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Robot Arena => Discussion => Topic started by: ianh05 on July 26, 2010, 11:02:50 AM

Title: a couple of things we are missing.
Post by: ianh05 on July 26, 2010, 11:02:50 AM: anyone feel the forum is missing something? i do and it got me thinking...

1. An RA2 weekly(?) wrap-up, a video that covers all happenings for the past week in tournaments, showcases and discussions. people could use this weekly video magazine to promote tournaments and/or get their bots recognized.

2. A yearly All-stars tournament, BBEANS happens roughly every year so what if we had a yearly all-star tournament featuring the 10 best robots in the lw, mw and hw weight classes from both stock and dsl versions of the game (60 robots). The best 10 could be decided on by the veterans etc. and pulled from showcases and/or tournaments from that past year.
Title: Re: a couple of things we are missing.
Post by: G.K. on July 26, 2010, 11:04:31 AM: Brilliant ideas ian.
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Post by: Serge on July 26, 2010, 11:14:45 AM: Cowbell.
Title: Re: a couple of things we are missing.
Post by: G.K. on July 26, 2010, 11:15:09 AM: wat
Title: Re: a couple of things we are missing.
Post by: Serge on July 26, 2010, 11:17:09 AM: More cowbell!
(http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd9728cb4b4cd500cd9728cd8b4cd5-200pi)
Title: Re: a couple of things we are missing.
Post by: G.K. on July 26, 2010, 11:17:43 AM: Eh?
Title: Re: a couple of things we are missing.
Post by: JoeBlo on July 26, 2010, 11:19:36 AM: enough with the crap, I had to hit submit like 5 times to get through :P

idea 1 is kinda cool but you would need a collaboration of people to put it together as I think Pwnator would be the only person to watch every video and ready every showcase :P

idea 2 has been discussed countless times but I for one can see many problems arising with selections, having people feel left out will only cause friction on here imo
Title: Re: a couple of things we are missing.
Post by: Serge on July 26, 2010, 12:37:10 PM: Quote from: G.K. on July 26, 2010, 11:17:43 AM
Eh?

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/Walken-Cowbell.jpg)

...more cowbell.
Title: Re: a couple of things we are missing.
Post by: Defiance on July 26, 2010, 01:10:57 PM: I quite like cowbells actually.
Title: Re: a couple of things we are missing.
Post by: Badnik96 on July 26, 2010, 01:46:13 PM: Quote from: Serge on July 26, 2010, 11:17:09 AM
More cowbell!
(http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd9728cb4b4cd500cd9728cd8b4cd5-200pi)

Wasnt this some guy's avatar?
Title: Re: a couple of things we are missing.
Post by: Serge on July 26, 2010, 02:31:46 PM: Ugh. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_cowbell)
Title: Re: a couple of things we are missing.
Post by: frezal on July 26, 2010, 03:08:41 PM: Not this Bruce Dickinson though:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Bruce_Dickinson_2008.jpg/400px-Bruce_Dickinson_2008.jpg)
Title: Re: a couple of things we are missing.
Post by: Trovaner on July 26, 2010, 03:34:35 PM: Quote from: ianh05 on July 26, 2010, 11:02:50 AM
anyone feel the forum is missing something? i do and it got me thinking...

1. An RA2 weekly(?) wrap-up, a video that covers all happenings for the past week in tournaments, showcases and discussions. people could use this weekly video magazine to promote tournaments and/or get their bots recognized.

2. A yearly All-stars tournament, BBEANS happens roughly every year so what if we had a yearly all-star tournament featuring the 10 best robots in the lw, mw and hw weight classes from both stock and dsl versions of the game (60 robots). The best 10 could be decided on by the veterans etc. and pulled from showcases and/or tournaments from that past year.
A complete overview of the week is a neat idea but it might be more work than its worth. Making a special video every week with stuff that gets submitted at irregular intervals is no easy task. It might be easier if we did it every 2-3 weeks.

I'm personally not too fond of the second idea. It would exclude too many people/bots and wouldn't have as much variety as a normal tournament.

Edit: Lets try not to stray too far off topic... Otherwise, posts will get deleted. *cough*Pysclone's*cough*avatar*cough*
Title: Re: a couple of things we are missing.
Post by: ianh05 on July 26, 2010, 04:25:36 PM: Video mag stuff in response to trov:

i thought about how often one would have to work on the video etc. and a video each week is certainly possible, i know when i host tournaments I'm pretty quick to get the videos together and uploaded. with Robo Zone i uploaded one of the challenges a day and got it completed in under a week.

we would just have to find a dedicated person or better yet a group of people who work on different parts of the "RA2 show". for example you could have me working on showcases, getting pics together with info and someone like Sage working on the tourney part and throw together some highlight packs for reviews and add a promo/preview in if there's a tournament coming up.
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Post by: Natef on July 26, 2010, 05:46:47 PM: Good ideas!
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Post by: R0B0SH4RK on July 28, 2010, 03:19:03 PM: Am I the only one that got Serge's joke?
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Post by: Serge on July 28, 2010, 03:35:43 PM: Quote from: R0B0SH4RK on July 28, 2010, 03:19:03 PM
Am I the only one that got Serge's joke?

Apparently :(.
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Post by: Sparkey98 on July 28, 2010, 03:39:37 PM: I got it.
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Post by: Noodle on July 28, 2010, 09:47:29 PM: I've got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell.
Title: Re: a couple of things we are missing.
Post by: Trovaner on July 28, 2010, 10:14:47 PM: He thinks this forum needs more cowbell... which probably is true unless we talk about it too much ;)