Team Gore Presents: House Robot Rebellion 2!

Okay, this is the sequel to my original house bot tournament. This time, its individual fights.

My upgraded house (vapour) robots will be:

Exa-GORE-ic: AI
Ancalagon the Black
Double Big Mac
Double Whamlet
Taki-san
Tira-san
Asterixus Heroicus
Obelixus Bulguous

(see the previous HRR2 thread for the original HBs)

More details for my HBs will be posted later.

I need EIGHT vapourbots, specifically EIGHT people to enter ONE vapourbot. Or real robot if you wish. (e.g: If you are Jeroen and you want to enter your real robot TAN, then go ahead :proud:)

Stats will be required with your robot. It must be a heavyweight. Rules are in the C&BT. NO VAGUE STATS. NO STUPID ROBOTS.

It will be like a Heat from Series 3 and 5. One-on-one action until we have a winner.

So, my friends, enter and...

Prepare for take off! :proud:

Save me a spot mate

Done

For the sake of doing something, Ill enter Leprosy Infection, probably the best option for House Robots. The stats are in your tournament. They havent changed.

Thats you done, Chris. Six more needed (if I can get em). Ill go on MSN and wrangle up the gang.

Well since its past 10 minutes from my previous post I cant edit it. SOMEONE isnt entering but I dont blame him in the slightest. I still need 6 more people.

Love Bite V 2.0, same stats as the ones you linked me to from the Spanish Inquisition.

And some bugger coulda told me Alex was doing the Wars Incarnate again :p

Ill give it a go.

robot name: Hannibal (real robot, mine)
Weight: 94 Kg
Weapon: FP Flipper 80mm bore 150 mm stroke
Armour: High Density Poly Ethylene, Titanium and Aluminium 7075.
Drive: 2 Litton motors 36V on a Sidewinder speed controller.

As this may be the only chance I have of fighting Leo for a while....
Ill give it a go.

robot name: Wheely Big Cheese (real robot, mine)
Weight: 99 Kg
Weapon: FP liquid draw Flipper 75mm bore 450 mm stroke, custom valves.
Armour: Titanium
Drive: 2 CIM4 motors 24V on a Sidewinder speed controller.
Tactics: send them out of the arena.
Weaknesses: NOT THE AXLES, THEY ARE SOLID TITANIUM BAR (over an inch thick), IT WAS FIXED AFTER TORNADO(?) BROKE THE THIN ONES IN SERIES 4/5. :)

I always thought it was the welds between the axles and the wheels that gave out, not the axles themselves. Live and learn.

Might come to your event in April James, still thinking and planning for it.

Excellent. 3 more people needed, (2 if Tony gets his vapourbot in :P) and then Ill go into more detail about the house robots. :)

Archangel time I think....

http://www.alexjholt.tkwww.alexjholt.tk as per usual.

A form has been requested, so...

Name:
Shape:
Colour:
Drive:
Armour:
Weight:
Speed:
Weapons:
Srimech:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:

There you are.

Boo

As a favour for Kody, Im entering with:

Name: 616
Shape: Invertible box
Colour: Well it was a choice of either buying paint or a pie, and the pie won, so it is unpainted.
Drive: 4 wheel drive, keep things simple with 2 motors, chain drive
Armour: A mixture of a steel chassis and 4mm steel panels covering the major parts, and 5mm Ali plate over the not-so-important parts
Weight: 98KG Ish
Speed: 10 mph, acceleration is fast.
Weapons: A wedge at the front.
Srimech: Its invertible
Strengths: Its invertible, 4 wheel drive
Weaknesses: First bot I have designed in over 18 months or so, not the most high-tech.

ive had a look at some of your vapourbots, and i think wbc needs swapping for wbc 2

Name: wheely big cheese (2)
Shape: same as the old one
Colour: red and golden yellow
Drive: 2x LEM130 at 36v, 12:1 ratio twin cobra controllers with turbo button :)
Armour: titanium (mostly 4mm, up to 8mm in places)
Weight: 100kg
Speed: 25mph
Weapons: 120mm bore, 450mm stroke full pressure ram, twin buffertanks, twin 2kg bottles, 1 burkett valve and secondary 1/2 burkett (varies power)
Srimech: dont need one, runs and flips both ways up.
Strengths: if wbc, storm 2 and gravity had a baby....
Weaknesses: dunno, its not finished yet.

Crap, am I too late?

If not, just go with Shovearound 2, I belive the stats are in Crash and Burn...

No, youre not, Tony! You just booted Steve out of the running! Sorry Steve! The tournament is full! :sad:

Anyway, Martijn requested the first spot, so he needs to put in a vapour.

And Leo, Im not sure what Hannibal looks like. Could you send a pic of it or put it on your profile? Thanks! :)

Ill enter Flick of the Wrist

Name - Flick of the Wrist

Shape - 6-wheeled Tornado, including the angled rear to keep in contact with the ground while driving up a wedge

Weight - 100 Kilogram

Speed - 35 km/h (22mph)

Dimensions - 120x80x20 cm

Ground Clearance - 10 mm under the main body, variable clearance under the lifting spikes, with 0 mm as a minimum

Power - 2 B42-500 Magmotors at 48 volt

Movement - 6 wheels for awesome traction

Turning Circle - Zero

Weaponry - A pair of hardox, diamond tipped electric lifting spikes, a lot like the lifting spatula of American SHW Vladiator. These are 25 cm in length and can be lifted downwards which turns them into an active invertible lifting wedge. They can also be raised parallel to the floor, so they can act as a pair of classic ramming spikes. A 100 kg robot driving around at 22 mph is good for 5 kJ of kinetic energy. When this is brought onto a pair of diamond tipped spikes, this might seriously harm some armours.

Armour - 7 mm titanium all around

Srimech - It€™s invertible

Strenghts - High speed rambot, awesome traction
Weakness - Lack of devestating weapons

Okay, Ive stalled enough. Heres a stat description (not really that detailed though) of the house robots!

1. Exa-GORE-Ic: Artificial Intelligence
Shape: A long rectangular box.
Weight: 400kg
Body Colour: Navy blue
Speed: 10mph
Armour: Heavily plated titanium on top of some mm hardox.
Weapons: A pair of pincers on both sides. The pincers are slightly thin but are made of hardox and are diamond-tipped. Theyre also coloured red.
Srimech: Doesnt need one, hes invertible.
Weak points: Perhaps a high vertical crusher or a low disc could attack his tires...

2. Ancalagon the Black (previously Smaug the Golden)
Shape: pyRAMedroid, but several times bigger, and this time with skirts at the sides and rear.
Weight: 800kg
Body Colour: ...black :lame:
Speed: 20mph
Armour: Most of it is Ti/Va alloy but the underside is unprotected.
Weapons: Watch out, its over-the-top this one! He has two vertical discs at the front, and between them is a crusher-design shaped like a dragon head. This head has two weapons: a flamethrower, and vertical crushing ability. Hes lost the rear third disc and side spikes but gains speed.
Srimech: None.
Weak points: If hes flipped once, hes dead.

3. Double Big Mac
Shape: Very low cone shape (lower than Typhoon 2)
Weight: 170kg
Body Colour: Orangey, err...bun-coloured. :proud:
Speed: 9mph
Armour: Hardox, but the underbelly is aluminum alloy.
Weapons: Think Son of Whyachi but with 4 hammers instead of three. This time, hes got an additional hammer on top of each hammer hes got, all-in-all 8 spiked hammers.
Srimech: None.
Weak points: Underarmour, and if you flip him once, hes dead.

4. Double Whamlet
Shape: Splinter
Weight: 150kg
Body Colour: Teal.
Speed: 20mph
Armour: Mostly aluminum/vanadium alloy, but theres some titanium plating on the underbelly in case hes flipped.
Weapons: Triple plow in front - the one in the middle can lift, not like Behemoth, rather like a flipper. Hes also got twin axes on the top, and side grabbing arms like Splinter. All the axes are made of hardox, and very resilient to discs.
Srimech: Twin axes.
Weak points: Hes fairly easily to flip if you get around to his rear, and hes got poor traction.

5. Taki-san
Shape: Rammstein from Battlebots
Weight: 120kg
Body Colour: Half is blood red, and the rear is navy blue.
Speed: 30mph
Armour: Aircraft aluminum, with vents to reduce weight.
Weapons: The main weapon is the front electric lifting wedge, but at the rear is a new weapon: a 1500rpm spinning flywheel.
Srimech: Shes invertible.
Weak points: Exposed wheels to crushers; can be flipped easily from sides; so-so control.

6. Tira-san
Shape: Hexagonal, but more pointed at the front.
Weight: 130kg
Body Colour: Forest green, contrasted in different ways.
Speed: 15mph
Armour: Ti/Va alloy.
Weapon: A horizontal flywheel similar to the SoulCalibur Tiras weapon, only its purple. Its rather like a spinning inertia, and it goes at 3500rpm.
Gimmicks/Crowd Pleasers: When Tira smashes an opponent with her flywheel, a load of green and purple sparks pop out, coupled with smoke.
Srimech: A Tengu-like arm that pops up super-fast and rights her. Might flip opponents if they are top of her.
Weak points: Reliability is one; she also has a slow weapon acceleration.

7. Asterix Heroicus
Shape: MW Bad Attitude
Weight: 106kg
Body Colour: Gold and black.
Speed: 50mph
Armour: Aircraft aluminum, with some polycarbonate on the underbelly.
Weapons: Asterix IS the weapon. Using a front titanium wedge shaped like this (=/) and a rear inverted one when hes inverted, hell ram and slam you around before you can say Quid?! :proud:
Srimech: Hes invertible.
Weak points: Poor side and bottom armour, poor control, exposed wheels to crushers and axes.

8. Obelix Bulguous
Shape: Same as Asterixs but bigger.
Weight: 225kg
Body Colour: Orange with yellow speckles.
Speed: 15mph
Armour: Mostly vanadium alloy, but theres some titanium plating on the top.
Weapons: A high pressure hammer like The Judges.
Srimech: Hammer.
Weak points: Poor maneouverability, wheels exposed to crushers and axes.

9. The Watcher
Shape: Refbot :proud:
Weight: 150kg
Body Colour: Grey/black.
Speed: 10mph
Armour: Steel/titanium stuff.
Weapons: A lifting arm on his right side and a fire extinguisher on his left. Displays a timer on his belly. The lifting arm isnt really a weapon, its mainly used to seperate robots.
Srimech: None.
Weak points: Hes not a competitor; flip him once and hes dead.

There you are! If you want to see the original creations, go to my first HB tournament.

Fights will be up in a seperate post in a few minutes.

All right! Fights!

Round 1

Flick of the Wrist VS. Tira-san
Wheely Big Cheese 2 VS. Obelix Bulguous
Shovearound 2 VS. Exa-GORE-Ic: AI
Love Bite V2.0 VS. Double Whamlet
Leprosy Infection VS. Taki-san
ArchAngel of the Abyss VS. Double Big Mac
Hannibal VS. Asterix Heroicus
616 VS. Ancalagon the Black

Tactics? Predictions? Roasted nuts and bolts? :proud:

Pre kan-opener version:

http://robotwars.demon.nl/media/foto/hannibal1.jpghttp://robotwars.demon.nl/media/foto/hannibal1.jpg

After Kan-opener version:

http://robotwars.demon.nl/media/foto/nieuwhannibal/RIM00018.JPGhttp://robotwars.demon.nl/media/foto...l/RIM00018.JPG

Tactics, avoid the wedge, come in from the side and keep flipping.

Shove around the big porkchop from the side, see if I can pit it as soon as possible.

Oh yeah, and dont forget to avoid Infusion. :P

(Message edited by Swiss_tony on November 24, 2006)

Aim for Taki-sans sides. I may be able to flip her AND damage her wheels at the same time. AVOID THAT FLYWHEEL!

Ram it, be like a dog and keep on the attack.

under and out, one flip one kill :)
four time the force, 5 times the flowrate.... big flips.

It doesnt sound like i can pincer it, so ill ram the bugger, preferably from the side, see how it likes the taste of the arena walls.

stall that flywheel ASAP, seeing the thing has such a slow acceleration, then drive her crazy with my speed advantage, should be fun...
let feed her some arena walls :angry:

For those who want to see my previous HB tournament, check out my forum @ http://strickenone.proboards99.com/index.cgihttp://strickenone.proboards99.com/index.cgi

Flick of the Wrist will be battling Tira-san soon.

Okay! Here we go!

LET THE ROBOT REBELLION BEGIN!!!

Fight 1

Representing the competitors is Flick of the Wrist, a Tornado-like robot with 6 wheels, an angled rear, 22mph top speed, and B42-500 Mags @ 48v, providing devastating power to provide with its two hardox, diamond-tipped lifting spikes, similar, to Vladiators single one. Hes fought Tira before and was beaten. Hes back for revenge!

TGRR1 - Made it to the semi-finals but was beaten by Tira.

Representing Team Gore is Tira-san, a dangerous redesign of the older version. A hexagonal-yet-pointed-at-the-front shape, she has a spinning disc/inertia similar to the actual weapon, only its purple. When she hits an opponent, sparks fly, only theyre green and purple! She also has a righting mechanism for when shes upended.

TGGR1 - Made it to the finals but was beaten by ArchAngel of the Abyss

Will Tira make it 2-0? Or will Flick of the Wrist avenge his previous loss?

Roboteers, stand by...

The Watcher is the arena, ready to count out the first unlucky robot that goes out of comission.

3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!

Off we go! And its Flick, who wants to avoid that deadly spinning flywheel but goes to ram Tira first. Tira glides out of ramming range, and Flick crashes into the wall. Tira moves in again, hungering for some death, but Flick moves away, avoiding the now up-to-speed flywheel. Ooh, this is dangerous...Tira advances on Flick, but Flick, having 7mph more speed than her, avoids her unsuccessful attempts to dish out some pain. Flick then gets an idea and hits the pit release? Hes trying to shove Tira down the pit? NO! Flick is trying to break off the pit release button, and yes its now off! Look at the resourcefulness of Martijn and his robots - hes using our beloved pit release button as a shield to block Tiras attacks! :angry: Tira is more cautious now, and its now Tira whos trying to avoid Flicks charges, but it wont be long now, since Flick has better speed and acceleration than Tira does. Eventually, they collide, and the pit release button is smashed away as a burst of colourful sparks litter the arena floor! Flick seizes the opportunity and slides the spikes under Tira, and lifts! Tira finds herself off her wheels, and in a truly frightening situation, but its about to become downright terrifying as Flick lines himself up with an angle grinder far away, and flies at it! Tira is smashed against the grinder and up onto her back, and Flick lands on top of her. He wheels off of her, and tries the spikes again. Then the srimech snaps into play as Tira re-enacts the Cassius display in Series 2, landing gracefully, right-side-up, and right behind Flick! Flick wastes no time, rearing into Tira, and stopping the flywheel before it gets to a dangerous speed. Tira rolls away before being slammed into the arena wall again. WHAT THE?! The Watcher just fell down the pit! :proud: Oh, how dreadful...anyway, Tira gets the flywheel back up to speed just as Flick rams her again, and HOLY FLYING METAL BATMAN! What piece of shrapnel just flew across the arena? Its a piece of Flick of the Wrist, all right. Yes, you can see part of the front of the robot has a great gash in it, and that damage was caused by Tira! Flick is spun away and retreats again, trying to find the pit button again, and gets it, but instead of gently turning to keep the button at the front, he accidentally whisks the button away! Tira hurries to get between Flick and the pit release button, Flick hurrying more to GET TO the button. Flick wins the race and again flicks the button, but at Tira this time. Tira smashes the pit button away and Flick rams her immediately, getting under her and lifting her. Oh! Tira is on top of Flick...almost, well, shes on top of him and his spike, and now Tiras flywheel is spinning! If Flick had a mouth, he wouldve been smiling as he turns to face the arena wall again. He rams against it full force and Tira hits the wall with the flywheel.
CRASH!!!
WOAH! Tira goes flying! Sparks go flying! The crowd oohs and ahhs, and Martijn is applying his tactics extremely well right now! And it looks like theyve taken their toll on Tiras weapon! Its completely stopped! The invisible mouth on Flick must a wide grin now, mirroring the one on his builders face as he rams Tira against the wall. Tira bounces back over and wheels away, desperately trying to find a way to win this battle but I dont think theres anything she can do now as Flick chases her down, trying to get those deadly spikes under Tira, and throw this she-devil out of the tournament! Look at this! The Watcher is trying to lift hmself out of the pit! This seems to catch Flicks attention, and he gets under Tira again, and heads to the pit, where The Watcher is stuck. He rams Tira into The Watcher, freeing the ref, but Tira almost falls into the pit! And Flick, backing away, charges again, and Tira is sent down, down, down into her resting place!

CEASE!

Tira flies away to fight another day.
FLICK OF THE WRIST GETS HIS REVENGE AND ADVANCES TO ROUND 2!

Coming up: Wheely Big Cheese 2 VS. Obelix Bulguous

wow, great job Kody, good writing :proud:

Thank ye :proud:

Fight 2

Representing the competitors (and James Baker :proud:) is Wheely Big Cheese 2, who is almost exactly like the current version except that its flips are even more extremely powerful than before. Basically, its an axlebot with a huge flipper. It also has wheels that are almost impervious to damage.

TGRR1 - Did not compete

Representing Team Gore is Obelix Bulguous, a double wedge (think -- === ) with a large, hefty hammer. Hes not that easy to get over onto his back because he weighs 190kg, but since hes fighting the Cheese, well see.

TGRR1 - Was thrashed by ArchAngel of the Abyss in Round 1.

Roboteers, stand by...

3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!

Who will prevail? That is the question we want to know as Wheely Big Cheese 2 slides underneath Obelix Bulguous - oh, theres a flip already! Obelix onto its back very near the arena wall! And hes using the hammer to right himself, but WBC comes in again and...misses his mark. Obelix brings down the hammer but misses as well. WBC is trying to bring that gigantic flipper into play but Obelix is a bit too nippy despite his weight. Remember, that flipper on WBC is ultra-powerful this time around AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT OBELIX HAS FELT THE DEATH BLOW, AS HE IS FLIPPED OUT OF THE ARENA!!! Take a look at this, the Cheese swiftly sliding under the house robot and absolutely tossing it across and out of the arena! Mustve been...14 seconds! That was flippng good fun! :)

CEASE!

Obelix, despite his weight, gets tossed away like a burnt pattie on the barbie. :proud:
WHEELY BIG CHEESE 2 ADVANCES TO ROUND 2!

Coming up: Shovearound 2 VS. Exa-GORE-Ic: AI

(Message edited by kodster on November 28, 2006)

Fight 3

Representing the competitors is Shovearound 2, a low-profile robot with a set of lifting forks that can haul up 150kg easily. Its also impossible to get under with the skirts and hinged wedges. However, the opponent is much too heavy for the forks.

TGRR1 - Did not compete

Exa-GORE-Ic: Artificial Intelligence, whos representing Team Gore, weighs 400kg, is invertible, and has really tough armour. However, its main feature, the set of pincers on both sides that can crush almost any armour, may not work well with Shovearound 2s low profile.

TGGR1 - Was also thrashed by ArchAngel of the Abyss. :proud:

Roboteers, stand by...

3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!

Its on, as Exa-Gore-Ic charges out towards Shovearound 2, who immediately gets in under the front pincers and lifts. Exa-Gore-Ic is merely tipped up a bit. Tony decides that thats all hell need, and Shovearound 2 proceeds to slowly move towards the wall. Could he possibly be thinking of dumping Exa-Gore-Ic OOTA? Yes, that seems to be his plan as Exa-Gore-Ic is shoved gently into the wall. Shovearound 2 tries to get more leverage so he can get Exa-Gore-Ic out. Then Exa-Gore-Ic rolls forward and lands on Shovearound 2 with a rather nasty crunch. Shovearound 2 attempts a different tack and backs towards the wall opposite. Exa-Gore-Ic feels like he isnt getting anything done, which he isnt :proud: and rolls off of Shovearound 2, but hes too close to the opposite wall and runs into it, and once again lands on Shovearound 2. Tony works the controls with slight irritation, because even though hes winning, this fight isnt really going the way he wanted it to. :proud: So Shovearound 2 decides to end this fight and heads over to the pit, the big house robot on his back. But Exa-Gore-Ic rolls off of him again and Shovearound 2 is slingshot at the pit release button, bouncing off of it like a projectile and opening the pit! Exa-Gore-Ic heads towards Shovearound 2 and is trying to grab him with the pincers but that seems pretty much nil at the moment because of Shovearound 2s extremely low height. Shovearound 2 gets under the big guy again and slowly pushes him into the wall. Exa-Gore-Ic gets away and closes the pincers a bit, trying to fit the width/length of Shovearound 2 so that he cant escape if he gets caught, if at all. Shovearound 2 is more cautious now, approaching Exa-Gore-Ic from the side and again shoving it into the wall. Exa-Gore-Ic turns and rides right over top of Shovearound 2, who tries to back Exa-Gore-Ic into the other wall but the house robot is a little faster than Tony expected. Exa-Gore-Ic turns around, and Shovearound 2 drives straight into the pincers! OH NO! Exa-Gore-Ic has caught the very top of Shovearound 2 and now the top panel! Has it come off I wonder? Yes, its barely hanging to the back of him! Shovearound 2, getting away to fight another day, and Exa-Gore-Ic in prime position to immobilize Shovearound 2 by simply driving over him! Shovearound 2 is now by the floor flipper, and now driving around again, now stopping, now moving. Kind of trying to disorient Exa-Gore-Ic, and I believe it is working, because Exa-Gore-Ic is being outmaneouvered left and right, up and down! Shovearound 2, now near the pit, better be careful. Exa-Gore-Ic is not going near the pit, knowing full well what will happen after that. Shovearound 2 gathers the same idea and rushes out to get under Exa-Gore-Ic, indeed doing so and lifting the forks up, gently nudging the big house robot up and driving it around. Ah! The flame pit! Shovearound 2 delivers Exa-Gore-Ic to the big grill, and Exa-Gore-Ic is now being fried to a crisp! :proud: Heres Shovearound 2 again, backing away, sliding in again, going onto the flame pit himself! He backs away, but Exa-Gore-Ic does not appear to be fully functional, moving extremely slow, moving away from the flame pit. Shovearound 2 senses that the match is about to end and gets under Exa-Gore-Ic again, and tries to turn around with the big house robot on the forks! And Exa-Gore-Ic lands right on top of Shovearound 2 and I think thats it! Neither robot is moving, nor are their wheels! The Watcher comes in, and counts both robots out!

CEASE!

Well, this ones going to the judges!

Shovearound 2 - Exa-Gore-Ic

Aggression = 4-1
Damage = 2-3
Style = 3-2
Control = 4-1
Strategy = 4-1

Total = 17-8

Exa-Gore-Ic: AI suffers like a peanut roasting under an open fire. :proud:
SHOVEAROUND 2 ADVANCES TO ROUND 2!

Coming up: Love Bite V2.0 VS. Double Whamlet

Well, thats 3-0 for the competitors! How do you feel about your victories, James and Tony? :)

:lame:

Anyway, lets continue with the tournament.

Fight 4

Representing the competitors is Chris Coopers Love Bite v2.0. Its a double wedge with front pincers that can damage light-moderate armour, and it also has a front Firestorm-style flipper used mainly for self-righting. Its also got good speed, acceleration, and tough armour.

TGRR1 - Did not compete

Representing Team Gore is Double Whamlet. Hes got a plow with a lifting arm built-in. Hes also got twin axes and Splinter-esque grabbing arms. Hes also pretty fast, and has decent armour.

TGRR1 - Was beaten by The Disc 5

Roboteers, stand by...

3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!

And both robots bolt out at each other and Love Bite goes sailing over Whamlet, Whamlet hacking Love Bites underbelly as he does so. Love Bite whirls around and goes for the rear of Whamlet, but Whamlet has already turned around! Love Bite swivels a bit to try and get to the side, but Whamlet barrels into him and flicks him up a bit with the lifting arm. He then starts hammering the side of Love Bite with the twin axes! Love Bites wheels are completely off the ground, and all Mr. Cooper can do is watch in horror as the side panel of Love Bite takes more and more damage. And then Whamlets motors burst into life and he moves. Fast. Towards the arena wall. And that resulting WHAM signifies this house robots name as Love Bite is slammed and sent flying, bounces along the arena railing, and lands inverted near the angle grinder. The Firestorm flipper comes into play but Whamlet comes in again and runs under him, slamming him into the CPZ area! Love Bite cant do a damn thing now, as it is propped up like an unsteady statue against the CPZ corner as Whamlet continues to deal out the blows. And Love Bite has started to smoke through the flipper slots...this doesnt look too good for Chris Cooper. And Whamlet has got Love Bite now with the grabbing arms; ones hooked at the top, and the other one is scratching the underbelly. And Love Bite now is completely helpless in the grasp of Whamlet, who now reels backwards into the pit release, opening the pit, and Love Bite is about to enter robot hell, and...yes, down goes the first competitor of the robot rebellion. Three to one.

CEASE!

Love Bite v2.0 bites rock bottom.
DOUBLE WHAMLET ADVANCES TO ROUND 2!

Coming up: Leprosy Infection VS. Taki-san

Bad luck Mr. Cooper. :sad:

(Message edited by kodster on November 30, 2006)

Fight 5

Representing the competitors is Leprosy Infection, a robot shaped like Tetanus Booster from Series 7; an invertible vapourbot with bars on the sides to prevent being stuck on its sides, and a vicious spinning drum in front. However, though the wheels are semi-protected, they are still vulnerable to axes.

TGRR1 - Did not compete.

Representing Team Gore is Taki-san, a Rammstein-shaped she-ninja with an electric lifting wedge, a rear cutting blade, phenomenal pushability and speed, and good armour. However, like Leprosy, her wheels are exposed from the top. Can Taki pull a Wedge Devolution and defeat Leprosy?

TGRR1 - Was competely destroyed by The Disc 5 in Round 1.

Roboteers, stand by...

3...
2...
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Taki screams out of her spot and collides with Leprosys drum. Leprosy is sent flying up in the air and crashes down into the floor rather noisily while Taki is thrown back a bit. Leprosy turns somewhat to find the pit release but Taki doesnt give him a chance to get the hell away and starts pressurizing him towards the flame pit. Leprosy does some serious scurrying away and Taki is flying after him with the intent of scooping him onto the wedge. Leprosy is still running away and it doesnt seem like thatll win him brownie points with the judges. Taki turns around and reverses with the cutting blade. Lets see...yup, that blade looks very much up to speed. Leprosy also has his weapon up to speed and now both bots are trying to outmaneouver each other. Finally we get a hit and holy flying metal, Batman! Shards from Takis left side are sent flying across the floor! Uh oh. Taki races away and Leprosy is now the aggressor, chasing her down and hoping to destroy her. Taki seems to think better of this because now she spins around and exposes that deadly cutting blade again. Leprosy goes too fast and collides with it. Holy flying sparks, Batman! Its a light show! :proud: Taki is sent flying up onto her back and Leprosy is smashed across the floor. Taki seems to have recovered from the blow and though being inverted has the electric wedge in play again. Leprosy seems to be in a stupor. :proud: He finally awakes from the stupor when Taki nudges him with the wedge and sprints away towards the pit again. Taki follows. Leprosy turns around and buries the drum into Takis wedge. No effect. Taki turns tail and bolts. Leprosy follows. Taki stops retreating and buries the blade into Leprosys half-up-to-speed drum and holy flying sparks Batman! Again! Leprosy has been flung into the wall! He lands and Taki immediately barrels him into it again. Leprosy seems to be in a stupor again because the wheels are not moving, but that is thrown aside as the wheels DO move and carry Leprosy off the wedge and over top of Taki. Taki buries the blade into the not-moving drum. Ouch! Ooh, not good for Leprosy, because a piece of drum has been smashed off! Leprosy retreats again and Taki follows, and Leprosy smashes himself right into the pit release, and Taki smashes into him, flinging him over top of her and INTO THE PIT?! Ouch. Game over for Leprosy. No brownie points for you!

CEASE!

Leprosy Infection completely owned. Might as well be a unanimous decision.
TAKI-SAN ADVANCES TO ROUND 2!

Coming up: ArchAngel of the Abyss VS. Double Big Mac

Fight 6

Representing the competitors is our current champion, ArchAngel of the Abyss! Hes a deadly FBS, but since hes a walker, he weighs 150kg! He has two spinning rings, a lower one, and the main one. Both rings are extremely destructive, and ArchAngel can right itself when inverted. Are there any weaknesses to exploit?

TGRR1 - Won the tournament!

Representing Team Gore is Double Big Mac, a low-cone shape with 4 sets of 2 spinning spiked hammers. Weighing 175kg, he isnt the easiest to knock over, but unlike ArchAngel, whom he outweighs by 25kg, he has no srimech.

TGRR1 - Was beaten by Stop Crying Your Heart Out in Round 2.

Roboteers, stand by...

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ArchAngel and DBM get their spinning weapons up to speed, and then, very cautiously, they approach each other. ArchAngel swerves off to the right, possibly looking for some direction to smash DBM, but DBM travels right towards him!
CRASH!!!
...no words come to mind when I see this collision. Actually, some just appeared. A huge shower of sparks results, and DBM has now gone completely gyroscopic, spinning around like crazy, and coming to rest on his wheels. ArchAngel, however, is now in a state of panic. Flames are spouting from the champion very fast, and he lost some teeth from that hit! Uh oh, not good at all. DBM decided to take the cowards way out and run away from ArchAngel, slamming into the pit release and opening the pit! ArchAngel is continuing to plough on valiantly, still spinning his outer shell up to half-speed. DBM is unable to spin AT ALL. Something happened to DBM as well. Anyway, DBM is waiting near the pit, possibly hoping ArchAngel will either come over and accidentally fall in the pit, or move away and die. ArchAngel is no coward and reels to get behind DBM and shove him into the pit. DBM senses this and drops away - OH NO! DBMs spinning hammers are active again! And at full speed too! I sense that this fight has just taken a turn for the worse for our champion. ArchAngel struggles to get the lower spinning ring up to speed, but DBM hammers him with a blow and is spun away. More flames. ArchAngel stops spinning...I think this fight is all but over. DBM again waits by the pit. ArchAngel slowly gets his walking system going again and moves towards DBM, who just sits there. There is absolutely no translational movement from DBM. Um...is DBM immobile? The Watcher is confused by this, and so is ArchAngel, who decides to walk into him anyway, and -
CRASH!
Not as big as the last one, but still powerful, and ArchAngel is sent flying across the arena, but DBM is flung almost into the pit. Neither bot is moving, at all. Now DBM has started to smoke. It seems that big hits were destined to happen in this battle of the titans. The Watcher snaps out of it and starts counting out the one who stopped moving first: DBM!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
Alex cant believe it. He won, even though his vapourbot, the most feared in the FRA, is immobile and on fire. DBM sits on the edge of the pit, looking sad. The Watcher seems to think that hes seen enough, and dumps his teammate in the pit. Game over.

CEASE!

Double Big Mac takes out his opponent, but ends up dying of his own strength first.
ARCHANGEL OF THE ABYSS (barely) ADVANCES TO ROUND 2!

Coming up: Hannibal VS. Asterix Heroicus

Fight 7

Representing the competitors is a real robot entered by a real person. Hannibal comes to us from builder Leo van Miert, and looks like Chaos 2 turned Terminator. Its flipper is very potent and it can go real fast, but can it endure a great ramming?

TGGR1 - Did not compete

Representing Team Gore is Asterix Heroicus, a gaul with a serious strength factor. He may weigh only 106kg, but hes got great strength and pushability, plus a top speed of 50mph! He neednt worry about his exposed wheels in this battle, but his sides may prove vulnerable to flipping.

TGRR1 - Was dumped in the pit in the Final by Stop Crying Your Heart Out

Roboteers, stand by...

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ACK! Thats twice today that a robot has broken the sound barrier - +1>WOAH! Asterix flew over the top of Hannibal and almost landed himself out of the arena, hitting the railing and bouncing back! Now that hes come to his senses, he can worry about Hannibal whos coming towards him right now! Asterix dodges the charge with ease, and Hannibal ends up tossing himself up a bit. Asterix finds the pit release and hammers it, opening the pit. Hannibal drives into the CPZ farthest from the pit and Asterix comes flying at him. Hannibal turns...and that wasnt such a good idea because Asterix, safe from going over the flipper, gets under Hannibal near the wall, going exceptionally fast, and a split-second later -
WHAM!
What an impact! Ill be surprised if neither bot took any damage from that impact! There goes Hannibal flying above Asterix and landing inverted behind him! This is it! Asterix rears into Hannibal, but because of his shape, Asterix cant shove Hannibal into the pit! How rare. :proud: Hannibal rights himself and comes back on the offensive. Asterix wheels, almost sidesteps the charge, and drives into Hannibal, getting under the back and once again slamming him into the wall! Hannibal travels the same trajectory as he did the last time and lands behind Asterix, this time on his side, and tilts on his wheels. Asterix spins around, but Hannibal has the flipper ready and one flick of the weapon tells us that Asterix is now inverted! Asterix wobbles a little bit, possibly trying to get back into the feeling of being inverted, but Hannibal gives him no tim to think, flipping Asterix again. Asterix is shunted over and right-side-up, and gets away, making Hannibal flip air. Asterix wheels around and lunges at Hannibal, who is recovering from his own recoil from his flip. WHAM! Hannibal goes over top of Asterix before the wall hath come and rights himself. Leo works the controls patiently, waiting for Asterix to make a slip-up. Apparently, Asterix is waiting for Hannibal to slip-up as well. Stand-off, anyone? :proud: Asterix makes the first move, which is good for him because the extremely low wedge gets under the flipper and Asterix has got Hannibal now. Asterix slings the almost-sliding-off-the-wedge Hannibal with one twist. Hannibal does an about face and bores down on Asterix. WOAH! Asterix nearly reversed into the pit, passing it by an inch! Oh no! Something is wrong with Hannibal! He seems to be moving in one direction only: forward! The reverse drive is gone, and something in that last collision has done that to Hannibal! Asterix smells the scent of death on Hannibal and gets around to the side and rams him. Hannibal is driven into the wall. Hannibal gets under the wedge and flips Asterix up and over. Asterix seems unphased and rams Hannibal again into the wall. Hannibal is turned towards the angle grinder, and the flipper is under it! Hannibal can only go forward, and now hes stuck beneath an arena weapon! This doesnt look good! And Asterix is preparing for the big wind-up, which he indeed is doing right now, and there he goes!
WHAM!
Mighty collision! And Hannibal hasnt moved! Asterix went back a few inches and nothing happened there! The Watcher is coming over to check things out. It seems that the better bot here is Asterix, and that indeed is being now as The Watcher has checked enough and is starting the countdown.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

CEASE!

Somebodys having a friend for dinner, and it looks like its Hannibal.
ASTERIX HEROICUS ADVANCES TO ROUND 2!

Coming up: 616 VS. Ancalagon the Black

just so leo knows, vapour-sidewinders are not returned to me, they go to kody for repair :)

vapour sidewinders have working current limiters James. :)

Darn, really wanted a WBC 2 vs Hannibal fight.

grudge match :)
oh, and sidewinders have working current limiters.... now :)