NFX

NFX

Rank	Advanced User
Political Stance	Informationalist, slight Peacekeeper
Grudge / Ally Status
Allies With	G.K., Jonzu95, Badnik96, GoldenFox93, martymidget, Gazea2, Thyrus, Scorpion, J24, Vertigo, possibly JoeBlo and Naryar. Generally gets along well with everyone.
Rivals With	GoldenFox93 (Friendly)
Grudges With	None
Fear Rating	15/100
Respect Rating	30/100
Trivia
NFX is one of the few Scottish members of Gametechmods, others being System32 and Scourge of teh Galaxy.
Memorable Quote
"I see what u did there" "PMbomb'd" "VICTORY"

NFX is a relative newcomer to the Gametechmods community, having first downloaded Robot Arena 2 in August 2009, and joining the GTM Forums just two days after. Following a brief departure from the forums for unknown reasons, he returned in April 2010, and started to become one of the forum regulars.

Currently, he tends to offer insights into the newer members' bots, covering most of the simpler aspects, such as chassis management and basic glitching, leaving the more experienced members, such as Naryar and Pwnator to go into more detail about things like efficiency.

Still doesn't completely understand the rules for batteries.

He has a Stock showcase here and a DSL showcase here. Despite their popularity amongst some users, he hates DSL Flail Shell Spinners with a passion, mostly due to the large potential for them to create a Havok Explosion when a weapon or flail is knocked off. He also occasionally builds replicas to quite a good standard (see his Shunt and Dead Metal replicas in the Replica Showcase for some good examples), and some more humorous robots when Builder's Block sets in, recently building a fully mobile robot BBQ, inspired by a comment made by JoeBlo. He is currently ranked 98th in BBEANS Rankings, which he describes as 'relatively decent'.

In the more off-topic sections of the forum, he has become known for both his skilful use of the image editing program Paint.NET, with which he created both his signature and his avatar, as well as his slightly adverse sense of humour. He has a tendency to make jokes about most things in the off-topic sections, and sometimes makes references to RA2 as well, though occasionally when it's not that appropriate. An example of this can be seen here. He has also made a number of 'MS Paint Bots', which were well-received by others.

Skill

Stock - Knows almost all of the glitches, and can build some reasonably competitive bots. Tends to build popups and HS bots only.

DSL - Steadily improving. Likes to experiment, but tends to make bots more for looks, or proof of concept, rather than combat efficiency. Doesn't really build any specific type of bot, but likes rammers, and avoids shell spinners like the plague.

Modding - Has finally managed to crack AI'ing, and reskin an arena for Gazea2's Stock mod RA2INBOW. He has also recently learned to reskin components, and has 'absolute minimal knowledge' of BFE

Tournament Entries

BBEANS 6 - Zombie Pirate Ninja - Lost to Urjak in the first round. Beat Scorpio in the first round of the Loser's Bracket. Lost to R0B0SH4RK in the second round of the Loser's Bracket. (2-7)

Wild Robots Live 2 - Snap!Happy - Beat Ashman12 and Byebot in heats. Lost to Jack Daniels in round 2. (2-1)

Metal Mayhem - Insecticide - Lost to Stagfish in first round. (0-1)

ROBONOVA 2 - Blizzard 2 - Teamed with Badnik96's Arcade. Lost to 090901 and Vertigo in first round. (0-1)

Back To The Beginnings - Tribute To Tribute To Mayhem - Beat Jonzu95 in first round. Lost to Pwnator in round 2. Lost to Sage in round 2 of Loser's Bracket. (2-4)

Back To The Beginnings 2 - Whiplash Recoil - Lost to R0B0SH4RK in the first round. Beat Doomkiller in the first round of Loser's Bracket. Lost again to R0B0SH4RK in the second round of Loser's Bracket. (4-4)

Back To The Beginnings 3 - c3:++ - Beat Clickbeetle in first round. Lost to The Ounce in round 2. Beat Gazea2 and Stagfish in Loser's Bracket. (6-2)

Total Annihilation - Valid Query 2 - Beat GroudonRobotWars, powerrave and DG in heats. Beat Vertigo, martymidget and Craaig in final. (6-0)

Combat Clusters - Mantis 7 - Teamed with Squirrel_Monkey's Purple-Xed. Beat FOTEPX and TeamXtreemer in the first round, before the tournament was abandoned. (1-0)

RA2 Trials 2 - Wheels Are Tasty - Beat S.T.C. in first round. Lost to Vertigo in heat final. (1-1)

Rust In Pieces 2 - F.O.R.C.E. - Lost to Craaig in first round (0-1)

NAR AI Wars - Valid Query 3 - Lost to Clickbeetle in first round. (1-2)

Replica Wars 2 - 360 - Beat Zog in first round. Beat 027 LB, Jonzu95 and Somebody in rumbles. Lost to 123savethewhales, MikeNCR and Squirrel_Monkey in final. 4th place overall. (2-1)

RA2 Team Championships - Wheels Are Tasty 4 - Representing Naryar's Not Quite Evil Council. Beat Craaig in preliminary rounds. Lost to Squirrel_Monkey in Grand Final. Picked up 1st place with the team. (1-1)

GTM Home Nations Tournament - The Highlander - Represented Scotland. Beat GoldenFox93, lost to G.K. and lloopp d lloopp. (1-2)

Overall Tournament Record: 29-28 (51%)

Challenge Board

6WD Popup Challenge (Orange Blue Orange Yellow 1.3) vs. Somebody vs. Vertigo - LOSS

IRL Challenge (Taur 2) vs. Thyrus vs. dragonsteincole - LOSS

Other Notable Robots

Flash Bang - A Flamethrower/Poker hybrid which won the October 2010 BOTM competition. Only the second flamethrower bot to win BOTM, the first being Naryar's April 2009 entry, Deflagration.

Halestorm series - A Stock HW Popup series, which has gradually improved over its seven incarnations, specifically with SnapperII work and extender setups.

Present Of Doom - His BOTM Entry for December 2010, coming second to Clickbeetle. It featured his first public showing of reskinned components: a red DSL Disc which read "To ACAMS. Merry Xmas!"

Pyramid Scheme - A pyramid-shaped Stock HW Flipper with a smiley face on the front. Liked for its humour, and there is also footage of it upending Hammer Of Justice, and unshown footage of it overturning Hammer Of Judgement.

Hosting

Having taken a while to get to grips with AI'ing bots, NFX has so far never hosted an official tournament. However, his first attempt, Mechapocalypse, is currently in the Signups phase. The tournament imposes a limit on the number of components a builder can use on their bots.

He has also hosted the Home Nations Tournament, an unofficial tournament between himself, Goldenfox93, G.K. and lloopp d lloopp, on the basis that each of the four countries of the United Kingdom would be represented.

Achievements/Awards

GTM Awards 2010

• Best Personal Text
• Favourite Champion Bot (Valid Query 2) [Tied with Somebody (Ripper Of Guts 3.7)]
• Favourite Tournament Entry (Valid Query 2, Tribute To Tribute To Mayhem, 360)
• Favourite Tournament Match (vs. Pwnator, Back To The Beginnings Round 2)

Back To The Beginnings

• Best Match (vs. Pwnator)
• Favourite Bot [Nominated]

Total Annihilation

• Grand Champion
• Most Promising
• Best Design [Nominated]

RA2 Trials 2

• Most Creative Entry

Replica Wars 2

• Best Match (Grand Final)

Bot Of The Month

• October 2010 (Flash Bang)
• January 2011 (Viral Sweep)