Author Topic: Tag Team Tussle Awards and Post Mortem (Read 6110 times)

Conraaa · « **on:** May 29, 2011, 04:10:36 AM »

Hello there! Now that my first tourney is over I can disect it and see what went well.
First off, have some awards.

Awards:

WHY WASN'T I PAIRED WITH THEM:
Unluckiest person:
Luckiest person:
Best Match:
Best Team:
Best robot:
Coolest robot:
SFTW:

Code: [Select]

[b]WHY WASN'T I PAIRED WITH THEM:[/b]
[b]Unluckiest person:[/b]
[b]Luckiest person:[/b]
[b]Best Match:[/b]
[b]Best Team:[/b]
[b]Best robot:[/b]
[b]Coolest robot:[/b]
[b]SFTW:[/b]

The closing date for voting is the 5th of June. So be quick!

Post-Mortem:

Now, I will be the first to admit that there were some problems straight off the bat. First off, me limiting myself to 4 matches/week at most is a terrible, terrible idea. And having to get them all out on one day w/ splash so I could keep it to a Saturday update to allow it to be simple didn't help either. Please note I have to go to work at midday on Saturdays so I had to make the splash, record, upload and update the thread all in the morning while I was doing other stuff. I usually wake up at 10 so sometimes it was a bit of a rush. I couldn't even create a backlog of videos I could post as X might update their robot.

I felt interest from people dwindled as the tourney went on, possibly people felt "Ugh, is this still on?". For example, when I said "notify me asap so I could continue quicker", only 1 person did that consistently, (Thanks, MikeNCR). As this tourney was slightly more involved than others, some people seemed to forget that. It almost seems like I might as well have not bothered with the updating lark. The fact that 11/16 bots didn't update their robot once and that 3/4 bots in the final were untouched I feel that sort of backs my point up.

On the bright side, I am somewhat happy with the shuffling teams aspect and how the splashes turned out. Rather than me having to make one complicated bracket.

Have some fun facts!
-The people with the most changes were Somebody, S_M, Ty4er, all with 3 changes.
-3/4 people in the final didn't change their robot throughout the tournament, clearly going by the old addadge "If it ain't broke don't fix it."
-11/16 people didn't change their robot throughout the whole tournament.
-2 people changed twice (090901 and Hard bot).
-There was never a match full of updated bots.
-I wish I knew about the f10 key in round 1.

If you guys could take the time to fill out my small questionnaire, it would be much appreciated. Just to see if i'm being to hard on the tourney, if we all think the same thing, or if i'm just flatout wrong.

What did you think about being able to change your robots inbetween rounds? (Do you think it was a gamebreaker/a waste of time etc):
What did you think about the 1 week gap to change your bot between rounds? (Too long/pointless etc):
What did you think about teams shuffling between rounds? (Do you think it confused things/didn't work etc):
Would you enter a Tag Team Tussle tournament is there was another?:
Anything else?:

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[b]What did you think about being able to change your robots inbetween rounds? (Do you think it was a gamebreaker/a waste of time etc):[/b]
[b]What did you think about the 1 week gap to change your bot between rounds? (Too long/pointless etc):[/b]
[b]What did you think about teams shuffling between rounds? (Do you think it confused things/didn't work etc):[/b]
[b]Would you enter a Tag Team Tussle tournament is there was another?:[/b]
[b]Anything else?:[/b]

I would like to thank anyone who entered the tourney. I'll draw more conclusions after I've got some responses to the questionnaire, but, for now. I hosted a tourney and it didn't fail utterly! And i'm happy with that.

Pwnator · « **Reply #1 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:16:21 AM »

The WHY WASN'T I PAIRED WITH THEM? award seems to be redundant as it pretty much falls into the Luckiest person, Best robot and Coolest robot award. :P

Will rewatch the matches to prepare my votes. :P

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #2 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:25:21 AM »

WHY WASN'T I PAIRED WITH THEM: Scrappy
Unluckiest person: SKBT
Luckiest person: Enigma
Best Match: Round 1 Match 1
Best Team: Me and GF93 (Yes, but it's true)
Best robot: Minifridge 6
Coolest robot: Jaws of Defeat
SFTW: Minor Disturbance 4

I will answer questionnaire soon.

madman3 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:57:35 AM »

WHY WASN'T I PAIRED WITH THEM: Badnik
Unluckiest person: Madman3 (I was always fighting with the popups :P)
Luckiest person:
Best Match:
Best Team:
Best robot:
Coolest robot:
SFTW:

Code: [Select]

[b]WHY WASN'T I PAIRED WITH THEM:[/b]
[b]Unluckiest person:[/b]
[b]Luckiest person:Enigma[/b]
[b]Best Match:Round 1 match 2[/b]
[b]Best Team:[/b]
[b]Best robot:Minifridge[/b]
[b]Coolest robot:Jaws Of Deafeat[/b]
[b]SFTW:Minor Disturbance 4[/b]

Conraaa · « **Reply #4 on:** May 30, 2011, 12:02:51 PM »

WHY WASN'T I PAIRED WITH THEM: Nyx2 (If I entered, that is.)
Unluckiest person: SKBT
Luckiest person: Enigma
Best Match: Round 2 Battle 1
Best Team: Somebody & Ty4er
Best robot: Minifridge 6
Coolest robot: Nyx2 (Purely because of the diagonal chassis)
SFTW: Minor Disturbance 4

Oh and btw guys my votes count as 200 votes each. Just saying.

Somebody · « **Reply #5 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:38:05 PM »

WHY WASN'T I PAIRED WITH THEM: Scrap Daddy (In LB Final)
Unluckiest person: Me (getting stuck with Enigma in the last round)
Luckiest person: GF93
Best Match: Me and MikeNCR vs. Paranoia and Hard Bot
Best Team: Macho Man Randy Savage & Nyx2
Best robot: Macho Man Randy Savage
Coolest robot: Impaler
SFTW: Jaws of Defeat

What did you think about being able to change your robots inbetween rounds? (Do you think it was a gamebreaker/a waste of time etc): Good idea that added originality
What did you think about the 1 week gap to change your bot between rounds? (Too long/pointless etc): About the right length
What did you think about teams shuffling between rounds? (Do you think it confused things/didn't work etc): Kinda confusing. Maybe worth trying one without switching. Would basically be like a tag team Winds of Change, which would be cool.
Would you enter a Tag Team Tussle tournament is there was another?: Yes
Anything else?: Maybe add pictures of the robots with the names (splash you post here of one team, a vs. screen or something, then the other team splash), before the match.

Enigm@ · « **Reply #6 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:40:13 PM »

Quote from: Somebody on May 30, 2011, 03:38:05 PM

WHY WASN'T I PAIRED WITH THEM: Scrap Daddy (In LB Final)
Unluckiest person: Me (getting stuck with Enigma in the last round)
Luckiest person: GF93
Best Match: Me and MikeNCR vs. Paranoia and Hard Bot
Best Team: Macho Man Randy Savage & Nyx2
Best robot: Macho Man Randy Savage
Coolest robot: Impaler
SFTW: Jaws of Defeat

You don't have to be a priss about it.

Somebody · « **Reply #7 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:41:57 PM »

You completely ignored both my PMs and my accurate replica of MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE that I built for both of us to test with. (no need to build a Morbid Angel clone because its just DEATH OF ANGELS 2).

Enigm@ · « **Reply #8 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:44:15 PM »

Quote from: Somebody on May 30, 2011, 03:41:57 PM

You completely ignored both my PMs and my accurate replica of MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE that I built for both of us to test with. (no need to build a Morbid Angel clone because its just DEATH OF ANGELS 2).

If it makes you feel better I did look at your PM's, I just had a lotta crap going on that week.
That's probably a really lame excuse but it's teh truth

Conraaa · « **Reply #9 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:48:25 PM »

Quote from: Somebody on May 30, 2011, 03:41:57 PM

You completely ignored both my PMs and my accurate replica of MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE that I built for both of us to test with. (no need to build a Morbid Angel clone because its just DEATH OF ANGELS 2).

I think I somewhat addressed that in the op. People who took the opportunity to interact with their temporary partner and update their robot would be in trouble when paired with people who got hampered with real life or just didnt bother.
11/16 people didn't update so usually this was the case.

Hard Bot · « **Reply #10 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:51:07 PM »

I think i'm the unluckist person here. Minor Disturbance is a good bot, but here's it's weakness: use of Plastic 1. It's weak against Pop-Ups and Rammers.

Enigm@ · « **Reply #11 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:51:53 PM »

Quote from: Hard Bot on May 30, 2011, 03:51:07 PM

I think i'm the unluckist person here. Minor Disturbance is a good bot, but here's it's weakness: use of Plastic 1. It's weak against Pop-Ups and Rammers.

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

SKBT · « **Reply #12 on:** May 30, 2011, 04:02:43 PM »

Quote from: Somebody on May 30, 2011, 03:38:05 PM

SFTW: Jaws of Defeat

Really? :P

WHY WASN'T I PAIRED WITH THEM: Scrap Daddy
Unluckiest person:SKBT- yeah I know I'm voting for myself but I have never seen JOD havok like it did.
Luckiest person:(I need to watch some matches to decide this one)
Best Match:(I need to watch some matches to decide this one)
Best Team: SD/SB
Best Robot:(I need to watch some matches to decide this one)
Coolest robot: Torque
SFTW: Techno Macer (sp?)

Conraaa · « **Reply #13 on:** May 30, 2011, 04:08:16 PM »

@Gard bot Iirc didn't your robot never get up to high enough speeds to do damage? Coupled with the fact it only have two batteries so it was constantly underpowered? If you sacrificed a few weapons for an extra battery you might have done better.
Minifridge had 10 razors. You had 10 razors + irons. G.k could afford to have full power and better armour, plus being able to spin up faster due to less weapon weight. I'm usually all for more weapons, but not when other aspects of the robot had to suffer so badly.

My two cents.

Oh and SKBT just say paranoia's bot. It's easier. :P

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #14 on:** May 31, 2011, 03:02:03 AM »

Ah, so people think the best team didn't win. This is interesting.

Pwnator · « **Reply #15 on:** May 31, 2011, 03:15:52 AM »

As I have no right to vote for the first award, I'll just skip that one.

Unluckiest person: SKBT
Luckiest person: Enigma
Best Match: LB R2M1
Best Team: SD/SB
Best robot: Macho Man Randy Savage
Coolest robot: Nyx2
SFTW: Minor Disturbance 4

Conraaa · « **Reply #16 on:** May 31, 2011, 03:29:49 AM »

I'm not sure what to make of the lack of responses to the questionnaire.

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #17 on:** May 31, 2011, 04:26:07 AM »

Having to have injections....

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 31, 2011, 06:31:34 AM »

WHY WASN'T I PAIRED WITH THEM: GK and Minifridge 6
Luckiest person: Badnik (it was quite an obvious choice)
Best Match: Loser's Bracket Semi-Final 1
Best Team: GF93 and S_M (I agree)
Best robot: Impaler
Coolest robot: Morbid Angel (Might seem a bit self-serving, but you've got to admit that flipping Enigma OOTA was quite awesome)
SFTW: Minor Disturbance 4
Would you enter a Tag Team Tussle tournament is there was another?: Yes, provided there wasn't any more match-rigging in the finals.
Anything else?: We were robbed O:<

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #19 on:** May 31, 2011, 06:42:08 AM »

Quote from: GoldenFox93 on May 31, 2011, 06:31:34 AM

Luckiest person: Squirrel_Monkey/Badnik (Tie- but it was quite an obvious choice)

I was not lucky, Badnik was though as he didn't get to update his bot.