The Official Vapourboteer Awards 2005

Yes my friends, it is that time of year again. Welcome to The Official Vapourboteer Awards 2005. Below are the categories that you can vote for, as well as a few €˜rules€™. Happy voting and good luck to everyone.

· You cannot vote for yourself (apart from Best Battle if you were in it)
· You can only have a maximum of two votes per category, although it is preferred if you can narrow it down to one. Should two votes be added, each nominee will receive half a vote.
· All votes (apart from the bottom award) should be posted here.

I think that€™s about it, so let€™s get on with it. Remember all votes count only from the beginning of this year.

First of all, some general awards€¦

Most Original Design

The vapourbot that stands out from the rest with originality.
2004 Winner: Blizzard

Most Original Designer

Which person comes up with the most original designs?
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Design

Which vapourbot has the best design all round (it can be unoriginal).
2004 Winners: The Crashing Bore/V€™Ger

Best Engineered

Which vapourbot has the best inner features?
2004 Winner: Killotine: EVO

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Who is the best new guy on the block?
2004 Winner: Matt Robinson

Best Stevesman€¦ I mean Sportsman

The peacekeeper and guy that never loses his temper.
2004 Winner: Have a guess€¦ Steven McGregor

Idiot Of The Year

This should be an interesting one€¦
2004 Winner: N/A


Now for the individual weapons categories€¦

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
2004 Winner: SOR 3.5

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
2004 Winner: Stratos-Fear

Best Axebot
2004 Winner: Killotine: EVO

Best Spinner (Horizontal)
2004 Winner: Parasite

Best Spinner (Vertical)
2004 Winner: The Disc

Best Sawbot
2004 Winner: SD IV

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
2004 Winners: Tengu/MDU 3.1

Best Translational Spinner
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Crusher (Horizontal)
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Crusher (Vertical)
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Clusterbot
2004 Winner: Double Killa

Best Interchangeable Robot
2004 Winners: Slammer/WX

Best Rammer/Pusher
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Other Weapon
2004 Winner: N/A

Most Effective Weapon
2004 Winner: N/A


Now time for some more general awards€¦

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

The most underrated vapourboteer, who should be achieving more
2004 Winner: N/A

Most Underrated Vapourbot

The most underrated vapourbot, who should be achieving more
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

Which new bot has been the most successful this year?
2004 Winner: Angel of the Abyss

Best Comedy Bot

The ones that make you cry robot-tears with laughter€¦
2004 Winner: Gyrate/Annoying Box Rush

Best Custom House Robot
2004 Winner:

Best Walker

The best true walking robot
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Shuffler

The best shufflebot
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Other Motivation

Flight, tracks, €¦pneumatic motors?
2004 Winner: N/A


Now some awards for the writers€¦

Best Extreme/Side Event

The side events or extreme tournaments
2004 Winner: NSBFL-X

Best Tournament (48-)

The best minor tournament (less than 48 robots)
2004 Winner: The Genesis Tournament

Best Tournament (48+)

The best major tournament (more than 48 robots)
2004 Winner: The Pussycat Tribute Tournament 4

Best Battle

The best battle of the year
2004 Winners: Scottishly Fictional vs. Wheely Pure Evil/Tengu vs. MDU

Best Custom Arena

Who has the best arena for their tournaments?
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Newcomer Writer

Which new guy writes the best battles?
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Writer

Who writes the best battles?
2004 Winner: N/A


Now for the big ones€¦


Best British Vapourboteer

For the best inside the UK.
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Continental Vapourboteer

For the bets outside the UK.
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Team

Who has the best squad of robots?
2004 Winner: Team Bored/Team Destructive Technologies

Best Vapourbot

Which vapourbot has been the best this year?
2004 Winner: Mass Disctruction Ultimate

Best Vapourboteer

Who has been the best vapourboteer this year? The top prize in the awards!
2004 Winner: Aaron Knight


And finally€¦

The Outstanding Contribution Award

Renamed from €œThe Lifetime Achievement Award€ of last year. It means pretty much the same thing and is self-explanatory. Who deserves a place in the vapourbotic hall of fame? This is a private vote only! If you wish to vote, either email me (addy on profile) or contact me on MSN.
2004 Winner: Frank Goacher

Its just been pointed out to me that tournaments with 48 robots fit in neither category. So the major section now includes tournaments 48 and above and minors 47 and below.

Most Original Design: I have no clue...but I have to say Blizzard.
Most Original Designer: Im almost certian very few people will disagree with me on this, Mr. Alex J. Holt.
Best Design: Andy will hate me for this, But I guess Ill say SOR.
Best Engineered: MDU amazes me, really, how it can deal such huge damage without much recoil.
Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer): I cant say me, so its either between Alex M or Martijn. I guess Ill go with Alex M, although its very close.
Best Stevesman: Theres only one Stevesman :proud:
But really, I dont have a clue here, so Ill vote for the current Stevesman.
Idiot Of The Year: For constant spam, horrible fights, and ignoring almost any adive people give him, the title of AKA IDIOT should be given to Timothy James Sillery.
Best Flipper (Front Hinged): Dunno
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged): Wedge Devo?
Best Axebot: Black Panther Queen.
Best Spinner (Horizontal) : Automatic Schmuck
Best Spinner (Vertical): MORD
Best Sawbot: Metal Sonic Spin Dash
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner: MDU.
Best Translational Spinner: Dunno
Best Crusher (Horizontal): No Close Shave?
Best Crusher (Vertical): CDM
Best Clusterbot: I cant vote for myself, so i dunno
Best Interchangeable Robot: Slammer
Best Rammer/Pusher: Forcepower 5.0, hands down.
Best Other Weapon: Blizzard
Most Effective Weapon: Fragmentor.
Most Underrated Vapourboteer: Dunno.
Most Underrated Vapourbot: I personally always thought The Botles deserved more attention than it got...
Best Newcomer (Vapourbot): I see lots of good things in store for Flank Attack.
Best Comedy Bot: Toby the T-Ram Engine, of course.
Best Custom House Robot: Uncle Sam [Of course Id vote for it :proud:]
Best Walker: Is MDU still a walker? If not, I dunno.
Best Shuffler: MORD
Best Other Motivation: Blizzard [Heh, third time ive voted for it]
Best Extreme/Side Event: NSBFLX is the only one I can think of[thats been finished]
Best Tournament (48-): Does Mechanical Noise count?
Best Tournament (48+): Its hard not to vote for PTT5, its been progressing along great, and it looks like the end for the amazing PTT series. If it is, I know Ill be missing it, along with virtually anyone else on the forum.
Best Battle: This has to go to the NSBFL7 final. How many new keyboards did Frank need to buy while writing this?
Best Custom Arena: The void in PTT5 alone makes it win my vote.
Best Newcomer Writer: Martijn.
Best Writer: Some say its Rich, but I say Steve.
Best British Vapourboteer: Proboblay a certian Andrew Jackson..yes the president. Lol just kidding, you all know which one I mean.
Best Continental Vapourboteer: Id have to say Alex M, he just barley edges Martijn out.
Best Team: Team Destructive Technologies. Housing MDU, MOABIE, Knightourus Wedge, Fragmentor, and many other powerhouses, its no contest here.
Best Vapourbot: Fragmentor. It completly destroyed 2cm titanium! How many robots can do that?
Best Vapourboteer: Eeny, Meenie, Miney, Moe...Andy Jackson.

Andy, I sent my votes to you over msn, cos Im too lazy to copy and paste them in here.

VOTE DAVE FOR IDIOT OF THE YEAR :proud:

One suggestion considerign that weve had soem this last year: Best RPG

Otherwise I shall be working this out, there are a lot to work here...

Yep, okay. Those of you that want to vote for Best RPG can do so too.

Most Original Design: Can€™t call any of them €œoriginal€€¦ but the closest IMHO is Stratos-Fear

Most Original Designer: Alex Holt

Best Design: Tengu

Best Engineered: Ditto

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer): Martijn

Best Sportsman: There€™s only 1 person who thoroughly deserves this award€¦ Tony! :proud: (Just kidding, it€™s Steve)

Idiot Of The Year: Dave Shep

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged): StratosFear

Best Axebot: All Scoop and no Stab€¦

Best Spinner (Horizontal): Automatic Schmuck

Best Spinner (Vertical): The Disc, cos it€™s the only one I can think of at this present time.

Best Sawbot: Metal Sonic Spin Dash

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner: Tengu

Best Translational Spinner: Is MDU one? If not then pass.

Best Crusher (Horizontal): Gigabyte

Best Crusher (Vertical): Razer! /clipart{lame}

Best Clusterbot: Botles Reunited, basically because they are the only decent cluster bots around ATM.

Best Interchangeable Robot: Chameleon

Best Rammer/Pusher: Manic Monsoon€¦ or Forcepower, you decide :proud:

Best Other Weapon: What?! I dunno€¦. um€¦.. Crashing Bore, I guess

Most Effective Weapon: Tengu, I suppose€¦

Most Underrated Vapourboteer: ME! WHERE ARE MY BLINKIN€™ AWARDS??? Alex McW is quite underrated€¦

Most Underrated Vapourbot: Mine€¦ or maybe Die-Ceratops ReInvertus

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot): Martijn€™s weird axlebot/spinning bar one.

Best Comedy Bot: Tails

Best Custom House Robot: Any from Team ColdHeart :proud:

Best Walker: Me. PASS!

Best Shuffler: Whirligig 4.0

Best Other Motivation: Only one I can think of is Blizzard

Best Extreme/Side Event: NSBFL-X2 or whatever it€™s called :proud:

Best Tournament (48-): Dunno, never entered one I don€™t think

Best Tournament (48+): PTT or VFT

Best Battle: NSBFL final probably, although I obviously can€™t see why you should vote for anything I wasn€™t in€¦

Best Custom Arena: VFT arena cos it means no OOTAs in 10 seconds

Best Newcomer Writer: Martijn

Best Writer: Steve/Richard

Best British Vapourboteer: Alex Holt

Best Continental Vapourboteer: Aaron Knight

Best Team: BriteSpark€¦ or Team Alex Holt or whatever he€™s decided to call it nowadays

Best Vapourbot: Tengu

Best Vapourboteer: Alex Holt

Those are my votes.

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Best Newcomer (Vapourbot): Martijn€™s weird axlebot/spinning bar one.

Its called A Night at the Bar, and thanks Dan!:proud:

Heres how things are standing at this early stage...

Most Original Design

Blizzard -1
Tails - 1
Stratos-Fear - 1

Most Original Designer

Alex Holt - 3

Best Design

SOR - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1

Best Engineered

MDU - 1
Automatic Schumck - 1
Tengu - 1

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Alex MacWilliams - 2
Martijn Benschop - 1

Best Sportsman

Steve McGregor - 3

Idiot Of The Year

Dave S - 2
Tim - 1

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)

Tails - 1

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)

Wedge Devolution - 1
SOR - 1
Stratos Fear - 1

Best Axebot

Black Panther Queen - 1
Battle Raptor - 1
ASANSMSADB - 1

Best Spinner (Horizontal)

Automatic Schmuck - 3

Best Spinner (Vertical)

The Disc - 2
MORD - 1

Best Sawbot

MSSD - 2
SD IV - 1

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner

Tengu - 2
MDU - 1

Best Translational Spinner

MDU - 2

Best Crusher (Horizontal)

GigaByte - 2
No Close Shave 3 - 1

Best Crusher (Vertical)

CDM - 2

Best Clusterbot

4 Swords - 1
Botels Reunited - 1

Best Interchangeable Robot

Slammer - 1
WX6.0 - 1
Chameleon - 1

Best Rammer/Pusher

ForcePower 5.0 - 2
Wedga Revo 2.0 - 1

Best Other Weapon

The Crashing Bore - 1
Blizzard - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1

Most Effective Weapon

Fragmentor - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight - 1
Alex MacWilliams - 1

Most Underrated Vapourbot

Die Ceratops ReInvertus - 1
The Botels - 1
SOR - 1

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

A Night at the Bar - 1
Flank Attack - 1
Back to Rock II - 1

Best Comedy Bot

Toby The T-Ram Engine - 1
Chalkie 3G - 1
Tails - 1

Best Custom House Robot

Uncle Sam - 1
NSBFL House Robots - 1
PTT House Robots - 1

Best Walker

Walk Away - 1

Best Shuffler

Whirligig 4.0 - 2
MORD - 1

Best Other Motivation

Blizzard - 3

Best Extreme/Side Event

NSBFLX - 2
VFT Side Events - 1

Best Tournament (48-)

AJWars: Christmas Rumble - 1

Best Tournament (48+)

Pussycat Tribute Tournament 5 - 1.5
Velociraptor€™s FanFic Tournament 6 - 1.5

Best Battle

MORD vs. Wedga Revo - NSBFL - 3

Best Custom Arena

PTT Arena - 2
VFT Arena - 1

Best Newcomer Writer

Martijn Benschop - 3

Best Writer

Steve McGregor - 1.5
Frank Goacher - 1
Richard Southworth - 0.5

Best British Vapourboteer

Andrew Jackson - 1
Steve McGregor - 1
Alex Holt - 1

Best Continental Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight - 2
Alex MacWilliams - 1

Best Team

Team Distrcutive Technologies - 1
Team Aussie - 1
Team Doomforall - 1

Best Vapourbot

Fragmentor - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1

Best Vapourboteer

Andrew Jackson - 1
Aaron Knight - 1
Alex Holt - 1

come on people vote for me for being an idiot.

Battle of the year: Timmy vs Dave S for idiot of the year :proud:

MOST ORIGINAL DESIGN: The Red Knight, for its kickass shield
MOST ORIGINAL DESIGNER: No-one beats Alex Doomforall Holt here :wink:
BEST DESIGN: S.O.R. 4.0, just for being a great all-rounder
BEST ENGINEERING: The Ultimate Wedge. Check that HP, man. :lame:
BEST NEWCOMER: Alex MacWilliams
BEST SPORTSMAN: Martijns defused more than his share of rumbles :)
IDIOT OF THE YEAR: Theres only one name on this trophy - Mr Timothy James Sillary :proud:

BEST FRONT-HINGED FLIPPER: Hi-diddly-dee, its Disco 5 for me! :proud:
BEST REAR-HINGED FLIPPER: Achilles
BEST AXE: Glasgae Kiss
BEST HORIZONTAL SPINNER: Automatic Schmuck...though isnt it more angled than horizontal? :wink:
BEST VERTICAL SPINNER: The Disc remains top o the heap
BEST SAWBOT: ...um...are there any other ones still around?
BEST FULL-BODY SPINNER: Tengu rules the roost here
BEST TRANSLATIONAL SPINNER: it can only be M.D.U. 3
BEST HORIZONTAL CRUSHER: GigaByte V1.5. Tough as Nails on acid. :wink:
BEST VERTICAL CRUSHER: Squishiest. Even if some think it wouldnt work, its had a good run and I cant think of any others :lame:
BEST CLUSTERBOT: Going Crunch, especially after its N.S.B.F.L. 7 run
BEST INTERCHANGEABLE ROBOT: N.S.B.F.R. X.
BEST RAMMER / PUSHER: FooooorcePower! Waa-waaa-waaaa! [/Goldfinger theme]
BEST MISCELLANEOUS WEAPON: The Crashing Bore - still kickin ass after so many years
MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON: The Disc again. Have you tried avoiding that thing? :lame:

MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: David Weston, deffo.
MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOT: Die-Ceratops ReInvertus. Chrissys come a long way
BEST NEWCOMER: I gotta say, I like Shovearound 2
BEST COMEDYBOT: The Robotnik Twins. We hate that hedgehooooog!
BEST CUSTOM HOUSE ROBOT: MegaRaptor. Roar! :proud:
BEST WALKER: Cant think of many this year, but Mega Snakebite was pretty cool
BEST SHUFFLER: M.O.R.D. 2, no questions asked
BEST OTHER LOCOMOTION: Blizzard. No-ones crazy enough to try and replicate it. :proud:

BEST EXTREME / SIDE-EVENT: V.F.T.6s cavalcade of whimsy
BEST MINOR TOURNAMENT: The AJWars Christmas Rumble
BEST MAJOR TOURNAMENT: V.F.T. 6. Such a no-brainer. :lame:
BEST R.P.G.: Im not sure if it counts here, but The Wars Incarnate must deserve something. :proud: Failing that, the Oddestsey
BEST BATTLE: The N.S.B.F.L. 7 Final. Fingers healed yet, Franky?
BEST CUSTOM ARENA: Pretty much all of Franks, but Roulette if I had to pick one. Tony probably needs a mention for his monstrously large one :proud:
BEST NEW WRITER: Martijn Benschop, proving theres hope yet for us :proud:
BEST WRITER: Rich Southworth. Naturally. :wink:

BEST BRITISH VAPOURBOTEER: Andy Jackson, take a bow
BEST CONTINENTAL VAPOURBOTEER: Aaron Knight
BEST TEAM: For sheer variety, Team Doomforall (formerly Team Technowizard) take the biscuit
BEST VAPOURBOT: For its consistantly success throughout the past 12 months, I nominate Achilles
BEST VAPOURBOTEER: Aaron Knight does it again :)

MOST ORIGINAL DESIGN: Dante

MOST ORIGINAL DESIGNER: Have to agree with Steve here, no-one seems to think of oddness as a crucial design factor like Alex Holt.

BEST DESIGN: The Ultimate Wedge

BEST ENGINEERING: As usual, I refuse to vote for this seeing nothing gets engineered.

BEST NEWCOMER: Alex M

BEST SPORTSMAN: Split a vote between Steve and Martijn

IDIOT OF THE YEAR: Something else I refuse to vote for. Enough with the negativity, this is supposed to be an awards thread.

BEST FRONT-HINGED FLIPPER: Disco 5

BEST REAR-HINGED FLIPPER: Achilles

BEST AXE: Black Panther Queen

BEST HORIZONTAL SPINNER: Automatic Shmuck

BEST VERTICAL SPINNER: MORD

BEST SAWBOT: Metal Sonic Spin Dash or whatever the latest versions called. Meh, this award should be called Only sawbot:lame:

BEST FULL-BODY SPINNER: Tengu Whatever Number Alex Is Up To Now

BEST TRANSLATIONAL SPINNER: MDU 3. Are there any others?

BEST HORIZONTAL CRUSHER: Yet another catagory with few to chose from. Ill go with Andys GigaByte.

BEST VERTICAL CRUSHER: CDM.

BEST CLUSTERBOT: I cant think of many, but Ill go with Going Crunch.

BEST INTERCHANGEABLE ROBOT: W.X 6

BEST RAMMER / PUSHER: The Ultimate Wedge

BEST MISCELLANEOUS WEAPON: Blizzard

MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON: Not sure what you mean by effective.

MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: A tie for me between Dave W who hasnt won anything for ages, and Chris M.

MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOT: Im refusing to vote here, simply because there are so many I want to vote for:lame:

BEST NEWCOMER: Tied between Alex M and Tony.

BEST COMEDYBOT: Cant think of anything offhand.

BEST CUSTOM HOUSE ROBOT: Ill have a look through the various house machines later then vote on this.

BEST WALKER: Cant think of any this year.

BEST SHUFFLER: See above.

BEST OTHER LOCOMOTION: Blizzard. Possibly the only candidate for this:proud:

BEST EXTREME / SIDE-EVENT: VFTs side events.

BEST MINOR TOURNAMENT: The AJWars Christmas Rumble

BEST MAJOR TOURNAMENT: Tie between the last VFT and PTTs

BEST R.P.G.: Tales of Symphonia. No-one said it had to be a written RPG:proud:

BEST BATTLE: The VFT 6 final.

BEST CUSTOM ARENA: The PTT one

BEST NEW WRITER: Martijn

BEST WRITER: Writing in technical terms has come such a long way, its impossible to truly distinguish between the top writers. For creativity, namely the Oddesty and Wars Incarnate, Im voting for Alex H. Also, hes blackmailing me.

BEST BRITISH VAPOURBOTEER: Alex H again.

BEST CONTINENTAL VAPOURBOTEER: Nick. When hes around anyway :P

BEST TEAM: Alex H.

BEST VAPOURBOT: Gigabyte, which has been doing very well lately.

BEST VAPOURBOTEER: Whoever is willing to pay me the most money:proud: Seriously, I cant really decide.

BEST NEWCOMER: Tied between Alex M and Tony.

Newcomer robot =P I didnt know that Tony and I were robots.

BEST R.P.G.: Tales of Symphonia. No-one said it had to be a written RPG

What about Paper Mario? =P

Because the people at my local GAME store are dicks and refuse to stock Gamecube games for more than a week after they come out, I havent played Paper Mario.

Best RPG: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.
If Frank can vote for a game, so can I.

Path of Radiance had no multi-player. Therefore it sucks. =(

Bah, with such a awesome singleplayer and due to how hard it would be to play the game with in multiplayer, who needs multiplayer?

Most Original Designer
: errr.... Aarons desings tend to be original

Best Design
: Automatic Schmuck

Best Newcomer
: Martjin

Best Stevesman:
Steven McGregor

Idiot Of The Year
: so many to chose from.... errr...Anthony
Now for the individual weapons categories€¦

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
wedga

Best Axebot
2004 Winner: Killotine: EVO

Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Parasite

Best Spinner (Vertical)
The Disc

Best Sawbot
SD IV

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
2004 Winners: tempest

Best Translational Spinner
MDU

Best Crusher (Vertical)
clawdius decimus murderus

Best Rammer/Pusher
2004 Winner: forcepower

Most Effective Weapon
2004 Winner: automatic schmuck

Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Dave W

Best Comedy Bot:
Tails

Now some awards for the writers€¦

Best Extreme/Side Event
NSBFL-X2

Best Tournament (48+)
The Pussycat Tribute Tournament

Best Custom Arena
Frank - and all of his dastardly arenas

Best Newcomer Writer
Martjin

Best Writer
Steve

Best British Vapourboteer
Steve

Best Continental Vapourboteer
Martjin

Best Team
Frank, drat his bots...

Best Vapourboteer
Steve

Thanks everyone...

Most Original Design

Blizzard -1
Tails - 1
Stratos-Fear - 1
The Red Knight - 1
Dante - 1

Most Original Designer

Alex Holt - 5
Aaron Knight - 1

Best Design

SOR - 2
Automatic Schmuck - 2
Tengu - 1
The Ultimate Wedge - 1

Best Engineered

MDU - 1
Automatic Schumck - 1
Tengu - 1
The Ultimate Wedge - 1

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Alex MacWilliams - 4
Martijn Benschop - 2

Best Sportsman

Steve McGregor - 5.5
Martijn Benschop - 0.5
Tony Politzi - 1

Idiot Of The Year

Dave S - 2
Tim - 2

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)

Disco 5 - 2
Tails - 1

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)

Achilles - 2
Wedge Devolution - 1
SOR - 1
Stratos Fear - 1
Wedga Revo - 1

Best Axebot

Black Panther Queen - 2
Battle Raptor - 1
ASANSMSADB - 1
Glasgow Kiss - 1
Killotine: EVO - 1

Best Spinner (Horizontal)

Automatic Schmuck - 5
Parasite - 1

Best Spinner (Vertical)

The Disc - 4
MORD - 2

Best Sawbot

MSSD - 3
SD IV - 2

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner

Tengu - 4
MDU - 1
Tempest - 1

Best Translational Spinner

MDU - 5

Best Crusher (Horizontal)

GigaByte - 4
No Close Shave 3 - 1

Best Crusher (Vertical)

CDM - 4
Squishiest - 1

Best Clusterbot

Going Crunch - 2
4 Swords - 1
Botels Reunited - 1

Best Interchangeable Robot

WX6.0 - 2
Slammer - 1
Chameleon - 1
NSBFR-X - 1

Best Rammer/Pusher

ForcePower 5.0 - 3
Wedga Revo 2.0 - 1
The Ultimate Wedge - 1

Best Other Weapon

The Crashing Bore - 2
Blizzard - 2
Automatic Schmuck - 1

Most Effective Weapon

Automatic Schmuck - 2
Fragmentor - 1
Tengu - 1
The Disc - 1

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

Dave Weston - 3
Aaron Knight - 1
Alex MacWilliams - 1
Chris Mason - 1

Most Underrated Vapourbot

Die Ceratops ReInvertus - 2
The Botels - 1
SOR - 1

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

A Night at the Bar - 1
Flank Attack - 1
Back to Rock II - 1
Shovearound 2 - 1

Best Comedy Bot

Tails - 2
Toby The T-Ram Engine - 1
Chalkie 3G - 1
The Robotnik Twins - 1

Best Custom House Robot

Uncle Sam - 1
NSBFL House Robots - 1
PTT House Robots - 1
MegaRaptor - 1

Best Walker

Walk Away - 1
Mega Snakebite - 1

Best Shuffler

Whirligig 4.0 - 2
MORD - 2

Best Other Motivation

Blizzard - 5

Best Extreme/Side Event

VFT Side Events - 3
NSBFLX - 3

Best Tournament (48-)

AJWars: Christmas Rumble - 3

Best Tournament (48+)

Velociraptor€™s FanFic Tournament 6 - 3
Pussycat Tribute Tournament 5 - 3

Best Battle

MORD vs. Wedga Revo - NSBFL - 4
VFT 6 Final - 1

Best Custom Arena

PTT Arena - 3
VFT Arena - 1
Roulette - 1
NSBFL Arenas - 1

Best Newcomer Writer

Martijn Benschop - 6

Best Writer

Steve McGregor - 2.5
Richard Southworth - 1.5
Frank Goacher - 1
Alex Holt - 1

Best British Vapourboteer

Andrew Jackson - 2
Alex Holt - 2
Steve McGregor - 2

Best Continental Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight - 3
Alex MacWilliams - 1
Nick Schuch - 1
Martijn Benschop - 1

Best Team

Team Doomforall - 3
Team Distrcutive Technologies - 1
Team Aussie - 1
Team Bored - 1

Best Vapourbot

Fragmentor - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1
Achilles - 1
GigaByte - 1

Best Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight - 2
Andrew Jackson - 1
Alex Holt - 1
Steve McGregor - 1

In fact, I€™ve got 1.5 point in the best sportsman category :proud:

I€™ve just made up my mind on the individual weapons categories, so here they come:

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
Disco 5

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
Stratos-Fear

Best Axebot
Black Panther Queen

Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Automatic Schmuck

Best Spinner (Vertical)
The Disc

Best Sawbot
Metal Sonic Spin Dash

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
Psyclonised

Best Translational Spinner
MDU 3

Best Crusher (Horizontal)
Gigabyte 1.5

Best Crusher (Vertical)
Clawdius Decimus Murderous

Best Clusterbot
Going Crunch

Best Interchangeable Robot
NSBFR X

Best Rammer/Pusher
The Ultimate Wedge

Best Other Weapon
Starstorm 2

Most Effective Weapon
The Disc

Its amazing that a tournament which has been temportany put on the back-burner is still high up in the best tournament list...

...Its a fix I say.

Say what? I can assure you this is no fix...

MOST ORIGINAL DESIGN: Wedge Devolution...simple, yet effective.
MOST ORIGINAL DESIGNER: Alex Holt, I guess
BEST DESIGN: Probably The Disc
BEST ENGINEERED: Dont ask.
BEST NEWCOMER: Alex MacWalliams
BEST SPORTSMAN: Still the one and only...Steve-ie
IDIOT OF THE YEAR: Timothy James Sillary

FLIPPER (FH): Disco 5
FLIPPER (RH): Wedge Devolution.
AXE: Killotine Evo
SPINNER (H): Cant think of any
SPINNER (V): The Disc
SAW: Metal Sonic Spin Dash
FBS: Tengu...You still owe me buddy! I still want that grudge match!
TRANSLATION SPINNER: Never heard of the term.
CRUSHER (H): Gigabyte
CRUSHER (V): CDM
CLUSTERBOT: Going Crunch
INTERCHANGABLE: Always had something for Chameleon.
RAMMER: Forcepower Turbo
OTHER: Err...The Crashing Bore
MOST EFFECTIVE: The Disc...always has been, always will be.

MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: Me. Oh wait, I cant vote for myself. Err...David Weston.
MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOT: This is tricky...I think Ill pass.
BEST NEWCOMER: Flank Attack.
BEST COMEDY: Toby The T-Ram Engine, as it brings back so many memories.
CUSTOM HOUSE ROBOT: Cant say I know that many very well.
BEST WALKER: Walk Away
BEST SHUFFLER: MORD
BEST OTHER: Blizzard

BEST EXTREME: Unsure.
BEST MINOR: Dont know that many.
BEST MAJOR: Tied between VFT7 and PTT5...I dont care if they arent updated that much nowadays.
BEST BATTLE: Probably the very first fight of PTT5, Steven proving that, once again, he can still rule the rooster. And no, it ISNT because I won a battle! Stop looking at me like that!
BEST CUSTOM ARENA: PTT arena
BEST NEW WRITER: Martijn...writing good fights is one thing, but doing them in a language that isnt your own tongue...I admire that.
BEST WRITER: Tie between Steve and Rich.

BEST BRITISH VAPOURBOTEER: Steve
BEST FORGEIN VAPOURBOTEER: Martijn
BEST TEAM: Err...Alex Holts team.
BEST VAPOURBOT: Wedge Devolution, because it never gives up.
BEST VAPOURBOTEER: Steve, because he has some great robots.

I think this is what the votes are like at the moment, but chances are Ive already miss counted somewhere...

Most Original Design

Blizzard -1
Tails - 1
Stratos-Fear - 1
The Red Knight - 1
Dante - 1
Wedge Devolution - 1

Most Original Designer

Alex Holt - 6
ff6000>Aaron Knight - 1

Best Design

SOR - 2
Automatic Schmuck - 2
ff6000>Tengu - 1
The Ultimate Wedge - 1
The Disc - 1

Best Engineered

MDU - 1
Automatic Schumck - 1
Tengu - 1
The Ultimate Wedge - 1

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Alex MacWilliams - 5
ff6000>Martijn Benschop - 2

Best Sportsman

Steve McGregor - 6.5
ff6000>Martijn Benschop - 1.5
Tony Politzi - 1

Idiot Of The Year

Tim - 3
ff6000>Dave S - 2

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)

Disco 5 - 6
ff6000>Tails - 1

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)

Achilles - 2
Stratos Fear - 2
Wedge Devolution - 2
ff6000>SOR - 1
Wedga Revo - 1

Best Axebot

Black Panther Queen - 3
ff6000>Killotine: EVO - 2
Battle Raptor - 1
ASANSMSADB - 1
Glasgow Kiss - 1

Best Spinner (Horizontal)

Automatic Schmuck - 6
ff6000>Parasite - 1

Best Spinner (Vertical)

The Disc - 6
ff6000>MORD - 2

Best Sawbot

MSSD - 5
ff6000>SD IV - 2

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner

Tengu - 5
ff6000>MDU - 1
Tempest - 1
Psyclonised - 1

Best Translational Spinner

MDU - 6

Best Crusher (Horizontal)

GigaByte - 6
ff6000>No Close Shave 3 - 1

Best Crusher (Vertical)

CDM - 6
ff6000>Squishiest - 1

Best Clusterbot

Going Crunch - 4
ff6000>4 Swords - 1
Botels Reunited - 1

Best Interchangeable Robot

WX6.0 - 2
NSBFR-X - 2
Chameleon - 2
ff6000>Slammer - 1

Best Rammer/Pusher

ForcePower 5.0 - 4
ff6000>The Ultimate Wedge - 2
Wedga Revo 2.0 - 1

Best Other Weapon

The Crashing Bore - 3
ff6000>Blizzard - 2
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Starstorm 2 - 1

Most Effective Weapon

The Disc - 3
ff6000>Automatic Schmuck - 2
Fragmentor - 1
Tengu - 1

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

Dave Weston - 4
ff6000>Aaron Knight - 1
Alex MacWilliams - 1
Chris Mason - 1

Most Underrated Vapourbot

Die Ceratops ReInvertus - 2
ff6000>The Botels - 1
SOR - 1

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

Flank Attack - 2
ff6000>A Night at the Bar - 1
Back to Rock II - 1
Shovearound 2 - 1

Best Comedy Bot

Tails - 2
Toby The T-Ram Engine - 2
ff6000>Chalkie 3G - 1
The Robotnik Twins - 1

Best Custom House Robot

Uncle Sam - 1
NSBFL House Robots - 1
PTT House Robots - 1
MegaRaptor - 1

Best Walker

Walk Away - 2
ff6000>Mega Snakebite - 1

Best Shuffler

MORD - 3
ff6000>Whirligig 4.0 - 2

Best Other Motivation

Blizzard - 6

Best Extreme/Side Event

VFT Side Events - 3
NSBFLX - 3

Best Tournament (48-)

AJWars: Christmas Rumble - 3

Best Tournament (48+)

Velociraptor€™s FanFic Tournament 6 - 3.5
Pussycat Tribute Tournament 5 - 3.5

Best Battle

MORD vs. Wedga Revo - NSBFL - 4
ff6000>VFT 6 Final - 1
PTT5 First Battle - 1

Best Custom Arena

PTT Arena - 4
ff6000>VFT Arena - 1
Roulette - 1
NSBFL Arenas - 1

Best Newcomer Writer

Martijn Benschop - 7

Best Writer

Steve McGregor - 3
ff6000>Richard Southworth - 2
Frank Goacher - 1
Alex Holt - 1

Best British Vapourboteer

Steve McGregor - 3
ff6000>Andrew Jackson - 2
Alex Holt - 2

Best Continental Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight - 3
ff6000>Martijn Benschop - 2
Alex MacWilliams - 1
Nick Schuch - 1

Best Team

Team Doomforall - 4
ff6000>Team Distrcutive Technologies - 1
Team Aussie - 1
Team Bored - 1

Best Vapourbot

Fragmentor - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1
Achilles - 1
GigaByte - 1
Wedge Devolution - 1

Best Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight - 2
Steve McGregor - 2
ff6000>Andrew Jackson - 1
Alex Holt - 1

Most Original Design
Blizzard

Most Original Designer
Alex

Best Design
Wedge devo

Best Engineered
I will say Automatic Schmuck

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)
Since Martijin isn€™t really new it€™s really between Tony and Alex McW, I will go for Alex McW

Best Stevesman€¦ I mean Sportsman
Alex H

Idiot Of The Year
Split THREE ways between Dave. S, Tony and Timmy

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
Tails

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
Wedge Devo

Best Axebot
Glasgow Kiss

Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Parasite

Best Spinner (Vertical)
The Disc

Best Sawbot
SD IV (how can you judge metal sonic spin dash as it hasn€™t had a fight)

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
Tengu

Best Translational Spinner
MDU

Best Crusher (Horizontal)
Grabbit Advanced

Best Crusher (Vertical)
CDM

Best Clusterbot
Going Crunch

Best Interchangeable Robot
Slammer

Best Rammer/Pusher
Force Power

Best Other Weapon
The crushing bore

Most Effective Weapon
The most effective weapon these days seams to be spinners

Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Richard

Most Underrated Vapourbot
Die-ceratops reinvertus

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)
Back to rock 2

Best Comedy Bot
Toby the t-ram engine

Best Custom House Robot
VFT house robots

Best Walker
are there any?

Best Shuffler
MORD

Best Other Motivation
Screws

Best Extreme/Side Event
VFT side events

Best Tournament (48-)
Aj was Christmas tournament

Best Tournament (48+)
time for something different NSBFL

Best Battle
VFT 6 final

Best Custom Arena
NSBFL arenas

Best Newcomer Writer
Martijin

Best Writer
Richard


Best British Vapourboteer
Frank

Best Continental Vapourboteer
Martijin

Best Team
Team Braveheart

Best Vapourbot
two many to decide

Best Vapourboteer
Aj

quote:

SD IV (how can you judge metal sonic spin dash as it hasn€™t had a fight)

By looking at the stats.

Most Original Design: Blizzard
Most Original Designer: Aaron Knight
Best Design: Wedge Devolution
Best Engineered: MDU
Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer): Martijn Benschop
Best Sportsman: Steven MacGregor
Idiot Of The Year: Timothy

Best Front Hinged Flipper: Disco 5
Best Rear Hinged Flipper: Wedge Devolution
Best Axebot: Black Panther Queen
Best Horizontal Spinner: Automatic Schmuck
Best Vertical Spinner: The Disc
Best Sawbot: SD IV
Best FBS/Ring Spinner: Tengu
Best Translational Spinner: MDU
Best Horizontal Crusher: Gigabyte
Best Vertical Crusher: Clawdius Decimus Maximus
Best Clusterbot: Going Crunch
Best Interchangable Robot: WX 6.0
Best Rammer: Forcepower 5.0
Best Other Weapon: The Crashing Bore
Most Effective Weapon: MDU

Most Underrated Vapourboteer: Dave Weston
Most Underrated Vapourbot: Dieceratops Invertus
Best Vapourbot Newcomer: Back To Rock II
Best Comedy Bot: Tails
Best Custom HR: PTT House Robots
Best Walker: Walk Away
Best Shuffler: Whirligig 4.0
Best Other Motivation: Blizzard
Best Side Event: NSBFL-X
Best 48- Tournament: AJWars Christmas Rumble
Best 48+ Tournament: PTT
Best Battle: NSBFL-7 Final
Best Custom Arena: NSBFL Arenas
Best Newcomer Writer: Martijn Benschop
Best Writer: Steven MacGregor
Best British Vapourboteer: Steven MacGregor
Best Continental Vapourboteer: Aaron Knight
Best Team: Aaron Knights team
Best Vapourbot: Achilles
Best Vapourboteer: Aaron Knight

For those of you wondering about VFT, Ive just been really busy - sorry. Im not abandoning it, but it may proceed slowly again.

Heres the updated votes, whether they are right or not is anyones guess :proud: Youll notice my lovely colourcoding has been removed by popular demand too :wink:

Most Original Design

Blizzard - 3
Tails - 1
Stratos-Fear - 1
The Red Knight - 1
Dante - 1
Wedge Devolution - 1

Most Original Designer

Alex Holt - 7
Aaron Knight - 2

Best Design

SOR - 2
Automatic Schmuck - 2
Wedge Devolution - 2
Tengu - 1
The Ultimate Wedge - 1
The Disc - 1

Best Engineered

MDU - 2
Automatic Schumck - 2
Tengu - 1
The Ultimate Wedge - 1

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Alex MacWilliams - 6
Martijn Benschop - 3

Best Sportsman

Steve McGregor - 7.5
Martijn Benschop - 1.5
Tony Politzi - 1
Alex Holt - 1

Idiot Of The Year

Tim - 4
Dave S - 2
Tony - 1

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)

Disco 5 - 5
Tails - 2

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)

Wedge Devolution - 4
Achilles - 2
Stratos Fear - 2
SOR - 1
Wedga Revo - 1

Best Axebot

Black Panther Queen - 4
Killotine: EVO - 2
Glasgow Kiss - 2
Battle Raptor - 1
ASANSMSADB - 1

Best Spinner (Horizontal)

Automatic Schmuck - 7
Parasite - 2

Best Spinner (Vertical)

The Disc - 8
MORD - 2

Best Sawbot

MSSD - 5
SD IV - 4

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner

Tengu - 7
MDU - 1
Tempest - 1
Psyclonised - 1

Best Translational Spinner

MDU - 8

Best Crusher (Horizontal)

GigaByte - 7
No Close Shave 3 - 1
Grabbit Advanced - 1

Best Crusher (Vertical)

CDM - 8
Squishiest - 1

Best Clusterbot

Going Crunch - 6
4 Swords - 1
Botels Reunited - 1

Best Interchangeable Robot

WX6.0 - 3
NSBFR-X - 2
Chameleon - 2
Slammer - 2

Best Rammer/Pusher

ForcePower 5.0 - 6
The Ultimate Wedge - 2
Wedga Revo 2.0 - 1

Best Other Weapon

The Crashing Bore - 5
Blizzard - 2
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Starstorm 2 - 1

Most Effective Weapon

The Disc - 3
Automatic Schmuck - 2
Fragmentor - 1
Tengu - 1
MDU - 1

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

Dave Weston - 5
Aaron Knight - 1
Alex MacWilliams - 1
Chris Mason - 1
Richard Southworth - 1

Most Underrated Vapourbot

Die Ceratops Invertus - 4
The Botels - 1
SOR - 1

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

Back to Rock II - 3
Flank Attack - 2
A Night at the Bar - 1
Shovearound 2 - 1

Best Comedy Bot

Tails - 3
Toby The T-Ram Engine - 3
Chalkie 3G - 1
The Robotnik Twins - 1

Best Custom House Robot

PTT House Robots - 2
Uncle Sam - 1
NSBFL House Robots - 1
MegaRaptor - 1
VFT House Robots - 1

Best Walker

Walk Away - 3
Mega Snakebite - 1

Best Shuffler

MORD - 4
Whirligig 4.0 - 3

Best Other Motivation

Blizzard - 8

Best Extreme/Side Event

NSBFLX - 4
VFT Side Events - 4

Best Tournament (48-)

AJWars: Christmas Rumble - 5

Best Tournament (48+)

Pussycat Tribute Tournament 5 - 4.5
Velociraptor€™s FanFic Tournament 6 - 3.5
NSBFL - 1

Best Battle

MORD vs. Wedga Revo - NSBFL - 5
VFT 6 Final - 2
PTT5 First Battle - 1

Best Custom Arena

PTT Arena - 4
NSBFL Arenas - 3
VFT Arena - 1
Roulette - 1

Best Newcomer Writer

Martijn Benschop - 9

Best Writer

Steve McGregor - 4
Richard Southworth - 3
Frank Goacher - 1
Alex Holt - 1

Best British Vapourboteer

Steve McGregor - 4
Andrew Jackson - 2
Alex Holt - 2
Frank Goacher - 1

Best Continental Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight - 4
Martijn Benschop - 3
Alex MacWilliams - 1
Nick Schuch - 1

Best Team

Team Doomforall - 4
Team Distrcutive Technologies - 2
Team Aussie - 1
Team Bored - 1
Team Braveheart - 1

Best Vapourbot

Achilles - 2
Fragmentor - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1
GigaByte - 1
Wedge Devolution -1

Best Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight - 3
Steve McGregor - 2
Andrew Jackson - 2
Alex Holt - 1

Remember the deadline is 23rd December, so youve got plenty of time to get any more remaining votes in yet. :)

Id prefer Re-Invertus be used, for near obvious reasons.

OK, Ill change that on the next update. :)

Here€™s the rest of my votes :proud:
Also, I€™d like to say something to every vapourboteer out there that hasn€™t vote yet; get voting! :proud:

Most Original Design
The Red Knight

Most Original Designer
Alex Holt

Best Design
The Disc

Best Engineered
SpinVerter 3

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)
Split a vote between Tony and Alex MacW, both have thrown some quality into the big pond of vapourbots :proud:

Best Sportsman
Steve McGregor

Idiot Of The Year
Tim


Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Dave Weston

Most Underrated Vapourbot
BIACS-LE

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)
Shovearound 2

Best Comedy Bot
Toby the T-Ram Engine

Best Custom House Robot
The PTT Family

Best Walker
Archangel of the Abyss

Best Shuffler
MORD

Best Other Motivation
Blizzard

Best Extreme/Side Event
VFT Side Events


Best Tournament (48-)
AJWars: Christmas Rumble

Best Tournament (48+)
Velociraptor€™s FanFic Tournament 6

Best Battle
MORD vs. Wedga Revo - NSBFL

Best Custom Arena
PTT Arena


Best Newcomer Writer
Tony

Best Writer
Steve McGregor

Best British Vapourboteer
Andrew Jackson


Best Continental Vapourboteer
Aaron Knight

Best Team
Team Bored

Best Vapourbot
The Disc

Best Vapourboteer
Andrew Jackson

Most Original Design

I€™ll go for Infusion here, that boosting thing is very original.

Most Original Designer

I€™m going to split a vote between Aaron and Alex, for constantly coming up with new ideas that nobody else has tried.

Best Design

Tengu here for the design of that damage ring between its own damaging rings.

Best Engineered

No questions, Automatic Schmuck. For the simple fact it has something like a 10-0 win ratio.

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

I don€™t think Martijn is technically a newcomer, so I€™ll split a vote between Siphai and Tony.

Best Sportsman

Splitting a vote between Steve and Martijn, but Alex H deserves a mention too.

Idiot of the Year

There€™s no way Kody can get away empty handed. And just for simple extreme annoyance the other half of the vote goes for Tim.

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)

Shame that there is no true front hinged flippers€¦ I€™ll go for Disco 5.

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)

Nothing beats Wedge Devo in this category.

Best Axebot

Black Panther Queen, seems to be doing well at the moment.

Best Spinner (Horizontal)

Although it€™s not technically a horizontal spinner, I€™ll go for Automatic Schmuck.

Best Spinner (Vertical)

Not many of these around€¦ I€™ll go for The Disc.

Best Sawbot

Metal Sonic Spin Dash looks very promising.

Best FBS/Ring Spinner

Erm€¦ Tengooo.

Best Translational Spinner

MDU3, just about the only one that€™s not mine.

Best Crusher (Horizontal)

No Close Shave 3€¦ the only active horizontal crusher that€™s not mine.

Best Crusher (Vertical)

Clawdius Decimus Murderous, of course.

Best Clusterbot

Going Crunch seems to have done well this year.

Best Interchangeable Robot

TIRTASM!

Best Rammer/Pusher

The Ultimate Wedge€¦ awesome!

Best Other Weapon

I€™ll go for The Crashing Bore and its guillotine and drill combo.

Most Effective Weapon

Automatic Schmuck, again, something special is needed to have the record it has.

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

I€™ll go for Dave Weston, good designs but never seems to go that far.

Most Underrated Vapourbot

Chris€™s Die Ceratops Re-Invertus is a good bot. Seems to be doing better now.

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

I can see a future for Back 2 Rock II.

Best Comedy Bot

Toby The T€¦*rofl* :proud:

Best Custom House Bot

Team Coldheart!

Best Walker

Can only think of Walk Away.

Best Shuffler

Whirligig 4.0, shufflebot that even fits in the roller weight limit.

Best Other Motivation

Starfire. :)

Best Extreme/Side Event

The VFT6 side events were awesome!

Best Minor Tournament

Errrr€¦ Spanish Inquisition QT

Best Major Tournament

I€™ll go for VFT6, what an amazing series. But PTT4, NSBFL7, NSTT etc. were all great too.

Best Battle

Behemoth vs. Take Me Out

Best Custom Arena

The NSBFL arena€™s are fun to fight in.

Best Newcomer Writer

Martijn, no question.

Best Writer

Martijn. Finally someone that realises you don€™t need to write essays to make a good fight. And for someone who doesn€™t speak English as their first choice language, it€™s quite amazing. Goed gedaan! :wink:

Best British Vapourboteer

I€™ll go for good old Steve McG here.

Best Continental Vapourboteer

The master of vapourboteering, Mr. Aaron Knight.

Best Team

TDT, Aaron€™s brought some even more spectacular bots in this year.

Best Vapourbot

This is a very tough one. But because of its recent VFT win I€™ll go for Wedge Devolution.

Best Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight

2000th post! :proud::proud::proud:

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Best Writer

Martijn. Finally someone that realises you don€™t need to write essays to make a good fight. And for someone who doesn€™t speak English as their first choice language, it€™s quite amazing. Goed gedaan!

whoa! thank u Andy :proud:

Most Original Design

Ummm, Box, Wedge, umm.... Pass :proud:

Most Original Designer

Stevo, comedy bots that win, thats original!

Best Design

I honestly cant place this award to a single person.

Best Engineered

Kinda reflect on what Frank said, but people who put usefull tech specs in there stats have mostlikely engineered most of there design properly. Automatic Schmuck! I know Tom put in some serious hours making it all fit in the weight limit, Ive got one of the original CAD files here somewhere :proud:

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Martijn...Without a doubt.

Best Sportsman

Dave Weston ;) Doesnt win all his battles, but gives it his all

Idiot of the Year

I HATE SPAMMERS! Tim.

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)

Disco 5. Only one I can think of :S

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)

Geforce.... Here comes the BOOM!

Best Axebot

I cant remember any axe bots... wierd!

Best Spinner (Horizontal)

SOR 5.0? The one that AJ had the LEM powered bar horizontal and all Hardoxd :proud: That was decent.

Best Spinner (Vertical)

Vertical Limits...

Best Sawbot

Metal Sonic Spin Dash is puurdy nifty

Best FBS/Ring Spinner

The MDU Clones....

Best Translational Spinner

Cyclonebot? *I cant vote for myself!*

Best Crusher (Horizontal)

Im not sure... Who runs a dual Viviol pump setup with variable two speed pump ratio and high speed valves? Oh, no one...

Best Crusher (Vertical)

Clawdius Decimus Murderous

Best Clusterbot

The Botles

Best Interchangeable Robot

Who even builds these things :proud:

Best Rammer/Pusher

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Best Other Weapon

Credit goes to the guy who tried to use the viabration weapon, but shame it wasnt very weight effect. I think Martyn came up with the idea (Yes/No?)

Most Effective Weapon

Automatic Schmuck is good, but I think Ze Newies flipper was far more effective. Its like Biohazard, but a bit more killer with the 400kg pneumatics behind it.

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

Dave Weston or Chris Mason

Most Underrated Vapourbot

Is there an award for most overrated, I have a few bots I could instantly throw into that list :proud:

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

B2R2 seems logical

Best Comedy Bot

Metal Sonic is cool.

Best Custom House Bot

There are custom house robots?!?!?! Blasphemy!

Best Walker

Having been one of the first people to use the walker design and the first person to get them banned(Loosing the 200kg Limit is basically banned!) I have yet to find a walker since my era that I would even class as a walker.

Best Shuffler

Whirligig 4.0, Its a Shuffler??? OMG!

Best Other Motivation

Thing Matty Haka came upwith like a pc ball mouse.

Best Extreme/Side Event

I cant remember...

Best Minor Tournament

AJWars :proud:

Best Major Tournament

VFT / PTT. Ive won both of these, so of course they get my votes :proud:

Best Battle

MDU VS CrankShafted :proud:

Best Custom Arena

I dont take much interest in the arena.

Best Newcomer Writer

Martijn!

Best Writer

Martijn. insert

Best British Vapourboteer

Steve McG / Andrew James Jackson

Best Continental Vapourboteer

Lord Tom Roper. Never won much(He always lost in the grand finals to another person :proud:), but was my greatest competition where ever I went.

Best Team

Stevo, humour, stupidity and comedy!

Best Vapourbot

Wedge 1

Best Vapourboteer

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Thanks for the votes everyone! You still have 12 days to get any remaining votes in, so plenty of time yet. Votes close on 23rd December and will be revealed within 48 hours of closing.

Ill leave the category table for now so there is a bit of suspense to who has won... :P Meanwhile, Ive only had about 5 nominations for the Lifetime Acheivement Award. So if you havent voted, have a think and send me your nomination. :)

best Idiot: Anthony
Best axe: heir to black panther
best flipper(front hinged): Disco 5
Best flipper(back hinged): wedge devo
sportsman: David Westman.

Dave Westman? I thought it was Dave Weston.

Which only goes to prove how much he deserves the Idiot of The Year award.

best Idiot: Anthony
Tim, theres a diffrence between voting someone beacause theyre a idiot it or just voting for someone beacause you hate them. Guess which one you are.