Announcing Battle of the Beasts, The First Official Planetary Annihilation Tournament

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by BradNicholson, March 20, 2014.

  1. cwarner7264

    cwarner7264 Moderator Alumni

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    Dammit.
  2. battlebeastspa

    battlebeastspa Uber Alumni

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    HUGE NEWS: all three maps that we’ll be using in the Battle of the Beasts tournament on March 28 at 11AM Pacific have been added to Planetary Annihilation. How will battles go down between our fearsome SPACE WARRIORS? Get a taste by giving them a spin:

    Founder’s System – Designed with an eye towards fast and ferocious combat, the Founder’s System is composed of a single 400-radius moon. Without the luxury of breathing room, our SPACE WARRIORS will be forced to fight for every chunk of rock. Founder’s System will be used exclusively in the first round of the tournament.

    Pacifier System – Pacifier’s System is hot, cold, and AWESOME. The battle will begin on a 500-radius desert planet. If competitors manage to take the fight into orbital, the fierce fight will expand to an icy 250-radius planet. Pacifier System will be used exclusively in the second round of the tournament.

    Zaphod System – Multi-planet spawns! Zaphod System is a ridiculous three planet system where our competitors will be able to choose to either spawn on a lava or ice planet. Swirling around these planetoid arenas is a small, smashable asteroid. Zaphod System will be used exclusively in the third, and final round, of the tournament.

    Also, prepare your eyeballs for what you’ll see later this afternoon, as we reveal the custom commander our winning team will take home.
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  3. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    AND OF COURSE @BradNicholson TOTALLY forgets to mention the most IMPORTANT event of this wonderful day: The introduction of the Unit Cannon.

    Their hard work really has paid off. Someone find @scathis and sic a cookie monster on him or something.
  4. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Yeah... Not a fan of these maps.

    Defense towers are way too powerful for "fast and ferocious" combat on a size 400. Basic units won't do squat – just build a defensive structure and no more attacks.

    Gonna be all about Vanguards and Catapults.
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  5. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    Vanny's and Fartacults Sigh.
  6. wpmarshall

    wpmarshall Planetary Moderator

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    Nah, Catapults and Hulkins are known as Fartillery :)
  7. BradNicholson

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  8. cwarner7264

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  9. proeleert

    proeleert Post Master General

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    Those tusks :)
  10. cptconundrum

    cptconundrum Post Master General

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    The beast commander is awesome!
  11. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    I'll have an elephant to drive around?!

    Gives new meaning to *the elephant in the room*
  12. wondible

    wondible Post Master General

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    And here I thought it was going to be Gamma and/or Ajax.
  13. Quitch

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    It's so cruel to post that but not give the winners codes they can give me :p
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  14. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    Need a ferret commander ASAP!
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    Quitch Post Master General

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  16. Paappa

    Paappa Member

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    Nice!

    Is the gorilla like commander still in works or is it canceled? I remember seeing a grey box model for it back in the Alpha. I thought the Beast commander would have been it.
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  18. forrestthewoods

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    #TeamBrad cheated. I demand a recount.
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  19. overwatch141

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    How long (man hours) does it take you to make a commander? (just curious)
  20. stuart98

    stuart98 Post Master General

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    Will that commander be given out in future tournaments as a prize? It seems rather unfair to make it so that only 16 people will ever have a chance to obtain that commander considering that there was no way to sign up for the tournament, just a way of being invited based on who the devs wanted and who the people that the devs wanted wanted.

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