Buster Wars 4

[botbuster]

DSL IRL 2.6
RW 2016 Arena
HW (800kg)
72 bots in total (59 plus 12 seeds and the winner of the ‘New’ Blood in Buster Wars Extreme)
Format is 12 heats of 6, following the Robot Wars Series 10 format (6 bots split into two rumbles where one bot from each rumble wins followed by redemptions, leading to the heat semi finals where one bot wins the heat to reach the semi finals).
The heat finalists are sent to two wildcards, consisting of 6 bots each who fight in 3-way rumbles except only 1 bot goes out of each and then followed by a round robin where 2 bots each come out on top
This leaves 16 bots split into two Semi Finals in a single-elim bracket for the winner.
3 bots per person, split into a lock-in, a qualifier and a reserve. Seeded entries and the ‘New’ Blood winner don’t count towards the total. The signup period will last for a month
Once signups close, certain qualifier bots may be able to skip it and go directly to the comp and some reserves may be picked for extra qualifier bots.
Qualifier format is similar to OW/MM, consisting of several single elim groups of four bots with the winner making it into the main comp

Rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LXGahwcL69yTTeA4n-Duict7B1V6un4DLL3mhzm2_0Y/edit?tab=t.0
Entries: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11_tTsTyUSIF7-HEqGWsGJT-g1ASxfX5mq-ihtM3JRV4/edit?gid=915231114#gid=915231114

Heats: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qE6v26qUHVSKEfv6sJ8q8iQEAECYHuOKdQEdWxcdib0/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Qualifiers:

[botbuster]

after the first week and a day of signups we are now at 31/72 counting only seeds, fairytale and lock-ins

for individual entries we have 18 builders/lock-ins, 16 qualifiers and 15 reserves (1 needs fixing)

[botbuster]

we are now two weeks into signups

we are now at 35/72 counting only seeds, fairytale and lock-ins

for individual entries we have 22 builders/lock-ins, 20 qualifiers and 17 reserves

[botbuster]

1 week left for signups

40/72 counting only seeds, fairytale and lock-ins

for individual entries we have 27 builders/lock-ins, 25 qualifiers and 21 reserves

[botbuster]

ok i'm gonna delay it by a week, you've now got until 26th may to send entries

[botbuster]

we are now at the final week of sending entries

44/72 counting only seeds, fairytale and lock-ins

for individual entries we have 32 builders/lock-ins, 30 qualifiers and 26 reserves

[botbuster]

Signups are full!!! thanks to everyone who entered

54/72 counting only seeds, fairytale and lock-ins

for individual entries we have 41 builders/lock-ins, 37 qualifiers and 33 reserves

[helloface]

i'm about to bust