Friendship/Rival Rumble - SBV

[Squirrel_Monkey]

I feel like RedAce did a good job making sure I didn't beat up EVERYONE...
Is there a tally for the number of time we teamkilled? Must be a trophy for that or something.
GG everyone. We did the unconventional bots proud.

[Thrackerzod]

Honestly, I would've stuck with the Finale music for the true final battle

Actually yeah, I guess I could have done that.

Anyway, here's a blooper reel I put together, mostly to make myself feel better about keeping all the matches that I couldn't use due to havoks:

[Thrackerzod]

Alright, so I know some people were kinda disappointed that I decided to go with some weird trolly gimmick rather than just what I said the tournament would be in the Signups thread.  Well, since I have all the bots ready to go anyway, I figure I might as well run that tournament too.  I've uploaded all the rival v rival matches already; I'll put up a bracket with all the winning rivals soon.

TheRedBlur vs DeadGenocide:


RedAce vs Squirrel_Monkey:


Naryar vs Kossokei:


090901 vs ty4er:


Silverfish vs Sircreepalot2:


Mr. AS vs Geice:


Bobyasianboy vs Gauche Suede:


Mystic2000 vs KingofKings696:

Interesting note: Boby lost to Gauche this time around.

[RedAce]

Uhh, all the videos are private at the moment.

Well, considering that I kept eliminating Carbon Dragon in the main(?) tournament, this wasn't too surprising.  I feel that a restart is warranted for the last round of Naryar vs Kosso.

Also, this is a bit of an off topic thing, but I heard something in the beginning of the third round of AS vs. Geice.  What was that song/sound?

[Thrackerzod]

I feel that a restart is warranted for the last round of Naryar vs Kosso.

You mean where Naryar got embedded in the ground?  I left that in on the reasoning that he had ~15 seconds left and was ~50,000 points down, so he wasn't going to win anyway.  Or did something happen earlier in the match?

Also, this is a bit of an off topic thing, but I heard something in the beginning of the third round of AS vs. Geice.  What was that song/sound?

Congratulations, you've found bad editing!  You're hearing a couple second of George Woodman - I set it as the main menu theme in-game.  Usually I edit so the video starts right at the first buzzer - must have overlooked that one.

[Thrackerzod]

Here's the next round of episodes:

Two Scarves vs Night Man:

Night Man wins 3-0

Who Needs Research? vs Lucius the Eternal:

Who Needs Research? wins 3-0

A8ER vs Conducting Chicken:

A8ER wins 3-0

5x vs nyoom:

5x wins 2-1

[Thrackerzod]

Here's more matches:





Any thoughts?  Predictions for the final?  Grudge match requests?

[RedAce]

Well damn.  I didn't think I would need front armor for that match, but Night Man had to make it mean something.  GG.

Oh, and thanks for using that song in my match.  I appreciate it.

[Thrackerzod]

Final episode of Rival Rumble!



Congratulations to

the winner

Hopefully you guys enjoyed this "bonus tournament" of sorts.  If you have any match requests, please post them soon, as otherwise I'm about ready to wrap this thing up.

[DeadGenocide]

What a great 2 tournaments

A match between the 2 chicken drills would be great

[RedAce]

Clamp rumble.  I'd pay to see that.

[Silverfish]

Wow. Considering I don't build DSL, I'm satisfied with a top 4 finish on my own. GG Everybody!

[Squirrel_Monkey]

I managed to make a bot that is good against most entrants except for the bot I was 'supposed' to face in the rival version. Good job me.

[Naryar]

first match my bot gets inverted only because of a havok by the other bot, and then loses due to it.

third match my bot gets stuck in the ground due to another havok by the other bot, and then loses due to it.

I understand Kossokei outweapons me by quite a bit, I don't mind that. Understand that I was on the losing side in the third match as well. But the constant havoking that keeps changing the match outcomes...

[Mr. AS]

requesting a 4 way rumble with my bots, except with the starting points outside the arena

[Silverfish]

requesting a 4 way rumble with my bots, except with the starting points outside the arena

Uhh.....

[Kossokei]

first match my bot gets inverted only because of a havok by the other bot, and then loses due to it.

third match my bot gets stuck in the ground due to another havok by the other bot, and then loses due to it.

I understand Kossokei outweapons me by quite a bit, I don't mind that. Understand that I was on the losing side in the third match as well. But the constant havoking that keeps changing the match outcomes...

and the best part is I have no idea how it happens. Nakriin, the BW I entered for tusslers 3, is the exact same way.

[Thrackerzod]

first match my bot gets inverted only because of a havok by the other bot, and then loses due to it.

third match my bot gets stuck in the ground due to another havok by the other bot, and then loses due to it.

I understand Kossokei outweapons me by quite a bit, I don't mind that. Understand that I was on the losing side in the third match as well. But the constant havoking that keeps changing the match outcomes...

Honestly I just got sick of re-recording that match and used the least-bad havoks I could.  You make a good point though.  I will do my best to record you a havok-free match.  Also, my next tournament will definitely have a havok forfeit rule; not having one was a mistake.

I think Lucius will still manage to outweapon you, though.

EDIT: Recorded for 30-40 minutes last night; these were the best matches I got:

Didn't do my usual editing stuff because lazy, plus I was kinda sick of seeing this match.

There's a pretty obvious havok in round 3, but it happened after Blade Assault lost its weapon rack, so I don't consider it "match altering".

I'll put more effort into the other grudge matches.  Speaking of which, the ones I'm gonna do so far are:

A match between the 2 chicken drills would be great

Clamp rumble.  I'd pay to see that.

Not doing this because I donno how:

requesting a 4 way rumble with my bots, except with the starting points outside the arena

[KingofKings696]

Honestly surprised I won thought for sure Night Man would outwedge me which he did but my bot seemed to get setup to the side enough to slide under multiple bots with rack based systems. Thank you for hosting this tournament thrack hope for more these were fun. PS who said a 5x hybrid wouldn't work lol.

[Naryar]

Well, it's pretty clear my bot doesn't hold. Must be the normals or something... or are those pole spikes now very good, or don't have normals ?

Thanks for taking the time to have a fair rematch. And yes, round 3 my bot was already dead.