General Tournament Discussion

[El Chickenado]

you're right jokebots are made for fun nemisis and diotoir are literally flammable
joke bots are great
artbots can be dumb
without the razer or chaos 2 though would it have been as enjoyable?
and no
looks are more important than fighting ability
but an effective good looking bot is great
take for example razer
looks great works great
i think irl is about making a good looking effective bot
which is why i dont like dsl-s as much
the bots can look so similar as to almost bore me
i like bots that look like they could exist
thats all i dont like about irl
bots that are made to lookcool but dont look like they could be built irl

[martymidget]

you're right jokebots are made for fun nemisis and diotoir are literally flammable
the bots can look so similar as to almost bore me

IRL in a nutshell.

[El Chickenado]

you're right jokebots are made for fun nemisis and diotoir are literally flammable
the bots can look so similar as to almost bore me

IRL in a nutshell.

i both love and hate you marty
while many irl bots look the same
so do many dsl-s bots

[El Chickenado]

double post sorry
i know sense i am not a major league host i can only have a certain number of entrants
but the idea i have involves teams made up of robots from 2 different people
so can i have twice the entrants or will i just have a really small bracket?

[helloface]

Small bracket. There's really nothing wrong with that though.

[El Chickenado]

Small bracket. There's really nothing wrong with that though.

i know was just curious

[Tweedy]

Since I've got dsl2 working on this pc now anyone got any ideas for tournaments they'd like to see?

[Natster-104]

Since I've got dsl2 working on this pc now anyone got any ideas for tournaments they'd like to see?

Something like the RA2 World Cup, god I enjoyed that

[playzooki]

walker tournament

[Wacky Bob]

Steel 10 HW tournament

[Naryar]

I honestly think IRL should just be about cool looks and there. As long as it's cool enough and there's no "trying too hard to be DSL-S" factor in a bot, it should be allowed. Good IRL tournament should be impressing you with every entry.

Who gives a rat's ass if it is not 100% realistic or be 100% in accord with real life designs ? Sure it should look realistic, but the most important in an IRL bot is all of the three following factors: originality, good looks and interesting designs.

[playzooki]

I honestly think IRL should just be about cool looks and there. As long as it's cool enough and there's no "trying too hard to be DSL-S" factor in a bot, it should be allowed. Good IRL tournament should be impressing you with every entry.

Who gives a rat's ass if it is not 100% realistic or be 100% in accord with real life designs ? Sure it should look realistic, but the most important in an IRL bot is all of the three following factors: originality, good looks and interesting designs.

i agree, except this
 >Who gives a rat's ass if it is not 100% realistic or be 100% in accord with real life designs?
its called in real life for a reason

[Naryar]

I honestly think IRL should just be about cool looks and there. As long as it's cool enough and there's no "trying too hard to be DSL-S" factor in a bot, it should be allowed. Good IRL tournament should be impressing you with every entry.

Who gives a rat's ass if it is not 100% realistic or be 100% in accord with real life designs ? Sure it should look realistic, but the most important in an IRL bot is all of the three following factors: originality, good looks and interesting designs.

i agree, except this
 >Who gives a rat's ass if it is not 100% realistic or be 100% in accord with real life designs?
its called in real life for a reason

Except there's no reason behind it. People like some RL bots and therefore try to build like it, and that's where the "IRL = real life" thing comes from.

I am not saying it should be UNREALISTIC... I said "who gives a rats ass if it is not 100% realistic", notice the 100%... i am just saying we should lower the "real life" requirements for general irl building.

Or we should divide IRL in two, in one "artbot building" which describes what I am saying and the other "IRL" (In Real Life) which describe hardliner IRL which tries to get as close as real life designs as possible. The latter category includes replicas.

Pretty sure it will stop the endless arguing about the nature of IRL as well.

[playzooki]

maybe not completely split, but maybe people could specify the level of irl needed in the signups thread?

[helloface]

Since I've got dsl2 working on this pc now anyone got any ideas for tournaments they'd like to see?

Tournament with spinning weapons outlawed

[El Chickenado]

maybe not completely split, but maybe people could specify the level of irl needed in the signups thread?

people preety much do that already
some people say very close to irl
others do not

[cephalopod]

Or we should divide IRL in two, in one "artbot building" which describes what I am saying and the other "IRL" (In Real Life) which describe hardliner IRL which tries to get as close as real life designs as possible. The latter category includes replicas.

This is a fair idea. Should push the standards of IRL bots up higher as well rather than the current flurry of sub-DSL-S bots that flood IRL tournaments.

[Shield]

Since I've got dsl2 working on this pc now anyone got any ideas for tournaments they'd like to see?

Tournament with spinning weapons outlawed

Yes do it my flippers been feeling left out.

[El Chickenado]

Since I've got dsl2 working on this pc now anyone got any ideas for tournaments they'd like to see?

Tournament with spinning weapons outlawed

Yes do it my flippers been feeling left out.

then call it
NO SPIN FOR YOU!

[Shield]

Since I've got dsl2 working on this pc now anyone got any ideas for tournaments they'd like to see?

Tournament with spinning weapons outlawed

Yes do it my flippers been feeling left out.

then call it
NO SPIN FOR YOU!

I would love to host it but I have my hands full with Undisputed and another tourney I plan on hosting