slides an extra left to Cybele, and takes a right in secret*

you saw nothing.

[Magua]

I don't know if you're able to try and go via the blue conveyor belt, but if you are, this might be a lot easier. I'm limited in my turns. If you go via the blue conveyor belt, I'll be hitting the flag next turn and we'll both have time to hit the flag without interfering. If you go via the lane we're both in, it gets a little trickier, obviously. Not sure what you're capable of, so I'll leave it to you to elaborate as you want.

Where are you imagining you'll end up? Or, alternatively, when do you expect to touch the flag?

[Magua]

14 hours to go.

[Magua]

k, looks like the original plan to me.

[diginova]

A note from the MC:

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swyellowtail replaces

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kdowns, effective immediately.

kdowns missed deadline after being prodded, and picked up his original PM two days ago.
If he has no desire to continue playing, it is in the best interest of everyone involved to replace him with someone who does.
Deadline is extended by 24 hours for swyellowtail to make a move.

[swyellowtail]

Heh, makes sense that I pick up yellow.

Then again, kdowns vanished from some other places, as well... dunno why.

[diginova]

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Turn

3

Results

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Three turns in, we have the first milestone hit on the way to the end of the Rally! In addition, three robots started with minimal control after taking a beating last round. How will they fare this turn as we welcome

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swyellowtail into the Rally?

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Recovery and withdrawal.

Luckily, Turn 3 began a lot calmer than last time.

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Magua is able to win the priority battle against

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Drench and continue head-on towards the flag.

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swyellowtail, though forced to be shot by the board lasers again this phase, put himself in a good position to get out next phase.

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animorpherv1, on the other hand, is in a more precarious position, conveying to within one square of the void at the edge of the board.

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StrangerCoug doesn't let his respawn affect him, and starts powering towards the center. Both

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swyellowtail and

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Drench lock their first register.

As phase two begins,

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swyellowtail uses his

Reverse Gear

to escape the board laser, hopefully once and for all, and moves his Archive to Flag 2 in the process.

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animorpherv1 is able to escape the conveyor, but is forced to move into one of our friendly board lasers.

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Cybele is also able to make it to a new Archive location this phase, and

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Sudo_Nym locks a register of his own courtesy of

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StrangerCoug.

In phase three,

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Magua proves that slow and steady

can

win the race, as

Flag 1 is captured!

He can now start heading back across the board to tag Flag 2.

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swyellowtail locks another register after being pushed by

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StrangerCoug, but luckily isn't in the path of the laser again. Simultaneously,

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Sudo_Nym moves into the path of a pusher, which pushes him onto a conveyor heading steadily towards the edge of the board. As he already has one register locked, hopefully it doesn't turn out to be a deadly mistake for him.

Not too much happens in phase four, though

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xtopherusD and

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StrangerCoug cause

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Drench and

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swyellowtail to lock an additional register respectively.

Phase five begins on a sad note, as newcomer

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swyellowtail drives himself at full speed into a pit; the only good news that he placed an Archive marker earlier this very turn and will lose very little position.

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Magua,

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xtopherusD and

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StrangerCoug all end up on Repair spaces, and are able to recover some of the damage they have taken. In addition,

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xtopherusD gains a new Option to replace the one he lost when he died:

High Powered Laser

Your robot’s main laser has been modified to shoot through one wall or robot to reach another robot. If you shoot through a robot, that robot also receives damage.

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Sudo_Nym and

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Drench all choose to

Power Down

, and thus will be unable to give their robots programs next turn, though

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Sudo_Nym will continue to be conveyed towards oblivion.

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swyellowtail also chose to

Power Down

, so he can choose to come in with 8 HP and active or immediately powered down.

[StrangerCoug]

The north half of the board seems to be a popular side to kill people...

[Magua]

I was really worried that Drench would play a Move 3 at a higher priority than 820 and knock me off the map.

[diginova]

I was really worried that Drench would play a Move 3 at a higher priority than 820 and knock me off the map.

There isn't much at a higher priority than 820... I'd take a risk on a 97.5% chance of survival any day of the week.
You also disrupted his plans... he would have been 1 space away from the flag.

[animorpherv1]

W
E
L
FUCKING
P

[Magua]

He's not that far from the flag now, and given that he powered down, I'm not really delaying his plans any.

(I could've gone around on the express conveyor belt, but I would've taken damage from board lasers and been in a precious position afterwards; I was worried about taking additional robot laser fire. When Drench didn't answer about when/where he'd be, I decided not to risk it.)

[diginova]

A note from the MC:

What do all of you want to do about deadlines over the holidays? I'm fine with extending it as much as is necessary.
Also, Turn 4 cards will be out once swyellowtail makes his decisions for Turn 4 Cleanup.

[Magua]

I'm not going anywhere for the holidays, so I'm fine with the deadlines as-is.

[Cybele]

I think I'm fine with whatever is decided amongst the other players.

[StrangerCoug]

I'll be right here.

[animorpherv1]

I'm fine.

[Sudo_Nym]

I don't know what I'll be doing, but I'm sure I could find time to post, if we continue.

[diginova]

A note from the MC:

So it looks like I'll just treat it as a perpetual weekend and keep 72h deadlines until 1 January, and I'll loosen that if necessary.

[diginova]

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Turn

4

Programs compile in (expired on 2012-12-22 12:00:00)

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For one contestant, one flag down, two to go.
For three others, a well-deserved rest.
Let the Rally continue.

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swyellowtail rejoins the battle on F7 facing

downwards

, active and taking on all challengers.
He comes into play with

2

damage and minus one option.

Program cards will be sent out shortly.