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Well its that time of year again! Ive decided to return to hosting the awards again this year. The list of awards to vote for will be up in the next few weeks some time. But meanwhile, Im open to offers for new award ideas. Also, I want to know if you think the Hall of Fame voting should be public or private.
The Vapourbot Awards 2007
You know the drill by now, vote for one vapourbot/vapourboteer in each category. You cannot vote for yourself and the winners will be revealed over the Christmas period. Previous winners are given, lets begin€¦
Most Original Design
Which vapourbot has the most unique design?
2004: Blizzard
2005: Blizzard
2006: Blizzard
Most Original Designer
Which vapourboteer designs the most unique bots?
2004: N/A
2005: Alex Holt
2006: Alex Holt
Best Design
What do you think is the best all round design?
2004: The Crashing Bore/V€™Ger
2005: SOR/Automatic Schmuck/Wedge Devo/The Disc/Tengu
2006: Acid Burn/Infusion/Wedge Devo/The Disc
Best Newcomer Vapourbot
What€™s the best new bot on the block?
2004: Angel of the Abyss
2005: Back 2 Rock
2006: Flick of the Wrist
Best Newcomer Vapourboteer
Which newcomer has the most promise?
2004: Matt Robinson
2005: Alex MacWilliams
2006: Martijn Benschop
The Steven McGregor Award for Sportsmanship
Speaks for itself! :proud:
2004: Steve McGregor
2005: Steve McGregor
2006: Steve McGregor
Idiot of the Year
Who€™s been the biggest clown this year?
2004: N/A
2005: Tim Sillery
2006: Tim Sillery/Dave Sheppard/Aaron Knight
Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
2004: SOR 3.5
2005: Disco 5
2006: Tails
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
2004: Stratos-Fear
2005: Wedge Devo
2006: Wedge Devo
Best Axebot
2004: Killotine EVO
2005: Black Panther Queen
2006: Killotine EVO
Best Spinner (Horizontal)
2004: Parasite
2005: Automatic Schmuck
2006: Fragmentor/Parasite/Aneurysm/Salamander
Best Spinner (Vertical)
2004: The Disc
2005: The Disc
2006: The Disc
Best Sawbot
2004: SD IV
2005: Metal Sonic Spin Dash
2006: Metal Sonic Spin Dash
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
2004: Tengu/MDU 3.1
2005: Tengu
2006: Tengu
Best Translational Spinner
2004: N/A
2005: MDU
2006: MDU
Best Crusher (Horizontal)
2004: N/A
2005: GigaByte
2006: Flank Attack
Best Crusher (Vertical)
2004: N/A
2005: CDM
2006: CDM
Best Clusterbot
2004: Double Killa
2005: Going Crunch
2006: Going Crunch
Best Interchangeable Robot
2004: Slammer/WX
2005: WX6.0
2006: Slammer/WX/NSBFR
Best Rammer/Pusher
2004: N/A
2005: ForcePower
2006: ForcePower
Best €œOther€ Weapon
Anything that doesn€™t fall into the above categories
2004: N/A
2005: The Crashing Bore
2006: The Crashing Bore
Most Effective Weapon
Which weapon does what its supposed to the best?
2004: N/A
2005: Automatic Schmuck/The Disc
2006: Aneurysm/MDU/The Disc
Best Comedy Bot
2004: Gyrate/Annoying Box Rush
2005: Toby The T-Ram Engine
2006: Toby/Tails/Kustom/SOR
Best Custom House Robots:
2004: N/A
2005: Team Coldheart
2006: Team Coldheart
Best Walker
2004: N/A
2005: Walk Away
2006: Archangel of the Abyss
Best Shuffler
2004: N/A
2005: MORD/Whirligig
2006: Whirligig
Best Tracked
2004: N/A
2005: N/A
2006: Darkestar
Best €œOther€ Motivation
Alternatives from tracks, shuffle pads, legs and wheels
2004: N/A
2005: Blizzard
2006: Blizzard
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Who doesn€™t do as well as they should?
2004: N/A
2005: Dave Weston
2006: Dave Sheppard
Most Underrated Vapourbot
Which vapourbot doesn€™t do as well as it should?
2004: N/A
2005: Die Ceratops Re Invertus
2006: Flipping Hell/Aquarius/BIACS-LE/MDU
Most Overrated Vapourboteer
Who doesn€™t deserve their success?
2004: N/A
2005: N/A
2006: AJ
Most Overrated Vapourbot
Which bot shouldn€™t do as well as it does?
2004: N/A
2005: N/A
2006: Slammer
Best Extreme/Side Event
2004: NSBFL-X
2005: VFT Side Events
2006: NSBFL-X 2
Best Minor Tournament (47)
2004: The Genesis Tournament
2005: AJWars Christmas Rumble
2006: House Robot Rebellion 2
Best Major Tournament (47)
2004: PTT4
2005: VFT6
2006: Crash and Burn
Best Battle of the Year
2004: Scottishly Fictional vs. Wheely Pure Evil/Tengu vs. MDU
2005: MORD vs. Wedge Devo
2006: GeForce vs. CDM/Aquarius vs. Salamander
Biggest Surprise of the Year
2004: N/A
2005: N/A
2006: Chalkie and Son of Wedgie defeat Insecticide and Stratos Fear/Salamanders run in the Crash and Burn tournament
Best Custom Arena
2004: N/A
2005: PTT Wrexagon Arena
2006: PTT Wrexagon Arena
Best New Writer
2004: N/A
2005: Martijn Benschop
2006: Kody Kunz/Martijn Benschop
Best Overall Writer
2004: N/A
2005: Steve McGregor
2006: Kody Kunz
Best British Vapourboteer
2004: N/A
2005: Steve McGregor
2006: Steve McGregor/Frank Goacher
Best €œRest of the World€ Vapourboteer
2004: N/A
2005: Aaron Knight
2006: Kody Kunz/Martijn Benschop
Best Overall Team
2004: Team Bored/Team Destructive Technologies
2005: Team Doomforall
2006: Team Doomforall
Best Vapourbot of the Year
2004: MDU
2005: Wedge Devo
2006: Tails/CDM/Wedge Devo
Best Vapourboteer of the Year
2004: Aaron Knight
2005: Aaron Knight
2005: Aaron Knight/Steve McGregor/Kody Kunz/Frank Goacher
Hall of Fame Induction
Who should join the group of elite?
2004: Frank Goacher
2005: Steve McGregor
2006: N/A
Votes can be public or private, which is up to you. Please try to vote in each topic and avoid voting for yourself. Bear in mind these awards reflect the time between the last awards and these awards only. Plenty to vote on as always, so fire away! Voting will close around 24th December€¦
Has there been any Major tournaments completed fully this year?
C&B 1 in January and MN1 in June my dear Dave :proud:
This was also suggested...
Most Missed Vapourboteer
As in, who do you miss the most who hasnt posted within the last year (or longer)?
Most Missed Vapourbot
And the same applies here... which vapourbot that hasnt competed in over a year do you miss on the scene?
Could I suggest best non-robot-tournament event to encompass the various rpgs and so forth weve had this year?
Most Original Design
Who has come CLOSE to Blizzard? But since he keeps getting the award every time Im going to break tradition and give my vote to the one who has come closest...A NIGHT AT THE BAR. That thing looks radical.
Most Original Designer
Alex Holt :lame:
Best Design
BIACS-LE. Versatile armour cage of awesomeness. :proud:
Best Newcomer Vapourbot
Im actually going to go out on a limb here and say Nitro-Gene because this is Pauls best bot, and it really looks like a contender. I know youd get it someday Paul. :proud:
Best Newcomer Vapourboteer
Uh...Paul Cuomo? (yeah, because hes the only one this year [and as of this thread opening]) :lame:
The Steven McGregor Award for Sportsmanship
Martijn M Benschop. Steve cant keep winning the award every time. :proud:
Idiot of the Year
Me. At last, a category in which I can actually vote for myself. :proud:
Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
Disco 5
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
Eh, Wedge Devo :proud:
Best Axebot
Black Panther Queen for the simple reason that it came 2nd in Mechanical Noise. :proud:
Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Im sorry but this goes to Salamander III all the way. That thing on Salamander is just lethal.
Best Spinner (Vertical)
Disco 5 again
Best Sawbot
Well who else is there? Metal Sonic Spin Dash :lame:
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
PSYCLONIIIIIIIIIIIIZED. :proud:
Best Translational Spinner
Cyberdemon. Havent really seen much of MDU lately so Im willing to give this to Tony.
Best Crusher (Horizontal)
Flank Attack DT
Best Crusher (Vertical)
Clawdius Decimus Murderous, of course. :proud:
Best Clusterbot
Eh...Going Crunch.
Best Interchangeable Robot
NSBFR-X
Best Rammer/Pusher
Shovearound 2 or Flick of the Wrist...Ill go for Flick of the Wrist.
Best €œOther€ Weapon
The Crashing Bore. :lame:
Most Effective Weapon
The pit. :proud:
Best Comedy Bot
Tails or Turbo Tails or whatever hes known by these days. :proud:
Best Custom House Robots
Since I cant vote for myself (even though Im the only one to have used custom house robots so far this year :lame:) it goes to Team Coldheart. Otherwise Id vote for myself. :proud:
Best Walker
ArchAngel of the Abyss it is. :lame:
Best Shuffler
OMG ITZ WHIRLIGIG FOUR POINT OHH LOLZ!!!111 :proud:
Best Tracked
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer Heart Attack :proud:
Best €œOther€ Motivation
Blizzard. Come on, how do you contest against THOSE demonic robot-pushers? :wink:
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Alexander MacWilliams. He has a lot of vapourbots that are actually quite good.
Most Underrated Vapourbot
Cosmic Thunder 2. It is quite capable of reaching a series semi-final yet it never has.
Most Overrated Vapourboteer
AJ. :proud:
Most Overrated Vapourbot
The Disc 5. :proud:
Best Extreme/Side Event
Um...Dave Sheppards Right, here we go again tournament. It was very good, and very well written despite his absence!
Best Minor Tournament (47)
Pass. There hasnt been any.
Best Major Tournament (47)
MECHANICAL NOISE!!! :proud:
Best Battle of the Year
Psyclonized vs. Black Panther Queen in Mechanical Noise Series 1! That was quite the thriller! :)
Biggest Surprise of the Year
Matt MacDonald coming in to say hi. :proud:
Best Custom Arena
This is a toughie. I dont think Martijn uses a custom arena for MN yet the PTT has been closed for over a year. Ill have to pass.
Best New Writer
Paul Cuomo or Samuel Park. If people who have left return can be voted, then Dave Sheppard. :proud:
Best Overall Writer
Me! Oh wait, I cant vote for myself...Martijn. :proud:
Best British Vapourboteer
You guessed it, its the one and only Steven McGregor. :proud:
Best €œRest of the World€ Vapourboteer
Martijn M Benschop. He truly deserves it.
Best Overall Team
Team DoomForAll for having another outstanding year. :)
Best Vapourbot of the Year
Clawdius Decimus Murderous. Its done very well, VERY well this year, this year it should get the award.
Best Vapourboteer of the Year
Tie between Martijn M Benschop and Steven McGregor. Martijn for having one of the best tournaments in a long time and Steve for...being Steve. :proud:
Hall of Fame Induction
Im...going to have to think about one. Give me some moments.
Most Missed Vapourboteer
Hector Gilbert. :sad:
Most Missed Vapourbot
No matter what we do, nothing can bring back the awesomeness that was The Business Ends. :sad:
may I propose a best spiked bot-catogery, the spike is a forgotten weapon!:lame:
Vote #1, the Boring Party :lame:
Most Original Design
The Disc.... my oldest of foes...
Most Original Designer
Frank Goacher
Best Design
MDU - its just the most notable example of the kind of attention to detail that makes Aaron the pig of an opponent that he is...
Best Newcomer Vapourbot
Not a clue really, Ill just say Nitro-Gene because I dont even recall hearing about others.
Best Newcomer Vapourboteer
Paul Cuomo?
The Steven McGregor Award for Sportsmanship
Well it is his own award....
Idiot of the Year
Andy, just because, lol
Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
Disco 5 (I cant really think of a notable number..
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
Wedge Devo
Best Axebot
Killotine
Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Not even sure if its been active this year, but Parrasyte
Best Spinner (Vertical)
Not sure if its even been about, but Hefty Kick in the balls
Best Sawbot
Metal Sonic Spin Dash as I cant think of anyone else either.
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
Tempest
Best Translational Spinner
MDU
Best Crusher (Horizontal)
Flank Attack DT because I cant remember any horizontals offhand, so ill take the previous recommendation on it
Best Crusher (Vertical)
Clawdius Decimus Murderous
Best Clusterbot
Cant even remember any.
Best Interchangeable Robot
NSBFR-X
Best Rammer/Pusher
MOTB (again, has it even been around?)
Best €œOther€ Weapon
The Crashing Bore
Most Effective Weapon
Infusion, just as a general overengineered spinning little wheel of annihilation. Curse Aaron.
Best Comedy Bot
The Botles
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Martijn, I may be out the loop, but never seems to do as well as often as he should.
Best Major Tournament (47)
Mechanical Noise
Best Overall Writer
Kody
Best British Vapourboteer
Steve
Best €œRest of the World€ Vapourboteer
Martijn
Best Overall Team
Team Bored.... I will vanquish ye one day!
Best Vapourboteer of the Year
Martijn
Hall of Fame Induction
AJ
Most Missed Vapourboteer
Hector Gilbert.
Just a suggestion, if I may. I think that we may need to cut down on the amount of awards we have, considering that some things just have two few contestants. Stuff like best other weapon walker shuffler etc. are basically forgone conclusions since hardly anyone else is in that division lol
I disagree with you Alex, having an anual best walker competition should encourage people to build walkers, and in the best shuffler area, Im very much stuck between MORD and Whirligig atm :proud:
Great to see some votes, thanks guys! :)
And yes of course, Best RPG also deserves a mention so add that to your votes list.
In terms of cutting down some of the awards, Im in agreement. There is no real point in a best other category if there is only 1 contender I guess. But as Martijn said, I hope that people notice that the same old things are winning it each year and make something good enough to change that next year.
But... But the best other is the Franks free award award! I object to its removal!
1. I never voted The Crashing Bore in the best other category in the first place, there ARE other options (I voted for Starstorm 2 :proud:)
2. There are other other weapons out there... I already mentioned Starstorm (unhinged flipper), but theres also Odysseus (active spike), Nodachi (sword-blade), Drilla Killa 7 (drills) and many others Im sure. As a matter of fact, I noticed a new other weapon THIS VERY YEAR when Aaron entered Mass Confuzzlement in AJWars: A New Era... , which was equiped with a highly original Wheel Cheeze Grater of Iminient Doom http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi?pg=next&topic=760&page=8365http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/cgi-...topic=760&page =8365. This machine might very well get my vote this year.
3. If Frank wins because he has the only other weapon there is, well, I think it SHOULD be rubbed in everyones face every year that they were too lazy to create any competition for Frank in this area!:proud:
4. I only now notice how much alike my first and second point are!:proud:
5. The third point is sooo correct :proud:
although I think the sawblade might very well go to other weapon, creates some competition for MSSD (ALTHOUGH BACK TO ROCK 2 IS A SAWBOT TOO!!!!!:proud:)
Oww! Did anyone else get the feeling that someone just dropped a huge hint on their heads from a great distance?
Now if only someone would drop a hint about Blizzard being a wheeled omnibot... :rofl:
(Message edited by teamvertex on December 06, 2007)
Most Original Design
BIACS-LE, for its undamageable cage and deadly disc!
Most Original Designer
Alex Holt
Best Design
BIACS-LE
Best Newcomer Vapourbot
Pass - Im the only newcomer to have built a vapourbot.
Best Newcomer Vapourboteer
Uh...Paul Cuomo? [PASS]
The Steven McGregor Award for Sportsmanship
Steve - always funny when he post, knows exactly what to say. AND ITS HIS AWARD!
Idiot of the Year
Seeming that Timothy James Sillery stayed for most of the year - HIM!
Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
Pass
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
Achilles - a rammer/flipper combo is always good, but this takes the trophy for best flipper!
Best Axebot
Killotine: EVO, its always a favorite with vapurboteers, a great axe machine and it won my Eye Of The Robot tournument.
Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Salamander III - COME ON, ITS THE CHAMPION OF C&B!
Best Spinner (Vertical)
Pass
Best Sawbot
Well who else is there? Metal Sonic Spin Dash
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
Tengu VII = Terrifying!
Best Translational Spinner
Cyberdemon. Havent really seen much of MDU lately so Im willing to give this to Tony.
Best Crusher (Horizontal)
Giga-Byte
Best Crusher (Vertical)
Clawdius Decimus Murderous
Best Clusterbot
Pass
Best Interchangeable Robot
Chameleon
Best Rammer/Pusher
Flick of the Wrist is the one that first springs to mind, but Ill go for Shovearound 2 for its armour, speed and record.
Best €œOther€ Weapon
Pass
Most Effective Weapon
Psyclonised - new and original/effective - who can stop it?!?
Best Comedy Bot
Pass
Best Custom House Robots
Pass
Best Walker
Pass
Best Shuffler
MORD2 - a good pusher, drumer and robot all combined into one.
Best Tracked
Pass
Best €œOther€ Motivation
Pass
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Richard Southworth
Most Underrated Vapourbot
IDSFA - still does well, bt not as well as it should do
Most Overrated Vapourboteer
Alex Holt (but only by 0.00000001%)
Most Overrated Vapourbot
The Disc 5
Best Extreme/Side Event
Pass
Best Minor Tournament (47)
Pass
Best Major Tournament (47)
Mechanical Noise 1
Best Battle of the Year
Me vs. Other People On The Forum :mrgreen: (on the are pauls robots relistic battle)If thats not allowed, then Leprosy Infection vs. Aquarius
Biggest Surprise of the Year
Steven to start writing another tournument
Best Custom Arena
Pass
Best New Writer
Pass
Best Overall Writer
Pass
Best British Vapourboteer
Pass
Best €œRest of the World€ Vapourboteer
Antony Politzi - creator of Shovearound 2 and Team Hitman
Best Overall Team
Team Braveheart
Best Vapourbot of the Year
Black Panther Queen - a much improved version of the other Black Pnather, with a powerful axe and flipper to boot, as well as the Silver medal in Mechanical Noise 1 and the Copper medal and Cup (4th Place) in my E.O.T.R tourny
Best Vapourboteer of the Year
Hall of Fame Induction
Alex Holt - deffenately
Most Missed Vapourboteer
The list comes down to Scott Anderson, Daniel Stickler and Tom Roper - Ill go for Daniel.
Most Missed Vapourbot
Stratos-Fear
I seem to notice youve copied a few of my votes, Paul. :proud:
Edit: Ive thought it over and...
Hall of Fame Induction
Frank Goacher. Has made the most irritating vapourbot of all time (The Disc 5). For having a vapourbot to tick so many people off, I feel he deserves this. :proud:
(Message edited by kodster on December 06, 2007)
Oops. Forgot Franks already in there. :proud:
Uh...
Um...
I dont really know who else...so Im going to say Martijn deserves this to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Why? Just cause. :proud:
Sorry for the triple post, but...I had forgot an award...
Best RPG
Cant vote for myself. Gotta give it to the Wars Incarnate 3: Tag-Team Tantrum. Even though Im no longer in the running. :proud:
Hahaha, wow! Im leading best design, LOLicopter
Most Original Design
BIACS-LE
I had to put this machine SOMEWHERE, but I won€™t call it €œunderrated€ anymore after winning a heat in C&B. It doesn€™t fit in any of the €œBest of€ category IMO, yet it IS highly original.
Most Original Designer
Alex Holt
Always looking to use that new weapon, that new drive-system, that new ANYTHING! Kudos for that :proud:.
Best Design
The Disc 5
So bloody hard to hit successfully, and a very dangerous weapon. There€™s tough competition though.
Best Newcomer Vapourbot
Nitro-Gene
Paul put some effort in that one, guess it€™s only fair for it to win that price!:proud:
Best Newcomer Vapourboteer
Paul Cuomo
Just because!
The Steven McGregor Award for Sportsmanship
Steven McGregor
Speaks for itself!
Idiot of the Year
Timmah!
May we never forget about him.
Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
Disco 5
Good wedge, nice skirts and a great rear-flywheel.
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
Wedga€™s Revenge
Up there with Wede Devolution easily. I can€™t say which one of them is best, but Wedga€™s Revenge is more original and a nice change from the classic wedge shape.
Best Axebot
Black Panther Queen
MN-1 runner-up, he was. A very powerful axe and a great flipping weapon. Hit-and-run is a real biatch.
Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Salamander III
Nothing really stands out here but Salamander WON 2006€™s biggest major, so he gets my respect.
Best Spinner (Vertical)
The Disc 5
See €œBest Design€ :proud:.
Best Sawbot
Metal Sonic Spin Dash
Storm 2 eating your wheels away? I€™m in!
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
Psyclonised
That ring€™s massive and it is invertible.
Best Translational Spinner
MDU
Yeah, Cyberdemon technically had a slightly better year but he is NOT up there with MDU IMO.
Best Crusher (Horizontal)
Flank Attack
Maneuverable 2WD-machine with scoop and big pincers. Can slow many bots down.
Best Crusher (Vertical)
Clawdius Decimus Murderous
Great low wedge with powerful weapon and very effective srimech.
Best Clusterbot
Mass Confuzzlement
Ganged up by 4 wedges? OUCH!
Best Interchangeable Robot
NSBFR-X
Nice brick with 5 very versatile weapons.
Best Rammer/Pusher
ForcePower 5.0
Very devoted to ramming :proud:!
Best €œOther€ Weapon
Starstorm 2
The 360 degree-aspect is a great advantage over regular flippers, even though it has less chance of an OOTA.
Most Effective Weapon
Psyclonised
Yeah, those hammers are great IMO.
Best Comedy Bot
Toby the T-Ram Engine
Makes me LMAO.
Best Custom House Robots:
Kody€™s Bunch
Just because :proud:.
Best Walker
Archangel of the Abyss
The only walker I can think of, and it€™s bloody powerful.
Best Shuffler
M.O.R.D2
He and Whirligig 4.0 are bloody good shufflers. MORD is a nice box with good a scoop and drum, and I like that alot!
Best Tracked
Enter the May Tracks
There aren€™t too many tracked success-stories out there, but Enter the May Tracks came close in C&B 1 :proud:.
Best €œOther€ Motivation
Blizzard
Guess why :proud:.
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
PASS
I have the feeling that the field is more even nowadays than it was in the past, with less people standing out that much and everyone winning heats left and right.
Most Underrated Vapourbot
The Doomsday Project
Certainly underrated by Steven himself :proud:. You should use it more often!
Most Overrated Vapourboteer
PASS
See €œMost Underrated Vapourboteer€ :proud:.
Most Overrated Vapourbot
Slammer V
Yeah, just like last year. I believe the main body just has to little going for it in a world where every interchangeable box is LEM-powered at least. He€™s very slippery though.
Best Extreme/Side Event
Team Gore Presents: House Robot Rebellion 2!
A nice house bot rebellion with the best custom housebots available today :proud:.
Best Minor Tournament (47)
Right, here we go again€¦
Nice minor and a cool comeback by Dave. O, and I won :proud:.
Best Major Tournament (47)
The Crash & Burn Tournament
The only non-hypothetical one other than my own. And it was a GREAT tournament!
Best Battle of the Year
Salamander III VS. Clawdius Decimus Murderous
The thrilling C&B-final!
Biggest Surprise of the Year
Steven back at the writing-table
:proud:. Good suggestion Paul!
Best Custom Arena
Kody€™s
Just because :proud:.
Best New Writer
Paul Cuome
His battles are very nice really.
Best Overall Writer
Kody Kunz
Well, he was the most ACTIVE one :proud:. And his battles are cool.
Best British Vapourboteer
Frank Goacher
Great team where everyone€™s a team-player :proud:.
Best €œRest of the World€ Vapourboteer
Aaron Knight
Damn, such a good eye for detail.
Best Overall Team
Team Bored
See €œBest British Vapourboteer€ :proud:.
Best Vapourbot of the Year
Shovearound 2
Won both Team Gore Presents: House Robot Rebellion 2! and FFW 4. That€™s good I€™d say :proud:.
Best Vapourboteer of the Year
AJ
Did well in most stuff he entered, and on top of that hosted a cool tournament in AJWars: a new era!
Hall of Fame Induction
AJ
Just because :proud:.
Most Original Design: I really liked the design of Mass Confuzzelment, its nothing like anybody has really tried before so that gets my vote for originality. Not just the use of the clusterbot, which isn€™t very common, but also that cheese grater style weapon.
Most Original Designer: An honourable mention goes to Alex but I think Aaron has pulled some more revolutionary things out the bag this year to get my vote. As above, Mass Confuzzelment and also Spyder are very original.
Best Design: As a good all-rounder I quite like Shovearound 2, its got speed, pushing ability, good defence and a proven weapon type.
Best Newcomer Vapourbot: Until a few days ago, I would have gone with the trend of Nitro-Gene which Paul deserves credit for, but Spyder has got my vote for this one. Once again Aaron isn€™t afraid to try something different.
Best Newcomer Vapourboteer: Paul Cuomo, but not just because he is the only one. This guy has come in ready prepared with knowledge of parts and a history of the game, is prepared to listen to advice and is producing some decent designs. He€™s shown he can write tournaments at lightning pace as well.
The Steven McGregor Award for Sportsmanship: Hmmm, for a change I€™m going to award this one to Martijn this year. Always supportive and never stirs up any trouble.
Idiot of the Year: I€™m going to vote for Kody because he broke the rules and voted for himself! :wink:
Best Flipper (Front Hinged): The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is Disco 5.
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged): I€™m going to go for Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus for this one - Wheely Big Cheese on acid!
Best Axebot: As always its tough between Killotine: EVO and Black Panther Queen for this one, but I€™m going for BPQ based on its success this year.
Best Spinner (Horizontal): Fragmentor. Ouch.
Best Spinner (Vertical): I€™ll go for The Disc 5 this time.
Best Sawbot: How has this award stayed in? :proud: MSSD of course!
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner: I€™ll go for Tengu VII here.
Best Translational Spinner: Cyberdemon, there isn€™t much else about.
Best Crusher (Horizontal): Is there anything other than Flank Attack?
Best Crusher (Vertical): Is there anything other than CDM?
Best Clusterbot: The only thing I can think of this year is Mass Confuzzelment.
Best Interchangeable Robot: NSBFR-X (but I want to vote for TIRTASM :P)
Best Rammer/Pusher: I guess Flick of the Wrist comes closest to ForcePower :wink:
Best €œOther€ Weapon: That damn guillotine again! :proud:
Most Effective Weapon: Tengu does exactly what it says on the tin. Destroy. Suitable for vegetarians. :lame:
Best Comedy Bot: Tails I guess.
Best Custom House Robots: I quite like Kody€™s things.
Best Walker: Spyder! Finally someone has brought in a new walking mechanism that actually works. And even better, it fits these random 150kg weight limits. :P
Best Shuffler: I€™ll choose Whirly for this one.
Best Tracked: Sheer Heart Attack looks pretty cool.
Best €œOther€ Motivation: I guess I have to go with Blizzard for this.
Most Underrated Vapourboteer: Willow Matt Harrison Haka Fowler The Third
Most Underrated Vapourbot: Hmm I don€™t think Disco 5 does as well as it should, it€™s a good flipper/spinner combination.
Most Overrated Vapourboteer: That would be breaking the rules€¦ :proud:
Most Overrated Vapourbot: That would also be breaking the rules€¦ :proud:
Best RPG: That crazy thing known as ATTTWI which I was too scared to read!
Best Extreme/Side Event: I can€™t think of any!
Best Minor Tournament (47): Dave€™s Here We Go Again tournament
Best Major Tournament (47): Well what can I say? Excellent battles, the final of which was the best match in a long time. I also won it, which adds to the vote. Mechanical Noise Series 1 - excellent tournament!
Best Battle of the Year: As above, Black Panther Queen vs. Psyclonised was the best battle I have seen in quite a while.
Biggest Surprise of the Year: Some legitimate promising newcomers come along in the form of Paul Cuomo and Samuel Park.
Best Custom Arena: The Wrexagon! Wonderfully designed by the master of Paint!
Best New Writer: Paul Cuomo - may not have the most thrilling and lengthy battles to read but the speed he wrote the Eye of the Robot tournament was quite amazing.
Best Overall Writer: For someone who doesn€™t write in his native tongue, Martijn sure can write some amazing battles.
Most Missed Vapourboteer: There€™s so many€¦ it comes down to either Nick or Tom to me. I€™ll go for Roper because he€™s been inactive here for longer.
Most Missed Vapourbot: Again, there€™s so many great designs that I€™d love to see competing again. I miss SpinVerter but I basically cloned that so I€™ll go for V€™Ger.
Best British Vapourboteer: Tricky€¦ but due to his mass of success this year I€™m going to go for Alex. Originality, creativity and a great winning record along with a little insanity! :wink:
Best €œRest of the World€ Vapourboteer: Well Mr. Knight has pulled some great new concepts out this year, so I€™ll vote for him on that. Nice to see some new designs still flowing in.
Best Overall Team: Team Doomforall, so many fantastic creative and effective designs which do the business in the ring.
Best Vapourbot of the Year: This may surprise some people, but I€™ll be going for Flick of the Wrist here. Great drive train, nice weapon system and came 4th in FFW4 and won the Here We Go Again mini-tournament.
Best Vapourboteer of the Year: It€™s a tough call, but I€™ll go for Alex. As I said before, he€™s been pretty successful this year.
Hall of Fame Induction
There is no way the Hall of Fame can be complete without the guy that revolutionised vapourbot FanFic many years ago with his technical knowledge, experience, success and original designs and a show of sportsmanship. Take a bow Aaron!
Still plenty of time to vote guys, keep em coming!
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Idiot of the Year: I€™m going to vote for Kody because he broke the rules and voted for himself! :wink:
LMAO :proud::proud::proud:
Most Original Design
Id really like to vote the various ideas for a true vertical FBS that myself, Aaron and AJ cooked up one night on MSN. However I wont seeing A) only 5 people or so saw them, and B) I doubt theyd ever be entered in real competition.
Therefore, Im voting for Aaron Knights Spyder.
Most Original Designer
Another vote for Aaron.
Best Design
BIACS-LE.
Best Newcomer Vapourbot
Again, Im going with Spyder.
Best Newcomer Vapourboteer
Paul Cuomo. Hes not perfect, but who is?
The Steven McGregor Award for Sportsmanship
Ill go with Martijn.
Idiot of the Year
A certain Mr. McGregor, who suggested using a plot hole for maintenance purposes:lame:
Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
Disco 5
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
CRAPBAG. It might be even better if the designer had any knowledge of real robots:proud:
Best Axebot
Axeon.
Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Salamander 3
Best Spinner (Vertical)
Turbo Shredder looks like it has potential.
Only Sawbot
MSSD
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
Tengu. Dangerous to all, and virtually unbeatable for other horizontal spinners.
Best Translational Spinner
I dont think any translational spinners have had much sucess, but Im going to vote for MDU 4.
Best Crusher (Horizontal)
Flank Attack DT
Best Crusher (Vertical)
Clawdius Decimus Murderous.
Best Clusterbot
Mass Confuzzlement.
Best Interchangeable Robot
Chameleon.
Best Rammer/Pusher
Flick of the Wrist.
Best €œOther€ Weapon
Blizzard.
Most Effective Weapon
Dunno
Best Comedy Bot
Who can match the sheer awesomeness of Kustom?:o ...But Ill vote for Toby the T-Ram Engine. I dont get on with Kustoms designer.
Best Custom House Robots
Dunno.
Best Walker
ArchAngel of the Abyss.
Best Shuffler
MORD 2.
Best Tracked
Sheer Heart Attack
Best €œBlizzard€ Motivation
Blizzard.
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Paul Cuomo. I think his basic designs are good, he just suffers from over-designing at the moment.
Most Underrated Vapourbot
BIACS-LE. Its only just starting to get the recognition it deserves.
Most Overrated Vapourboteer
I dont think anyones really overrated any more, but Ill vote Aaron since so many people say You stuck me with Aaron? Thanks a lot *insert tourny writer here* despite the fact I dont think hes won much since his VFT double.
Most Overrated Vapourbot
...I really would like to vote for The Disc here. Can I?
Best Extreme/Side Event
Right, Here We Go Again.
Best Minor Tournament (47)
Have there been any?
Best Major Tournament (47)
Im stuck between MN and C&B.
Best Battle of the Year
Honestly cant narrow it down to one.
Biggest Surprise of the Year
Proper roboteers starting to enter tournies.
Best Custom Arena
Dunno.
Best New Writer
Paul Cuomo.
Best Overall Writer
Martijn.
Best British Vapourboteer
Alex Holt
Best €œRest of the World€ Vapourboteer
Martijn.
Best Overall Team
Team DoomForAll.
Best Vapourbot of the Year
Psyclonised.
Best Vapourboteer of the Year
Martijn.
Hall of Fame Induction
Ill have to give this to Aaron. His attention to detail and MDU robots have set the bar as far as stats and distructive capability go.
Most Missed Vapourboteer
Nick.
Most Missed Vapourbot
I honestly cant narrow this down to one, so many inventive vapours.
sorry, I forgot some catogeries :proud:
Best RPG
ATTTWI
Most Missed Vapourboteer
Hector
Most Missed Vapourbot
The Team That Wasnt There
AWESOME clusterbot :proud:
The Vapourbot Awards 2007
Most Original Design
Which vapourbot has the most unique design?
BIACS-LE
Most Original Designer
Going to say Aaron
Best Design
The Disc 5, due to it still being one of the hardest robots to fight.
Best Newcomer Vapourbot
Spyder
Best Newcomer Vapourboteer
Since there has only been one, I am going to not vote!
The Steven McGregor Award for Sportsmanship
Martijin, wins it, sorry steve!
Idiot of the Year
Mainly based on the last few weeks, Paul is the stand out here. At any other time it would have been Timmy, but Paul has won himself this award.
Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
humm, does anyone other than me use this?
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus, it may not have been as sucsessful as it should but it is deffinitly a great design.
Best Axebot
Black Panther Queen
Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Salamander 3
Best Spinner (Vertical)
Disc 5
Best Sawbot
Humm only one again, MSSD
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
Psyclonised
Best Translational Spinner
MDU
Best Crusher (Horizontal)
Flank Attack
Best Crusher (Vertical)
CDM
Best Clusterbot
Mass Confuzzelment
Best Interchangeable Robot
I am gonna say Slammer as I love the design
Best Rammer/Pusher
Force Power
Best €œOther€ Weapon
The Crashing Bore
Most Effective Weapon
dunno
Best Comedy Bot
dunno
Best Custom House Robots:
Kody€™s
Best Walker
Spyder
Best Shuffler
Whirligig
Best Tracked
Sheer Heart Attack
Best €œOther€ Motivation
Blizzard
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
There are a few I would like to say but I am going to say Chris M
Most Underrated Vapourbot
I am unsure
Most Overrated Vapourboteer
it is very even so I dunno.
Most Overrated Vapourbot
hummm I dunno.
Best Extreme/Side Event
dunno
Best Minor Tournament (47)
Right, here we go again€¦
Best Major Tournament (47)
Mechaican Noise and Crash and Burn it is a tie
Best Battle of the Year
wouldn€™t like to say as there have been some great fights this year.
Biggest Surprise of the Year
somone, somehow breathing life into the fanfic area, we seam to have life again.
Best Custom Arena
Kody€™s
Best New Writer
I can only think of one person off the top of my head who is new, and their tournament was not enterable by anyone, and seems a bit inacurate so I don€™t think they are deserving of this award.
Best Overall Writer
Martijin
Best British Vapourboteer
Frank
Best €œRest of the World€ Vapourboteer
Martijin
Best Overall Team
Steve€™s team is very good, and seams to cover all the bases so is probably most deserving of this award.
Best Vapourbot of the Year
hummm, I don€™t want to vote for just one so I won€™t vote
Best Vapourboteer of the Year
Kody has been very good, especialy coming from all the controversy that he started with in vapoutboting, he has redemed him self in the past few years, so I think deserves the award.
Hall of Fame Induction
I am going to say Alex
Ermm...Martyn.
Im actually NOT the only new vapourboteer, as Craig and Leo and Samuel Park are new, but...
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Best Newcomer Vapourboteer: Paul Cuomo, but not just because he is the only one. This guy has come in ready prepared with knowledge of parts and a history of the game, is prepared to listen to advice and is producing some decent designs.
And also, youre just taking the P!££ of of E.O.T.R Series 2, because you lost a fight. Everyone loses fights, but you often enter more than one vapourbot into the contest. So basically, you lose one, but youll have sereral more up my sleave. IF everyone complained about losing, this board would be flooded with people moaning about LOSING! :new: Ive had 5 fight this year, and Ive lost all of them, but you cant win all of them.
Have I justifed myself?
PS: +2>VOTE FOR ME AS IDIOT OF THE YEAR!
LMAO... is it just me or was this Chris like 3 years ago. Thank God he sorted himself out, no disrespect to you Chris but yuo were a nightmare XD
Err Paul I think he was refering to me...
You see, I am technically new - I am actually AJs brother (BJ :uhoh:) using his old account. Hes not interested in this anymore. I ran a tournament this year under his account called AJWars: A New Era which I invited people to enter rather than anyone being able to enter. My writing isnt really up to the par of my older brother, who was probably the best writer on the forum! :lame: Im new, my tournament could only be entered by those that I invited and my writing was inacurate so he was obviously referring to me! Dont get so worked up about it, he wasnt even talking about you! He told me so himself on MSN! Hes not taking the mic out of EOTR! He is taking it out of AJWars! No need to go off on a rant because Martyn wasnt even talking about you! :rofl:
On a rather unrelated note, voting will close at midnight GMT. Still time for some last votes everyone as things can still change before the results in the next few days! Just over 7 hours remaining!!!
but BJ (Brother Jackson?:crazy:), why would you call your tournament AJWars?:proud:
I look forward to meeting CJ :proud:
erm it was AJ wars as BJ wars is just sick and wrong lol
I wonder if DJ plays Nirvana songs. :proud:
I would like to officially change my vote from Idiot of the Year, and give it to Paul. :proud:
Id like to make mine a joint award - Kody/Timmy.
It never says that the idiot of the year is from the FRA... I therefore vote for Amy Winehouse! :proud:
In that case, Amy Winehouse/Timmy/Kody :proud: