Damn it, lad. You've beaten me to it.
Well, I was going to keep it a secret but me, Yugi, Robo, Georgethejedi, Zarconite and Moully have all been playing using Parsec today. We have actually recorded a Series 10 Robot Wars style heat using 6 robots and house robots. Hopefully, Robo will be able to edit it and show you all soon.
So me and Yugi have been talking about how we'd do a tournement and looking how you've laid it out (Reier), it is similar to how we did it.
Here's my example of the one we did earlier:
Robot Wars RA2 Mod - Choose a HW from the pack.
1 Heat of featuring 6 different robots.
New Robot Wars Arena
Two Designated people are house robots (who aren't competing in the tournament) use Shunt and Matilda.
Series 10 Style heat:
Two 3 Robot rumble - 2 winners from each round (One house robot).
Redemption battles - 2 winners from each (One house robot).
Semi-final fights (One house robot).
Final (Two house robot).
No region lock.
From my experience, cross-atlantic has worked without any lag so far. Of course, going further may result in some lag but its yet to be proved.Anyone found touching controls while not in their battle will be automatically DQ'ed.
This is serious stuff. No chances can be taken. Hands NEED to be away from the keyboard if you aren't fighting. This should also be reported to a moderator if it becomes serious.If found being AFK for 10 minutes when you're down to fight, you'll forfeit the match.
Moreover, a few things to consider if people want to make tournements online.
1. There is a risk to doing this. Your computer is at risk when you do this. You can disable/enable controls for all people using a hotkey which is useful to use if there is an emergency.
2. If you are paranoid, make a new login user, don't make it an administrator and make sure your own login is password protected.
3. The different ways of doing tournements that are possible with this:
A - One off - Tournement where single fights are done over a long period of time. This is safe but very time-consuming.
B - Batch - Tournement where all fights are done in a day but the people in the fight are kicked once its over and the next are added. Fairly safe but still time-consuming.
C - Mass - Tournement where everyone joins the hosts computer at once and the fights are all done in one day. This reduces the time needed by a lot but can be VERY unsafe.
4. You need Windows 8 or above to host. If you don't have 8 or above or you're not comfortable with hosting then you could do the following:
Talk to a user who you trust to host with you and work with them. They are there more to be an overseer than an actual host in the sense that you still run the tournement but they are just there to keep the server up. Once you've accepted all the competitors, send all the robots over to them
That's my two cents on it. Feel free to throw in more.
In addition, I recommend you go, make an account and upvote this as it would be extremely useful. (A feautre to see all user inputs).
https://support.parsecgaming.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360000051212-User-inputs