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| membername = Starcore
| membername = Starcore
| grudges = Unknown. No one should dare to go against the mighty Starcore anyways.
| grudges = Unknown. No one should dare to go against the mighty Starcore anyways.
−| allies = Unknown, most possibly the older, more experienced builders.
+| allies = ACAMS, DarkRat, Rejected, Madiaba, most possibly the older, more experienced builders.
| fear = 95
| fear = 95
| respect = 95
| respect = 95
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One of RA2's earliest and current AI master, Starcore created the widely used [[Starcore AI packs]], which replace the weak [[Stock AI]] with some truly dangerous machines. As a pure builder, he's no slouch; from the devastating [[rammer]] Warmachine to the mighty [[HS]] [[Tempus Fugit]], Starcore can take any design and make the best use of it.
One of RA2's earliest and current AI master, Starcore created the widely used [[Starcore AI packs]], which replace the weak [[Stock AI]] with some truly dangerous machines. As a pure builder, he's no slouch; from the devastating [[rammer]] Warmachine to the mighty [[HS]] [[Tempus Fugit]], Starcore can take any design and make the best use of it.
−Starcore joined the AceUplink RA2 Forums in December 2003 and was banned from their forums before even posting his first post. It was a mix-up, they thought his IP was owned by a toxic member the forums admins had recently banned. But it almost cost the RA2 Community one of its great builders and the founding father of the Starcore Stock Packs and DSL. It is hard to know if RA2 would still be being played if not for his efforts. Luckily the banning got sorted out and Starcore went on to post his first bot on the forums, Borg Queen of which RFS called it, "Overloaded" and ACAMS defended Starcore by saying, "How can it be overloaded, that is like having too much money!"
+Starcore joined the AceUplink RA2 Forums in December 2003 and was banned from their forums before even posting his first post. It was a mix-up, they thought his IP was owned by a toxic member the forums admins had recently banned. But it almost cost the RA2 Community one of its great builders and the founding father of the [[Starcore AI Packs]] and [[DSL]]. It is hard to know if RA2 would still be being played if not for his efforts. Luckily the banning got sorted out and Starcore went on to post his first bot on the forums, Borg Queen of which [[RFS]] called it, "Overloaded" and [[ACAMS]] defended Starcore by saying, "How can it be overloaded, that is like having too much money!"
== Starcore v1.0 ==
== Starcore v1.0 ==
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== [[DSL-TC]] ==
== [[DSL-TC]] ==
At this point, Starcore was ready to call it good and move on to other things. He had gotten to talking with DarkRat who had made a lot of custom parts and gorgeous picture bot creations for the replica contest and Lu-Tze, a leading component maker who was dealing with health issues behind scenes. Both DarkRat and Lu-Tze were feeling the same way and so the trio decided to do a final swan song to help the RA2 Community. At that point, there was no balancing efforts or standards for developing custom or real life replica components and prior replica packs by others were fraught with unbreakable bots and components. Starcore, DarkRat, and Lu-Tze joined together to balance, populate and AI DarkRat's replica bots, set up standards for custom components, update the interface and arenas and thus DSL-TC (the DarkRat-Starcore-Lu-Tze Total Conversion) was born.
At this point, Starcore was ready to call it good and move on to other things. He had gotten to talking with DarkRat who had made a lot of custom parts and gorgeous picture bot creations for the replica contest and Lu-Tze, a leading component maker who was dealing with health issues behind scenes. Both DarkRat and Lu-Tze were feeling the same way and so the trio decided to do a final swan song to help the RA2 Community. At that point, there was no balancing efforts or standards for developing custom or real life replica components and prior replica packs by others were fraught with unbreakable bots and components. Starcore, DarkRat, and Lu-Tze joined together to balance, populate and AI DarkRat's replica bots, set up standards for custom components, update the interface and arenas and thus DSL-TC (the DarkRat-Starcore-Lu-Tze Total Conversion) was born.
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+== Starcore v3.0 ==
+During the summer of 2004 and in the middle of spearheading [[DSL-TC]] with [[DarkRat]] and [[Lu-Tze]], Starcore was also working on growing and expanding the Starcore AI pack. He added new AI routines like Omni.py and OmniRammer.py that have become defacto standards in the RA2 community. And many people, seeing the success of Starcore V2.0, jumped in to have their bots included in Starcore v3.0. Lu-Tze provided the Starcore Arena, DarkRat provided a cool themed in-game selection screen and Rejected provided again a great pack splash screen. Instead of making new bots, Starcore's time became filled with AIing entries from others and tightening and/or rebuilding their bots to be more efficient and effective. [[The Troll]] being an example of shrinking a [[SHW] down to a more effective though still funky [[HW]]. Many exotic bots were brought in including [[Vortex CE]], [[Rabid Pit Bull]], [[Hunter-Killer Tank]] and others by Rejected; [[3-2-1 Blastoff!]], [[Flying Sheep]] and others by Foolishevil; and the first stilt bot ever seen, Mome Rath by Corporate Goon. There was also a major influx of new 6-bot themed teams, manny following the pattern of [[LW]], [[MW]], [[HW]], [[AW]], [[BW]], [[SHW]] including teams from [[FoolishEvil]], [[C2]], [[Spawngeek]], [[Jimxorb]], [[Viper]], [[EpicentrE]], [[WardenX]], [[ACAMS]], [[Rejected]], [[Artitan]], [[Gemini]], [[Clutch]] and [[Karnage]]. This grew the pack to a whopping 35 teams of 6 bots each for a total of 210 effective and diverse bots.
== Starcore v4.0 ==
== Starcore v4.0 ==
−Starcore planned to release the V4 of it's AI pack in 2005, but he disappeared from the community some time ago. He returned in 2007, and an Alpha version of V4 was released tightening designs, upgrading many of the bots to DSA and Caster Armor. This again put the Starcore pack at the forefront of the RA2 Stock packs as one of the most challenging and diverse packs released. Many cut their teeth and grow their skills reviewing and competing against the Starcore pack bots.
+Starcore planned to release a v4.0 of the AI pack in 2005, but he disappeared from the community for quite some time dealing with real life needs. He returned in 2007, and released two Alpha versions of Starcore v4.0 tightening designs, upgrading most of the bots to [[DSA]] and many to include [[Caster]] armor. The RA2 community again pulled together to help rebuild, review, and test the updated bots. This put the Starcore pack back at the forefront of the RA2 Stock packs as one of the most challenging and diverse packs ever released. Many members of this community cut their teeth and grew their skills reviewing and competing against the Starcore pack bots.
−Starcore's activity on the forums has slowed to a crawl, but he still enters worthy tournaments once in a while and has seemingly lost nothing of his skill. He also tends to appear and post when his name is mentioned, an event dubbed "the Starcore effect" by R0B0SH4RK.
+Starcore's activity on the forums has slowed to a crawl in the subsequent years, but he still enters worthy tournaments once in a while and has seemingly lost none of his skill. He also tends to appear and post when his name is mentioned kind of like the bat light, an event dubbed "the Starcore effect" by [[R0B0SH4RK]].
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'''Notable Robots'''
'''Notable Robots'''
−[[Tempus Fugit]]: A [[Lightweight]] horizontal spinner with 6 razor tips and 2 z-teks as weapons. Starcore came back to RA2 briefly and entered an old version entered in [[BBEANS]]3 but didn't fair well. This showed to Starcore the community had grown and improved and spurred him into creating a massively updated version for the for Starcore v4 Alpha making it one of the strongest [[LW]] [[HS]] around.
+[[Tempus Fugit]]: A [[Lightweight]] horizontal spinner with 6 razor tips and 2 z-teks as weapons. Starcore came back to RA2 briefly and entered an old version in [[BBEANS]]3 but didn't fair well. This showed to Starcore the community had grown and improved and spurred him into creating a massively updated version for the for Starcore v4 Alpha making it one of the strongest [[LW]] [[HS]] around.
[[Alien Queen]]: One of the most distinctive [[RA2]] [[VS]] ever built. [[Alien Queen]] was built because Starcore felt he could out-do a famous bot of the time called Digital Apocalypse (DA) and wanted to provide out of the box thinking examples on how to build [[VS]] bots. Alien Queen has been updated, improved, and made more stable with each edition of the [[Starcore AI packs]].
[[Alien Queen]]: One of the most distinctive [[RA2]] [[VS]] ever built. [[Alien Queen]] was built because Starcore felt he could out-do a famous bot of the time called Digital Apocalypse (DA) and wanted to provide out of the box thinking examples on how to build [[VS]] bots. Alien Queen has been updated, improved, and made more stable with each edition of the [[Starcore AI packs]].
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[[Maelstrom]]: A pretty good [[HW]] [[HS]]. It had wedges in the v3 of the [[Starcore AI packs]], but it now has more defense with front and back plows and belly caster armor.
[[Maelstrom]]: A pretty good [[HW]] [[HS]]. It had wedges in the v3 of the [[Starcore AI packs]], but it now has more defense with front and back plows and belly caster armor.
−[[Spin Doctor]]: A [[HW]] [[HS]]/[[SnS]] hybrid with 30 irons. It may not be perceived as good as a Pure [[HS]] in sheer damage potential, but with its SnS code and belly [[Caster Armor]], it is much better against popups.
+[[Spin Doctor]]: A [[HW]] [[HS]]/[[SnS]] hybrid with 30 irons. It may not be perceived as good as a Pure [[HS]] in sheer damage potential, but with its SnS code and belly caster armor, it is much better against popups.
[[T-800 Terminator]]: A solid [[HW]] [[HS]] with 27 Maces, 2 Spikes, and 4 Ram Plates. It did very well in [[BBEANS]]5.
[[T-800 Terminator]]: A solid [[HW]] [[HS]] with 27 Maces, 2 Spikes, and 4 Ram Plates. It did very well in [[BBEANS]]5.