Lucky 7 Tournament

[d-lark]

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Basic Rules

Rules Subject To Change
1. DSL 2.1 Middleweights
2. Standard Realistic Rules Apply
3. 16 entrants ONLY
4. No custom or cheatbot components
5. All robots must show controlled movement

Tournament Specific Rules
The Idea behind this tournament is to get some creative looking Robot Designs, so some stipulations on your building will be put in place.
1.The only components you may attach to your baseplate are those that cannot be attached anywhere else and multi/baseplate extenders.{And Omni Extenders.... If you so wish}[Half sheets attached to the baseplate will be allowed, PROVIDING they are used for extender work/armour and not wedges] (So basically batteries, airtanks, control boards and extenders attached to the baseplate are all that will be allowed)
2. Wedges are only allowed IF they are not attached to the baseplate
3. NO SNS'
4. Multi bots are allowed but must be AI'd by yourself if you wish to enter. Multi bots may be two different lightweights whose total weight do not add up to over 400kg
5. Heaviest Armour you may use is Titanium 1, anything over is illegal. (This is in an attempt to try and get some unique component based armour systems)

AI's
I would prefer if you AI'd your own robot, I can if you absolutely can't though.
I have the NAR AI 2.2 AI pack, and can probably get any other common AI needed and just make the simple tweaks required to run a smooth tournament (making sure your bot is facing forward pretty much) anything else will be up to the builders.

Brackets
The brackets will be a simple 16 bracket system. The first 8 qualifying rounds determine into which pool each robot goes. (Winners and Losers) From then on its single elimination. The Runner up in the winners final will then fight the consolation winner for second place.

Matches/Arena

Each match will be 3 minutes long and held in a re-skinned combat arena DSL Tournament Arena with the Hazards Disabled

Prizes

The winner will be awarded with the gold lucky 7 decal, and a souped up flipper segment pack (custom skin and 500 extra hitpoints) legal for use in any future Lucky 7 Tournaments

Second place will be awarded the silver lucky 7 decal.

Final Awards will be

Best engineered - Souped up flipper pack
Most original/creative - Silver Decal
TTSHDBBDDTBL BTSHDBBDDTBL : thanks G.K- Silver Decal

This is my first Tourny, So If I missed anything let me know and I will fix it!

Thanks for your interest, if there are any questions/suggestions about the rules please voice them here and now, Im open to everything. 

New Rules have been bolded, please look over them all before pledging your support.

[Somebody]

3. NO SNS'

Why you be hatin?!


PS. Theres no rule #4 lol and I'll probably enter.

[S.T.C.]

hmm,I could try to make TLD (Tiny Little Demon) a MW,I might enter.

[d-lark]

3. NO SNS'

Why you be hatin?!


PS. Theres no rule #4 lol and I'll probably enter.

Lol, on both sections, I must be crazy.

And no SNS' well because 1. I dont like them 2. In my opinion they do not show controlled movement 3. I dont like them 4. SNS' are boring to watch 5. I don't like them

[S.T.C.]

So I'm getting the vibe that you dislike SNS?

 

[d-lark]

Just a little bit 

[The Ounce]

I don't even have any good DSL MW SnS anyway, but I disagree that a certain bot design shouldn't be allowed unless some really good reasons are specified (yours are not very good reasons).

The Idea behind this tournament is to get some creative looking Robot Designs, so some stipulations on your building will be put in place.

Oh sh**.

[Somebody]

Oh well, haters be hatin

When will the signups open?

[d-lark]

Im sorry, but the SNS rule is there to stay, It's my tournament and that is how I wish to run it, IMO a robot should be a mobile machine not something that just sits there and spins till its counted out, moves a little bit and does it again, the whole strategy just bugs me. Edit: I also admit that these are not good reasons, they are based on my opinion and that alone
 

Signups will open as soon as I finish the arena's and modding the flipper segments for the awards (seeing as there are a rather lot of them) Also once all the rules are finalized.

[Badnik96]

Interesting...

MASHER 2010 WILL HAVE HIS REVENGE!!

[JoeBlo]

well this is a very very nice surprise....

a first time host with an expertly planned out tournament

great work D-lark, I will try to enter something here 

[powerrave]

hmm. i should try and make a DSL MW for a change then. i'm mainly home in BW in DSL though. even a good LW is a challenge to me. still, this is interesting.

arena is reskinned combat zone  ... flippers will be useless ='[

[d-lark]

well this is a very very nice surprise....

a first time host with an expertly planned out tournament

great work D-lark, I will try to enter something here 

Well now doesnt that just make me feel warm and fuzzy inside, looking forward to your entry!

hmm. i should try and make a DSL MW for a change then. i'm mainly home in BW in DSL though. even a good LW is a challenge to me. still, this is interesting.

arena is reskinned combat zone  ... flippers will be useless ='[

I suppose I could do the DSL tourny arena, it looks fairly easy to re-skin and it will allow the building of flippers. Seeing as I have already outlawed SNS i better allow flippers in or else there won't be any variety! DSL tourny it is

[JoeBlo]

I can help with any skinning you need 

Edit: just thought of my CC3 Qualifying arena (low walled small arena) you can use that if you like.. I can make a few changes to it is you want (lower walls, higher, triangular, etc :P)
 

[d-lark]

Thanks Joe, but I have got skinning fairly down pat, I meant creating arenas and as such. I do have one question for you though, for the awards I want to do an amped up flipper segment pack, I have them all skinned and etc. but there is only one flippermaker.txt in my components folder, so the description is changed for the 90/90 flipper segment but none of the others, how can I change them? Also, by changing the hitpoints to 1500 in the flipper segment .txt does that change all the flipper segment hitpoints or just the 90/90? Im assuming you know simply cause you are doing backlash (which I cannot wait for  )

[JoeBlo]

jump into the styles folder and you will find the rest of the flipper segments

when you edited the first one's text you would notice the line Styles = then a heap of file names those files are all in the Styles folder

[d-lark]

Found them! Thanks alot.

[JoeBlo]

NP anytime 

[d-lark]

Alright got the flippers sorted out, finished skinning the arena, all on the first post.

Massive thanks to Joe-Blo

[JoeBlo]

your welcome

the arena skin is a fantastic idea of the poker table 

if you have seen my NarAI bots I have a soft spot for gambling theme stuff .. I dont know why, its just cool :P