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Title: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on July 04, 2019, 01:15:50 PM
Mech Madness is now looking for new applicants for Season 3! After a wild Season 2 successfully wrapped up under a new format, I made the announcement that entries will be accepted for next season right up until a TBA due-date. I am currently making some technical changes to how the MM edit of the RoboGames arena functions with OotAs and multibots; once this is complete, an end date for signups will officially be announced. But definitely start sending your robot design files & any AI to me as soon as you please!

ENTRY DETAILS:



BUILD RULES:



TOURNAMENT RULES:



I'll record fights first, then cut them as necessary, then add in commentary & post-graphics.

Spreadsheet of Season 3 Competitors:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17rWsb63_OoyjEFIZWeQREbqmUl5llrse-CTIy6YfOow/edit?usp=sharing (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17rWsb63_OoyjEFIZWeQREbqmUl5llrse-CTIy6YfOow/edit?usp=sharing)

Imgur Splashes of Season 3 Robots: https://imgur.com/a/EAekeSC (https://imgur.com/a/EAekeSC)

Bracket and Album of Season 1 Competitors:
https://challonge.com/MechMadnessGTM (https://challonge.com/MechMadnessGTM)
https://imgur.com/a/pfBof (https://imgur.com/a/pfBof)

Album of Season 2 Competitors:
url=https://imgur.com/a/tKdcwhd (https://imgur.com/a/tKdcwhd)

Ongoing Spreadsheet of Season 2 Fight Records: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qSp9ZnWhde0GtrAy37OkXuA_G78EW9eQnHFyPyFFsvE/edit?usp=sharing

Season 2 World Championship Tournament Bracket: https://challonge.com/ssq58wvm

A major thank you and credit to the following builders for their contributions!:
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Discussion & Rule Changes detailed within
Post by: Billy5545 on July 04, 2019, 05:51:16 PM
Hyped for this
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Discussion & Rule Changes detailed within
Post by: moziet on July 05, 2019, 06:14:23 AM
And I rise! Like the water in an unnervingly clogged toilet!!

Most of my bots are definitely coming back. Mech Madness is the thing that got me into RA2, so I'm hella hyped.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Discussion & Rule Changes detailed within
Post by: botbuster on July 05, 2019, 01:16:59 PM
Cool. I might enter. I'm also excited for the AI packs and database!  :bigsmile:
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Discussion & Rule Changes detailed within
Post by: SteveM4 on July 07, 2019, 04:14:37 AM
I guess I'll enter. Won't hurt.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Discussion & Rule Changes detailed within
Post by: KidDelta on July 07, 2019, 07:49:09 AM
Get ready for some "Torture"
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Discussion & Rule Changes detailed within
Post by: NickyDustyOwl on July 07, 2019, 12:57:10 PM
I'll throw something in here.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Post by: FaceBagman on July 07, 2019, 05:49:47 PM
It's great to see everyone interested in entering, especially newer faces! :)

I have read over the new rule changes multiple times and think that MM3 is now ready to begin accepting robot applications! I'm hoping to fix some issues I had with the RoboGames arena last time and turn the trenches into actual OotA zones during the next 2 weeks. When that happens, I'll set an end date for signups. Tentatively looking at the middle of October, though possibly later.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 07, 2019, 06:34:44 PM
Wildclone be coming back under new branding, plus the frog army will be arriving into mech madness

Just checking are returning bots just same name or completely rebuilt? Just so I know what can do with wildclone.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Post by: mefex on July 08, 2019, 03:30:12 PM
sent mine
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Post by: Ra2Winner999 on July 08, 2019, 09:22:59 PM
originality? yeah about that...
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Post by: Billy5545 on July 09, 2019, 02:24:42 AM
originality? yeah about that...
Anyway, welcome back RA2winner
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Post by: Ra2Winner999 on July 09, 2019, 07:53:50 AM
also, sent mine
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Post by: kix on July 09, 2019, 10:43:22 AM
Huh. This gonna be fun if i enter
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Post by: Ra2Winner999 on July 09, 2019, 03:16:39 PM
when do you know if you got accepted?
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Post by: kix on July 09, 2019, 04:39:09 PM
when do you know if you got accepted?
imagine having to wait
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Post by: FaceBagman on July 09, 2019, 05:17:49 PM
when do you know if you got accepted?

Just PMed you. Even if something isn't acceptable as of yet, plenty of time to rework it.

Also, I'm kinda getting to these as I can. Mondays & Tuesdays are probably the days you won't hear from me until Tuesday night, because I'm quite busy with IRL work all day. :)
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Post by: Wambo on July 23, 2019, 04:49:12 AM
I will try my best with Headache once again
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Post by: RedAce on July 24, 2019, 08:46:05 AM
Well, now I gotta look in my RA2 folder for what I could chip in, maybe even AI since I'm having fun with some of the quirky .py files now.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Post by: BSRaven on July 24, 2019, 04:12:02 PM
I know exactly what I'm going to throw in here. Almost got everything ready too.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Post by: Lilleh__ on August 08, 2019, 05:05:45 PM
Now that I've got my OW4 bots out of the way, time for me to focus on this.  One of the bots I'm building for it is gonna be quite unique.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: FaceBagman on August 16, 2019, 01:59:18 PM
Just posting an update here to confirm that the final date of signups is October 31st! Every robot must be submitted before 11:59 EST. Obviously, if I need you to correct something that would otherwise make your entry violate the rules or lead to it not functioning, I can give a little leeway there.

Additionally, I've spoiler-tagged a list of the 110 Season 3 entries I've received thus far in the OP. If you don't see yours at first glance, don't worry! Expect even more to be confirmed in the coming weeks. :)
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: Lilleh__ on August 30, 2019, 05:08:06 PM
I have 2 entries which are completed builds, 2 which are WIP builds then another I'm unsure if I'm done building or not, aswell as one I've not started on.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: BBandRWlovers on August 30, 2019, 09:56:19 PM
Hey, I Want Enter Your Tournament With My Robot Wars Recreation, Can I Join? That Called Fluffy. Please.
https://gametechmods.com/forums/botexchange/9398_bbandrwlovers_fluffy.zip
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: NickyDustyOwl on August 30, 2019, 10:45:27 PM
Hey, I Want Enter Your Tournament With My Robot Wars Recreation, Can I Join? That Called Fluffy. Please.
https://gametechmods.com/forums/botexchange/9398_bbandrwlovers_fluffy.zip
Alrighty, you must be new to this, just PM him.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: BBandRWlovers on August 30, 2019, 11:24:33 PM
Hey, Can I Join One More My Recreation Bots? Please, This Is The Black Knight In BattleBots 2009 Pro Championship Version.
https://gametechmods.com/forums/botexchange/9398_bbandrwlovers_the_black_knight.zip
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: NickyDustyOwl on August 30, 2019, 11:33:06 PM
Hey, Can I Join One More My Recreation Bots? Please, This Is The Black Knight In BattleBots 2009 Pro Championship Version.
https://gametechmods.com/forums/botexchange/9398_bbandrwlovers_the_black_knight.zip
This should help you understand https://gametechmods.com/forums/pm/?sa=send;u=7746
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: Nightraven Shade on September 16, 2019, 07:57:38 PM
Just checking but are you using damaging wedgelets or the non-damaging ones?
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: FaceBagman on September 19, 2019, 09:48:23 AM
Just checking but are you using damaging wedgelets or the non-damaging ones?

The ol' damage dealing ones  :puke:

I don't mind them too much though. The only time they get obnoxious is static-wedgelet-on-chassis push til KO fights, which are fortunately getting rarer and rarer.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: Nightraven Shade on September 20, 2019, 12:02:29 AM
That changes my entries a bit then.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: TheRoboteer on September 20, 2019, 04:58:03 PM
Yo sorry to be *that guy* but did you receive all of the updates I sent a couple of days back? I also sent my AI lines along with them
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: Lilleh__ on October 11, 2019, 07:55:23 AM
20 days left til deadline, so I'd better get to AIing and submitting my remaining entries.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: FaceBagman on October 28, 2019, 08:37:00 AM
Just a few days more until signups close, wanted to make sure everyone interested has time to message me!
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: Nightraven Shade on October 28, 2019, 03:55:58 PM
just finished mine but not really happy with any of them, my most destructive bot is a flipper  heck
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: F1Krazy on October 28, 2019, 04:49:22 PM
Oh sh**, I totally forgot, I need to get a sixth entry together and then send them all over. I've had way too much to do recently.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: Lilleh__ on October 29, 2019, 12:38:05 PM
Finished and submitted three w/ AI, would've entered three more but their AI will be a task, and as I was ill at the weekend (plus took part in PWS 8) those remaining bots will have to wait longer for tournament time.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: Lilleh__ on October 31, 2019, 10:45:40 AM
Deadline day *sweats in still not got a response to my entries*
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: FaceBagman on November 01, 2019, 10:33:52 AM
Koi, I think yours should be ok!

I'm running a bit behind in reviewing everything, I came down with strep early this week and had no medical help here on vacation; so it's been rough. I will work as fast as I can!
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: Nightraven Shade on November 01, 2019, 12:03:20 PM
its cool, hope it clears up. worse case if any of the bots dont pass tech checks the builder can just have a bit time to fix the issue while conferences are being drawn.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: kix on November 01, 2019, 12:21:06 PM
I had 3 months to send my stuff.. i didnt. Rip my dumass
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - SIGNUPS END OCTOBER 31st!
Post by: Lilleh__ on November 05, 2019, 10:46:57 AM
Koi, I think yours should be ok!

I'm running a bit behind in reviewing everything, I came down with strep early this week and had no medical help here on vacation; so it's been rough. I will work as fast as I can!
I just checked my sent PMs and didn't see the msg where I sent two bots.  Gws btw.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on January 01, 2020, 04:38:48 PM
The light is officially green for Season 3 recordings & airings! Stay tuned for the first week of fights in a long, long season.

A spreadsheet listing every robot & their fight schedule (to the right of their name) and an Imgur album of every competing robot has been added to the OP. Here are the links in this post as well:

https://imgur.com/a/EAekeSC (https://imgur.com/a/EAekeSC)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17rWsb63_OoyjEFIZWeQREbqmUl5llrse-CTIy6YfOow/edit#gid=0 (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17rWsb63_OoyjEFIZWeQREbqmUl5llrse-CTIy6YfOow/edit#gid=0)

Our first set of fights should be the following; for now, I tabbed over the ones that may be highlighted. Keep in mind, I will highlight certain fights in each "episode"; however, each and every fight will be posted individually in-full to the channel.

The Linings v. Tipping Point
Twisted Fate 2 v. Twisted Fate Reborn
Top Cat v. Jaguar
   Smashtacean v. Azure
Claymore v. Deadgn4ws
Frog Man Frog v. FPF 2.0
   Hangover v. Astatine
   ReVoltage v. Touka-chan
   Zayzo v. Craplectic
Midnight v. Lights Out
   Reptilium v. Super Jalapeno Ant
   Tracked-On v. Spearmint
Ring Ring Evo v. Tribe Called Quest
   Relictus v. Vivacious C
   Waaaghboss v. Bot Shooter
Razor v. Ephemera
   Shadehunter v. Darkrai II
Flatline 3 v. Lidar
Shredder 2 v. Astronaut 13^2
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on February 09, 2020, 07:57:13 PM
Good lord, this still exists!

I have the first 4 weeks recorded completely and will be uploading on a consistent 2 day per week (at minimum) schedule.

A couple of small notes as to my setbacks: My experimental version of the RG2 arena is providing me with more errors than anticipated, so I won't use it this season; hoping to work out the problems asap. And voice recording/syncing continues to be a massive problem. Hopefully solved in time for next season since I'll be getting a new apartment & with it, new equipment come April.

https://youtu.be/R4_ABroKO_M
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: TheRoboteer on February 10, 2020, 01:25:44 AM
Good lord, this still exists!

I have the first 4 weeks recorded completely and will be uploading on a consistent 2 day per week (at minimum) schedule.

A couple of small notes as to my setbacks: My experimental version of the RG2 arena is providing me with more errors than anticipated, so I won't use it this season; hoping to work out the problems asap. And voice recording/syncing continues to be a massive problem. Hopefully solved in time for next season since I'll be getting a new apartment & with it, new equipment come April.

https://youtu.be/R4_ABroKO_M
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: F1Krazy on February 10, 2020, 07:31:57 AM
Glad to see this finally getting underway!


Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: TheRoboteer on February 10, 2020, 11:40:36 AM
Glad to see this finally getting underway!


Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: superbomb122 on February 13, 2020, 06:19:02 AM
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 22, 2020, 10:34:57 PM
This has been some year, hasn't it?

https://youtu.be/5onpUrGPDNs
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: TheRoboteer on December 22, 2020, 10:48:05 PM
This has been some year, hasn't it?

https://youtu.be/5onpUrGPDNs
Good sh** my man. Glad to have you back
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 23, 2020, 01:56:20 PM
Since I have so much catching up to do, here's another!:

https://youtu.be/m5tMgjFRs8E
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: superbomb122 on December 23, 2020, 06:56:11 PM
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 23, 2020, 07:43:46 PM
Here's Day 4's fights as well!:

https://youtu.be/TsRQREfF9M4
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: Gulden on December 23, 2020, 08:06:34 PM
Since you've started posting again, I'll move this back to Active Tournaments.

Let's just hope you don't take another multi-month break.
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 24, 2020, 08:32:58 AM
Let's just hope you don't take another multi-month break.

You and me both  :ouch:

Day 5:

https://youtu.be/Q-5_RsWhAKQ
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: Lilleh__ on December 24, 2020, 10:37:42 AM
Let's just hope you don't take another multi-month break.

You and me both  :ouch:

Day 5:

https://youtu.be/Q-5_RsWhAKQ
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 24, 2020, 01:01:24 PM
And to wrap up Week 1 of the schedule, here's Day 6's footage:

https://youtu.be/GtpwZD5mMzU
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 25, 2020, 11:22:52 PM
Please ignore & forgive the first card of this vid stating "Day 6". It's Week 2, Day 1:

https://youtu.be/-0JrAfQiObE
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 26, 2020, 10:58:15 AM
Day 2 of the 2nd week is filled with some close fights and pretty difficult judge's decisions. Good times!  :ermm:

https://youtu.be/Gy4xHTOgTFU
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 26, 2020, 04:04:46 PM
Uploading Day 3's results as well. Gotta keep the pace moving!

https://youtu.be/kmxOYRzrjoA
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 26, 2020, 11:52:16 PM
Day 4 is up now as well! Enjoy. :)

https://youtu.be/ce9Zfer2DGs
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 27, 2020, 01:32:56 PM
The week continues with Day #5:

https://youtu.be/neE3anC-XgA
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 27, 2020, 05:17:26 PM
Aaaand Week 2 concludes with Day 6!:

https://youtu.be/J5YehNkvnfA
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 28, 2020, 08:19:22 AM
Week 3, Day 1!:

https://youtu.be/T-ZaQ7SIfxs
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 28, 2020, 04:15:39 PM
Plugging away with Day 2 of the third week!:

https://youtu.be/h6aXtm5tzT8
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 28, 2020, 07:03:06 PM
I should probably slow down, but there's way too much time to make up:

https://youtu.be/l7I3ssNxpII
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 28, 2020, 11:20:30 PM
Day 4 of Week 3 incoming!:

https://youtu.be/xzKSBMyYXwY
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 29, 2020, 01:22:36 PM
The third week is getting closer to it's end. Here's Day 5!:

https://youtu.be/nqg6u1mmhlk
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 29, 2020, 07:14:23 PM
Aaand Week 3 is officially in the books!

https://youtu.be/K1stRSvzhE4
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on December 30, 2020, 01:14:42 PM
I'm just going to update this post as I go with Week 4's content, so I'm not double-posting so much. :)

Day 1:

https://youtu.be/1bapleq7BCQ


Day 2:

https://youtu.be/Fja1gyQSGzM


Day 3:

https://youtu.be/aW3Er0qnneY


Day 4:

https://youtu.be/iU67NPEC9F0


Day 5:

https://youtu.be/JKbFNwns5Xg


Day 6:

https://youtu.be/pu1Ll0T_d_U
Title: Re: Mech Madness Season 3 - Regular Season Fights Begin January 2020!
Post by: FaceBagman on January 06, 2021, 07:16:57 AM
With 4 weeks of non-conference matchups finalized, it's now time to start a grueling 7 weeks of Conference play on our road to the World Tournament.


Week 1, Day 1:

https://youtu.be/zfYVMMivUWU


Day 2:

https://youtu.be/y4fLrOje4Fw


Day 3:

https://youtu.be/6IphNobWoPc


Day 4:

https://youtu.be/7z3jvtK1j1I


Day 5:

https://youtu.be/EgvhgxhOM3M


Day 6:

https://youtu.be/gZb7DiglAls


Day 7:

https://youtu.be/OPWkHht3gzo