a few points:-pinning is the main tactic for rammers/wammers, hammers and quite a bit of gutrippers. does the fair play rule bans them outright ? that seems unreasonable.Rammers don't pin, they just ram people into walls. If they decided to stay and keep the opponent pressed up against the wall, I imagine there'd be no sport or fun in that at all.-equally, hit and run should be a valid tactic for fast bots. isn't back-and-forth what rammers do ? (May not be exactly hit and run, though)When I say hit and run, I suppose I mean more end game to secure a win (however, that may be tolerable) or constantly having small jabs at the opponent and quickly avoiding them for the rest of the match intentionally. Rammers hit and then reverse but then they come back for more, they don't run. A robot may hit the opposing robot and run around and try to find an opening, but avoiding the opponent for the entire match, in my opinion, is not a good display of sportsmanship and makes for a rubbish video.Besides, hit and run has no point unless you are very fast and agile and your enemy isn't. also there are no ranged weapons, apparently, so it makes it even less worth. Not to mention that hit and run tactics will just let the opponent being rammed if you follow him closely.-entrant liability seems quite harsh. besides i think if someone is always late, people will become aware of it and stop wanting him in tournaments, so it will be an unspoken rule.I don't think it's harsh if someone is continues to halt progression of the entire tournament(s) due to their tardiness. Also, it's not a case of just avoiding people like that because, to be fair on entrants, tournament hosts must work on a 'first come, first served' basis, so anyone new to the forum wishing to start their own tournament won't know about their history of tardiness.
For once the mods did something right
Hey, here's a dumb idea, maybe have a little "In Signups:" box on the homepage? Like between the Recent Posts and Who's Online boxes?
also lol at most toxic guy around calling others out on this sh**
Offtopic: what happened to your avatar?
As for the time limit, I'd personally rather go into the other direction of removing limits and instead asking people if the Tournament was still going on and then deciding if a thread should be locked/time limit given, think it just scares away members.
Quote from: R01 on October 10, 2016, 07:19:57 AMAs for the time limit, I'd personally rather go into the other direction of removing limits and instead asking people if the Tournament was still going on and then deciding if a thread should be locked/time limit given, think it just scares away members.Not a good idea. Removing limits is removing any reason for the host to finish the tournament in a timely matter.It kinda comes down to who you want to treat better. The hosts, or the many many members who enter. If you remove limits and tournaments don't finish in a timely matter the members who entered are honestly wronged. We have many hosts and the hosts are made aware they are doing this off their own back in accordance with the rules, they shouldn't be letting entrants down if they have agreed to host a tournament.
2 Week Technical Extensions can be granted on proof that the host has experienced technical issues while running the tournament.Discretionary Conditional Extensions may also be granted, on proof that the tournament has been making progress closely previous to the deadline. This will mean you will have to upload at least 6 videos a week until the tournament is complete, and will not gain a Host Score point, however will mean you do not lose 1 from letting the deadline lapse.