The Kings II - Discussion

[Paranoia]

Format:

There will be two separate sections of the tournament - Stock MWs and DSL IRL MWs.

In each section, there'll be four initial heats consisting of four robots, with each heat lasting 3:00 minutes. The two bots which have not been eliminated through immobilization or the two bots with the highest amount of points gained for capturing the hill at the end of the round will move onto a second set of rounds. This second set of rounds will consist of the same process, with the winning four robots of said round moving on to a final KOTH round. The two winners of this round will then have to fight in a final Deathmatch-style battle, with the winner of that battle being crowned champion.

If there is ever a tie between two bots for a position within the winning two, a separate 1v1 will be held in order to decide who moves on.

Rules:

Stock MW:

• Stock MWs only, all custom components including skins and all cheatbot2 parts are banned. AI Parts will however be allowed, including 140cm Extenders.
• There will be a limit of 16 entries in this section of the tournament and competitors will be limited to entering one robot during the first two weeks of the signups. If the spots are not filled by the end of the two weeks, then competitors will be able to enter a maximum of three entries.
• I will handle programming the AI, however you will be able to send in your own bindings if required and it is encouraged that you name
• External edits such as AAM and other means of modifying the bot outside the lab will be considered illegal and should your bot be edited in such a way - it will be instantly rejected.
• BFE will be allowed under certain circumstances, these include:
  
  • Editing the reflectance of your bot's armor texture.
  • Editing the robot's skin.
  All other instances where BFE is used are illegal and, if used on your bot, will lead to rejection.
• External edits such as AAM and other means of modifying the bot outside the lab will be considered illegal and should your bot be edited in such a way - it will be instantly rejected.
• There will be a 100kg weight penalty for Full Trinity SnS and 1WD Bots. However, Trinity Thwackers will not receive the same penalty.
• Crawlers are allowed - the chances of a crawler being able to have enough control to hold the hill are slim to none.
• Jokebots and IRL bots will be allowed, however said bots will be placed in reserve slots which can be taken by any other competitor if necessary. If you still have a bot in a reserve slot which has not been taken yet, you will be allowed to send in a serious entry to replace your robot. Any serious entries sent to replace a joke or IRL entry will make the reserve slots permanent ones, meaning your entries will no longer be at risk of replacement.
• Highly-complex uncommon stacks, ie. Stacking two RADs and a CB into a Nifty or something ridiculous like that, without any video proof will be considered Hax Mode and as a result will mean that bots using such stacks will be rejected. However, any of the more common complex/advanced stacks such as the Dual HP-Ztek stack or the Nifty-ZTek-CB Stack will be permitted.
• Competitors will be able to update their bots as many times as they wish during the initial signup period.
• No multibots.

DSL IRL MW:

• DSL MWs only, all custom components including skins are banned.
• The only permitted cheatbot2 parts are: Buster
  Wheel, Growler Wheel, M.O.E Wheel, All "Judge" Extras excluding the gavel,
  HMNTs (Heavy Metal Noise Teeth), Matilda Flywheel, Beta Wheel, Beta Handles.
• The realistic rule is strongly enforced in this section of the tournament. Any bots which seem to breach the rule will be rejected. This includes any robots which do not show any means of controlled movement such as 1WD bots.
• There will be a limit of 16 entries in this section of the tournament and competitors will be limited to entering one robot during the first two weeks of the signups. If the spots are not filled by the end of the two weeks, then competitors will be able to enter a maximum of three entries.
• I will handle programming the AI, however you will be able to send in your own bindings if required and it is encouraged that you name
• External edits such as AAM and other means of modifying the bot outside the lab will be considered illegal and should your bot be edited in such a way - it will be instantly rejected.
• BFE will be allowed under certain circumstances, these include:
  
  • Editing the reflectance of your bot's armor texture.
  • Editing the robot's skin.
  • Chassis editing within reason.
  All other instances where BFE is used are illegal and, if used on your bot, will lead to rejection.
• External edits such as AAM and other means of modifying the bot outside the lab will be considered illegal and should your bot be edited in such a way - it will be instantly rejected.
• There will be a 100kg weight cushion for Walkers Only. The walker system must also not use weapon components as it will otherwise be considered a crawler and will therefore be illegal.
• Jokebots will be allowed, however said bots will be placed in reserve slots which can be taken by any other competitor if necessary. If you still have a bot in a reserve slot which has not been taken yet, you will be allowed to send in a serious entry to replace your robot. Any serious entries sent to replace a joke or IRL entry will make the reserve slots permanent ones, meaning your entries will no longer be at risk of replacement.
• Competitors will be able to update their bots as many times as they wish during the initial signup period.
• No multibots.
• No flamethrowers.

Arena:

Hazards Off, will be used for all rounds.

My Entries:

Top: Stock MW, Bottom: DSL IRL MW

[RedAce]

Sure, I'll enter this tourney. I missed the last one since I wasn't around for it. >.<

Although I'm a bit confused on this rule:

   

• Stock MWs only, all custom components including skins and all cheatbot2 parts except the Flamethrower are banned. AI Parts will however be allowed, including 140cm Extenders.

Are you saying that flamethrowers are allowed? If that's the case, then you will have a lot of bots with flamethrowers and it's unfair since they flames count towards the score while no other weapon that attacks it does and because of that, Flamethrower bots will be overpowered.

And while the stacking rule seems strict, everything else seems fine.

[Naryar]

I fail to see why you should allow the cheatbot2 Bob flamethrower when we already have a BFF flamer.

[Paranoia]

I fail to see why you should allow the cheatbot2 Bob flamethrower when we already have a BFF flamer.

Sure, I'll enter this tourney. I missed the last one since I wasn't around for it. >.<

Although I'm a bit confused on this rule:

   

• Stock MWs only, all custom components including skins and all cheatbot2 parts except the Flamethrower are banned. AI Parts will however be allowed, including 140cm Extenders.

Are you saying that flamethrowers are allowed? If that's the case, then you will have a lot of bots with flamethrowers and it's unfair since they flames count towards the score while no other weapon that attacks it does and because of that, Flamethrower bots will be overpowered.

And while the stacking rule seems strict, everything else seems fine.

To answer your questions, there is no BFF Flamethrower in stock and the Flamethrower won't count for points in a KOTH tournament.

Also, the stacking rule only really applies to baseplate stacking and weird exostacks.

[cephalopod]

To answer your questions, there is no BFF Flamethrower in stock and the Flamethrower won't count for points in a KOTH tournament.

Just strapped a flamer to Veto.
This happened.

You may want to rethink your flamethrower rule :P

[Paranoia]

The flamethrower rule's been revised.

[Naryar]

oh this is a KotH tourney ? i'll prolly enter then