Well, what do I improve?
The reason I didn't take anyone's advice is because they were being too vague, only telling me what NOT to do (it helps, but I now need suggestions on what to improve upon), and the occasional flaming.
If this tourney is going to be a big flop, why not try and fix it?
Co-management, controversy around replica tournament try-harding, and a lack of planning, really screwed things up.
(Sorry Jaydee, but you rushed this to begin with.)
So, any ideas?
people dont like making replicas
people enjoy making unique bots
they feel connected to their own bot
i enjoy building replicas but how many people like me are there
5 at most
its not gonna pass there no way to change it
maybe if you let people enter in original irl designs and give replicas a bye to the second round
similar to how famous robots in battlebots got to skip preliminaries
orphans worked because you made your own bot but tied it to another bot
I think you could have people make updated versions of replicas
like you make hazard but make it in a way you think it would do better in battle
while still retaining the feeling of the bot