RIP3 SBV

[cephalopod]

Rest of LB R1 matches uploaded, LB R2 to come later on today. Brackets also updated to reflect this.

(Oh and for the record I managed to download an old copy of the XP Windows Movie Maker, because Vegas is still being nasty and Windows Live Movie Maker is nothing but a glorified slideshow maker.)

[cephalopod]

Avid viewers may have noticed Loser's Bracket Round 2 went up last night while GTM was down.
Links are in the first post.
Main bracket round 2 to come within the next day or 2.

[Badnik96]

Welp I knew that would happen...


(Spoilers still don't work so I'm not revealing my match outcome)

[madman3]

Looked gnarly.

[cephalopod]

Sorry.

ROUND 2 WINNERS/ROUND 3 LOSERS IS UPLOADED. SEMI-FINALS AND LB ROUND 4 INCOMING SHORTLY.

[cephalopod]

DP:
Semi-finals and LB Round 4 uploaded.

Loser's Bracket Semi Finals/Final incoming, then Winner's Bracket Final, Loser's Bracket Grand Final then the ULTIMATE GRAND FINAL YEEEAH

[cephalopod]

TP:
Loser's Semi/Final/Grand Final and Winner's Bracket Final are uploaded.

GRAND FINAL INCOMING IN A FEW MINUTES (AFTER IT HAS RENDERED AND UPLOADED). I WILL THEN POST AGAIN WITH MY POST TOURNAMENT THOUGHTS.

[cephalopod]

The grand final is now uploaded, which brings us to the end of RIP3. First, my congratulations.
1)

ty4er, I wondered how well your team would do, your bots seemed very un-generic to me and I hoped you'd do well.

2)

Squirrel_Monkey, the crawler, although not a favourite idea of mine, was ingenious and took you far. Well done.

Then, I must say sorry for 2 reasons.
1) I apologize this took so long. Big tournaments are not my forte, so I will revert to smaller ones. More on that later.
2)

That I almost won. I didn't want to. :P

I am looking at running some awards, just for TTSHDBBDDTBL, Most Original Team, Most Fearsome Team, Team From The West and Coolest Team, I'll get that thread up in a bit.

Finally - next tournament news. I have an idea in progress in my mind for an IRL-style tournament, where your entry must essentially be the sequel to an RW bot, meaning it must bear a resemblance to the original. Almost like replicating and improving an RW bot. The winner of RIP3 has auto-entry into this, and it will only have around 8-12 spots.

Again, thank you for sticking around if you've got this far, and I hope to see you all next time. :)

[MassimoV]

Finally - next tournament news. I have an idea in progress in my mind for an IRL-style tournament, where your entry must essentially be the sequel to an RW bot, meaning it must bear a resemblance to the original. Almost like replicating and improving an RW bot. The winner of RIP3 has auto-entry into this, and it will only have around 8-12 spots.

I had that idea too! Only I restarted Battlebots and that takes a long time. Oh and congrats to

ty4er

. Happy this was finished!

[ianh05]

This isn't a contest...