The Digital Robot Combat League

[Badger]

The Digital Robot Combat League (DRCL) is an idea I've had floating around my head for a while. It will be a season-based league using round robin, with three ranked divisions of 8 bots, with a promotion/relegation system similar to sports leagues. Let me know what you think.

Building rules
Standard IRL HW ruleset

HW
DSL-IRL
One update per season
One bot per person at any one time
Bots can be replaced in between seasons
Meltybrain and Eternalflame (and variants thereof) are banned
Offensive armour is banned (e.g. potter wheel shells)
Multibots banned
No burst limit, just don't be stupid with it and make the bot look like utter trash.
Every non-CB2 component found in DSL2.2 Complete Edition is legal. In addition, flatmotors and custom skinned versions of legal components are legal.
BFE and RA2CF are legal
No ring spinners because they're not IRL guys how many times do I have to say this
DSL 2.2 CE version 1.3 will be used. This is the version with the 4x flamethrower fuel buff.

Format
Initial Ranking
Initially, bots will be 'ranked' based on the order of entries. So the first 8 bots will be in Division 1, the next 8 in Division 2 and the final 8 entries in Division 3.

Season Format
Each division will be a separate 8-bot round robin league. At the end of each season, the bottom 2 bots of each division are relegated into the lower league, and the top 2 bots of each division are promoted into the upper division (except in Division 1, where a bot cannot be promoted). Bots relegated from the bottom division are removed, and will have to re-qualify between seasons. Bots are ranked in a points system, with 3 points awarded for a win by KO, 2 points for a win via judges decision, 1 point for a loss via judges decision, and 0 points for a loss via KO.

Entering after Season 1
After Season 1 signups are finished, only 2 new bots may enter per season (to replace the 2 bots relegated in Division 3). Bots wishing to qualify for the next season must be submitted during the current season. A small single-elimination qualification tournament will be held between seasons, and the top two bots will enter Division 3

Match Format
3 minutes
Arena changes per season. Season 1 will be held in the standard Robogames arena.
If no bots are KO'd after 3 minutes, I will determine the winner via judges decision. This will be based on splitting points between the competing bots (7 points for damage [how much damage the bot inflicted], 5 for control [how the bot controlled the other bot] and 5 for style [how well built the bot is in RA2 IRL terms])

tl;dr
IRL tournament with a format similar to a sports league with 3 divisions. Your bot remains in the tournament indefinitely after entering, unless you update it or it gets relegated from the bottom division.

Season 1 Signups
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Note: If signups are not filled up to at least 16 bots within 2 weeks of opening (by 7th July 2018), I reserve the right to cancel the tournament due to lack of interest.

[Badger]

What does this mean for Wingman?
I'm not planning on abandoning Wingman, although unless I get a significant uptick in entries I will probably close signups early and run it with the very low number of entries already submitted.

Are you planning on entering this league?
I am not, unless we have a dire need for bots at some point.

Will this be expanded to other weightclasses?
We'll see how popular this is first. For now, the plan is no.

[Hoppin]

Looking forward to it

[Olister92]

This sounds like a great idea, I find straight knockouts can be a bit harsh if your bot gets unlucky in a fight

[Badger]

Assuming no objections, I'd like to move this to signups next Monday (18th). I've also amended the OP to add a timeout clause for signups

[Badger]

I'm going to wait until I've wrapped up the challenge belt before opening signups for this, so signups will open this Sunday (24th). Get building!

[pokebro14]

Ey glad so just found this. Will get building right away

[Hoppin]

Looks like I'll put Flatline 2 into this I guess

[Badnik96]

i like this idea, expect something from me eventually