Author Topic: In The Air Tonight (Read 3139 times)

yoda9726 · « **on:** July 27, 2011, 07:36:38 PM »

The poll is done and we have a clear winner. My next tournament is officially to be "In The Air Tonight".

Rules are as follows.

1. 32 bots allowed. In the event 32 entrants are not received within a reasonable amount of time, there will either be byes given to pad the entrants, or there will be a wildcard bracket to determine who gets the last spot in a 16 bot tournament. The determination will be made based on how close we get to 32...
2. DSL Heavyweight
3. Your arena will be the Parking Lot
4. No cheatbot2, ai parts, or custom components allowed, except for.....
5...https://gametechmods.com/uploads/files/123hovercraft.zip << that. brought to you by 123savethewhales, this is the hovercraft engine that is to be used on all bots. The thrusters that come with it ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED
6. No wheels allowed, your mode of locomotion MUST be the hovercraft.
7. All building must be done in the botlab, therefore no BFE, AAM, or any of that other naughty stuff.
8. HAX mode IS allowed, providing rule number 9 is followed, and none of this 'exostacking' stuff
9. Realistic rule enforced.
10. Custom AI is allowed, provided it's not of the cheaty type, ie. no healing, constant damage, etc. etc.
11. Standard double elimination brackets.
12. Also standard havok rules. 1 havok restart per bot per match. On a second, disqualification.
13. No trinity, nasty pickle, whatever, controlled movement is the key here.
14. Multibots are allowed, both must be dispatched to count as a loss.
15. matches are 3 minutes long.
16. having a component move under your hovercraft to gain lift is allowed, however, if your bot is designed to gain a few point lead and then shoot into the sky to avoid any further damage, I'll count it as an OOTA (My discretion, don't worry, i'm fair)
17. I can AI for you, but as always AIing yourself is the preferred method.
18. All bots must have at least one ant battery for realism purposes, even if you don't use an electric motor.
19. Phil Collins references still encouraged.

As usual, comments, concerns, "hey, moron, you forgot this thing" are encouraged.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #1 on:** July 27, 2011, 09:02:30 PM »

Quote from: yoda9726 on July 27, 2011, 07:36:38 PM

The thrusters that come with it are allowed

HMMMMMMMM

That is even more interesting than the hover engine aspect. The things I could do with those thrusters... and they're even smaller than FB's originals too.

If this tournament doesn't fill up too fast, expect something crazy from me.

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 27, 2011, 09:04:02 PM »

If projectiles were allowed, I'd be creating an all-powerful Dreadnought

yoda9726 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 27, 2011, 09:07:16 PM »

Quote from: Clickbeetle on July 27, 2011, 09:02:30 PM

Quote from: yoda9726 on July 27, 2011, 07:36:38 PM
The thrusters that come with it are allowed

If this tournament doesn't fill up too fast, expect something crazy from me.

YES!!! Click craziness! love it

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #4 on:** July 28, 2011, 04:18:11 AM »

This should be interesting. :D

Thyrus · « **Reply #5 on:** July 28, 2011, 04:21:54 AM »

already build something for this

cephalopod · « **Reply #6 on:** July 28, 2011, 04:30:57 AM »

Yay! When I get a moment, I'll get a-building :D

Naryar · « **Reply #7 on:** July 28, 2011, 04:37:02 AM »

Very much willing to participate.

090901 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 28, 2011, 07:18:07 AM »

w00t, time to use those special iron spikes i got.

dragonsteincole · « **Reply #9 on:** July 28, 2011, 11:36:33 AM »

Can I request a tutorial for making a basic hovercraft bot and wiring it? I've not made one of those before and there's no tutorial for one, hence why mine isn't moving in the Practice Arena.

Scrap Daddy · « **Reply #10 on:** July 28, 2011, 12:03:47 PM »

hover craft needs air so you need to put in tanks.

dragonsteincole · « **Reply #11 on:** July 28, 2011, 12:51:37 PM »

Ok, thanks for that Scrap, t'was the missing piece.

Naryar · « **Reply #12 on:** July 28, 2011, 02:23:35 PM »

Should we need an ant battery for realism even if we don't use electric motors ?

yoda9726 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 28, 2011, 09:00:13 PM »

Quote from: Naryar on July 28, 2011, 02:23:35 PM

Should we need an ant battery for realism even if we don't use electric motors ?

hmmm...good point. I'm gonna go ahead and add a rule that there must be at least one ant to justify the controlboard's power needs.

123savethewhales · « **Reply #14 on:** July 30, 2011, 10:05:36 PM »

Just so you guys know, because those hoverpads are indestructible, I have added A LOT of HP to it, so when they get hit they will continue to give points for the full 3 minutes. You don't want your bottom to get hit too much or you might just lose by points.

cephalopod · « **Reply #15 on:** July 31, 2011, 04:34:50 AM »

^ excellent idea! :)

I'm trying to keep my bottom guarded as best as possible to avoid that situation o:
Oh hai Out Of Context thread

dragonsteincole · « **Reply #16 on:** July 31, 2011, 05:29:46 AM »

It also prevents people using them as makeshift 'caster armour' seeing as they are invulnerable.

I have at least 4 designs in mind for this, of varying greatness and cheapness. This is going to be an excellent tournament.

yoda9726 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 31, 2011, 06:19:42 AM »

Quote from: 123savethewhales on July 30, 2011, 10:05:36 PM

Just so you guys know, because those hoverpads are indestructible, I have added A LOT of HP to it, so when they get hit they will continue to give points for the full 3 minutes. You don't want your bottom to get hit too much or you might just lose by points.

Quite an elegant solution to the problem 123. Thanks so much for letting me use them for this. I'm really lookin forward to what's going to come out of this one.

Conraaa · « **Reply #18 on:** July 31, 2011, 09:43:03 AM »

Just realised I could submit the koopa clown car I made a while ago for this.

Naryar · « **Reply #19 on:** July 31, 2011, 11:37:54 AM »

I'm totally going to build my entry 10000 feet above the Atlantic ocean tomorrow, so it is even more fitting.

Also searching for a fitting name for a flying SnS. Preferably a Phil Collins song.