Pot Luck 2 *Stop cooking!*

[helloface]

inb4 I get poker and I can use my bot from trials with MemeDrive™

[Tashic]

Do I say the bot type now, or when is in the signup page?

[Conraaa]

When signups open. As I don't need to do a vote as I've hosted 3 or more tournaments I'll open signups sometime next week.

[qwertythe300th]

ITS HAPPENING


I cannot wait for this, I dont do Ironforge, but whenever the tournament begins (jaz battle music hype) I'm gonna cook me some food, get a soda, and watch it 

[Naryar]

THE MIGHTY NARYAR: I GRACE YOUR POXY TOURNAMENT WITH MY PRESENCE. I CHOOSE HAMMER. THE MANLIEST OF ROBOT TYPES. HEAR ME ROAR.

the funniest thing is that when i saw this tournament was about people choosing each a bot type to put it in a randomizer, i IMMEDIATELY thought of hammer

although the manliest of robot types is rammer you ignorant, hammer is only second or third manliest

You can only choose single robot types, that means no hybrids.

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More seriously, if this is ironforge maybe you should ban SnS. And crawler, and trinity bots.

[Conraaa]

Trinity and Crawler bots won't make it through the door. And are SnS really broken in Ironforge?

[Reier]

Trinity and Crawler bots won't make it through the door. And are SnS really broken in Ironforge?

YES

[Conraaa]

Fine.

So the banned list is currently Gyro Drills, Crawlers, SnS and Trinity Spinners.

[Naryar]

To be honest I fail why would you ban gyro drills... gyro drills suck and are borderline unusable anyways.

[Conraaa]

Because pretty much every gyro drill i've seen breaks the controlled movement rule?

[Naryar]

Oh. Then just ban bots without controlled movement, simple as that.

and that includes VS that spikeball gayly all around the arena cuz people can't build stable VS.

Alright, gonna review your rules nao.

They seem good. You will probably need a display of what bot types have already 3 entries and are therefore unavailable in signups, though.

edit: maybe put stronger rules on the "all bots must show controlled movement" rule. If a VS starts by spikeballing, something's obviously wrong

[Conraaa]

OK Edited the front post, I think i'm ready for signups now.

[helloface]

edit: maybe put stronger rules on the "all bots must show controlled movement" rule. If a VS starts by spikeballing, something's obviously wrong

You could always implement an (x) seconds of uncontrolled movement = Automatic elimination or restart rule.

[090901]

Oh. Then just ban bots without controlled movement, simple as that.

and that includes VS that spikeball gayly all around the arena cuz people can't build stable VS.

Alright, gonna review your rules nao.

They seem good. You will probably need a display of what bot types have already 3 entries and are therefore unavailable in signups, though.

edit: maybe put stronger rules on the "all bots must show controlled movement" rule. If a VS starts by spikeballing, something's obviously wrong

It's an OOTA arena though, so I don't think it's that big of a deal.

[Conraaa]

Since when was the standard "All bots must show controlled movement" rule deemed not good enough? VS's have spikeballed since the beginning of time and no one complained before.

[G.K.]

]Pot Luck 2

Building Rules

-Ironforge HW.
-Standard building rules apply.
-The first 4 ballasts do no count towards your weight allowance.
-Multibots not allowed.
-No BFE/AAM/Voodoo allowed.
-Trov Glitch is allowed.
-I can AI if you really need me to, but i'd suggest doing it yourself if you can. I reserve the right to ask you to AI your own bot if I cannot AI it effectively.
-No cheatbot2.
-No narmour (If thats still possible in Ironforge I have no idea)
-Recoloured components are allowed, however you can not make them invisible.
-All robots must show controlled movement.

Tournament Rules

-16 bots, double elimination.
-The tournament will be randomly seeded.
-If byes are needed. Then the Trial of The Wealdstone Raider will determine who gets byes.
-Bots get one free Havok restart per match, if they Havok again the robot is disqualified.
-Arena will be the Keznorg IGC, hazards off.
-Matches will be 3 minutes long.
-I will not be entering.

The Shtick

-When signing up for Pot Luck 2, every entrant must declare a robot type to go in the "pot". This does not mean actually sending a robot of that type. You can choose the same robot type as someone else, however no one robot type can be nominated more than 3 times.

Example:

MikeNCR: Hi, I'd like to enter and I choose Rammer
090901: Hi, I'd like to enter and I choose Horizontal Spinner
THE MIGHTY NARYAR: I GRACE YOUR POXY TOURNAMENT WITH MY PRESENCE. I CHOOSE HAMMER. THE MANLIEST OF ROBOT TYPES. HEAR ME ROAR.
HurricaneAndrew: Is that a banhammer in your pocket or are you just happy to see me

You can only choose single robot types, that means no hybrids. You can also no be too specific. I.E. Rammer is fine. Flail Rammer is too specific. Shell Spinner is fine. Flail Shell Spinner is too specific. Horizontal Spinner is fine. Complex Horizontal Spinner too specific. etc

I reserve the right to refuse any given robot type. Gyro Drills, Crawlers, SnS and Trinity bots are banned.

-When every entrant has sent in a robot type, I will shuffle them and then redistribute them. You will have a month to actually build a robot of that type. Be warned there is always a chance you may end up with the robot type that you sent in.

-Anyone who fails to sign up in time may join the "Backup Brigade". In the event anyone in the main bracket does not send in a robot in time, a member of the backup brigade will have an extra week on top of the deadline to make a robot of that type. Backup Brigade members do not get a robot declaration. This is a good one if you like being a good Samaritan. You can signup for the backup brigade at any time during the month of building. Assignment of robots to the Backup Brigade works on first come first serve. So no making deals with entrants to take over their robots please.

But, before you enter. Think to yourself. "Do I have the time to build any robot type the GTM community could throw at me? If I get hampered with a bad robot type, am I willing to enter it anyway? Would I not moan to high heaven if I got a bad robot type? If something happens which means I can’t send a robot in, will I tell the host?” Please go through this mental checklist before entering.

I think I covered everything above. Comments? Did people like it the first time? Only real changes from the first tournament are the change of mod, removal of the multibot wildcard rule and removal of arena choice as I like the Keznorg IGC.

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After reading all the rules. To enter, just post your interest and your nominated robot type in the thread below. Robot types will be distributed afterwards.

This is now a signups topic.

I'd also like to sign up with face spinner.

[RedAce]

I'd like to enter and place a hammer into the draw.

[090901]

I would like to enter with a Vertical Trapper (aka a Tentoumushi style bot)
Examples of what I mean:

[DaSnowingSteak]

That looks really slick and creative.  Plus I'm getting wager match vibes off this but that's just me.

[ty4er]

hi i'd like to redeem myself and enter with a clampbot