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NOVA 1 - Online Mini-Tournament
« on: November 18, 2018, 05:14:04 PM »
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hey. I want to do some small online tournaments for fun that are a little easier than centauri. we will likely get another centauri at some point too.
here's what I'm thinking. I want to be able to film these in an afternoon pretty easily. A league-type setting will be best for this I think where I'll do one every week or two and i'll do a bunch hopefully so if you miss one you can enter another no big d.

I'll host a new one every week/other week/whenever.
4 competitors. first come first serve.
Same basic rules as centauri (controls, setup, etc). Probably 1v1, Bo3, double elimination, 3 min unless stated otherwise.
There will be a different theme (meta, arena, gimmick, etc) every week. I will probably decide most in advance but I will open some to votes. I think I'll open the first one to a vote just to get some suggestions and test the waters.
NA entrants only most likely again for latency reasons. I can be convinced otherwise if we do a lag test and it's acceptable.

Here's some ideas:
10 min build-off
Pick a stock ai HW
mystery meta
random arena
everyone submits a bot and you have to drive someone else's
n00b warz: pvp
flyers
walkers
winner drives the losers bot (thanks thrack)


So. suggestions? I'll probably do this next week and name a theme after i get some feedback then first come first serve. I want this to be pretty casual. My personal votes are for pick a stock bot or thrackerzod's suggestion.
 

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Re: NOVA 1 - Online Mini-Tournament
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2018, 09:31:27 AM »
Problem with driving someone else's bot- they'll try to make it lose by smashing it into hazards. I'd like it if we controlled our own bots, just so it's more competitive and not suicide fighting.
neat idea, though, and I think this tournament's a wonderful idea.


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Re: NOVA 1 - Online Mini-Tournament
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2018, 09:59:45 AM »
Problem with driving someone else's bot- they'll try to make it lose by smashing it into hazards. I'd like it if we controlled our own bots, just so it's more competitive and not suicide fighting.
neat idea, though, and I think this tournament's a wonderful idea.
There's been a bunch of PvP tournaments now and nobody has been scummy enough to do this yet. People still wanna win even when it's not their bot just to prove they're a good driver, and because nobody likes losing.
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Re: NOVA 1 - Online Mini-Tournament
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2018, 10:01:01 AM »
Problem with driving someone else's bot- they'll try to make it lose by smashing it into hazards. I'd like it if we controlled our own bots, just so it's more competitive and not suicide fighting.
neat idea, though, and I think this tournament's a wonderful idea.
Wtf no, look at PWS, people drove other peoples bots and didnt do that