What's this? Another replica tournament? Well, kinda. The idea behind this one is NOT to make replicas of a 'bot', but to make a 'replica' of...something else. A bot that appears to have been made out of some object, or in the shape of...whatever. Here's a few examples...
Yup, a lawnmower and a can of mountain dew. So, some rules...
1. 16 bots allowed, last 4 entrants will go into a wildcard bracket.
2. DSL SuperHeavyweight in the combat zone arena with hazards off
3. No cheatbot or replica parts
4. No custom components
5. All building done in botlab, so no BFE, AAM, or any of that cheaty stuff, skinning is allowed (nearly required)
6. multibots are allowed, both bots must add up to no more that 1200 kg
7. 'loose' realistic rule will apply. This is standard realism, with slight allowances of breaking realism for looks only.
8. matches will be 3 minutes, 1 on 1, best 2 out of 3, with a losers bracket
9. I can and will AI for those who can't, but AI'ing your own bot is the preferred method.
10. custom .py's allowed, not including the cheaty type (healing damage, constant damage, etc. etc.)
11. You must make a decent effort to make your bot look like it was built out of something else.
12. It doesn't have to be perfect, as long as we can get the idea of what it is supposed to be.
13. Beyond that, most bot types allowed, save for trinity flyers, nasty pickles, or bumblers.
14. In this tourney at least, the old adage of "size doesn't matter" happens to be true. Who cares if the can of dew is as big as the lawnmower?
15. The most important rule, this is for fun...
recently added rules 16. Havok restarts as per usual. you get one free, on a second havok from YOUR bot, you're disqualified
17. Narmour: don't bother. It won't work.
18. Multibots must both be destroyed/immobilized to count as a win.
Promo vid:
questions, comments, anything i've missed, additional ideas? let's hear them.
