Please read the following rules carefully.
1.Building Restrictions:
1(i)DSL v2.1 MW
1(ii)Realism Rule is in effect
1(iii)BFE, AAM, or ANY outside game modifications are not allowed
1(iv)All ingame glitches allowed (apart from Narmour, castar armour) as long as the bot still abides by (ii)
1(v)No cheatbot parts, no custom parts
1(vi)No mulitbots
2.Tournament Structure:
2(i)Double Emination
(i.a)Exception to this rules is the first round. The first bot to be eliminated is out of the tournament. See figure 1 (black denotes the bot that is eliminated first.)
2(ii)Most matches have three bots
(ii.a)Exception to this rule is the Loser bracket final - two bots participate
2(iii)Matches are set at two minutes
2(iv)Matches held in a modified (such that starting points are thrids away from each other and new skin) ring arena by Serge
2(v)Matches are done anhiliator style - when one bot is defeated, the two remaining bots will fight. This means each match is made of two bouts.
(v.a)Exception is the loser bracket final - best of three match
2(vi)Initially, bots are placed in brackets randomly
2(vii)For how the loser bracket is done, please refer to figure 1
2(viii)For the finals, the loser bracket winner must win two matches (instead of one)
2(ix)One havok restart per bout
3.Special Rules:
3(i)After each bout in a match, components which get knocked off will be removed
(i.a)The components are reset after the match is over
3(ii)When the chassis health in a bout drops below 50% health, the armour will be reduced to half strength (if apllicable) or closest armour to half strength
3(iii)When the chassis health is in flashing red, armour will be reduced to plastic 1mm.
4.Due to chassis health and component health being an elevated factor, there are some more building restrictions:
4(i)Chassis base plate cannot be more than 16 square units in area
4(ii)Chassis height cannot be more than a Large Puma CO2 tank stood on it's end (ie the tank must not be able to be place on its end in the chassis)
4(iii)Only ONE component of hitpoints over 8000 can be used on any one bot.
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Please post your reactions, and any ammendments to the rules I should make (particularly rules 3 and 4).
Will hope for max 18 entrants, but will place random byes instead if need be.