HMW: Smelting Pool League, round 2 signups...
Friday, June 26th, 2009 6:28PM CDT
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Taking the Heavy Metal War and adding extra metal.
The art of the gladiatorial arena retuns to Cybertron as the 4 factions face off against each other in a league that tests both the tactics and experience of the HMW commanders to the limit.
Firstly, congratulations again to Symbiote Spiderman 14 of the Decepticons for being the first ever ICL: Smelting Pool League Champion. His reward will be the alt of his choice for the next round.
Can he retain his crown in round 2, or will the spider get tangled in his own web?
Only time will tell...
...but that time is now - so, here are the budgets for Round 2!
XP limit: 25,000,000 XP
Level: Seven
Everything else - weapons, armour tactics etc. is all up to you and there are no restrictions but, as always, there is to be no resetting once the start date has been passed and the game has begun.
The rules are simple; nominate a single member of your HMW team, calculate a configuration of no more than 25 million XP that falls in the level 7 range, then PM it to 'The Huntmasters' using the form in the post below.
Then, once the game starts, build your warrior and join in the arena battles posting your victories in the special thread in
The closing date for applications is 3rd July (thats a whole week away!) and the game is planned to start on the 6th July.
Also, as an advanced notice, scoring will be simplified - all you will need to do is list your Victories and shut-outs gloats (when your opponent scores 0xp) and this time and we will do the rest.
Anybody of any level can join the game, even if you weren't in round 1, but if you do have an existing SPL character you must re-submit that one, you are not allowed more than 1 league minion. Then, all you need to worry about is your energon, but your faction will be there to help you if you need it...
We have a special prize in store for the winner of round 2 - Make sure you get your characters backstory in order and listed as without it, you wont qualify for the prize...
Lastly, as a final note, please be sure to send configs only to The Huntmasters, If you have any questions please post them below or PM them to either Burn or myself directly.
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Posted by Psychout on June 26th, 2009 @ 6:31pm CDT
Posted by devast8or on June 26th, 2009 @ 6:35pm CDT
Posted by Editor on June 26th, 2009 @ 6:47pm CDT
Kick the Tires, light the fires and hope for better than an honourable mention this time out.
Of course, i'm fine with have the most shutouts again.
Posted by Burn on June 26th, 2009 @ 7:37pm CDT
Psychout wrote:It may make the prize interesting to award
I'll go sharpen the scissors.
Posted by Halo on June 26th, 2009 @ 7:39pm CDT
Posted by DCybertron on June 26th, 2009 @ 9:56pm CDT
Posted by Burn on June 27th, 2009 @ 12:23am CDT
DCybertron wrote:I might join, not sure though.
What are the reasons that have you thinking about not joining?
Posted by Anonymous on June 27th, 2009 @ 2:26am CDT
Posted by Name_Violation on June 27th, 2009 @ 5:24am CDT
Really, does anyone think i'm not gonna play?
Posted by vaporretarder on June 27th, 2009 @ 7:51am CDT
see ya'll in the pit!
Posted by Overloaded on June 27th, 2009 @ 11:55am CDT
Posted by Editor on June 27th, 2009 @ 11:56am CDT
vaporretarder wrote:I'll take a stab at this again,...haven't got too much time what with the new baby girl here now,...oh yeah, by the way, she was born friday the 12th @ 1:55pm est and was a happy and healthy 7lbs 12oz
see ya'll in the pit!
DIE AUTOBOT SCU..... uh, sorry, That should read, Congrats on the Baby. See you in Battle.
Posted by Firebird on June 27th, 2009 @ 1:22pm CDT
The last round was really fun
Posted by DCybertron on June 27th, 2009 @ 5:52pm CDT
EDIT:I'm putting Fastech up for this.
Posted by Orion_Prime48 on June 27th, 2009 @ 11:33pm CDT
so count me in just hope I filled out that form right lol.
all you Cons best watch yourselves
Posted by Burn on June 28th, 2009 @ 4:59am CDT
Okay guys, we have a VERY special prize for the winner of this round.
Before I say what it is, I want to throw a massive congratulations out to the prize provider, our very own Psychomud for coming second in the BotCon art contest. Check his DeviantArt page to see his Scarface inspired rendition of the Decepticon Apeface, along with other fabulous works, including my personal favourite, Deaths Head.
Getting back to the prize, Psychomud has very graciously agreed to do a piece of artwork based on the winning character of this round.
There is one small catch however.
Your character MUST be an original creation of your own creation complete with a fleshed out bio. It must NOT be a canon character or have much of a resemblance to a canon character (e.g. Optimus Prime1).
Don't like that condition? Well tough. When HMW2 gets here you won't be able to have canon characters under your command anyway so consider this a warm up!
But what if the winner of this round is a canon character?
Simple, it defaults to the highest ranked fan made non-canon character.
So that's it, that's the prize. Create a character, flesh it out in a bio, and win the chance to see your creation drawn and brought to life by a BotCon Award Winning Artist. Pretty cool eh?
Posted by Archanubis on June 28th, 2009 @ 9:56am CDT
I doubt I'll win though, but I've got a peice I commissioned from the Gearsmith on DevArt that hopefully should be finished soon. I need to check.
I gather upgrading our characters is OK so long as we keep within Level 7?
Posted by Overloaded on June 28th, 2009 @ 11:04am CDT
Posted by DCybertron on June 28th, 2009 @ 12:14pm CDT
Posted by Evolution Prime on June 28th, 2009 @ 1:42pm CDT
Posted by Windstalker on June 28th, 2009 @ 3:30pm CDT
Posted by Bloodlust on June 28th, 2009 @ 5:31pm CDT
Windstalker wrote:Since I couldnt join the first round due to me being busy, I'll be joining this round to help out the Maximals.
Yay!
More maximals!
You guys taste great slightly sauteed with a tangy bar b q sauce!!
Posted by The Huntmasters on June 29th, 2009 @ 5:18am CDT
The ICL:Smelting Pool League, organised both by ourselves and your native WarPorn Industries is a separate entity from the core HMW struggle, and as such different rules apply.
You have been chosen as contestants as a test of your configurational understanding, tactical knowledge and skill at arena combat, not of who has the biggest 'numbers' at the end. Your champions are here to take part in the SPL and related alone, and therefore any XP you accrue within a round belongs to us and is not kept at the end.
We will not be transferring any experience gains between rounds, that is not the point of this competition and as an advanced warning; future rounds may involve a lowering of your level/XP budgets, limitations on what tactics you are allowed to employ in a season, or specific goals that must be achieved during a league.
This has been planned out in as much detail as is possible considering the chaotic nature of your dying planet. We suggest you take the opportunity to enjoy the challenge placed before you, but realise, this is not the normal Heavy Metal War.
Posted by Evolution Prime on June 29th, 2009 @ 9:19am CDT
Oh yeah, I'm in for this round.
Posted by Darth Trader on June 29th, 2009 @ 10:12am CDT
Posted by The Huntmasters on June 29th, 2009 @ 10:28am CDT
Evolution Prime wrote:Oh mighty Huntmasters, what happens to the ones that do not participate this round that participated last round? Will they be stuck there and left if purgatory to battle amungst themselves? Will they be dropped down to their previous experice levels and thrown back into the fields of battle?
Oh yeah, I'm in for this round.
They will be returned to the obscurity from whence they came.
Posted by Electron on June 29th, 2009 @ 11:58am CDT
gud thing there isn't a rule that hunters have to join ha
<@:D
Posted by Kaijubot on June 29th, 2009 @ 12:22pm CDT
Posted by Evolution Prime on June 29th, 2009 @ 12:31pm CDT
Kaijubot wrote:Back to obscurity for Gorebash, then. I can't afford to re-equip at a higher level.
Can't get donations from your fellow teammates? You could always sell your weapon back, if you had one, and use you kung fu moves to take down your opponents.
Posted by Kaijubot on June 29th, 2009 @ 12:48pm CDT
Evolution Prime wrote:Kaijubot wrote:Back to obscurity for Gorebash, then. I can't afford to re-equip at a higher level.
Can't get donations from your fellow teammates? You could always sell your weapon back, if you had one, and use you kung fu moves to take down your opponents.
Aside from a huge donation from my Girlfriend (which she can't repeat) the total donations I recieved last time would just about pay for 1 tonne of decent armour, and one of the donatees is planning on taking part. The armour just costs too much.
What doesn't help is that there's only about 5 people at all active in the Maximal forum, and only a couple more here.
Posted by Evolution Prime on June 29th, 2009 @ 12:53pm CDT
Posted by Kaijubot on June 29th, 2009 @ 1:03pm CDT
Posted by The Chronic on June 29th, 2009 @ 1:54pm CDT
will be changing my guy to The Chronic (the combined form of regular Chronic and Green Chronic) because I stole Hammerstein from the pages of 2000AD
Working on bio and stats now
Posted by Kaijubot on June 29th, 2009 @ 2:58pm CDT
Posted by Name_Violation on June 29th, 2009 @ 4:26pm CDT
Posted by ChocolateThunder on June 30th, 2009 @ 8:28am CDT
CT
Posted by Symbiote Spiderman14 on June 30th, 2009 @ 8:45am CDT
Posted by Electron on June 30th, 2009 @ 9:50am CDT
Posted by Psychout on June 30th, 2009 @ 10:26am CDT
Posted by DCybertron on June 30th, 2009 @ 11:11am CDT
Posted by Psychout on June 30th, 2009 @ 12:02pm CDT
Posted by Naked Magnus on June 30th, 2009 @ 11:34pm CDT
Ultra Magnus renamed to Supercruise
Supercruise renamed to Ultra Magnus
I am submitting Supercruise (formerly Ultra Magnus) and is the same bot I submitted for SPL1 (now with 17 Mil XP)
So don't give me crap about not submitting the same bot. It is exactly the same bot I submitted for SPL1. I don't have time to think of a different name.
Posted by Burn on July 1st, 2009 @ 2:49am CDT
Posted by Zordon on July 1st, 2009 @ 9:13am CDT
Posted by Tristar on July 1st, 2009 @ 10:12am CDT
Posted by DCybertron on July 2nd, 2009 @ 11:08am CDT
Posted by Symbiote Spiderman14 on July 2nd, 2009 @ 11:44am CDT
DCybertron wrote:Does signup end EXACTLY on the 3rd
Depends where you live, still about 12 hours until the 3rd here
Posted by Psychout on July 2nd, 2009 @ 11:46am CDT
So, get your applications in tonight or you'll miss out.
Posted by Evolution Prime on July 2nd, 2009 @ 3:05pm CDT
Posted by Name_Violation on July 2nd, 2009 @ 3:16pm CDT