Battlebots 5

[Badnik96]

my HW is built. I am all set for whenever signups open.

I think my HW is the best bot I'm entering, BTW...

[smashysmashy]

Finished a possible LW.

[nicsan2009]

midnight?! Well hopefully sign ups will not fill up overnight

[NFX]

I sure hope not. I might have to end up relying on my seeding to get myself in, and I really don't want to end up doing that.

[Pressure]

Something that could have been done with the Seeding system is to induvidially seed everyone in each weightclass. Since some people only entered one weight class. So the Semi-Finalists, 3rd, 2nd and 1st get a seed in every weight class? I think this makes more sense than grouping it all together, and it allows for more people to enter without being bumped I think.

[freeziez]

Something that could have been done with the Seeding system is to induvidially seed everyone in each weightclass. Since some people only entered one weight class. So the Semi-Finalists, 3rd, 2nd and 1st get a seed in every weight class? I think this makes more sense than grouping it all together, and it allows for more people to enter without being bumped I think.

I'm going to remove the seeding anyway, so...

[nicsan2009]

Something that could have been done with the Seeding system is to induvidially seed everyone in each weightclass. Since some people only entered one weight class. So the Semi-Finalists, 3rd, 2nd and 1st get a seed in every weight class? I think this makes more sense than grouping it all together, and it allows for more people to enter without being bumped I think.

I'm going to remove the seeding anyway, so...

Smart move IMO.

[Clickbeetle]

The way I do seeding in BBEANS is I put the 32 top-ranked competitors in the bracket first, so the highest-ranked bots are as far apart as possible.  So the #1 seed goes in slot #1, #2 goes in slot #32, #3 goes in slot #16, #4 goes in slot #48, etc.  Then I fill in the remaining slots randomly with unseeded bots, so every round 1 match is between a seeded bot and a random unseeded bot.  There's never been any controversy over it so you might want to give it a try.
 
Also, stop trying to steal the "most tournaments in a series" record from BBEANS. :P  (j/k, BB is a fun tourney, even if some people take it too seriously.)

[MassimoV]

Good idea for the bracket Click. By the way, you gonna enter?

[freeziez]

The way I do seeding in BBEANS is I put the 32 top-ranked competitors in the bracket first, so the highest-ranked bots are as far
apart as possible.  So the #1 seed goes in slot #1, #2 goes in slot #32, #3 goes in slot #16, #4 goes in slot #48, etc.  Then I fill in the remaining slots randomly with unseeded bots, so every round 1 match is between a seeded bot and a random unseeded bot. 

I had that seeding in mind before now, and now when I use it it'll seem like I was taking your idea. :P

Whatever. It works in college basketball, it'll work here.

[Clickbeetle]

The way I do seeding in BBEANS is I put the 32 top-ranked competitors in the bracket first, so the highest-ranked bots are as far
apart as possible.  So the #1 seed goes in slot #1, #2 goes in slot #32, #3 goes in slot #16, #4 goes in slot #48, etc.  Then I fill in the remaining slots randomly with unseeded bots, so every round 1 match is between a seeded bot and a random unseeded bot. 

I had that seeding in mind before now, and now when I use it it'll seem like I was taking your idea. :P

Whatever. It works in college basketball, it'll work here.

It's not even my idea; I got it from somewhere else (don't remember where though).  So go ahead and use it.
 

By the way, you gonna enter?

I have a SHW to enter if I can AI it and if the bracket doesn't fill up too fast.  (The self-righting AI will be complicated.)

[MassimoV]

Alright! SHW signups are usually the last to be filled.

[Badnik96]

Final team lineup:

LW: Twilight Scream (new HS with Hworf blades)
MW: Tracer Bullet 1.5 (less spikes, more armor)
HW: Critical Hit! (tribar HS of doomy doom)
SHW: Blade Ace (Diesector type thing with E-TEK drive powered hammers. Can toss Nightmare OOTA (with hammers!), if that's any indication of how powerful the hammers are. Has a tendency to flip itself.)

027 is also planning on entering a LW and maybe MW, he will showcase them when he gets unbanned in an hour and a half

[powerrave]

What I have so far..

LW: White Thing 2
MW: Indivision

[Philippa]

Sorry, my time skills have gone AWOL, is it tonight or tomorrow your opening the signups?

[NFX]

Depends what time zone you're in. Could be tomorrow, could be in 2 days. But I finally have my SHW all sorted. =D Hopefully I'll have a slightly better outing this time around.

[Naryar]

LW: MIGHTY NARYAR'S PIERCING GAZE (Finished)
MW: MIGHTY NARYAR'S DIRE POWER (to be built)
HW: MIGHTY NARYAR'S IRON FIST (needs rebuild)
SHW: MIGHTY NARYAR'S WRITTEN LAW (to be built)

[smashysmashy]

LW: MIGHTY NARYAR'S PIERCING GAZE (Finished)
MW: MIGHTY NARYAR'S DIRE POWER (to be built)
HW: MIGHTY NARYAR'S IRON FIST (needs rebuild)
SHW: MIGHTY NARYAR'S WRITTEN LAW (to be built)

Those MIGHTY FEMYAR names are getting repetitive now =P

But we all know they're going to be quite good D:

[NFX]

LW: MIGHTY NARYAR'S PIERCING GAZE (Finished)
MW: MIGHTY NARYAR'S DIRE POWER (to be built)
HW: MIGHTY NARYAR'S IRON FIST (needs rebuild)
SHW: MIGHTY NARYAR'S WRITTEN LAW (to be built)

Team Ballast.
 
I reckon I will either do extremely well, or fail spectacularly. No middle ground.

[Philippa]

Predictions for my team.

LW - First Round Failure
MW - Round 2 or 3
HW - Round 2 or 3
SHW - First Round Failure / Round 2 if it's lucky