We are halfway through Week 3 and we have 99 robots from the first 2 weeks/entry spots and 29 Week 3 robots - adding up to 128 robots!
HOWEVER, remember this week isn't first come, first serve: - If you haven't entered yet then you have priority with your first 2 entries over other builder's third entries. - Any third entries will be picked from at the end of the week to fill in any roster spaces we have left - If bots that require fixes aren't sent by the end of this week then they shall be replaced
We hit Week 3 with 85/128 robots - 43 robots to go!
This week isn't first come, first serve - if we hit over 128 entries then I will be picking what Week 3 entries make the cut based on design, prior experience, fun factor etc. This being said, robots that need fixes that aren't sent to me by the end of this week will be replaced by any additional robots we get.
We sit at 85/128 bots so far - any new applicants will have their first two bots will take priority over other entries (for fairness and to allow everyone to compete)
-At a completely unrelated event: "I should build something for Orc's Wars when I get home." -Gets home and completely forgets about it. -Lying in bed to go to sleep: "I should build something for Orc's Wars when I wake up." -Completely forgets about it for the entirety of the next day. And repeat...
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Tournament format is a mix of Robot Wars Series 3 and 4: - 128 robots divided into 16 single elimination heats with 8 robots each. - Each heat will have 2 seeded robots based PRIMARILY on previous OW seeds/performance, resulting in 32 seeds overall. - The 16 heat winners will be drawn into 2 semi-finals with 8 robots each. 2 robots will advance from both semi-finals. - The 4 semi-finalists will be separated into 2 battles: the winners will fight to become OW Champion while the losers will fight for 3rd/4th place.
OW6 will be running on DSL 2.6 and using a reskinned RW2016 arena.
Starting the 3rd February, submissions will run on a 1 entry per person per week basis: this is to allow everyone a fair chance to get their bots in. So submission weeks will be… Week starting 3rd February - Robot 1 Week starting 10th February - Robot 2 Week starting 17th February - Robot 3 (not every robot will be accepted at this point due to limited spaces. I'll be picking what I'd like to see take part!)
Good luck to everyone who enters! I look forward to your entries and am happy to answer any questions you have about the event.
"Witness my dream to rid this planet of inferior robots altogether! My latest invention, a tournament called "Orc's Mean Bean Machines", will not only dispose of those worthless contraptions but also provide me with a victorious robot to serve my evil purposes. People of the planet...do something right and bring me your robots! You might even get a PRRROMOTION! HA HA HA HA HA!!!"
Spinner Beater limits: - 6 Large beaters (extended variants count as their respective length) - 8 Med beaters (extended variants count as their respective length) - 9 Small (extended variants count as their respective length)
General Spinner Stuff: - Max of 80gs of damaging weapons - Max total DP of 2000 - No more than 4 saws per robot - Use some level of common sense if you're going to mix and match parts - Hammer weapons (Beta/Gavel/Gothic/Battleaxe/Frenzy) are only allowed on hammers ---------------------- Axes/Hammers/Clamps: - Max of 1 Hammer weapons (Judge gavels, Beta Hammer, Battleaxe, Frenzy hammer, Gothic Axe) - Basic common sense if using other weapons ---------------------- Flippers: - Front/Rear hinges are allowed up to 1 Beta Burst/Motor or 2 VDMA R/P Bursts/VDMA Front Hinged/Storm Burst/Mag Snappers - Top Hinges are allowed 2 Mag Snappers/BSG's or 1 Pneumatic maximum. - ALL flipper types must have a flipping arc of 90 degrees or less _| <- is the maximum, like this. ------------------- cheatbot2: - Overkill motors are the ONLY CB2 part allowed --------------------------- Other: - Dual motor verts are banned, "true" wedgeless drums can still have two motors. - Spikes are the only damaging weapons allowed on the front of rammers, wammers are banned - All DSL 2.6 armors allowed - Skirts only allowed on dustpans with proper support - Configbots and Clusterbots are banned - Bots that are too unstable will be rejected - Max of 1 flamethrower per robot (eternalflame banned) - Sending AI with your robot is preferred but not compulsory. - 1 robot per person
FORMAT:
- Starcore Arena (floor flippers are disabled) - Tournament format is heavily based on Lego Wars (Thanks David for the permission to use this!)
30 robots divided into 6 heats of 5 robots.
Each heat is a round robin with robots scoring 3 points for a KO win, 2 points for a JD win, 1 point for a JD loss and 0 points for a KO loss - the two top robots from each heat will advance to the Round of 16 bracket.
The remaining 4 spots will be given to the robots with the highest scores not in the bracket - if there is a tie then there will be play-in matches.
The bracket is single elimination, the last robot standing is the winner: good luck. 🙂
ENTRANTS: 30/30
Terror Wheel 3 - JDG Cacophony II - Roboteer Espial - Jake Dual Existence - Lilly Arnold Crasher - Sam Kutsio - Nori Bluebird - F1Krazy Blitz - Rose Grey Goose - IBD Elegy IV - Baconburger Dead-Line - 8bean DFB - Mot Forget Me Stick - Gulden Glaggleland 2 - Moz 12345 - Botbuster Warning - Wen Vlad, The Revenge - Tommy DB2 - Sagaris Breaking Point - Nicky Blood In The Water - Force Jimmy Deesch - Neon Zmiulan - KJ The Stairs - Silverfish Roulette XS - Jerrie StarLivht Evo III - Nori Anthracite - Robo Red Box - Mot Bot At Work - Botbuster Witch Dog - Neon Mag Science - Silverfish
Entries are FULL! Thanks everyone for entering, work on the tournament will begin soon!
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I am very sure because after a long time of burnout, IRL commitments and everything else in-between: the tournament concludes tonight!
Also here is a playlist of all of OW5 to sum things up nicely:
I know GTM is kinda...eh...deserted at this point but it didn't feel right to finish this and not update the topic here! I know I haven't posted updates on here (I'm sorry) but I have been working on getting this done because I couldn't rest with this chip on my shoulder. I would like to say a big thank you/sorry to everyone who has watched, took part or just supported my tournament endeavours - it's taken a long time but I hope this has been a tournament you've all enjoyed nonetheless
If people show interest, I'll do the usual World Championship side event stuff plus I also had a Bounty Hunters-esque thing planned...not much hard work really!
Aside from that I have future tournament plans in mind. Not sure how many people view things here that aren't in the Discord but if you're new/someone who has not played in years etc then I'd love to see you in whatever I host next.
Again, thank you very much for all the support over the years - I appreciate it!
Reworked this old ass CW of mine as I realised my CW roster is super shallow, and Shrike just ain't cutting it. Few rough edges but I redid probably 90% of the bot and I'm pretty happy with the level of complexity and cleanness on the panelwork that I got within the CW limit. Storm burst for the flipper and 2 TWMR2 drive. If Koi's tournament opens third entries for CWs you'll be seeing this there, but if not it'll probably crop up in any future CW tournies that happen.
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Honestly this is VERY nice, I'd love to see a HW version!
[ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ] The croc is back with a slighty revised version! Juggergnawt has probably been my most consistent Gnaws-bot to date and while I have been tempted to make a new 2WD one...why fix what isn't broken right?
That being said, as the splash shows I have fixed a few issues that have been bugging me and I feel this looks a lot better than it did before!
Looking lovely. Your themeing is always on point.
What voltage is the weapon motor? I have two concerrns about the facelift. One is self righting, but if you've got a 72V weapon motor you'll probably be alright (definitely worth a test though)
The other is how far the weapon teeth are from the ground. I feel like you may struggle to get a good bite on stuff with shallow wedges even if you manage to get under them, though again I could be wrong. Will be a case of testing it to see.
Thank you! Weapon motor is 48V, I've tried 72V a few times but always felt it was too unstable - it can self right and with how persistant AI is, even more so.
I think it looks higher than what it actually is (was one of my peeves with older versions), in testing it seems to do pretty decently if it gets under something...but I'm sure when it comes to actual comps I'll be wrong
The croc is back with a slighty revised version! Juggergnawt has probably been my most consistent Gnaws-bot to date and while I have been tempted to make a new 2WD one...why fix what isn't broken right?
That being said, as the splash shows I have fixed a few issues that have been bugging me and I feel this looks a lot better than it did before!
(EDIT: Forgot to mention that I used the right green this time, no Killertron mishaps now )
Black Lotus may be a Tombclone but I love the bar, Parapet is such a unique build (Motte&Bailey would love it I think) and Finishing Move is really well done! You've made a good comeback and you've come a long way since you first started!
I didn't leave a comment before as it was late/early and my brain couldn't quite comprehend the shape, now that I've slept I gotta say I like this a lot! While I'm not a big fan of the motor sticking out the back the way it is, the rest of the robot is class - wonderful work!
Solid work. Is the axe on a regular VDMA or a slow one? I'm still torn about which I prefer personally. Regular is definitely better for damage, but the extra retract power of the slow ones can help prevent you getting stuck.
One change I would suggest would be to bring back the "horns" you had on the version before this. Being able to trap opponents on your wedge while you go to town on them with the axe is pretty paramount for axes and hammers to be competitive.
That said, the eyebrows and other facial features may already do that so they might not be necessary.
Is it only 2 battlepacks and an ant BTW? With a burst and 4WD that's likely to see you run out a fair ways before 3 mins, especially with how often axes tend to fire. I'd try to find weight for some more batts if possible, unless I've missed some
The axe is a regular but I can adjust that and add the horns if need be aftering some testing! I'll fix the battery issue though!
*cough cough* God, this place hasn't been used in...ALMOST 4 YEARS?! Jeez no wonder the cobwebs are so large...but speaking of large, let's make a solid comeback with the large egg himself! [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ] OH YES, IT'S NOGOODNIK III! Same base body as Nogoodnik II but with more improvements (...I think)
Also, we want to try and get people to showcase their bots here more as people can actually get proper feedback instead of robots being skipped over/missed due to how busy Discord can be: as it turns out, both GTM and RA2C have their perks and we want to try and integrate them some more!
Punished Nogoodnik! Jokes aside, solid bot, the wedgelets on the previous version were abit on the long side for my liking. I also like the arm for the axe.
Punished Nogoodnik vs Punished Bullbot when? Yeah I wanted to try and make a proper wedge for it, I'm glad you like the axe!
*cough cough* God, this place hasn't been used in...ALMOST 4 YEARS?! Jeez no wonder the cobwebs are so large...but speaking of large, let's make a solid comeback with the large egg himself!
OH YES, IT'S NOGOODNIK III! Same base body as Nogoodnik II but with more improvements (...I think)
Also, we want to try and get people to showcase their bots here more as people can actually get proper feedback instead of robots being skipped over/missed due to how busy Discord can be: as it turns out, both GTM and RA2C have their perks and we want to try and integrate them some more!
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Not sure how many people view things here that aren't in the Discord but if you're new/someone who has not played in years etc then I'd love to see you in whatever I host next.
