BBEANS
Tournament created by the BeetleBros. It is one of the most successful AI tournaments.
Winners:
BBEANS1: Flaming Whizzer (Polinator) (Stock Middleweight)
BBEANS2: Smashbox 2 (MikeNCR) (DSL Heavyweight)
BBEANS3: Child's Play IV (ACAMS) (Stock Lightweight)
BBEANS4: Hazardous Contraption (Naryar) (DSL Middleweight)
BBEANS5: Seism 13 (Firebeetle) (Stock Heavyweight)
BBEANS1
Took Place: July-September 2006
-Link to the Entered Competitors: [1] -Link to the Official BBEANS1 Brackets: [2] [3]
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Alot of the bots in BBEANS 1 use building techniques that now are absolutely unacceptable. Although some bots (such as Event Horizon 2, Flaming Whizzer, and others were good and used many current techniques, like space management, DSA and snapper loading). It was kind of reminiscent of the first series of Robot Wars. Many of these bots seemed to have been built by the newer new members, because Starcore's third AI pack, with many well-built and still competitive bots, came out before BBEANS 1 took place. BBEANS 1 was the first AI tournament ever done.
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BBEANS2
Took Place: January-February 2007
-Link to the Entered Competitors: [4] -Link to the Official BBEANS2 Brackets and Videos: [5]
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BBEANS3
Took Place: June-September 07
-Link to the Entered Competitors: [6] -Link to the Official BBEANS3 Brackets and Videos:[7]
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Summary: The tournament's front runners emerged after two or three rounds were completed. As expected, Child's Play IV (ACAMS) led the pack in terms of Wins, KOs, and TKOs, closely followed by a surprise in LeVeL (InfiniteInertia). Also, Eco Jr. (Sorrow) and Shreddar (Somestrangeguy) rounded out the top four of the unbeaten machines.
Crowd favorites such as Brown Wreckluse 2 (Clickbeetle), Pillar of Fire (Firebeetle), 3.14-ston (Luigica), Bio Quad (Sage), Box of Grime (Dexterhunter), and Rigadoon (Barbie) seemed as if they all fell into trouble. Brown Wreckluse 2 (Clickbeetle), Pillar of Fire (Firebeetle), Bio Quad (Sage), and Rigadoon (Barbie) all managed to make strong runs in the losers bracket though.
In the quarterfinals, the four undefeated bots squared off. Child's Play continued to move along, shutting out Eco Jr with 2 KOs and 1 TKO. Shreddar upended LeVeL, managing 2 KOs while LeVeL earned a single TKO. The winner's bracket final, semifinal of the tournament would be Shreddar (Somestrangeguy) facing off against the undefeated Child's Play IV (ACAMS). Child's Play would survive an early scare, defeating Shreddar with a KO and a TKO, while Shreddar earned himself a KO.
LeVeL defeated some strong bots in Volatile Partisan (Phlox) and Eco Jr. (Sorrow) to advance to the Loser's Bracket final for a rematch against Shreddar (Somestrangeguy). The results from last time were reversed, with LeVeL (InfiniteInertia) advancing to the final from the loser's bracket with 2 KOs and a KO against him.
In the final, it went down to the last face off between the two bots. However, Child's Play IV (ACAMS) won the BBEANS3 title with a final TKO. The top two bots finished as follows:
Childs Play IV (ACAMS) 7 KOs, 9 TKOs, 7-0 record.
Le\/eL (InfiniteInertia) 14 KOs, 5 TKOs, 7-2 record.
The rumble between Brown Wreckluse 2 (Clickbeetle), Rigadoon (Barbie), Interceptor (Harcsa), and Shreddar (Somestrangeguy) was won by Rigadoon (Barbie) due to a blow to the wheel of Brown Wreckluse 2 (Clickbeetle).
Also notable to this tournament, the best robot built never to win an actual battle, Spinner from the West!
Congratulations to ACAMS!
BBEANS4
Took Place: August-October 2008
(DSL Middleweight)
-Link to the Entered Competitors: [8] -Link to the Official BBEANS4 Brackets and Videos:[9]
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BBEANS4 is finished! Hazardous Contraption is the champion.
R0B0SH4RK's Popup is the runner up and Naryar's Neglected Waterbug clone is the winner.
Also notable, to this tournament, the extreme originality of three of the contestants, basically three Mako clones. One of them, Diarrhea of a Madman, is the legitimate son of Mako, built by Jules himself.
Those Who Competed and didn't win any prizes:
FIRST ROUND FINALE! (man manu)
BBEANS 4 Winners!
Red, Red, Green? (Phlox) Is the Rumble Winner!
Iron Spaghetti (Scrap Daddy) Is the Best Rookie!
Haymaker (InfiniteInertia) Is the Bot That Really Should Have Done Better But Didn't Due To Bad Luck!
System Flailure (Clickbeetle) Is the Coolest Bot!
Diarrhea of a Madman (Jules) Is the Most Fearsome Opponent!
Enfilad3 (R0B0SH4RK) Is the Runner-Up
Hazardous Contraption (Naryar) Is the champion!
Congratulations to Naryar and all of the competitors!
BBEANS 5
Took Place: April-August 2009
(Stock Heavyweight)
-Link to the Entered Competitors: [10] -Link to the Official BBEANS 5 Brackets and Videos:[11]
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BBEANS 5 is finished! Seism 13 is the champion.
R0B0SH4RK's R4 is the runner up and Firebeetle's popup is the winner.
R1885's SurgicalStrike, 40757's Vela, Redline's Big Flip's Revenge and Pwnator's Trojan Horse competed in the rumble, with Vela as the winner.
Also, a special Champion's Rumble was held in BBEANS 5, with MikeNCR's Copyright Infringement, ACAMS's 45-70 Magnum, Naryar's PitA 8 and Firebeetle's Seism 13 as the competitors. Copyright Infringment won in a very close match.
Those Who Competed and didn't win any prizes:
Copyright Infringement (MikeNCR)
Crawl Through Knives v4.2 (Oggie)
Do Geese See God? / I Did Roll, Or Did I? (Urjak)
Oscillation Overthruster (roboman2444)
Revenge of Dr. Wham (WhamettNuht)
T-800 Terminator (BBEANS) (Starcore)
Vetearn Destroyer (Flying_Chao)
BBEANS 5 Winners!
Vela (40757) is the Rumble Winner!
Insult to Injury V (Alterer of Reality) is the Best Rookie!
Bounty Hunter (Pyscolone) is the Bot That Really Should Have Done Better But Didn't Due To Bad Luck!
Heaven's Sawmill (Clickbeetle) is the Coolest Original Bot!
R4 (R0B0SH4RK) is the Coolest Artistic Bot!
Absolute Chaos (BBEANS) (InfiniteInertia) is the Most Fearsome Opponent!
R4 (R0B0SH4RK) is the Runner-Up!
Seism 13 (Firebeetle) Is the Champion!
Congratulations to Firebeetle and all of the competitors!
BBEANS 6 (upcoming)
All that is known about this tournament is that it will be for DSL lightweights. No indication has been given by the BeetleBros on when registration will start.
AI Pack
An AI pack was recently released by Clickbeetle, which is a compilation of all stock BBEANS tournament bots. Late resubmissions, bots that were replaced by newer versions, and rejected illegal entries are also featured in the pack. It is presumed that after BBEANS 6 a DSL pack will be made too.