My Tournament Ideas

[yugitom]

After my first tournament, I said that I would think about some more tournament ideas and try and keep them original. Bare in mind that I haven't been here long, so if some of these ideas have already been used, don't hold it against me. Here are the ideas I have come up with so far:

New Blood Tournament - Based off the Robot Wars Extreme 2 Series, people who have only just joined the forum or are a lightweight or less can join. I think this may be a good idea because it gives new builders a good place to start off but not many people may join because it's aimed towards newcomers.

Teacher and Student - Similar to the New Blood Tournament, lightweights and below are randomly teamed up with other members of the forum. Another good way to break the new guys in.

All Stars Tournament - I'm going to need to be quite lucky to make this one work but, the only people who can join this tournament are people who have been assigned a class specifically (such as Refbot, Advanced User or simply a respected member of the community, etc.) and they have to use a bot that resembles or is a robot that they have used before in a tournament.

England vs Rest of the World - Based off the Soccer (football) Aid matches, this concept is as simple as it sounds. An equal amount of participants from England and anywhere else in one tournament. The tournament will work as any normal tournament would but this is adding a twist on things a little.

Annihilator - 4 4-way matches. These matches will stop when one robot is eliminated and then that bot will be removed, the match will start again with 3 bots and so on and so forth until a winner is declared. 4-way final annihilator at the end to determine the champion.

These are my tournament ideas for now and I may add/remove some in the future. Tell me what you think about them by giving me your opinion on them.

*Update* By the way (considering I forgot to add an end date), this poll will be down near the end of the month because I want to start my new tournament at/before the start of July.
*Update 2* Considering I always want to know what to do next, as soon as I start Father and Son 2 and I'm completely finished with No Holds Barred, I will add more ideas to this list.
*Update 3* Added some new ideas. Also, don't take any of these ideas for yourself (unless granted permission) and weight classes and versions of RA2 will be unspecified until a tournament is chosen. Then I'll ask what people want it to be.

[El Chickenado]

father and son 2 for me
but no holds barred is gonna win

[Mecha]

No Holds Barred for me.

[Wacky Bob]

It depends. Which ones are stock?

[Mr. AS]

Can I make custom components for No Holds Barred?

[KOS]

If any are stock, count me in. If not, then it's only No Holds Barred for me ; )

[Natster-104]

No Holds Barred will be no fun with all of cheatbot2, people will just spam judge gavels, but apart from that, they all sound fun to me

But I'd have to go with F&S2, just because it was an awesome tournament which I missed out on

[helloface]

A tournament with basically no rule?
That's sounds fun as , I'm in.

[El Chickenado]

i think new blood would be better if the noobs(for lack of a better word) were teamed with experienced builders

[yugitom]

If any are stock, count me in. If not, then it's only No Holds Barred for me ; )

It depends. Which ones are stock?

They are all DSL. No Holds Barred would be not so interesting if it wasn't DSL and F&S 1 was DSL to begin with, so I'll keep it that way. However, as you could probably guess, No Holds Barred has the unrealistic rule and doesn't have to resemble an IRL robot.

i think new blood would be better if the noobs(for lack of a better word) were teamed with experienced builders

It's a coincidence you said that because I was thinking about a 'Teacher and Student' tournament. I may or may not add it to the poll but it seems like the F&S 2 and No Holds Barred tournaments are battling it out, so I may not add anything to the list atm.

[yugitom]

Can I make custom components for No Holds Barred?

I would have to mull that over. But, for now, I say it's fine. I just don't want matches to be too short due to overpowered components.

[helloface]

Can I make custom components for No Holds Barred?

I would have to mull that over. But, for now, I say it's fine. I just don't want matches to be too short due to overpowered components.

Don't forget you could also BFE the bots to be near-invincible.

[yugitom]

Can I make custom components for No Holds Barred?

I would have to mull that over. But, for now, I say it's fine. I just don't want matches to be too short due to overpowered components.

Don't forget you could also BFE the bots to be near-invincible.

That is true. I will go over the small amount of rules for this tournament properly if it wins the poll.

[El Chickenado]

it seems like no holds barred would be a bit hard to get going well
i already cast my vote to f&s 2!

[Natster-104]

I'm already busting something up for f&s 2, annoyed I missed the last one

[Shield]

can we all please choose no holds barred we need more uhw tourneys

[yugitom]

can we all please choose no holds barred we need more uhw tourneys

I think I'm gonna end up doing both tournaments, one of them one week after the other or something because they both seem to be quite popular. If the gap between the votes stays the same, I think I will start NHB first, as it makes a change from F&S and then try to get F&S 2 up and running ASAP after that. I want to be original, so I won't recycle the same idea right after the first one, thus is why I am leaving F&S 2 until last.

[El Chickenado]

can we all please choose no holds barred we need more uhw tourneys

I think I'm gonna end up doing both tournaments, one of them one week after the other or something because they both seem to be quite popular. If the gap between the votes stays the same, I think I will start NHB first, as it makes a change from F&S and then try to get F&S 2 up and running ASAP after that. I want to be original, so I won't recycle the same idea right after the first one, thus is why I am leaving F&S 2 until last.

^ do this
DO THIS
PLEASE DO THIS

[Shield]

yeessss

deathstalker gets to prove it's worth

[yugitom]

can we all please choose no holds barred we need more uhw tourneys

I think I'm gonna end up doing both tournaments, one of them one week after the other or something because they both seem to be quite popular. If the gap between the votes stays the same, I think I will start NHB first, as it makes a change from F&S and then try to get F&S 2 up and running ASAP after that. I want to be original, so I won't recycle the same idea right after the first one, thus is why I am leaving F&S 2 until last.

^ do this
DO THIS
PLEASE DO THIS

I will and I'll start it sometime tomorrow. So, for everyone that wants to take part in the No Holds Barred, here's your heads up.