Author Topic: Clash Cubes 2 - Brackets and Videos (Read 66843 times)

JoeBlo · « **Reply #660 on:** August 04, 2009, 07:15:11 AM »

wow a full size smiley.. this is going straight on to my achievements list :P it was an epic battle cant wait for the grand final and then its awards time :-D

anyway at the present the rankings are updated after the finals .... one thing is that first place on the rankings is now uncatchable

cephalopod · « **Reply #661 on:** August 04, 2009, 07:44:00 AM »

Wow. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. That match... Well... OMG. It was brilliant.

Somebody · « **Reply #662 on:** August 04, 2009, 08:10:41 AM »

Son of a bitch...

Oh well *Insert Arnold Schwarzenegger Voice* I'll be back.

Great match and great bot Mike. Good luck in the grand final.

Condor33 · « **Reply #663 on:** August 04, 2009, 08:18:25 AM »

Congrats, MikeNCR, you beat Super SNS. The indestructable robot. Nice. Now I have to fight you. Waaaahhhh:frown:

cephalopod · « **Reply #664 on:** August 04, 2009, 08:21:42 AM »

It's gonna make for a good Grand Final. 2 great bots that move around, compared to all the SnS/Sheck Spinner matches this tournament's had XD

JoeBlo · « **Reply #665 on:** August 04, 2009, 08:26:22 AM »

*climax of movie* its over... the SnS rein is over... the world is now free from there grasp.. their king has been slain

sorry guys but you will have to wait a tiny bit longer as I am spending a lot of time editing the grand final to make it something really special :-D

Edit: just to make people think with some interesting facts, grindhouse beat super SnS and super SnS beat Xenophobik will it work like a rock paper scissors type outcome or a food chain type outcome ;-)

cephalopod · « **Reply #666 on:** August 04, 2009, 08:28:03 AM »

I'm going away very early Thursday morning (3am GMT+1) and I'm just hoping I'll be able to see the final and look at the awards before I go :P

JoeBlo · « **Reply #667 on:** August 04, 2009, 08:31:19 AM »

im expecting it to be done and uploading (maybe even uploaded) by about 4:00-4:30pm GMT +8

also Craaig your away ? how long .. awards will likely stretch for a week (public voting this time :-D) and I wanted a quick Beta test before releasing the full copy of CCAI (I might delay it a tad so you can test it)

cephalopod · « **Reply #668 on:** August 04, 2009, 08:44:47 AM »

2 weeks :P
Don't worry about delaying anything though unless you really want to, I'll cope :-L

Reier · « **Reply #669 on:** August 04, 2009, 08:49:47 AM »

WAIIIIT a second. What happened to the 3rd round losers? IE H@m47, Me, Sage and DK? I don't see them on the bracket...IDK, maybe I missed something, but please answer this.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #670 on:** August 04, 2009, 08:55:58 AM »

it was do or die after each person was given 2 matches :-D

Reier · « **Reply #671 on:** August 04, 2009, 08:57:51 AM »

Oh....well..K then, never saw that.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #672 on:** August 04, 2009, 09:06:15 AM »

Quote from: Craaig;57372

2 weeks :P
Don't worry about delaying anything though unless you really want to, I'll cope :-L

I will see how I go but I would like to get the pack out earlier then that.. its a bit of a shame as you were a good Beta tester :-D

I will try to have the awards thread out before you head off so you can submit your choices :-D

Viper89 · « **Reply #673 on:** August 04, 2009, 10:02:01 AM »

wow MikeNCR beat Naryar and somebody, I knew there was a reason I had him in my top 5 picks;)

life robot arena2 · « **Reply #674 on:** August 04, 2009, 10:08:47 AM »

I can't see the match but i saw the spoiler and i thought "OH MY F***'ING GOD!"

Condor33 · « **Reply #675 on:** August 04, 2009, 11:06:48 AM »

I think the only way I'm gonna kill Grindhouse is by ejecting him repeatedly. He just has too many weapons, even for my 400 KG of hammers.

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #676 on:** August 04, 2009, 11:46:21 AM »

I have to admit, I really didn't think that Mike would do well. Never underestimate a BBEANS ex-champ then I guess.

The finals should be good. I can see viable scenarios where both bots could win.

Somebody · « **Reply #677 on:** August 04, 2009, 02:30:30 PM »

I`m gonna put my money on Xenophobik for the finals. Not all my money, but some of it.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #678 on:** August 04, 2009, 09:31:43 PM »

Wow, MikeNCR does really good at tournaments. Champion in BBEANS2, Finalist and possible Champion for Clash Cubes 2, Semi-Finalist and possible Finalist (Champion?) in BBEANS5...

There's a trend here. What's his secret, I wonder?

Great final matches. The showdown with Grindhouse and Super SnS couldn't have been more epic. It's like when T-Minus beat Hazard in the last Battlebots, except with Hazard putting up more of a fight.

Grindhouse vs. XR will all depend on whether or not XR can flip Grindhouse. If it can, it will either tear it to pieces or toss it OOTA. If it can't, Grindhouse will slowly chew away its hammers until it's too unbalanced to do anything.

MikeNCR · « **Reply #679 on:** August 04, 2009, 10:18:10 PM »

The way I approach tournaments may play a role in it. I don't necessarily try to build the best robot possible, I try to build one that's a good fit for the arena and tournament format, Copyright Infringement sorta being the exception, as I was trying to build a 36iron and didn't finish a proper one 'till after entries closed.

Smashbox- Fast and flippy for an arena with low walls and no other hazards
Grindhouse- Low-ish, lots of teeth/damage per second, stable and well armored for a tournament with lots of high powered but somewhat unstable bots. It was also plan B after being disappointed with a SuperSmashbox attempt.

Then there's the general DSL approach I take of "If I had real world versions of these parts, how would I build it"