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General Support / Bot Always Faces Backward

« on: January 30, 2016, 07:36:00 PM »

So I am AI'ing a robot and no matter what I do to this: 'nose':math.pi, the robot always seems to face backward when beginning a match. It's forward facing is correct in the bot lab, too. Anyone else had this problem before?

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Tournament Archives / Robot Wars Extreme 3 DSL Edition - Display

« on: June 11, 2015, 05:12:11 PM »

Jonzu thought it would be good to end this series with just Series 8 DSL Edition, especially after series 9 went asunder, by releasing a pack with the all the AI'ed bots. However, I want to finish this thing off with something that was seen to the end from start to finish and not as messy as the last tournament was. So, here's a display tournament featuring the bots from the series I took over and more...

Events:

All-Stars
1. The Thermite
2. Sir Lance-A-Frog
3. Wheely Big Cheese
4. Tornado
5. Lombax
6. Ruination
7. Thermidor
8. Dradicator
9. Bia
10. Blasteroid
11. Drillzilla
12. Bulldog Breed
13. Dominator 2
14. Storm 2
15. Atomic
16. X-Terminator 3

Tag Team Terror
1. 101 & King B
2. Diotoir & Plunderbird
3. Shuriken & Shredder
4. Ruination & Drillzilla
5. Sharknado & Der Vorgesetzte
6. Hyrda & Mortis
7. Mousetrap & Eubank the Mouse
8. King of Diamonds & Joker

Mayhem
1. Splinter vs Blue vs IG-88
2. PulverizeR vs Project 2 vs S3
3. Gravity vs Bloody Murder Weapon vs immortalis
4. Onslaught vs Stealth vs Twister NL
5. Spikasaurus vs Sump Thing vs SSF Mk1
6. SMIDSY vs Robochicken vs Iron Awe 2.1

Challenge belt
Big Nipper to defend first

Wild Card Warriors (Wild card meaning; didn't take part in Series 8 :P)
1. Bigger Brother vs Diskotek
2. Wild Thing 2 vs Clawed Hopper
3. Terrorhurtz vs GBH 2
4. Barbaric Reponse vs Psychosprout
5. Summit vs Black and Blue
6. TAN vs Obsidian

Vengeance
Tell me what you want from this bot list:

Flipper Frenzy
1. Thermidor
2. Wheely Big Cheese
3. Gravity
4. Atomic

German melee
1. Dradicator
2. Tsunami
3. Thorgrim
4. Not Perfect

International Inferno
1. Flensburger Power (Germany)
2. Manta (US)
3. Maximill (The Netherlands)
4. Panic Attack (UK/Wales)

International Mayhem
1. Dradicator (UK Domestic Champ) vs PulverizeR (The Netherlands) & Destructive Criticism (US)

UK vs Germany
1. Teknosaur Evo (UK) vs Ansgar (Germany)

Spinner Spectacular
1. WarHog
2. Hypno-Disc
3. Supernova
4. The Revolutionist

European Championship
1. Raging Knightmare (England)
2. Rawbot (Sweden)
3. Mastiff (Italy)
4. Lizzard (Netherlands)
5. Snake Bite (Switzerland)
6. Killerhurtz (Czech Republic)
7. All Torque (Scotland)
8. Cerberus (Cyprus)

Retro Rumble:
1. Angel of Death
2. Roadblock
3. Killertron
4. Elvis

Sumo Basho
At the end of every episode, 2 Sumo Basho rounds will be uploaded. Be sure to stick around to the last episode to see who got the best time. Also, the house robot for this event, Sterilizer, was provided by the awesome Thyrus!

That's all for now. Anything is up to suggestion and change for now, so tell me your thoughts on it and stuff. Until then, let the final wars in this series begin!

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Tournament Archives / Robot Wars Series 8 DSL Edition - Awards

« on: May 28, 2015, 12:25:27 PM »

After a year and half and the ownership of the tournament changing hands to another host, the tournament has finally drawn to a close.

Huge congratulations to this guy:

Also, congratulations to

for coming in 3rd and 2nd place respectively.

Time for the awards (I'd rather get these over with now, rather than waiting weeks just for 5 people to vote):
Most promising newcomer - DragonSteinCole with Sir Lance-a-Frog (Other nominees: Lemonism and NWOWWE)
Luckiest robot - Tricerabot (for doing bugger all and getting to the heat final)
Unluckiest robot - Gravity (due to his flipper breaking before he had a chance to do anything - Other nominees: Reckoning and Tornado)
Flipping mad! (Best flipper) - Wheely Big Cheese (Other nominees: Flipping Frenzy 7 and Thermidor II)
Spin to win! (Best robot with a spinning weapon, apart from the obvious) - Blasteroid (Other nominees: The Thermite and PulverizeR)

I suppose that's all. Had to innovate a bit with the awards because the rest of the Robot Wars awards didn't match with RA2. I had a lot of fun with this tournament, albeit being a bit tedious and/or frustrating to edit sometimes.

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Discussion / Robot Arena 3

« on: May 08, 2015, 02:09:16 PM »

Check out the website here

RA3 is now out, as of May 26th 2016

Some important RA3 related topics:
RA3 Feedback Thread
Bug Report Thread
Buy the game

I would heavily advise you look at the state of the game before purchasing, as the game has received staggering amounts of backlash. I would advise buying RA3 only when it has been overhauled and members are commenting on improvements (which hasn't happened, yet :P)

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Tournament Archives / Father and Son Tournament 3 - Signups

« on: February 16, 2015, 04:50:22 PM »

If you have never seen the first 2, here's the gist: You must enter with two bots, one heavyweight, the other lightweight. They must look very similar/identical to give the father-son impression.

Rules:
Both robots must fit the weight limit.
All robots are to be made in the botlab of DSL 2.1 (no custom components or editing the bot outside of the botlab but custom smartzones are allowed). *BFE is allowed to make the bot look more realistic. Using BFE otherwise will result in the bot/team being rejected.
The IRL rule is being used (so no robots you wouldn't see in real life).
Due to the above rule, the inside of the robot remains IRL as well (in other words, no stacking of battery packs, etc.)
Full body spinners and multibots are banned.
No use of glitches whatsoever.
Cheatbot2 is banned (however, one Judge Burst Motor per bot is allowed.)
The robots must have at least 2 wheels touching the ground and can show controlled movement. However, if the robot is a walker, this rule does not apply and it gets a 100kg weight increase. *If one of your robots displays uncontrolled movement for more than 15 seconds, the team will be disqualified.
Any Havok Explosions that occur will result in the match being restarted. When one team have caused the match to restart due to Havok Explosions more than twice, that team is disqualified.
The BBEANS 2 arena will be used (hazards on) and every match will last 3 minutes.
No SnS or *beater walls.

Notes:
I will AI if you do not wish to or cannot do it yourself.
All entries will be checked on a first-come first-served basis.
Byebots will be used if necessary and I will take part in the tournament myself if I am running low on entries. *These bye bots will be previous entries to the tournament series. The champions from F&S 2 will automatically be entered unless nicsan2009 wants to replace or remove them.
*Maximum 24 entries and the deadline will be ~~1st July~~ whenever I have sufficient entries.

Seeds:
[1] nicsan2009
[2] El Chickenado
[3] Elementos
[4] RedAce
[5] Mouldy King Bash
[6] Natster-104
Seeds are based off win-loss ratios from the first and second tournament combined. I have only seeded those who have accumulated at least one win. All other competitors will have their seed randomised. If someone on the seed list does not compete, then all others that have competed will move up a seed. (How unfortunate that it is unlikely that the top two seeds won't be entering

)

The reigning champions are I Didn't Do It and Maybe I Did (as seen to the right of the logo) built by nicsan2009.

Alright, all new rules have been labelled with an asterisk and highlighted blue. If there are any rules that you think should be abolished or added, then please say so.

Entries:
1. G.K. - Sleek 2 and Sluck 2
2. El Chickenado - Snugglebot Legacy and Snug-Spawn
3. Kurt - Welcome to Jackass HW/LW
4. Scrapyard24c - Death Warrant and Pink Slip
5. Lightning S. - The Thing That Should Not Be and The Mistake
6. Squirrel_Monkey - Ghast and Ghost
7. Conraaa - I'm Hungry and Hi Hungry I'm Dad
8. Maka - Betamax and Betaminus
9. Mouldy - Acid Thunder and Acid Cloud
10. Noodle - Black and Yellow
11. TommyProductionsInc - Mega Metallicus and Mini Metallicus
12. Avalanche - Invincible 2 and Very Much Not Invincible
13. helloface199 - RTL Evo and RTL Evo Lite
14. RedAce - Cards Against Humanity and Apples to Apples
15. Elementos - Machete and Pen Knife
16. DeadGenocide - Lime Loaf and Lemon Bread
17. KingofKings696 - Rolling Thunder and Lightning
18. Naryar - Jousting Knight and Squire

Black - Received
Blue - Accepted
Green - AI'ed
Red - Rejected

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Tournament Archives / Forum's Choice Annihilator - Awards

« on: February 16, 2015, 10:03:36 AM »

Not much to give out, to be honest... I'll make something up:

Champion - Wacky Bob w/ Moss Monster
Most unlucky - 090901 w/ ponf =3 tank
Best bot built by Kungfooey242 - SmeshyDerp
Best bot built by Thrackerzod - Whirling Disaster 2.0
Best bot built by RedAce - Cataclysm

Look, everybody gets and award! :) Thanks to the 5 people that participated and congrats again to the champion!

I wonder what tournament is coming up from me next.

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Tournament Archives / Forum's Choice Annihilator - SBV

« on: February 16, 2015, 07:54:00 AM »

Splash:

Brackets:

Video:

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Challenge Board / yugitom vs Natster-104 (Natster-104 Wins)

« on: October 05, 2014, 09:38:14 AM »

-DSL HW
-Wrecktangle type bots only
-Best of 3 3-minute matches
-BBEANS Arena V2 w/ Hazards on
-cheatbot2 allowed but no glitches allowed

RedAce is hosting.

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General Support / Some robots crash my game when I import them - SOLVED

« on: August 25, 2014, 12:48:55 PM »

I have recently taken over Jonzu's tournament but, for some reason, some robots crash my game whenever I import them. I have tried these robots on different versions of RA2 (robots are intended for DSL 2.1) and I can't get them to import properly. Could anyone test these robots out for me and check to see if you have the same problem? As I believe it may just be me, for some reason.

I find it weird how Revolution 3 won't work with me but Jonzu has used it before. I have asked Jonzu and Resetti himself if there are any custom parts or other things I need to get these to work but apparently I have everything I need already and I see no custom components in the folder Jonzu sent.

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Tournament Archives / Robot Wars Series 8 DSL Edition - Videos

« on: August 20, 2014, 09:00:48 AM »

Looks like I'm taking this over.

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DSL TC Showcases / Yugitom's Drunk DSL Showcase

« on: August 08, 2014, 10:17:34 AM »

I don't usually make bots anymore, with exceptions being Homicidal Intentions and Spin Doctor II for their respective tournaments, but when I do build, I'm usually drunk. All the bots in this showcase may not be built by me drunk but the majority will. Also, considering I barely build and I'm not an alcoholic, this showcase probably won't be updated often.

The reason this has a smartzone is because I did a rumble between this and the upcoming 3 other bots on YouTube for a laugh.

Don't know where the name came from. It may be because of the robot's chassis shape is like a King of the Hill shape.

This time, I have completely no clue where the name came from.

This guy is my favourite of the bunch. I don't know what MIOOP stands for.

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Tournament Archives / Forum's Choice Annihilator - Signups closed

« on: August 07, 2014, 10:46:26 AM »

Considering I just finished a tournament, I don't want to rush straight into another but I do want to know what people on this forum most want in a tournament.

This is a discussion thread for now but may be changed into a tournament thread depending on interest.

I am planning on running an Annihilator type tournament where there will be matches of 4 with people going out one by one (you should know what an Annihilator is.) However, I want some input on what to make the tournament. In other words, the forum will make this tournament, I will just be hosting it. These are the things I want your input on:

Let's build this from the ground up then, judging from votes for each detail.

Rules:
Game type - Stock
Weight class - SHW
Unlimited entrants
1 entry per person
I'll AI if you can't

Building rules:
SHW is up to 1200.0kg
In-game glitches are allowed, apart from hax mode.
Out of game glitches are banned
Cheabot2 is banned
Walker/Crawlers/Shufflers aren't allowed. Multibots can't be used in a 4-way match
You can update you bot as much as you want before signups end

Match rules:
3 minute matches
Arena will be The Octagon with hazards on
One restart due to a havok, two havoks then the robot causing it will be disqualified
Judging will be done by points scored

Entrants:
1. RedAce - Cataclysm
2. Kungfooey242 - SmeshyDerp
3. Thrackerzod - Whirling Disaster 2.0
4. Wacky Bob - Moss Monster
5. 090901 - pomf =3 tank

Red - Problem
Black - Received
Blue - Accepted
Green - AIed

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Tournament Archives / Father and Son Tournament 2 - Awards

« on: August 05, 2014, 04:26:37 PM »

This tournament has been awesome. The matches have been incredible and intense and hope everyone who followed the tournament thought so too.

Before I go on to the proper awards, honourable mentions to everyone who took part and their bots:

Natster-104 w/ Megabyte + Byte 2
RedAce w/ Hurricane + Twister
El Chickenado w/ Supersnug + Superplug
Kurt Wylde w/ Welcome to Jackass HW + Welcome to Jackass LW
TommyProductionsInc w/ VDX-MK2.1 + VDX-MINI MK 1.1
TBD Devastator w/ Ransaw + Chensaw
Elementos w/ Machete + Pen Knife
nicsan2009 w/ Game Over + Halftime
Mouldy King Bash w/ Acid Thunder 2 + Acid Cloud 2
S.H.I.E.L.D w/ Vanguard + Bandit
Dezox w/ Bob the Boxer + Patrick the Retard
090901 w/ My Mother Smokes Crack Rocks + THE CHICKEN COW
nicsan2009 w/ I Didn't Do it + Maybe I Did
El Chickenado w/ ULTIMO IMPLOSION + IMPLOSION
Mouldy King Bash w/ Acid Thunder + Acid Cloud
Mechadino w/ williamjones + littlegay

Now, on to the proper awards:

Who's who? - ULTIMO IMPLOSION + IMPLOSION (El Chickenado)
Never seen that before - My Mother Smokes Crack Rocks + THE CHICKEN COW (090901)
I just can't take my eyes of it! - VDX-MK2.1 + VDX MINI MK 1.1 (TommyProductionsInc) and Hurricane + Twister (RedAce)
Now, that's just unfortunate - My Mother Smokes Crack Rocks + THE CHICKEN COW (090901)
You get the 4-leaf clover - Ransaw + Chensaw (TBD Devastator)
I want that one to win - williamjones + littlegay (Mechadino)
Did you record that? - Final, nicsan2009 vs Elementos
There's bits of bot everywhere! - Game Over + Halftime (nicsan2009)
Gold trophy - I Didn't Do It + Maybe I Did (niscan2009)
# - williamjones (Mechadino)

Who's who? - Most alike
Never seen that before - Most original bot(s)
I just can't take my eyes of it! - Best design
Now, that's just unfortunate - Unluckiest team
You get the 4-leaf clover - Luckiest team
I want that one to win - Your favourite
Did you record that? - Best match
There's bits of bot everywhere! - Most destructive team
Gold trophy - Champions
# - The most precious award

I'll update the seeds later when I can be bothered to check the stats.

Thank you to everyone that took part and I hope you enjoyed this tournament as much as I did.

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Tournament Archives / Father and Son 2 - SBV

« on: August 04, 2014, 11:45:14 AM »

The splashes for this were tedious but I finally finished them. I didn't like the way I did the splash last time, so I instead went for the father and son to be in the same shot together.

Splash:

Bracket (contains spoilers):

Videos:

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Tournament Archives / Father and Son Tournament 2 - Signups

« on: July 26, 2014, 10:26:07 AM »

Here it is!

If you have never seen F&S 1, here's the gist. You must enter with two bots, one heavyweight, the other lightweight. They must look very similar/identical to give the father-son impression.

Rules:
Both robots must fit the weight limit.
All robots are to be made in the botlab of DSL 2.1 (no custom components or editing the bot outside of the botlab but custom smartzones are allowed).
The IRL rule is being used (so no robots you wouldn't see in real life).
Due to the above rule, the inside of the robot remains IRL as well (in other words, no stacking of battery packs, etc.)
Full body spinners and multibots are banned.
No use of glitches whatsoever.
Cheatbot2 is banned (however, one Judge Burst Motor per bot is allowed.)
The robots must have at least 2 wheels touching the ground and can show controlled movement. However, if the robot is a walker, this rule does not apply and it gets a 100kg weight increase.
Any Havok Explosions that occur will result in the match being restarted. When one team have caused the match to restart due to Havok Explosions more than twice, that team is disqualified.
The BBEANS 2 arena will be used (hazards on) and every match will last 3 minutes.
No SnS. (The only new rule)

Notes:
I will AI if you do not wish to. If you simply cannot AI, then tell me how you want the robot to work and I will make it so.
All entries checked on a first-come first-served basis.
Byebots will be used if necessary and I will take part in the tournament myself if I am running low on entries.
16 entries and there will be no real deadline.

Seeds:
[1] El Chickenado
[2] nicsan2009
[3] RedAce
[4] Mouldy King Bash
[5-8] Elementos
[5-8] TommyProductionsInc
[5-8] 090901
[5-8] helloface199

If the people listed as '5-8' join, I will choose their seed based on how I think there robot will do.

The reigning champions are Snugglebot Evolution and his son, Son of Snugglebot (as seen in the logo.)

I am now taking entries:

1. Natster-104 w/ Megabyte + Byte 2
2. RedAce w/ Hurricane + Twister
3. El Chickenado w/ Supersnug + Superplug
4. Kurt Wylde w/ Welcome to Jackass HW + Welcome to Jackass LW
5. TommyProductionsInc w/ VDX-MK2.1 + VDX-MINI MK 1.1
6. TBD Devastator w/ Ransaw + Chensaw
7. Elementos w/ Machete + Pen Knife
8. nicsan2009 w/ Game Over + Halftime
9. Mouldy King Bash w/ Acid Thunder 2 + Acid Cloud 2
10. S.H.I.E.L.D w/ Vanguard + Bandit
11. Dezox w/ Bob the Boxer + Patrick the Retard
12. 090901 w/ My Mother Smokes Crack Rocks + THE CHICKEN COW
13. nicsan2009 w/ I Didn't Do it + Maybe I Did
14. El Chickenado w/ ULTIMO IMPLOSION + IMPLOSION
15. Mouldy King Bash w/ Acid Thunder + Acid Cloud
16. Mechadino w/ williamjones + littlegay
Orange - I have received your entry and I am about to check it.
Blue - Your entry has passed checking and is going on to AI.
Green - Your entry is accepted.
Red - Your robot has a problem (you'll stay on the list until it's fixed but you can be replaced.)
I will notify anyone who hasn't passed checking and ask them whether they want to try again or leave the tournament.

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Tournament Archives / No Holds Barred Tournament - Awards

« on: July 26, 2014, 09:49:17 AM »

Thank you to the people that entered this tournament. Now let's see if you got any awards:

No one saw that coming - Natster-104/MaLwArE XtReMe
Poor ragdoll... - RFS/The Chaos Engine
Pieces of robot everywhere! - Clickbeetle/The Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth
How pretty! - TommyProductionsInc/Ultra Metallicus (Popular opinion) + S.H.I.E.L.D/Deathstalker (My opinion)
You got ready to rumble - S.H.I.E.L.D/Deathstalker
Cluck - 090901/Mom's Spaghetti

No one saw that coming - Unexpected win/turn of events.
Poor ragdoll - Got destroyed/thrown around the most.
Pieces of robot everywhere! - Most destructive.
How pretty! - Best design.
You got ready to rumble - Rumble winner.

Thank you for those that joined this tournament. Honourable mentions to:

TommyProductionsInc - Ultra Metallicus
S.H.I.E.L.D - Deathstalker
Natster-104 - MaLwArE XtReMe
090901 - (no, seriously, that's his name)
RFS - The Chaos Engine
Clickbeetle - Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth

Now it's on to Father and Son 2...

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Tournament Archives / No Holds Barred SBV

« on: July 25, 2014, 11:40:50 AM »

Not that many entries but this should be be fairly entertaining... if my computer can handle the fights.

Splash:

Brackets (contain spoilers):

Videos:

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General Support / AI Trouble

« on: June 27, 2014, 03:55:11 PM »

I don't usually have trouble AIing but I don't seem to be able to AI a certain bot. It has a 'Spin' weapon and a 'Fire' weapon, to be more specific, it has two front spinning discs and a hammer. I can get the hammer working but not with the discs. Does anyone know what type of bindings I should use to get these working?

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Existing Games / EA Sports UFC

« on: June 23, 2014, 03:26:39 PM »

I was not quick to jump on the Xbox One and PS4 bandwagon, so I don't have this game but this seems like the one game EA have got right in a while (from the youtube vids I've seen.) I think it is a very good game with super realistic graphics but the combat system seems to have gone wrong where UFC Undisputed 2010 went wrong because body blows just can't be returned it seems. Other than that, a good combat system (again, from what I've seen so far.)

What are your guys thoughts on this game... or fighting sports games in general (for example, UFC Undisputed, WWE SVR, etc.)

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Tournament Archives / No Holds Barred Tournament - Signups

« on: June 21, 2014, 07:08:12 AM »

I'm back again with my second tournament, No Holds Barred. I have ran a poll already to see if anyone wanted this and this was equally as popular as Father and Son 2, so I thought I would start with this was first.

What is this tournament about?

Important notes:

Building 'rules'

Side events

Remember to have fun with this tournament, guys.

I'm not entering myself because I can't build for anything.

You're entry will be denied if I think the criteria isn't met or the robot is just too bland/boring (i.e. nothing but beta hammers/judge gavels)

I am now taking entries:
1. TommyProductionsInc - Ultra Metallicus
2. S.H.I.E.L.D - Deathstalker
3. Natster-104 - MaLwArE XtReMe
4. 090901 - (no, seriously, that's his name)
5. RFS - The Chaos Engine
6. Clickbeetle - Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth
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8.
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10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
Orange - I have received your entry and I am about to check it.
Blue - Your entry has passed checking and is going on to AI.
Green - Your entry is accepted.
Red - Your robot has a problem (you'll stay on the list until it's fixed but you can be replaced.)
I will notify anyone who hasn't passed checking and ask them whether they want to try again or leave the tournament.

Just a heads up for the small amount of people that want to build for this, I have changed my mind about the deadline for this. Normally, I would keep signups open as long as need be as I can get the SBV and awards done fairly quick but I don't think I should drag this out any longer. I will give everyone a week (11am BST, Saturday to be exact.) If I get no entries by then, then the matches will be 3 1v1's with a wild card round in the prelims. I never quit on things and I will try to finish what I have started no matter what it is. I will see this through to the end, even if it means this will be a very short tournament. Don't worry though, for the people that wanted it and were hyped up for it, Father and Son 2 will be next.

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