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| allies = Gets on with most people, but especially [[martymidget]], [[JoeBlo]], [[ty4er]], [[090901]], [[Thyrus (User)|Thyrus]], [[Gazea2]] and [[Skiitzzox220]].
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| allies = Gets on with most people, but especially [[martymidget]], [[Naryar]], [[JoeBlo]], [[ty4er]], [[090901]], [[Thyrus (User)|Thyrus]], [[Gazea2]] and [[Skiitzzox220]].
 
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Revision as of 10:34, 22 February 2014

Craaig
Craaig.png
Rank Veteran alt textalt text
Political Stance Normie
Grudge / Ally Status
Allies With Gets on with most people, but especially martymidget, Naryar, JoeBlo, ty4er, 090901, Thyrus, Gazea2 and Skiitzzox220.
Grudges With TheRoyalBadger, That Robot is a Spy!
Fear Rating Rating 1.gif 10/100
Respect Rating Rating 3.gif 41/100
Trivia
Looks good in banana suits.


Craaig joined the forums in March 2009, and describes himself as a 'generally happy guy', although some just take him as 'random'. He is quite well known as a VS Specialist. Likes to think of himself as a mild-tempered, generally good community member, helping out wherever possible.


In August 2013 he was promoted from Advanced User to Veteran, and was also given a Tournament Moderator position on the staff.


Ranked 6th in the Rust In Pieces standings, a series of tournaments that he runs himself, won the BTRSHDBBDDTBL awards in BBEANS6 and RA2TC, was the Grand Champion of IRL Tourney and runner up of Our Replicas Are Different.



Tournament Running


Craaig run a DSL MW tournament, Rust In Pieces, mainly due to the lack of DSL tournaments taking place at the time. It had 22 competitors, and was won by Pwnator's Paper Cut 3.

He also hosted the Not Overly Epic Showdown, Sparkey vs Avalanche, to find out who would win. In the end, Avalanche won all 3 matches.


The follow-up to Rust In Pieces, Rust In Pieces 2, was a DSL SHW tournament with 16 competitors. yoda9726's Gluttony won the main bracket, while Naryar's Shiva won the Loser's Bracket.


Craaig also run RIMP - mainly made of various grudge matches and challenges for all RIP1 and RIP2 bots, much like a 'Robot Wars Extreme' style tournament. The phrase RIMP was turned into a GTM Meme by yoda9726, closely followed by Naryar and is fairly common over many of Craaig's topics.


Craaig run Pokemon: The League Of Getehem, a DSL HW tournament for Pokemon replicas, won by Naryar's Aerodactyl replica.


From 2012-13, he run RIP3, the 3rd in the Rust In Pieces series, a DSL MW/LW Cluster tournament with 21 entries. This was won by ty4er.


He is currently running Robot Wars 2005, an IRL DSL tournament based on what robots could look like if Robot Wars continued for another series. The tournament also features an 'IRL Vote' where competitors will have points added/deducted for how IRL they look, meaning the actual Tournament placements do not necessarily equate to the end standings. This is the first tournament Craaig knows of that incorporates this.



Notable Tournament Entries


-Clash Cubes 2 - Shinigami - Lost Round 1 to MikeNCR, Lost Loser's Bracket Round 2 to R0B0SH4RK. Spawned a series of robots.

-Wheely Tag Tournament (teamed with JoeBlo - Team Awesomesauce) - The Orange Is A Tasty Fruit - Team came 3rd overall. Spawned a series of robots, mainly shortened to the name 'Orange'.

-Rust In Pieces 2 - Immunization - Beat in Round 2 by Urjak's Vertical Influence, then lost in the Loser's Bracket Final to Naryar's Shiva. 2nd most 'Fearsome' bot.

-BBEANS 6 - Blood Orange - Beat WhamettNuht's The Telephone Effect in Round 1. Beaten in Round 2, and didn't fare well in Loser's Bracket - BTRSHDBBDDTBL award winner.

-Total Annihilation - Fever - 2nd. Lost in a very close match to NFX's Valid Query 2. Voted 'Most Feared Bot'.

-IRL Tourney - Queen Calypso - Grand Champion

-RA2TC - Blood Orange 3 - BTRSHDBBDDTBL award winner

-Our Replicas Are Different - The Cake Is A Fake - Runner Up

-Blades of Fury^2 - PHENOMENAL CAT - Not really notable, just an amusing cat replica that managed to win Round 1 of the Loser's Bracket.



Bot Building


He tends not to showcase all too much any more, often only building for tournaments. He seems to have a tendency for making 'odd' or 'insane' bots for tournaments, because most people 'take stuff too seriously'.


Stock: Craaig doesn't tend to build in stock at all any more, but once showcased a Complex FS, the first Craaig (and many others) had seen.


DSL: Skilled builder. Innovated in the field of Vertical Spinners. His designs have spawned successful robots such as Blood Orange (BBEANS6), Immunization (RIP2), Fever (Total Annihilation) and Revelations (RIP3).

He also builds in the IRL Style, creating mainly Hammers and Vertical Spinners, both evident in the 'Crasp' series.