ROBOT WARS SERIES 9 (Stock)
Before anyone asks, yes Jonzu did give me permission to run this. Basically, I didn't like that Series 9 was being run in DSL instead of Stock (IMO, it being run in Stock was part of the fun), so I'm going to do Series 9 in Stock. Because I can.
RULES
1) Stock IRL MW (250-399 kg). In-game glitches are allowed as long as the robot remains IRL.
1.5) I will allow burst enhancing spin motors.
2) Clusterbots are illegal, but you can make a robot with interchangeable weapons.
3) Cheatbot2 and custom parts are not allowed. The 140 cm extender, however, is legal.
4) BFE, AAM, Hax Mode, ZeroG, the Thyrus Glitch, etc is illegal.
5) Popups, jugglers, crawlers and other unrealistic bot designs are not allowed.
6) Burst wedges are not allowed unless your robot uses them as a flipping device.
7) Like Jonzu, I will be banning any robot with a dumb name (for example, Mr Taco in 3D). Try to name it something someone IRL would use.
8) No more than eight MOVING weapons on any robot. Maces and iron spikes are restricted to six each. Static weapons do not have this restriction, but please try to use a realistic number of ramming spikes.
9) Walkerbots get a 100 kg weight bonus.
10) Battles are 3 minutes long in Wham's modded Robot Wars arena (lower walls than Lu-tze's, more realistic hazards, etc)
11) 16 heats, each with 8 robots in them. First round melees each have four robots in them, and two robots advance from them. From there it's a single elimination bracket to see who wins the heat.
12) I am judging this tournament in case a fight lasts 3 minutes. I will be judging on Style, Control, Damage and Aggression.
13) 128 robots in total will be in this competition. This includes the 16 seeded robots from Series 8, your entries, plus the replica byebots.
14) Once your bot is entered, it can be updated until the SBV thread is posted.
15) Any robot that makes the Semi-Finals gets seeded for the Tenth Wars. In a similar fashion, the five GTM builders that made the semis will have reserved spots.
16) If I get more than 32 entries, I will start swapping replicas out for GTM entries.
Special Note: I will be inspecting every entry I get to make SURE it is absolutely IRL realistic. I will be banning anything similar to Search & Destroy or Battle Scar S (despite them not making the semis, they bent the rules WAY too much).
Special Note 2: If you entered Series 8, it's recommended you enter either the same robot you used for that, or an upgraded version of it. However, you don't necessarily have to.
Special Note 3: I have removed the blade's normals for this tournament, so they actually do damage. However, the larger blades have been nerfed a bit, since they do a little
too much damage.
Special Events:
Each heat will have a special event in between Rounds 1 and 2.
King of the Hill Championship (3 minutes in the Hill Top Arena, 16 entries, 4 4-way melees, winners move on to the final)(NFX has a reserved place for winning Series 8's)
War of the Weapons (Spin City, Flipper Frenzy, Axe Attack, Crusher Crunch-Up, winners move on to a final)
International Inferno (one robot from the UK, US, Netherlands and Germany duke it out)
4 Mayhem battles (to decide who will be competing in the Annihilator at the end of the series, 4-way rumbles)
2 Vengeance matches (Razer vs Hypno-Disc and GF93 vs Tough As Nails)
If you want to enter a special event (bar the War of the Weapons and International Inferno, which will be arranged by me after signups end), simply tell me and I'll throw you in.
Mr. Brownstone (Badnik96)(1)
Vertikiller 0.75 (Thyrus)(2)
Typhoon 3 (3)
Splinter (4)
Wave Priestu (RPJK)(5)
Rainbow Dash (Jonzu95)(6)
Supernova (7)
X-Terminator (8)
Hypno-Disc (9)
M2 (10)
Bigger Brother (11)
Spitfire (12)
The Last Soldier (Temi)(13)
Firestorm (14)
BackSlash Neo (15)
Shredder Evolution (16)
13 Black
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3 Stegs to Heaven
Atomic
Barbaric Response
Behemoth
Big Nipper
Black Hole
Bulldog Breed
Cassius III
Ceros
Chaos 2
Chompalot
Crushtacean
Cygnus X-1
Dantomkia
Dominator 3
Diotoir
Disc-O-Inferno
Envy
Evil Engine Number Nine
Fatal Traction
Fluffy
G.B.H. 2
Golden Eye
Gravity
Hellbent
HexaDecimator
Hydra
ICU
IG-88
Iron-Awe 2.2
Jackson Wallop
Judge Shred 4
Kan-Opener
Kat 3
Killer Carrot 2
Kronic II
Leveler 2
Lightning
Mantis
Merlin
Mega Morg
Mighty Mouse
Ming Dienasty
Mr. Nasty
Mute
Night Raider
Panic Attack
Piranha
PulverizeR
Pussycat
Raging Knightmare
Razer
Reptirron The Second
Revenge of Trouble & Strife
Rick
Ripper
Robochicken
Roobarb
S.M.I.D.S.Y.
Scorpion
Sir Chromalot
Spawn Again
St. Agro
Steel Avenger 2
Storm II
Surgeon General
Terror Turtle
Terrorhurtz
The Alien
The Grim Reaper
The Kraken
Thermidor II
Thor
Tiberius
Tornado
Tough As Nails
Tsunami
RESERVES (In case I don't get 32 entries, which looks like a distinct possibility)
Sabre Tooth
Weird Alice
Herbinator
G-Man
Tomahawk
TX-108
Scrap Dragon
The Stag
Thunderpants
My entry will of course be the reigning champion, Mr. Brownstone.
GTMer Entries:
1)
Bio Spark (Wafflez2damax)2)
Shadow Zone Forever (KodeBreaker)3)
Steamroller (027 LB)4)
Lennox (Mazakari)5)
Orphan (Rob Collins)6)
Pesukone 2 (Kurt Wylde)7)
Catterpie (Camaro Kid)8)
Mr. Twister (Scrapyard24c)9)
THX-1138 (Natef)10)
Wolf (senstro)11)
Scarecrow (That Robot Is A Spy!)12)
Good For Stock (playzooki)13)
Vexter (Lemonism)14)
Harvester of Sorrow (Helloface199)15)
Blender Mk.3 (Chaosmancer)16)
Mighty Banhammer (Mystic2000)17)
Rolling Thunder (KOS_Flow)18)
Truth or Consequences (NWOWWE)19)
Gold-Rush (Paranoia)20)
Boner (Mr. AwesumSauce)21)
W.Y.L.I. (DeineMutter7)22)
Heisenberg (Zog)23)
Lumitron (Recon123)24)
The Spanish Inquisition (Spongequaza100)25)
Spin Scrapper 2 (Lightning S.)26)
Jester (TBD Devastator)27)
King of Evil (RedAce)28)
Iron Oxide (NFX)29)
Axe of Thor (duncanrp)30)Mostly Harmless (GoldenFox93)
31)Bullet (Originally made by Squirrel_Monkey, being used as a bye bot)
32)Steelpocalypse (AKA Stock Tornado, being used as a bye bot)
Colors:
Green: AIed
Orange: Accepted
Black: Recieved
Red: There's a problem, man
Blue: lol wut
King of the Hill sign-ups
1) Iron Oxide (NFX)
2) Orphan (Rob Collins)
3) Pesukone 2 (Kurt Wylde)
4) Scarecrow (TRiaS)
5) Harvester of Sorrow (Helloface199)
6) Blender Mk.3 (Chaosmancer)
7) Boner (Mr. AwesumSauce)
8) Rainbow Dash (Jonzu95)
9) Gojira (Thyrus)
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Mayhem Signups
1) Orphan (Rob Collins)
2) Pesukone 2 (Kurt Wylde)
3) Lennox (Mazakari)
4) Scarecrow (TRiaS)
5) It's So Wonderful (RPJK)
6) Good For Stock (playzooki)
7) THX-1138 (Natef)
8) Harvester of Sorrow (Helloface199)
(I'm only taking 8 slots for the Mayhem because I want the other 8 to be replicas)
NOTE: Signups will run for exactly one month, and I will accept all robots within that time frame.
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