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Tournament Archives / RAW 2 Brackets and Videos

« on: November 26, 2009, 12:51:40 AM »

anyone else have a problem with the matches?

yes I was most disappointed that my robot didnt do a triple forward 360 flip onto the wall before preforming a double backflip off it to land in the centre of the arena making a huge crater on impact wiping out both opponents in one hit and gaining 10 million points

:P

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Stock Showcases / Natef's Stock Showcase

« on: November 25, 2009, 10:34:19 PM »

the side casters look a little worthless

could use a third DDT rather that that much load on 2

shrink some space

possibly add another black in there I think it would need more then 2

Edit: That looks like Ounce's skin from his doomed bots entry "Go Up Here"

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Discussion / Clash Cubes 3 Format - Discussion

« on: November 25, 2009, 09:35:38 PM »

ya it's the Crawler/thwacker :D. Late December sounds good is there already a AI for that bot type that I can play around with to test

one of the FBS.py's could work well if you want it to spin as soon as the match starts ?

otherwise whipper_plus would work well (see Phil's CC1 entry Awful Red Thing FOS)

Edit: also RR what did you dad drive ? there is a drag racing thread in the auto section in chatterbox im interested the hear about it there :)

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DSL TC Showcases / Squirrel_Monkey's Car robots

« on: November 25, 2009, 09:04:43 PM »

hehehe cars :P

the last one looks fantastic :-D

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Discussion / Clash Cubes 3 Format - Discussion

« on: November 25, 2009, 09:03:42 PM »

I see your point Joe, but sometimes new things don't always work and the question is are you going to put the second largest tournament in jeopardy because of a new format?

hehe flat out commenting in this thread :P

you make a very good point there ^^ I think that format 3 is better for a smaller and possible new tournament (nobody steal that idea lol I dont think many understand it anyway haha)

also CC1 had 12 entrants :P

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Discussion / Clash Cubes 3 Format - Discussion

« on: November 25, 2009, 09:00:17 PM »

Idea 1. Couple questions: Do you have some sort of idea yet when you might get this going( I know it's early;)).

not entirely sure but as I move into full time study next year + having to juggle a job around that I dont know if I will have the time to doo all the things like AI, etc so I was hoping to start late Dec-Feb time frame as that best suits me, I was going to aim for Jan as an actual start as that is the 1 year anniversary of me being on here :P

Page 12 in my DSl showcase would The Devil's Vortex be legal for this tournment? if so I will stick around for this tournment :evil:.

that robot looks perfectly legal from what I can see, Crawler/ Thwacker if im not mistaken :-D (I prob am so someone please clarify :P)

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Discussion / Clash Cubes 3 Format - Discussion

« on: November 25, 2009, 08:51:20 PM »

3. More like a league, but with elimination.

its based off the NHRA Drag Racing Championship Format having a small number of drivers left in contention, in the first year of having to new rules all 4 of the classes champions were decided at the last event and 2 of them in the very last race (in this case it could be the very last battle)

its a very entertaining and edge of your seat format to use :-D

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Contests / BOTM Dec 2009

« on: November 25, 2009, 08:44:10 PM »

I still need to finish my bot and make the splash :shock:

I have been throwing loads of custom parts at it but I just cant make myself happy with it lol

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Tournament Archives / N00B WARZ 3: the registration

« on: November 25, 2009, 10:04:23 AM »

what exactly do you mean visible ? I never mentioned anything about not being able to see them :neutral:

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Tournament Archives / N00B WARZ 3: the registration

« on: November 25, 2009, 09:58:17 AM »

you need the combo SZ and AI parts patch, its an orange box that doesn't even place were you click haha Mads would be a much better option

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Discussion / Clash Cubes 3 Format - Discussion

« on: November 25, 2009, 09:21:30 AM »

I actually picked number 3 :P I will see if I cant improve the description

Edit: done

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Discussion / Clash Cubes 3 Format - Discussion

« on: November 25, 2009, 08:37:12 AM »

Fun little teaser trailer :-D



ok now onto the format :-D

I have had 3 possible ideas worked out for CC3 all fully planned out and tested to work, im going to give you guys the choice since many of you didn't like the "second chance after 1 fight" format from CC2

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Idea 1

qualifying in the head to head arena https://gametechmods.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2593&page=4 (scroll down a bit on that page)

the "winners" go into 1 bracket and the "losers" go into another

the faster you "win" the better your qualifying position
the faster you "loose" the worse your qualifying position

the brackets will be 2 of the 24 X Brackets from CC2 so that means 48 places for Clash Cubes 3, I think that it could be achieved with 30 people wanting in for CC2

matches would be a best 2 out of 3 to be fair on the robots

this format COULD have a fully supported Losers bracket but this would make it even more time consuming so you could expect a long tournament

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Idea 2

having the tournament ran a bit like robot wars

robots are divided up into 6 heats of 6 robots

round 1 is a 3 way rumble with 1 robot dropping out

round 2 is a 1 on 1 match with 1 robot dropping out

heat final is a 1 on 1 match with 1 robot dropping out

the 6 robots move on to the series semi's

then robots will fight it out in 1 on 1 giving 3 winners and 3 losers

the 3 losers will then be put in a 3 way rumble and the winner rejoins the winners

then 1 on 1 to decide the finals

then 1 on 1 for the finals

this would be 1 match only no best out of 3 its do or die so no losers bracket (except for the 1 match in the series semi)

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Idea 3

the tournament is split into "events" or "heats" of only a small number of places, robots qualify for each event in the attempt to make it in to the bracket for that event.

there will be 3 events to start off with each with a traditional 16 robot bracket, the fastest 16 qualifying robots get to compete in the event, others miss out

points are awarded, 10 for making it into the bracket then 10 for each round win

everyone is put into a points ladder and after 3 events the number of robots in contention is cut to only the top 10 on the ladder

the other robots not in contention however, still compete and can upset those fighting for the tittle

after 2 events the ladder cuts again to only the top four robots in contention

after 1 more event the winner is the robot with the highest points total


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so

idea 1 holds 48, idea 2 holds 36, idea 3 will hold any number above 16

please make you decision in the poll provided :-D, this thread is a replacement for the other as per Madiaba's suggestion :-D

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Off-Topic Discussion / *OFFICIAL* Bionicle discussion thread

« on: November 25, 2009, 08:31:56 AM »

that is very true Reier, you can always write fan fiction to fit in your own creations into the story too :-D

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Tournament Archives / Battle of the Band Tournament Discussion

« on: November 25, 2009, 05:15:28 AM »

providing this tournament is going to be normal heavyweight (multibots not compulsory) I already have my entry ready :-D original too :P

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Off-Topic Discussion / *OFFICIAL* Bionicle discussion thread

« on: November 25, 2009, 02:50:24 AM »

Obsession ?



:P

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Tournament Archives / Doomed Bots

« on: November 25, 2009, 02:21:56 AM »

that's DK that randomizes that I tried to get into contact with him over which part of the bracket he wanted to do but he went offline before I could

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Tournament Archives / N00B WARZ 3: the registration

« on: November 25, 2009, 02:06:17 AM »

Reier this is the only Pre-Forum LW I have (may look familiar) I hope its ok I still have the original .bot file too :P

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Off-Topic Discussion / *OFFICIAL* Bionicle discussion thread

« on: November 25, 2009, 02:01:55 AM »

I think it was one of the longest running lego lines I have seen, to grow up with them and now see them in there last year when I dont even play with lego anymore quite an amazing feat something like 8 or 9 years isnt it ? thats a long time for a sub line in a big company

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Tournament Archives / Doomed Bots

« on: November 25, 2009, 01:30:22 AM »

brackets updated :-D

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Chatterbox / Stupidest Yahoo Answers

« on: November 25, 2009, 12:51:30 AM »

hehehe this one is also quite funny

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvJ5aa.lvlnP1kS6tOz7vrsjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20090106192731AAdYjSe