The system as it stands is perfectly fine. Realistically, the smallest bracket in a tourney is 8 robots. Even at this size the odds are you won't face the hosts robot. So trying to counter it would probably be pointless.
Conraaa won his tournament.
Yep, Home and Away. I found it slightly embarrasing, admittedly. Which is why I went complete form over function with Jack Daniels in my next tournament after that. I'm still proud of Team Postal Service.
And as for hosts entering their own tournament? After saying the above, i'm fine with it. If we're trusting them to host a fair tournament with our robots, then we're in turn trusting them not to rig it. I can't speak for other tourney hosts, but I host tourneys i'd like to enter myself. So I enter them.
So the new host must show entry rule has caused myself to suggest a couple of new rules:
-The host can change/update their entry but must allow everyone else the option to change/update theirs and show the update/change in their topic before anyone else sends in their updates.
-The host is to post pictures of all entries as they receive them. (possibly in a constantly updated splash?)
I believe this clears up the update/change rule while allowing the host to be on more even grounds to everyone else.
I do not like these 2 rules in the slightest.
You seem to be forgetting the host has access to an
ai'd version of every entrants robot. Which is a luxury none of the other competitors have. For a hypothetical situation, let's presume we have Mr S.Cumbag of Scunthorpe hosting a tourament, this man is our worst case scenario and all he wants is to win. He could easily have a quick test match against everyone, modify to suit accordingly, and then yell "I CHANGED MY BOT YOU CAN UPDATE YOURS TOO" to start the process over again. That's not even ground, it's like mind reading in a game of Rock Paper Scissors.
Anonimity is a luxury in tournaments; you can sneakily send a bot in to the host and not reveal it to anyone. And no one is forcing you to showcase it. If you have a live splash then whoever enters last has a clear advantage as they know what to expect, and what to counter. Albeit not as much of an advantage as the host has under your system.
You know, it's much easier to just repeat the match until your robot wins, rather than try and move for a rule change.
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