Custom Fantasy Wars?

Post by **That Kode Guy** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:40 am

I started this:
http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/threads ... s-series-1
back in 2010. I've bumped it again recently, since it's not finished yet, but I'm wondering who'd be interested in something like this on the ARC boards here?

I wouldn't change the format, since I'm inexperienced with the Battlebots format, so there'd be a 16-heat set-up with 8 robots, the exact same as Robot Wars Series 7. Each robot I would choose would be a heavyweight and from people who want to take part (if you have more than one heavyweight, that's awesome!) and randomly selected by me to take part in the tournament, along with Battlebots and Combots/RoboGames heavyweights as well. However, I can use a different arena instead of the Robot Wars one if that's preferred.

The catch? Predictions! That's right, this is first and foremost a predictions tournament. The format would be, thus:

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Correctly guess one Round 1 robot that goes through to Round 2, you get 1 point
Two Round 1 robots in separate fights - 2 points
Two Round 1 robots in the same fight - 3 points
Three Round 1 robots... - 4 points
All Round 1 robots... - 5 points
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One Round 2 robot that goes through to the Heat Final - 3 points
Both robots... - 5 points
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Robot that wins a heat - 5 points
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One robot that wins a semi-final in Round 1 - 5 points
Two... - 7 points
Three... - 9 points
All... - 10 points
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One robot that moves on to the Grand Final - 8 points
Both... - 10 points
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One robot that moves on to the Final - 10 points
Both... - 15 points
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Robot who wins the Play-off - 15 points
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Winner of the Series - 25 points

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Keep in mind that this would be completely FOR FUN, and the result summaries are not meant to be taken as what will happen every time. One set of summaries (or two, depending on how I feel/if there's enough predictions) will be posted a day until the prediction tournament is over.

So who's up for it?

playzooki · Post by **playzooki** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:53 am

Im up for it. Would the heavies be vapours or cfl?

Post by **That Kode Guy** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:56 am

It wouldn't matter much. I don't need stats or descriptions or anything.

NFX · Post by **NFX** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:44 pm

Sounds like fun. =) Are all the predictions sent in at once, or do we predict for the next round as we go?

Post by **That Kode Guy** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:46 pm

<blockquote class='quote_blockquote'><dl><dt>NFX</dt><dd>Feb 13 2014, 12:44 PM</dd></dl><div>Sounds like fun. =) Are all the predictions sent in at once, or do we predict for the next round as we go?[/quote]Yeah, pretty much the deal is that a round is posted and you predict for that, and so on and so forth.

GF93 · Post by **GF93** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:18 pm

Ah, OK. With our ARC Machines, I reckon it could be pretty fun! I say go for it.

NWOWWE · Post by **NWOWWE** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:45 pm

Sound fun to me. Count me in.

GF93 · Post by **GF93** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:58 pm

Indeed. Plus it'll be a good opportunity for me to test one of my improved HWs, so why not? :P

Post by **That Kode Guy** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:00 pm

Well nobody's entering anything on their own merit. :P I randomly take HWs from people's teams to slot into the tournament, so :P

GF93 · Post by **GF93** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:01 pm

<blockquote class='quote_blockquote'><dl><dt>KodeBreaker</dt><dd>Feb 13 2014, 02:00 PM</dd></dl><div>Well nobody's entering anything on their own merit. :P I randomly take HWs from people's teams to slot into the tournament, so :P[/quote]OK, that's fair enough. All my HWs have done at least reasonably well so far, so I don't mind who I have chosen to represent my team, here. Bulletproof Bomb and Terminal Velocity were good of course, but if it could be one of my newer ones, that'd be great. :cool:

prince palatine · Post by **prince palatine** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:35 pm

I'm up for it :D

Post by **Badnik96** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:59 pm

I'd go for it.

Post by **That Kode Guy** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:01 pm

Sweet, that's 6 people so far!

NFX · Post by **NFX** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:02 pm

I will be entering this as well. Seems like fun. =D

Post by **That Kode Guy** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:06 pm

Yep, I counted you as part of the 6 already, lol.