Siphai

Jul 11 2015, 10:56 PM

the ricochet from being hit would simply be a function of weapon power (the amount you get spun around being a factor of weapon power and # of wheels/how wide your base is)

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15.2.2.1. Scoring Aggression
Aggression scoring will be based on the relative amount of time each robot spends attacking the other.

Attacks do not have to be successful to count for aggression points, but a distinction will be made between chasing a fleeing opponent and randomly crashing around the arena.

Points will not be awarded for aggression if a robot is completely uncontrollable or unable to do more than turn in place, even if it is trying to attack.

Sitting still and waiting for your opponent to drive into your weapon does not count for aggression points, even if it is an amazingly destructive weapon. Robot must show translational movement torward their opponent for it to be counted as aggression.

Awarding Aggression Points

5-0: a 5-0 score shall be awarded only when one of the robots never attempts to attack the other, and the other consistently attacks.

4-1: a score of 4-1 shall be awarded in the case of significant dominance of attacks by one robot, with the other only attempting to attack a few times during the match.

3-2: a 3-2 score shall be awarded when
Both robots consistently attack the other.
Both robots only attack the other for part of the match.
Both robots spend most of the match avoiding each other. In this case it will be up to the judge's discretion to decide which robot made more attempts to make attack the other.
A Combatant who attacks a full-body spinner (e.g. intentionally drives within the perimeter of the spinning weapon) is automatically considered the aggressor and awarded a 3-2 score in the case where either robots consistently attack, or both robots consistently avoid each other.
There can be no ties in aggression. Judges must decide that one robot is more aggressive than the other.
Note: a Combatant is considered a "full body spinner" if the robot cannot be attacked without moving within the perimeter of the spinning weapon.

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• Icepick Lobotomy repeatedly misses Black Rose with its hammer. IL shows aggression, but poor strategy, while BR might gain strategy points for dodging.
  
  
• Juno charges at Charybdis, but misses and rams itself into the wall. Juno is the aggressor no matter what Charybdis is doing because it was attacking an FBS, but it showed poor strategy by hitting the wall.
  
  
• Venice Queen pushes Icepick Lobotomy around and holds it under the pulverizer. Venice Queen is the aggressor and gets a strategy bonus for controlling the match.
  
  
• Aphelion spends half its match against Chimera 2.0 doing 360 flips while trying to self-right. Aphelion loses big-time strategy points.
  
  
• Compound Fracture raises its lifter to block Tellu's axe blows. Compound Fracture gets strategy points, although it might get pushed into the wall.
  
  
• Danger Noodle and Archetype charge at each other and hit straight-on, and both go flying. Aggression and strategy are tied: Archetype isn't the automatic aggressor because it could have attacked Danger Noodle without getting hit by the weapon (i.e. by going for the wheels).
  
  
• Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr accidentally collide with each other and suffer damage. This is poor strategy.
  
  
• Icepick Lobotomy manages to maneuver around the side of No Exit, get its forks underneath it, and repeatedly strike it with the hammer. Icepick Lobotomy is being aggressive, and gets strategy points for outmaneuvering its opponent.
  

HotDealsInTexas

Dec 10 2015, 05:05 PM

Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr accidentally collide with each other and suffer damage. This is poor strategy.

That Kode Guy

Jan 28 2018, 10:55 AM

so where are we at now, gents

The_Angry_Goat

Jan 28 2018, 05:01 PM

Fuzzy rules are bad and you should feel bad

Mole55

Jan 28 2018, 05:50 PM

The problem with writer's discretion is that that can become unwritten rules, which can be just as bad for newcomers.