Venko
Overview
Venko has been a member of the forums for nearly a year, but is hardly there now. He appears from time to time.
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 is 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 found 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.
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 and make or change some stuff in it for good, but he failed, sadly. With this failure, his dreams of an animated .GIF chassis or a .TGA chassis with alpha channel (transparency) disappeared too.
Venko is currently hosting his Stock Freak Bot design contest A.D.D.I.C.T.. He released the video (which shows how the bots work) for it, as well as the bot pictures for those who don't want to get the near 80-MB video; votes are underway and Venko will probably come back soon, to reveal the winner.
He actually finished his .TGA Alpha Channel Tutorial that will 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.
Notable Bots:
SHW-The Infinite, Venko's first SHW bot:
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/945/theinfinitehu8.gif
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6135/theinfinite2kx7.gif
Grudge/Ally Status
- Grudges With: Unknown
- Allies With: Madiaba, Trovaner, Gigafrost and others
- Fear Rating: 25/100
- Rank: Forum Member
- Political Stance on Forum: Forum Arsonist, Informationalist, Innovationalist