Light vs Dark - Signups

[Gulden]

I'd still go with selecting which bots to use by having team votes on which of their bots is going to be used in the next round. it seems like it would add a layer of strategy to the tournament, which truly make the most use of the team gimmick. It means bots can be used to instantly counter another bot if they think the opponent will use it. A little bit of chance but mostly strategy.

Maybe its an idea for another tournament, but for now, I don't know how to make this work without one team being on top early and the other team basically being doomed.

Sure this is all possible in the current tournament, but having all the match-ups be by chance lowers the possibility of it being 7 vs 1 after the first round.
Having it be 8 and 0 after the first round is literally my worst nightmare for this tournament.

[jdg37]

I'd still go with selecting which bots to use by having team votes on which of their bots is going to be used in the next round. it seems like it would add a layer of strategy to the tournament, which truly make the most use of the team gimmick. It means bots can be used to instantly counter another bot if they think the opponent will use it. A little bit of chance but mostly strategy.

Maybe its an idea for another tournament, but for now, I don't know how to make this work without one team being on top early and the other team basically being doomed.

Sure this is all possible in the current tournament, but having all the match-ups be by chance lowers the possibility of it being 7 vs 1 after the first round.
Having it be 8 and 0 after the first round is literally my worst nightmare for this tournament.

Rather than voting for next matchup, what if each team just selected their next bot to compete, not announce matchups. Early on this wouldn't seem to make a difference, but as the available pool of opponents dwindles it becomes more of a team strategy of which bot to put forward.

[Avalanche]

I'd still go with selecting which bots to use by having team votes on which of their bots is going to be used in the next round. it seems like it would add a layer of strategy to the tournament, which truly make the most use of the team gimmick. It means bots can be used to instantly counter another bot if they think the opponent will use it. A little bit of chance but mostly strategy.

Maybe its an idea for another tournament, but for now, I don't know how to make this work without one team being on top early and the other team basically being doomed.

Sure this is all possible in the current tournament, but having all the match-ups be by chance lowers the possibility of it being 7 vs 1 after the first round.
Having it be 8 and 0 after the first round is literally my worst nightmare for this tournament.

Rather than voting for next matchup, what if each team just selected their next bot to compete, not announce matchups. Early on this wouldn't seem to make a difference, but as the available pool of opponents dwindles it becomes more of a team strategy of which bot to put forward.

That is precisely what i was trying to say, but couldn't articulate. Thank you.

[Gulden]

I'd still go with selecting which bots to use by having team votes on which of their bots is going to be used in the next round. it seems like it would add a layer of strategy to the tournament, which truly make the most use of the team gimmick. It means bots can be used to instantly counter another bot if they think the opponent will use it. A little bit of chance but mostly strategy.

Maybe its an idea for another tournament, but for now, I don't know how to make this work without one team being on top early and the other team basically being doomed.

Sure this is all possible in the current tournament, but having all the match-ups be by chance lowers the possibility of it being 7 vs 1 after the first round.
Having it be 8 and 0 after the first round is literally my worst nightmare for this tournament.

Rather than voting for next matchup, what if each team just selected their next bot to compete, not announce matchups. Early on this wouldn't seem to make a difference, but as the available pool of opponents dwindles it becomes more of a team strategy of which bot to put forward.

That is precisely what i was trying to say, but couldn't articulate. Thank you.

1 fight at a time eh?
Well now the coin flip seems possible.
That's definitely something to think about... I'll poll it.

Craaig/Yugitom might wanna hang back on moving this to sign-ups now...

[cephalopod]

>do all the log editing for the last month and update to add this
>move the thread

'don't move it now'

r u kidding

[Gulden]

Sorry bout that Craaig.   Anyways the voting is in sway of the match decisions.

Rule change is under the bracket section.

If you didn't catch it up in the rules, when submitting a bot, you join a team.
After sign-ups, each team will nominate one team member to be the captain of the team.
At the beginning of each match, the team captains will PM me which 4 robots will fight in the next match-ups.
 This number will decrease to half of the losing team each round.
This will loop until no robots are left on one of the teams.

We also have to re-do the vote section, so get yours in.
(Even though we had 15 to 1 at one point, this change is probably too large...)


Edit:  Due to the fact I don't like 1 fights per video style, Team captains now have to choose 4 different robots instead of just 1.  This number will decrease to half of the losing team each round.

[yugitom]

This tournament is not under copyright by me.  Feel free to rip-off this in every way shape and form.

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DSL (And DSC color pack) IRL  (Shut up)
HW
1 entry per person
16 entrants with 8 entrants per team. [Will increase if it fills fast enough(Up to 16 on each team)]
When entering a robot, you must say whether you are on team light or team dark, or you will be rejected.
CF and BFE allowed
Custom textures allowed
Banned bot types: Multibots,Swiss army, and SnS
Cheatbot2 dissallowed
No joke bots: I reserve the right to deny any bot that I think is weak or impractical.
I will also not be as lenient with the IRL like i did with Avalanche vs Bacon.
Updating robots is allowed until splash is posted.
Havoks will not disqualify anyone.  Rather, I will restart until a clean finish is found.
Judging will be done by Aggression:(Amount of hits) Control: (The one that flew/was shoved the least) and Damage: (The in-game scoring)

My arena of choice was a bit different from the norm...

The league of champions arena from the RW mod is a large one.  Flippers might struggle OOTAing...

If you didn't catch it up in the rules, when submitting a bot, you join a team.
After sign-ups, each team will nominate one team member to be the captain of the team.
At the beginning of each match, the team captains will PM me which 4 robots will fight in the next match-ups.
 This number will decrease to half of the losing team each round.
This will loop until no robots are left on one of the teams.

I have chosen my team already.  So know that I'm not favoring the stronger team.


Challenge

I prepared for the worst.
7 bye bots in no particular order.

OCD2

Legion

Ray VII

Launch Pad II

Meteor

Wreck Reloaded

Lost Cause

Please refrain from telling others your team.
Though I cannot stop you from PMing each other, I highly recommend you don't.

I won't be telling which team people are on.  This first part is mostly for Copy-Paste reasons.

Team Light:

Team dark:

1:

:1

2:

:2

3:

:3

4:

:4

5:

:5

6:

:6

7:

:7

8:

:8

Entrants:
1:Guldenflame: Challenge
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AIed
Accepted
Rejected

So... Where'd I mess up?

This is now a signups topic and the rules quoted may not change. You've got 3 months, have fun :)

[Gulden]

And Craaig's Thunder gets stolen back.
(Trust me bud, I didn't ask him; he made an offer, and I accepted)


Anyways, good luck competitors.

[Gulden]

Badger's entry is accepted.

Edit: Havok's entry is rejected for not specifying which team he's on.

Edit 2: Accepted now.

[Asbestosstar]

Weight limit?

[Gulden]

HW

You seriously can't read the second line in the rules?
Or do you just not know Jargon?

[Asbestosstar]

ok dont remember.

[Gulden]

Dead Genocide's bot denied (Twice) under the Weak/Impractical rule.

On the other end, jdg37's and Baconus_Yum's bots are accepted.

Edit #63: Jamied's bot denied.

[Gulden]

Just an update that I think I need to address.
Ring Spinners aren't allowed.  I see them as un-IRL and probably Tryhard anyway.
Ring spinners have always just bothered me in how they work.  If you can make it truely spin without going through the tires, I'll allow it.
Thanks and DP FTW.

#FeltlikeIwasgoingobscuresobumpedlikeabitch

[Gulden]

Jamied's latest entry accepted.

DemonOfOtherTommarow's entry accepted as well.

Playzooki Denied.

[Gulden]

Well, now that the grace period is over, I think I should set a deadline.
The end of February should do.

[Mouldy]

Me and Moully are entering. Shall be sending our bots soon.

[Gulden]

TGM's bot just got rejected.

Me and Moully are entering. Shall be sending our bots soon.

I look forward to seeing them.

[Mr. AS]

I haven't seen playzooki's and TGM's entries, but I'm not entirely sure what grounds you can really fault them on when you consider this work of modern art:



as "IRL" enough to use as a byebot.

[Gulden]

I haven't seen playzooki's and TGM's entries, but I'm not entirely sure what grounds you can really fault them on when you consider this work of modern art:

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as "IRL" enough to use as a byebot.

That bot was an experiment for Hypno arms as supports; it seemed IRL enough for me. 
As for TGM, he stacked burst motors.
Playzooki just broke the no Joke Bot rule.

In other news Kurt has been accepted.