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Robot Arena => Discussion => Topic started by: yoda9726 on October 24, 2011, 02:26:15 PM

Title: Hypothetical regarding tournaments
Post by: yoda9726 on October 24, 2011, 02:26:15 PM
I know this is very unlikely to happen, But if by some bizarre fluke a bye bot were to win a match, would it advance? And if it does, and continues to get fluke after fluke, eventually winning the tournament, Do we declare it the champ or what?  I had a really bizarre dream last night...lol
Title: Re: Hypothetical regarding tournaments
Post by: Mr. AS on October 24, 2011, 02:31:21 PM
I'd assume that that'd be up to the tourney host. In NQWR2, the bot that isn't Dr. Crab PHD (bye bot) goes though, regardless of the outcome of the match.
Title: Re: Hypothetical regarding tournaments
Post by: NFX on October 24, 2011, 03:03:41 PM
That's why the bye bot is deliberately terrible. =P

It is an interesting hypothetical, but I suppose we don't have much choice other than to declare it the champion. I've got no idea what else we could do. I still remember back in Wild Robots Live 2 when Reier lost to the Byebot. It still didn't get past the Pod stages, though.
Title: Re: Hypothetical regarding tournaments
Post by: G.K. on October 24, 2011, 03:18:54 PM
It's down to the host's discretion, typically you'll advance regardless if you face one. This isn't always the case.
Title: Re: Hypothetical regarding tournaments
Post by: yoda9726 on October 25, 2011, 03:44:28 AM
I think I'd be at least half tempted to let the byebot advance if it won a match, just for the humor aspect of it alone, but wouldn't anyway.  It might be funny if it won one match, but if it continued to win, that'd be a pretty lame outcome.
Title: Re: Hypothetical regarding tournaments
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on October 25, 2011, 03:47:44 AM
The byebot's just in NQRW 2 to give every bot a round 1 fight. They won't even be separate videos for me, just a series of matches in one video.
Title: Re: Hypothetical regarding tournaments
Post by: smashysmashy on October 25, 2011, 04:29:14 AM
Me thinks that byebots should be allowed to advance, but they need to be deliberately terrible so it's the builders fault if they lose :gawe:
Title: Re: Hypothetical regarding tournaments
Post by: ty4er on October 25, 2011, 04:35:26 AM
if you lose to a byebot then either you are extremely unlucky or crap.
if they win, let them through. unless they are amazing byebots they wont win :P
unless it's something like noob warz :P
Title: Re: Hypothetical regarding tournaments
Post by: G.K. on October 25, 2011, 04:46:12 AM
But yes, down to your discretion.
Title: Re: Hypothetical regarding tournaments
Post by: Clickbeetle on October 29, 2011, 11:16:45 PM
I just wouldn't use a byebot at all... save on film time.
 
Except for BBEANS.  I thought my idea with BBEANS6 was pretty cool (using a really powerful byebot and awarding bots a win if they beat it, but not penalizing them if they didn't).  Too bad I ended up not needing it.