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Title: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 14, 2015, 04:35:59 PM

It's here! Welcome to BTTB V everybody!

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Here's a list of what everybody had to rebuild. (https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=17764.msg677892#msg677892)

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Byes *** (https://youtu.be/9c3PfftyvcY)
Hammer Fisted didn't have the best of luck as a multibot in BTTB 3, facing off agaisnt 2 drums, though not aided by the fact that it only had 2WD RAD drive (the other wheels are on axles). It's a great byebot - all 10 bots with a bye to round 2 get to strut their funky stuff.

All the actual entrants win.

Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Mayhem vs egapmaR *** (https://youtu.be/QysX1bqwrwM)
egapmaR, as you would expect, is good at taking parts off its opponent - but here it faces a 4WD bot with two different 'uplifitng' weapon systems - a VS and a flipper. Can it cause enough damage in time to a bot whose exenders and weapon motors are big targets for a crawler before it gets pushed out? At least 1 round goes the way you wouldn't expect.

TtTtTtM wins 3-0 with 3 TKO's.

Mechanized Warfare vs Sidewinder Supreme *** (https://youtu.be/vAw3yPcbu_I)
Both of these bots are very damaging and will definitely win if they get underneath their oppnent. It's a shame Stock so often comes down to a batle of wedges - though here these bots have very similar wedges and bounce off each other. Whoever reacts quicker from this bounce may well prevail.

Sidewinder Supreme wins 3-0 with 3 KO's.

Cube Crusher vs Extra Mouldy Cheese *** (https://youtu.be/UCnhtMGu4QI)
I am intrigued by Cube Crusher's weapon system. Thrackerzod put a large rack of razors on 1 DDT, and a much smaller one on another in front of it. This allows the big one to sort of trap the opponent bot and rack up points, while the small one keeps hitting it in the hope of chassis damage. Against a lesser bot like EMC, you'd think all it needs to do is get under the bouncy VS, and victory is in the bag. However, it doesn't always get under its opponent...

Cube Crusher wins 3-0 with 2 KO's and 1 TKO.

Shaver BX or whatever it is vs Swamp Ogre *** (https://youtu.be/Ntze5R8Ax_8)
Two well matched bots go head to head here. The matchup, as shown by round 2, has the potential to be very tedious - Swamp Ogre is just the right shape to have its casters block Shaver BX's weapons and then the bots are just locked together. Fortunately the other rounds are much quicker and one bot emerges the stronger.

Swamp Ogre wins 2-1 with 2 KO's. Shaver BX gets 1 WBP.

Heeellie Razer vs Bloody Massacre *** (https://youtu.be/6dbO_o7X9Qc)
In some ways Geice's bot, with its exposed chassis, is the best popup that my favourite BTTB V entrant could face. In other ways, it's just as bad as any other given that the hammer is so unstable and can easily be got under, exposing the soft underbelly... Also, fun fact - this is Mystic2000 against the rebuild of his own bot.

Heeellie Razer wins 3-0 with 3 KO's. Dominant.

Magnificent Mandrill vs Clown Breath *** (https://youtu.be/sYDnVy7frGY)
Clown Breath is absolutely devastating with its huge sweep, but it's up against one of the bots most suited to beating it here. Ounce's big wall of spikes is a nice thing for badnik to break his weapons on, and it's fast enough to charge in and deweapon it from the off too, though this doesn't happen very often. This match also features everybody's favourite thing - havok explosions, and a KO by the arena wall. The fun moments, esp in Round 1, make up for a long Round 2.

Clown Breath wins 3-0 with 1 KO, 1 TKO and 1 WBP. MM gets the most ridiculous KO ever in the havok restarted battle in Round 1, and then gets KO'd by the arena wall.

Also, I can't help but wonder what would have happened if Ounce had remembered that pistons need air tanks...

Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Mayhem vs Tempest of Nematodes *** (https://youtu.be/YOR9gOVBGCs)
While firing flippers and spinning a VS concurrently is a good tactic against a crawler, Mr AS. would kill me if I made his bot act so badly against basically anything else. I've AI'd it with SwitchWep.py, which keeps the flippers from firing until all the VS weapons have been knocked off. Probably should have done that for NFX's TtTtM... Meanwhile, due to the rotation of the HPZ's, Tempest of Nematodes has some driving issues. This match is essentially decided by intial wedge war but is still an ok watch.

TtTtTtM wins 3-0 with 3 KO's.

Cutting Cold vs This Way Please ** (https://youtu.be/Fspr0MmnPtQ)
I think this is the first time I've ever faced one of my IRL friends in a BTTB tournament, despite there being 10 bots from our posse in the last 4 tournaments, and it's a bit of a letdown. Two rounds are just decided by a wedge war (and one bot is clearly wedgier) and the other has the bots spinning round for most of the match.

Cutting Cold wins 3-0 with 2 KO's and a WBP. I'm not let down as a participant, but I am as a host and as a rival :P

VALVe vs Sidewinder Supreme *** (https://youtu.be/WGbsxTgbzM8)
This match, while ultimately won convinvingly, makes a nice change for a popup-popup match in that it doesn't just depend on who outwedges the other straight away. The winner has to deal with more than just getting underneath its opponent. While it doesn't play a huge role, I can't help but think MassimoV should have used some of his spare 50KG on upgrading his srimech to something better than Snapper II's...

VALVe wins with 2 KO's and 1 TKO.

Cube Crusher vs Ultra Murder Pain Bot *** (https://youtu.be/4kzWyH_yFjs)
Like Geice with Heeellie Razer, Thrackerzod made an effort to replicate the original bot's chassis with Cube Crusher and I give him huge props for that. Wacky Bob continues to confuse me with the bracket wedges - all they seem to do is block the smartzone - though do remember his brief was unarmoued popup. The fight itself is pretty good - there's some back and forth action in every round, again nothing is decided by inital outwedging, and there's a havok restart in a popup-popup battle...?

Ultra Murder Pain Bot wins 2-1 with 1 KO and 1 TKO. Cube Crusher gets 1 KO.

Atomic Wedgie vs Swamp Ogre ** (https://youtu.be/5v-ThEkZlRA)
Ugh. Despite having had these two entrants the longest, I tested them against each other relatively little, so I had a rude awakening filming this fight. In 2 matches the bots spend most of it spinning in circles - Bubbleman's casters are, like last round, well placed to prevent any damage at all, and RedAce's pistons are slightly too short. This said, the 3rd battle is more fun and shows of the potential of the winning bot. The starts of the matches, the bit where I accidentally press F12 and the one match to buck the trend save this fight from being 1 star.

Atomic Wedgie wins 3-0 with 2 WBP's and 1 KO.

Clown Breath vs I Evolved ** (https://youtu.be/XsNFTLorCOc)
Having to pause load for Reier makes Clown Breath spin infield at the start like a frictionless thing on ice, which worringly makes it look like it's going to spin faster than it already does. Fortunately, there's enough time before it reaches I Evolved for it to return to its usual max speed. All 3 of the matches follow the same pattern - the bots wearing each other down until a KO at around the 1 minute mark.

Clown Breath wins 3-0 with 3 KO's.

TEH CLAW OF DOOM!!!!! vs Spinny Dinny *** (https://youtu.be/Db5qqxx8-4I)
This was long but fun. 090901 was really worried about fighting Sage here but the bots prove to be well matched. Other than the havok explosions which hilariously weigh in, Spinny Dinny's weapons prove to be surprisingly effective, while Teh Claw has pushing power on its side...

Spinny Dinny wins 2-1 with 2 KO's. Teh Claw gets 1 havok forefit. While there were minor havoks in the other matches I didn't consider them major fight-affecting ones. Also for some reason the 'Havok Restart' and 'Havok Forefit' signs come a bit late, but WMM was playing up with me all day.

Heeellie Razer vs Crush? *** (https://youtu.be/FcS72LGRn-8)
As I'd spent most of my manual testing of Geice's bot pressing the srimech button instead of the fire button and wondering why it was so weak, I was in for somewhat of a surprise when Heeellie Razer ABSOLUTELY DOMINATED Bloody Massacre. Crush?, however, as you'd expect from a previous BTTB champion and #1 seed, is a better built and more stable hammer than BM - one actually capable of getting hits on Heeellie's chassis. The question is, can it hit the big exposed chassis enough before its own is exploited by Geice?

No. It can't. Heeellie Razer wins 3-0 with 3 KO's. Dominant.

Crush? vs egapmaR *** (https://youtu.be/o2WfRl0i304)
Again, egapmaR shows off its ability to chew up opponents but it is up against a) a hammer, who could potentially damage the vulnerable top, and b) a 4WD bot who can push. Can it KO the #1 seed before it is beaten?

Crush? wins 2-1 with 2 TKO's. egapmaR gets 1 KO.

Mechanized Warfare vs I Evolved **** (https://youtu.be/Huab2T1IF88)
Usually, a HS/VS matchup is bad news for the VS. In Virus Bomb's favour, however, is the fact that Reier's bot is also wedged - so it can in theory slide underneath, avoid the flurry of maces, and hit the exposed underside. However, the more of I Evolved's wedge apparatus Mechanized Warfare takes off, the more of a traditional HS its opponent becomes...

Mechanized Warfare wins 2-1 with 2 KO's. I Evolved gets 1 last second KO of its own.

Extra Mouldy Cheese :D vs Swamp Ogre *** (https://youtu.be/swmESgp6LQ4)
Daft little match. Swamp Ogre has already taken down one GloMod, so the big question is can it make it 2/2 with Naryar? In this match its casters won't be of any use - if EMC gets under it then it's in trouble. And that's what this match becomes. A wedge war. But also a wedge war between two bots that can't self right... D:

Extra Mouldy Cheese wins 2-1 with 1 KO and 1 TKO. Swamp Ogre gets 1 KO.

Shaver BX or whatever it is vs Cube Crusher ***** (https://youtu.be/SSqjuFWjPi8)
Already! A 5 star match! Kill343gs and Thrackerzod produce perhaps the best match I've ever seen in a BTTB. Every round is full of twists and turns, as each of the really-well matched bots appears to be on top for a while. Initial wedge war means nothing, parts fly, and there's plenty of back and forth action. At the end of this I really wished that I didn't have to eliminate either bot - can't I just eliminate S_M instead? - and you can bet they'll have a grudge match at the end of the tournament.

Cube Crusher wins 2-1 with 2 KO's. Shaver BX also gets 1 KO.

Magnificent Mandrill vs Sidewinder Supreme ** (https://youtu.be/w7dYgZGjvWc)
The battle of the superlative-alliterative bots. As a wedgeless hammer/rammer, Magnificent Mandrill wouldn't really want to be facing any popup, but here at least there's the possibility of MassimoV's bot's razors breaking on the ramming rack. This fight's a little slower than the others in this round, though it is the first fight I've ever seen where wedge extender-protecting blades play a significant role.

Sidewinder Supreme wins 3-0 with 1 KO, 1 TKO and a WBP.

Bloody Massacre vs Tempest of Nematodes *** (https://youtu.be/HvSYRjLuRRQ)
This match may be my favourite match I've ever recorded. And I've had some gems in my 5 previous tournaments. We've got a popup that can't properly drive vs a battleaxe hammer that can't stay on its wheels. Both bots have terrible weapons, but together they just produce stupidity. The match isn't fantastic. But it's fun.

Tempest of Nematodes wins 2-1 with 1 KO and 1 TKO. Bloody Massacre gets a WBP.

Crush? vs TEH CLAW OF DOOM !!!!! **** (https://youtu.be/T-IDKBO2cvQ)
090901 was relieved to see Somebody take down ty4er's crawler but I can't help but think that he might almost have preferred to face egapmaR. Crush? is a very wide bot, which a) means that Teh Claw cannot hit it as effectively, and also b) that the tribar spinners can potentially damage important parts of the side hammer. The most significant factor of this match, however, is the fact that the bots bounce away from each other when they meet right at the start of each bout, and sometimes they end up in a disadvantageous position, or even upside down...

Crush? wins 3-0 with 3 KO's. 'Wedge Bounce' allows Crush underneath Teh Claw in Round 1, allowing the spinners to rip off lots of Teh Claw's external armour, wedges and weapons. By the time the mace hammer manages to get decent hits in on the chassis, the whole left side of Teh Claw is gone too and the spinner joins in to quickly KO the bot. The wedge bounce in Round 2 is worse - with Teh Claw tipping forwards onto its back, allowing the mace hammer to KO it within 7 seconds. It also ends up on its back in Round 3, though Crush? doesn't kill it straight away, dismantaling it a la Round 1 before striking the killer hammer blow. An impressive display from Somebody's bot, albiet one heavily aided by the luck of the wedge bounce.

Mechanized Warfare vs Extra Mouldy Cheese :D *** (https://youtu.be/_N30_fA48W8)
Naryar sucessfully took down Bubbleman's VS in the last round, which might give him confidence in his second all-VS matchup against Virus Bomb, who survived a scare against Reier to progress. Both bots have similar wedges, so there's a bit of the bouncing like in 090909 vs Somebody. A quick fight.

Mechanized Warfare wins 3-0 with 2 KO's and 1 TKO. In R1 Mechanized Warfare gets under its opponent and it's just a matter of time before Nary is OotA. There's a ridiculous havok at the start of Round 2 but both bots end up back on their feet so I left it as was. Mechanized Warfare goes on to get under its opponent and rip it up, and the same happens in R3, minus the havok.

Cube Crusher vs Sidewinder Supreme *** (https://youtu.be/Bfh9z2YZ9js)
Another quick match. I'm really growing to like Cube Crusher - its weapon setup really is nifty, and here it is small enough to sneak between Sidewinder Supreme's wedges. MassimoV, though, reached the last 6 of BTTB 4 with a popup, so you can bet he won't go down without a fight...

Cube Crusher wins 3-0 with 3 KO's. In Round 1, Cube Crusher sneaks between Sidewinder Supreme's wedges and hits it down to the red health warning very quickly, before taking a little bit of time to deliver the final blow. Rounds 2 and 3 are similar - it doesn't deal so much damage so quickly but also KO's Sidewinder in a faster time than Round 1.

This Way Please vs Tempest of Nematodes *** (https://youtu.be/Tob-PBZVs-4)
I was chatting to S_M on Facebook about This Way Please's performances so far, and he proclaimed that as he'd lost to my bot - a wedge, he would also be outwedged by Marty, should Tempest of Nematodes beat Bloody Massacre. It did, but S_M's wrong. Well, half wrong, for when the bots drive towards each other, our good friend wedge lock results. While SM has created a boring match specialist, Marty's bot's issues also show up - it can't drive quite straight, and it has ineffectual weapons.

This Way Please wins 2-1 with 2 KO's. Tempest of Nematodes also gets 1 TKO. We're in wedge lock for over half a minute before This Way Please finally drives on top of Tempest of Nematodes. Marty's bot then throws it about the arena in a satisfying manner before tossing it OotA, though it nearly falls OotA itself in the process. In Round 2 This Way Please gets under Tempest and KO's it in 8 seconds. It's wedge lock again at the beginning of R3, and then This Way Please drives over Tempest again, so it looks like Round 1 is repeating itself. However, after 2 hits, This Way Please falls off Tempest's front, gets under it instead, and eventually KO's it after taking off various components.

Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Mayhem vs Cutting Cold *** (https://youtu.be/jwRvyKs387k)
The wedge war can be decieving - it's not won by the same bot every time in this matchup, though the winner then tends to be obvious. We also get to see my Switchwep.py AI working for Mr. AS' bot, which if nothing else is gratifying for me. I haven't completely lost it, however my bot performs against TtTtTtM. :P

TtTtTtM wins 2-1 with 2 KO's. Cutting Cold gets 1 TKO. Bah. At least I outwedged him in R2...

VALVe vs Ultra Murder Pain Bot *** (https://youtu.be/j9ALjyxSkTU)
Both Pwn and Wacky Bob came out on top in the wedge wars against other popups in the previous round, but they both can't prevail this time around - despite there still not being a clearly more wedgey bot. And Ulta Murder Pain Bot's bracket wedges still confuse me.

VALVe wins 2-1 with 2 KO's. Ultra Murder Pain Bot gets 1 TKO. VALVe just plain outwedges UMPB in Round 1, and after wedge lock, is able to rip off a wedge and then KO it in Round 2. Wacky Bob wins the wedge war in Round 3, tearing off wheels and snappers before slamming VALVe onto the wall, where it self-rights OOTA.

Atomic Wedgie vs Clown Breath *** (https://youtu.be/m944KYMJlw8)
This was quick and one-sided. You would be forgiven for watching this fight and thinking the winner is invincible, though do note the weapon breakage at the start of Round 3 - I certainly didn't expect that from the other bot.

Clown Breath wins 3-0 with 3 KO's. Each time it smashes up Atomic Wedgie's right hand side before KO'ing it. Poor old RedAce.

Spinny Dinny vs Heeellie Razer **** (https://youtu.be/gEYqjRBF30k)
Between this and some of the stuff in LB R1, we've begun to have some awesome fights. This battle, between an oddly weaponed HS and a powerful but exposed glass cannon of a popup, generally leaves you unsure of where it will go next. Look out for Round 1 especially - you might get the winner wrong on a first viewing.

Spinny Dinny wins 2-1 with 2 KO's. Heeellie Razer gets 1 KO. Within 10 seconds of R1 starting both bots have flashing health warnings. Spinny Dinny's next hit seds Heeellie to the red light warning, but it somehow manages to sneak underneath the HS and KO it without taking a hit itself. In Round 2 Geice never gets a chance to hit the underbelly of Spinyn Dinny until it's too late, a much easier battle for Sage. Round 3 is much the same - there's a big ol' havok at the end but it comes after the KO.

Crush? vs Ultra Murder Pain Bot **** (https://youtu.be/SNQYDKiFNrc)
This is a great match. Specifically, Round 2 was great to record and is great to watch back, with both bots having spells on top. However, when bots come into a match where one isn't obviously better than the other, the little things start to become significant. Those bracket wedges which I keep mentioning on Ultra Murder Pain Bot finally have an effect, and we also see the synergy between Crush?'s weapon systems.

Crush? wins 3-0 with 3 KO's. In Round 1 UMBP bounces off Crush? and lands upside down, allowing the hammer/spinner to tear up its chassis. In Round 2, it's Crush? who ends up upside down, and UMPB tears off the left wedge and tribar. However, the bracket wedges get in the way a bit, and Somebody is able to claw a way back into the match, tearing off quite a bit of Wacky Bob's exterior. However, UNPB is underneath Crush? while all of this happens and is dealing damage of its own, resulting in both bots on health warning lights before Crush? gets in the killer hammer blow. Round 3 is easier. Nobody bounces, leaving Crush? free to hammer away against the armourless wedge, and the spinners join in to help KO it.

Cutting Cold vs Mechanized Warfare *** (https://youtu.be/Nmvgn3NRO2k)
A dominant performance by one bot here in a match which is mostly characterised by the bots stuck spinning around each other - the second match where Cutting Cold has done that D:. Cutting Cold better win, or I'll be an unhappy host...

Mechanized Warfare wins 3-0 with 3 KO's. Cutting Cold gets underneath Mechanized Warfare at the start of R1 but doesn't stay there, with the VS first ripping off the wedges and then KO'ing it quickly. In R2 I get underneath again, and looking to be winning, albiet slowly, before Mechanized Warfare falls off and the bots go into a big ol' spin around each other. After a minute or so of this, the VS finds its way under Cutting Cold and the KO follows swiftly. Round 3 starts like Round 1, but we go into a short bit of spinning again after Virus Bomb ripps off my wheels, though the KO still falls within the 40-second mark.

Heeellie Razer vs Cube Crusher **** (https://youtu.be/i4SKzlEJNu8)
Geice vs Thrackerzod. Two newbies who have impressed with popups that have stayed the most true to the original bots of all the competitors. Two popups that have been involved of two of the best matches so far, against Stock legends. It all promises to be a fantastic battle... But blink and you'll miss it. The whole match is over after just 22 seconds of fighting.

Cube Crusher wins 3-0 with 3 KO's. The dominant becomes the dominated... Cube Crusher outwedges Heeellie in Round 1 and sends it flying through the sky. Once Geice's bot lands there's a couple of hits before Cube Crusher has the KO, and it all happens within 7 seconds. Heeellie has less hangtime in Round 2, being KO'd in 7 seconds again, and Cube Crusher also manages to take some of the wheels off. Round 3 is a comparative marathon at 8 seconds - it's basically Round 1 without Geice staying on top of Cube Crusher after he lands.

Atomic Wedgie vs This Way Please *** (https://youtu.be/xSZd5mTRrgw)
Another short match. All this one comes down to really is wedges - whoever gets under the other will have a field day, as RedAce has a vulnerable underside and there's lots of parts on S_M's bot for Atomic Wedgie to chew up.

This Way Please Wins 3-0 with 3 KO's. A combination of wedge lock and wedge bounce turns Atomic Wedgie upside down in R1, then it's an easy KO for This Way Please. In Round 2 the bots spin around each other for a bit before TWP finds its way underneath and the KO comes quickly. In Round 3 TWP gets under its opponent easier, but Atomic Wedgie keeps coming to rest high up on the blades, meaning the popup's razors keep missing it. TWP then knocks off a piston and both havok OotA. The restarted match is like a compilation of previous rounds - RedAce's bot ends up upside down at the start, a knocked off piston causes a havok (but not a match affecting one), and TWP KO's its opponent.

Clown Breath vs Spinny Dinny *** (https://youtu.be/gP4l8Clz9cM)
Clown Breath is the only to have made it this far without losing a single fight, and it is proving to be very tough to beat. Sage's Spinny Dinny, however, is no slouch either, with 2 match victories under its belt, including defeating the impressive Geice last round. A longer match, as you might expect from two spinners, but full of components falling off and never dull.

Clown Breath wins with 2 KO's and 1 TKO. In Round 1 the two bots gradually deweapon each other, but Clown Breath's weapons are much superior, so it reduces Spinny Dinny to a chassis and KO's it after 30 seconds. Round 2 is similar, but the unbalanced Spinny Dinny starts bouncing about and eventually leaps OotA. Round 3 is similar to Round 1, and though Spinny Dinny manages to take off a RAD and do Clown Breath some damage, it can't change the final result.

VALVe vs Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Mayhem *** (https://youtu.be/UsqB3Ge6sIE)
Mr. AS's deadly gutripper has only lost one battle thus far, but it faces an equally competent opponent in Pwnator's VALVe, who has only lost 1 dead rubber fight of its own. This matchup itself is short and sweet - our second match that has just 22 seconds of action - it comes entirely down to wedges.

VALVe wins 3-0 with 3 KO's. It just has the better wedge, easily getting under TtTtTtM and KO'ing it in 7 and 8 seconds respectively in Rounds 1 and 2. Round 3 is 7 seconds as well, but VALVe also manages to take off both of its opponent's VS weapon motors.

Cube Crusher vs This Way Please *** (https://youtu.be/79gARAfYF7U)
Another match where a competitor faces his rebuilt bot as S_M takes on Thrackerzod's excellent interpretation of BlockBuster. The bots are incredibly well matched, so well matched that their wedges are practically equal. This results in that irritating wedge-bounce phenomenon, and the ramifications of that decide who wins.

This Way Please wins 2-1 with 2 KO's. Cube Crusher also gets 1 KO. Thrackerzod gets luck with the wedge bounce in R1 and KO's TWP. No such luck in Rounds 2 or 3, though, as S_M's bot wins the wedge war and quickly KO's the rebuild of his bot. Farewell, Cube Crusher, you've been great.

Crush? vs Mechanized Warfare **** (https://youtu.be/FTLDWGHG5Xo)
Somehow, Somebody's last minute entry has made it to the last 8, despite near-universal consensus that it was a poor entry before we started out. Against Virus Bomb's expertly constructed VS that has taken down as many different types of bots as it has (including 2 of 5 highest ranked competitors - Naryar and myself), a VS that fits in between its wide wedges, you'd think that this would be the end of the line for the #1 seed, especially considering its defeat at the hands of the equally-small Wheeellie Razer. But if there's one thing I've learned from Crush's run up the Losers' Bracket, it's never say never... This is another excellent match - and the contrast between R3 and the previous 2 is great.

Crush? wins 2-1 with 2 KO's. Mechanized Warfare also gets 1 TKO. Seriously? This is a proper razor guy run from Crush? here. In R1 wedge bounce leaves Mechanized Warfare upside down, so Crush? is able to get under it and take off its wedges, though it loses its hammer in the process. From there though its 2 HS tribars are able to destroy MW from the side. MW easily gets under Crush in Round 2 and throws it OotA. Round 3 starts like Round 1 did but Mechanized Warfare manages to get under Crush and take off its hammer. A lot of the rest of the fight is static with MW half under and half not under Crush?, with the latter even starting to be counted out twice, until it is able to rip off MW's left side with its spinner and KO it from there.

Crush? vs Spinny Dinny **** (https://youtu.be/IhqBijSFX_k)
Crush?'s razor guy run is one of my favourite underdog perfomances since the runs of Bubbleman (Crush's original builder) and Guitars in Clash Cubes IV (Though I've not been about for a lot of the time since that tournament, to be fair). It's beaten side hammer, popup, VS, the byebot, and essentially Sage already by beating ty4er's crawler. With this run of momentum, who can say anyone can stand in #1 seed Somebody's way? Spinny Dinny, however, has proved ferocious itself, with #3 seed Sage's bot losing only to Badnik and generally performing very well. Of course, though, a famous weakness of tribar HS is the top, and Crush? is a hammer, and also, havok has chosen now for its latest appearence...

Crush? wins 2-1 with 2 KO's. Spinny Dinny also gets 1 KO. This run just keeps on going. In R1 Crush tears off loads of axles at once and is thrown OotA by havok. In the restarted match, Spinny Dinny ends up upside down and is a sitting duck for Crush's hammer. There's a also a havok but I didn't consider it a major one. In R2 Spinny Dinny takes off the hammer, and from there, after narrowly avoiding being thrown out of the arena, takes off Crush's armour, wedges and razors, leaving it exposed, before going in for the KO. R3 sees Crush take Spinny Dinny to the red flashing health warning, when there's another havok. Though at first Spinny Dinny appears to be on top afterward, Crush fights back and wins, hence my considering it to not be a major one. If I had I would have had to have disqualified Sage anyway. Crush marches on!

Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Mayhem vs This Way Please *** (https://youtu.be/LZzHEZMjego)
This is the best S_M has done in a BTTB since BTTB 2 - coincedentally the first time he's been able to build a decent bot since then :P. It's also the best Mr. AS has ever done in a BTTB, which is less hard as he's a rookie. In fact, he's the only rookie left in the last 6 - and the other 5 have entered 24 bots between them over the 5 tournaments (Badnik pulled out of BTTB 1, else we'd have had a perfect 25). Enough of this padding, fascinating as it is, and onto the match. Again the bots are very evenly balanced, with my new best friend wedge bounce (which if it isn't a piece of GTM terminology it should be) coming into play once again as both bots have such level wedges. The loser will be prepared to be annoyed with how the bounce pans out in one of the rounds...

TtTtTtM wins 2-1 with 2 KO's. This Way Please also gets 1 KO. It all starts so well for S_M, sliding under TtTtTtM and KO'ing it in R1. The reverse happens in R2, an easy KO for Mr. AS. In Round 3, after wedge bounce and the bots spinning around each other for a bit, TtTtTtM again finds itself under TWP and the KO soon follows.

Winners Bracket Final: VALVe vs Clown Breath *** (https://youtu.be/OL6FaLAYrn0)
It's the Winners' Bracket final! Pwnator's VALVe goes into it having only faced wedges up to this point, while Badnik's Clown Breath, the still-undefeated SnS/HS, has only faced 1 wedge, and that was RedAce's 2WD poker. VALVe, a heavily caster-armoured, low profile 4WD popup, will be an entirely different proposition, surely as one of the bots with the best chance of surpassing Clown Breath's powerful sweep.

Clown Breath wins 3-0 with 3 KO's. Damn. Badnik's won 15 fights and not lost any. #Dominant. In each round, it beats up VALVe's left side, also seemingly able to hit the top of Pwnator's bot, over the casters. In Round 1, though, VALVe manages to take off half of Clown Breath, the most damage anyone's done to it. This means that if Pwn wins the Losers' Bracket he won't feel like he's got no chance in the rematch.

Crush? vs Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Mayhem *** (https://youtu.be/XgXbzUABSyw)
At what point do we stop calling Crush?'s performance a razor guy run and call it what it really is? A great perfomance by a great bot. It's now beaten Sage, Virus Bomb, 090901 - these guys are amongst the best stock builders. Somebody can look back on its performance with pride, no matter what the result - and he might have to settle for doing that, as TtTtTtM has been a ferocious competitor in its own right, with good wedges and excellent gutripping. Whoever wins this will deserve their place in the LB final.

Crush? wins 3-0 with 3 KO's. In R1 TtTtTtM gets under Crush and starts ripping it up, but there's a lot of jostling, eventually resulting in Crush? getting underneath, and its spinners do the rest. In R2 it gets under straight away and the spinners only need 13 seconds to KO Mr. AS. R3 is like R2 but one second less, and TtTtTtM doesn't take off any of Crush?'s maces. Somebody is guaranteed at least 3rd!

Losers Bracket Final: VALVe vs Crush? **** (https://youtu.be/vtot5XG2UoI)
This is incredible. Just when I thought Somebody might have bitten off more than he can chew agaisnt the heavily fancied TtTtTtM, he pulls it out of the bag AGAIN. When we first saw it we laughed. We called it crap, we said it wouldn't do well. Somebody himself called it 'bad, so bad'. Nobody's saying that now. Whatever happens against Pwnator in this LB final, Somebody will be very proud of his creation. Pwn, despite having only lost 4 fight in this whole tournament, 3 of them in the same match, cannot feel complacent. He needs wedges the right width and the right angle. He needs to guard his top and sides. And he'll need some luck. At the same time though, his bot is excellent, and has put out practically everything it has faced without breaking a sweat. This promises to be a great fight.

VALVe wins 2-1 with 1 KO and 1 TKO. Crush? also gets 1 KO. Wow. When Crush won its match, and then tore off Pwn's wedges the following fight, I was convinced it was going to the final. Incredible performance by Somebody's bot. Well done to Pwn too :3

Grand Final (https://youtu.be/WQhbmhO4sfs)
Following a fantastic tournament full of surprises, we have reached the Grand Final, with our two very worthy finalists, Pwnator and Badnik96. VALVE's only fight losses came agaisnt Clown Breath and Crush?, the other members of the top 3, and a single dead rubber R3 against Wacky Bob. Clown Breath, meanwhile, hasn't been beaten once. But that's not to say Badnik should crack open the champagne before he watches the fight - if you remember in round 1 of the WB final, VALVe took half of Clown Breath off, and it's capable of doing that again. Pwn's been in Badnik's position in the BBEANS 6 final, in the Wheely Tag final and maybe some more, where he's sat pretty and faced a rude awakening in the first match. What's to say it can't happen again, with Pwn playing the other role? This is a great final to round up the tourney, and it's the hardest fight Clown Breath has faced.

VALVe wins the first match 2-1 with 2 KO's including an excellent OHKO in Round 3. Clown Breath gets 1 KO. In the second match, Clown Breath wins 3-0 with 3 KO's. Badnik96 is the BTTB V champ!

Quote from: Badnik96 on December 17, 2010, 06:38:28 PM

Please let the next [BTTB] be DSL again, maybe I can win next time.

Rumble (https://youtu.be/3opaRLPA5xc)
Here are the competitors, and some 'fun facts':
Somebody - All three rebuilds of Crush have made it to the rumble - it's a good omen. In fact, if I think about BTTB 2, where Somebody won with a Bubbleman rebuild, every Bubbleman rebuild has reached either the rumble, the Losers Bracket Final, or won the tournament. He'll be in demand for BTTB VI - not that I know when that will be.
Thrackerzod - Both the rebuild of S_M's bot and S_M himself have reached the rumble, which only ever happened once before, way back in BTTB 1 when Stagfish was in the rumble alongside Doomkiller's rebuild of his bot.
S_M - S_M is the only rumble participant who won all his matches by KO. Mr. AS got 3 TKO's, Somebody 2, and Thrackerzod 1.
Mr. AS - TtTtTtM is the only bot to make the Rumble that didn't drop to Round 1 of the Losers Bracket, proving itself in the Winners' Bracket and also beating S_M in the Losers'.
The resulting match is decent and not too long or laggy either, as some of my previous BTTB rumbles have been.

Crush? wins with 2 KO's. Cube Crusher also gets 1 KO. Thrackerzod KO'd S_M's bot straight away, there's a bit of to'ing and fro'ing between the bots, before Crush? finishes off both other bots in quick succession.

Champions' Rumble & Runner-Up Rumble (https://youtu.be/ru_zEy-RtBM)
A 3 way fight between the champions of BTTB 1, BTTB 3 and BTTB V - Badnik's in an Ounce popup sandwich. None of these bots were really ever comprehensively defeated, in fact, I don't think any of them have ever fought in the Losers Bracket version of the Twiiisted Arena before. This promises to be great. However, we warm up for the main event with a 3 way fight between the runners up of BTTB 1, BTTB 3 and BTTB V - Somebody, Vertigo and Pwnator. 2 popups and a VS that won through primarily on its wedginess. Go Up Here 2 is the only of these 6 bots to have competed in the Bonus Matches and it lost - does that mean it is obsolete?

VALVe wins the Runner-Up Rumble. The bots converge and fight, with COFI quickly wearing Pwnator's bot down to the red warning light, but GUH 2 intervenes at this point to KO COFI, leaving it exposed to the crippled VALVe to move in and KO it. In the Champions' Rumble, after some erratic driving, Nuclear Fallout OHKO's both Grade-4 Whiplash and Clown Breath. That driving's odd though - I'll have to fix it before I release an updated Stock BTTB AI.

RUMBLE RUMBLE (https://youtu.be/FmWpzvRGcaE)
Ok, I went a bit over the top by filming this one but you know how it is. I was there, the bots were there, I'd left FRAPS on... It was inevitable really. Anyhow, the three Stock BTTB Rumble winners (Sage's Altitwude, Nary's Rapiid Pit Bull & THE BTTB V RUMBLE WINNER) face off in a short but fun match.

Altitwude wins with 2 KO's.

Now there have been 2 Stock>Stock BTTB's (The original and this one), I could do these matches - who rebuilt the same bot more effectively? There are 8 traditional matchups, 3 of these fights also featuring originals that were used as promo bots. 2 fights are slightly different - different bots of Badnik's were rebuilt in the 2 tournaments, while both 090901 and Pwnator missed out on the opportunity to have one of these fights as the builder of their bot pulled out of a BTTB - so I've put JD's Press This Easy Button To Die against Marty's Tempest of Nematodes.

Promo Bots Edition: BlockBuster vs Embodyment of the Blockbuster vs Cube Crusher ***, EoBSS vs EoBSS X vs I Evolved ** & Bloody Murder vs Bloody Massacre *** (https://youtu.be/dtvPUa6hZUk)
As these bots where used in the promo, we have 2 fights where 3 versions of the same bot come to blows. The BlockBuster match shows just how closely Thrackerzod replicated S_M's original bot, and is a fun and quick popup affair. The EoBSS match is a bit more of a dirge, which is probably my fault for showcasing EoBSS 5 1/2 years ago. Neither EoBSS or EoBSS X are particularly good, while I Evolved suddenly becomes a havok bomb. The action at the beginning's alright though. Meanwhile, Bloody Massacre continues to be the funniest Stock BTTB bot ever with its hijinks against Mr. AS' original - though the funniest BTTB bot ever has to be 090901's BTTB 4 bot that just flew OOTA.

Cube Crusher, EoBSS X and Bloody Murder win with 2 KO's, 1 TKO and a WBP, and a TKO respectively. Cube Crusher's just an excellent bot. EoBSS X had the weapon weight advantage with 35 maces. And of course Bloody Massacre lost to the original bot...

Shaver BX^2 vs Shaver BX or whatever it is ****, Atomic Wedgie vs Atomic (BTTB) *** & TtTtTtM vs TtTtM *** (https://youtu.be/jao3sVKPubs)
While it is long the Shaver BX fight is a good one, as one bot is systematically whittled down to just the chassis. Both of the other matches are over before you know it, the OOTA corners coming into play. It is fun to note the differences in interpretation of the design brief of the two bots, especially between TtTtTtM and TtTtM, the latter of which is using new switchwep.py AI for the FIRST TIME EVER.

Shaver BX or whatever it is wins with a KO and both Atomic Wedgie and TtTtTtM win with TKO's. #BTTBVDominance

Go Up Here 2 vs This Way Please ***, Crush's Big Daddy vs Crush? ****, Swamp Ogre vs Arcade HW: Rise of GF93 *** (https://youtu.be/FcxdSirqVwU)
This video features two bots from Somebody, who reached the BTTB 1 final with GUH 2 and came 3rd in this tournament with Crush?. The battle against S_M is short and sweet, as both popups are deadly and wedgy. Longer is the match between Crush's Big Daddy and Crush?, which is a typical Crush? fight - full of action. A great match between the two rebuilds of Bubbleman's bot. Meanwhile, Bubbleman himself takes on GF93's BTTB 1 bot in the BADNIK BOT BASH (TM). I was interested to see Arcade HW enjoy some success in RedAce's BTTB Revamped, because it's underweight, underweaponed and exposed, but Swap Ogre seems well equipped to deal with it.

This Way Please and Crush's Big Daddy win with KO's, and Swamp Ogre wins with a TKO. Lol, hard luck Somebody. At least you've had success in the main competitions. I think S_M's KO of GUH 2 is the quickest BTTB result ever. And a win for Bubbles, which is nice. He's entered 4 of the 5 BTTB tournaments now and he didn't win a match until BTTB V.

Single Fights: Cutting Cold vs I Evolved ***, Cube Crusher vs Shaver BX or whatever it is *** & Press This Easy Button To Die vs Tempest of Nematodes (Rebuild Rumble) ** (https://youtu.be/hjLxs9ZovUE)
As well as the extra 090901/Pwnator rebuild match from Rebuild Rumble, this video also contains two other matches, a match between the BTTB V bots Reier and I built - significant because we were rebuilding each other, and a rematch between Cube Crusher and Shaver BX, who produced a 5-star match way back in Round 1 of the Losers Bracket. PTEBTD vs ToN is not too exciting but not too long either. The Cube Crusher/Shaver BX match doesn't hit the heights of the previous vid, though it would have been hard to, but it's still a decent match with parts flying everywhere. Cutting Cold vs I Evovled, meanwhile, is alright, but there's little more to say other than Reier probably regrets giving his bot wedges.

Cutting Cold, Shaver BX and PTEBTD win with KO's. K343 will be annoyed his bot didn't do that in more than one round against Thrackerzod, while Marty can be justifiably annoyed at wedge bounce.

Single Fights: I EVOLVED vs Hammer Fisted ***, Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Mayhem vs Spinnyy Dinnyy ***, Magnificent Mandrill vs Atomic Wedgie ** (https://youtu.be/KZqKUNt26o8)
Reier spent most of his bye round outwedged by the byebot, so he asked for a second chance to tear Hammer Fisted a new one - and this match is short and sweet. Then, Sage and Mr. AS face off in what would have been the LB semi-final if Spinnyy Dinnyy had beaten Crush? - and this fight is decent too, as both bots are very well constructed. Lastly the tourney's 2 pokers face each other - both were unlucky to go out when they did in my opinion, but here the matchup results in very little happening.

I EVOLVED and Spinnyy Dinnyy win with KO's, while Atomic Wedgie wins with a TKO. I EVOLVED rips the byebot apart, while Spinnyy Dinnyy just outweapons TtTtTtM and takes off quite a lot of it. RedAce, meanwhile, beaches Ounce, first on top of Atmoc Wedgie, and then on the arena wall, where it is counted out at about 45 seconds.

First Round Losers Mini-Tourney **1/2 (https://youtu.be/UwY-SjMzuE0)
I wanted to give the guys who lost in LB R1 another stab at glory, so here's a mini-tournament for them. 2 3-way heats, with the 2 winners duking it out in a final. The random draw gave me I Evovled vs Bloody Massacre vs egapmaR, and Shaver BX vs Swamp Ogre vs Magnificent Mandrill. Matches inside!

I Evolved wins its heat, KO'ing Bloody Massacre and TKO'ing egapmaR. Shaver BX wins its heat, getting revenge for WB R1 by KO'ing Swamp Ogre, after the VS TKO'd Magnificent Mandrill. The final starts off exciting but drags, with Shaver BX winning by points.

Single Fights: 090901's Requests: TEH CLAW vs Shaver BX ****, Bloody Massacre vs Magnificent Mandrill ****, Clown Breath vs Hammer Fisted *** (https://youtu.be/-c0SFg-dlG4)
In 090901's first requested battle, he and Kill produce a fight I really enjoyed, mostly because the bots kept jockying between being on top as more of their weapons and components were removed. Long, but good, and it shows the quality of both bots too. Fight 2, between Ounce's rammer/poker and Mystic2000's hammer, shows that bots, when well matched up, whatever quality they are, can produce good matches - I guess that's the whole premise of n00b warz - and Bloody Massacre is still hilarious - it spends most of the fight dooing wheelies. Clown Breath has already fought the byebot before, but it was in the Twiiisted Arena, not the Small Arena, and the former's large size is perhaps the principal reason that Badnik's done so well. In fact, it gets a tribar stuck outside the arena, so perhaps Hammer Fisted can claim its first win?

TEH CLAW, Bloody Massacre and Clown Breath win with KO's. TEH CLAW and Shaver BX have a lot of back and forth, loads of weapons everywhere. Eventually TEH CLAW de-wheels its opponent and KO's it with 14 seconds left. Bloody Massacre is perfectly built to take on Magnificent Mandrill - its copious amounts of front armour can block Ounce's weapons, while its battleaxes can hit lots of exposed top. In a performance interspersed by lots of wheelies, it pretty comprehensively dismantles Ounce before it KO's it. Meanwhile, Clown Breath's arm that is stuck outside the chassis breaks off, and it proceeds to sweep up Hammer Fisted quite fast.

Single Fights: Cube Crusher vs Crush? ***, 0_o_0 vs Crush? ***, THE NARYAR CRAWLER CHALLENGE (TM) *** (https://youtu.be/JMuhPreHerE)
The first fight, requested by Thrackerzod due to the similarity of the bots' names, pits 2 of my favourite BTTB V entrants together. The fight, while good, is a little underwhelming, given that the bots had had lots of really excellent fights in the main bracket. Then, Somebody's hammer/spinner hybrid from BTTB 3 that went out straight away faces Somebody's hammer/spinner hybrid from BTTB V in a match requested by, you'll never guess.... Somebody. While it is safe to say the rebuild of Bubbleman's bot has been much more succcessful than the rebuild of Picnic Attack's, the (decent) fight is by no means one-sided.

There were no more requests so I had to think of something to fill up the video, and, inspired by this BTTB Revamped match where Nary was facing his favourite bot type (http://youtu.be/RAxQb-hPQvs), I created the NARYAR CRAWLER CHALLENGE. Can his BTTB V VS, that went out in LB round 2, defeat all 3 Stock BTTB crawlers - FOTEPX's Talespin Twins from BTTB 3 + egapmaR - before it loses its weapons?

Cube Crusher beats Crush? with a KO. The popup was able to de-wheel its opponent early, and from there it was a matter of time. Crush? beats 0_o_0 with a KO. The BTTB 3 bot does remove Crush?'s hammer at the start, but Crush fights back, eventually ripping enough of 0_o_0's armour away to KO it. Extra Mouldy Cheese :D wins 3-0 with 1 KO and 2 TKO's. Pleased to see a crawler getting KO'd.

Everybody, get predicting! I'm very excited to get this going! :)

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 14, 2015, 04:37:27 PM

DP:

If anyone wants a list of the robots for predictions, find one below:

Atomic Wedgie (RedAce) -
Bloody Massacre (Mystic2000) -
Clown Breath (Badnik96) -
Crush? (Somebody) -
Cube Crusher (Thrackerzod) -
Cutting Cold (G.K.) -
egapmaR (ty4er) -
Extra Mouldy Cheese :D (Naryar) -
Heeellie Razer (Geice) -
I EVOLVED (Reier) -
Magnificent Mandrill (The Ounce) -
Mechanized Warfare (Virus Bomb) -
Shaver BX or whatever it is (Kill343gs) -
Sidewinder Supreme (MassimoV) -
Spinny Dinny (Sage) -
Swamp Ogre (Bubbleman) -
TEH CLAW OF DOOM!!!!! (090901) -
Tempest of Nematodes (Martymidget) -
This Way Please (Squirrel_Monkey) -
Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Mayhem (Mr. AS) -
Ultra Murder Pain Bot (Wacky Bob) -
VALVe (Pwnator) -
Hammer Fisted (Byebot) -

I'll post up such an analysis at some point.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on July 14, 2015, 04:52:09 PM

Wow, some seriously good looking and scary bots here. Not to mention Badnik who has been quite liberal with his interpretation of an HS if that does what I think it does.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Thrackerzod on July 14, 2015, 04:57:22 PM

Bots look good.  I really like what Sage did with mine.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 14, 2015, 05:01:02 PM

Atomic Wedgie (RedAce) - One of the cleanest/best built bots here, should do really well
Bloody Massacre (Mystic2000) - one word: BADA$$
Clown Breath (Badnik96) - teh ghey, could do well but IIRC bad said it had plastic  :dead:
Crush? (Somebody) - I'm confused....the chassis doesn't work with the bot at all, don't see it doing that well.
Cube Crusher (Thrackerzod) - It's a popup, it all depends on the wedge really with the lack of HS
Cutting Cold (G.K.) - Prob won't due as well as the other popups just because of the lack of weaponry, but really will come down to the wedge
egapmaR (ty4er) - BUMBLEBEE!!!!!!
Extra Mouldy Cheese :D (Naryar) - well, i'm going to assume extra moudly means extra sloppy?  :dumb)
Heeellie Razer (Geice) - It's probably the most true to original bot here, dark horse right here.
I EVOLVED (Reier) -  love it  :heart_smiley:
Magnificent Mandrill (The Ounce) - It's like Veteran Destroyer but with a piston instead of a hammer, honestly don't see it doing well at all with how many popups there is.
Mechanized Warfare (Virus Bomb) -  :heart_smiley: :heart_smiley: :heart_smiley:
Shaver BX or whatever it is (Kill343gs) - one of the cooler bots here
Sidewinder Supreme (MassimoV) - I don't like how the razors are placed, nor do I like the fact Massimo made a popup instead of a hammer  :mad1:
Spinny Dinny (Sage) - YES
Swamp Ogre (Bubbleman) - If the wedges don't suck I feel like this could be one of the contenders to win this thing.
TEH CLAW OF DOOM!!!!! (090901) - Thankfully there isn't many HS, which means I actually stand a chance  :gawe:
Tempest of Nematodes (Martymidget) - le popup face
This Way Please (Squirrel_Monkey) - le popup face v2
Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Mayhem (Mr. AS) - This thing spooks me, because I think if it gets under anybody,
Ultra Murder Pain Bot (Wacky Bob) - I guess it sort of different for a popup here.
VALVe (Pwnator) - its spooky

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 14, 2015, 05:17:27 PM

My robot is bad, it's so bad. It needed like 3 more rebuilds than it got, and the execution is awful. Supposed to be an undercutting gut ripper with the RADs (supposed to be 4), and the hammer over the top because I needed it. Instead I spent 2 hours on that mess and called it a day.

#NumberOneSeed

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: RedAce on July 14, 2015, 05:26:38 PM

Atomic Wedgie (RedAce) - Yeah, I don't think I am going to make it far.
Bloody Massacre (Mystic2000) - Could be a very unstable bot. Then again, it's essentially luck that chose this.
Clown Breath (Badnik96) - HW Lilasophobia? If that's the case, it might do well.
Crush? (Somebody) - I don't remember RAD spinners on Crush. Could be used pretty well here.
Cube Crusher (Thrackerzod) - Slightly dangerous at all? We shall see if it has got what it takes.
Cutting Cold (G.K.) - While irons on popups don't work, it's still a pop-up and could go far
egapmaR (ty4er) - i c wat u did thar. Pros: It's a crawler on an open arena. Cons: It's a crawler on an open arena.
Extra Mouldy Cheese :D (Naryar) - 3 Wheel Drive = Manly build. Looks a little more defensive than offensive.
Heeellie Razer (Geice) - Give this man an award for most accurate successor. This is beautiful.
I EVOLVED (Reier) - Yes you have, but the question is, did you downgrade? In certain categories, you did, but the others I don't think so.
Magnificent Mandrill (The Ounce) - It may not be amazing in combat, but might put up a great show.
Mechanized Warfare (Virus Bomb) - This one looks tough. Don't count this one out so easily. It could do very well.
Shaver BX or whatever it is (Kill343gs) - Pretty accurate and looks pretty formidable.
Sidewinder Supreme (MassimoV) - Lots of armor, wedges might be a problem however.
Spinny Dinny (Sage) - While on flails, this bot makes them look cool.
Swamp Ogre (Bubbleman) - Might toss around a lot of bots here assuming it can get under them.
TEH CLAW OF DOOM!!!!! (090901) - Might do a good job fending off the three HS's here.
Tempest of Nematodes (Martymidget) - If you can win with swords, color me impressed.
This Way Please (Squirrel_Monkey) - Could be the next popup to win another BTTB.
Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Mayhem (Mr. AS) - It could do a good job juggling around these bots with the flippers and gutripping VS weapons.
Ultra Murder Pain Bot (Wacky Bob) - Best. Name. Ever. I don't know if do the same performance-wise.
VALVe (Pwnator) - Cool looking bot and might do well here. If I beat it, will we get Half-Life 3? :dumb)
Hammer Fisted (Byebot) - It's as good as a Bye-Bot needs to be.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Virus Bomb on July 14, 2015, 05:56:19 PM

i got mr as winning this

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Sage on July 14, 2015, 06:41:57 PM

am i the only one upset that ty4er blatantly entered bumblebee


besides that though im excited for this

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 14, 2015, 07:00:16 PM

My thoughts:

Atomic Wedgie (RedAce) - Well armoured, damaging weapon - generally very well built. The big problem imo is 2WD.

Bloody Massacre (Mystic2000) - My favourite bot by miles, it's ridiculous. And it can't stay on its feet. BUT - the battleaxes kill you swiftly if they get hits in.

Clown Breath (Badnik96) - While it does have plastic it's also got such ridiculous sweeping ability that almsot nothing ever gets to it. My bet to win tbh.

Crush? (Somebody) - It's decent if it manages to trap bots but the chassis leaves it really exposed.

Cube Crusher (Thrackerzod) - It's got a lot of weapons, with   funky DDT setup too. If it gets under a bot they are dead.

Cutting Cold (G.K.) - People can say Irons are bad on popups but this still does the job very well. Also I've lucked out on the wedge front.

egapmaR (ty4er) - It's essentially Bumble Bee (Remember that time I entered Bumble Bee in a BOTM Sage? Foolish 15-yo me :P). Will hurt things that can't shove it out, but a lot of stuff can.

Extra Mouldy Cheese :D (Naryar) - this was a last minute entry and it shows :P

Heeellie Razer (Geice) - Lovely rebuild, absolutely lovely. Suffers from the single wedge but really damaging if it gets under you.

I EVOLVED (Reier) - Reier absolutely nailed the paintjob. Decent bot too, though I have to pause load.

Magnificent Mandrill (The Ounce) - Could have done with some airtanks, Ounce :P

Mechanized Warfare (Virus Bomb) - Absolutely lovely bot. Powerful, well defended, stable and good looking.

Shaver BX or whatever it is (Kill343gs) - The second stock Shaver BX rebuild I absolutely love (Yes I now the other was mine). This will dismember you if you let it.

Sidewinder Supreme (MassimoV) - Probably the most deadly popup weapon wise and well armoured too. Dunno how it manages both of those while being 50kg underweight.

Spinny Dinny (Sage) - Surprisingly effective and beautiful bot. The if the flails didn't have such low HP this would be a real favourite of mine to win.

Swamp Ogre (Bubbleman) - Another one where wedges are really important. Should do alright.

TEH CLAW OF DOOM!!!!! (090901) - Will kill you if it's underneath you. Strong side hammer and well armoured.

Tempest of Nematodes (Martymidget) - I have no idea why Marty chose swords - the normals really screw tis DP over, but it's stylish and wedges are decent. It just might take some time to kill you :P

This Way Please (Squirrel_Monkey) - Generally really good popup. Hella ugly though SM :P

Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Mayhem (Mr. AS) - All around good bot. Love the choice of name.

Ultra Murder Pain Bot (Wacky Bob) - The bracket wedges have a habit of keeping opposing bots away from the smartzone and it doesn't drive particularly straight. Deadly if it can hit you though and brilliant name.

VALVe (Pwnator) - <3 <3 <3 The weapons at that angle are less effective than they could be, unfortunately.

Hammer Fisted (Byebot) - Nice and rip-up able.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: martymidget on July 14, 2015, 07:18:49 PM

Quote from: G.K. on July 14, 2015, 07:00:16 PM

Tempest of Nematodes (Martymidget) - I have no idea why Marty chose swords - the normals really screw tis DP over, but it's stylish and wedges are decent. It just might take some time to kill you :P

Haven't entered a really serious BTTB bot yet. Not gonna change anytime soon. Style points :P

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 14, 2015, 07:56:41 PM

This is very true.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Reier on July 14, 2015, 08:03:03 PM

Quote from: G.K. on July 14, 2015, 07:00:16 PM

I EVOLVED (Reier) - Reier absolutely nailed the paintjob. Decent bot too, though I have to pause load.

fun fact i was too lazy to look at the actual robot and i did it from memory hahaha

also be honest my bot sucks

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: kill343gs on July 14, 2015, 09:46:03 PM

Quote from: Reier on July 14, 2015, 08:03:03 PM

Quote from: G.K. on July 14, 2015, 07:00:16 PM

I EVOLVED (Reier) - Reier absolutely nailed the paintjob. Decent bot too, though I have to pause load.

fun fact i was too lazy to look at the actual robot and i did it from memory hahaha

also be honest my bot sucks

Well it looks hella terrifying.

Picks to win are Reier, Redace, Ty4er and Sage

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 14, 2015, 10:14:25 PM

Quote from: RedAce on July 14, 2015, 05:26:38 PM

Crush? (Somebody) - I don't remember RAD spinners on Crush. Could be used pretty well here.

G. K. said "including a mace hammer" which I abused the hell out of because I've never built a hammer bot before, and it was an even worse hammer bot than it is as a screwy hybrid

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 14, 2015, 10:15:36 PM

Quote from: Somebody on July 14, 2015, 10:14:25 PM

Quote from: RedAce on July 14, 2015, 05:26:38 PM

Crush? (Somebody) - I don't remember RAD spinners on Crush. Could be used pretty well here.

G. K. said "including a mace hammer" which I abused the hell out of because I've never built a hammer bot before, and it was an even worse hammer bot than it is as a screwy hybrid

What about your BTTB 3 bot? :P

Also I've filmed most of R1 now. I will progress with the tourney tomorrow regardless of the final 2 submissions.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 14, 2015, 10:22:32 PM

Quote from: G.K. on July 14, 2015, 10:15:36 PM

Quote from: Somebody on July 14, 2015, 10:14:25 PM

Quote from: RedAce on July 14, 2015, 05:26:38 PM

Crush? (Somebody) - I don't remember RAD spinners on Crush. Could be used pretty well here.

G. K. said "including a mace hammer" which I abused the hell out of because I've never built a hammer bot before, and it was an even worse hammer bot than it is as a screwy hybrid

What about your BTTB 3 bot? :P

Also I've filmed most of R1 now. I will progress with the tourney tomorrow regardless of the final 2 submissions.

We don't speak of that horrific abomination. And picture that but with maces...

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 14, 2015, 10:26:11 PM

Quote from: G.K. on July 14, 2015, 10:15:36 PM

What about your BTTB 3 bot? :P

Also I've filmed most of R1 now. I will progress with the tourney tomorrow regardless of the final 2 submissions.

Scrap  :(

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Reier on July 14, 2015, 11:14:47 PM

Quote from: kill343gs on July 14, 2015, 09:46:03 PM

Picks to win are Reier, [...]

you fool

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: The Ounce on July 15, 2015, 02:07:20 AM

Hmm... only bots I stand a chance against are Sage's, Ty4er's, the byebots, and maybe Badnik's.  Everything else has a wedge and therefore will beat me.  Oh well, this is what happens when you lose motivation and put it off until the last day.

Quote from: G.K. on July 14, 2015, 07:00:16 PM

Could have done with some airtanks, Ounce :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQn68HfOGrA

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Pwnator on July 15, 2015, 02:17:20 AM

rofl my bot has piss poor reach since i swapped out the ddts for snapper2s

i don't even think it can touch the crawler's chassis

but yeah mystic2k's bot is awesome and i'm heavily siding on mr. as to win

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 15, 2015, 02:27:39 AM

Quote from: The Ounce on July 15, 2015, 02:07:20 AM

Quote from: G.K. on July 14, 2015, 07:00:16 PM

Could have done with some airtanks, Ounce :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQn68HfOGrA

I've tried making downward pokers using that glitch and really doesn't work all that well as the pistons have no force behind them

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Naryar on July 15, 2015, 02:38:47 AM

>implying i try to win in stock

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Mystic2000 on July 15, 2015, 06:13:15 AM

i'm a bit suprised that people thinks that my bot is badass and stuff, but i guess i should have tested it more, i wasn't even aware that it was that unstable, even if i figured there would be a high chance it would be

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 15, 2015, 06:25:45 AM

Brackets are up, and the R1 byebot video too!

Quote from: 090901 on July 14, 2015, 10:26:11 PM

Quote from: G.K. on July 14, 2015, 10:15:36 PM

Also I've filmed most of R1 now. I will progress with the tourney tomorrow regardless of the final 2 submissions.

Scrap  :(

I know, but I sent another PM yesterday and he was online since and hasn't responded. I've got to think of the tourney and keep going. If Scrap or SKBT sends before completion I'll put them in some grudge matches/the AI pack.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on July 15, 2015, 06:28:05 AM

Wow, did I EVOLVED really get outwedged by a hammer rammer?
Also, what do you mean VALVe's outside casters get knocked of easily?

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 15, 2015, 06:33:50 AM

It's got AGOD problems. pause loading makes it useable.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Pwnator on July 15, 2015, 06:48:29 AM

Quote from: Squirrel_Monkey on July 15, 2015, 06:28:05 AM

Also, what do you mean VALVe's outside casters get knocked of easily?

he probably meant the snappers

also rofl byebot has special sneaky wedges confirmed

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 15, 2015, 07:01:12 AM

Quote from: Pwnator on July 15, 2015, 06:48:29 AM

Quote from: Squirrel_Monkey on July 15, 2015, 06:28:05 AM

Also, what do you mean VALVe's outside casters get knocked of easily?

he probably meant the snappers

Yeah, I saw that when editing, it's fixed for the next vid :P

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Naryar on July 15, 2015, 07:01:18 AM

Atomic Wedgie (RedAce) - It's a badass gutripping poker. Skin is a bit too n00b poker-like, though.
Bloody Massacre (Mystic2000) - lol yeah right battleaxes are manly... i suppose
Clown Breath (Badnik96) - Is it a HS/SnS ? (noskill.avi)
Crush? (Somebody) - It's a neat hybrid, also HS/hammer is far too rare. Could have done with an actual skin though.
Cube Crusher (Thrackerzod) - So this is what I will fight. Well, it will be up to wedginess. How many razors does it have on a single DDT ? TWELVE ? :rage
Cutting Cold (G.K.) - Will probably lose to HS but I like the design a lot. it's not a generic true popup = yes
egapmaR (ty4er) - lol crawlers on this arena may not be the best choice...
Extra Mouldy Cheese :D (Naryar) - It's a sloppy build. I'm just hoping I can win a few fights.
Heeellie Razer (Geice) - lol what drive does it have ? 4WD redbirds ? :gawe: at first i thought it was a multibot
I EVOLVED (Reier) - It's neat. Blades are a bit random though.
Magnificent Mandrill (The Ounce) - RAGE III INCOMING ! (not that it's a bad thing)
Mechanized Warfare (Virus Bomb) - Manly bot is manly. Not an hybrid buut it still looks badass.
Shaver BX or whatever it is (Kill343gs) - It's a triple hybrid. Surprisingly, I'm not THAT fond of it, though I am still looking for that, since it's a triple hybrid.
Sidewinder Supreme (MassimoV) - It's somewhat original, I suppose ? (naaah)
Spinny Dinny (Sage) - It still looks like a trainwreck.
Swamp Ogre (Bubbleman) - For a Bubbleman bot, it is VERY good. Will see how this works.
TEH CLAW OF DOOM!!!!! (090901) - I like it. It's only a borderline hybrid but it's a basically a better Street Sweeper, so i'm looking for this one to not get rekt by a HS.
Tempest of Nematodes (Martymidget) - It's neat. I like that it has a lot of flipping power for a popup, makes fights more entertaining.
This Way Please (Squirrel_Monkey) - It's a bit generic...
Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Mayhem (Mr. AS) - It may not look like TTM but it still is cool and looks good and wedgy. I'll look at this one for sure. Also another hybrid.
Ultra Murder Pain Bot (Wacky Bob) - It's weird to see a popup with these brackets on top
VALVe (Pwnator) - It does look badass, but it's... generic ?
Hammer Fisted (Byebot) - Maybe it will kill Mystic's bot ?

favorite bots : redace's, virus bomb's (no surprise there), 090901's, and GK's

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Mystic2000 on July 15, 2015, 07:10:27 AM

Quote from: Naryar on July 15, 2015, 07:01:18 AM

Hammer Fisted (Byebot) - Maybe it will kill Mystic's bot ?

if it does i swear to god i give up on RA2 and GTM forever

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: RedAce on July 15, 2015, 07:45:54 AM

Quote from: Naryar on July 15, 2015, 07:01:18 AM

Atomic Wedgie (RedAce) - It's a badass gutripping poker. Skin is a bit too n00b poker-like, though.

Well duh. That was the point since Atomic originally had a skin that n00b-like.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 15, 2015, 07:52:50 AM

Yeah Nary's forgotten that skins have been replicated from the orignals :P

He even had Crush in BTTB 1 (& 4) and mostly left it with a plastic texture :P

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Mr. AS on July 15, 2015, 08:33:26 AM

Atomic Wedgie (RedAce) - cool
Bloody Massacre (Mystic2000) - depends on if the hammers actually work or not
Clown Breath (Badnik96) - alright but fragile
Crush? (Somebody) - crap
Cube Crusher (Thrackerzod) - alright
Cutting Cold (G.K.) - alright
egapmaR (ty4er) - LGBT-tier
Extra Mouldy Cheese :D (Naryar) - crap
Heeellie Razer (Geice) - geice what are you doing right now
I EVOLVED (Reier) - crap
Magnificent Mandrill (The Ounce) - crap
Mechanized Warfare (Virus Bomb) - great
Shaver BX or whatever it is (Kill343gs) - crap
Sidewinder Supreme (MassimoV) - pretty good but generic
Spinny Dinny (Sage) - pretty good
Swamp Ogre (Bubbleman) - alright
TEH CLAW OF DOOM!!!!! (090901) - crap but only because 09 built it ;^)
Tempest of Nematodes (Martymidget) - mite b cool
This Way Please (Squirrel_Monkey) - generic
Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Mayhem (Mr. AS) - I'M DA BEST  :gawe: :gawe: :gawe:
Ultra Murder Pain Bot (Wacky Bob) - alright except for pants on head retarded placement of bracket wedges
VALVe (Pwnator) - generic

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 15, 2015, 10:41:48 AM

@Nary

The skin was a plastic texture, and Atomic's old skin was n00by AF lol.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Reier on July 15, 2015, 11:57:06 AM

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/62331bs.png)

id like to thank the academy

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 15, 2015, 12:14:21 PM

Noooooo I don't want to fight one of the only HSs in the tourney. Even if I beat it I think I will get rekt by Geice's bot

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Mr. AS on July 15, 2015, 12:25:38 PM

Round 1 videos are up on GK's youtube channel (same channel he used for the bye fights).

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Naryar on July 15, 2015, 12:26:55 PM

No, I perfectly know that the skins have been copied from the originals on purpose. Still, UGH.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 15, 2015, 12:35:42 PM

that havok kill on clown breath tho

(http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/7-15-2015/NfyRvG.gif)

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 15, 2015, 12:47:24 PM

LOL @ Reier WBP against the byebot

Edit: it's geice, I'm dead

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Mystic2000 on July 15, 2015, 01:01:21 PM

welp i'm dead, but Geice really turned Hell Raiser into a killer popup, if there's ever a BTTB VI i may return, but this time i think i'll take the easier path so maybe i can avoid that sort of humiliation again

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Naryar on July 15, 2015, 01:52:01 PM

why the hell did it wobble ? it didn't wobble in the trial arena ! I had to fall on making an angled VS with maces out of all things...

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 15, 2015, 02:31:50 PM

Just had to be away from the comp for a bit, but as Mr AS. said, round 1 is up! Front page has the writeups and links on it now.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 09090901 on July 15, 2015, 08:40:10 PM

not looking forward to more double wedges or hs spikestrip thing. Hopefully my bots thin enough to slide between some of the popups.

And I believe it's 16 not 12 razors  :gawe:

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 17, 2015, 08:03:35 AM

Round 2 is up! Bracket updated also and the Losers Bracket draw is up too.

Quote from: Geice on July 15, 2015, 08:40:10 PM

And I believe it's 16 not 12 razors  :gawe:

Ah. I'll try and fix this for future vids.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: RedAce on July 17, 2015, 09:08:56 AM

I can't exactly make the pistons any longer on my bot because it would have the weapons out to first ram the opponent which would damage the weapons and wouldn't even poke as much, so I ONLY had that option to work with for my bot G.K.

gg bubbles. and of course I would face the one of three hses. welp.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 17, 2015, 09:11:38 AM

Quote from: RedAce on July 17, 2015, 09:08:56 AM

I can't exactly make the pistons any longer on my bot because it would have the weapons out to first ram the opponent which would damage the weapons and wouldn't even poke as much, so I ONLY had that option to work with for my bot G.K.

That's fair enough, not blaming you or anything. :) The pistons were just too short for that matchup.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Bubbleman on July 17, 2015, 09:23:09 AM

Robots look really good, but then again I haven't been around much to watch tournaments. I just lurk in the showcases.

Also, I really didn't expect to get further than the first round. Lucky matchup, I guess. GGs all around guys, looking forwards to the rest of the tourney.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Reier on July 17, 2015, 10:20:25 AM

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/7749517_spheres.gif) gj badnik you beat the handicapped kid

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 17, 2015, 10:43:36 AM

what .py are you using for my bot? also screwed if ty4er wins over somebody thanks brackets

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 17, 2015, 10:52:35 AM

Quote from: 090901 on July 17, 2015, 10:43:36 AM

what .py are you using for my bot?

Just omni. Want to change?

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 17, 2015, 02:50:58 PM

Quote from: G.K. on July 17, 2015, 10:52:35 AM

Quote from: 090901 on July 17, 2015, 10:43:36 AM

what .py are you using for my bot?

Just omni. Want to change?

Yeah if you don't mind, popup.py with a nochassistime of 5

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 17, 2015, 02:52:06 PM

Done.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 09090901 on July 17, 2015, 03:10:53 PM

well RIP heeeelie next match. Only hope is for the one hit.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 17, 2015, 11:50:35 PM

Wow I have really wide wedges don't I

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 18, 2015, 06:33:32 PM

Losers Bracket Round 1 is up! Some really great matches this round.

LB brackets also updated - so SPOILERS!

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: RedAce on July 18, 2015, 07:41:40 PM

Quote from:  Bloody Massacre vs Tempest of Nematodes

Music by incometech

Ah, yes. I certainly love the music known as the sound of silence. It certainly is a suiting music piece for battle. In fact, it's so good, it's almost like it's not even there. [/nitpick]

Matches are good so far. Not looking forward to my next possible matchup.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 18, 2015, 07:45:38 PM

Lol, fixed.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 18, 2015, 08:33:17 PM

THANK YOU BASED CRAWLERS SUCK IN OPEN ARENAS GOD

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Thrackerzod on July 19, 2015, 06:20:52 AM

Thanks for the five star rating!

Exciting match, I got lucky.  GG

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 19, 2015, 07:24:45 PM

LB Round 2 is up! Brackets not updated yet, they'll follow in a bit.

EDIT: Now updated.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 19, 2015, 07:48:17 PM

more like teh claw of poop amiright

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Thrackerzod on July 19, 2015, 07:54:26 PM

Quote from: G.K. on July 14, 2015, 04:35:59 PM

I'm really growing to like Cube Crusher

Thanks!

That was a lucky match - looks like Cube Crusher was just thin enough to slip between Sidewinder Supreme's wedges. 

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: kill343gs on July 19, 2015, 11:56:44 PM

im sad

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 20, 2015, 07:27:12 PM

Round 3 is up! EDIT: And brackets!

Geice vs Sage is a good fight, R1 especially. Watch that.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Sage on July 20, 2015, 08:18:34 PM

Quote from: G.K. on July 20, 2015, 07:27:12 PM

Round 3 is up! EDIT: And brackets!

Geice vs Sage is a good fight, R1 especially. Watch that.

so epic

nice work gk

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 20, 2015, 08:52:11 PM

Quote from: 090901 on July 19, 2015, 07:48:17 PM

more like teh claw of poop amiright

I ain't care, I won some things today. Everything is wonderful

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: RedAce on July 20, 2015, 08:53:53 PM

Typical. Good game Badnik. Let's see if I can make an epic leap comeback in the L--

*sees he is against S_M*

Do I need to bribe you RNGesus to get decent luck? Is that what you want you greedy tightwad?

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Thrackerzod on July 21, 2015, 03:39:52 AM

Oh dang, not looking forward to my next match.  It looks like Heelie Razer might be just thin enough to slip between my wedges.  It'd be karma, I guess.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 21, 2015, 07:46:16 PM

LB Round 3 is up!

Fight quality is generally improving :)

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 21, 2015, 08:17:09 PM

It's literally so messy and never even rebuilt more than once, how is this actually happening. This may be the end of the road for me though with VB. GG Wacky Bob

Also, every remaining LB robot went there in the first round.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 21, 2015, 08:22:39 PM

CURSE YOU VB

Quote from: Somebody on July 21, 2015, 08:17:09 PM

Also, every remaining LB robot went there in the first round.

I don't follow?

Edit: No, wait, I do. I actually went out of my way to notice that :P

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: RedAce on July 21, 2015, 08:24:33 PM

Quote from: RedAce on June 22, 2015, 04:25:35 PM

Welp. I lose.

Called it. To the same bot too.

Good game S_M.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Thrackerzod on July 21, 2015, 08:27:53 PM

Quote from: Somebody on July 21, 2015, 08:17:09 PM

Also, every remaining LB robot went there in the first round.

No, Cube Crusher won its first match then lost in its second round, and it's still in.  Also Crush? and This Way Please had byes in the first round, but did lose their first non-bye round.  Unless I missed something?

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 21, 2015, 08:33:32 PM

Quote from: Thrackerzod on July 21, 2015, 08:27:53 PM

Quote from: Somebody on July 21, 2015, 08:17:09 PM

Also, every remaining LB robot went there in the first round.

No, Cube Crusher won its first match then lost in its second round, and it's still in.  Also Crush? and This Way Please had byes in the first round, but did lose their first non-bye round.  Unless I missed something?

All 4 bots participated in LB R1. But given that it was only 2 rounds ago and in R2 there were no new bots, it's not too surprising. All 4 bots that dropped from the WB R3 went straight out.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Thrackerzod on July 21, 2015, 08:35:37 PM

Quote from: G.K. on July 21, 2015, 08:33:32 PM

Quote from: Thrackerzod on July 21, 2015, 08:27:53 PM

Quote from: Somebody on July 21, 2015, 08:17:09 PM

Also, every remaining LB robot went there in the first round.

No, Cube Crusher won its first match then lost in its second round, and it's still in.  Also Crush? and This Way Please had byes in the first round, but did lose their first non-bye round.  Unless I missed something?

All 4 bots participated in LB R1. But given that it was only 2 rounds ago and in R2 there were no new bots, it's not too surprising. All 4 bots that dropped from the WB R3 went straight out.

Oh, LB R1.  Now it makes sense.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Virus Bomb on July 21, 2015, 09:37:50 PM

kinda weird how my bot had worse wedges yet won 3-0

i should probably beat somebody and badnik will probably beat sage which would put me against sage... could i get lucky? (http://i.imgur.com/2dFXNT0.gif)

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Sage on July 21, 2015, 11:28:52 PM

Badnik has gotten really lucky with his matches. There are a fair number of fast wedgy bots that could easily dismember his.

It's not like I'm upset I have to face him or anything

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 22, 2015, 05:13:50 AM

Quote from: Sage on July 21, 2015, 11:28:52 PM

Badnik has gotten really lucky with his matches. There are a fair number of fast wedgy bots that could easily dismember his.

I think a big part of it as well is the arena - it's so big that it gets time to spin up to full speed before bots can reach it. The size is one of several issues I have with the arena now (Plus lack of collision lines, general funny collision of the walls, and a couple other things), I'm thinking of retiring it or at the very least giving it a major update after this tourney's finished.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 23, 2015, 06:10:48 PM

2 Rounds up today - Round 4 of both the Winners' Bracket and the Losers' Bracket! Also updated the backet images, so SPOILER ALERT.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Thrackerzod on July 23, 2015, 06:31:36 PM

I was worried about this match, and it lived up to expectations.  Oh well, at least I managed one win, and made it a lot further than I expected.  Glad you enjoyed the robot. G.K., and good luck to S_M in further matches.

Also kinda disappointed that Spinny Dinny lost its match, it being based off my bot and all.  Clown Breath has been devastating.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 23, 2015, 06:46:54 PM

What even is going on right now. I almost exclusively build DSL. The testing for that bot was downloading SC v4, fighting it against Clockwork Hydra, Crush losing, and just saying "meh, it didn't lose by much, close enough", and sending it in. And it's not like I'm getting stupid luck with robots flying all over the place! It has actually won the fights! It's crazy wide, the wedges are apparently fairly good, the weapons are more powerful than I expected, this is fantastic.

Woooooo

Aaaaaaaand Sage next whoops bye bye y'all

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Virus Bomb on July 23, 2015, 06:53:45 PM

thought i would have won that but ay those be the breaks. gg somebody

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 23, 2015, 06:54:52 PM

Quote from: Virus Bomb on July 23, 2015, 06:53:45 PM

thought i would have won that but ay those be the breaks. gg somebody

I'm pretty sure I would have taken a loss to Crush? much worse than you did. Nice bot, and good job

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 23, 2015, 06:57:55 PM

inb4 badnik wins again by just making another poopy sns

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 23, 2015, 07:19:22 PM

Quote from: 090901 on July 23, 2015, 06:57:55 PM

inb4 badnik wins again by just making another poopy sns

It certainly isn't in the spirit of the tournament, but it did technically fall within my building requirements and I wasn't allowed to change the rules. I'm going to be tighter on the definition of rebuild in any future BTTB tournaments if I ever hold any more, lesson learned.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Pwnator on July 23, 2015, 08:28:35 PM

on one hand i stand a better chance at beating badnik than as
other the other hand i have to face badnik

waaaaaaah

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 24, 2015, 09:40:19 AM

If anybody is interested in taking part in any grudge matches/extra matches, I'll be taking requests over the next few days. I've already got a few things planned but I'm happy to film up to 6 more battles if anyone wants anything.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Reier on July 24, 2015, 09:44:23 AM

I want a grudge match against the test bot because I got a wbp lolololol

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: RedAce on July 24, 2015, 01:22:06 PM

Atomic Wedgie vs Magnificent Mandrill since they're the two pokers in this tournament.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 25, 2015, 06:09:35 PM

LB Round 5 is up, and the brackets complete with spoilers have been updated.

Still on the hunt for some grudge matches - taking 1-4 more.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 25, 2015, 06:15:16 PM

CRUSH CRUSH CRUSH CRUSH CRUSH CRUSH

Also grudge match requests:
Me vs Kill
Ounce vs Mystic
Badnik vs Hammerfisted in the SMALL ARENA!!!

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 25, 2015, 06:21:26 PM

I shall do all of these grudge matches, and I'm happy to do another set of 3, so still got 4 open.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 25, 2015, 07:13:53 PM

WHAT. YES.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Thrackerzod on July 25, 2015, 07:33:22 PM

rip spinny dinny

I'd like to request a match between both bots with the word "Crush" in their names - Cube Crusher and Crush?.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Mr. AS on July 25, 2015, 07:47:13 PM

Requesting Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Tribute to Tributes vs Spinner Dinner

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 25, 2015, 07:58:15 PM

Quote from: Thrackerzod on July 25, 2015, 07:33:22 PM

rip spinny dinny

I'd like to request a match between both bots with the word "Crush" in their names - Cube Crusher and Crush?.

I'd thought about doing this one already :P

2 slots left, meaning I'll be uploading up to 27 bonus matches in total, in 8/9 vids, including all the stuff I've already planned, which is:

Rumble
Champions' Rumble - Ounce's 2 champion popups and the winner of this face off.
First Round Losers Mini Tourney (So the bots get some more airtime)
Rebuild Rumble (Fights between different rebuilds of same bots, usin BTTB 1 bots)
And a couple of individuals matches I already planned.

Please feel free to request fights against bots from previous BTTB tourneys.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 25, 2015, 08:42:55 PM

I figure a fun suggestion would be Crush? vs. O_o_O, a battle of my awful hammer hybrids. But I think we all know the outcome haha.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 25, 2015, 08:49:58 PM

1 more grudge match slot left!

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Thrackerzod on July 25, 2015, 10:18:25 PM

I like the rebuild rumble idea.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Sage on July 26, 2015, 10:47:37 AM

omg

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 26, 2015, 02:58:09 PM

Winners' Bracket final is up!

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 27, 2015, 01:48:11 AM

wow badnik got lucky how in round 1 and 3 pwn's weapons didn't go off/missed each time  Valve got under Clown Breath

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Pwnator on July 27, 2015, 01:58:08 AM

roflmao it's like clash cubes all over again

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 27, 2015, 08:16:42 PM

Meant to post some extra matches today but instead I went round S_M's and played RA2 vs Reier, ecolusian, STC and playzooki, so I never edited them.

In their place, I've uploaded the already-edited Losers Bracket Semi Final. Brackets will come eventually.

Enjoy!

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 27, 2015, 08:36:12 PM

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 27, 2015, 08:45:14 PM

C R U S H
C R U S H
I BELIEVE IN CRUSH

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 09090901 on July 27, 2015, 08:46:49 PM

can we just make crush the champion already

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Virus Bomb on July 27, 2015, 08:48:21 PM

C R U S H B O Y S

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Mr. AS on July 27, 2015, 08:51:48 PM

Ideally, I want crush to win now. But realistically, Badnik's SnS is going to win.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 27, 2015, 09:01:41 PM

Quote from: Mr. AS on July 27, 2015, 08:51:48 PM

Ideally, I want crush to win now. But realistically, Badnik's SnS is going to win.

I agree with you on both fronts. Although I have predicted against Crush in about every round so far, and been wrong. So we'll see. It's the widest robot here so if anybody's got Badnik, it's probably Crush. Problem is, there's very little to get my wedges under with Pwn. All these other robots have wheelguards for my wedges to get onto, but Valve has nothing. And if Pwn wins, Badnik takes the tourney.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 27, 2015, 09:04:32 PM

Quote from: Virus Bomb on July 27, 2015, 08:48:21 PM

C R U S H B O Y S

(http://i.imgur.com/vRsqxQc.png)

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 27, 2015, 09:08:55 PM

I love all of you

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: RedAce on July 27, 2015, 09:10:33 PM

I'm rooting for Crush. I haven't seen a "razor guy run" since cheese took Robots in Space. We must believe in Crush. Let's get the C R U S H B O Y S trending.

#CRUSHBOYS

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 27, 2015, 10:03:00 PM

C R U S H B O Y S

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 28, 2015, 07:42:52 PM

First 2 bonus videos are up. Requested matches between Reier & Byebot, Mr. AS & Sage, RedAce & Ounce, as well as my First Round Losers Mini-Tourney.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Reier on July 28, 2015, 09:31:38 PM

I CAN DIE HAPPY

I CAN DIE HAPPY

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: kill343gs on July 28, 2015, 09:42:56 PM

g...guys i won something. ive never won something

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Mystic2000 on July 29, 2015, 08:54:47 AM

well my bot turned out to ****ing suck, maybe i'll rebuild it for a future stock tourney

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 29, 2015, 08:56:17 AM

Quote from: Mystic2000 on July 29, 2015, 08:54:47 AM

well my bot turned out to ****ing suck, maybe i'll rebuild it for a future stock tourney

I absolutely loved filming your bot, it's great. Livened up every match it was in.

Also,

Make sure you watch the bonus matches I upload later today

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 29, 2015, 11:16:23 AM

@Mystic: I want to see it with some shorter, curved, lighter  hammers and you may be in business. You have a lot of weight sooooo far up that throws it off balance, and could be fixable.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Mystic2000 on July 29, 2015, 01:17:09 PM

if i want the hammers to be lighter then i'll have to change from battleaxes to something else, which will defeat the purpose of this bot s'existence

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Mr. AS on July 29, 2015, 01:29:32 PM

Quote from: Mystic2000 on July 29, 2015, 01:17:09 PM

if i want the hammers to be lighter then i'll have to change from battleaxes to something else, which will defeat the purpose of this bot s'existence

Battleaxes are straight up not viable as weapons in stock. I rebuilt Bloody Murder myself and used razors instead of battleaxes. (https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=6848.msg574828#msg574828)

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Reier on July 29, 2015, 01:49:14 PM

AS wheres your sense of cool

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Mr. AS on July 29, 2015, 01:51:32 PM

Battleaxes are pretty cool as armor.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 090901 on July 29, 2015, 02:02:10 PM

battleaxes are always cool

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 29, 2015, 03:57:47 PM

They just suck

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Naryar on July 29, 2015, 04:01:16 PM

lol but battleaxes used seriously as weapons in stock...

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 29, 2015, 06:27:31 PM

Next 2 bonus videos are up!

First one contains 090901's 3 requested matches - TEH CLAW vs Shaver BX, Magnificent Mandrill vs Bloody Massacre and Clown Breath vs the byebot in the Small Arena. Lots of good fights in this one - 09's good at this matchup thing.

Second one - Cube Crusher vs Crush, then Somebody's BTTB 3 bot 0_o_0 which was also a spinner/hammer vs Crush, and as there were no more requests, an extra match I thought of myself. Naryar features.

As for the schedule for the rest of the tourney...

- Tomorrow - LB Final
- Friday - Last set of extra videos (Rebuild Rumble)
- Saturday - Grand Final and Rumbles (Yep, Rumbles. Doing a champions' rumble with Nuclear Fallout, Grade-4 Whiplash and the BTTB V champ)

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: RedAce on July 29, 2015, 07:40:35 PM

Oh hey, a reference to a BTTB Revamped. Heh. Nice touch.

Also, slightly off topic, but did you change the status messages? It looks like the power section has gotten some change. That or I am seeing some weird things... again.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 29, 2015, 08:04:11 PM

Quote from: RedAce on July 29, 2015, 07:40:35 PM

Oh hey, a reference to a BTTB Revamped. Heh. Nice touch.

Well, it's the reason I'm back on GTM, I've got to acknowledge it somehow. Would have liked to have made more but as it's a tourney with new bots there's not really scope for many references.

Quote from: RedAce on July 29, 2015, 07:40:35 PM

Also, slightly off topic, but did you change the status messages? It looks like the power section has gotten some change. That or I am seeing some weird things... again.

LOL I clearly filmed this in the wrong version of Stock. My combined RA2 copies must be over 20GB on this old home PC, so I resolved to condense it down a bit. Just have one copy of stock, merge all the robot designs folders and rotate the AI folders. As it would be a personal version of stock I've started a personal UI as well - I created a cementbackground (https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/15411cement_background.png) like the BBEANS AI one except it just features my stock bots that have defined the 6 years I've played RA2. Most of these are showcased bots or tourney entries, except the popup and the HS in the square above the 3 BTTB bots, the BFE popup in the top centre square, and then my stupid flying SFTW thing/my current BOTM entry top left.

That's one of the only decent UI things I did though - most of it's plastering 'GK' all over the place, especially the credits. And yeah, the status thing has changed to this:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/23750thingtoshowredace.png)

These matches should have been filmed in my Inf AI where the UI is normal, but it doesn't really matter.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 30, 2015, 06:15:36 PM

DP:

LB Final is up! And it's good.

Just because the result has gone the way it has doesn't mean the final's going to be one sided; I've filmed it already and it is worth the watch. Not one-sided at all.

I've calculated who's going to be in the rumble. As always in BTTB, the rumble will comprise the 3rd placed competitor, and the three competitors outside the top 3 with the most KO's. Joining Somebody are Thrackerzod, S_M and Mr. AS, who have qualified for the rumble with 12, 9 and 8 KO's respectively. Geice and Virus Bomb both just miss out, on 7 KO's.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 30, 2015, 06:51:20 PM

Had me on the edge of my toilet seat, great match Pwn

God damn, that was close. I think I am still going to play with the idea more, since it apparently has potential. And now I want to see what would happen if I fought Clown Breath haha.

Fun fact, two of my most successful robots (this and SnSnSnSnS) are ugly, messy, and different than the norm. I like that they have that similarity.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Thrackerzod on July 30, 2015, 07:32:53 PM

rip

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Meganerdbomb on July 30, 2015, 07:42:42 PM

RIP Crush. I'm sorry to see that run come to an end. Great match all the same though.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 30, 2015, 07:43:35 PM

BTTB 1: Runner Up
BTTB 2: Champion
BTTB 3: We don't talk about that one
BTTB 4: 4th Place
BTTB 5: 3rd Place

G.K. I should enter more of your tournaments!

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 30, 2015, 07:49:08 PM

Quote from: Somebody on July 30, 2015, 07:43:35 PM

BTTB 1: Runner Up
BTTB 2: Champion
BTTB 3: We don't talk about that one
BTTB 4: 4th Place
BTTB 5: 3rd Place

G.K. I should enter more of your tournaments!

You've only missed 1 of them :P

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 30, 2015, 07:52:12 PM

Quote from: G.K. on July 30, 2015, 07:49:08 PM

Quote from: Somebody on July 30, 2015, 07:43:35 PM

BTTB 1: Runner Up
BTTB 2: Champion
BTTB 3: We don't talk about that one
BTTB 4: 4th Place
BTTB 5: 3rd Place

G.K. I should enter more of your tournaments!

You've only missed 1 of them :P

I honestly did the best I could given the conditions!

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 30, 2015, 07:53:25 PM

No, I meant Wheely Tag, not BTTB 3.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 30, 2015, 07:59:32 PM

I missed it to the point where I had to go look it up haha

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Mr. AS on July 30, 2015, 08:06:33 PM

The dream is dead, RIP in peace (http://i.imgur.com/oC3poAS.png)

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on July 31, 2015, 06:29:25 PM

I have uploaded the last set of extra fights, the Rebuild Rumble series (+2 other single fights - me vs Reier because we rebuilt each other, and Thrackerzod vs Kill because I promised them a rematch after LB Round 1)

Grand Final and Rumbles tomorrow!

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Somebody on July 31, 2015, 06:39:10 PM

Always good to see my robots getting beaten. The world is back as it should be.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on August 01, 2015, 06:38:37 PM

The Grand Final, Rumble, and Champions' Rumble are up! Make sure you watch the Final before the Champions' Rumble (Or before you read the associated text) else it'll spoil the result.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: RedAce on August 01, 2015, 06:59:36 PM

On the bright side, Badnik broke two things. Being the first BTTB stock champion that wasn't the Ounce or popup decided by RNG.

Congrats Badnik.

Also, thanks for hosting this G.K. It was a pretty fun ride.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Virus Bomb on August 01, 2015, 07:23:49 PM

awesome tourney gk

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: G.K. on August 01, 2015, 07:31:36 PM

That's the tourney finished, and it's been a bunch of fun! Congrats to the champ (And rumble winners), commiserations to the runner-up. I also want to say 2 big thank you's. Firstly to RedAce, whose BTTB Revamped display tourney is what a) brought me back to GTM and RA2, and b) inspired me to run this. Secondly, to all the entrants for their sumbissions, you've made the tourney what it was, a pleasure to host and hopefully fun to watch. It's been a great mix of entrants - 11 of you have entered 4 or more BTTB's and there was a good number of rookies too. Thanks everyone.

tl;dr I think my words are more important than they actually are.

Also the Awards thread is up here (https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=17913.0), and the updated AI Pack here (https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=5434.msg681835#msg681835).

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: 09090901 on August 01, 2015, 07:38:34 PM

gratz to badnikz

Thanks to g.k for hosting a such sick tournament.

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Thrackerzod on August 01, 2015, 09:27:24 PM

Thanks for hosting a great tournament.  Glad I entered!

Title: Re: BTTB V - Splash, Brackets & Videos
Post by: Mr. AS on August 02, 2015, 12:47:12 AM

Bloody Murder actually won a match?

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