Venko
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Venko was a member of the forums for nearly a year, though is hardly there now. He now focuses on his real life and doesnt plan on making a return.
During the few months after his arrival, he learned quickly and was one of the most active bot builders on the Gametechmods forums, before his departure near the middle of September 2008. He claims he can build any type of bot, but he likes to build ultra powerful SuperHeavyWeights or freak bots just for fun, that is why he claims he is a "bot artist". He is the only Bulgarian on the forum.
He was very good at glitches and excellent in stacking (Perhaps because of his glitchy game. The real reason of this is unknown) which has caused some members to accuse him of cheating (notably AAM) , but he made a video as proof against this accusation. Several members didn't find it very convincing, but some other members testified several of Venko's claims, like stacking crossed black batteries.
His showcase, which was a major Flame war thread but calmed eventually, is the basis for the Venko Effect, named so by Naryar. (All the flaming, and hence a page of Venko's history, was deleted by Clickbeetle some time ago)
Venko is one of the few builders that don't build in DSL. He just doesn't have enough time to learn and experiment with all the new parts in DSL.
Venko tried to decompile the RA2 .EXE back to C++[Assembler] so that someone that can program in C++[Assembler] could edit it, potentially changing the game's deepest features, but he did not succeed and it seems impossible to edit the .exe. With this, his dreams of a .GIF chassis paintjob (animated paintjob) or a .TGA chassis paintjob (transparent paintjob) disappeared too.
He finished his .TGA Alpha Channel Tutorial that aims to help others edit or create all the .TGA (transparent) decals, component skins, UIs, and arena skins for RA2. He is also contributing (bots, skins, UI's) to some of the many AI packs being created on the gametechmods forums, most of which have not been released yet.
Also entered Mace in da face (36-mace HS) in BBEANS5 and Anti-pacman (6-mace HS) in Robo Zone.
He returned in February 2013 and stay for short time before leaving permanently as he said he would. However, he did not release all his bots as he promises he would, most likely due to a controversy involving opposition to DSL in a thread by Gauche Suede, particularly his views on Realistic DSL and KossPICMaz.
Notable Bots:
SHW-The Infinite, Venko's first SHW bot, though technically a GHW:
http://i.imgur.com/TVZi8u8.gif
http://i.imgur.com/A3VEx5C.gif
HW- Mace in da face ][ http://i.imgur.com/CcUNye9.png
