[The Official GTM Tournament] GTM Championship - SBV (but updating again)

[Mecha]

lmao, Barry Bee Benson would have won if it didn't attack miniflip when it was stuck on it's backside

[Meganerdbomb]

My IF bot is the only one getting anywhere in this tournament. Too bad it's about to lose to Wen-sama.

[Dreamcast]

I just noticed two robots with the name WBP. Is it possible for them to have a special inter-meta grudge match at the end of the tournament?

[UberPyro]

Well, that's it for my IF bot. Overall, my bots were rushed, I was rusty, and I didn't know that the arena would be so low (I should have checked it first). And those wiggle sticks are super trolly.

I should note that my SnS was spinning the wrong way, although I don't think it actually affected anything. Also it sort of turned into sabertooth in that last battle, probably an unintended effect of it's ability to change direction when inverted.

Edit: I'm still in this tour with my retooled robot, I think

also thanks for killing the sns redace he was 1 of 2 wedgless bots I was worried about

I'm glad to hear that my SnS was a threat, at least versus VS's.

[Thrackerzod]

I just noticed two robots with the name WBP. Is it possible for them to have a special inter-meta grudge match at the end of the tournament?

I don't think so?

Anyway, classes have started for me, and I'm still trying to get used to the new schedule.  As you may have noticed, this will slow down updates.  That said, here's IF LR3:

Conraaa vs DSC
ty4er vs Geice
Badnik vs S_M
TeamXtreemer vs RedAce
Lightning S. vs R01
Redline vs Badger
wakkydude vs botomatic1000
R1885 vs Thrackerzod

With that done, we've cleared all the rounds with more than 4 fights in (well, except Retooled, but we don't talk about that) so each update should be easier.  I promise not to let this thing die again!

And while you're here, consider giving me suggestions on how to improve Boss Rush.  Thanks!

[UberPyro]

I just noticed two robots with the name WBP. Is it possible for them to have a special inter-meta grudge match at the end of the tournament?

I don't think so?

It's Badger's retooled entry and Mr. AS's Ironforge entry

Edit: I just realized you meant it's not possible for them to have a grudge match, not that they didn't exist.

[Thrackerzod]

I just noticed two robots with the name WBP. Is it possible for them to have a special inter-meta grudge match at the end of the tournament?

I don't think so?

It's Badger's retooled entry and Mr. AS's Ironforge entry

Edit: I just realized you meant it's not possible for them to have a grudge match, not that they didn't exist.

Yeah, that's definitely what I meant.  I didn't forget about Retooled and all the bots in it, of course not.

[Conraaa]

GG DSC. That was too close.

Here's hoping my robot can break its AI shackles and get to the exposed sides of Geice's robot.

[Mouldy]

Any update on Retooled?

[Thrackerzod]

Any update on Retooled?

Update: I'd really rather not do 3 metas at once.  I'll do Retooled once I'm done the other two.

[Mouldy]

Any update on Retooled?

Update: I'd really rather not do 3 metas at once.  I'll do Retooled once I'm done the other two.

Alright, thank you, lad.

[Thrackerzod]

Right, enough of these losers' rounds!  IF Round 4:

MNB vs Wen
090901 vs Bobyasianboy
Reier vs Scorpio
rnifnuf vs Mr. AS

Coming up next: Stock Round 4

[Dreamcast]

Dat Paper Mario music tho.

[Scorpio]

Welp. GG Reier.

There's still Loser's Rounds for me though.

[Reier]

Welp. GG Reier.

There's still Loser's Rounds for me though.

gg bro

i think i can outwedge AS but 09 is going to give me trouble

[kix]

Any news from Mr. AS?

[Mr. AS]

Any news from Mr. AS?

Prizes have been finished for a while man:

Prizes for our eventual winners have been made:

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Here's a rundown of what the prizes actually are. From left to right:
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-Smasher: From the compressor arena. Makes for a decent trapping arm on LWs, and a good spinner weapon on MWs. 30 kg, 175 DP and 5350 HP.
-Table Claw: From the tabletop arena. Has a higher DP:HP ratio than the smasher or pulverizer. Good for clamps and hammers, possibly usable on a popup as well. 45kg, 395 DP and 4020 HP.
-Pulverizer: From the Octogon arena. Makes the satisfying THUD noise you're familiar with when hitting other robots. Useful for MW or HW vertical spinners. 60kg, 220 DP and 10700 HP.
-Nuke Wheel: A high grip, high damage wheel with very low HP. Think like a DSL Techno Wheel with even higher grip at the cost of having the Ant Wheel's HP, and also it has the WBC Wheel's additional damage. 24kg, 1.54 grip, 100 HP, and 500 DP*.
-Energy Blade: Another high damage, low HP weapon. The disc actually acts like an axle mounted disc*, not unlike the flail rams that were popular a few years back. No piercing damage to worry about, however. 75kg, 835 DP and 3750 HP.
-BFS: Also known as the "Big Frickin Sword". Unlike your typical sword component that you'd see in DSL, Ironforge, RWRA2, etc, this sword shoots energy projectiles as well as having contact damage. 100 kg, 13350 HP and 255 DP. Uses 10 gas per shot.
None of these have normals to worry about, BTW. Not even possible to put normals on the last three.
(Statistics are for thier Retooled versions. Damage, HP and input values may vary from mod to mod.)

*subject to change. also, practical damage for wheels seems to be lower than you'd think.
Remember, even if you lost your first match, you still have a chance to progress through the loser's bracket to win.

Prizes: 1st place (he will have two picks), 2nd place and the rumble winners will have their choice of [the prizes listed]. The winner shall receive a gold ribbon that they can wear next to their name to commemorate their victory! Top 4 will receive the AI pack used to host the tournament with, too.

Just for laughs, here's a bit of the "concept art" that I sent yugitom for the prizes.

And also the arena. The current version of the arena looks a lot different than the one I planned to use.

Despite the recent semi-hiatuses Yugitom has taken, the tourney is nearly 20% complete. Round 1 winners and losers brackets are the largest part of any standard double elimination tournament such as BBEANS or this one.
Also take into consideration GTMC is essentially three BBEANS in one tournament. BBEANS 4 took 2 months, BBEANS 5 took 4 months, and BBEANS 6 also took about 4 months. This would mean that if this were going at the pace of the last 3 BBEANS tournaments, GTMC would take about 10 months on average, but considering that about 15-20% of the tournament was done within a month, uploads can easily pick up the pace in a week or two and still be fine.
I've also gotten word from Thrackerzod that he may start uploads if Yugi doesn't in the upcoming weeks, who knows. Stay tuned!

In the unlikely event that GTMC does gets cancelled, the prize components will just be in retooled instead, no skin off my back.

[kix]

Not that! I meant.. have you fixed your bot?

[Thrackerzod]

More episodes!

Lightning S. vs Fracture
Conraaa vs playzooki
Thrackerzod vs Scorpio
R1885 vs ty4er

I thought Direct Injection would be able to take down Magnitude, but not quite.  GG Scorpio.

Up next: probably RA2.

[Meganerdbomb]

Did not expect to beat Wen's popup, Don't Tread on Memes is really coming through for me in this tournament, which is good, since is also my last hope for any trophy.