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Mechanical Maelstrom Season 3.0
It€™s been a long journey, but here we are at the third main season of Mechanical Maelstrom! This time around everything is going to be different to previous seasons, you€™ll soon see what I mean!
The rankings will be revealed in the next post. I€™m using a whole new (points-based) system in which Season 1.0, Season 2.0 and Annihilation have been taken into account.
Tournament rules/details are below.
1) Entering
Upon entering the tournament each entrant must supply each of the following things:
ï˜ Team Name
ï˜ Location of Representation (e.g. current location/home)
ï˜ Four heavyweight entries and their stats (preferably posted in the thread itself). They can be realies or vapours, or a combination.
ï˜ Maximum of 12 entries. Any vacant spots filled upon the closure of sign-ups will be filled with realies selected by me. (If entered) These realie entries will not be counted as just filler, but actual contenders with an equal chance of victory.
ï˜ Places may be reserved, but the reservation will stand for two weeks only, though they can be renewed.
2) Stats
All robots must comply to the following rules:
ï˜ Nitrogen pressure allowed up to 2400psi, hydraulics up to 5000psi
ï˜ Maximum voltage - 72v
ï˜ Maximum weights - Wheeled Robots: 100kg, Tracked/Shufflers: 110kg, Walkers: 150kg
ï˜ The definition of a walker is that there must be legs that have two or more stages of movement. Rotary camshafts cannot make up any part of the walking mechanism.
ï˜ Minimum weight - 80.1kg for all machines
ï˜ Clusterbots are allowed, but once 50% of the total weight is eliminated the whole entry is out.
ï˜ No un-tethered projectile weaponry is allowed.
ï˜ No electrical damage (e.g. Bar Heaters) or flamethrowers are allowed.
ï˜ No flying robots are allowed.
ï˜ Stats are to be supplied in any format, but you will be notified if I judge the stats to be very unrealistic or extremely overweight.
ï˜ Standard FRA stats to be given. Pictures are helpful, but not mandatory.
3) Battle Rules
ï˜ You can eliminate your opponent in a variety of ways: You can immobilise 50/100% of their drive (KO), flip or push them into a place from where they cannot move (e.g. the pit, TKO), flip them out of the arena (OOTA) or beat them on a judge€™s decision if more than one robot is mobile after a 3 minute round (JD).
ï˜ The judges have a set amount of points to separate between the competing robots. The amount of points differs from category to category, in order of importance: Damage ~ 30 points, Aggression ~ 20 points and Control ~ 10 points.
ï˜ Control refers to both how well a robot was controlled and also how it controlled/dominated the match
4) Annihilation Stadium V3
ï˜ This is a 20 x 20m2 box with stainless steel floor and 55cm high hardox walls.
ï˜ There is a colour-coded picture of the arena below. You can see the Red and Blue starting squares (each large enough to accommodate 2 robots), the pit release button is marked green, and the black square is the pit. The yellow strips represent the spike strips.
ï˜ The orange squares mark interchangeable weapon spaces. From round to round a different hazard will be present. Further information on each individual hazard will be provided with the line-ups for each round.
5) Tournament Structure
ï˜ First off there will be 12 4-robot eliminators. There will be 1 ranked robot in each eliminator. 1 robot will advance from each eliminator.
ï˜ In round 2, the 12 survivors will be paired into 6 one-on-one matches. The winners will advance, while the 6 losing machines will be sorted into 2 x 3 way melees. 1 machine from each 3-way melee advances into the next round to join the other 6.
ï˜ This leaves 8 survivors for the quarter-finals, which will be 4 one-on-one clashes. The winners advance once more.
ï˜ The 4 semi-finalists will be paired off once again into 2 x one-on-one fights. The losers will duke it out for third place, while the victors advance for the final time.
ï˜ The Grand Final is a one-on-one conflict between the 2 remaining robots.
6) Writing Structure
ï˜ Battles will be posted in pairs.
ï˜ I am aiming for one update per week minimum, so get your tactics in ASAP!
Let the entries flow! ><
It€™s been a long journey, but here we are at the third main season of Mechanical Maelstrom! This time around everything is going to be different to previous seasons, you€™ll soon see what I mean!
The rankings will be revealed in the next post. I€™m using a whole new (points-based) system in which Season 1.0, Season 2.0 and Annihilation have been taken into account.
Tournament rules/details are below.
1) Entering
Upon entering the tournament each entrant must supply each of the following things:
ï˜ Team Name
ï˜ Location of Representation (e.g. current location/home)
ï˜ Four heavyweight entries and their stats (preferably posted in the thread itself). They can be realies or vapours, or a combination.
ï˜ Maximum of 12 entries. Any vacant spots filled upon the closure of sign-ups will be filled with realies selected by me. (If entered) These realie entries will not be counted as just filler, but actual contenders with an equal chance of victory.
ï˜ Places may be reserved, but the reservation will stand for two weeks only, though they can be renewed.
2) Stats
All robots must comply to the following rules:
ï˜ Nitrogen pressure allowed up to 2400psi, hydraulics up to 5000psi
ï˜ Maximum voltage - 72v
ï˜ Maximum weights - Wheeled Robots: 100kg, Tracked/Shufflers: 110kg, Walkers: 150kg
ï˜ The definition of a walker is that there must be legs that have two or more stages of movement. Rotary camshafts cannot make up any part of the walking mechanism.
ï˜ Minimum weight - 80.1kg for all machines
ï˜ Clusterbots are allowed, but once 50% of the total weight is eliminated the whole entry is out.
ï˜ No un-tethered projectile weaponry is allowed.
ï˜ No electrical damage (e.g. Bar Heaters) or flamethrowers are allowed.
ï˜ No flying robots are allowed.
ï˜ Stats are to be supplied in any format, but you will be notified if I judge the stats to be very unrealistic or extremely overweight.
ï˜ Standard FRA stats to be given. Pictures are helpful, but not mandatory.
3) Battle Rules
ï˜ You can eliminate your opponent in a variety of ways: You can immobilise 50/100% of their drive (KO), flip or push them into a place from where they cannot move (e.g. the pit, TKO), flip them out of the arena (OOTA) or beat them on a judge€™s decision if more than one robot is mobile after a 3 minute round (JD).
ï˜ The judges have a set amount of points to separate between the competing robots. The amount of points differs from category to category, in order of importance: Damage ~ 30 points, Aggression ~ 20 points and Control ~ 10 points.
ï˜ Control refers to both how well a robot was controlled and also how it controlled/dominated the match
4) Annihilation Stadium V3
ï˜ This is a 20 x 20m2 box with stainless steel floor and 55cm high hardox walls.
ï˜ There is a colour-coded picture of the arena below. You can see the Red and Blue starting squares (each large enough to accommodate 2 robots), the pit release button is marked green, and the black square is the pit. The yellow strips represent the spike strips.
ï˜ The orange squares mark interchangeable weapon spaces. From round to round a different hazard will be present. Further information on each individual hazard will be provided with the line-ups for each round.
5) Tournament Structure
ï˜ First off there will be 12 4-robot eliminators. There will be 1 ranked robot in each eliminator. 1 robot will advance from each eliminator.
ï˜ In round 2, the 12 survivors will be paired into 6 one-on-one matches. The winners will advance, while the 6 losing machines will be sorted into 2 x 3 way melees. 1 machine from each 3-way melee advances into the next round to join the other 6.
ï˜ This leaves 8 survivors for the quarter-finals, which will be 4 one-on-one clashes. The winners advance once more.
ï˜ The 4 semi-finalists will be paired off once again into 2 x one-on-one fights. The losers will duke it out for third place, while the victors advance for the final time.
ï˜ The Grand Final is a one-on-one conflict between the 2 remaining robots.
6) Writing Structure
ï˜ Battles will be posted in pairs.
ï˜ I am aiming for one update per week minimum, so get your tactics in ASAP!
Let the entries flow! ><
Corona
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Looks to be killer, Lewis!
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