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i wanna do it and do a draft and give me first pick pls ty
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:Ok, I'm going to run a little fantasy battlebot league in here for 8-10 players. I'm interested in this. I've got PMs and I'm just gonna go with Secret Draft because the other method might take too long since you'd have to wait for each person to send in their pick before the next person can choose and we only have until Thursday to get this started.
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Jul 2, 2016 18:38
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Pakled posted:I'm interested in this. I've got PMs and I'm just gonna go with Secret Draft because the other method might take too long since you'd have to wait for each person to send in their pick before the next person can choose and we only have until Thursday to get this started. For the length, I 'm going to make people to ordered lists if they can't be present at draft time.
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Jul 2, 2016 18:41
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PostNouveau posted:And purely ornamental flying flamethrowers. I wouldnt mid seeing middle weight return, that was always a great combo of weapons and no armor. Aphrodite posted:The robot used to have a lovely grappling hook on a string under there, so this is actually a major improvement. The Glumslinger fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Jul 2, 2016 |
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Jul 2, 2016 20:21
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I think your best bet would be to run a pickem-style fantasy game, where each participant makes predictions for each match and scores points based on the result. Fantasy drafts make more sense when you can have a system that scores points and there isn't a single elimination. So each round have the participants predict the winner and style of victory (knockout or judges decision). Players get one point for calling the winner and another point for calling the style of victory. So if I see a match with Tombstone and say "Tombstone by a knockout" then if Tombstone wins I get a point. If Tombstone knocks the opponent out I get two points. If Tombstone loses I get no points.
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Jul 2, 2016 20:22
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:If you want to play fantasy battlebots, quote this post, tell me if you have private messages and whether you want to do a ladder pick or a secret draft. Who knows, if enough people sign up we could do both. I want to play. I have plat, I'm not a filthy poor. Ladder/Snake draft sounds fun, lets do that.
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Jul 2, 2016 21:12
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and yea you should just have people send u pms or post predicted wins for each battle possibly w/ bonus questions each round such as "for an extra 2 points, what bot will have the quickest ko" etc
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Jul 2, 2016 21:15
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:Ok, I'm going to run a little fantasy battlebot league in here for 8-10 players. I would like to play, I got plat, I like ladder draft
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Jul 2, 2016 21:20
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dongsbot 9000 posted:and yea you should just have people send u pms or post predicted wins for each battle possibly w/ bonus questions each round such as "for an extra 2 points, what bot will have the quickest ko" etc Google Form would work for that.
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Jul 2, 2016 22:24
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I was assuming brackets like with basketball. Not picks like football and baseball
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Jul 2, 2016 23:35
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There is actually a site you can do that with already, I'll link that when I get home. But I thought it might be more fun if you had a little team to root for.
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Jul 3, 2016 00:23
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:lol, she's like 30 years old! It's just a bot she made when she was a kid back when Battlebots was on originally and she just has kept the same basic design for some reason. Oh poo poo, for real? Then that grown rear end woman needs to rethink her bot because dumping all those hours into what is essentially a can for any serious battlebot seems like a waste of effort. Unless she really enjoys the idea of somehow making it further into the tournament only to get that plastic swimming pool torn up by any halfway decent spinner or shredder.
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Jul 3, 2016 00:23
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Its almost like she made the bot not to actually win but rather to pay tribute to the old bot of her's that made her popular
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Jul 3, 2016 00:26
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Didn't she already do that in season 1?
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Jul 3, 2016 00:43
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Season one she just ran a really bad bot that sucked in an uninteresting fashion
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Jul 3, 2016 02:04
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It does seem like Battlebots is trying to avoid having legions of the same bots. The problem is that with decades of progress the challenge of making a robot that can damage another robot while fighting on a flat plane of steel has largely been solved. It's still cool to see robots fight and throw sparks everywhere, but a lot of the cute designs lose out to the boring but effective ones. On the fantasy side I think a simple bracket style game like March Madness would be viable.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:On the fantasy side I think a simple bracket style game like March Madness would be viable. http://challonge.com/bbseason2 That website has the bracket and you don't need an account to make a prediction. Feel free to share your predictions and compete against others with it. It's pretty nifty. I can also do a pick em before each episode because why not, not much effort to just make a quick google form and tally the results. The league draft thing is what I'm more genuinely excited for because I think it's more fun to try to pick and choose bots to form a team. Fantasy Battlebots Here's my playerlist: SLICK GOKU BABY PBS Newshour DOOP Pakled dongsbot 9000 Also Guy Who PMed me wanting to play, can you post in this thread or pm me again because I accidentally deleted your message if I missed somebody let me know. We need one more player and then we can start, although I guess I can just be one of those players, running the game doesn't give me any kind of advantage. I think Monday night would be a good day to do the draft. I'm also going to post a list of the available bots in their seeded order so people can assemble a list if they won't be available monday
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Jul 3, 2016 02:50
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Ror posted:The new projectiles rules are kind of weird but it will be interesting to see if anyone can do anything good with them in the future. You can use them untethered now but the effectiveness is super limited by other rules: no explosions (so air guns only), no entanglement devices left in the arena (I'm not entirely sure of the full implications but I think it rules out firing stuff like ball bearings or anything that can get caught in wheels), and no damage to arena floor or walls (so you have to rein in the power). That last part is the real killer, any gun with enough power to reliably punch through bot armor is going to be able to do some damage to those polycarbonate or whatever walls. Gold guns that shoot special effects are rad though.
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Jul 3, 2016 03:02
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Jul 3, 2016 03:30
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1 win = 1 point. I'll count any rumbles and exhibition matches for fun too. If you can think of a more fun scoring method lemme know.
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Jul 3, 2016 03:37
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:1 win = 1 point. I'll count any rumbles and exhibition matches for fun too. Scoring based on dominance: 4 points for a <1 minute knockout. 3 points for a <2 minute knockout. 2 points for a knockout. 1 point for a win. For rumbles, 1 point for every robot that dies before they do.
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I'll join, I guess. I have PMs. I also made a bracket with the top 4 seeds in the final 4 http://challonge.com/tournaments/2676760/predictions/89369 Xelkelvos fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Jul 3, 2016 |
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Scoring based on dominance: I think that sort of thing would just increase the gap between the kinetic spinners that hit extremely hard and the other bots. Like as it is right now there are some really powerful top bots, but beyond the top 8 or so there are still some decent point scorers that would sort of be rendered moot if tombstone is picking up 4 points a match. For rumbles, how about 1 point for each robot it personally kills, shared points for shared kills. Xelkelvos posted:I'll join, I guess. I have PMs.  you linked the edit link for that prediction
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Jul 3, 2016 04:31
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Scoring based on dominance: This wont really work since they like to do recaps of fights. Based on the schedule they put up, 4 fights will get the recap treatment on the 21st.
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Jul 3, 2016 06:40
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3 points for a knockout, 2 points for a win by decision and 1 point for a loss by decision, imo
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:http://challonge.com/bbseason2 That was me. I want in.
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JT Jag posted:3 points for a knockout, 2 points for a win by decision and 1 point for a loss by decision, imo This is good too.
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Alright here are the players for the Robot Fantasy League:
Turns out I actually gave miscounted earlier so if any of you guys who are like, telling me what score system to use want to play, you still can. If not, no big deal, I'll just be the last player and I'll have fun. Botlist (this is the official seeding order) Tombstone Bronco Witch Doctor Bite Force Stinger Son of Whyachi Minotaur Icewave Beta Complete Control Hypershock Yeti Chomp Cobalt Razorback Brutus Lockjaw Ghost Raptor Bombshell Captain Shrederator Lucky Warrior Dragon Warhead Overhaul Nightmare Blacksmith Poison Arrow Mega Tento Ringmaster Red Devil Chrome Fly Escape Velocity We'll do a draft on JT Jag posted:3 points for a knockout, 2 points for a win by decision and 1 point for a loss by decision, imo I'm probably going to use this score system. Anyway, sorry for constantly making GBS threads up this thread. Jump King fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Jul 3, 2016 |
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Jul 3, 2016 19:53
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I am up for the league.
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:We'll do a draft on monday at 9pm, or another time if people protest. If you won't be around or just don't really want to show up order that list to your liking and send it my way I'll automatically pick down your list. When deciding which bots to pick, it might be a good idea to check out the bracket just check if you think a robot might be up against very tough or surprisingly easy matchup. To be clear, what time zone is this? Eastern?
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Pakled posted:To be clear, what time zone is this? Eastern? Oh poo poo, my bad. Yeah I was thinking 9 EST. Lemme know if there are any issues. Beer4TheBeerGod posted:I am up for the league. Cool.
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Jul 3, 2016 20:07
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My dream match is ED-209 vs Small Wonder Vicki.
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Jul 3, 2016 20:26
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Nightmare vs Stinger is up. It's a raw edit with no commentary and the original sounds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jw9hyzkTks
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:Oh poo poo, my bad. Yeah I was thinking 9 EST. Lemme know if there are any issues. How will the draft process occur and how long do you think it will take? I might have to start the draft and then send a list and leave halfway through. I have to work at 11 EST on Monday. Although my guess is some others might have plans for the 4th?
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:How will the draft process occur and how long do you think it will take? I might have to start the draft and then send a list and leave halfway through. I have to work at 11 EST on Monday. SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Although my guess is some others might have plans for the 4th? Oh my god, I forgot tomorrow was the 4th, since I'm not American. I think every year I accidentally put a deadline for a game I'm running on the 4th of July or the Superbowl. Let's do Tuesday 9 PM EST instead.
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:Let's do Tuesday 9 PM EST instead. im good with this
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DOOP posted:im good with this
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Great Beer posted:Nightmare vs Stinger is up. It's a raw edit with no commentary and the original sounds. Dat tire squeal. Looks like they're slowly uploading the other matches, here's SawBlaze vs Razorback
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halokiller posted:Looks like they're slowly uploading the other matches, here's SawBlaze vs Razorback
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Coaaab posted:Wow, that might have been a worse judges' decision than Chomp/Disko, but SawBlaze's primary weapon looked like poo poo, and the wedge driving didn't exploit the hazards enough, I guess. Its not just that. They no longer consider using a wedge to count towards Aggression points. You have to be using your primary weapon. So although sawblaze won on control and strategy, Razorback took the damage (for its paint scratching) and aggression points (for constantly shoving its weapon into the opponent) which gave it the win. Any other season or event Sawblaze would have won, even with its stupid useless weapon that didnt work. This is also how Disko Inferno lost. The spinner was considered a primary weapon so when it broke they were no longer able to score aggression points.
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