General Tournament Discussion

[boombabyboom]

no its like more battle bots but with all the replicas from dsl

[cephalopod]

As long as you put it in Display Tournaments, that should be fine..

[Naryar]

I have a tourney idea but i want to know your opinion about it before starting:

War Machines

Stock SHW
Combat arena with hasards off (this is for reduce lag)
BFE, AAM, Hax mode and anything made outside the botlab except skinning is prohibited
AI parts and 140 cm extenders are allowed
Crawlers are allowed IF they show controlled mouvement
Other uncontrollable bot types are forbidden
Trinity glitch is Banned

Any ideas about this ?

Stock SHW is underappreciated. Do it.

just learn to ai before you do it, else you're gonna get a lot of flak.

[HurricaneAndrew]

Replica tournaments are stupid and pointless unless they require you to build a new replica yourself... And even then, they're boring as sh**.

[Mr. AS]

they require you to build a new replica yourself...

lol did you seriously even read his post
hes using the dsl replicas

Crawlers are allowed IF they show controlled mouvement

yesh

[Mr. AS]

Does anyone know when the next tournament vote is?

pm naryar

[G.K.]

I have a ton of work for the next few days, won't have a chance to get properly up to speed for about a week. My apologies.

[Mystic2000]

Hello I was thinking about starting a tourney but i can't choose between:

1 DSL realistic SHW
2 DSL Unrelistic AW

Which one you would better like ?

[090901]

Hello I was thinking about starting a tourney but i can't choose between:

1 DSL realistic SHW
2 DSL Unrelistic AW

Which one you would better like ?

If I were you I would make a poll.

[ianh05]

So the new host must show entry rule has caused myself to suggest a couple of new rules:

-The host can change/update their entry but must allow everyone else the option to change/update theirs and show the update/change in their topic before anyone else sends in their updates.
-The host is to post pictures of all entries as they receive them. (possibly in a constantly updated splash?)

I believe this clears up the update/change rule while allowing the host to be on more even grounds to everyone else.

No ruling on this yet? I still think it's unfair for hosts to show their entry.

[HurricaneAndrew]

So the new host must show entry rule has caused myself to suggest a couple of new rules:

-The host can change/update their entry but must allow everyone else the option to change/update theirs and show the update/change in their topic before anyone else sends in their updates.
-The host is to post pictures of all entries as they receive them. (possibly in a constantly updated splash?)

I believe this clears up the update/change rule while allowing the host to be on more even grounds to everyone else.

No ruling on this yet? I still think it's unfair for hosts to show their entry.

It basically just ensures they can't build a bot to counter everyone else's. I don't think a host should be competing seriously in their own tournament anyway.

[cephalopod]

I agree. I was actually a little annoyed that Immunization got to the Loser's Bracket final in RIP2, because I shouldn't even be close to awarding myself for something.

[090901]

So the new host must show entry rule has caused myself to suggest a couple of new rules:

-The host can change/update their entry but must allow everyone else the option to change/update theirs and show the update/change in their topic before anyone else sends in their updates.
-The host is to post pictures of all entries as they receive them. (possibly in a constantly updated splash?)

I believe this clears up the update/change rule while allowing the host to be on more even grounds to everyone else.

No ruling on this yet? I still think it's unfair for hosts to show their entry.

1. What if the tourney is mostly popups, then the host goes out and builds a HS to counter all the popups, is that really fair?
2. How is posting pics of the robots when you receive them even close to being fair? Whoever sends in their bot first is at a huge disadvantage.

[Badnik96]

Yeah, I didn't build Artemis or any of my Replica Wars bots to win anything.

[ianh05]

Go back a few pages, it was discussed at length. When I enter my own tournaments I usually don't enter to win but I still want to see how my new designs in action, this rule makes it near impossible for me and other hosts to win anything.

[MassimoV]

Conraaa won his tournament.

[Mr. AS]

Go back a few pages, it was discussed at length. When I enter my own tournaments I usually don't enter to win but I still want to see how my new designs in action, this rule makes it near impossible for me and other hosts to win anything.

because everyone is going to build their bot specifically to beat yours

[HurricaneAndrew]

Go back a few pages, it was discussed at length. When I enter my own tournaments I usually don't enter to win but I still want to see how my new designs in action, this rule makes it near impossible for me and other hosts to win anything.

I don't think a host should be competing seriously in their own tournament anyway.

In other words... Good. The host shouldn't even come close to winning their own tournament. Their bot should basically be a bye bot.

[ianh05]

Go back a few pages, it was discussed at length. When I enter my own tournaments I usually don't enter to win but I still want to see how my new designs in action, this rule makes it near impossible for me and other hosts to win anything.

because everyone is going to build their bot specifically to beat yours

and I'm going to build a bot to beat everyone else? not every bot will be the same...

Go back a few pages, it was discussed at length. When I enter my own tournaments I usually don't enter to win but I still want to see how my new designs in action, this rule makes it near impossible for me and other hosts to win anything.

I don't think a host should be competing seriously in their own tournament anyway.

In other words... Good. The host shouldn't even come close to winning their own tournament. Their bot should basically be a bye bot.

Why the should a hosts bot be a bye bot? are you serious? The hosts should stand just as much of a chance as everyone else! Oh sure let's get Click entering a SFTW in his own tournament because no one wants him to win...


what the has this forum come to, where there's a rule (according to you) against a host winning?

[HurricaneAndrew]

Go back a few pages, it was discussed at length. When I enter my own tournaments I usually don't enter to win but I still want to see how my new designs in action, this rule makes it near impossible for me and other hosts to win anything.

I don't think a host should be competing seriously in their own tournament anyway.

In other words... Good. The host shouldn't even come close to winning their own tournament. Their bot should basically be a bye bot.

Why the should a hosts bot be a bye bot? are you serious? The hosts should stand just as much of a chance as everyone else! Oh sure let's get Click entering a SFTW in his own tournament because no one wants him to win...


what the has this forum come to, where there's a rule (according to you) against a host winning?

Well, maybe I shouldn't have used those words... A tournament host should never be aiming to win their own tournament.

There isn't a written rule against it,  but I'd be willing to bet that the majority would think it was incredibly gay for a host to win his own tournament. I know I wouldn't like it very much.

ACAMS doesn't even compete in BotM because he hosts it.