Welcome to the second round of Heat A! In our first fight, the flippers tried but they couldn't match the powers of Revolver Ocelot and returning ex-champ Psychosis. In the second fight, however, champs proved that they aren't invincible as WhipCoil went out, followed by Revenge of Theseus, leaving Flick of the Wrist and MiDAS to advance!
Let's divide by two again, shall we?
Heat A
Round 2
MiDAS vs. Revolver Ocelot
Roboteers, stand by...
House robots: King Leer, Exa-Gore-Ic Quattro
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ACTIVATE!
And we're off to the races! MiDAS blazes out with its lifter raised...curious. Revolver Ocelot is looking to MiDAS a facefull... problem is, MiDAS is keeping the face quite well back! So let's see... Ocelot gets nearer... and nearer... and suddenly, without warning, MiDAS lowers the lifters on top of Revolver Ocelot, where the axle would be, seemingly halting Ocelot's progress! What sheer ingenuity! And now down comes that axe! WHACK - OH! A bounce, and - CRAAASH!!! Ah, Ocelot didn't get the blow he wanted, but the bar reached far enough to the side to nick, so to speak, one of the side skirts and there is a massive collision as the skirt is ripped out entirely!! Both bots go sailing away from either... and Revolver Ocelot is determined to get that bar to do some more rottenness! MiDAS sails back in, but Josh has different ideas! He moves Ocelot off to the side, where the exposed side now is, and MiDAS now has to back off to prevent Ocelot from getting at the side! Ocelot keeps going though, and MiDAS raises the lifters again as to prevent them from getting hit. This is quite tactical stuff here, goodness me. Ocelot then angles in quite suddenly! MiDAS is thrown off and tries lowering the lifters, but Ocelot pushes through anyway! WHAP! ...well, that's not good! The rubber off of one of MiDAS' tires has been chewed right off! This could be the beginning of the end! At this point, MiDAS forgets the previous tactic and now decides to use his rear mounted plow, I see! Problem is, is it too little, too late?! Ocelot continues to spin to win, indubitable in its spinning bar's power. MiDAS is careful to compensate for its removed tire, trying to line the angle up into Ocelot's bar... but the Blood Gulch machine isn't letting him do it! What a wacky Ocelot! Nick isn't too happy, but decides to go for it anyway, and MiDAS rolls backwards into Ocelot... CRAAASH!!! Ocelot catches the side of the plow! It's torn up and this separates them quite a bit! Here comes Ocelot again, and manages to get in another strong hit before MiDAS can get the plow facing them again! WHAP! ...there goes another tire!!! On the same side, even! That's really going to mess up their mobility, innit?!
Desperate to get some sort of offense going, MiDAS just plow into Ocelot now, anticipating the wide angle he's travelling in! Ocelot hits the plow and tears it up more, but it sends him into the wall! MiDAS has crushed Ocelot against the wall! Oh my! Could this battle turn on its head?! They're going along the wall to the CPZ! Exa-Gore-Ic awaits! Josh certainly doesn't want to be near the house robot and fights with every fibre he has, but Nick has the final say! In goes Ocelot, and the claws gobble him up! ...and they completely penetrate the sides of Ocelot, right through both rear wheels!!! That can't be good!! MiDAS tries to further capitalize, but his gimped driving causes him to slam straight into the nearby wall! Ouch. Ironically this has allowed Revolver Ocelot, who was grabbed from the rear, to spin its blade up!! MiDAS, get back in there! ...well. It seems Ocelot was ripe for some tongue-lashing, and Exa-Gore-Ic is giving him an arse full of it with that spike. Quite bothersome, I'd say. Nick struggles to keep MiDAS in control and turn him around reliably, but with 3 wheels on one side and only 1 on the other, that's not an easy feat! Okay... at last, Exa-Gore-Ic releases Revolver Ocelot... who's definitely moving much slower now... in fact, he's barely moving at all! Only the two front wheels are functional, and they don't have as much power as they did before. But that bar is still going... and finally MiDAS lines up perfectly and slams rear-first into the blade! CRAAAASH!!! I think we saw it coming, but still, the sight of MiDAS' entire plow getting torn right out is definitely a sight to see! But even after all that, MiDAS is still mobile! He's trying to kind of... turn, to get the front back in. Ocelot's still going, the front wheels just about able to keep him moving... MiDAS drives in again, but this time his ghost of a drivetrain lets him down as he speeds by Ocelot! Given its opportunity, Ocelot takes it. WHAP!
There goes the last wheel on that side! MiDAS goes tumbling... and when he stops, he can only move in a circle! I would say that's game! Revolver Ocelot, damaged as he is, is allowed to advance onwards as The Watcher is at the side of MiDAS immediately, blaring out the countdown we know now too well!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
CEASE!
It looks like MiDAS got touched once too often, and his hopes are but fool's gold now. The trigger-happy Revolver Ocelot advances to the Finals in one battered, but still whole, package!
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Next: Psychosis vs. Flick of the Wrist
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