ARC vs FRA 2

I was on ARC, and asked the guys there if they wanted to put the ARC vs FRA title on the line in a much larger tournament then last time. Surprisingly, the majority of them voted Yes, which means the match between FanFics are not over.

Rules:
I will need 8 people to enter 1 lightweihgt, one middleweight, one heavyweight, and one superheavyweight for Team FRA. You must use your FRA stats, but you must also make a set of ARC-style stats using the rule set found here(except for the Role-Playing Rules section, just post your tactics here, however long or short they are).

However, if you either competed last season, have a robot that already has both ARC and FRA stats, or anything like that, I would suggest that you use it. It'll save you a lot of trouble.

Also, your robot must have a picture. I don't care if it's a CADing masterpiece, or something terrible made in MS Paint, but it has to be a picture.

Overall, Team FRA will consist of 32 robots. 8 in each weight class.

I would prefer that you use relatively successful designs, such as(to name a few) Wedge Devolution, Thwedge, Xianghua, etc, because robots that have been successful might be successful here.

Tournament structure:
The tournament will be what I call a modified round robin. Each FRA bot will face each ARC bot once. They will not face off against robots on their team. After the regular season ends, the top 3 FRA bots from each weight class will meet the top 3 ARC bots from each weight class in the playoffs, just like ARC, except for the fact that as many fights as possible will be ARC vs FRA. The quarter-finals will pit 2 FRA bots against 2 ARC bots, same thing in the semi-finals, and in the grand final, it will be ARC vs FRA. However, there will be a 3rd place playoff for each weight class to determine who the top 4 robots in each weight class will be seeded for the next tournament.

Arena: This time, the arena used will be the ARC arena, but with one hitch: The polycarbonate panels, just for this tourney, have been moved outwards 6 feet, so it's now possible to fit in camaras, and is also possible to flip an opponent out of the arena. Also, it's time the arena hazards get better descriptions...

The arena:
http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/p...pee23/a1-1.jpg

The pulverizers:
http://drowningcity.com/arena7.bmp
Weapon: 10(+5 power hammer bonus)
The biggest and baddest weapon of them all, because there's one in each corner. A powerful steel hammer with a 66lb(30kg) solid steel hammerhead on top. They're powered by a 900mm bore 200mm stroke ram connected to a 150psi Co2 system hidden underneath the arena. This hammer can cause some serious damage, as it's going in as a power hammer.

The killsaws:
http://drowningcity.com/arena6.bmp
Weapon: 4
The killsaws have been toned down a little to cope with the reality of saws: They aren't effective against tough armor. The set of 3 saws are powered by a 34hp 60v B42-500 brushless Magmotor at 4000rpm. They aren't really designed to damage as much as they're designed to throw opponents away.

The drum:
http://drowningcity.com/arena8.bmp
Weapon: 7
Mounted in the same spot as always, the drum is powered by a 60hp gas engine mounted under the arena. It spins at 4000rpm, and can cause a bit of damage to most robots. It's also designed to throw robots away, but can do more damage then the killsaws.

The wedge walls:
http://drowningcity.com/arena9.bmp
Armor: 11
The wedge walls aren't really wedge walls any more. Instead of touching the floor, these large titanium wedge walls sit(at their lowest point) 10mm(0.4in) above the ground. Instead of being used to possibly shove an opponent out of the arena, the wedge walls serve mainly to pin unsuspecting scoops, wedges, and skirts, and the robots attached to them.

The spiked walls:
http://drowningcity.com/arena10.bmp
Armor: 10
The spiked walls are now a uniquely damaging weapon. If a robot is rammed into these steel spikes with diamond tips, the damage they take will be equal to a ram from their opponent. For example, if a robot with 7 traction and 5 speed rammed a robot into the spike strip, the damage caused by the spikes would equal 6. However, if a robot runs themself into the spike strip, the damage they'll suffer will be equal to a robot with their speed and traction ramming them. So if a robot has 7 speed and 5 traction, then rams himself into the spikes, the damage caused to the robot would equal 6.

And that's all I need. 8 people for Team FRA. You can either be a member of the FRA forum, or one of the guys who's on both ARC and FRA.

Uh...perhaps you should have started a poll on FRA as well before starting this? :P

Well, it's just the fact that since ARC won, it would make sense that we FRA guys accept their willing to let us compete against them not only for the ARC vs FRA championship, but also for the same championship in the lightweight, middleweight, and superheavyweight categories.

Also, if you don't want to enter, you don't have to. I'd just think that the FRA would enjoy having a second chance at the ARC vs FRA championship.

Just don't be surprised if you only get 1 or 2 people entering on this side.

...uh...it might be partially because it's half past two in the morning but this makes no sense to me? It sounds as though we're being forced into accepting this tournament (irrespective of whether we individually want to enter, ARC were the only people who had a say in this and it's a little bit like Germany making France go to war with them again after conquering them) I don't really think you have the right to decide what all our wishes should be on this matter.

I do not intend to enter, as with the last one, and good luck getting eight willing entrants...

I just said that they were willing to give you another chance at the title. I just posted this in case anyone wanted to accept it. Also, I didn't say you had to.

Fine then. If you want to throw in your two pence about getting a chance to get the ARC vs FRA championship, then please do. And if you want to enter, then post your entries here.

Thought I'd mention some modifications made to the tourney.

I only need 4 people for Team FRA to enter 1 lightweight, 1 middleweight, 1 heavyweight, and 1 superheavyweight using the ARC stats and the FRA stats to get this started. However, there are certain... Criteria that'll need to be met.

To enter, you'll need to have either been in fanfic on the Robot Wars forum or the Panic Attack forum, you'll need to have been in fanfic for at least 2 years, you'll need to have won a major tournament, or you'll need to have won at least 2 minor tournaments.

Also, your heavyweight robots must meet at least two of the following:

1: Have over 15 wins
2: Have less then 5 losses
3: Have been in existance for 2 years or more(not as a series but as a robot)
4: Must be in the FRA FanFic hall of fame
5: Must have been nominated to be in the hall of fame
6: Have a major grudge(like Slammer and The Disc) with one of the robots currently entered

The tournament will still be a modified round robin, except for these modifications:

1: Only the top 2 ARC and FRA robots will face each other.
2: The semis will be ARC vs ARC and FRA vs FRA.
3: The finals and the 3rd place playoffs will be ARC vs FRA.

I'll also need someone who is relatively active to be the FRA assistant. This will be the person who organizes and takes care of Team FRA. However, he is not allowed to enter the competition, but must still meet the criteria posted for entrants.