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Tournament Archives / Robotic Murder Party - SBV
« on: November 22, 2016, 06:15:46 PM »






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Tournament Archives / Robotic Murder Party - Signups Closed
« on: November 17, 2016, 11:47:59 AM »


Quote
As for my next tournament... well, I'm probably not gonna do one.

I'm a dirty liar.

GENERAL RULES:
- Stock Middlewight
- 16 Entrants
- One entrant per person, but in the event that signups are going slow, I will allow people to send a second bot.
- I'm willing to AI if you are not able to, but don't complain what I AI'd your bot or you will disqualified automatically (It will not change once the SBV thread is up.)
- You cannot enter unless your bot is received and accepted.
- I won't be entering as I will building some bots for the minigames (See Minigame Rules for more details).

BUILDING RULES:
- General stock rules apply
- Middleweight bots only (249.1 - 399.0 kg)
- You cannot use BFE, AAM, Hax, txt file editing, etc.
- The Rule of 7 Break is allowed.
- AI parts are allowed, including the 140 cm extender.
- The only cheatbot2 part that is allowed is the Flamethrower.
- The only custom components that are allowed are from 090901's and/or Sage's Skin Pack and Madiaba's Smart Zones.
- Smart Zones will not count toward weight, but you cannot use them to act as a ballast
- Bots must have two wheels minimum.
- Crawlers and Multibots are banned.
- Bots will not be AI'd with Meltybrain tactics.
- Interchangeable weapons and forms along with Multibots are banned.
- I recccomend bots that are the best of your ability, so Jokebots, replicas, IRL style bots, etc. are allowed, but bear in mind that you will be at a severe disadvantage.
- You can make an update once and only once (The only exception if it's a skin change or anything minor).
- If an updated bot is illegal, then I will use the original bot you sent me.

MATCH RULES:
- 2 minute length battles
- 1 vs. 1 Battle Format
- Best of 1
- Main Battles will take place in the Trauma Pit
- If a bot does a Havok Explosion which costs the match for it's opponent, that said bot will get a free restart, if this happens again, that bot will be disqualified.
- Matchups will be randomized each Round in 1-on-1 Matches.
- You will earn the amount of points that you had at the end of every match.
- The Winners of the matches will sit on the sidelines, and earn an additional 10000 points.  The losers will have to fight for their life in a mini-game.
- Survivors and Ghosts will fight among each other in their own respective groups.
- Whoever has the most amount of points in their respective group will sit out for one round.
- The last bot standing will advance to the final round (See Final Round rules).

Minigame Rules
Losers will have to try to survive in the various mini-games.  If you do badly at the mini-games, then I'll kill you, and then you become a ghost (Ghosts can stil win the game, so don't give up hope).  Here are the mini-games you will have to fight each other in:

GREED:
This will be the first mini-game

- You will be battling a bot in the shape of a safe.
- These battles will have no time limit.
- The arena used will be the Containment Cube (Reskinned, Hazards off).
- The goal is to destroy the safe, but if you score the most or the least amount of points, and you'll be sorry.

SUMO:

- You will be battling a HW 8-Wheel Drive Rammer
- These battles will have a one minute time limit
- The arena used will be the Tabletop Arena.
- Whoever lasts in the shortest time, or beats the rammer in the longest time will die.

CRAWLER:

- You will be battling a MW Crawler
- These battles will have a one minute time limit
- The arena used will be the RA2T2 Official Tournament Arena (Reskinned)
- If you don't beat the crawler in any way, then I'll kill you.

BOXES:

- Once signups are full, I will PM everyone beforehand on a box to choose beforehand.
- Victims will be fighting one of 16 different AW boxes with wheels.
- These battles will have no time limit
- The arena used will be the Small Arena (Reskinned)
- If you are a safe player, then you will have inserted a bomb inside, if you are not a safe player, then you will have chosen a box to fight.
- If the victims choose a box that has a bomb in it, they'll die.

KING OF THE HILL:

- This will be a four player minigame, and everyone will face each other in a 4-way rumble.
- These battles will have a one minute time limit
- The arena used will be the LumaZone (Reskinned)
- Whoever scores the least amount of points in the match, you die.

DOUBLE TROUBLE:

- You will face off against two lightweights.
- These battles will have a two minute time limit
- The arena used will be the Containment Cube (Reskinned, Hazards off).
- If you lose to the lightweights, then you die.

BLOOD BROTHERS:

- You will face off against MW Multibot Popups.
- These battles will have a two minute time limit
- The arena used will be the Containment Cube (Reskinned, Hazards off).
- If they beat you in the shortest time, or you beat them in the longest time, your blood will be spilled.

SLAUGHTERHOUSE:

- You will face off against a bot surrounded in an extender cage.
- These battles will have a two minute time limit
- The arena used will be the Small Arena (Reskinned)
- The goal is to tear off as many extenders of the cage as possible.  If you tear off the least amount of extenders, there will be consequences.

CHAIN REACTION:

- You will face off against 3 AWs, 3 BWs, 3 LWs, and 3 MWs.
- These battles will have a one minute time limit
- The arena used will be the Robo Zone 2 Arena (Reskinned)
- You will face each bot, 1-on-1, and if you win, you will advance to the next bot, with each bot getting gradually harder to beat.
- If you beat the least amount of bots then you will suffer.

SURVIVAL:
This will be the last minigame if two or more bots remain withing 10 rounds.

- You will face off against a SHW HS.
- These battles will will have a one minute time limit.
- The arena used will be the Containment Cube (Reskinned, Hazards off).
- The order of who will fight the HS first will be based on your scores.
- If you fail to survive or beat the HS, you die.
- This process will continue until there is one bot left.

Final Round Rules:
Once one bot is left standing, then they must escape alive.  Here's how this will work:

- These battles will take place in the Ring Arena (Reskinned)
- There will be a two minute time limit
- The lone survivor must beat all of the ghosts to escape.
- The matchup order will be determined by the scores from the previous rounds, from lowest will fight first, highest will fight last.
- Ghosts will have 3 chances in lives to beat the survivor, if the ghosts loses all three lives, then they are out, permanently.
- If a ghost manages to beat the survivor, then they can steal the body and they get a chance to escape.
- Whoever is the previous survivor will also lose a life depending on how many they had before they turned into a ghost.
- The last bot standing will escape and win the game.

In case anyone is a tad unfamiliar with what exactly this is inspired by, then take a look at this video as an example.

SIGNUPS:

1. Baconus_Yum - T
2. DeadGenocide - Hi, I'm Kris Wolf!
3. Jamied666 - Popup Cafe
4. Guldenflame - X-isle
5. Lightning S. - VRI-6C
6. Badger - Rust Bucket
7. WenXiangLee - PixelCruncher
8. Dreamcast - Cookie Cutter Hs Design
9. Geice - Pussy Love Juice (12xrt)
10. DemonOfTomorrow - Kestros
11. Kurt - Refresher
12. Silverfish - Eddy
13. 090901 - YOUTH CULTURE KILLED MY DOG
14. Mr. AS - :dumb)
15. Badnik96 - Locust Drone
16. Squirrel_Monkey - Crouching Robot, No VS

Black: Received
Orange: Accepted
Green: Accepted & AI'd
Red: Denied or experiencing issues (You will be notified)
Italics - Update Used

DEADLINE: December 19, 2016, 12:00 AM EST

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Custom Components Showcase / RedAce's Retooled Showcase
« on: September 01, 2016, 06:45:30 PM »
Why not?  I might as well.



Not bad as it's good for taking on the spinners, but is pretty bad against anything that resembles a popup, like all rammers/pushers



It's alright.  Pretty terrible when inverted, but that's good for taking on those nasty popups as they can de-weapon themselves when in that scenario.



Fun to drive and it's not bad at gut-ripping things.  Originally, i had the small rubber treads on this thing, but it was too fast and couldn't be controlled easily.  The VS weapons also helped it self right, but now that they are spinning downwards, now I'm not so sure.

Can't remember the exact armor these guys have at the moment.  Might edit this post later when Battlebots is over.

And yes.  They're all named after songs Pink Floyd's The Wall album.  Might get a whole team ready with these three.

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Challenge Board / RedAce vs botomaniac1000 (DQ: botomaniac1000)
« on: August 08, 2016, 03:40:10 PM »
- Stock MW
- 1-on-1
- Combat Arena
- 3 Minute Matches
- Best of 3
- Rule of 7 Break is allowed

Badger is the host.  Good luck.

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Modifications / DSL Reborn AI Pack Version 2.4
« on: July 22, 2016, 09:56:57 PM »
DSL_Reborn_2.4_Logo.png


CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE DSL REBORN AI V2.4

Everything here SHOULD be good to go, but please report any bugs necessary.

Thank you, and I hope you enjoy and have fun with this pack!


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Challenge Board / RedAce vs Thrackerzod (RedAce Wins)
« on: June 12, 2016, 04:21:11 PM »
- Stock HW
- 1-on-1
- DSL Tournament Arena
- 3 Minute Matches
- Best of 3
- The use of the following Sergepatcher Mods are allowed:
  • Unlimited Chains
  • Attachment Hermaphroditism
  • Component Intersection

Badger will be the host (Thanks dude).  Will send shortly.

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Tournament Archives / Trios of Terror II - SBV
« on: May 30, 2016, 08:18:23 PM »


Here we are now.  Sorry for the longer than usual wait.  Had to take care of some things IRL, but we're good now.





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Tournament Archives / Trios of Terror II - Signups Closed
« on: March 30, 2016, 06:35:22 PM »


*Special Thanks for Thrackerzod for giving me the idea for this.

GENERAL RULES:
- Stock, DSL 2.2, and Ironforge MW
- 8 Teams will compete
- 3 Bots per team, one per game (See Team rules)
- I'm willing to AI if you are not able to, but don't complain what I AI'd your bot
- Custom .pys are allowed, but I will not allow AI with melty brain tactics
- You cannot enter unless your bots are received and accepted.
- I myself will not enter unless there is an open spot when signups close.


TEAM RULES:
- Three robots per team
- 1 bot in Stock, DSL 2.2 and Ironforge each
- 1 person can 3 bots for a team, 2 people can send 1 bot and 2 bots respectively for their team, or 3 people can send one bot each for their team.
- If that one person is taken for just one bot, then he/she cannot build another bot in a different mod for another team.
- Please specify if you are going to be in a team with someone.


BUILDING RULES:
- Middleweight bots only
- You cannot use BFE, AAM, Hax, .txt file editing, etc.
- Smart Zones will not count toward weight, but you cannot use them to act as a ballast (I will be using Mad's Smart zones for this).
- Crawlers are banned.
- SnS will not be AI'd with melty brain tactics.
- I will allow one wheel drive bots as long as it's a rammer.  Any other 1WD style bot is banned.
- I will allow bots that are the best of your ability, so Jokebots, replicas, IRL style bots, etc. are allowed, but I wouldn't recommend it if you don't want to being laughed at.
- You can only send an update to a bot once and only once.  No exceptions.

Multibot Rules:
There will be some special portion for multibots if you wish to enter them. Here's how it works folks:
  • The maximum number of multibots allowed is 2.
  • Both bots must stay within the weight limit.
  • Bots can weigh differently as long it does not go over the weight limit.
  • Both bots must defeated by KO, TKO, WBP, or a Forfeit to move on.
SPECIFIC RULES:
All of the above rules meet here, but these are the restrictions for the metagames.
Stock:
- General Stock 1.4 rules apply
- Weightclass: 249.1 - 399.0 kg
- The only cheatbot2 part allowed is the flamethrower.
- AI parts are allowed, including the 140 cm extender.
- The only custom components that are allowed are from 090901's and/or Sage's Skin Pack.

DSL:
- Standard building rules apply
- No cheatbot2 parts at all.
- Weightclass 249.1 - 399.0 kg

Ironforge
- Standard building rules apply
- No cheatbot2 parts at all.
- Weightclass 90.1 - 200 kg
- You can use up to four ballasts without it affecting your weight.


BATTLE RULES:
- 1 vs 1 match format
- 2 minute length matches
- Best 2 out of 3
- Double Elimination Bracket
- Ring Arena (Reskinned)
- If a robot havoks once, costing the match that bot who caused it gets a free restart, If it happens again, that bot who caused it will be disqualified
- Judging will determined by the damage points at the end of the match


Restart Rules:
More than one of the below criteria can happen and not penalize you. If once, that bot gets a Free Restart. If Twice, that bot will forfiet the match if any of the folling criteria occurs:


-Havok Restart: The bot does a Havok Explosion which costs the match for it's opponent.
-Second Chance Restart: If the loss was from being pinned, (i.e. getting stuck for a reason) But I will only restart if:
  • A)It has controlled movement.
  • B)It has enough battery life for it to actually matter.
  • C)The control board warning is not is on yellow or below.
If none of the above is met, then the first match will be the final result of the match.

My (Possible) Entries:

tl;dr A tournament with a team with one Stock bot, DSL bot, and Ironforge bot.  Builders may vary.

This will most likely be my last tournament for this game.  So I'll have this go out with the three major mods that have different meta-games out there.

Signups:

1. Thrackerzod - Oblivion, Ammunition, Immortal
2. DeadGenocide - Diamondization, Son O' Meltdude, Gemonzied
3. Sircreepalot - XoXo ;D, yaaaas XDXD, ;D rawr XD
4. Squirrel_Monkey - Crouching Robot, Extra Crouch, V=IR evo, L=r x p
5. Bobyasianboy - Brain Spasm, Aggressive Crucifixion, Psychotropia*
6. Mr. AS - WITNESS ME, FRED FLINT**** GOES POSTAL, BIGGIE BOTBASH
7. Silverfish/Badger - Eddy, GO PLAY IRONFORGE, 115*
8. battledutchman - Radioactive Whale 2, KillerHond 2* Sick Willy
------------------------
9. Fracture/Kid_Krusher13 - The Sheriff, Rusty Death  Plunger, WOLVERINE
10. RedAce - Habenero, Barrackpore, Bhut Jolokia
11.
12.
13
14.
15.
16.

Note: Signups were extended from 8 to 16 thanks to special permission from yugitom, the Tournament Board Moderator.

Black: Received
Orange: Accepted
Green: Accepted & AI'd
Blue: Experiencing issues
Red: Denied (You will be notified)
Purple: Host's Trio
*: Has used and update, and cannot update it again.

Deadline: 12:00 AM EST on May 27, 2016.

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Challenge Board / RedAce vs 090901 (RedAce Wins)
« on: March 13, 2016, 11:55:15 AM »
090901 (aka Chris) and I have made a challenge set up, but we never got it off the ground.  He's still cool with this, so  I should post this before I forget.

- Stock HW
- Ring Arena
- 3WD bots only
- Best 2 out of 3
- No (Non-cosmetic) BFE, AAM, Hax or "Geice" Mode.

Sage is the host.

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Tournament Archives / Throwback Throwdown - Awards
« on: February 27, 2016, 08:38:03 PM »


SBV Thread

While I work on those grudge matches, let's get some awards up and going.

First off, congrats to these guys:

Secondly, here are the rules:
- Anyone can vote.
- You cannot vote for your own bot.
- Joke votes will be thrown out.

The Awards are:

Cool & Original: The bot that was different from the rest or looked like something you never see in a tournament.

A Fearsome Opponent: The bot you dreaded to face off against since it was built that good.

Bad Luck Brian: The bot that had bad match-ups or was just flat-out unlucky with what happened.

Crowd Favorite: The bot you wanted to see go all the way.

Most Old-School: The bot that you thought was built like something you'd see way back in BBEANS2.

You have until 12:00 AM EST on Sunday March 5th, 2016 to cast your votes in.


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Tournament Archives / Throwback Throwdown - SBV
« on: February 23, 2016, 11:02:52 PM »






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Challenge Board / RedAce vs Silverfish (Silverfish Wins)
« on: January 10, 2016, 11:32:37 AM »
Now that my battle with Reier is done, now I can challenge Silverfish, and go down even lower in the ranks.   :dumb)

- Stock MW
- No wedges allowed
- No HS/SnS
- BBEANS V2 Arena (Hazards On)
- 3 minute matches
- Best 2 out of 3
- No BFE, AAM, Hax, etc.

The host of this match is Thrackerzod.

May the best man win.

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Discussion / RedAce's Livestreaming Display Tournament Thing (Idea)
« on: December 08, 2015, 12:04:43 PM »
To give a bit of backstory on why I hope to do this, is that kill343gs is (possibly) hosting a dedicated RA2 League that might be a livestreaming tournament.  For those unaware, kill has hired three hosts, Sage, yugitom, and myself.  I bet some of you know this already, especially if you are in the GTM Skype chat, but I am planning on doing a small short double elimination tournament to test my livestreaming capabilities in preparation for the real deal.  Before I even attempt such a thing, I would like some input:

- Do you care what game type of tournament it is? (Like Stock, or DSL-S for example)
- Would anyone care to join along and help with some, akin to something like what helloface did with HFT4?
- If I do actually try this out, would any livestreaming experts assist me on the ropes of this? (I have never attempted this and I don't want to look like a fool.)


I appreciate all input you may have, and if you do want to ask any questions to me, please speak up, and I will answer to the best of my ability.  Also, assuming everyone is cool with the commentary idea, then let me know if you would like to join please.  Thanks.

(I also hope this is the right place to put this topic.  I feel display tournaments are for actual tournaments that are ready to go for recording.)

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Challenge Board / RedAce vs Reier (RedAce Wins)
« on: November 13, 2015, 07:54:55 PM »
- DSL-S MW
- 1-on-1
- No Razors, Light DS Teeth, or beaters allowed
- Axle Mounts are banned for Flails
- DSL Tournament Arena (Hazards On)
- 3 minute matches
- Flippers & SnS are banned
- No BFE, AAM, Hax, etc.

yugitom is hosting this battle of manly individuals.

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Challenge Board / RedAce vs Thrackerzod (Thrackerzod Wins)
« on: October 13, 2015, 05:53:06 AM »
- Stock MW
- Hybrids Only
- King of the Hill Match Format
- 2 Minute battles
- Best 2 out of 3
- LumaZone Arena
- No AAM, Hax, or (Non-cosmetic) BFE, etc.

yugitom is hosting.

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Tournament Archives / Throwback Throwdown - Signups
« on: October 01, 2015, 02:33:45 PM »


Credit to Silver and Firebeetle for making T-One and Blue Moon respectively

I've been thinking it through, and I notice that many people have classified DSL-S as a dying race and it's now an endangered species (Okay maybe not so much that last part).  Every DSL-S tourney that comes around these days, are just looking bland, uninteresting, or just containing IRL bots.  It's not DSL's fault, but it's what we classify what is considered good nowadays.  So this is what I plan on doing, if this will be one of (if not) the last competitive DSL tournaments in ever, let's end it where it began.  Shall we?   :mrgreen:

GENERAL RULES:
- DSL 2.1 HW
- Unlimited Entrants (But I'd like 12 Entrants Minimum).
- I'm willing to AI if you are not able to, but don't complain what I AI'd your bot
- A full IRL bot can be allowed, but I severely insist you don't if you don't want to be at an unfair advantage.
- You cannot enter unless your bot are received and accepted.


BUILDING RULES:
- Bots must obey the Realistic Rules
- Heavyweight bots only (Minimum: 399.1 - Maximum: 800.0 kg)
- You cannot use BFE, AAM, Hax, txt file editing, etc.
- No cheatbot2 or custom components at all.
- Smart Zones will not count toward weight, but you cannot use them to act as a ballast
- Crawlers and One Wheel Drive bots are banned.
- Interchangeable weapons and forms are allowed, but you MUST PM me what form you want to use in the match. (or I will select it depending on the match up.)
- I will only allow bots that are the best of your ability.  While Jokebots, replicas, IRL style bots, etc. are allowed I wouldn't recommend it.  (Please make it clear.)
- Once your bot is accepted, you can only send an update once and only once.  Whether it is minor or major.

Multibot Rules:
There will be some special portion for multibots if you wish to enter them.  Here's how it works:
  • The maximum number of multibots allowed is 2.
  • The combined weight of both both bots must stay within 800.0.
  • Bots can weigh differently as long it does not go over the weight limit.  For example, you could send a MW multibot at 250.0 and 550.0 kg.
  • Both bots must defeated by KO, TKO, WBP, or a Forfeit to move on.

BOT RESTRICTIONS:
You may have noticed that I haven't mentioned anything about the Standard ruleset for DSL.  This is the main attraction for this tourney.  Remember those times where DSL wasn't bombarded with Flail HS's and Razors?
I plan on avoiding those types of bots here since that's what DSL-S is relying on nowadays.  Here is a list of what can be used and what can't be used:

Chassis:
- The Dimensions of your chassis must have at least 16 full baseplate grid squares contained.  Multibots can have less, but ONLY if they're combined to equal 16 squares total.
- The Trov Glitch is banned.

Power:
- Ant Batteries are banned.
- You can use the Intercooled battery packs, but only a maximum of 2.

Extenders:
- Axle Mounts for Flails are banned.  Yep, Axle Mounts will have more uses than just weapons this time.
- Baseplate Multi-Extenders are banned.
- The CarbonFiber and Polycarbonate Extenders are allowed as long as you only use 40CM of each, other than that, they're banned.
- Metal Hinge Wedges are banned.  You can use the Metal Hinges, but not for wedges.
- Skirt Hinge Wedges are allowed as long as you use a minimum two of the three attachment points.
- You cannot use the DSL discs as armor.
- Narmour is banned.

Mechanics:
- Motors with long Axles are banned.
- You cannot use the Angled Attachment points on the Perm motors.  (Example of what I mean.)
- No attaching Baseplate NPC motors outside the chassis, or in other words: This.  E-teks are fine though.
- In pure flippers and popups only, BSG Motors are banned.

Wheels:
- Ant Wheels are banned.
- Casters are not allowed for armor.
- You can have a minimum of two wheels and a maximum of four wheels.

Weapons:
- The BFFF Flamethrower is banned.
- You can only use a maximum of eight of each component that's 14 kgs or less.  (Steel Shark teeth don't count in this category.)
- If you are entering a popup, you can use ONLY six of components that's 14 kgs or less.

Extras:
- Attaching Half-Plates directly to the baseplate of your chassis is prohibited.
- Small & Emergency wedges can only be used for pure flippers or as armor.  Any other use is banned.


BATTLE RULES:
- 1 vs 1 match format
- 2 minute length matches
- Best 2 out of 3
- Double Elimination Bracket
- BBEANS V2 Tournament Arena (Reskinned)
- Judging will determined by the damage points at the end of the match
- The Top 4 ranked bots that isn't the Champion or Runner up will participate in a 4-way Rumble.

Restart Rules:
The rules about restarting the match will be a little more clear this time. More than one of the below criteria can happen and not penalize you. If once, that bot gets a Free Restart. If Twice, that bot will forfeit the match if any of the following criteria occurs:

-Havok Restart: The bot does a Havok Explosion which costs the match for it's opponent.
-Second Chance Restart: If the loss was from being pinned, (i.e. getting stuck for a reason) But I will only restart if:
  • A)It still has controlled movement.
  • B)It has enough battery life for it to actually matter.
  • C)The control board warning is not is on yellow or below.
If none of the above is met, then the first match will be the final result of the match.

My Entry

SIGNUPS:
1. RedAce - Metal Smashin'
2. Thrackerzod - EAT RANDOM MUSHROOMS
3. Wolfsbane - Flipper From The West
4. Sage - Death of Angles 3
5. DeadGenocide - Not Bushido
6. Lightning S. - Questions
7. Squirrel_Monkey - Ohm's Law
8. Naryar - Black Moon
9. Mystic2000 - Radiant Storm
10. Craaig - Fat Fever
11. 090901 - EVIL SONIC!!!
12. Clickbeetle - Nuclear Arms Race
13. battledutchman - AngryKillerWhale
14. Geice - Tentacle Assault
15. Bobyasianboy - Nigel

(No limit on entrants)

Black - Recieved
Oange - Accepted
Green - AI'd
Blue - Experiencing an Issue (You will be notified)
Red - Not Acepted (You will be notified)

Deadline: February 24, 2016 12:00 AM EST

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Modifications / ReForged AI Pack - Version 2.0 In Development
« on: August 02, 2015, 05:40:45 PM »


Special thanks to Lemonism for making this awesome logo.

Reforged v2.0 is now currently in development.  You can still download v1.1, but be warned, it is horrifically outdated and might not live up to current standards for Ironforge.

If you do want to help with rebuilds, then more power to you, and I'd absolutely appreciate it.  But there are a few rules to address:

1. It must be built using like a Standard bot. (Standard is pretty much competitive DSL or Ironforge where it's competitive but it must be realistic.)

2. Biggest rule change here. Best come best serve.  Ultimately I think this will be the big thing to help with version 2.0.  I'm mostly making this rule so the bot can actually put up some sort of fight.  Like better than ReForged 1.1 anyway.

3. Keep the style of the original design as possible for the main LWs, MWs and HWs.  The rest will be AWs, BWs, and SHWs inspired by the themes of the teams.

4. I'll be doing most discussions for designs in a private discord server.  Send me a PM on GTM or discord if you want a link to access.  Mostly so I can keep things organized and everyone there can discuss things in a "round table style" for lack of a better term.



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Tournament Archives / Hometown Showdown - Cancelled(?)
« on: July 31, 2015, 05:12:15 PM »


Before anyone asks, This won't be coming very soon. I'm just putting this up for discussion to let people know what I have in mind next and see if people like what tournament has to offer. I do want to host this one, so we'll see if it will actually go through. Now I had this tournament concept in my head for a while, but I ha a bit of trouble thinking of how it would work. While something like this has been done before, I want to try to make things a little more fair and fun without getting complex for everybody. Now that I have all the rules set, let's go over how this will work.

GENERAL RULES:
- Ironforge MW
- Standard Style Building (You can build IRL, however, I wouldn't recommend it since you will be outclassed)
- 16 Bots will compete
- 1 Bot per Person
- I will AI to the best of my ability if you cannot, but don't complain what I AI'd your bot (They will stay when the SBV Thread goes up)
- If you wish to use custom .pys for your entry, I will allow them only if they are NOT broken and can cheat.
- You can only enter if I receive your bot, and it's accepted.
- I myself will not enter unless there is an open spot when signups close.

BUILDING RULES:
- Ironforge Bots only
- Standard Realism Rules Apply (IRL is also allowed, but it isn't recommended.)
- Middleweight bots only (Minimum: 190.0 - Maximum: 200.0 kg)
- You can use up to a total of four ballasts in your robot and they will not count towards weight.
- You cannot use BFE, AAM, Hax, txt file editing, etc.
- No cheatbot2 or custom parts at all.
- Smart Zones will not count toward weight, but you cannot use them to act as a ballast.
- SnS's, Crawlers, and One Wheel Drive robots will not be allowed.
- Interchangeable weapons and forms are allowed, but you MUST PM me what form you want to use in the match. (or it will be randomly selected.)
- I will only allow bots that are the best of your ability, so Jokebots, replicas, etc. are not allowed. (Please make it crystal clear.)
- You can a MINOR change as many times as you wish as long as it doesn't change much of the bot overall, so make it clear that it's a minor change. (Like changing the Razors on your HS to Irons)
- Once your bot is accepted, you can only send a MAJOR update it ONCE (Like completely changing your bot), so be careful. (This rule will not apply to bots that have a problem or are rejected. If the updated bot is not allowed or having an issue, the first bot which has been accepted will stay until a fix is sent.)

Multibot Rules:
There will be some special portion for multibots if you wish to enter them. Here's how it works folks:
  • The maximum number of multibots allowed is 2.
  • Both bots must stay within 200.0
  • Bots can weigh differently as long it does not go over the weight limit. For example, you could send a MW multibot at 70.0 and 130.0 kg.
  • Both bots must defeated by KO, TKO, WBP, or a Forfeit to move on.


BATTLE RULES:
- 1 vs 1 match format
- 2 minute length matches
- Best 2 out of 3 (Finals will be 3 out of 5)
- Double Elimination Bracket
- Brackets will be determined by Challonge.com
- If there isn't the desired amount of entrants, the ByeBots will be various bots made by 123STW that comes with Ironforge.
- Judging will determined by the damage points at the end of the match
- Once everyone has entered, I will randomize the seeds to see which entrant gets their Home Arena.
- Before each match starts. I will flip a coin to determine which robot will go to their Home Arena and will remain for the three sets in the round.
- There will be two brackets. The winner of the two brackets will face off against each other to see who is the victor.

Restart Rules:
The rules about restarting the match will be a little more clear this time. More than one of the below criteria can happen and not penalize you. If once, that bot gets a Free Restart. If Twice, that bot will forfeit the match if any of the folling criteria occurs:

-Havok Restart: The bot does a Havok Explosion which costs the match for it's opponent.
-Second Chance Restart: If the loss was from being pinned, (i.e. getting stuck for a reason) But I will only restart if:
  • A)It has controlled movement.
  • B)It has enough battery life for it to actually matter.
  • C)The control board warning is not is on yellow or below.
If none of the above is met, then the first match will be the final result of the match.

My (Possible) Entry:

NOTE: While I do have eight arenas for each bracket, I do want to find eight more so that one bot gets one arena each. I will also count brand new arenas that other people made If you have ny suggestions, then leve them below. Before you start posting, here are some restrictions:

1. The arena MUST have open walls for OOTA purposes. Flippers and the like will have a disadvantage with enclosed arenas.
2. The hazards or obstacles must NOT be too invasive to the robots so matches can have fair outcomes. Yes, even with hazards off.
3. I've already considered a selection of arenas, so don't ask for these as they have already been suggested or I have updated the list.

Once again, don't expect this to come very soon. I'm not saying when I am doing this, but I'm not doing this as soon as one could expect.

Hopefully, I've covered everything. Got any other questions? Go ahead and post them and I will answer them if I haven't clarified from what's in the rules.

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Modifications / SHW & UHW Antiballasts
« on: July 20, 2015, 09:20:31 AM »
If there is a similar thread with this one, then please merge this with that thread. I do not mean to make anyone's life harder. Thanks.

Okay, over the years, Antiballasts are very popular for making SHWs and UHWs as they allowed you go beyond the weight limit to actually make the weight classes that the game did not intend you go to. However, one small problem with these is that they are hard to find since they are outdated, located in various AI packs which comes with files you have to look for with what it contains, or you have to make your own from experience with these. I don't know how simple convenience became obsolete when looking for these. It's like looking around in your messy room just to find to find that one thing you need/want. That's why I am putting up a recently made download with the SHW & UHW Antiballasts already in it without any other huge files that you don't need for these and it's packaged with a tutorial for newbies.

Click here to Download

I also am putting this up so that if newbies or main forum members in general do want to find this later, I ask nicely that this could be stickied so it's on the front page of this board without looking for it when it vanishes into the mists of older threads.

I do not wish to waste your time and I just want to help out with finding these easily. But if something isn't working correctly, then inform me.

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Tournament Archives / Beetle Bashers 3 - Awards
« on: July 10, 2015, 05:12:11 PM »


SBV Thread

Once again, congrats to our winner:

I will get the Grudge Matches up, but while we are at it, why don't we get some awards out. Voting Rules are:
-Anyone can vote.
-You cannot vote for your own bot
-Joke votes will be thrown out.

The Awards are:

Most Original: The bot that was different from the rest or looked like something you never see in a tournament.

Most Artistic: The bot that had the best skin overall and looked the best from how it was built

Most Fearsome: The bot you dreaded to face off against since it was built that good.

Most Unlucky: The bot that had bad match-ups or was just flat-out unlucky with what happened.

Most Promising Newcomer: The bot that was built by a rookie that had that you thought was the best overall.



Voting end will end in a week from a couple days of inactivity in the thread. Go nuts.

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