G.K.
Rank | Advanced User / Tourney Moderator | |
Political Stance | Post King, Wiki Builder, Peacekeeper (Or tries to be one), Tournament Paramedic, Informationalist | |
Grudge / Ally Status | ||
Allies With | Everyone, especially Craaig, incredirobotwars, JoeBlo, lloopp D lloopp, martymidget, NFX, Picnic Attack, Reier, Sonny_Resetti, Squirrel_Monkey & Thyrus | |
Rivals With | Squirrel_Monkey | |
Grudges With | No-one | |
Fear Rating | 16/100 | |
Respect Rating | 41/100 | |
Trivia | ||
He is an experienced wiki editor and administrator at The Robot Wars Wiki under the name Helloher. |
G.K. is a member on the Gametechmods forums. He acquired RA2 and joined GTM in November 2009 and is now a capable builder, despite numerous spells not playing the game. He doesn't feel inspired by any particular builder for his building style, but elements of the styles of Fracture and Scrap Daddy can be found in some of his bots.
He has a DSL showcase here, a Stock showcase here and an Ironforge showcase here. He has 5 teams in NAR AI, Team Hell, srezinwP, Team 42, Team G.K. & Odds and Ends.
He is very helpful around the forums and also contributes to the wiki. He hosted Wheely Tag after Mouldy King Bash experienced technical problems. He has become known as the Tournament Paramedic, helping members through tournaments by AI'ing bots and/or making splashes and/or filming matches. He has done this for Terror Twisters, Combat Clusters, Chinese Whispers, Mechapocalypse, Micro Mayhem Reincarnated, XBW and Xtreemer Than You. As mentioned previously, he took over Wheely Tag completely. He later completed his own tournaments Back to the Beginnings, and the sequels, BTTB 2, BTTB 3, BTTB 4 & [Back To The Beginnings#BTTB V|BTTB V]]. Became Tournament Mod in October 2011 and remains so despite several long spells of inactivity.
IRL, GK is Welsh, a trumpet player, improv comedy actor, tenor and theatre producer, but does not write musicals.
Skill
G.K. is a decent builder. He has finished runner up in several Stock & DSL tournaments, and has been champion in 3 DSL tournaments and 1 stock tournament. Between 2010 and 2013 skinned basically all his bots with the same thing. Ranked 25th in BBEANS, was 5th in CCIV and 6th in BTTB.
Stock
Very good at the glitches. Likes HW popups. Not often creative, which is a limiting factor.
DSL
Isn't at the highest level, but decent and has numerous teams in NAR AI. Has basically stopped building competitively.
Ironforge
Has only built 4 bots, but thinks it's a bunch of fun.
Modding
Knew how to do almost everything in 2012, was bad at putting it into practice in 2012, and is absolutely out of practice in the present day. He made the Twiiisted Arena, and has released BTTB AI.
Notable Bots
Stock
- About that...
DSL
- Minifridge Series: LW Flail Shell Spinner series. Minifridge The Second came second in Wheely Tag and Minifridge 4 is in BBEANS 6, coming 6th and winning the Rumble. Minifridge 6 won RIW Series 1, G.K.'s first (And currently only solo DSL tournament win) is in NAR AI 2.5.
- Enigma Variations: MW Flipper series that was part of the MW flipper arms race along with Vertigo and S_M.
Tournament Entries
Tournament | Bot | Position | Awards | Notes |
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N00B Warz 3 | Ecam | Lost in round 1 | N/A | G.K.'s first tournament bot |
The Amazing Rage | Team Fedex | Second Place | N/A | Some of G.K.'s first DSL bots. Were completely redone on deadline day. |
US vs UK | Hypno-Disc | Lost in Quarter Finals. | N/A | BFE used to double the chassis height when building finished. |
Clash Cubes 3 | 100% No BFE | Somewhere that got him 33rd in the Global Rankings | N/A | Name is accurate. |
Wheely Tag | Minifridge The Second, paired with Mini Mouldy Cheese | Second Place | Best Team | G.K.'s first bot to reach a final. |
Terror Twisters | TrippeR 6 | Second Round | N/A | Won and finished runner up in 2 128 bot BBEANS-styles tournaments G.K. did. |
Wild Robots Live 2 | Rigadoon Revamped 2 | Lost in Pod | Rumble finalist | N/A |
RWW 1 | Disc-O-Inferno | Joint 7th | N/A | Only bot in RWW 1 to be OotA'd. |
ROBONOVA | Zaphod Stock | Second Place | N/A | Named after a DSL bot G.K. made that was originally intended for Team 42. |
XBW | Deep Thought | Out in Round 1 | N/A | Had a havok restart in round 1. |
Stock's Revenge | Smatom Asher | Round 2 | N/A | N/A |
CombatAnts 2 | Hell Hound | Reached 3rd Round | N/A | Originally entered Mostly Harmless, changed at the last minute. |
Tag Team Tornado | Enigma, paired with Purple-xed | Round 1 | Best Skinned | N/A |
Trials | Myriad 2 | Heat Final | N/A | Accidently sent in wrong bot at first |
BBEANS 6 | Minifridge 4 | Fell in Losers Bracket Round 6, ranked 6th out of 64. | Rumble Participant, Rumble Champion | N/A |
Survival of the Fittest | Lobos 3, Enigma, Charon's Payment (Team Plasma) | Round 1 of Losers Bracket | N/A | N/A |
Back To The Beginnings | Shaver BX^2 | Second Round of Losers Bracket | N/A | N/A |
Rust In Pieces 2 | Reaper Four Power | 1st round of Losers Bracket. | Should Have Done Better | N/A |
Trials 2 | NA100KGOA? | Round 1 | N/A | N/A |
Total Annihilation | 75.5 ?iouQ tE | Losers Bracket Champion | Best Moment | N/A |
BTTB 2 | BLT | Losers Bracket Round 5 | N/A | N/A |
Replica Wars 2 | Purple Plazma | Round 2 | N/A | Replica of G.K.'s upcoming RL robot, which, 5 years later, still isn't a thing. |
Clash of the Titans | Hyena | Losers Bracket Round 1 | N/A | N/A |
RIMP | Reaper Four Power (In one event teamed with Reptilian Strana) | Wildcard Champion, Tag Team Runner Up | N/A | N/A |
The GTM Home International Championship | Representing Wales, Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio of the red cave | Champion | N/A | Multibot |
Micro Mayhem Reincarnated | Ecam's Messenger | N/A | N/A | N/A |
RA2 Team Championships | High Speed Train | Part of Champion Team | N/A | GK's first official tournament win. |
BTTB 3 | Complement or Complicate? | Losers Bracket Round 2 | N/A | N/A |
RA2 Team Championships 2 | Upthrust | Part of Champion Team | N/A | N/A |
Hell's Arena | Marlon Brando WITH PUNK HAIR | Won some matches, lost others. | N/A | N/A |
Replica Wars 2 | Purple Plasma | Round 2 | N/A | N/A |
Chinese Whispers 2 | PT-Ike | 3rd Place | N/A | Team Captain |
Micro Mayhem Reincarnated | Ecam's Messenger | Round 1 | N/A | N/A |
RA2 Team Championships 3 | TLC | 3rd placed team | N/A | N/A |
Tag Team Tussle | Minifridge 6 | Losers Bracket Round 2 | N/A | N/A |
Dominator of Dragons | Zaphod Stock 2 | Round 1 | N/A | N/A |
Not Quite Replica Wars | Fido-uble | Round 1 | N/A | N/A |
BTTB 4 | Baguenaudez Pres De Ca | Losers Bracket Round 6 | N/A | N/A |
RoboLeague | Zaphod Stock's True Form 2 | Failed to qualify | N/A | N/A |
Clash Cubes IV | Fretless | Losers Bracket Round 8 | N/A | Ranked 5th overall |
RIW Season 1 | Minifridge 6 | Champion | N/A | GK's first solo championship title. |
Steel Warzone | Inception of Instability | Runner Up | N/A | N/A |
Ironbot | Rider on the Storm | Round 9, Semi 3 | N/A | N/A |
RIW Season 2 | Bloodstone | Finals Round 2 | N/A | Used division swap as RIWS1 champion to switch brackets. |
Not Quite Replica Wars 2 | Ironclad | Round 2 | N/A | N/A |
N00B WARZ 4 | Muida | Round 1 | N/A | N/A |
Robo Zone 2 | Mop | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Box of Nightmares | Gicquel | Runner Up | N/A | Constantly beat NFX |
Mighty Naryar's Glorious Melee | Never Expected This Skin | Round 1 | N/A | There was some havok controversy in this one. |
Tusslers | Prod, teamed with ty4er's Glaze and TOPWSHIBBHYTSIAB 2, teamed with NFX's Puncture III | Losers Bracket Semi & Losers Bracket Final respectively | N/A | N/A |
Battlebots 7 | Mutton, Devil's Mandibles, Sleek & False Poker 4 | Quarter Finals, Round 2, Quarter Finals & Round 2 respectively. | N/A | N/A |
Heavy Metal | Mockery of The Whole Concept | Champion | N/A | GKs first stock championship title. |
Chinese Whispers 3 | Thing-A-Ma-Bot | Last Place | N/A | GK's portion of the bot was ended up being quite trolly. |
Beetle Bashers 3 | Purple Dot Box | Didn't make it out of the group stage | N/A | N/A |
Father & Son 3 | Big Bird & Little Bird | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Trials 5 | Devil 2863 | Heat Final | N/A | G.K.'s very first Ironforge bot |
BTTB V | Cutting Cold | Losers Bracket Round 3 | N/A | N/A |
BRITBONGS VS AMERIFATS | Stiff-er Upper-er Lip-er | N/A | N/A | N/A |
HFT 4 | Sleek | N/A | N/A | N/A |