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Ironbot Jr. - Signups (Closed)
« on: October 17, 2015, 08:28:11 PM »


Welcome to Ironbot Jr. - mostly same as the original Ironbot from four years ago, but now having lightweights with a division for Stock, DSL, and Ironforge (no bracket relation between the three) with some other minor rule changes. If you don't know, the goal of Ironbot was not necessarily to win matches, but to keep your bot as in-tact as possible, as once you lost a component (with a couple exceptions), it was gone for the rest of the tournament.


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« Last Edit: November 16, 2015, 05:38:18 PM by Lightning S. »

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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2015, 08:54:20 AM »
this should be interesting. if i can make something, i'd be happy to enter. ironbot was one of my favorite tourneys and i'm happy to see it revived.
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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2015, 09:28:20 AM »
Don't ban sns, just ban meltlybrain 
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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2015, 09:30:40 AM »
people actually make lw sns? i never knew....
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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2015, 08:58:22 PM »
Don't ban sns, just ban meltlybrain
The problem with that is if two SnS bots go against each other, nothing happens.
On another note, I assume that I'm allowed to do this since the thread got approved. Added some rules to DSL bots' defensive measures and might do the same for Ironforge.

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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2015, 05:31:45 AM »
I don't see why you wouldn't be allowed to do it. At the end of the day, Click isn't around right now, and this will for sure be an interesting tournament. I think it's wise to keep SNS banned. Will definitely try to enter at least the DSL/Ironforge brackets.
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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2015, 06:01:05 AM »
You should also limit or ban casters and baseplate half-sheets for DSL.  It'll make sure I don't enter an armored invincible tank here.

Other than that, I'll enter.  I got a few drafts for each tourney.

Also, I'm sure Click posted how to work those magic python powers somewhere, but I am not quite sure on that.

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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2015, 09:29:19 AM »
I don't really know why SNS are banned when they were allowed in the original ironbot tourney. Especially when "flail enhancement" is banned in the DSL part.
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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2015, 09:52:10 PM »
I don't really know why SNS are banned when they were allowed in the original ironbot tourney. Especially when "flail enhancement" is banned in the DSL part.
When you combine the weight class and conditions for this tournament, I personally feel that SnS are too powerful for it, and not just in the DSL division. If enough people want them allowed, I'll consider changing it.
In other news, RedAce's advice has been taken and DSL rules have been altered slightly further. I've also added a logo.

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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2015, 08:38:31 PM »
Oh yeah, I just remembered that Grinding Noise, a rad "popup" won last time.  It might abuse the rules a bit here, even if it's lightweight.  Will you ban those as well or not?

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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2015, 09:25:33 PM »
Oh yeah, I just remembered that Grinding Noise, a rad "popup" won last time.  It might abuse the rules a bit here, even if it's lightweight.  Will you ban those as well or not?
Since this is a lightweight tournament and there's less room to abuse the rules with, I'm not sure if it'll be a problem. Albeit, if you can think of any examples of how lightweights could pull this off, feel free to let me know.
Also added my bots, since there's a least a bit of interest in this. Additionally, does anyone know how Click did the imprint thing in the original Ironbot logo? I was looking on cooltext for about half an hour and found nothing.

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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2015, 09:28:57 PM »
@redace: in regards to that, i'm not sure ANYONE could forget grinding noise XD. mad propz to nary, i'm still trying to figure out how to clone it.
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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2015, 09:33:22 PM »
Perfectly understandable, and I think Click used the Bevel & Emboss function in Photoshop.

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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2015, 07:33:21 PM »
Added some rules regarding Ironforge defensive options. If anyone thinks there should be more, let me know.
Are there any tournament rules people want added/clarified? I'd like to start this as soon as I can, but I want to make sure there's interest first.

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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2015, 07:28:04 PM »
I think the rules are pretty good as they are. Definitely interested- already started prototyping some bots. Also want to through out there that your ironforge entry is way overweight. It's ironforge, so weight limits are halved :P

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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2015, 09:11:10 PM »
I think the rules are pretty good as they are. Definitely interested- already started prototyping some bots. Also want to through out there that your ironforge entry is way overweight. It's ironforge, so weight limits are halved :P
It has ballasts.
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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2015, 09:15:20 PM »
Tourney stuffs:

"We need a new way to defeat them... Something they haven't seen. Something... no one... has ever seen..."
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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2015, 09:34:54 PM »
I think the rules are pretty good as they are. Definitely interested- already started prototyping some bots. Also want to through out there that your ironforge entry is way overweight. It's ironforge, so weight limits are halved :P
It has ballasts.
That was really dumb of me, didn't even consider that, sorry dude.

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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2015, 10:15:38 PM »
why are heater plows banned and plows limited to only 2 in ironforge?

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Re: Ironbot Jr. - Discussion
« Reply #19 on: October 24, 2015, 10:41:37 PM »
idk if heaters will be able to be broken in under 30 seconds under any possible circumstance in the tournament, and plow spam seems a bit op for this. admittedly though there's a lot of stuff i don't know about ironforge so if you think it should be changed then just say