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Title: Robo Zone 2 - Splash, Predictions, Videos!
Post by: ianh05 on October 03, 2012, 09:08:56 PM
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Post by: Jamin on October 03, 2012, 09:34:11 PM
Trovaner and Chris's bots are cool as heck.
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Post by: Badnik96 on October 03, 2012, 09:38:30 PM
Mercury Drone!!

Holy carp, I remember that thing. It's old as heck but still cool.
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Post by: 090901 on October 03, 2012, 09:40:35 PM
Mercury Drone!!

Holy carp, I remember that thing. It's old as heck but still cool.
3 years isn't that old now :P
RPJK's bot made me laugh for some reason.
And yes, I know I'm a terrible person for naming my bot that.
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Post by: Fracture on October 03, 2012, 09:54:31 PM
Ehh I'll do quick predictions for the top 4.

Beat the Box: Anty C., Skewer, Fireball, FireFly

Survival: XOR, Platinum Pounder, Fireball, NefariousBeing

Multi: Anty C., Skewer, XOR, FireFly

Gauntlet: Platinum Pounder, eogjfdbdfgF5438, Firework, NefariousBeing

lol@eogjfdbdfgF5438 and Fireball/FireFly/Firework.
Title: Re: Robo Zone 2 - Splash, Predictions, Videos!
Post by: Jonzu95 on October 04, 2012, 01:38:57 AM
My predictions for Final

- Virus Bomb
- Fracture
- Me
- Mr. AwesumSauce
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Post by: ianh05 on October 04, 2012, 04:10:48 AM
First up is the Multi-bot challenge! any more predictions? I have already recorded the fights and I am about to start putting it all together.
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Post by: Jamin on October 04, 2012, 04:13:57 AM
I explode and die.
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Post by: ianh05 on October 04, 2012, 04:30:32 AM
Video is almost 27 minutes long so saving and uploading (in full HD) will take some time. Looks like the tournament video playlist could run from between 1 and a half to 2 hours total.
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Post by: Fracture on October 04, 2012, 05:21:09 PM
Damn Mr. AS's duo really knew how to use teamwork.

Mine, on the other hand...
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Post by: 090901 on October 04, 2012, 05:33:18 PM
I think you need to restart RA2 before you put my bot into a match or else it havoks like that.
Not sure though, I'll go test now.
Title: Re: Robo Zone 2 - Splash, Predictions, Videos!
Post by: ianh05 on October 04, 2012, 05:37:24 PM
I think you need to restart RA2 before you put my bot into a match or else it havoks like that.
Not sure though, I'll go test now.
It did the same in testing too, it's something to do with the bots turning to face the house robot because this is the only challenge it havoks in. And just to clear up the rule for those wondering:
#13 - Any major havok explosions will be edited out, any robot that constantly havoks (3+ times in a row) however will earn 0 points for that round.
Title: Re: Robo Zone 2 - Splash, Predictions, Videos!
Post by: 090901 on October 04, 2012, 05:42:50 PM

It did the same in testing too, it's something to do with the bots turning to face the house robot because this is the only challenge it havoks in.

Yeah I figured it out and it has to do with what player slot it is in.
For the small arena the bot needs to be in slot 4 or else it will havok.
However, the havoking is pretty lulzy, so I don't care what you do with it.
Title: Re: Robo Zone 2 - Splash, Predictions, Videos!
Post by: ianh05 on October 04, 2012, 05:59:10 PM

It did the same in testing too, it's something to do with the bots turning to face the house robot because this is the only challenge it havoks in.

Yeah I figured it out and it has to do with what player slot it is in.
For the small arena the bot needs to be in slot 4 or else it will havok.
However, the havoking is pretty lulzy, so I don't care what you do with it.
Just tested it again in the other 2 slots, still did the same. FireFly works in the other 2 slots though so I'll fix that before the next round.
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Post by: NFX on October 04, 2012, 06:00:59 PM
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Post by: Mr. AS on October 04, 2012, 06:09:58 PM
i tell you theres something magical about that nifty battery
Title: Re: Robo Zone 2 - Splash, Predictions, Videos!
Post by: ianh05 on October 04, 2012, 06:15:08 PM

It did the same in testing too, it's something to do with the bots turning to face the house robot because this is the only challenge it havoks in.

Yeah I figured it out and it has to do with what player slot it is in.
For the small arena the bot needs to be in slot 4 or else it will havok.
However, the havoking is pretty lulzy, so I don't care what you do with it.
Just tested it again in the other 2 slots, still did the same. FireFly works in the other 2 slots though so I'll fix that before the next round.
Problem fixed - Video for FireFly has been uploaded and results updated.
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Post by: Badnik96 on October 04, 2012, 06:27:40 PM
Mercury Drone!!

Holy carp, I remember that thing. It's old as heck but still cool.
3 years isn't that old now :P
It's from a time before Ian's magical AW chassis, and it was built when I was still a noob, so it's old to me (and most of the other people who entered) at least.
Title: Re: Robo Zone 2 - Splash, Predictions, Videos!
Post by: Jack Daniels on October 04, 2012, 06:54:54 PM
Mercury Drone!!

Holy carp, I remember that thing. It's old as heck but still cool.
3 years isn't that old now :P
It's from a time before Ian's magical AW chassis, and it was built when I was still a noob, so it's old to me (and most of the other people who entered) at least.

Hahah! I rarely build anything in stock anymore.  But, I wanted to support Ian's tourney.  ;P   

... and the antique got pwned.  XD
Title: Re: Robo Zone 2 - Splash, Predictions, Videos!
Post by: ianh05 on October 04, 2012, 07:12:24 PM
So did my precious AW drum :(
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Post by: MassimoV on October 04, 2012, 07:18:07 PM
Love ya RPJK  :bigsmile:! Surprised that Trovaner entered. Speaking of which, you planning on releasing the arena after the tourney is over?
Title: Re: Robo Zone 2 - Splash, Predictions, Videos!
Post by: ianh05 on October 04, 2012, 08:59:41 PM
Love ya RPJK  :bigsmile: ! Surprised that Trovaner entered. Speaking of which, you planning on releasing the arena after the tourney is over?
I invited Trovaner and a couple of others to join via PM, I thought it would be nice if Trovaner was a part of the tournament he helped create.

Eventually yes, it is a prize though so whoever wins and possibly the top points scorer gets to use it before everyone else.
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Post by: ianh05 on October 04, 2012, 09:19:41 PM
I'm going to throw together some Time-Out matches, these are random battles between the entries that have no impact on the actual tournament. First up will be the "On Fire Rumble" featuring Fireball, FireFly and Firework.
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Post by: ianh05 on October 04, 2012, 09:50:16 PM
Time-Out - On Fire Rumble:
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Post by: Fracture on October 04, 2012, 10:46:20 PM
You should totally do a havok match between eogjfdbdfgF5438 and FireFly.

Also now that it comes to mind, I'm surprised there were no chicken drills entered.
Title: Re: Robo Zone 2 - Splash, Predictions, Videos!
Post by: ianh05 on October 05, 2012, 12:57:43 AM
You should totally do a havok match between eogjfdbdfgF5438 and FireFly.

Also now that it comes to mind, I'm surprised there were no chicken drills entered.
Or SnSers
Title: Re: Robo Zone 2 - Splash, Predictions, Videos!
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on October 05, 2012, 01:13:30 AM
My bot never havoked at all in my game, well I've lost now...
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Post by: ianh05 on October 05, 2012, 01:28:53 AM
My bot never havoked at all in my game, well I've lost now...
I wouldn't say that, it only happens against multiple opponents to my knowledge so it's all clear sailing from here (at least I got it working and you got some points from that challenge).
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Post by: Jonzu95 on October 05, 2012, 02:08:38 AM
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Post by: Naryar on October 05, 2012, 05:45:14 AM
Gonna root for Trov here, although i don't get his bot's weapon placement...
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Post by: Trovaner on October 05, 2012, 01:17:16 PM
I didn't have the weight to point the weapons in the right direction (DSA and a nifty kinda made it heavy) and I wasn't able to exostack the anchors out far enough to use one of the extender's side APs. Most of my time was actually spent on getting the AI to drive. RA2 has problems with robots on their sides and NefariusBeing is no exception.

Useless Trivia:
-Its my only antweight and I made it solely for this tournament.
-I slanted the wheels so that it could drive on both sides. The chassis was getting to level with the ground for it to work without doing this.
-RA2 doesn't look at the roll (just pitch and yaw) when calculating the heading. It didn't even give access to a roll value (getHeading returns one pitch value and two yaw values (offset by 90 degrees)).
Title: Re: Robo Zone 2 - Splash, Predictions, Videos!
Post by: ianh05 on October 05, 2012, 05:34:40 PM
Perhaps you could make it a SnS or something?
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Post by: Trovaner on October 06, 2012, 07:47:55 PM
Personally, I'm fine with how it works. Besides beat the box, the rest of the challenges prioritize durability over the bot's offensive abilities. There also wouldn't be much point in me doing well since I've already got the arena and I don't spend much time in game anymore.

Out of all the contenders, I think Anty C. will do the best. It may struggle in the Survival round but it may get lucky and land a blow to the T-extender.
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Post by: ianh05 on October 06, 2012, 07:57:44 PM
It may struggle in the Survival round but it may get lucky and land a blow to the T-extender.
The dreaded weak point O.o I'm cheering for my bot Dipper, FireFly, NefariusBeing (because they are a bit different, yet effective designs if done correctly) and Firework(because it's the same type of bot as one of mine).
Title: Re: Robo Zone 2 - Splash, Predictions, Videos!
Post by: ianh05 on October 07, 2012, 03:16:13 AM
Beat the Box has been recorded and put together, just saving the file to my hard drive now and will upload it after it's done. It should be up in the next 6 hours :)
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Post by: ianh05 on October 07, 2012, 04:42:48 AM
Beat the Box has been uploaded and results posted. Now time to explain a couple of things about the round that happened.
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Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on October 07, 2012, 05:10:55 AM
Pinner.py :)
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Post by: Pwnator on October 07, 2012, 05:19:28 AM
OK, I totally underestimated TD2's strength. The Box is a LW, right? O_O
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Post by: ianh05 on October 07, 2012, 05:56:39 AM
OK, I totally underestimated TD2's strength. The Box is a LW, right? O_O
It failed a number of times in testing and would just tip over underneath the box lol. The box is a Middleweight (just) the weight is 370.7.
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Post by: Pwnator on October 07, 2012, 06:01:34 AM
So a bot 3 times its weight can be flipped 1.5 times by a measly RAD o_o
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Post by: ianh05 on October 07, 2012, 06:05:38 AM
lol, it took the whole antweight to lift it though. Toy Drumest 2, the strongest antweight ever :P
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Post by: G.K. on October 07, 2012, 06:15:53 AM
Bah.
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Post by: ianh05 on October 07, 2012, 06:21:55 AM
Votes are now open for the next time-out contest! voting closes when I'm ready to start recording it :)

Axles vs actives:
Toy Drumset 2 & Mercury Drone vs Mop & Bajker - Tag Team match, Robo Zone arena (2 minute match). Toy Drumset 2 and Mop start the match and after 30 seconds both Mercury Drone and Bajker are released from their cages to join their partner.

Rammer Rumble:
Anty C. vs Skewer vs Platinum Pounder in the classic robo zone arena, 2 minute match.
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Post by: RpJk on October 07, 2012, 06:35:30 AM
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Post by: ianh05 on October 07, 2012, 06:40:38 AM

I also renamed the "On Fire Rumble" to "Fire Fight", simpler and the name is more catchy IMO.
Title: Re: Robo Zone 2 - Splash, Predictions, Videos!
Post by: ianh05 on October 07, 2012, 06:59:02 AM
Axles vs actives:
Toy Drumset 2 & Mercury Drone vs Mop & Bajker - Tag Team match, Robo Zone arena (2 minute match). Toy Drumset 2 and Mop start the match and after 30 seconds both Mercury Drone and Bajker are released from their cages to join their partner.
For this I was unable to edit the arena .py file to get it to work as intended, I might have to PM trov about it and see if there's a quick fix.
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Post by: Fracture on October 07, 2012, 08:50:22 AM
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Post by: smashysmashy on October 07, 2012, 10:39:16 AM
Still miffed I couldn't get my entry in on time. Curse you, short-notice homework.

EDIT: 1911 posts.
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Post by: 090901 on October 07, 2012, 12:41:22 PM
NOT LAST YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Post by: Trovaner on October 07, 2012, 01:57:31 PM
Are you pausing at the start of the match? The custom tactic is on a timer that uses real time as opposed to a counter (I got lazy). The tactic is meant to make the bot flip onto the correct side at the start of the match. I only tested this in the Robo Zone Arena though so its possible that I didn't tell it to spin the wheels long enough. Speaking of tactics, I should have finished my side swipe tactic...

Regardless, that round was pretty funny. Some bots did well and other bots just plain failed.

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Post by: ianh05 on October 07, 2012, 06:07:04 PM
Are you pausing at the start of the match?
Nope :/
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Post by: ianh05 on October 08, 2012, 06:28:40 AM
I can't get "axles vs actives" done this time-out but I will still have it happen as Trov has agreed to work on the arena for me and it should be ready for one of the next 2 time-out contests, so instead this time-out will be the rammer rumble. This also means that the Robo Zone arena will now come with not 1, not 2 but 3! new ways to play the game.

Robo Zone arena will feature:

The Robo Zone Rumble match - The 1v1v1v1 match with 2 bots starting and the 2 others joining at different intervals.
The Gauntlet match - A 1v3 match where 1 robot starts out facing 1 robot but others join in at set intervals and the bot can face up to 3 robots at a time if it doesn't knock any out in time.
The Robo Zone Team match - 1 half of each team starts the match and the other half of the team joins in later.

This could be the greatest prize in the history of robot arena 2 and GTM! :D
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Post by: ianh05 on October 09, 2012, 12:54:50 AM
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Post by: ianh05 on October 11, 2012, 02:47:56 AM
The Gauntlet round is on it's way and is a whole 40 minutes long! and...

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Post by: ianh05 on October 11, 2012, 04:35:08 AM
Gauntlet round is up, results have been posted and total points table updated!
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Post by: Mr. AS on October 11, 2012, 05:31:03 AM
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Post by: Jonzu95 on October 11, 2012, 05:41:23 AM
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Post by: NFX on October 11, 2012, 08:36:56 AM
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Post by: ianh05 on October 11, 2012, 09:03:32 AM

This round was meant to test every aspect of your bot with all the following tested:


*Battery life.
*Offence.
*Defence.
*Speed.

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Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on October 11, 2012, 10:17:58 AM
Seriously no idea why my bot havoks when fighting more than 1 bot. Never happened on my game.
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Post by: ianh05 on October 11, 2012, 05:04:07 PM
Some of my axle bots like mini - RPB have the same problem, dunno why it's happened with you bot in my game and not yours though. I couldn't change the starting position for it this time as position 2 would have made it part of the gauntlet team, it's a shame cause I wanted it to do well but still one round left and anything can happen.

Next up is axles vs actives and then it's onto the final challenge, survival! which bots will make it to the final? who will finish first in the points and get released last?
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Post by: Jack Daniels on October 11, 2012, 06:14:22 PM
The points are pretty tight.  Looking forward to seeing who makes the finals.
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Post by: 090901 on October 11, 2012, 06:40:24 PM
I'm sooooo going to win : P
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Post by: ianh05 on October 12, 2012, 03:20:41 AM
Time-Out - Axles vs Actives:

I should also note that every bot from FireFly up still has a chance to make the Final, so 12 bots still have a chance going into the last round :)
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Post by: G.K. on October 12, 2012, 10:40:53 AM
See that's what Mop can do...
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Post by: ianh05 on October 12, 2012, 11:45:29 AM
Poll is up for the final Time-out contest and here are the descriptions:

SFTW Smash-up - A battle of the bottom four bots, one will win bragging rights (for winning something). 1v1v1v1, 2 mins in the mini combat zone arena.

Top vs Bottom - The first place bot after survival and final entrant in the finals match vs the 3 bots with the least points in a gauntlet match! 3 minutes, Robo Zone arena, gauntlet rules.

Oddity OOTA - The most unique AW's in the tournament eogjfdbdfgF5438, NefariusBeing and Dipper face each other in a battle of the bizzare. Clawtop arena, 2 mins.
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Post by: ianh05 on October 13, 2012, 06:24:25 PM
Survival will most likely be up today, you can expect a few tiebreaker rounds too :)
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Post by: ianh05 on October 13, 2012, 10:42:21 PM
Survival:

Results:

Updated Totals:

Tiebreakers coming soon!
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Post by: Mr. AS on October 13, 2012, 11:33:21 PM
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Post by: ianh05 on October 13, 2012, 11:46:05 PM
Tiebreakers:

Final Totals:

Next up is the SFTW Smash-up! it will feature:
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Post by: 090901 on October 13, 2012, 11:51:56 PM
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Post by: Pwnator on October 14, 2012, 01:58:58 AM
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Post by: Jonzu95 on October 14, 2012, 02:25:49 AM
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Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on October 14, 2012, 03:51:05 AM
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Post by: ianh05 on October 14, 2012, 04:57:19 AM


If you guys want I can record and upload the SFTW Smash-up and the final tonight, what do you think? I'd love to wrap things up and hand out the awards so I can get to work on other things like the ultimate stock AW AI pack.
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Post by: G.K. on October 14, 2012, 05:02:50 AM
Could have done better or worse...
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Post by: RpJk on October 14, 2012, 05:29:03 AM


If you guys want I can record and upload the SFTW Smash-up and the final tonight, what do you think? I'd love to wrap things up and hand out the awards so I can get to work on other things like the ultimate stock AW AI pack.

Yeah sounds good.
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Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on October 14, 2012, 05:36:12 AM
I really want to find out how my bot would have done if it didn't Havok in your game.
I mean, I averaged 13.5 points in the two my bot actually worked, I could have been right up there.
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Post by: NFX on October 14, 2012, 05:39:30 AM
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Post by: ianh05 on October 14, 2012, 07:43:36 AM
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Post by: Mr. AS on October 14, 2012, 09:07:15 AM
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Post by: Virus Bomb on October 14, 2012, 10:08:19 AM

pretty enjoyable tourney ian.
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Post by: Fracture on October 14, 2012, 11:18:14 AM
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Post by: G.K. on October 14, 2012, 02:24:55 PM
Good job ian!