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601
« on: June 15, 2015, 04:58:34 AM »
I haven't edited arenas in 3 years but it all seems to make sense and everything. Shhould be a really useful guide.
602
« on: June 15, 2015, 04:39:24 AM »
Glad to see your art style's not changed one bit
603
« on: June 15, 2015, 04:38:01 AM »
same
604
« on: June 15, 2015, 04:21:16 AM »
Aww, we'll have to wait another 5 years before we have another BTTB.
Well.... he wasn't far off, but I'm pleased to announce the reboot of my tournament series. Presenting.... BTTB V!
WHAT ??????
That's right Naryar, Back to the Beginnings is... back.
For those of you unaware, back in the day I ran a tournament called Back to the Beginnings, where we rebuild first showcased robots of other entrants.
The event seemed to be pretty popular and the idea was relatively novel, once described as 'N00b Warz on crack'.
Now it's back- and ready for a new generation!
I'm going to be starting the rankings over from scratch because in the past I was inconsistent with whether I filmed 2 or 3 fights per match.
This time it will always be 3, like in BBEANS, to give some proper consistency. The only use of the previous rankings will be on the splash, and it won't have any meaning towards byes or anything.
The tournament will be a STOCK HW tournament. I've not been back long but I feel that Stock's not geting the love it deserves.
Also, in a tournament where creativity is valued, HW gives lots of weight to play with.
- Stock HW - and we're rebuilding first (Or Second!) showcased stock bots. It'll be like BTTB 1 but not BTTB 1.
- Matches will take place in the Twiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisted Arena.
- 16/32 entrants only (Interest dependent). 1 per person. Somebody, Ounce and Powerrave have reserved spaces from winning previous BTTB's but if they aren't filled they will be taken away. I'm also going to enter. If we don't get 16/32 there will be byes, given out randomly. The byebot will be a single Hammer Fisted, an entry from BTTB 3.
- Deathmatch/double elimination brackets, best out of 3. I will film all 3 matches in every round. 2 minute battles.
- Usual ingame glitches are allowed bar restrictions below, and there's no realistic rule.
- No BFE, AAM, Thyrus Glitch, Hax Mode, Zero G. I will check to see if you've BFE'd super strong armour on and cheaters will be disqualified.
- No exostacking. Casters are still fine.
- All Stock 1.4 components (bar cheatbot2) are legal. All AI Parts are fine.
- No custom components except weightless smartzones for AI purposes are legal.
- If you want to send your own AI in that's cool, otherwise I will AI. No cheaty hax .py's.
- Updates can be unlimited during the submission period. When it ends only exceptional circumstances will allow updates.
- Multibots will be forbidden unless the first showcased bot was one.
- Bots must have controlled movement unless explicity allowed not to.
- Unlimited restarts will be given to bots getting stuck in the arena, which does sometimes happen in this one
- I will also restart for obvious AI errors, and if a robot is counted out when it is clearly still moving fine
- Havok wise, one free restart per best-of-3 match for fight-affecting havoks. Subsequent havoks will forefit the fight in question
I'd like to encourage creativity with what you build. If you get a popup, don't just enter your best popup - look at the bot you're remaking, see what makes it unique, incorporate that into your designs.
I'm going to run this on a tight schedule. This is because I am going off to Edinburgh at the beginning of August to perform at the Fringe.
Once I'm there I can't film/upload any more fights. If you enter you'll have to be able to commit to building your bot by the first week of July.
If anyone has any rule changes/suggestions I should consider or know I've missed off things that have become standard since 2013, please let me know.
I've also thrown together a stupid and irreverent , as you may have seen.
So, if you'd be interested in reviving this old institution, vote in the poll. I'm going to leave thread open for a week to gague interest. Let's get some excitement going!
This is now a signups topic, and the rules cannot change. You have 9 months to complete the tournement. From a host's POV - I'm going to run with a 16 bot bracket unless we get a deluge of entries. Currently Powerrave has not registered interest but if he returns and does he will get a guaranteed spot along with Ounce and Somebody. I'm aiming to have this part of signups open for a week unless we fill up quicker *dreams* So, get saying that you're in!
605
« on: June 14, 2015, 03:32:35 AM »
uhhh you guys won't like me either....
606
« on: June 14, 2015, 03:30:52 AM »
*1 day left to register your interest.*
607
« on: June 12, 2015, 11:57:47 AM »
You used paint? That's really impressive
608
« on: June 11, 2015, 06:21:53 PM »
I am confused why you banned the 140 cm red extender, but it's not like anybody uses it in the first place so I guess it doesn't really matter.
Did I? Must have been leftover from an old draft. No reason to ban it.
609
« on: June 11, 2015, 04:20:14 PM »
Looking like 16-man bracket atm Couple more days of voting.
610
« on: June 09, 2015, 04:37:03 AM »
Slight idea time here. Since we've done first stock bots before, do we want to give the option to maybe do one of the first 2 or 3 bots, to give some options? Half because it'll be some bots we've seen before (like mine, although mostly new), and half because I'm still kind of pissed at having to build a hammer with face spinners on the hammers for BTTB 3 :P
Cool - are you proposing an open choice of multiple bot or me telling people to do the second/third showcased bots?
611
« on: June 08, 2015, 04:21:26 PM »
Well I am not going to make people enter if they don't wish to. I would, however, like people to actually do more entering than arguing.
*Tourney Mod Hat On* This no arguing idea sounds like a load of fun. Let's roll with that.
612
« on: June 08, 2015, 04:08:43 PM »
Looking back, I was such a troll with my additions. And yet, at the time they were serious.
613
« on: June 08, 2015, 04:05:51 PM »
I'm in, there's no formula one cars in this one :P
Not yet....
614
« on: June 08, 2015, 04:05:36 PM »
Me too, I think. Not much of an IRL builder mind...
615
« on: June 08, 2015, 10:02:05 AM »
Excited.
616
« on: June 08, 2015, 09:49:20 AM »
Crush's Big Daddy?
That wasn't awful, it got to like the end stages of BTTB.
617
« on: June 08, 2015, 05:32:37 AM »
Aww, we'll have to wait another 5 years before we have another BTTB.
Well.... he wasn't far off, but I'm pleased to announce the reboot of my tournament series. Presenting.... BTTB V! WHAT ??????
That's right Naryar, Back to the Beginnings is... back. For those of you unaware, back in the day I ran a tournament called Back to the Beginnings, where we rebuild first showcased robots of other entrants. The event seemed to be pretty popular and the idea was relatively novel, once described as 'N00b Warz on crack'. Now it's back- and ready for a new generation! I'm going to be starting the rankings over from scratch because in the past I was inconsistent with whether I filmed 2 or 3 fights per match. This time it will always be 3, like in BBEANS, to give some proper consistency. The only use of the previous rankings will be on the splash, and it won't have any meaning towards byes or anything. The tournament will be a STOCK HW tournament. I've not been back long but I feel that Stock's not geting the love it deserves. Also, in a tournament where creativity is valued, HW gives lots of weight to play with. - Stock HW - and we're rebuilding first (Or Second!) showcased stock bots. It'll be like BTTB 1 but not BTTB 1.
- Matches will take place in the Twiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisted Arena.
- 16/32 entrants only (Interest dependent). 1 per person. Somebody, Ounce and Powerrave have reserved spaces from winning previous BTTB's but if they aren't filled they will be taken away. I'm also going to enter. If we don't get 16/32 there will be byes, given out randomly. The byebot will be a single Hammer Fisted, an entry from BTTB 3.
- Deathmatch/double elimination brackets, best out of 3. I will film all 3 matches in every round. 2 minute battles.
- Usual ingame glitches are allowed bar restrictions below, and there's no realistic rule.
- No BFE, AAM, Thyrus Glitch, Hax Mode, Zero G. I will check to see if you've BFE'd super strong armour on and cheaters will be disqualified.
- No exostacking. Casters are still fine.
- All Stock 1.4 components (bar cheatbot2) are legal. All AI Parts are fine.
- No custom components except weightless smartzones for AI purposes are legal.
- If you want to send your own AI in that's cool, otherwise I will AI. No cheaty hax .py's.
- Updates can be unlimited during the submission period. When it ends only exceptional circumstances will allow updates.
- Multibots will be forbidden unless the first showcased bot was one.
- Bots must have controlled movement unless explicity allowed not to.
- Unlimited restarts will be given to bots getting stuck in the arena, which does sometimes happen in this one
- I will also restart for obvious AI errors, and if a robot is counted out when it is clearly still moving fine
- Havok wise, one free restart per best-of-3 match for fight-affecting havoks. Subsequent havoks will forefit the fight in question
I'd like to encourage creativity with what you build. If you get a popup, don't just enter your best popup - look at the bot you're remaking, see what makes it unique, incorporate that into your designs.
I'm going to run this on a tight schedule. This is because I am going off to Edinburgh at the beginning of August to perform at the Fringe.
Once I'm there I can't film/upload any more fights. If you enter you'll have to be able to commit to building your bot by the first week of July.
If anyone has any rule changes/suggestions I should consider or know I've missed off things that have become standard since 2013, please let me know.
I've also thrown together a stupid and irreverent , as you may have seen.
DEADLINE - 13TH OF JULY
So, if you'd be interested in reviving this old institution, vote in the poll. I'm going to leave thread open for a week to gague interest. Let's get some excitement going!
- G.K.
- The Ounce
- Somebody
- Badnik96
- SM
- RedAce
- Martymidget
- Naryar
- 090901
- Thrackerzod
- Mr AS
- Wacky Bob
- Sage
- Virus Bomb
- Mystic2000
- Geice
- Scrap Daddy
- Bubbleman
- Kill343gs
- ty4er
- SKBT
- Reier
- MassimoV
- Pwnator
Key: Black: Entered Orange: Bot Submitted Red: Problem Green: Bot AI'd and Accepted
618
« on: June 08, 2015, 05:27:25 AM »
Round 3 is up, along with a bonus rumble of all 4 competitors duking it out! Congrats to Thanks to all who sent bots or watched the vids, it's been great to host again. Now let's get the big one going!
619
« on: June 07, 2015, 09:04:12 PM »
I'm also seeing inspiration from me using Click's match descriptions from BBEANS.
How did you guess?  Round 1 of Craaig vs S_M was awesome. I didn't expect that kill from MK ultra at all.
I was so on edge while filming. Literally, as MK ULTRA had critically hit its teammate just before, I had no clue which way the fight would end, and that's really exciting.
620
« on: June 07, 2015, 07:13:09 PM »
Round 2 is up!
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