Art of the Assist, part 2: Late Game Heroics

Fellow Pilots,

Big news (at least the professors at the U think so): Pixonic has announced a system to report tanking.    It deserves a longer post, and we will get there, but for now - here's the form.  When you see Dior/Massive Attack, tell him Dr. Yat has been watching!

I have robots and weapons, and I also have three (3) human children.  My three make it feel like I have 17 human children.  When the schools become so overtaxed with young people that they close for a week of repairs and rest, care for these small people falls to me.  The indignity!  Therefore, the U will be closed from February 12-16.  But the contest moves on ...

The theme for week two of the Art of the Assist, beginning TODAY February 12th, 2018, is "Late Game Heroics."  It's not complicated - help your buddies snatch victory from the jaws of defeat as the battle comes to an end.  To enter, capture screenshots or video of your work, and share it as a reply on my thread "Late Game Heroics" at the War Robots Forum.

Note: all winners will be chosen and notified at the end of the three week contest (February 26th).

Contest rules:

• Do something awesome to help your team.
• Capture your awesomeness in 1-3 screenshots or a video of 90 seconds or less.  Use the keyword #WRassist in the title of your video.  
• Feel free to caption or describe your assist using less than 150 words.
• Post your "assist" as a reply to the War Robots University post in “general” which announces the weekly theme at http://war-robots-forum.freeforums.net
• Dr. Yat’s selections will be based on the instructive value and uniqueness of your post; decisions will be final
• Prize robots do not include update 3.6 (Strider and Spectre are off limits for now)

Advice(s):

• Damage isn't awesome (or particularly helpful) by itself.
• Results screenshots are not awesome in the absence of context.
• Posts that criticize or demean other pilots will not endear the judge to your entry.

DISCLAIMER - ALL OF THE SIX WINNERS WILL GET A ROBOT FROM PIXONIC.  It's a PROMOTION.  Pixonic gets players, the U gets readers, and you get robots.  If you don't think that's fair, above board, or you just don't like it, DO NOT ENTER.  That way the University won't provide something free to an ungrateful bastard.*  

*Said with love, but if you are one of those bastards, we aren't really interested in hearing about it.

Your humble servant,
Dr. Yat

"So this Galahad with machine guns dropped in and destroyed EVERYBODY."


PS: Great minds think alike, so I wanted to alert you to Manni Gaming's February teamwork challenge #WRGotYourBack.  You can check it out here.

In basketball, no one has ever been better at the assist than John Stockton - a short, unassuming white guy who drove to his NBA games in the family minivan.

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