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Robot Arena Matches => Tournaments => Tournament Archives => Topic started by: Madiaba on March 14, 2009, 01:31:01 PM
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Brackets and Vids Here (http://raw.gametechmods.com/GUMBA.php)
Ok, guys. We've encountered a small problem....
It stems from taking over someone else's unfinished project, and also from a valid point that all "Rules" should be posted on the first post of the Tourney's thread. The problem is that Cuda mentioned later in the thread that all bots were to be plastic armor. Several entrants apparently did not see this later post, and submitted other-armored bots. So we have to redo somethings here.
Therefore, the entrants who want to can (A) redo their bots, or (B) leave them as-is. If they choose (A)to redo them, then the bots must be kept in the same basic style as before(no change of a HS into a rammer,... etc.), and must mod them in accord with the following Rules:
1. DSL
2. any armor is acceptable.
3. no AAM, cheatbot2 or aftermarket parts
4. free to use all in-game, botlab 'Attachment' glitches.
5. everything must be realistic (no overlapping or interferential components).
6. only bat stacking is OK.
You must get your modded bots in by this Sunday afternoon, else it will be assumed that you want option (B) for your old bot to be used. Sorry for the tight deadline, and to be fair for all it must be started over from the beginning with all bots on the same playing field...
Feel free to make new predictions once the splash is up.
Anything I missed, let me know.
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I think, it would be more fair to start where the tournament left off, though you are probably right.
EDIT: Actually, thinking about it, starting it over is probably the best thing to do.
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So does it have to be the same bot type, or the actual same bot, just modded a bit?
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Modded slightly is fine, since that is necessary to change the armor. Just keep it the same type bot.
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K. My rebuilds should be in soon.
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Well i have a brand new SnS that makes wonders... but the chassis, drive, armor and weapons are entirely different from Cataclysm... (While still being a SnS of course)
Is it good if i enter something really different as long as it's the same robot type?
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I edited Doomsday to have a little less battery power and more CO2 tanks.
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Well i have a brand new SnS that makes wonders... but the chassis, drive, armor and weapons are entirely different from Cataclysm... (While still being a SnS of course)
Is it good if i enter something really different as long as it's the same robot type?
The problem with the french is they don't know the meaning of the phrase "Thinking Ahead".
Why on earth are your bots "outdated" every 2 days?
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Some people improve very fast.
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Why on earth are your bots "outdated" every 2 days?
Because Cataclysm is nearly 3 months old.
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Well, I've got a couple in now. Thanks, guys.
Sounds good, Reier.
Nar, just try to keep in somewhat alike.
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Mine are sent.
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Right.
They are rebuilt right now. I will AI them and send them to you soon.
(Cataclysm has 1 more ant batt and Iron Fist went from 5mm Plastic to 3mm Titanium)
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Hey Mad, can I talk to you on Yahoo about Doosday? I have a question.
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I'll extend this until today. Last call for any updates....
So I can give them to Sage for the new Splash (see what you're up against)...
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If we are going to redo the matches, please make the brackets different.
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I agree.
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Already in the works...
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ATTENTION:
NEW BRACKETS ARE UP. PLEASE FOLLOW LINK IN FIRST POST.
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Probably going to destroy Smackinator again... hehe.
The Ugly... again a HS. It's armor is really weak so i think i have a chance. But Urjak probably took my advice and swapped the 2 battlepacks for 5 ants...
New splash ?
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Wee, I'm vs. H@z again. :mrgreen:
And Urjak, I beat you online, but I think I will lose this'n.
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Somebody, watch out, I coming for you!
EDIT:Oh crap I'm fighting Jules!
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New splash ?
nope. the amount of work needed for a new splash doesn't balance with how little the bots changed. one or two small differences does not warrant a brand new splash. i would have made a new one if there was a new bot.
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I sent two completely different versions of my bots...
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I sent two completely different versions of my bots...
if you did that, it was against the rules. the bots needed to be similar.
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Vids will start tomorrow...
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They are similar. Same types of bots, just new rebuilds of the ones I had before.
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Alright half of the HW bracket is up. Mad will film the rest tomorrow.
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Second half of the HW bracket is up. I will do the LWs tomorrow.
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I'm reaaaally looking forward to see SkinHead vs. VexXeD?!.
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I'm reaaaally looking forward to see SkinHead vs. VexXeD?!.
I might be able to win if VeXxEd?! is able to get under SkinHead before it deals the blunt of its damage.
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Nope, it has invulnerable bottom armor (titanium half sheets) with no weak spots.
But if you can flip SkinHead on it's back and get a good hit at the VDMA... These have pretty low hitpoints.
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Completely invulnerable?
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Completely invulnerable?
nope. the bottom sheets dont work the best cause they are thin.
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loser's bracket is up for the HWs. sorry for the delay on the LWs. we had some website problems earlier.
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I like Cataclysm a lot.
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7299/berty.gif)
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I like Cataclysm a lot.
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7299/berty.gif)
Hehe.
All: Be patient on the Reier/H@z (Reier/H@z) vid. It'll be up shortly.
Thanks.
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I really should have tested SS3 before I sent it in.
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He was too unstable.
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So was Jules bot, and Quick lost.
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...SB, you really have to work on your VS skills...
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I can't, because most of the ones I build do that glitch where the collision mesh messes up, so I can't figure out if they are good or not.
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Reier Vs. H@zm47 is up. sorry for the delay.
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Reier Vs. H@zm47 is up. sorry for the delay.
Vid doesn't works properly for me. It cuts the end of the first match (wih Reier having the upper hand), second match if fine (KO by Haz) and stops brutally at the end of the third match.
Anyways Reier, your side ripping teeth are absolutely worthless. Better with more CO2 tanks (and only large ones).
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To all helping with GUMBA......please keep video size down to less than 14 MB (or so) they take WAY to long to load and taking up way too much server space.
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loser bracket : Quickman vs Smackinator (what a name!) hold my breath all the match long.
Doomsday vs bitchslap (what a naughty word!) : well i can't really see in the video who wons the first and the last match. Anyway, it remembers me good by blue sky vs steel meatball but doomsday seems to react better than GBBS and bitchslap seems less deadly than steel MB (still a good bot HAzM).
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Heavies round two is up.
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To all helping with GUMBA......please keep video size down to less than 14 MB (or so) they take WAY to long to load and taking up way too much server space.
We're working on that.....
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Another win just like i expected. However i don't like my chances against Mad.
...Also no offense but i mean... That tournament is a yawn-fest.
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loser bracket : Quickman vs Smackinator (what a name!) hold my breath all the match long.
...Also no offense but i mean... That tournament is a yawn-fest.
Huh, this is the way tourneys always are, some mundane, and some down to the wire...
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Another win just like i expected. However i don't like my chances against Mad.
I know that you have Skinhead and have probably tried it against Cataclysm, so you're probably right. But you never know, I'll post it as it happens.
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...Also no offense but i mean... That tournament is a yawn-fest.
another reason im not too fond of DSL.
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Half the LW bracket is up. The other half will be up when mad gives me the special AI.py he forgot to ><.
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More armor on your HS next time Urjee !
Anyways the Reier-Hazmat vid still is messed up.
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More armor on your HS next time Urjee !
Anyways the Reier-Hazmat vid still is messed up.
same for me. the vids themselves got messed up. I don't think we can fix it easily.
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...Also no offense but i mean... That tournament is a yawn-fest.
In DSL's defense, I think a large portion of that is because of the arena. It's so big that almost as much time is spent chasing the other bot as actually hitting it, and the force-wall feature just makes that worse. I think the fights would be just as long in stock, or close to it.
(Sorry Mad, the arena is actually really cool, it just isn't conducive to fast matches. Perhaps if it was smaller.)
Who won the HW H@zm47 vs. Reier, anyway? It's hard to tell with the video all disjointed like that.
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Yep, vids got messed up in WMM converting them...somehow, but still have the originals. So I just re-converted them and will send them to Sage in the morn.
CB, I made this arena to Cuda's specs. It is a nice, lowlag arena, with special 'force field' walls as you noticed. They actually push the player back into the action. Some of the LW rammers take advantage of the running start. As for rebulding it, I don't really want to re-make it just for this tourney. It is what it is. Maybe another arena.
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Fixed the Reier vid, got the hw round two loser brackets up.
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I didn't take into account the big arena, which allowed my opponents to get around my wedge after the initial surge. At least all of my matches were close.
Good luck to everyone left in the HW bracket.
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I think I can take Reier out again, but if Madiaba loses against Naryar, I am dead. If Madiaba wins, I might be able to beat Naryar, though I doubt it. I am aiming for third place right now.
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Wow, close one Jules. And Urjee, you're gonna cream me.
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Rest of the LW bracket is up. Sorry for the delay, AI troubles.
And sorry about the reier hazmat LW vid, it got deleted during some work I was doing on the site. I hope you can forgive me.
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After the first few seconds I thought it was going to be an easy victory for me.
I definitely underestimated that bot. Nice one.
p.s. I hate losing these matches when it is so close.
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+ 5 respect to Somebody for making Cutinator 2 much better than the first.
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HW bracket is up.
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Madiaba took the match with a WBP.... too bad for Naryar. I might be able to take Naryar, though I doubt it.
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Predictable. But heck, i could have won it.
And with a value of 'PreSpinEntrance' that high i'm going to lose to you Urjak... unless Mad fixes it, in that case i'm definitely aiming for second.
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I appreciate Naryar for all the jobs he does around here, but there, i'm very happy Mad goes to final :
-First because he's always give a lot in any tournament, but did not always get up the podium.
-Second, because his bot is a SOW Bot and thus he proves this kinds of bots may be good ones : beating Naryar is never easy.
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Really, REALLY don't want to seem like I am rushing you by asking this, but any idea when the next fights will be up?
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...Also no offense but i mean... That tournament is a yawn-fest.
:'(
We thought we would save you from suffering through this yawn fest of a tourney....
kidding. just been busy. will get more vids up this week.
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Okay, cool.
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Anyone remember who won the Hazmat vs Reier LW match?
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Half of the LW is up. For the life of me i cant remember who won the hazmat vs reier match.
I'll get the next two up when someone tells me.
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I'll say me. :mrgreen:
...I dunno. It crashes for me.
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Nice commentary Sage! :D That was an epic dual of the HSs. Good job R1885.
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I'll say me. :mrgreen:
...I dunno. It crashes for me.
EXACTLY! I lost the video, and i was wondering if anyone remembered who won.
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Is it possible to do a rematch?
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....No0o0o0o0o0
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Next HW match is up (Urjak-Naryar)
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Well.....
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HeheUrjeegotpwned
...I think, what the heck happened? It kept glitching.
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I did get pwned, though not as bad as against Madiaba.
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A couple times, you almost got under him though, Urj.
Nice try though. It's a tough bot.
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Nice commentary on our match Sage.
If only my damn weapon spun the other way... Thumper Vs Nos-Bot all over again
Next time, I need to reduce the weapon length.
And whats odd is that Urjak eliminated me, TWICE!
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What commentary?
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The New LW vids, it's that whiney voice that says something about the results but is kept quiet by the music, making it useless.
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I can't hear a thing.
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I hear a tiny bit of something at the start of the first 2 matches.
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I hear the narrarator guy...
Not Sage.
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I wasn't trying to commentate... i was just talking to myself and i guess the mics picked up on some of it haha.
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I'm gonna do a rematch for the lw hazmat reier vid, but is it ok if i don't film it? if i remember right, it was a very boring match.
it would be a lot quicker
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I'm gonna do a rematch for the lw hazmat reier vid, but is it ok if i don't film it? if i remember right, it was a very boring match.
it would be a lot quicker
you should record it, it's just something you will have to cope with when you host tourneys.
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alright
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2nd on heavies... not bad. Nice match Urjak.
Hell i nearly got destroyed by Somebody... again "driving like a bitch" problems.
Also the Gyroman-Ugly match was damn nice.
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Presently out of town visiting my parents. I'll get the final HW round up as soon as I get home...
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GUMBA HW championship is up.
NOTE: the beginning only looks crappy cause i didnt render it right. it looks much better when rendered in HD (because then everything.s in the right spot and such) but you can kinda see what i did.
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Congrats Madiaba.
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Sorry it took me a while to get the final round in. I've just no spare time.. It's not like I'm an oil worker or such...*hehe*.
As far as winning, well.... a lot of this game is still luck, and there were only 8 contestants. Nar already called it. I think he already ran our bots face to face. I just wanted to show that SOW bots can be effective. Thanks to Phil too. I'm not sure my particular design was the best by any means. There may be allot better ideas for a SOW bot than this one. As I think Nar noted, it's piston is its Achiles' heel. May need more protection. I had to write an AI.py to run and SRM this one, so with my severe cutback in RA2 time, I don't think that I'll be trying another too soon. Phil may.
Edit/BTW: Thanks to Sage who did most of the ftp and posting work.
And special thanks to all of the entrants....
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Don't worry guys, the LW's are coming. I'm filming a big chunk of them right now.
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Theres a bunch of new LW vids up. sorry if it ruins the surprise for some of you, but i did like 2 rounds in a row.
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Oooo you used the F10 cam! :gawe:
I won vs Spastic?! 0_o Nice match, Mad.
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Oooo you used the F10 cam! :gawe:
I won vs Spastic?! 0_o Nice match, Mad.
yea its great for filming.
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LW bracket is slightly updated. Will get the last vids up as soon as i can.
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I...beat...Naryar?!? Good match, that was a close one!
Nice artistic undercam view, Sage. =P
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WHY THE NINE HELLS DOES EVERY FREAKING MATCH THAT I LOSE IS BECAUSE OF BAD DRIVING ???
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Maybe it's because the wheel base is too close together. I'm not insulting you, but Tim 1's downfall was the same thing.
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Another LW vid up.
my computer crashed as i was recording the third round, but then i realized it didn't mater because someone had already won twice and we don't have a ranking system.
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Umm...not to rush, but is this still happening?
Edit: Oh wait...Sage's computer is busted. Sorry.
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Was thinking the same thing....
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Umm...not to rush, but is this still happening?
Edit: Oh wait...Sage's computer is busted. Sorry.
Yep. No access to RA2. Sorry.