Team Yellow Alert began competing on ARC in 2006 and has been inconsistently active from 2006-2014, entering only 7 tournaments and skipping most of the others. All robots from the team are designed and computer-animated by Nick Schuch (Spatula).
As of January 2014 it is the 7th highest ranked team on ARC, with 1 championship, 3 runner ups, and 11 additional playoff placements.
Other Achievements:
-The body-length bar system designed for Probot would appear on two other successful bots. Force Feedback (Team Targeted), and team Yellow Alert's own Stingray.
-First team to field a successful walker (Influenza, which became the first walker to qualify for the playoffs in August, 2013 for LORE).
-The Differential Fork system for ABR and Stingray is unique among weaponary, but has shown to be effective.
-The first team to skip a full week of RPs and still make the playoffs for a season.
-Previously held the record for the longest RP ever submitted (1788 words). Surpassed by Team Zlayerz in Ruination: The Omen.
Robots
Lightweights:Exotherm II: (5-15), ARC Revolution, ARC Redemption Skate: (5-5), ARC Armageddon Annoying Box Rush: (28-14), Ruination: The Beginning*, Crazy Bots Blazing Ruin, League of Robotic Excellence, Ruination: The Omen**, Reign of Steel** Cherax: (5-7), FRR No Mercy Microwave: CBNBC, Robot Bastards, LORE 2 |
Middleweights:Influenza: (25-8), ARC Revolution, ARC Redemption, League of Robotic Excellence*, Reign of Steel** Glory Hole: (1-9), ARC Armageddon Stingray: (29-13), Ruination: The Beginning, Crazy Bots Blazing Ruin, Ruination: The Omen, FRR No Mercy Pterodactyl: CBNBC, Robot Bastards, LORE 2 |
Heavyweights:
V'Ger (11-12): ARC Revolution, Ruination: The Omen Probot (4-5): ARC Redemption Parasite (33-21): ARC Armageddon*, Ruination: The Beginning, Crazy Bots Blazing Ruin, League of Robotic Excellence, FRR No Mercy, Battlebots: Hammerfall Station to Station (unrated): Reign of Steel, CBNBC, Robot Bastards Gamma Ray: LORE 2 |
Superheavyweights:
In the Red Square...Minion (4-7): ARC Revolution, LORE 2
Manta (9-11): ARC Redemption, Ruination: The Omen
Exotherm III (2-8): ARC Armageddon
Sphere O' Fear (4-4): Ruination: The Beginning
Modest Discomfort Usherer (4-4): Crazy Bots Blazing Ruin
Barracuda (14-7): League of Robotic Excellence, FRR No Mercy, CBNBC, Robot Bastards
Noise Through the Apartment Wall (unrated): Reign of Steel
underline indicates playoff qualification
asterisk* indicates finals qualification
double asterisk** indicates championship
FRA Robots
Before competing on ARC, Nick Schuch was a prolific competitor on the main
Robot Wars forum throughout its various incarnations. Several of his older robots have yet to be entered in any ARC tournament and are currently considered informally 'retired':
Virus
Gigavirus
Exotherm (version 1)
The Clones That Were Not There
V'Ger (version 1-3)
RNA