Trios of Terror II - Signups Closed

[RedAce]

*Special Thanks for Thrackerzod for giving me the idea for this.

GENERAL RULES:
- Stock, DSL 2.2, and Ironforge MW
- 8 Teams will compete
- 3 Bots per team, one per game (See Team rules)
- I'm willing to AI if you are not able to, but don't complain what I AI'd your bot
- Custom .pys are allowed, but I will not allow AI with melty brain tactics
- You cannot enter unless your bots are received and accepted.
- I myself will not enter unless there is an open spot when signups close.


TEAM RULES:
- Three robots per team
- 1 bot in Stock, DSL 2.2 and Ironforge each
- 1 person can 3 bots for a team, 2 people can send 1 bot and 2 bots respectively for their team, or 3 people can send one bot each for their team.
- If that one person is taken for just one bot, then he/she cannot build another bot in a different mod for another team.
- Please specify if you are going to be in a team with someone.


BUILDING RULES:
- Middleweight bots only
- You cannot use BFE, AAM, Hax, .txt file editing, etc.
- Smart Zones will not count toward weight, but you cannot use them to act as a ballast (I will be using Mad's Smart zones for this).
- Crawlers are banned.
- SnS will not be AI'd with melty brain tactics.
- I will allow one wheel drive bots as long as it's a rammer.  Any other 1WD style bot is banned.
- I will allow bots that are the best of your ability, so Jokebots, replicas, IRL style bots, etc. are allowed, but I wouldn't recommend it if you don't want to being laughed at.
- You can only send an update to a bot once and only once.  No exceptions.

Multibot Rules:
There will be some special portion for multibots if you wish to enter them. Here's how it works folks:

• The maximum number of multibots allowed is 2.
• Both bots must stay within the weight limit.
• Bots can weigh differently as long it does not go over the weight limit.
• Both bots must defeated by KO, TKO, WBP, or a Forfeit to move on.

SPECIFIC RULES:
All of the above rules meet here, but these are the restrictions for the metagames.
Stock:
- General Stock 1.4 rules apply
- Weightclass: 249.1 - 399.0 kg
- The only cheatbot2 part allowed is the flamethrower.
- AI parts are allowed, including the 140 cm extender.
- The only custom components that are allowed are from 090901's and/or Sage's Skin Pack.

DSL:
- Standard building rules apply
- No cheatbot2 parts at all.
- Weightclass 249.1 - 399.0 kg

Ironforge
- Standard building rules apply
- No cheatbot2 parts at all.
- Weightclass 90.1 - 200 kg
- You can use up to four ballasts without it affecting your weight.


BATTLE RULES:
- 1 vs 1 match format
- 2 minute length matches
- Best 2 out of 3
- Double Elimination Bracket
- Ring Arena (Reskinned)
- If a robot havoks once, costing the match that bot who caused it gets a free restart, If it happens again, that bot who caused it will be disqualified
- Judging will determined by the damage points at the end of the match


Restart Rules:
More than one of the below criteria can happen and not penalize you. If once, that bot gets a Free Restart. If Twice, that bot will forfiet the match if any of the folling criteria occurs:


-Havok Restart: The bot does a Havok Explosion which costs the match for it's opponent.
-Second Chance Restart: If the loss was from being pinned, (i.e. getting stuck for a reason) But I will only restart if:

• A)It has controlled movement.
• B)It has enough battery life for it to actually matter.
• C)The control board warning is not is on yellow or below.

If none of the above is met, then the first match will be the final result of the match.

My (Possible) Entries:

This will also be the splash format:

tl;dr A tournament with a team with one Stock bot, DSL bot, and Ironforge bot.  Builders may vary.

This will most likely be my last tournament for this game.  So I'll have this go out with the three major mods that have different meta-games out there.

Signups:

1. Thrackerzod - Oblivion, Ammunition, Immortal
2. DeadGenocide - Diamondization, Son O' Meltdude, Gemonzied
3. Sircreepalot - XoXo ;D, yaaaas XDXD, ;D rawr XD
4. Squirrel_Monkey - Crouching Robot, Extra Crouch, V=IR evo, L=r x p
5. Bobyasianboy - Brain Spasm, Aggressive Crucifixion, Psychotropia*
6. Mr. AS - WITNESS ME, FRED FLINT**** GOES POSTAL, BIGGIE BOTBASH
7. Silverfish/Badger - Eddy, GO PLAY IRONFORGE, 115*
8. battledutchman - Radioactive Whale 2, KillerHond 2* Sick Willy
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9. Fracture/Kid_Krusher13 - The Sheriff, Rusty Death  Plunger, WOLVERINE
10. RedAce - Habenero, Barrackpore, Bhut Jolokia
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16.

Note: Signups were extended from 8 to 16 thanks to special permission from yugitom, the Tournament Board Moderator.

Black: Received
Orange: Accepted
Green: Accepted & AI'd
Blue: Experiencing issues
Red: Denied (You will be notified)
Purple: Host's Trio
*: Has used and update, and cannot update it again.

Deadline: 12:00 AM EST on May 27, 2016.

[yugitom]

Restart Rules:
More than one of the below criteria can happnen and not penalize you. If once, that bot gets a Free Restart. If Twice, that bot will forfiet the match if any of the folling criteria occurs:

Just thought I'd point out a typo :P

[Thrackerzod]

Ha dang, do you remember my team for the original Trios of Terror?  Man, they were crap.

Heck yeah I'll enter.

[Silverfish]

Time to redeem myself for not entering the cauldron.

I'm in.

[Mr. AS]

Because RA3 is coming soon, and if that turns out to be good for use to essentially abandon RA2, then this will be my last tournament for this game.  So I'll have this go out with the three major mods that have different meta-games out there (sorry AS).

You can't do a tournament in a mod that isn't out yet.

[090901]

i really really like this tourney.

[Bobyasianboy]

can 3 bots for a team

I think you meant "can send 3 bots"

another bot in a different weightclass

I think you meant mod/version of the game

Nitpicking aside, it's a cool idea, I'd probably enter something for ironforge and dsl, stock isn't really my forte

[Fracture]

I would definitely be up for Stock and possibly Ironforge if I can learn it in time :P - though I don't really get the rules (isn't it just three separate tournaments?)

[RedAce]

Cleared up those typos and other errors you guys were quick to point out on.

- though I don't really get the rules (isn't it just three separate tournaments?)

Not really.  It's all one giant team from the three major mods out there.  It's best of three with one round dedicated to each mod.  Round 1 would be Stock, round 2 would be DSL, and Round 3 would be Ironforge.  If you won the rounds from say Stock or Ironforge, you would move on.  I know, it's kinda complex and hard to explain.

[Sircreepalot2]

i dig this setup. id be in.

[Mecha]

I'm kinda meh about MW because of The Cauldron, but stock = count me in.

[090901]

I'm kinda meh about MW because of The Cauldron, but stock = count me in.

EXCUSE ME MW IS THE BEST DAMN WEIGHTCLASS THAT HAS EVER EXIST

I would definitely be up for Stock and possibly Ironforge if I can learn it in time :P - though I don't really get the rules (isn't it just three separate tournaments?)

Ironforge is basically like DSL 2.1

[Badger]

Sounds cool, I'd be up for entering an IF doodah

[The Red Blur]

This seems interesting, that is, if anyone would want a team with me (as I cant build for sh** in stock). Yeah, I'll put my name down.

[Gauche Suede]

I'd definitely get in, already have a team setup.....

[Naryar]

will probably enter. although don't expect anything exceptional from me in stock

[RedAce]

Okay, so I'm planning to get this tournament into Signups sometime on Friday.  I'm also planning on getting my (possible) entries along with a mock battle demonstrating a little more on how the battle format works for those still confused.  But first, any changes to the rules that are needed?

[09090901]

i'm not really a fan of banning sns. all it really does imo is encourage people to build wedges, and we end up with more wedge wars as a result.

meltybrain though, is completely unfair, so i would just ban that instead of sns in general.

[Reier]

sns are not unfair.

meltybrain is.

[The Red Blur]

But wouldn't the sns be counted out?