G.K.
Rank | Advanced User / Semi Moderator | |
Political Stance | Post King, Wiki Builder, Peacekeeper (Or tries to be one), Tournament Paramedic, Informationalist | |
Grudge / Ally Status | ||
Allies With | Everyone, especially Craaig, Crosshairs, incredirobotwars, JoeBlo, Jonzu95, lloopp D lloopp, martymidget, Mouldy King Bash, NFX, Picnic Attack, Reier, Scorpion, Sonny_Resetti, Squirrel_Monkey, Stagfish, Thyrus and Zog | |
Rivals With | Squirrel_Monkey | |
Grudges With | No-one | |
Fear Rating | 16/100 | |
Respect Rating | 41/100 | |
Trivia | ||
G.K. has the highest post frequency/day of the regular posters on GTM. |
G.K. is a member on the Gametechmods forums. He is an experienced wiki editor and administrator at The Robot Wars Wiki under the name Helloher and is also around on Youtube. He acquired RA2 and joined GTM in November 2009 and is building his skill level at both Stock and DSL. He doesn't feel inspired by any particular builder for his building style, but elements of the styles of Barbie, Urjak, The Ounce and Scrap Daddy can be found in some of his bots.
He has a DSL showcase here and a stock showcase here. He has 6 teams in NAR AI, Team Hell, srezinwP, Team 42, Team G.K., Odds and Ends and The Prototype Junkyard.
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 and BTTB 4. Became Tournament Mod in October 2011.
Does not write musicals.
Welsh, and has an unhealthy obsession with the music of R.E.M..
Skill
G.K. is a decent builder. He has finished runner up in several Stock & DSL tournaments, and has been champion in 3 official DSL tournaments, and 1 further unofficial one.
Stock
Knows how to do all the glitches, just rarely has time to do anything, and often suffers from lack of creativity. Probably now specialising in HW popups (Not saying that they are any good, mind you).
DSL
Isn't at the highest level, but decent and has numerous teams in NAR AI.
Modding
Knows how to do almost everything, is bad at putting it into practice. He made the Twiiiiiiiiiiiiiisted Arena, and has released BTTB AI. Also, he has made contributions to NAR AI, SkAI High and Backlash in the form of bots and the Twiiiiiiiiiiiiiisted Arena.
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 tournament win) is in NAR AI 2.5.
- Enigma Series: MW Flipper series. Enigma was entered in the same number of tournaments as Minesweeper, but Enigma X has now been put in several of these. Enigma 20 was recently built and entered in the last of these.
Tournament Entries
Tournament | Bot | Position | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 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 |
Combat Clusters | Enigma 20 and Defiance of Asimov | N/A | 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 |
Xtreemer Than You | Phantom FW, paired with Watch Chinese Whispers!!!!!!! | Tournament Cancelled | 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 |
The Best Bot Builder | Shaver BX^2 and Eggbeater | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Replica Wars 2 | Purple Plazma | Round 2. | N/A | Replica of G.K.'s upcoming RL robot. |
Clash of the Titans | Hyena | N/A | N/A | N/A |
RIMP | Reaper Four Power (In one event teamed with Reptilian Strana) | N/A | 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 | N/A |
BTTB 3 | Complement or Complicate? | Losers Bracket Round 2 | N/A | N/A |
Mechapocalypse | S. Inquisition V.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Achievements
- Hosted Wheely Tag
- Finished second in Wheely Tag alongside Mouldy King Bash
- Runner up in ROBONOVA with Zaphod Stock
- Won Most Likely To Be Online and Best Newcomer in the GTM 2009 Forum Awards
- Hosted Back to the Beginnings
- Won the losers bracket in Total Annihilation
- Runner up in The Amazing Rage with Team Fedex
- Hosted BTTB 2
- Won RA2 Team Championships with High Speed Train as part of Naryar's Not Quite Evil Council
- Hosted BTTB 3