The Vapourbot Awards 2008

Welcome to The Vapourbot Awards 2008! Yeah, it is that time of year again. As usual, vote in as many categories as possible (preferably all of them). Try to narrow it down to one choice per category, please. However if you can€™t decide between two, half a vote will be split between them. No more than two votes per category please. You can€™t vote for yourself or your vapourbots. But you can vote for best battle if your robot was in that battle. It is up to you whether your votes are made public, or whether you wish to send me them privately. Remember that these awards reflect the whole year, from January 2008 until now. Voting will close around 23rd December, so you€™ve got plenty of time to make your choices. Here€™s this years categories:

Most Original Design
Best Design
Most Overrated Vapourbot
Most Underrated Vapourbot
Most Original Designer
Best Designer
Most Overrated Vapourboteer
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Most Improved Vapourboteer :new:
Idiot of the Year
Best Sportsman
Best Render :new:
Funniest Moment :new:
Biggest Surprise of the Year
Best Custom House Robot
Best Custom Arena
Best Comedy Bot
Best Clusterbot
Best Interchangeable Robot
Best Rammer
Best Walker
Best Shuffler
Best Tracked
Best Front Hinged Flipper
Best Rear Hinged Flipper
Best Axe
Best Horizontal Spinner
Best Vertical Spinner
Best Saw
Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner
Best Horizontal Crusher
Best Vertical Crusher
Best Miscellaneous Weapon
Most Effective Weapon
Best RPG
Best Battle
Best New Writer
Best New Tournament :new:
Best Writer
Best Alternative Event (side events, extremes etc€¦)
Best Minor Tournament (47 bots and under)
Best Major Tournament (48 bots and over)
Best Team
Best New Vapourbot
Best New Vapourboteer
Best Vapourboteer of 2008
Best Vapourbot of 2008
Vapourboteer Hall of Fame - already inducted are Frank Goacher, Steven McGregor, Aaron Knight, Alex Holt and myself.
Vapourbot Hall of Fame :new: - as was suggested last year, we now have a hall of fame for vapourbots as well as vapourboteers. For this year, you are allowed to vote for up to three vapourbots to be inducted.

Please ask if there are any questions. Get voting everyone! :)

Too many categories for awards I think

Some of those weapon categories could be merged together IMO

My opinion on this is that weve had a great year with great newcomers (Ive counted about 10, including promising newcomers like Joey, Lewis and Liam and ofcourse the likes of Mark Elam) and great new designs and that especially THIS year this list could represent that. The old order changeth so to speak and this years list might just be very different than last years, especially in normally neglected areas as best front-hinged flipper and best clusterbot for example.

Well - its come around again. Time to vote in this section.

Most Original Design
I believe in this section, that Matt Fowlers BIACS-LE who won last year, deserves the win this year as well.

Best Design
The best design award is tricky, because a lot of decent designs have been created here. But Im going to give it to Jamie McHarg, a roboteer turned vapourboteer, with his robot Firefly.

Most Overrated Vapourbot
This may sound like a little bit of jealously here, but I prefer to call his section in my case as the ANNYOING Vapourbot :proud: It goes to Daniel Stickler, and his Supreme series.

Most Underrated Vapourbot
Now, overtime, I felt that Liam Eliot created a LOT of great robots, a lot of which didnt do as well as they should. One robot that did well, but not as well as I thought it should, is Apocalypse.

Most Original Designer
The only...Alex Holt!

Best Designer
This year, we saw new genius ideas emerge from the brain of one man in creating Intriguer, Seung Mina, Wedginator, Tira and may more, so I say the award goes to him - Kody Kunz.

Most Overrated Vapourboteer
This is one Im not intending on answering.

Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Well. The most underrated vapourbotter is tough, because its between the great Chezza, whos only won 1 minor competition and Matty Fowler, whos won a hypothetical major, but thats it, and he should win more...Ill give it to Chezza.

Most Improved Vapourboteer
Im going to go with the one vapourboteer who I remember from last year, who lost his first fight, and has now made the semi-finals of E.O.T.R, RS!! , runner-up in an Annihilator and that other thing I cant remember the name of :proud: Yes - its Danny Bailey.

Idiot of the Year
Is this a contest? MALE KRAM - a Idiot so idiotic, his own idiocy killed him (he got banned for being stupid with words :proud:)

Best Sportsman
I would give this to Steven McGregor, purely because hes been gracious with wins, gracious with losses, hes never been harsh, and thats something to be admired.

Best Render
I say its Kodys render of Killotine: EVO thst deserves this prize, for making one of the best vapourbots around look good in a render.

Funniest Moment
Too many to remember.

Biggest Surprise of the Year
I think the biggest suprise of the year is one I can remember, which was when Knyfe took on, and beat Achilles in the Semi-Final of RS!!Mini-Tornument. It was a shock to me, so Im voting for Knyfe vs. Achilles: RS!! Mini-Tornument Semi-Final.

Best Custom House Robot
Cant remember all that many, so I wont say.

Best Custom Arena
Can only remember Kodys arena, so Ill vote for him.

Best Comedy Bot
Cant remember many comedy bots.

Best Clusterbot
This is the one, the only clusterbot this year to make it to the final 4 of a major - Frank Goachers Door Stops!

Best Interchangeable Robot
Not sure if I invented the only interchangable robot of the year :mrgreen: So I wont comment.

Best Rammer
I vote for the top rammer this year, with a massive Titanium scoop and 104hp in his LEM200s at 60V - Chezzas robot: Do Or Die!

Best Walker
Simple here - Hex Appeal - a Joey/Dan colaboration.

Best Shuffler
Cant remember anything else except Whirligig - so I vote for Steven McGregors Whirligig 4.5!

Best Tracked
Hes made a final, hes not done as well as he should, hes a great design - its Alex Holts Darkestar!!

Best Front Hinged Flipper
Dont know :proud:

Best Rear Hinged Flipper
Who wins every single fight hes in (not litterally, but you get my idea :proud:) Its Steven McGregors Wedge Devolution

Best Axe
My favourite axe-robot this year, has to be the best thought-out, well-planned, and lethal axe-robot from Canada - Kody Kunzs Intriguer!

Best Horizontal Spinner
Dont know :proud:

Best Vertical Spinner
Dont know :proud:

Best Saw
Obviously, its SDU from Mr. McGregor!

Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner
Ill vote for the awesome, deadly design from AJ - PsycloniZer!

Best Horizontal Crusher
Its gory, its got the glory - Kodys Super Gore Revo!

Best Vertical Crusher
Dont know.

Best Miscellaneous Weapon
Dont know.

Most Effective Weapon
I know this one :proud: Frank Goacher here has created a flipper that can OOTA, and damage as well - so I vote for The May Tracks Has You!

Best RPG
Dont know.

Best Battle
WAY TOO MANY TO PICK FROM! Id pick them all if it was allowed :proud:

Best New Writer
I vote for a vapourboteer, who coame up a lot of stuff this year, but has sadly left to continue with school work, which is understandable. I vote for the creator of RS!! and hopes he comes back soon - Liam Eliot!

Best New Tournament
See above - I vote for RS!! because its great!

Best Writer
Too many to choose from.

Best Alternative Event (side events, extremes etc€¦)
Honestly, dont know.

Best Minor Tournament (47 bots and under)
It has to be Dave Sheppards Fight Against The House Robots Revisited, it was great (even more so because I won it :wink:)

Best Major Tournament (48 bots and over)
Too many to pick.

Best Team
Kodys band of bruisers are the best this year in my opinion, and I vote for his team - Team Zlayerz.

Best New Vapourbot
Thiwon

Best New Vapourboteer
He was the earilest vapourboteer, and he started well and got better and better - Joey McConnell.

Best Vapourboteer of 2008
The overall best vapourboteer has to go, in my opinion to Steven McGregor.

Best Vapourbot of 2008
Well - this robot is ultra-brilliant, and ultra-annoying with his wheel spiking/ripping system, so I vote for The May Tracks Has You from the evil mind of Frank Goacher!

Vapourboteer Hall of Fame
I think that this guy has put forward masses of input into the world of vapourboteering - this is someone with great designs, great writing, great sportsmanship - I say it should be KODY KUNZ!

Vapourbot Hall of Fame
I think this basically comes down to 3 robots that are truely awesome, and deserve recognition, so I vote for:
Steven McGregors WEDGE DEVOLUTION
Alex Holts ACHILLES
Frank Goachers TEMPEST EVIL-EST-LUTION

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Hope this votes saticify everyone :proud:

(Message edited by paulc on November 20, 2008)

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Most Overrated Vapourbot
This may sound like a little bit of jealously here, but I prefer to call his section in my case as the ANNYOING Vapourbot It goes to Daniel Stickler, and his Supreme series.

to me that reads like:

Most Effective Weapon
This may sound a little bit odd here, but I prefer to call his section in my case as the BRIGHTES nebula. It goes to The Greater Andromeda Nebula for its bright green colors.

You bluntly changed one catogery into another, and as a result, Supreme is now leading the race for being the most OVERRATED robot in the scene due to your vote while I see in your words you dont find it overrated at all :proud:.

Paul - thats a lot of stuff you dont know there, almost half the votes...particularly in the weapons categories, I personally find it very hard to believe that you dont know enough to make some sort of decision on them. Anyway, down to:

JOEYS EPIC VOTES THAT ARE EPIC

Most Original Design: Holepunch - the pneumatic crusher is something that should really be used more often in my opinion
Best Design: Darkestar
Most Overrated Vapourbot: Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus
Most Underrated Vapourbot: Heyght II
Most Original Designer: Dan Stickler - for things like Fling and Supreme, and the continued use of Sinclair C5s if nothing else :P
Best Designer: Alex Holt
Most Overrated Vapourboteer: Aaron Knight - although it has to be said not completely without reason
Most Underrated Vapourboteer: Danny Bailey
Most Improved Vapourboteer: I think this should really go to Liam Eliot, as he really went up in the world before his unfortunate departure...
Idiot of the Year: Mark Elam, largely for spectacularly turning everyone against him and then effectively banning himself in an epic fashion. Paul Cuomo gets a mention though, for he reprieved himself from this at the eleventh hour by showing signs of improvement.
Best Sportsman: I think more or less everyone with a few exceptions has been very sporting this year, so I shall abstain from this one
Best Render: Marti Benschops rendering of his entire squad that served as his ZED signature until recently/Kodys rendering of his own squad
Funniest Moment: Anything that happened in late 2008 involving Andy Jackson, the fora of vapourbots, and a lot of vodka. :proud:
Biggest Surprise of the Year: Does it count as a vote for myself if I vote for the influx of newcomers? :proud:

Best Custom House Robot: Ancalgon The Black, for sheer overkillness
Best Custom Arena: Crash and Burn Arena
Best Comedy Bot: Woody in its various forms
Best Clusterbot: Weapons Synergy Unleashed
Best Interchangeable Robot: Macduff the 4th
Best Rammer: Flick Of The Wrist
Best Walker: Archangel of the Abyss
Best Shuffler: Whirligig
Best Tracked: Darkestar
Best Front Hinged Flipper: Hot Sauce...although an honourable mention to Envy who Im not allowed to vote for :P
Best Rear Hinged Flipper: Ge5orce
Best Axe: Killotine Evo
Best Horizontal Spinner: Fox in the Box/Supreme
Best Vertical Spinner: The 6isc
Best Saw: Spin Dash Unleashed
Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner: PsycloniZer/Tengu
Best Horizontal Crusher: Death Threat
Best Vertical Crusher: Holepunch
Best Miscellaneous Weapon: Cobalt (Yep, Frank devises a way to hold on to this award :P)
Most Effective Weapon: PsycloniZer

Best RPG: The Oddestseys return
Best Battle: The final of AJWars: Another Era - Liar 2 vs. Infusion
Best New Writer: Lewis Matthews - great new writer who Im really looking forward to see the progress of
Best New Tournament: Vapourbot Vengeance - great premise to base a tourney on, although honourable mention to Mechanical Maelstrom
Best Writer: Kody Kunz
Best Alternative Event (side events, extremes etc€¦): The EOTR Annihilator - proof that when Paul finishes tournaments (emphasis on when :P) they are in fact very good
Best Minor Tournament (47 bots and under): AJWars: Another Era/The Phoenix Cup
Best Major Tournament (48 bots and over): Crash and Burn 3
Best Team: Team BriteSpark/Team Varying Every Day
Best New Vapourbot: Fling
Best New Vapourboteer: The sadly departed (for now anyway) Liam Eliot. :sad:
Best Vapourboteer of 2008: Andy Jackson
Best Vapourbot of 2008: Sheer Heart Attack 2 (Won C&B2 and is still feared by...well, everything :P)

Hall of Fame: This goes to the person who, from what I have read and heard, was one of the few responsible for saving vapourbots back in 2006 when it looked like it was going to die, and who when I first arrived back in February of this year was the vapourboteer who I found most willing to help me hone my stats and get me going in this hobby, and the person who I respect as one of the elite if you like, and who Ive come to consider as a friend. My nomination for the Vapourboteer Hall of Fame is...Martijn M Benschop. You deserve it, dude. :)

Hall of Fame (vapourbots): Ill have to give this one some thought...expect my votes tomorrow or sometime later than that.

It has been one of the better years for vapourbots from what it looks like (even though I speak that as a newcomer myself in this year :P) so well done to everyone for making it to the end and hopefully, the beginning of an even better one. :)

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Best Vapourbot of 2008: Sheer Heart Attack 2 (Won C&B2 and is still feared by...well, everything :P)

:proud: I completely forgot the C&B2 final was this very year, which means Sheer Heart Attack 2 actually won 2 tournaments in 2008 :proud:

thnx for the votes Joey, my votes can be expected soon

Most Original Design: Symmetry ( Leo Van Miert )
Best Design: Dantu ( Alex Holt )
Most Overrated Vapourbot: SOR X ( AJ )
Most Underrated Vapourbot: Dead Horse Beater ( Frank Goacher )
Most Original Designer: Leo Van Miert
Best Designer: Kody Kunz
Most Overrated Vapourboteer: AJ
Most Underrated Vapourboteer: Frank Goacher
Most Improved Vapourboteer: Jack Orr
Idiot Of The Year: Cant vote for me for crearing while hallucinating, so, Kody
Best Sportsman: Martijn M Benschop
Best Render: Wedgin8or ( Kody Kunz )
Funniest Moment: Me for using Apple Crumble as a srimech
Biggest Suprise Of The Year: Liam Eliot retiring while still in his prime ( how sad, *sniffles* )
Best Custom House Robot: Damocles ( Kody Kunz )
Best Custom Arena: The Battlegrounds ( Kody Kunz )
Best Comedy Bot: Mega Masher 2 ( The Wars Incarnate version ) ( Christopher Mason )
Best Clusterbot: Sacrifice ( Daniel Stickler )/The Alexandra Sisters: Judgement ( Kody Kunz )
Best Interchangeable Robot: Slammer VI ( Alex Holt )
Best Rammer: Baldur Gamma ( Alex Holt )
Best Walker: Absolution ( Kody Kunz )
Best Shuffler: Whirligig 4.5 ( Steven McGregor )
Best Tracked: Darkestar ( Alex Holt )
Best Front-Hinged Flipper: Gabriel IV ( Joey McConnel )
Best Rear-Hinged Flipper: Ge5orce ( AJ )
Best Axe: Mobile Failure ( Tracy Farber )
Best Horizontal Spinner: Symmetry ( Leo Van Miert )
Best Vertical Spinner: Tira V ( Kody Kunz )
Best Saw: SDU ( Steven McGregor )
Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner: Hex Appeal ( Daniel Stickler & Joey McConnel )/Absolution ( Kody Kunz )/ No Consequences ( Joey McConnel )
Best Horizontal Crusher: Full-Life Consequences ( Steven McGregor )
Best Vertical Crusher: Visioned ( Chezza/Simple Gai )
Best Miscellaneous Weapon: Blizzard ( Alex Holt )
Most Effective Weapon: Psyclonizer ( AJ )
Best RPG: A Team Zlayerz RPG: Identity Theft ( Kody Kunz )
Best Battle: Psyclonizer vs Wedge Devolution ( Liam Eliot, Robot Smash!! Series 2: Recharged!)
Best New Writer: Lewis Matthews
Best New Tournament: Mechanical Maelstrom ( Lewis Matthews )
Best Writer: Liam Eliot
Best Alternative Event: Classic Smash! ( Liam Eliot )
Best Minor Tournament: Mechanical Maelstrom ( Lewis Matthews )
Best Major Torunament: Crash And Burn 3 ( Kody Kunz )
Best Team: Team Varying Every Day ( Martijn M Benschop )
Best New Vapourbot: Sacrifice ( Daniel Stickler )
Best New Vapourboteer: Lewis Matthews/Tracy Farber
Best Vaporboteer: Alex Holt/Steven McGregor/Frank Goacher
Hall Of Fame ( People ): None
Hall Of Fame ( Robots ): Symmetry ( Leo Van Miert )/Woodpecker ( Daniel Stickler )/ Another Night At The Bar ( Martijn M Benschop )/Dead Horse Beater ( Frank Goacher )/ Clawdius ( Steven McGregor )

Sorry if I have spelt anything wrong!

I removed some of the last postings not related to this topic. FYI

Thanks Leo.

And Ben...Im pretty sure Andy specifically prohibited voting for more than two people. Read the rules please :proud:

Right, I guess it is time for I to cast in my nominations...

Most Original Design

Hum...I quite like Venus Fly Trap. Something that can flip, clamp, crush, push with that nifty weapons system. Steve-Os still got it. :proud:

Best Design

The May Tracks Has You. Its strategy to flip and rip tyres works exceedingly well IMO. :proud:

Most Overrated Vapourbot

That would be breaking the rules... :proud:

Most Underrated Vapourbot

Nitro-Gene 5.0, just because it was made by a guy whos developed somewhat of a bad reputation doesnt mean its crap, though it has come a long way from crappy incarnations. Slaying Mantis F and Monsoon Magnum came close because they underachieve quite a bit too.

Most Original Designer

Joey McConnell, Id say.

Best Designer

Alex Holt, he makes bots that win and look cool doing it. :proud:

Most Overrated Vapourboteer

That would be breaking the rules... :proud:

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

Hmm...toughie this. Id give it to Chezza (who now goes by the username No Wai) for hes actually bothered to participate and his bots, though good they are, dont seem to be getting the rep they deserve.

Most Improved Vapourboteer

Paul Cuomo. His bots may be still sub-par, but not nearly as much as they were before. :proud:

Idiot of the Year

Andrew Jackson. Lay off the cider, willya?! Youll kill yourself. :P

Best Sportsman

Martijn Benschop, he always keeps a cool head.

Best Render

Alex Holts render of Slammer VI looked really nice, I must say.

Funniest Moment

AJs drunken ramblings... :proud:

Biggest Surprise of the Year

Richard Southworth returning to write VFT 7.5! I honestly did not see that coming. O_O

Best Custom House Robot

Hmm...Bane from Franks squad.

Best Custom Arena

Liam Eliots Robot SMASH!! arena.

Best Comedy Bot

Sevas Turbo Tails. :proud:

Best Clusterbot

Door Stops.

Best Interchangeable Robot

Slammer VI

Best Rammer

Monsoon Magnum. Its a damn good rammer but it seems to be underachieving a bit.

Best Walker

Hex Appeal. :lame:

Best Shuffler

Whirligig 4.5. :P

Best Tracked

Darkestar for the sole reason that its made the finals in CC. :proud:

Best Front Hinged Flipper

G4briel Gabriel IV. :proud:

Best Rear Hinged Flipper

Achilles. Wedge Devolution is getting on in years. :P

Best Axe

Killotine: EVO still has it, IMO.

Best Horizontal Spinner

Eye of Ran is looking good, another underachiever.

Best Vertical Spinner

Leprosy Infection. With a little more tweaking, that terrible drum can do some serious damage.

Best Saw

Back to Rock III, because its done much better than Spin Dash this time. :proud:

Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner

PsycloniZer, those hammers seriously pack a punch.

Best Horizontal Crusher

Umm...Gigabyte Evilution. :proud:

Best Vertical Crusher

Nidhogg Evo, because it can get its claw into play very effectively.

Best Miscellaneous Weapon

Ah...Traffic Warden looks promising.

Most Effective Weapon

The pit. :proud:

Best RPG

The Oddestsey: Return to Odd.

Best Battle

I quite liked SoR vs. Darkestar in the Chevron Championship.

Best New Writer

Damnit, I would have voted for Lewis, but technically since Joey is a newcomer I gotta vote for him. :P

Best New Tournament

The Chevron Championship, even if it is going at snails pace right now. :P

Best Writer

Richard Southworth, packing in a punch with the new VFT. :)

Best Alternative Event (side events, extremes etc€¦)

Killed Toad Special had me laughing my ass off. :proud:

Best Minor Tournament (47 bots and under)

VFT 7.5!

Best Major Tournament (48 bots and over)

Robot SMASH Series 2, it was very good and it was a shame to see RS!!3 go down the drain. :sad:

Best Team

Team DoomForAll. Alex may be a lazy writer but his bots do the talking for him, and get him so many wins its ridiculous. XD

Best New Vapourbot

G4briel Gabriel IV, because its...the best damn front-hinged flipper since Wedgin8or. :proud:

Best New Vapourboteer

Meh, Joey McConnell I guess. :P

Best Vapourboteer of 2008

I will probably have to vote for Martijn Benschop here, hes always here to help the newbs, is generally friendly most of the time and kicks a load of butt in the warzone. Has to be Marti. :proud:

Best Vapourbot of 2008

For sheer annoyance of other people Im gonna say Wedge Devolution because even though its old, you cant ignore the fact that it is ridiculously successful and manages to keep up with the newer bots. Just wondering what Steve will do with it for the next redesign...oh yes, Steve, theres ALWAYS something you can do with it. :P

Vapourboteer Hall of Fame

Martijn Benschop, for reasons explained in Best Vapourboteer 2008 :proud:

Vapourbot Hall of Fame (3)

Achilles
Son of Ripper X
Killotine: EVO

Thus concludes my awards. :proud:

Most Original Design: BIACS-LE
Best Design: PsycloniZer
Most Overrated Vapourbot: That would be breaking the rules€¦ =P
Most Underrated Vapourbot:
Most Original Designer: Alex Holt
Best Designer: Kody Kunz
Most Overrated Vapourboteer: Not intended on answering
Most Underrated Vapourboteer: Chezza
Most Improved Vapourboteer: Me
Idiot of the Year: Ben Read
Best Sportsman: Martijn Benschop
Best Render: Kody€™s Wedgin8or
Funniest Moment: Ben Read uses an apple crumble for srimech
Biggest Surprise of the Year: Liam Eliot retiring
Best Custom House Robot: Charon by Joey McConnell
Best Custom Arena: The Battlegrounds by Kody Kunz
Best Comedy Bot: Turbo Tails
Best Clusterbot: Door Stops
Best Interchangeable Robot: System Shock
Best Rammer: Do or Die
Best Walker: Absolution
Best Shuffler: Whirligig 4.5
Best Tracked: Sheer Heart Attack
Best Front Hinged Flipper: Hot Sauce
Best Rear Hinged Flipper: Wedge Devo
Best Axe: Intriguer
Best Horizontal Spinner: Eye of Ran
Best Vertical Spinner Tira 5
Best Saw: Spin Dash UNLEASHED! :proud:
Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner: PsycloniZer, for sure!
Best Horizontal Crusher: I€™d say Death Threat.
Best Vertical Crusher: E Clawdius Unum
Best Miscellaneous Weapon: Hmm€¦ Cobalt, I€™d say.
Most Effective Weapon: PsycloniZer, all the way to Pluto!
Best RPG: Team Zlayerz: Identity Theft
Best Battle: PsycloniZer VS Wedge Devo
Best New Writer: Lewis Matthews
Best New Tournament: Mechanical Maelstrom
Best Writer: Kody Kunz, all the way!
Best Alternative Event: Crash and Burn Extreme
Best Minor Tournament: Robot SMASH!! Mini Tourney
Best Major Tournament: Crash and Burn Tournament
Best Team: Team Zlayerz, duh.
Best New Vapourbot: DreamCatcher, I€™d say.
Best New Vapourboteer: Lewis Matthews
Best Vapourboteer of 2008: Kody Kunz
Best Vapourbot of 2008: Psyclonizer

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Best Walker: Absolution:lame:

YEAH! Kodys absolutely right! Absolution isnt a walker, Absolution is a...

wait... your post didnt make any sense to me at all Kody, whats wrong with people voting Absolution for Best Walker?

Ive read through a lot of threads dating back to the beginning of 2008 for this...:proud:

Most Original Design - Sheer Heart Attack 2
Best Design - Gabriel IV
Most Overrated Vapourbot - Wedgin8or :proud:
Most Underrated Vapourbot - Masamune
Most Original Designer - Joey McConnell
Best Designer - Martijn Benschop
Most Overrated Vapourboteer - Kody Kunz :proud:
Most Underrated Vapourboteer - Paul Cuomo
Most Improved Vapourboteer - dunno
Idiot of the Year - Mark Elam
Best Sportsman - Joey McConnell
Best Render - Dantu
Funniest Moment - Mark Elams departure
Biggest Surprise of the Year - VFT 7.5
Best Custom House Robot - Triple Whamlet
Best Custom Arena - The Battlegrounds
Best Comedy Bot - Sevas :proud:
Best Clusterbot
Best Interchangeable Robot - Slammer VI
Best Rammer - Ramthrax II
Best Walker - Hex Appeal
Best Shuffler - Whirligig 4.5
Best Tracked - Darkestar
Best Front Hinged Flipper - Gabriel IV
Best Rear Hinged Flipper - Achilles
Best Axe - Intriguer
Best Horizontal Spinner - Troubloon 6
Best Vertical Spinner - The Hurting
Best Saw - Back to Rock III
Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner - PsycloniZer
Best Horizontal Crusher - Super Gore Revo
Best Vertical Crusher - Nidhogg Evo
Best Miscellaneous Weapon - Venus Flytrap
Most Effective Weapon - PsycloniZer
Best RPG - Team Zlayerz: Identity Theft!
Best Battle - Wedge Devolution vs. PsycloniZer (Robot SMASH 2 final)
Best New Writer - ELLIOT STEVENS
Best New Tournament - The Chevron Championship
Best Writer - Kody Kunz
Best Alternative Event (side events, extremes etc€¦) - Eye of the Robot: Annihilator
Best Minor Tournament (47 bots and under) - The Chevron Championship
Best Major Tournament (48 bots and over) - Robot SMASH Series 2
Best Team - Team Braveheart
Best New Vapourbot - The Hurting
Best New Vapourboteer - Joey McConnell
Best Vapourboteer of 2008 - Frank Goacher
Best Vapourbot of 2008 - PsycloniZer
Vapourboteer Hall of Fame - Martijn Benschop
Vapourbot Hall of Fame - Wedge Devolution, PsycloniZer and SOR X

LMFAO @ being voted most overrated. XD

And yeah Martijn, Absolution got voted in a category that pretty much has to prove its the best walker in 2008 (like in battle), and I can think of a few walkers that have been much better, such as, yes, Hex Appeal (as it actually did fight, and its shown that its a damn fine walker :P), so why Sam and Ben have voted for Absolution I have no idea. :S

(Message edited by kodster on November 22, 2008)

Then may I point out Kody that in the best new vapour catogery YOU yourself also voted for a robot that never competed so far, even tough 2008 had litteraly dozens of good new vapours that DID compete :proud:

... same goes for best front-hinged, weve all yet to see Gabriel IV in action :proud:

But its predecessors have done quite well, so Im assuming G4briel Gabriel IV is going to do just as well. :proud:

Oi, weve had this name discussion before. :proud:

Thanks for all the votes though, I honestly didnt think people would consider me in so many odd categories :)

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Best New Vapourbot
Thiwon

Paul, Ive never seen that vapourbot before...er, whos squad is it on? :S

Whats wrong with voting for vapours that have yet to compete? The voting is for best, not most succesful. If someone looks at Absolutions stats and thinks it looks better than Hex, why not vote for it?

I actually cant remember what that was :proud:

But given that I cant remember, change it to System Shock

Just realised I didnt vote for a clusterbot

I pick Doorstops

... I real wish to know who or what Thiwon is now :proud:

I just did a forum search for Thiwon. The only thread that came up is this one:lame:

Think hard Paul! Who was Thiwon?!:proud:

lol

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... Lewis, I saw the original post and what was that about?:proud:

forgot Id already voted and while reading through Robot smash, lol

I hate to bump like this, but Dan, Marti, Andy, Martyn, etc. have yet to vote, theres not much time left, and at this rate Ill somehow win Most Original Designer :proud:

Most Original Design - Venus Fly Trap
Best Design - The Zodiac
Most Overrated Vapourbot - PsycloniZer
Most Underrated Vapourbot - Death Threat 0.2
Most Original Designer - Kody
Best Designer - Martijn
Most Overrated Vapourboteer - AJ
Most Underrated Vapourboteer - Danny Bailey
Most Improved Vapourboteer - Danny Bailey
Idiot of the Year - Ben Read
Best Sportsman - Steve McG
Biggest Surprise of the Year - Paul actually designing a decent vapour!
Best Clusterbot - Door Stops
Best Interchangeable Robot - Slammer
Best Rammer - Flick of the Wrist
Best Shuffler - Whirlygig
Best Tracked - Death Threat 0.2
Best Front Hinged Flipper - Hot Sauce
Best Rear Hinged Flipper - Wedge Devo
Best Axe - Killotine Evo
Best Horizontal Spinner - Symmetry
Best Vertical Spinner - Resonance
Best Saw - Spin Dash
Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner - The Zodiac
Best Horizontal Crusher - Under Pressure
Best Vertical Crusher - Nidhogg
Best Miscellaneous Weapon - Traffic Warden
Best Vapourboteer of 2008 - Joey McConnell
Best Vapourbot of 2008 - Grudgingly, I have to say PsycloniZer€¦

I have finally done my own votes...

Most Original Design - I quite like the idea of Traffic Warden, it€™s a different take on the usual horizontal crusher designs.
Best Design - I€™d say Gabriel IV, a lot of work has gone into that design.
Most Overrated Vapourbot - I don€™t actually think there is one.
Most Underrated Vapourbot - Nitro-Gene 5.0 has a lot of potential with a few tweaks.
Most Original Designer - I€™ll have to split a vote between Joey and Alex, as they have both come up with some cool ideas this year.
Best Designer - I€™ll go for Kody, all of his designs are strong in so many areas.
Most Overrated Vapourboteer - As always, I€™m not allowed to vote on this one.
Most Underrated Vapourboteer - Definitely Richard, it is about time he won something big.
Most Improved Vapourboteer - Sam has improved both his vapourbots and his battles lately, so he gets my vote.
Idiot of the Year - Tim gets an honourable mention, but this year it has to go to Mark Elam€¦
Best Sportsman - I€™d like to thank Leo for volunteering to be our moderator, so he gets my vote.
Best Render - There has been so many great renders this year, but I think my favourite was Alex€™s render of Black Panther.
Funniest Moment - There has been way too many, I haven€™t stopped laughing all year. :proud: But the unveiling of Fairground Killride has to be one of the best.
Biggest Surprise of the Year - The influx of newcomers! In the past 12 months we have had over 10 newcomers arrive, some good, some not so good€¦ Lets hope the trend continues in 2009.
Best Custom House Robot - I think Charon is pretty cool.
Best Custom Arena - Bloody Low Walls! It was refreshing to compete in a different styled arena for once.
Best Comedy Bot - Wikipedibot! :proud:
Best Clusterbot - This one is tough€¦ I€™ll go for With or Without You. But credit goes to Door Stops and Sacrifice as well.
Best Interchangeable Robot - Macduff the 4th is very nice.
Best Rammer - I€™ll say Flick of the Wrist here.
Best Walker - Hex Appeal is looking good€¦ WARGH!
Best Shuffler - Definitely Whirligig 4.5!
Best Tracked - As good as Darkestar has done recently, my vote is going to Sheer Drunk Attack.
Best Front Hinged Flipper - Gabriel IV is probably the best ever front-hinged flipper vapourbot.
Best Rear Hinged Flipper - Wedge Devolution is still the best around in this category.
Best Axe - Black Panther seems to be getting better and better all the time.
Best Horizontal Spinner - Eye of Ran is pretty good.
Best Vertical Spinner - I€™ll choose Tira V.
Best Saw - Spin Dash Unleashed, of course!
Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner - Tengu VII.
Best Horizontal Crusher - Super Gore Revo looks very good.
Best Vertical Crusher - Probably Nidhogg Evo here.
Best Miscellaneous Weapon - Cobalt is pretty cool.
Most Effective Weapon - Tengu always does what it€™s supposed too.
Best RPG - The Oddestsey.
Best Battle - SOR X vs. The May Tracks Has You in Velociraptors FanFic Tournament: The Comeback - fantastic stuff.
Best New Writer - Very difficult€¦ but I€™ll go with Liam Eliot, because Robot Smash II was great and quick.
Best New Tournament - I think the Mechanical Maelstrom series looks very promising, so I€™ll go for that.
Best Writer - Mr. Kody Kunz! Apart from the occasional epic writers block, there€™s nobody better at writing. Whether that€™s majors, minors, RPGs, things of randomness - it€™s always guaranteed to be top quality.
Best Alternative Event - The EOTR Annihilator was pretty good.
Best Minor Tournament - I€™ll have to split a vote between VFT: The Comeback and the C&B Mini Tournament of Death, both were fantastic!
Best Major Tournament - Robot Smash II was well written and done quickly.
Best Team - Team Varying Every Day for me, lots of interesting designs.
Best New Vapourbot - Thiwon! :lame: Gabriel IV gets my vote, it€™s very well designed and pretty successful already.
Best New Vapourboteer - There€™s been lots of great newcomers this year, but one stands out above the rest. Joey McConnell is not just the best newcomer this year, but one of the best vapourboteers ever.
Best Vapourboteer of 2008 - Martijn Benschop! Great sportsmanship, great designs, lots of success.
Best Vapourbot of 2008 - Definitely Sheer Heart Attack 2, it€™s won a major and a minor this year, and is a nice design.
Vapourboteer Hall of Fame - For the above reasons, Martijn Benschop.
Vapourbot Hall of Fame - The Crashing Bore is my first vote, even though it€™s retired now, it was one of the original vapourbots and has had great success ever since. My second vote goes to Mass Disctruction Ultimate, I can€™t believe nobody has voted for that yet! Probably the most successful and feared vapourbot ever, a great concept. My third and final vote goes to Wedge Devolution. So simple and yet so effective, always manages to rack up wins.

Still a couple of days left to vote guys, keep it coming. :)

Most Original Design
Holepunch is a nice new take on the standard crusher design

Best Design
I stand by The 6isc here

Most Overrated Vapourbot
No clue

Most Underrated Vapourbot
Hmz, how about Tenderizer€™s Revenge?

Most Original Designer
Ermz€¦ I like the idea of splitting a vote between Alex H and Joey (M)

Best Designer
I say Alex Holt here, especially now he€™s finnaly updating his vapours on a regular base :proud:

Most Overrated Vapourboteer
No clue

Most Underrated Vapourboteer
The maker of the most underrated bot, Richard :proud:

Most Improved Vapourboteer
Paul for making one or two very nice bots recently

Idiot of the Year
Male Kram

Best Sportsman
Joey, the way he entered the scene was great and he€™s grown into, among other things, a great sportsman!

Best Render
Slammer nr. whatever :proud:

Funniest Moment
England not qualifying for Euro 2008

Biggest Surprise of the Year
NEWBIES!:proud:

Best Custom House Robot
Ermz€¦ dunno, honoustly

Best Custom Arena
The Battlegrounds

Best Comedy Bot
Sevas

Best Clusterbot
Door Stops

Best Interchangeable Robot
Macduff the 4th

Best Rammer
Do or Die

Best Walker
Absolution

Best Shuffler
Split me a vote between MORD and Whirligig please, they both rock :proud:

Best Tracked
Darkestar I€™d say (odd nobody votes the May Tracks here€¦)

Best Front Hinged Flipper
GABRIEL!:proud:

Best Rear Hinged Flipper
Wedge Devo all the way!

Best Axe
Black Panther, my fanboy fave! :proud:

Best Horizontal Spinner
Ermz€¦ Eye of Ran here I think

Best Vertical Spinner
The 6isc!

Best Saw
€¦Spin Dash

Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner
Psyclonised!

Best Horizontal Crusher
Super Gore!

Best Vertical Crusher
Nidhogg for me, a great bot

Best Miscellaneous Weapon
Cobalt

Most Effective Weapon
Psyclonised

Best RPG
The Oddest thingy

Best Battle
SoR X vs The May Tracks in Richard€™s tourney

Best New Writer
Liam! Hu-wa!

Best New Tournament
Mechanical Mealstrom

Best Writer
Our oldbie Richard

Best Alternative Event (side events, extremes etc€¦)
EotR Annihilator

Best Minor Tournament (47 bots and under)
The Richard Tournament!

Best Major Tournament (48 bots and over)
The Liam Tournament!

Best Team
Especially with his recent updates, I say Team Doomforall

Best New Vapourbot
Thiwon

Best New Vapourboteer
Joey, clearly

Best Vapourboteer of 2008
Given Psyclonised€™s succes and SoR€™s recent highlight, I say Andrew James

Best Vapourbot of 2008
Psyclonised, for above reasons

Vapourboteer Hall of Fame - given his enthusiasm for the game and his big quality squad of vapours I wanna give this one to Kody :)

Vapourbot Hall of Fame - €¦ give me one more day€¦

Better late than never!

MOST ORIGINAL DESIGN: Under Pressure for its claw/wedge combo
BEST DESIGN: The compact, deadly, roly-poly 6isc
MOST OVERRATED VAPOURBOT: S.O.R. X. :wink:
MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOT: Wedginator
MOST ORIGINAL DESIGNER: No-ones more creative or screwed up than our Alex Holt!
BEST DESIGNER: Kody Kunz, for sheer persistance and determination alone.
MOST OVERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: Steven McGregor :lame:
MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: Danny Bailey
MOST IMPROVED VAPOURBOTEER: Paul Cuomo
IDIOT OF THE YEAR: Would the great Male Kram be too obvious?
BEST SPORTSMAN: The ever-diplomatic Martijn Benschop
BEST RENDER: Most anything by Kody Kunz, although Alex Holts Achilles render looked freakin sweet.
FUNNIEST MOMENT: Any time Turbo Tails gets set on fire. :proud:
BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE YEAR: The return of the VFT!

BEST CUSTOM HOUSE ROBOT: Megaraptor by Rich Southworth
BEST CUSTOM ARENA: The Battlegrounds by Kody Kunz
BEST COMEDYBOT: Spring-BOK!
BEST CLUSTERBOT: Weapon Synergy
BEST INTERCHANGEABLE ROBOT: Macduff the 4th
BEST RAMMER: Flick of the Wrist
BEST WALKER: Hex Appeal looks and sounds incredibly awesome
BEST SHUFFLER: MeCannibal
BEST TRACKED ROBOT: The May Tracks Has You
BEST FRONT-HINGED FLIPPER: Gabriel
BEST REAR-HINGED FLIPPER: Ge5orce
BEST AXE: Q.E. 2
BEST HORIZONTAL SPINNER(S): Troubloon 6
BEST VERTICAL SPINNER: Dervish
BEST SAW: Back to Rock III
BEST FULL-BODY SPINNER/RING SPINNER/TRANSLATIONAL SPINNER: Tengu VII
BEST HORIZONTAL CRUSHER: Under Pressure
BEST VERTICAL CRUSHER: Nidhogg
BEST MISCELLANEOUS WEAPON: Champaignes super-sized scoop
MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON: The 6iscs disc

BEST R.P.G.: The Wars Incarnate, if it counts. Team Zlayer: Identity Theft, if it doesnt.
BEST BATTLE: Impossible to decide, so Ill pick one at random. Ahh...S.O.R. X VS The 6isc from VFT: The Comeback should do nicely.
BEST NEW WRITER: Joey McConnell
BEST NEW TOURNAMENT: The Chevron Championship
BEST WRITER: Rich Southworth
BEST ALTERNATIVE EVENT: Vapourbot Vengeance. Doesnt get more alternative than entering the actual Robot Wars.
BEST MINOR TOURNAMENT: VFT: The Comeback
BEST MAJOR TOURNAMENT: Though its had to slow down a bit recently, its got to be the Crash and Burn Tournament
BEST TEAM: Team Varying Every Day (Martijn Benschop)
BEST NEW VAPOURBOT: Nidhogg
BEST NEW VAPOURBOTEER: Joey McConnell
BEST VAPOURBOTEER OF 2008: Andrew AJ Jackson
BEST VAPOURBOT OF 2008: PsycloniZer
VAPOURBOTEER HALL OF FAME: Im going to nominate a face from the past, the ever-inventive and highly successful Hector Gilbert.
VAPOURBOT HALL OF FAME: I nominate the Crashing Bore for its experience and originality, SpinVerter for its inpenetrable design and Son of Ripper for being the ultimate all-rounder.

MOST ORIGINAL DESIGN: Venus Fly Trap
BEST DESIGN: Dantu
MOST OVERRATED VAPOURBOT: dunno
MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOT:dunno
MOST ORIGINAL DESIGNER: Kody Kunz
BEST DESIGNER: AJ
MOST OVERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: dunno
MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: dunno
MOST IMPROVED VAPOURBOTEER: Paul Cuomo
IDIOT OF THE YEAR: Male Kram
BEST SPORTSMAN: Joey
BEST RENDER: Me. nah just kidding, Kody.
FUNNIEST MOMENT: dunno
BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE YEAR: The return of VFT
BEST CUSTOM HOUSE ROBOT: dunno, I never look at houserobot stats.
BEST CUSTOM ARENA: The Battlegrounds by Kody Kunz
BEST COMEDYBOT: Wikipedibot
BEST CLUSTERBOT: dunno
BEST INTERCHANGEABLE ROBOT:Macduff the 4th
BEST RAMMER: Baldur Gamma (though i must say I dislike rammers in real life, and even more in fanfic)
BEST WALKER: Hex Appeal
BEST SHUFFLER: dunno (I hate shufflers)
BEST TRACKED ROBOT: The May Tracks Has You
BEST FRONT-HINGED FLIPPER: Gabriel IV
BEST REAR-HINGED FLIPPER: Ge5orce
BEST AXE: Intriguer
BEST HORIZONTAL SPINNER: Eye of Ran
BEST VERTICAL SPINNER: The 6isc
BEST SAW: dunno
BEST FULL-BODY SPINNER/RING SPINNER/TRANSLATIONAL SPINNER: Tengu VII
BEST HORIZONTAL CRUSHER: Death Threat
BEST VERTICAL CRUSHER: Nidhogg
BEST MISCELLANEOUS WEAPON: dunno
MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON: PsycloniZer
BEST R.P.G.: The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd
BEST BATTLE: dunno
BEST NEW WRITER: Joey McConnell
BEST NEW TOURNAMENT: Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament: The Comeback
BEST WRITER: Rich Southworth
BEST ALTERNATIVE EVENT: My Robot Wars quiz (although my answer was correct and I got no point for it)
BEST MINOR TOURNAMENT: VFT: The Comeback
BEST MAJOR TOURNAMENT: The Crash & Burn Tournament 3
BEST TEAM: Team Varying Every Day
BEST NEW VAPOURBOT: Nidhogg
BEST NEW VAPOURBOTEER: Joey McConnell
BEST VAPOURBOTEER OF 2008: Kody Kunz
BEST VAPOURBOT OF 2008: Nitro-Gene 5
VAPOURBOTEER HALL OF FAME: dunno
VAPOURBOT HALL OF FAME: Wedge Devolution

and now for my picks for the Vapourbot Hall of Fame:
The 6isc
The Bot that wasnt There
Achilles

All updated...for anyone who wants to see the current standings (on the day of the awards closing, yeah :P), they can be found on ZED:

http://strickenone.proboards99.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=ova2008&thread=563& page=1http://strickenone.proboards99.com/i...ova2008&thread =563&page=1

As I already pointed out, Ive been slightly off the radar this year so, I cant actually think of many categories to vote in, so for the most part Ill only be voting in vapourbotteer categories just because I dont know enough to vote otherwise.

Most Original Designer - Martijn
Best Designer - Frank
Most Underrated Vapourboteer - Richard
Most Improved Vapourboteer - Paul
Best Sportsman - Steve
Biggest Surprise of the Year - The newbie influx
Best Comedy Bot - Wikipediabot
Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner - Tempest
Best RPG - Kodys thingy
Best New Writer - Joey
Best New Tournament - Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament: The Comeback
Best Writer: Martijn
Best Team - Franks team
Best New Vapourboteer - Joey
Best Vapourboteer of 2008 - Martijn
Best Vapourbot of 2008 - PsycloniZer
Vapourboteer Hall of Fame - Nick
Vapourbot Hall of Fame -
MDU
Parasyte
Tempest

Thanks for all the votes so far everyone!

Voting will close today at 21:00 UK time. The winners will be announced afterwards.

Still a few hours left if you wish to vote!