Frontlines - A Ironforge Tournament (Awards Results Are Out!)

[NickyDustyOwl]

Sign Ups Stuff:

I wanted to switch up the game for now, the rules look a little scarce, but we will work them out!

Frontlines


FORMAT:
16 entries, 1 Per Person
Ironforge 1.2

BUILDING RULES:
Ironforge 1.2 HW
DSL-S ruleset. as always: https://gametechmods.com/forums/discussion/dsl-standard-ruleset-discussion/
No external programs allowed (BFE, RA2CF, Ro7B) except for skinning. The exception is BFE editing the chassis height lower, but components must fit in legally! I WILL check.
Thwackbots/SnS's are BANNED
Robots need to have controllable movement (No Crawlers, or 1 wheel and sh**)
No joke entries. This tournament is a showcase to push the envelope of what new designs work in RA2. I’m not going to waste a slot on a bot that isn’t designed to compete well.
I reserve the right to deny any entry for any reason.

Battle Rules:
1v1, Bo3, double elimination. 3 min.
Combat Zone, Hazards off
Minor Havoks, will be shown IF they are NOT MATCH EFFECTING, Major havoks will have the match restarted as necessary.
If a bot crashes/havoks 3 times, it will be DQed

Entries:

1 - Dragonfly - Kelimpel
2 - Ravage - Sickle Robotics
3 - Grilled Snake - NeonCalypso
4 - Golden Eyes - Cringey
5 - Killswitch - ThatDiscordGuy
6 - Nuclear Load Vega - Reier
7 - Alien Pitchfork - KidDelta
8 - Osprey - 8Bean
9 - Sun Bear - Geese
10 - Chop Chop - BotBuster
11 - Iron Ostrich - Hard Bot
12 - Sharp Shadow - Badnik
13 - Bone Jaw 2 - Naryar
14 - Tracker - Plerco
15 - Iron Beast 2 - Meganerdbomb
16 - Huge - NH The Introvert

Splashes : https://gametechmods.com/forums/personal-tournaments/frontlines-a-ironforge-tournament-(in-discussion)/msg771635/#msg771635

Bracket: https://challonge.com/Fr0ntlines

Videos:
Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Losers Round 1

Losers Round 2

Losers Round 3 & Quarterfinals

Losers Semi's and Grand Finale

Awards: https://gametechmods.com/forums/personal-tournaments/frontlines-a-ironforge-tournament-(in-discussion)/msg772396/?topicseen#new

[NickyDustyOwl]

Sign Ups Open on the 10th of May

[Reier]

gj copying my rules but i'll bite.
will try to send something soon

i wouldn't encourage something 'difficult to ai' in an ai tournament though. those rules were for parsec so they might not translate well (I assume this is AI?).

[NickyDustyOwl]

gj copying my rules but i'll bite.
will try to send something soon

i wouldn't encourage something 'difficult to ai' in an ai tournament though. those rules were for parsec so they might not translate well (I assume this is AI?).

Yeah its AI, and sorry for yoinking your rules. 

[UberPyro]

IF DSL-S? I guess I have to come back from the dead for this one...

Edit: a JD for a DLS-S battle is a bit unusual though

[NickyDustyOwl]

..

Edit: a JD for a DLS-S battle is a bit usual though

Im actually dumb, thanks for pointed that out

[NickyDustyOwl]

I Forgot to list the arena in the original post, big brain

Combat zone, no hazards

[Lilleh__]

Are there any banned components within ironforge itself?

[NickyDustyOwl]

Are there any banned components within ironforge itself?

Not that im aware of

[UberPyro]

Are there any banned components within ironforge itself?

Ironforge is very different from DSL - it was designed to be balanced for the DSL-S format. Unlike DSL, there are relatively few options to choose from as far as weapons and armor as concerned as to create a tight metagame among bots, and all of these components were meticulously balanced. DSL is nice for the gazillion replica parts and all the options to design robots exactly the way you want them, but IF is going to be more competitive.

[Naryar]

A DSL-S tournament ? Why n-

oh wait it's ironforge, i have no idea how the meta works

banning SnS seems weird. havok rules might need to be defined better, though by "crash" you mean you can have match-breaking havoks three times before being kicked out or is it something different ?

[NickyDustyOwl]

A DSL-S tournament ? Why n-

oh wait it's ironforge, i have no idea how the meta works

banning SnS seems weird. havok rules might need to be defined better, though by "crash" you mean you can have match-breaking havoks three times before being kicked out or is it something different ?

Basically, if a bot crashes the game 3 times, itll be disqualified (but since this is something than IRL i dont know what to expect). and thanks for pointing out the havok rules! Ill have those fixed

[Reier]

banning SnS seems weird.

meltybrain ai is the single most broken thing in ra2 i can think of that isn't blatant cheating. trust me.

[KidDelta]

banning SnS seems weird.

meltybrain ai is the single most broken thing in ra2 i can think of that isn't blatant cheating. trust me.

Not to mention its such a cheap tactic, even a newbie could make a somewhat competent SnS meltybrain

[NickyDustyOwl]

You can now send your stuff for Frontlines!

[Reier]

sent
sorry about the bot i entered

[Naryar]

you might also want to put a limit on major havoks, like the limit on crashes. else by rules you'll be forced to restart all the time if some bot is just a walking havok explosion.

[NickyDustyOwl]

you might also want to put a limit on major havoks, like the limit on crashes. else by rules you'll be forced to restart all the time if some bot is just a walking havok explosion.

Righty

[Naryar]

Sending my bot.

It'll be good to enter some tourneys again. get the ole competitive juices flowing up again. Though I do not know how tough my opposition will be...

[Meganerdbomb]

Alright bois. I'm booting up the game again.