I want to get back into doing tournaments but I don't really know what people are into, atm. I have some ideas for non-IRL tournaments but I want to know what non-IRL metagame, if any, the majority of the community like.The main idea(s) that I want to do would be based on how Pokemon changes up their rules every year to make the same game very different every format. For example, I'd quite like to do a stock tournament with Z-Teks banned, or possibly limited to regular power, or limited to one or two. Or, a stock tournament done in the original base game (no AI components or whatever 1.4 changes.) There are so many simple and basic ideas that can force people to design and think in different ways. Constraint really does make creativity flourish. Would peeps be interested in this sort of concept for a tournament?If it turns out people only have a boner for IRL, I don't think I'll be doing more tournaments.
also lol at most toxic guy around calling others out on this sh**
If I did a DSL-S tournament, what basic restrictions could make an interesting impact? Same question for IF
If you want a really gimmicky idea, you could do something like, "each person who enters gets to ban one part". Or, "all parts start banned, everyone gets to unban one part". Something crazy like that.
I think restrictions aren't the answer tbh, it's hard enough getting people to build DSL-S or Stock to a reasonable standard as-is.If you were to go for restrictions though, giving each entrant a random bot type (or even an RA2 Randomizer/build a bot with dice spec list) would be cool.
As for weird interesting ideas, maybe an elimination bracket where if you lose a part, it's gone for good? Might need some restrictions or advantages to make it work cause you might get weaponless bots in the final, and that's never okay. It's a weird pitch, but I also am for 09's idea. That would be pretty fun to build for that.
Quote from: Thrackerzod on September 21, 2018, 07:34:31 PMIf you want a really gimmicky idea, you could do something like, "each person who enters gets to ban one part". Or, "all parts start banned, everyone gets to unban one part". Something crazy like that.This is the exact opposite of what I'm getting at. This is also a response to what Badger said. I don't want to completely restrict people's ability to make bots by throwing a crap ton of gimmicky restrictions on them. I want 1, possibly 2, very basic restriction that would genuinely alter builds. 09 is more on my wavelength, yet I think hard-banning all 4 weapons isn't the most efficient of ideas.
Quote from: yugitom on September 21, 2018, 08:23:59 PMQuote from: Thrackerzod on September 21, 2018, 07:34:31 PMIf you want a really gimmicky idea, you could do something like, "each person who enters gets to ban one part". Or, "all parts start banned, everyone gets to unban one part". Something crazy like that.This is the exact opposite of what I'm getting at. This is also a response to what Badger said. I don't want to completely restrict people's ability to make bots by throwing a crap ton of gimmicky restrictions on them. I want 1, possibly 2, very basic restriction that would genuinely alter builds. 09 is more on my wavelength, yet I think hard-banning all 4 weapons isn't the most efficient of ideas.In that case, I had fun running Tricycle Takedown (3 wheeled bots only). Not saying "do that", just, is that closer to what you're looking for?
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I'm fine with hugging reier
i think stock with the big 4 weapons banned (razors, irons, maces, and bear claws) would be pretty woke
yugi, have you thought about doing a parsec tourney for the euros? I haven't been able to let them in centauri due to lag issues but I know a lot of people that would go for it. would also help popularize pvp which in turn lets people build a variety of new designs that wouldn't be as effective with ai
Quote from: 090901 on September 21, 2018, 07:20:01 PMi think stock with the big 4 weapons banned (razors, irons, maces, and bear claws) would be pretty wokeThis. I'm already thinking of a design with Hammers (the ones CRUSH & ALARM use in Stock) and Pointy tips.