Around the World

[Mr. AS]

now that i have a shiny new computer that can record more than 3 frames per second [only half-joking here], thought i might give the tourney section another run.

Stock LW (you should know what stock means)
-No BFE, AAM, Hax Mode, cheatbot2, Thyrus Glitch, Text Editing
-Any and every non-cheatbot2 stock component is 100% legal, this includes the 140cm extenders, all AI parts, and the snapper II
-Your bot must have 2 powered wheels and show some sort of controlled movement (i will be testing for this)
-Failing the controlled movement test will result in your current entry being rejected, you must replace your entry after with something more stable/controlled.
-Occasional havok is counted as controlled movement as long as it is not constant (i.e. you cannot turn without going airborne)
-Bots must be between 245.0 and 249.0 (while still displaying LW) kg
-Once accepted, you are allowed to update/change your entry ONCE and only ONCE.
-Any obvious attempts to counteract or otherwise exploit a loophole in the rules will be automatically DQ'd and mocked on sight.
-All of the bots entered will become a part in ASAI. As such, I will be preforming quality c on each of the robots to make sure no horribly subpar bots become part of the AI pack. I will allow some leeway, but no blatant SFTW entries please.

-There will be a maximum of 24 entries. (4 AI teams of 6)
-My entry will be Micro:

-I will only enter if there are leftover spaces after signups have closed.
-If there are still empty spots after I enter the rest of the spots will be filled with a bye of some sort.

-The arena will be RANDOMLY SELECTED EVERY MATCH (with hazards on). Some arenas will be excluded (such as the ant late-night rumble, the race course ring arena, etc), but some that are included will require more mobility to traverse them than others (such as the bridge of doom or the black hole space arena), this means that you will have to balance the weight put into weapons and weight into mobility.
-The list of arenas is:

Aon 2 Tournament Arena
The Bahamas
Battlebox (and IQ reskin)
BBEANS Tournament Arena
BBEANS Tournament Arena V2
Black Hole Space Station
Combat Arena
Bridge of Doom
Clash Cubes Qualifying Arena
Clash Cubes 3 Arena
ClawTop V2
ClawTop (and its high-power and reverse modifications)
Magnetic Photon-Phazer Arena-R
Magnetic Photon-Phazer Arena
Compressor Arena
DSL Cave Arena
DSL Drum Of Death Arena
DSL Onslaught Arena
DSL Schoolyard Arena
DSL Blade Arena
DSL Tournament Arena
Electric Arena
Electric Arena 2
FlexTop
Geosphere Battle Arena
Half Circle Arena
High-Dive Firepit
Hill Top Arena (modded for battle royale mode)
DSL Ice Arena
Infinity Arena
LumaZone (modded for battle royale mode)
Low Lag Arena
Low_Lag_2
Low Lag Arena 3
Mars Base
Ocean Platform
The Octagon
Parking Lot
The Practice Arena
The Pyramid
A RA-Reborn Arena
RAW Arena
RAW 2 Arena
The Red Zone (Flamer Test)
Ring Arena
Robot Wars Arena (and its CC reskin)
A Starcore AI Combat Arena
Metal Skull
Small Arena (hazards edited out)
The Ring
RA2T#2 Tournament Arena
Twiiiiiiiiiiiiiisted Arena
April Fools Arena (hazards edited out)
Replica Wars Arena

(note: Epic Showdown will be used in the finals)
-Each match will last a maximum of 2 minutes.

--The brackets will go something like this:
-Round 1 will have 8 heats of 3 bots (single matches), the winner of each match will go to a winners bracket, the runner up to a losers bracket, and last place eliminated immediately.
-In round 2, bots in the winners bracket will face bots in the winners bracket (same with losers) in 4 battles of 2, and it will operate like a basic double elimination tourney (with single matches) from there until the finals. Finals will be 1 v 1, best 3 out of 5

Should you do well in this tourney, they will receive:
The final 4 will get an (optional) automatic entry into the next Around the World
The runner up will get all of the robots AI'd to use and mess around with before the release of ASAI in addition to the previous prize.
The winner will get ONE MILLION DOLLARS 2 entries in the next Around the World (only one spot will be reserved however) in addition to the previous prizes.

tl;dr send me a good stock lw that you have ok

Signups are open until March 31st (3/31/2013) at 8 PM EST

1. Mr. AwesumSauce
2. Badnik96
3. Ianh05
4. Lightning S
5. Fracture
6. Venko
7. System32
8. Chaosmancer
9. 090901
10. Virus Bomb
11. Mystic2000
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Green = AI'd and ready.
Blue = Accepted, but I'm currently to lazy to AI it right now.
Red = Problem; bot must be replaced or risk removal from tourney.

[Badnik96]

Wow, an actual elitist RA2 tourney. I might enter Astraphobia 2 in this, but I dunno how its ground clearance will hold up.

[Mr. AS]

Wow, an actual elitist RA2 tourney.

IIRC mighty naryars mighty bla bla had quality control too, but it went just fine.

something like astraphobia would be just fine, all that i ask is that nobody sends SFTW mk. 2 or something.

[Badger]

Yay, a stock LW tourney! I may enter a generic LW HS, if I get past quality control.

And every non-cheatbot2 component doesn't count custom components, right?

[martymidget]

Wow, an actual elitist RA2 tourney.

IIRC mighty naryars mighty bla bla had quality control too, but it went just fine.

As did mine.

[090901]

I wouldn't allow the beta redbird. IIRC the gmf doesn't even exist (or was the it text file).

[Mr. AS]

the rules are now completed, and my bot is now in the OP

[090901]

the rules are now completed, and my bot is now in the OP

I don't think the April Fool's arena with the hazards on is such a good idea.

[MassimoV]

afdlkjngadkjfhg stock. Meh, might make something if this doesn't get filled up but it probably will.

[Mr. AS]

the rules are now completed, and my bot is now in the OP

I don't think the April Fool's arena with the hazards on is such a good idea.

i edited the "hazards" out

[Mr. AS]

I should also mention that the new uberstack glitch will be allowed.

[boombabyboom]

i will enter this with a robot theme of something like this.....

http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-689
or this
http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-017
or this
http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-173

you pick....

[Venko]

I should also mention that the new uberstack glitch will be allowed.

It is too much for me now, I'm officially not entering as an act of protest, even if no one actually enter with a uberstacked bot, sorry...

[ianh05]

I should also mention that the new uberstack glitch will be allowed.

It is too much for me now, I'm officially not entering as an act of protest, even if no one actually enter with a uberstacked bot, sorry...

Feel free to enter the all round bot builder championship then :)

[Conraaa]

The is a uberstack glitch?

I plan on entering this, as soon as I make a semi decent LW.

[ianh05]

The is a uberstack glitch?

I plan on entering this, as soon as I make a semi decent LW.

It's using the axle loading glitch to get rid of the axle on z-tek which allows you to stack a nifty (and other things I think) on top of it. I might still enter one of my LW's just to see how much of a difference the new stack makes.

[Mr. AS]

The is a uberstack glitch?

I plan on entering this, as soon as I make a semi decent LW.

the "uberstack glitch" is the fact that if you axle load a ztek you can place a nifty in it. if you make the chassis 8-or-so pixels high you can then put a CB in the nifty.
people are just calling it the uberstack glitch because venkos been freaking out over it

[090901]

It's using the axle loading glitch to get rid of the axle on z-tek which allows you to stack a nifty (and other things I think) on top of it. I might still enter one of my LW's just to see how much of a difference the new stack makes.

I don't get why people are calling it the uberstack glitch when it isn't even a new glitch 

[ianh05]

It's a new way of using an old glitch, instead of stacking things on the motor you are stacking over it which reduces chassis space needed. I called it uberstack because it's a superstack.

(ueber , uber or uuber) is a German language word meaning "above", "over" or "across". It is a cognate of both Latin super and Greek ὑπέρ (hyper).

[090901]

instead of stacking things on the motor you are stacking over it which reduces chassis space needed.

Isn't this basically then regular old stacking then?