Mazakari

Mazakari

Rank	Forum Member
Political Stance	Drama Queen, Vet Whacker, Forum Arsonist
Grudge / Ally Status
Allies With	Most Users.
Grudges With	Venko, infiniteinertia, enigma
Fear Rating	3/100
Respect Rating	5/100

An active user who signed up in July 2012 under the name of Merrick. 'Ragequitted' the forum 2 months later after refusing to listen to more experienced users in his showcase.

Returned under a pseudonym in February 2013 to avoid repercussions, but still struggled to keep his cool in the face of criticism, mainly from Venko and infiniteinertia, and has been muted several times in the space of a few months for flaming. Soon revealed himself to be Merrick in an attempt to be banned for multi-accounting, but realised that nobody gave a damn.

Caused more controversy in an argument over realistic DSL with Venko, causing Venko to claim Mazakari and other users to be against him. Venko promptly left the forum, something which Mazakari partly blames himself for.

Despite this, many users no longer see him as a problematic user. Has become very active in the GTM Skype group and is on good terms with most members, even Naryar, who handed him the majority of his warnings and mutes.

Outside of GTM, Mazakari is an avid gamer and aspiring songwriter. Plays guitar and bass and is studying Professional Musicianship in Bristol.

Bot Building

Stock

Originally built stock when he first joined the forum, but only in IRL style, with no knowledge of components. His two stock showcases have been riddled with controversy due to his stubbornness in the face of contrasting views of himself and veteran stock builders, and have been locked due to flame wars.

Incredibly limited skills, with no ability or interest in stacking (which contrasts with his views on realism).

Has only entered two stock tournaments so far, ianh05's All Round Bot Builder Championship (ARBBC) and Evo-Bots. Failed to win a match in either one.

DSL

Builds extensively in DSL 2.1, mostly in IRL designs, entering practically every IRL tournament that comes around. Originally had no clue how to build and was unwilling to listen to advice, leading to his departure from the forums. Spent his hiatus honing and improving his skills and was praised upon his return for original designs and cool looks (these were thought to be the robots of a new user in the eyes of the community, but similarities in the styles of Mazakari and Merrick were made).

Values looks more than efficiency in his designs, rarely building to the weight limit (unless in LW or MW), using chassis wedges, and arming his robots with less-effective weapons (notably the ripping tooth and pole spike). Has had very limited success in tournaments only progressing past Round 1 in two tournaments (Battlebots 6 MW Division QF with The Red Dragon and Helloface's Summer 2013 Tournament 4th place with Dusk 2). However, his entries do gain praise for their aesthetics.

Currently experimenting with the recently released DSL 3.0 beta, and has contributed a team to Paranoia AI.

Prefers to build Heavyweights, but struggles with Lightweights.

Tournament Entries

Tournament	Bot	Position	Awards	Notes
All Round Bot Builder Championship	Team Mazakari	Loser's Bracket, Round 1.	N/A	Came very close to causing a huge shock and knocking out 090901 in Round 1
Evo-Bots: Bots That Evolve	Mutant Mk1, MegaMutant, MechaMutant	Loser's Bracket, Round 1.	N/A	Won one bout with Mutant Mk1.
RNP: The Horizon	The Heretic	Round 1.	N/A	Beat Kossokei on points in Round 1, but forfeited his place as he believed it was undeserved.
Battlebots 6 LW	Cataclysm (LW)	Qualifiers.	N/A	Impressed Naryar, but lost to Gropaga in very quick fashion.
Battlebots 6 MW	The Red Dragon	Quarter Finals.	N/A	Mazakari's best performance in a tournament, winning two fights and even giving eventual double champion Chief Kamachi a scare.
Battlebots 6 HW	Dusk	Round 1	N/A	Mazakari's favourite robot, beaten in a dull fight against eventual champion Arsonist
Battlebots 6 SHW	The Devil's Last Dance	Qualifiers.	N/A	Mazakari's first real SHW, a shell spinner with ripping teeth.
Helloface's DSL2 Summer 2013 Tournament	Dusk 2	4th Place.	N/A	Beat MikeNCR's #1 seed IFI in round 1. Lost more matches than anyone else.
Battlebots 7 LW	Psiren	Round 1.	N/A	An angled 'unflippable' HS, gutripped early on by Night Lurker.
Battlebots 7 MW	Grim	Qualifiers.	N/A	An invertible drum designed to mimic the success of NFX's Highlander series, but again gutripped.
Battlebots 7 HW	Atomsmasher	Round 1	N/A	Flipped itself over on first impact with Crasp Drone.
Battlebots 7 SHW	The Sting	Qualifiers.	N/A	Mazakari's only entry to win a fight in BB7. Earned an IRL Award nomination.

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