I mean, of course I was going to be excited enough to post the discussion thread for this tournament at least. Not sure when I would like to get this going, but with how things have been going so far in terms of organization, this might just be a winter project and tournament that might I might work into the year 2020. I can't believe myself it's almost been over two years since I even started this series. It just doesn't feel like I've been doing this many for this long already. Let's hope I can make this tournament series even better once again. Shall we?
GENERAL RULES:- DSL 2.2 CW
- IRL Building Style
- 48 Entrants
- One bot per person, but if signups are in a slow enough state, I will allow secondary signups.
- I'm willing to AI to the best of my ability if you are not able to, but don't complain what I AI'd your bot (It will not change once the SBV thread is up unless
I have made an obvious mistake during the process.)
- Seeded builders will be allowed to have up to two bots maximum, and can get at least one reserved spot if they wish. Seeded bots can be automatically re-entered from Deathmatch 4 if they wish. I will ask if they would like to send an update to the current ruleset, especially if said bot violates a new rule.
- Unseeded entrants will not be reserved, and I cannot allow reserving spots or placeholder bots for any reason.
- While you can re-enter an exact bot that was entered in a previous Deathmatch, I would VERY MUCH APPRECIATE as many updated/newer bots in general.
- Any attempt to exploit a loophole will be rejected immediately.
- You can send your entrant to me through a personal message through GTM or Discord (ThatRedAceGuy#0948 is my tag if you want to add me and/or just send through there)
BUILDING RULES:- DSL 2.2 Bots Only
- Cruiserweight bots only (399.1 - 600.0 KG)
- Build and enter a design that YOU built yourself (Yes, I had to make this a rule as I got "placeholder" bots trying to abuse the update rule. I can understand why, but it makes the 'first come, first serve' thing very scummy)
- I can allow custom AI .py files if you need your entrant to do something specific that would otherwise not be possible with a normal .py file. However, if it that makes your bot overpowered or is pointless and/or just stupid memes, then the entrant along with the custom AI .py is banned.
- Very Strict IRL Rules Apply. I will stricter than I ever have been in the past, and I will reject your bot on the smallest of occasions. I don't ask for much, but do your damndest to make the best you can ever make. (Obvious Try-Hard bots will be rejected immediately, of course.)
- You must have a bot that must show controlled movement at all times.
- Invincible Armor (i.e. using batteries to defend your bot) is banned
- Shuffers are allowed, and will gain a 200 KG weight bonus, but that 200 KG must be used for the mechanism itself. (Walkers/Hoppers also apply in this category, but don't give me anything that is impossible to AI, unless you can AI it yourself).
- Modular robots are allowed, however, most of the internal and main design MUST remain the same for the interchangeable weaponry/forms, and no more than three configurations
- Multibots are allowed, but the total weight limit must have have a at least a 75:25 weight difference
- Weapon spam will not be tolerated. With that said, I will limit the number of specific parts for an entrant. If there is a balance between weapon and it's power, then I can allow it. (Read the list of limitations for specific components for more details)
- Flamethrower bots are allowed, but using that bot with EternalFlame.py or a similar AI python is NOT.
- Custom AI Pythons (.py's) are allowed, but anything that makes your bot blatantly overpowered or just a meme will be disallowed.
- You can send your own component re-skins as long as you provide the necessary files to me when you enter and the ONLY change to said component(s) is the skin.
- The only cheatbot2 Components allowed are the Flatmotor, Slow Flatmotor, and the Overkill/TTD Servo Motor. Everything else is banned (This means the AS balance patch and any components not in vanilla RA2 are banned. Do NOT try and dance around this rule this time.)
- No components or anything similar from DSL 2.3 Beta, or whatever is currently going on.
- BFE, AAM, OBJRA2 and Every Sergepatcher Component Freedom tool, except for the weight bonus one, will be allowed for IRL purposes
- Deliberately terrible bots or joke-bots will be rejected instantly. Please make something with effort for this. (Inappropriate names and skins also count)
- If your robot takes too long to load then I reserve the right to reject it (I won't be too strict about this, due to CPU's being very subjective, but if it takes excessively long, I will reject them. I'd say like close to two minutes is a cut-off)
- If I am feeling mixed opinions towards the legality of your entrant, then I will ask about certain details to make sure.
- You can send me as many updates as you need to. However, If an updated bot is illegal, then I will use the previous version you sent me.
Component Limitations:- Large Teeth (Typhoons & Ripping): 2 (4 for HS)
- Small Teeth (Typhoons & Cutting): 4 (6 for HS)
- Large/Medium Beater Bars: 8
- Small Beaters: 10
- Mechavore Discs: 1
- Microvore Discs: 2
- Minion Discs: 1
- Mini Minion Discs: 2
- VDMA Bursts/VDMA Front-Hinged Bursts/Storm Bursts: 2
- Beta Burst: 1
Special Note: Multi-bots are treated as one bot (So you can have 2 Small Typhoon Teeth per multi-bot, resulting in 4 Large Typhoon Teeth total, which is allowed).
Do NOT mix and match specific limitations unless there is VERY specific reason you chose that way (If you must, explain the best you can when you send your bot).
Custom Components/Patches:This is just a special sub-category to list what components are allowed with download links provided (This will be updated as I go along):
IRL Components by DSC
Non-Damaging Wedgelets by Geese
Coloured Components Pack by Hoppin/SagarisRA2
Colored Drums by Bildschirm
Colored DSL Bars by 090901
Colored Mini Wheels by kix/Geese
Disc Covers by Badnik96 (These can also be reskinned if you'd like to of course)
Component frenZy hammers by Badnik96
BATTLE RULES:- 3 minute length matches
- The Robot Wars 2016 Arena (Re-skinned) will be used for this tournament
- For people who have entered more than one bot, I will make sure both of your bots do NOT compete in the same heat.
- If a Multibot has 75% of the total bot eliminated, then the whole entrant is considered eliminated, and the heaviest portion of said Multibot will compete in Melees
- Only minor havoks will be shown in a main heat video (or ones that don't really affect any major outcomes), and bots will not be penalized for havoks. However if a robot havoks more than enough times, then the robot will be eliminated and will be referenced to "technical issues" (If the builder would like to see a video of the havoks for proof, then I will upload said video, and for the record, I'd say 20 havoks or crashes would be a tipping point for me to just forfeit it and move on).
- If my game crashes for a specific match, then I will take the most salvageable take with the least amount of havoks and do a judge's decisions from the match before the crash.
- If a bot shows no controlled movement at all for about 20 seconds, then I will consider it immobile. There will be a visible timer for when it becomes noticeable and mostly shows zero sign of doing anything. It will be displayed as a 10-Second warning timer.
- There will be eight heats released on a weekly format, with randomized draws for heats and battles.
- For the Pit Hazard, things will work a little bit differently. If multiple bots enter the pit at once, then the last one to enter the pit will be declared the winner. If one bot enters the pit, miraculously escapes, and another bot follows in the pit and stays, then the one who entered the pit zone first will be declared eliminated.
- Seeded bots will have a dedicated heat draw for them. So Heat A will have Seed #1, Heat B will have Seed #3, Heat C will have Seed #5, etc.
- In the eight heats, there will be two qualifier three-way melees. Winners will automatically advance to the heat semi-finals, Losers will move on to the 1-on-1 redemption battles. The winners will advance into the heat semi-finals. The Winner of the overall heat will advance to the Grand Final.
- The Grand Final will work slightly differently. There will be all 1-on-1 battles for the rest of the tournament (The Grand Final Bracket will work depending on the winner of the heats: A vs E, F vs B, C vs G, & H vs D), but there will be also be a rumble to determine fifth place, and third place battle to decide seeds for next series.
- If there is no clear winner at the end, then I will be judging every bot fairly on based on Aggression, Style, and Control. I will show a replay of the action (if any), and show the winner. Once a heat is posted, I will post my notes and details on why I made said decision inside a spoiler tag.
Mini-Mayhem:This is more of a lightweight competition that will be held at the same time as the main competition, but for lightweights. You do NOT need to enter the main competition to enter this. All of the above rules apply to this competition, EXCEPT for the following:
- 24 Entrants
- One bot per person
- Lightweight bots only (175.1 - 249.0 KG)
- Shuffers are allowed, and will gain a 150 KG weight bonus, but that 150 KG must be used for the mechanism itself. (Same walker rules apply, but if you're a mad enough lad for
this weight class, then go for it lol).
- Modular bots and Multibots won't be allowed for this category
- The list of component limitations will provide what you can use, but Mechavore Discs, Minion Discs, Beta Burst Motors and Storm Front-Hinged Burst Motors are outright banned.
- There will be eight qualifiers held with three bots per melee. The winner will advance onward to the eliminators.
- The eight bots that win their respective melee, will enter the eliminators that will work the same way as the Grand Final.
Component Limitations:These are the maximum amount of the specific components you are allowed to have for your bot total.
- Large Beater Bars: 4
- Medium Beater Bars: 5
- Small Beater Bars: 6
- Large Typhoon Teeth: 2
- Small Typhoon Teeth: 3
- Microvore Discs: 1
- Mini Minion Discs: 1
- VDMA Burst Motors (including Front Hinged): 1
Do NOT mix and match specific limitations unless there is VERY specific reason you chose that way (If you must, explain the best you can when you send your bot).
Seeded Bots:
1. F1Krazy- Tearaway!
2. RedAce - Kopter
3. SR - DJ X: Vengeance Remix
4. Nabi - Kirin 3
5. Kix - Craplectric 2!
6. Hoppin - Veorra!
7. Doot - Archon
8. Sagaris - Vespin MkII!
! - Currently violating the new ruleset, so they must be updated before re-entering.
My Entrant(s):
Iguana 2 will be my Seeded Main Deathmatch 5 Entrant.
Agent Orange will be my Second Main Deathmatch 5 Entrant.
XTRMNT will be my Entrant for the Micro Mayhem LW side event.
SIGNUPS:1.
Tearaway Mk II (1) - F1Krazy2.
Iguana 2 (2) - RedAce3.
DJ X: Despair Remix (3) - SR4.
Kirin 3.6 (4) - Nabi5.
Craplectric 2 (5) - Kix6.
Fusion 3 (6) - Hoppin7.
Archon (7) - Doot8.
Vespin MKIII (8) - Sagaris9.
Agent Orange - RedAce10.
Distributor - KILLER11.
Victorious - King Bananan12.
Alloy - Superbomb13.
Proxy - MrBK14.
Solar Storm 5 - Plerco15.
Murderous Beetrute MkII - Double00Rhys216.
KillerQuack - MrMatthews17.
Apogee II - TheRoboteer18.
6 Wheels O Fright - Code Red19.
Bored Again - NickDustyOwl20.
DeRipper II - Wen21.
The Red Baron - Nabi22.
Lythanorax - Primeval23.
Gold Ecstasy - IdiotBrickDoctor24.
Sadlads - Geese25.
Cujo 2 - Cringey26.
Clamping Blade - Wambo27.
Streak - Badger28.
FIGHT! - Sevalent29.
Pulse 3 - Hoppin30.
Fire Ant - F1Krazy31.
Air Catcher V3 - NH32.
SnowStorm - NightRaven33.
The Zodiac - SR34.
Contrast - WonderfulProgress35.
Astatine - Hobo Droo36.
Launch Control - KupaTec37.
Hexide - Hard Bot38.
Tsuihou Kai - BSRaven39.
Storm Zer0 - KidDelta40.
SEND IT - Chris-chan (090901)41.
Outlandish Otter - NeonCalypso42.
Sleepwalker - Probably Rob43.
Orcatraz Evo - TheOrcCorp44.
A Large Wheel - 8Bean45.
Rigerding - Kilempel46.
Earth, Wind & Fire - Pokebro47.
Edgy - Guldenflame48.
Garfield - Same DudMini Mayhem:1.
XTRMNT - RedAce2.
Apparition - Superbomb3.
Atrophy - MrMathews4.
Not Hexy Jr - NickDustyOwl5.
Mean Green - Wen6.
Be More Chill - Primeval7.
Jeremy - IdiotBrickDoctor8.
Agarpain - MrBK9.
Volcano - 8Bean10.
Kasho Tsuihou - BSRaven11.
Cryo - SR12.
eYe - KidDelta13.
Stealth Mouse - NH14.
Herb Menace - Hard Bot15.
Revenannt - Hoppin16.
Mormon Boy - Plerco17.
Neutron Solaris - NeonCalypso18.
Limited Piersect - Probably Rob19.
Spinner From The West Europe - Dreamcast20.
AC/DC - Pokebro21.
Dauntless - Sevalent22.
Shrek - Geese23.
TheRoboteer - Bodkin24.
Badger - Pure BritanniaReceived
AcceptedDenied/Problems (You will be notified)(#) Seeded (Automatically Entered/Reserved)
(!) Must be changed to the current ruleset before re-entering (For seeded builders and/or bots only)