BTTB V - Signups are Done - Onto the Building!

[G.K.]

Aww, we'll have to wait another 5 years before we have another BTTB.

Well.... he wasn't far off, but I'm pleased to announce the reboot of my tournament series. Presenting.... BTTB V!

WHAT ??????

That's right Naryar, Back to the Beginnings is... back.

For those of you unaware, back in the day I ran a tournament called Back to the Beginnings, where we rebuild first showcased robots of other entrants.
The event seemed to be pretty popular and the idea was relatively novel, once described as 'N00b Warz on crack'.

Now it's back- and ready for a new generation!

I'm going to be starting the rankings over from scratch because in the past I was inconsistent with whether I filmed 2 or 3 fights per match.
This time it will always be 3, like in BBEANS, to give some proper consistency. The only use of the previous rankings will be on the splash, and it won't have any meaning towards byes or anything.

The tournament will be a STOCK HW tournament. I've not been back long but I feel that Stock's not geting the love it deserves.
Also, in a tournament where creativity is valued, HW gives lots of weight to play with.

   

• Stock HW - and we're rebuilding first (Or Second!) showcased stock bots. It'll be like BTTB 1 but not BTTB 1.
• Matches will take place in the Twiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisted Arena.
• 16/32 entrants only (Interest dependent). 1 per person. Somebody, Ounce and Powerrave have reserved spaces from winning previous BTTB's but if they aren't filled they will be taken away. I'm also going to enter. If we don't get 16/32 there will be byes, given out randomly. The byebot will be a single Hammer Fisted, an entry from BTTB 3.
• Deathmatch/double elimination brackets, best out of 3. I will film all 3 matches in every round. 2 minute battles.
• Usual ingame glitches are allowed bar restrictions below, and there's no realistic rule.
• No BFE, AAM, Thyrus Glitch, Hax Mode, Zero G. I will check to see if you've BFE'd super strong armour on and cheaters will be disqualified.
• No exostacking. Casters are still fine.
• All Stock 1.4 components (bar cheatbot2) are legal. All AI Parts are fine.
• No custom components except weightless smartzones for AI purposes are legal.
• If you want to send your own AI in that's cool, otherwise I will AI. No cheaty hax .py's.
• Updates can be unlimited during the submission period. When it ends only exceptional circumstances will allow updates.
• Multibots will be forbidden unless the first showcased bot was one.
• Bots must have controlled movement unless explicity allowed not to.

   

• Unlimited restarts will be given to bots getting stuck in the arena, which does sometimes happen in this one
• I will also restart for obvious AI errors, and if a robot is counted out when it is clearly still moving fine
• Havok wise, one free restart per best-of-3 match for fight-affecting havoks. Subsequent havoks will forefit the fight in question

I'd like to encourage creativity with what you build. If you get a popup, don't just enter your best popup - look at the bot you're remaking, see what makes it unique, incorporate that into your designs.

I'm going to run this on a tight schedule. This is because I am going off to Edinburgh at the beginning of August to perform at the Fringe.
Once I'm there I can't film/upload any more fights. If you enter you'll have to be able to commit to building your bot by the first week of July.

If anyone has any rule changes/suggestions I should consider or know I've missed off things that have become standard since 2013, please let me know.

I've also thrown together a stupid and irreverent , as you may have seen.

DEADLINE - 13TH OF JULY

So, if you'd be interested in reviving this old institution, vote in the poll. I'm going to leave thread open for a week to gague interest. Let's get some excitement going!

Entrants:

• G.K.
• The Ounce
• Somebody
• Badnik96
• SM
• RedAce
• Martymidget
• Naryar
• 090901
• Thrackerzod
• Mr AS
• Wacky Bob
• Sage
• Virus Bomb
• Mystic2000
• Geice
• Scrap Daddy
• Bubbleman
• Kill343gs
• ty4er
• SKBT
• Reier
• MassimoV
• Pwnator

Key:

Black: Entered
Orange: Bot Submitted
Red: Problem
Green: Bot AI'd and Accepted

[RedAce]

I am so in this. Let's see if I can improve my ranking.

[Squirrel_Monkey]

SM is in so long as he doesn't get a flipper :P

[Naryar]

WHAT ??? it's stock ?

I may enter considering it's hw honestly.

What was that sh**ty rammer/hammer hybrid I built beforehand ?

[G.K.]

Crush's Big Daddy?

That wasn't awful, it got to like the end stages of BTTB.

[Badnik96]

yooo let's do this

[Thrackerzod]

Do I remake my own first showcased bot, or someone else's?

[RedAce]

Do I remake my own first showcased bot, or someone else's?

You remake someone else's first showcased bot and that someone is decided by RNG.

[martymidget]

I'm in, there's no formula one cars in this one :P

[G.K.]

I'm in, there's no formula one cars in this one :P

Not yet....

[Somebody]

Slight idea time here. Since we've done first stock bots before, do we want to give the option to maybe do one of the first 2 or 3 bots, to give some options? Half because it'll be some bots we've seen before (like mine, although mostly new), and half because I'm still kind of pissed at having to build a hammer with face spinners on the hammers for BTTB 3 :P

[Sage]

yesssss. also agree with Somebody. should be first few bots from showcase.

[G.K.]

Slight idea time here. Since we've done first stock bots before, do we want to give the option to maybe do one of the first 2 or 3 bots, to give some options? Half because it'll be some bots we've seen before (like mine, although mostly new), and half because I'm still kind of pissed at having to build a hammer with face spinners on the hammers for BTTB 3 :P

Cool - are you proposing an open choice of multiple bot or me telling people to do the second/third showcased bots?

[Somebody]

Either really, it's not my choice to make haha. Personally I would prefer if we had a choice of the first 2 or 3, but it's up to you.

[Squirrel_Monkey]

Haha, my second stock bot is a side hammer poker hybrid.

[Wacky Bob]

It's a good idea, and I'm sure whoever gets me would appreciate not having to build a weird poker thing.

[G.K.]

Looking like 16-man bracket atm Couple more days of voting.

[090901]

I am confused why you banned the 140 cm red extender, but it's not like anybody uses it in the first place so I guess it doesn't really matter.

[G.K.]

I am confused why you banned the 140 cm red extender, but it's not like anybody uses it in the first place so I guess it doesn't really matter.

Did I? Must have been leftover from an old draft. No reason to ban it.

[G.K.]

*1 day left to register your interest.*