Author Topic: Helloface's DSL2 Summer 2013 Tournament! (Read 16883 times)

helloface · « **on:** April 21, 2013, 01:22:05 PM »

I am going to be starting an IRL DSL2 tournament using randomly generated arenas from the default DSL2 arenas, with the exception of Mars Arena. The first round will be in rumble format (Only one bot will make it through each rumble), and then there will be two 1v1 semi finals, a 1v1 3rd place playoff, and of course a 1v1 grand final. Brackets are randomly generated. Current deadline is June ~~17th~~ ~~22th~~ 25th, but the deadline is highly susceptible to change.

Here are the rules/restrictions:

- Only 16 bots are to be competing in the main competition (NOTE: There may or may not be qualifiers, depending on how many bots are entered. See below).
- This tournament Will still go on, as long as I have at least 1 bot submitted.
- Arena hazards will be on
- Your bot can be modified or changed, as long I receive the upgraded bot before the deadline
- Nobody can be entered until a bot is received and accepted
- Bots can only move by Walker, Shuffler, or Wheeled systems,
- Matches are 3 minutes long
- Must be a heavyweight (399.1-800kg)g
- Must use only default DSL 2.1 parts (No custom components or Cheatbot2 components)
- Can have a maximum of 2 spinning weapons
- Can have a maximum of 3 pneumatic burst pistons
- Can have a maximum of 7 Static weapons
- Can have a maximum of 2 flippers/popups
- Can have a maximum of 2 overhead weapons
- No multibots
- No "Nasty Pickle" type bots
- No flying or hovering bots
- 1st havok, restart; 2nd havok, your bot is eliminated
- Only default DSL2 armour is allowed
- Bots can only be built in botlab

Awards to be given out at the end:
Gold, Silver, and Bronze titles (1st, 2nd, 3rd if you haven't already guessed)
Most Promising Newcomer (Most successful user who has made >300 posts on Gametechmods)
Coolest Robot Award
Most Entertaining Robot
Best Engineering/Most Unique Award
Host Destroyer (Whoever destroys my bot)
Most Destructive
Funniest Robot (Robot that did something really weird, or just looks plain hilarious)
Toughest Robot (Bot that takes the most damage)
The Lolwut Award (Weirdest loss or win)
Honourable Mention (A bot that did really well, and probably should have made it farther)

Bots Received:
1. Rob Collins
2. S.H.E.I.L.D
3. Camaro Kid
4. Kid_Krusher13
5. Mazakari
6. AlexGRFan97
7. MikeNCR
8. ty4er
9. MassimoV
10. Badnik96
11. qwertythe300th
12. Craaig
13. SKBT
14. dragonsteincole
15. helloface199
16. Virus Bomb
Backups (In case of no-shows/problems):

Current seeds (seeds are based on testing, and are highly susceptible to change. There will also only be 5 seeds for my first tournament, and the seeds will not effect brackets.):
1. IFI (by MikeNCR)
2. Hurricane 2 (by S.H.I.E.L.D)
3. Whirlytronic 2013 (by Badnik96)
4. Ride The Lightning (A totally kickass bot that Nary says is "OK" :3)
5. Contender (by SKBT)

Doesn't follow criteria
Problem with crashes
Problem with AIing
Recieved
Accepted
Ready to fight!

My entry, Ride The Lightning:

Splashes:

Naryar · « **Reply #1 on:** April 21, 2013, 02:04:47 PM »

You will have to change your rules quite a bit...

https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=11455.0

First of all, no one is going to send you player controlled bots.

Second of all, better stick to only one weightclass.

Third of all, you will need to clarify your building rules.

and lastly... if it is a DSL tournament, no stock parts are allowed.

You will also have to clarify the random arena rule.

helloface · « **Reply #2 on:** April 21, 2013, 08:06:11 PM »

All of those have been fixed.

Wanna join my tourney?

Probably Rob · « **Reply #3 on:** April 21, 2013, 08:14:43 PM »

Yeaaaah, this totally doesn't look sketchy.

Mr. AS · « **Reply #4 on:** April 21, 2013, 08:49:33 PM »

Quote from: heckoface199 on April 21, 2013, 01:22:05 PM

- Can have a maximum of 2 flippers/popups

third sentinel rebuild here we go

helloface · « **Reply #5 on:** April 21, 2013, 08:58:49 PM »

You, a Super Heavyweight ranked member is building a bot just for my tournament?

I love you

Trovaner · « **Reply #6 on:** April 21, 2013, 10:59:58 PM »

Any tournaments that require entries from people need to go through the poll first (you can read about the process here). We've had problems in the past with people starting tournaments when they weren't ready for them so the rules were instated to prevent it.

Edit: The thread that Naryar linked to also talks about the polling process.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #7 on:** April 21, 2013, 11:09:19 PM »

You should probably just drop the human controlled aspect; human controlled bots have a huge advantage.

helloface · « **Reply #8 on:** April 21, 2013, 11:54:10 PM »

Yeah... I did, but I forgot to edit the main thread. I love your vids by the way

Shield · « **Reply #9 on:** April 29, 2013, 08:57:35 AM »

Hmm, would like to join if you could AI for me, since I have NO knowledge about AI'ing whatsoever.

helloface · « **Reply #10 on:** April 29, 2013, 09:48:56 AM »

That could be a problem, Shield. My Bot exporter is broken, so I can't AI at the moment. I will try to find someone who will do it for you. Just upload your bot to the bot exchange, and I will find someone to AI it.

ianh05 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 29, 2013, 10:00:46 AM »

You can't start work on a tournament until it get's through to sign-ups because your tournament might not even get voted through.

Shield · « **Reply #12 on:** April 29, 2013, 10:04:21 AM »

Will enter as soon as it gets to sign-ups.

BTW, are multibots allowed?

Naryar · « **Reply #13 on:** April 29, 2013, 10:15:13 AM »

It's a DSL HW tournament. I will most certainly enter as long as it is properly done, properly ruled and you show enough interest as to not drop this in the middle of the tourney.

Don't see a personal attack in that, but there have been enough abandoned tournaments for me to be wary of entering some tournaments.

Yes, yes, I know, nar ai wars. actually 2 of the bots didn't work because of their size, so I could not continue like I wanted.

helloface · « **Reply #14 on:** April 29, 2013, 10:39:35 AM »

Quote from: S.H.I.E.L.D on April 29, 2013, 10:04:21 AM

Will enter as soon as it gets to sign-ups.

BTW, are multibots allowed?

No, multibots are not allowed.

Also, did you get the AI problem sorted out or do I still need to find someone?

Naryar · « **Reply #15 on:** April 29, 2013, 10:42:35 AM »

Your rules haven't been finished yet. You need to finish them before you can accept entries.

Remember the link ? Go read it, or at least go see other tournament's rules and base yourself on this.

Else there will be a lot of mess and loophole abuse and unwanted things, trust me.

a few questions that need to be adressed :

-are cheatbot2 parts allowed ?
-what chassis armors are legal ?
-what about all the DSL2 glitches ?
-any bot types, building methods, or components banned ?
-what is your stance on out-of-botlab building ?

among others.

also HW class is from 399.1 to 800.0, not 400 to 799

ianh05 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 29, 2013, 10:47:36 AM »

I thought you couldn't accept entries until the tournament went through to sign-ups.

Shield · « **Reply #17 on:** April 29, 2013, 11:01:01 AM »

Probably still going to need someone to help me with AI'ing, my game keeps crashing.

helloface · « **Reply #18 on:** April 29, 2013, 01:29:14 PM »

Quote from: S.H.I.E.L.D on April 29, 2013, 11:01:01 AM

Probably still going to need someone to help me with AI'ing, my game keeps crashing.

When does the game crash? When trying to access botlab? When editing your bot? When exporting?

helloface · « **Reply #19 on:** April 29, 2013, 03:33:26 PM »

Quote from: ianh05 on April 29, 2013, 10:47:36 AM

I thought you couldn't accept entries until the tournament went through to sign-ups.

Yes, that is true. I finished reading the rules for the tournement, so I changed/added a few things.