BBEANS6 Brackets&Videos

[Sage]

Haha pysc I miss you on this forum :P

[pyscolone]

Yeah I do too, too bad these little kids overran the place. K Cya

[G.K.]

I'm sorry about that Pys, did you see my question?

[Natef]

Sorry Goldenfox, but I agree with Clickbeetle. You should be allowed to enter, no matter what skill level you are. How will you learn if you aren't able to enter tourneys until you are of higher level?

You snooze you lose

That makes a lot of sense.

Meh, It's OK Nate. I guess everyone's entitled to opinions. We live in free countries don't we?
 
It's just I'm angry to be placed in a division where I will almost certainly lose.

I do horrible in every tourney I've ever competed in. I guess I'm in that category for RA2 tourneys.

[cephalopod]

Even though I really wasn't around when some of the vets were, I miss them too. You and the others sound like... such interesting characters... :P

You should stick around really, we do have a few n00bs that need whacking if you're in that kinda mood... okay that was kinda mean from me XD

[GoldenFox93]

Even though I really wasn't around when some of the vets were, I miss them too. You and the others sound like... such interesting characters... :P

You should stick around really, we do have a few n00bs that need whacking if you're in that kinda mood... okay that was kinda mean from me XD

Not necessarily. In fact, I agree with you!
 
*Looks at Sparkles and Avalanche and glares angrily*

[Reier]

I gotta admit, I like Pys a lot better than Infy. That's not exactly saying much though.

[pyscolone]

Lets keep the topic clean, bug me on aim or msg me sometime and let me know how this things going. GL all

[lloopp D lloopp]

I wonder if I can do better than CC3...

[R0B0SH4RK]

Awwwwwright. Analysis and predictions time :D

Main Bracket:

1.8 - Somestrangeguy
- Decent looking rammer, but those drive motors are very exposed. One hit can completely cripple it.

4Head - Hurricane Andrew
- A lesser version of SSG's 1.8. May give other rammers problems though.

Acornia 3 - FOTEPX
- May win a fight or two, but the weapons are too dispersed to cause any real destruction.

AHHHH COME ON!! - Sparkey98
- If it's a flipper (which I suspect it may be) it might be an annoying little bugger for some bots. At least it's not the SFTW.

All Or Nothing - Redline
- The best paintjob. Brittle weaponry will prove to be its downfall, however.

AntonYYYm - lloop D lloop
- Clearly inspired by Smashbox, it's too top heavy to be really wedgey, and lacks damaging potential. Probably won't do well.

AtaxiA - R0B0SH4RK
- It's quite damaging, but its biggest weaknesses are its brittle weapons. Like R4, it's not built for long matches.

Bane X - Urjak
- Very deadly with 12 razors, Urjak is a serious contender. It might take part in some of the most boring matches though.

Biridium - Ashman12
- I'm not sure it it's a rammer or a poker, but it will run into the same problems as FOTEPX's Acornia. This being said, Acornia's also much better.

Bisector - Clickbeetle
- Before you guys start geeking out over Bisector like you did Heaven's Sawmill, note that a lucky hit from a gut ripper can cripple it, and it can be out-weaponed too. By far and away the most creative entry here.

Blabber-mouth - Zog
- wat

Blaze Line - S.T.C.
- It looks pretty good, but I'm unsure of the wedges. It should win a couple of matches.

Blood Orange - Craaig
- Decent, but unspectacular. Whyachi hammers aren't great and its weapon motor is very exposed to HS's.

Bot With MOVING Spikes - 090901
- Another bot that looks decent but not great. Three spikes aren't much even on a LW popup, and the position of the weapon limits how damaging it could be.

Bot With Spinny Thingy - Bubbleman
- The coolest looking chassis of any of the bots, but the weapon is quite high and the reach is limited. It might stand a better chance if it was rotated 180 degrees.

Claw Cube 3 - Stagfish
- I'm not sold on how damaging it can be. Also, it looks pretty breakable.

Come Get Some! - Alterer of Reality
- It dosen't look like it has the speed to be a really deadly SnS, and the weaponry isn't the best either.

Conficker - System32
- A very Bras Ouvert-style bot, it should be a rammers' worst nightmare. If its frontal shield is bypassed though, its hugely vulnerable with brittle components and a tiny chassis. It's also fairly slow.

Death Of Angels 2 - Sage
- One of my favourite bots here. It looks quick, damaging and wedgey. However, I'm pretty sure that its armour is weak, but it should still go far.

Deinonychus - Wings
- Very mediocre. Not very well built and very weak weaponry.

Elle Driver - Jack Daniels
- A more solid version of Deinonychus, I'm not sure if it's fast enough to cause many problems.

Final Z - Badnik96
- It has a deadly weapon, but its design leaves it more vulnerable to gut-rippers that some of the other HS here. Wheels on the end of long axels are also prone to havoks from my experience.

Flux - 40757
- Poor wedges and a high centre of gravity limit its effectiveness. May win a match it if gets licky with matchups.

Guardian Angels - Trumpetguy
- I'm tempted to suspect that this is a multibot. Even if it is, its weaponry is absolutely pathetic.

Hredder 6.6 - Squirrel_Monkey
- A very solid bot, but if the arena that we'll be in is like the BBEANS MW arena, small wedges seem to be limited in their effectiveness. Should do pretty well.

Ice Tornado - The Ounce
- Although I don't think that is has the speed to beat some of the top contenders, it has very good weaponry. A solid run is in line for this Best Rookie award contender.

Infection 4 - Pwnator
- Another one of my favourites. It will be very flanky, and is fast enough to take on some of the shell spinners. It will be top-5.

Kill Box - Timothy700
- It's design could give some spinners problems, but it's just not fast enough to pull it off. Also, gut-rippers will eat it for breakfast.

Killer Green Yoshi - 027 LB
- It will be unstable, and capable of catapulting itself over walls, but its hammers can outlast many of the other weapon setups here. I don't see any prolonged runs from it though.

Kurt Rambis - COOLRUNNER87
- It's not really quick, and a narrow wheel base makes it easily flanked. Its back end is very vulnerable.

Lil' Eager V2 - Little Lost Bot
- I like how it looks, but its weaponry is pretty poor and its chassis is very exposed. It won't go far.

Meteorite - TriTon
- Mediocre wedges, sparse weaponry and exposed drive motors. Might be an annoyance for some, but It won't be going very far.

Minifridge 4 - G.K.
- A classic Sheck Spinner look, but it's out-gunned by Bane X, Stanley 2 and Resentful Princess 2. It will get a couple of wins, but there are better bots out there with the same design.

Minor Launch Platform MK2 - R1885
- A decent looking LW popup. Pretty generic, it can get out-wedged on the BBEANS arena floor. Also, the small wedge is vulnerable to some of the flails.

Missile Test - Jonzu95
- Its wedge is pretty poor and it may lose a lot of slow matches. With this being said, it may also have the frontal defense to give some of the shell spinners a tough time.

Moving Violation - Kill343gs
- It looks cool, but it lacks the damaging power to make a sustained run. Good matchups may give it a couple of wins.

Mutant Kabuto - Sonny_Resetti
- It has a big chassis and not many weapons for a spinner. It probably won't go far.

New Ruin - Firebeetle
- The champ returns with a smart little spinner. With what I think is triple irons on each side, it will cause most of the bots here big problems. It's still vulnerable to gut-rippers, however.

N-Trench - Mjrobots
- Simply not enough weaponry and brittle construction mean that this bot will be lucky to get out of round 1.

Power Surge - Flying_Chao
- I like it to do well, but as we saw with Haymaker in BBEANS 4, the arena can be unforgiving. Also, I'm not sure if the TD wheels give it enough speed to take out some of the gut-rippers.

Power Surge 3 - D-lark
- I don't know quite how the weapons are supposed to work, but I don't think that there are enough for a good rammer. Also, the drive motors are a big achilles heel.

Precision Impact - Pressure
- One of the best built SFTWs that I've seen. It has really weak wheels and terrible weaponry. Also not invertible.

Predator - JoeBlo
- Grizzly claws are damaging, but I don't think that it will stack up to the other flail HS too well, due to having normals and being out-weaponed. Ronin flags are a nice touch though.

Primal Instinct - Inplabth
- Hammers are damn near impossible to pull off well in the LW division, and unfortunately PI dosen't break this trend. It looks to have a short reach and instability will be a problem.

Psychoblade - Scorpio
- THE...WEAPONS...ARE...BACKWARDS. Other than that, it at least looks cool.

ReActive - MikeNCR
- I'm not sure that Mike can retain his #1 ranking with this entry, as I'm not sure what it's really supposed to do. Might fall victim to HS though.

Reier's Avatar 3
- A lack of wedges hurts this flail grinder, and graphite extenders holding on the drive train is a massive weakness.

Resentful Princess - Virus Bomb
- Basically the same a Bane X, but with 8 razors and 2 irons. Another contender for top rookie.

Sawzal - Shish-Kabot
- S-k clearly was watching Clash Cubes when he designed this. Unlike many of the SnS, this ones wheelbase looks wide enough to give it sufficient speed, but it's still very, very brittle.

Shish-Kebab 2 - Incredirobotwars
- Having an exposed chassis in DSL is almost suicide. I can see Shish-Kebab getting eaten alive by some of the spinners here.

Stanley 2 - Somebody
- The 3rd best SS here, it has basically the same strengths are Bane X and Resentful Princess. Look for Somebody to elevate his current #77 ranking.

Star Dust - 123Savethewhales
- A pretty good VS should make a decent run, but ultimately it will be outgunned by the better HS and Gut-rippers.

Terrible Sight - Naryar
- For a guy who rips on flails at every chance he gets, seeing something as "teh ghey" as invisible, invulnerable armour on one of his bots is bordering on hypocritical. 800 hp wheels also would scare me, as one lucky shot could incapacitate this bot.

That Spike Thing... - TeamXtreemer
- Not enough good weapons to go anywhere.

The Mini Warrior - Eggman249
- See above comment. Except this one's worse.

The Strike of a Ninja - Doomkiller
- A very solid looking TS. So much rear weight may inhibit its wedge, however. Still a contender for Best Rookie.

The Telephone Effect - WhammettNuht
- A very solid looking FS from Wham. If its wedges are good enough, it may make a decent run. If not, it will still be pesky.

Tomcat II - -Xile-
- A very real-life feel to this one. It reminds me of Robot Wars' Wild Thing. It's too steep to be a very good wammer though.

Trance Hazard - Larrain
- Not enough weaponry to worry the HS's, and an exposed motor is lunch for gut-rippers. I don't like its chances.

Trigger Happy - Natef
- Very good frontal defense, but a poor wedge and it may be easily flanked. It, like Jonzu's Missile Test, could potentially cause some problems for the flail HS though.

What Sheck Spinner? - H@zm47
- I don't like anti-(insert bot type here) bots because they tend to be limited in their effectiveness against types other than the ones they were designed to fight. Also, I'm not even sure that WSS? can handle Bane X, RP2 or Stanley.

Your Final Moment - Powerrave
- Bad weapons, bad drive, bad robot. Another SFTW.

Zombie Pirate Ninja - NFX
- I like how it looks, but I just don't think that it's damaging enough or wedgey enough to make a prolonged run.

Wildcard Bracket:

Mass Opression - Scrap Daddy
- Very well built despite aa general lack of weaponry. If it's fast enough, it can make it into the main bracket.

Mr. Punch - GoldenFox93
- Teh generic piston rammer is teh generic. Also, probably the worst of the four wildcard combatants.

S Cargo - Reier
- The best non-gutripping VS in the entire tourney, it's unfortunate that Reier needs to fight to get into the main bracket. The favourite, but Scrap may give him a run for his money.

Shilka - Temi
- One of the coolest looking bots, but with a static wedge and rotated teeth, I'm not sure how damaging it could be. With a couple of modifications, it could have been a deadly combatant.

Wildcard Predictions:
It's a toss-up between Reier and Scrap, but ultimately I think that Scrap will gut-rip his way into the main bracket. If either Reier or Scrap win, they are both also poised to make a significant run too, although I don't think that either one can win it all.

Main Bracket Predictions:
The finalists in both DSL BBEANS to date have all been wedges (Smashbox, Mako, HazCon, Enfilad3), but the only other LW BBEANS was also the only HS vs HS final (Childs Play vs Le\/eL). You can read two thing from that: the wedge will dominate DSL, or HS are the way to go for LWs. It will be close, but ultimately I think that Sage and Pwnator have what it takes to rise through the ranks and face off for the title. And between them, I think that Sage is better suited for takin out other wedges. So, my prediction for BBEANS 6 champ is Sage!

Top 5:
1. Death of Angels 2 - Sage
2. Infection 4 - Pwnator
3. Bane X - Urjak
4. Terrible Sight - Naryar
5. Stanley 2 - Somebody

Others to watch:
ReActive - MikeNCR
Resentful Princess 2 - Virus Bomb
Ice Tornado - The Ounce
Final Z - Badnik96
AtaxiA - R0B0SH4RK

Top Rookie Contenders:
Blaze Line - S.T.C.
Final Z - Badnik96
Ice Tornado - The Ounce
Resentful Princess 2 - Virus Bomb
Star Dust - 123savethewhales
The Strike of a Ninja - Doomkiller

The SFTW nominees:
Blabber-mouth - Zog
Guardian Angels - Trumpetguy
Your Final Moment - powerrave

And there you have it :D

[Jonzu95]

When I watched the "Best Rookie Contenders" I punched my leg...

[G.K.]

@R0B0: About D-Lark's and Mike's bots, they use the same principle as Ludicrous Speed.

[Naryar]

@R0B0: About D-Lark's and Mike's bots, they use the same principle as Ludicrous Speed.

Not at all... they're using weapons on axles so they can still damage a popup if it goes under them.

[G.K.]

That's partly why he did it, but didn't you read Mike's Showcase? Click and Mike both said that the 'Axle Flipper' principle is the bot's weapon.

[090901]

I'm still quite confused on how Jonzu rates popups. o_o

Yes, me too. My bot outwedges him his every time in the Combat Arena, but in the BBEANS 2 arena, his bot gets under mine.

[Sage]

So, my prediction for BBEANS 6 champ is Sage!

WOOHOO!

I'm pretty sure in a fight against Bane I have the disadvantage, but there are other bots that could take Urjak out before I get to him. The skirts on the front just aren't strong enough to hold up the whole battle.

Let's see if I can break my tradition of losing the very first match xD

[090901]

Bot with MOVING Spikes / 090901: Will lose to me, as my Ai'ed bot beat his.

LOLWUT?
My bot won against yours 2-1 in the BBEANS V2 arena AI'ed.(I used the binding you posted)



Your bot likes exposing it's weak spot, Bot with MOVING Spikes almost got a 1 hit KO on Final Z.
 

[Naryar]

Hah ! Slim drive on a popup ?

[090901]

I thought the faster the drive on a popup, the better the wedge, but I guess this is not the case...

[Naryar]

The faster the drive is on a popup, the better it performs against shell and SnS.