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Wedge Devolution (1) vs. Back to Rock III
Lift, hold, pit, I may come up with something more fancy in the future (like avoiding the flipper, lol) but thats about it.
Gluck Stev-O!
Nidhogg (2) vs. PsycloniZer
This is about my potential future Final opponent, I refuse to predict it :proud:
FEATHERWEIGHT MELEE
Micro-Gore vs. Kitty vs. Krayzee Tokyo vs. T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L vs. Skink vs. Sith vs. Deadly Lampshade
LIGHTWEIGHT MELEE
Anti-Virus 2.1 vs. Radioactive vs. Little Big Bot vs. Ringo Scarr vs. Backlash
vs. Claw
MIDDLEWEIGHT MELEE
Solstice 2.0 vs. Tom vs. Life vs. Killoteeny vs. T-Minus vs. The Bone Collector
SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT MELEE
Tax Cutter vs. Atomic Wedgie vs. Sekhmet vs. Revolver vs. Toro vs. Cause and Effect
Last Seasons Winners:
FW- T.R.ED.T.H.A.L
MW- Solstice 2.0
LW- Anti-Virus 2.1
MW- Solstice 2.0
SHW- Tax Cutter
2) Christopher Mason
FW- Kitty
LW- Little Big Bot (need stats)
MW- Tom (need stats)
SHW- Atomic Wedgie
3) Joey McConnell
FW- Krayzee Tokyo
LW- Radioactive
MW- Life
SHW- Sekhmet
4) Steven McGregor
FW- T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L
LW- Ringo Scarr
MW- Killoteeny
SHW- Revolver
5) Paul Cuomo
FW- Skink
LW- Backlash
MW- T-Minus
SHW- Toro
6) Alex Holt
FW- Sith
WAHEY! WOO! AND OTHER EXCLAIMATIONS FOR BUSINESS AND ALSO PLEASURE! :proud:
And...oh...Arkell v. Pressdram. :P
NIDHOGG vs. PsycloniZer
Well, if its the old Nidhogg, best to let it go out in some style. :proud: Charge straight at PsycloniZer, dont hold back at all, and try and grab onto it wherever possible for a possible unlikely pitting. Im going for full on DEATH OR GLORY!!! here :P
In the other fight, I suspect BTR will advance through to the finals.
Good luck to everyone, and now for the others...
KRAYZEE TOKYO: Drive around randomly avoiding the walls this time, and hope the armour doesnt fall off. I should be alright if any chainsaws or other pokey things come along though :P
RADIOACTIVE: Wedge and pit things.
LIFE: Flip things.
SEKHMET: Spin around and thwack things, unless I get the chance to lift.
Great fights as ever Liamo :)
Welcome to the first of 8 special battles in this season of Robot SMASH!! , the first of which will feature 7 robots weighing no more than 13.6kg in the FEATHERWEIGHT MELEE!
Featherweight Melee
Created and entered by Steven McGregor, seeded #1, T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L!
This is a tracked robot with a front electric lifting scoop and a top mounted axe to allow it two methods of attack plus the ability to clamp opponents between the two weapons and dump them where Steven wishes. With a 6kg weight advantage due to the tracks Steven should have no difficulty in pushing opponents around.
In RS!!1: Lifted and pitted the Robot Wars Extreme 2 Featherweight Champion Arrgh in the first round, then was drawn up against Micro-Gore in round 2. Kody grabbed hold of the scoop though and was held aloft by the powerful T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L before being dumped in the pit. In the final then it was up against the realie Skink, who was also pushed into the pit and out of the contest.
Created and entered by Daniel Stickler, Deadly Lampshade!
Replacing the realie Katnip as Daniel€™s featherweight entry this season is this powerful full body spinner which should have no problems ripping up the opposition. However the lack of a srimech could prove telling with all those nasty flippers out there today.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Created and entered by Kody Kunz, seeded #3, Micro-Gore!
This axlebot with a claw in the centre looked devastatingly powerful last time around, the question is can Kody repeat last season€™s success or even go one better to grab a more colourful medal this time around?
In RS!!1: Looked like a strong contender in the eliminator last time around as dumped its horizontal counter-part Katnip in the pit. Kody was confident heading into round 2, but was lifted and dumped in the pit by the eventual champion T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L. Things got better again though in the play-off for third place when the claw grabbed hold of and crumpled Pillow Torque.
Built by Team Wind Power, entered by Paul Cuomo, seeded #2, Skink!
This bright yellow and blue pneumatic flipping robot threw opponents far and wide last time around, but T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L€™s axe went through the light plastic armour way too often and easily last season and this could be just a repeat.
In RS!!1: Threw Cunning Plan over the fence in round 1, but then had a hard fight with Pillow Torque in round 2 due to its opponent€™s ability to run inverted. However Martijn eventually tossed it out of the competition to move onto the final, where it was knocked around by T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L. Skink got some flips in, but just wasn€™t enough...
Built by Team Kat, entered by Christopher Mason, Kitty!
This mini-version of the heavyweight fighting robot Pussycat has a powerful spinning blade on the front and like its big brother will always land on its feet. However the older sibling didn€™t get far in the main competition and it is very similar.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Created and entered by Alex Holt, Sith!
This wedge shaped 12kg machine won the featherweight class competition in Crash and Burn Tournament: Other Weights. It has a pneumatically powered flipper and decent stats in every other aspect, so could do well.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Built by a team of people, entered by Joey McConnell, Krayzee Tokyo!
Basically a remote controlled car in a shell, this ancient RW1 competitor has no weapons, rubbish armour and a huge turning circle. It doesn€™t have a srimech, nor has it got anything going for it at all. Why did Joey enter it? Who knows...? At least he picked the heat winner last season.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Steven McGregor, Paul Cuomo, Kody Kunz
Booth 2: Daniel Stickler, Joey McConnell, Christopher Mason, Alex Holt
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SMASH!!
All seven machines move off the mark as SMASH is called, with the potent-looking Deadly Lampshade quickly becoming a spinning blur as it emits a terrifying whir in mere seconds. Krayzee Tokyo meanwhile has driven onto the killsaws and has quite simply had the electronics sawn right through, not to mention being flipped over. Deadly Lampshade moves in just for fun and nudges it, with Daniel enjoying the impact this has on Krayzee Tokyo as it flies off across the arena in tiny pieces. Meanwhile Sith has made a sneaky move on Skink, creeping up on Paul from the side and turning him over. The 2nd seed is quick to self-right, but now in comes Deadly Lampshade from the side and rips a huge gash in the side armour! Skink really is already looking the worse for wear, but meanwhile another realie is in massive trouble as Micro-Gore has pressed the pit release button and now has Kitty in what can only be described as a headlock, with the claw around the neck of the Pussycat-replica as Kody pulls around to drop Christopher€™s realie entry into the pit with a puff of smoke, but he holds on too long and gives T.R.ED.T.H.A.L the perfect chance to attack, which Steven does, scooping it up and bringing the axe over to hold the Stinger-with-a-claw featherweight in place! He lifts it up into the air and holds it over the pit for a few seconds before letting go with the axe and dropping last season€™s bronze medallist into the abyss after Kitty! Already three robots have bitten the dust and we€™re not even a minute into the action! Meanwhile Deadly Lampshade has struck Skink again, ripping out a drive motor! With the featherweight gold motor now on the arena floor Skink isn€™t out, but certainly as good as dead. But Paul hasn€™t given up yet as he pulls around to get underneath Deadly Lampshade and throws it into the air! Daniel€™s machine is thrown high into the air, but spins up while airborne so when it hits the ground on its side it€™s lucky enough to bounce back down the right way up! Sith moves in on Skink for the second time and flips it over, allowing Skink to self-right before reversing into the rear and pushing Paul across the arena towards the killsaws, which raise and lower in anticipation! The saws are designed to cut through heavyweights, and although they don€™t often do that Skink€™s plastic armour is no match for them and the second featherweight in this match is sawn through and flipped away! Skink self-rights, surprising the crowd that the pneumatics are still intact, but it lands on the arena wall with the flipper in the air! In a position as vulnerable as this there€™s nothing Paul can do and Alex just fits the flipper in underneath the rear of Skink before firing the weaponry in order to send it up and over the arena side wall! Now he turns to face the other two fighters, who are fighting a deadly battle. Deadly Lampshade has scored some hits, but received some from the axe of T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L, and now Sith returns to the fray, jamming the flipper arm underneath the momentarily static Deadly Lampshade (which just struck T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L) and throws it up and over with the flipping arm! And as Daniel wasn€™t spinning when flipped this time Deadly Lampshade just lands on its back, unable to do much at all! With it defeated Sith just gives it another nudge to put in the pit on top of Micro-Gore and Kitty before turning to meet the attacking champion, who gets underneath the front wedge of Sith on this attempt and brings the axe down on Sith, holding it in position so that the lifter can hoist it into the air! However Sith topples over backwards, and quickly self-rights so that it is under T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L! Alex hits the flipper button and turns the champion onto its back, but Steven uses the axe to self-right, only to find Sith rushing in beneath him and flipping T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L sideways this time! Once again Steven self-rights, but the tracks do not provide enough speed and Sith is quickly underneath again, only Alex only slightly gets underneath this time, and when the flipper comes up we see that the blade of the flipper is stuck in the track of T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L, so when it is flipped up into the air the track is pulled right off! T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L still seems to be OK though, if a little less manoeuvrable, though it needs that track now as Sith gets underneath the side again and pushes the champion towards the pit and quickly reaching it before firing the flipper to send last season€™s winner plunging down into the chasm and out of the contest!
CEASE!
Krayzee Tokyo is sent back to Tokyo, Kitty is packed off to the dog-house, Micro-Gore (3) is locked outside, Skink (2) is on the camera tracks, Deadly Lampshade has a power cut and T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L (1) is tracked down and pitted; Sith is the featherweight champion of Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!
7th Krayzee Tokyo
6th Kitty
5th Micro-Gore (3)
4th Skink (2)
3rd Deadly Lampshade
2nd T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L (1)
+2>1st Sith
Coming Next- The Lightweight Melee!
Ringo Scarr vs. Anti-Virus 2.1 vs. Radioactive vs. Little Big Bot vs. Claw vs. Backlash
Tactacs:
Hit the pit release and dump as many of my opponents into it as possible without compromising my survival.
Bah, no grand final for me...or featherweight trophy... :proud:
Tactics for Anti-Virus 2.1 - Ram stuff. :proud:
Other tactics and predictions:
Wedge Devolution (1) vs. Back to Rock III - Back to Rock
Nidhogg (2) vs. PsycloniZer - Psy
Final - Martijn to win.
Solstice 2.0s tactics - spin and destroy :proud:
Tax Cutters tactics - whack stuff :proud:
Brilliant stuff thus far Liam. :proud:
Welcome back to Robot SMASH!! , where we are beginning the second of eight special events- The lightweight melee!
Lightweight Melee
Created and entered by Kody Kunz, Anti-Virus 2.1!
This Bad Attitude-style rammer has 2 S28-400s at 36v in the drive, a decent heavyweight drive. This gives it the power to shove all the other robots around, although the wheels are exposed from the top due to it being invertible.
Created and entered by Christopher Mason, Little Big Bot!
Essentially Bio-Hazard minus skirts and with an axe instead of a lifter, this robot with powerful drive motors for a lightweight really does pack a punch. However the high ground clearance all around will give flippers a field day.
Created and entered by Joey McConnell, Radioactive!
This robot is an invertible wedge. Um... It sometimes makes appearances in heavyweight tournaments... Erm... Did I say it€™s an invertible wedge? It is similar though to last season€™s successful middleweight Doorstop, who was half of the heavyweight clusterbot Doorstops.
Created and entered by Steven McGregor, Ringo Scarr!
This is another invertible robot; however it is much more interesting than the others seen so far. It is part of the now retired clusterbot The Botles Reunited, which was knocked out of the eliminator last time around by its fellow clusterbot Weapon Synergy, who also has a representative in this battle.
Created and entered by Daniel Stickler, Claw!
This cluster from Weapon Synergy is essentially TAN scaled down. Daniel himself defeated TAN in the main competition with his full body drum Dervish V, and now wants to do better than his opponent back then did. The S28-150s aren€™t a bad drive for a lightweight, but they won€™t cope against the more powerful robots like Anti-Virus 2.1 and Little Big Bot.
Built by Team Nightmare, entered by Paul Cuomo, Backlash!
The only realie in this melee, this little reverse wedge with a powerful vertical flywheel was the lightweight winner at Battlebots Season 1.0. However it€™s pretty unstable and its big brother Nightmare was knocked out of the competition by 7th seed Whirligig 4.5 earlier on.
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Kody Kunz, Christopher Mason, Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Steven McGregor, Daniel Stickler, Paul Cuomo
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SMASH!!
Immediately we see Backlash and Ringo Scarr get their spinning weapons up to speed as all 6 machines get going as soon as the signal to begin is given. Claw also gets going, but being the lightest in this melee it is quickly shunted aside by Anti-Virus 2.1 before it can grab hold of anyone. Meanwhile Radioactive has run in underneath Little Big Bot in an attempt to push it across the arena, but Chris drives up Joey€™s slightly underweight machine and reverses into the back of it, turning quickly to bring the axe down and strike Radioactive€™s tyre! Chris holds on in there and pushes Joey back across the arena into the pit release siren, signalling the pit to descend and the siren to wail! With the impact Radioactive escapes, but in comes Anti-Virus 2.1 from nowhere to shove Joey headlong sideways into the pit! There€™s a quick puff of smoke and another other weight melee is all over for Mr. McConnell. Meanwhile Backlash has smacked into Ringo Scarr and propped it against the arena wall, but 30 seconds pass and someone has to free the trapped Steven. Claw obliges, grabbing hold of the back half of Ringo Scarr and pulling it across the arena, heading towards the pit! Steven struggles, but Claw has a firm grip and quickly pulls around to dump another lightweight into the pit and out of the contest! But Daniel has left himself vulnerable to attack from behind and Backlash hits with the flywheel from the side, attempting to clip him into the pit, but instead flipping him away and putting a small gash in the titanium armour! Anti-Virus meanwhile has gotten in underneath the front clearance of Little Big Bot and pushes Chris up against the arena wall, pinning it there for the full 30 seconds while the tussle behind it goes on. Despite the gash in the armour Claw seems undamaged, and uses those magmotors in the drive to dodge around the front disc of Backlash, to drive around to the rear and grab hold! Paul tries to resist, but despite the disc spinning up to full speed quickly Claw has a hold and isn€™t letting go! The S28-150s fire up into gear and Claw pushes Backlash across the coliseum and into the side of Anti-Virus 2.1, flipping it up a bit, but not over and un-wedging Little Big Bot! Backlash escapes now and reverses away to spin up the flywheel again, but now Anti-Virus 2.1 lines up for another attack, accelerating quickly and jamming up to full speed to slam into the front of Backlash with a CRASH! The spinning disc stops spinning as Backlash slowly tips up and over backwards onto its back! And without the disc spinning it seems the ex-Battlebots champion is out of the match. Anti-Virus 2.1 decides to finish Paul off just for the hell of it and delivers the final shove to knock Backlash into the pit and out of the match, while Claw and Little Big Bot do battle elsewhere. Little Big Bot manages to land some blows on Claw, but Daniel Stickler€™s machine is resilient to the attacks and manages to grasp Little Big Bot from the sides to try and shove it backwards, but the S28-400s defeat the S28-150s and Little Big Bot pulls around and charges across the arena, dumping the Weapon Synergy cluster into the pit and out of the match! But now in comes Anti-Virus 2.1 and scoops up under Little Big Bot€™s ground clearance to slam it against the arena wall with a CRASH! At first there doesn€™t seem to be much damage, but then we realise Chris€™ carbon dioxide gas supply has been ruptured as Little Big Bot vents gas all over the arena floor! But now Kody must reverse away to release Little Big Bot now that the 30 seconds of pinning time are up and Chris drives away across to the centre of the arena to stay clear of the pit, but still Kody follows and gets underneath again, this time slamming Chris across the arena floor and depositing it onto the killsaws! BZZT! And with that the match is over with two of the six robots we started with still mobile!
CEASE!
Judge€™s Decision:
Damage:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 7 x 4= 28
Little Big Bot- 7 x 4= 28
Aggression:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 8 x 3= 24
Little Big Bot- 5 x 3= 15
Control:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 8 x 2= 16
Little Big Bot- 7 x 2= 14
Dominance:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 8 x 1= 8
Little Big Bot- 3 x 1= 3
Overall:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 28 + 24 + 16 + 8= 76pts
Little Big Bot- 28 + 15 + 14 + 3= 60pts
And by a comparatively large margin of 16 points the winner of the lightweight melee is Anti-Virus 2.1!
6th Radioactive
5th Ringo Scarr
4th Backlash
3rd Claw
2nd Little Big Bot
1st+2> Anti-Virus 2.1
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w00t! :proud:
Middleweight Melee
Created and entered by Kody Kunz, seeded #1, Solstice 2.0!
This invertible ring spinner has heavyweight standard motor for both the spinning ring weaponry and the powerful drive, but the 4mm titanium body armour won€™t stand up too well to its fellow high power spinners.
In RS!!1: Sliced and diced Killoteeny in the eliminator, then tackled T-Minus in the semi-final, causing major damage. In the final it was drawn against the powerful Life, and sliced through the 5mm titanium side armour to win the championship!
Created and entered by Christopher Mason, Tom!
Can you say €œwedge flipper€� Well no worries because this robot€™s rear hinged flipper can throw five times its own weight around, and the wedge flipper has proved to be a winning formula in both RS!!1 and 2 with the success of Wedge Devolution. However, like Solstice the titanium armour isn€™t great.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Created and entered by Joey McConnell, seeded #2, Life!
Another wedge flipper, however this one has a more powerful flipper and harder front and back armour than Tom, but the side armour is the same and Solstice 2.0 exploited that weakness last season. There is though the 10kg weight advantage Life has for Joey€™s use of tracks, and that could prove telling.
In RS!!1: Threw Hazard up, over and out in the first round, and then in round 2 flipped Doorstop around. Joey was pushed around in return, and eventually ran out of flips, but won the match on a judge€™s decision. However on the final the weak-ish side armour was ripped to pieces by Solstice 2.0.
Created and entered by Steven McGregor, seeded #4, Killoteeny!
This scaled-down version of the successful heavyweight Killotine: EVO, who reached the heat N final this season only to be beaten by Dervish V. This middleweight robot also has a powerful axe and good drive, but the armour can be ripped up by spinners, as was proved by Solstice 2.0 in last season€™s eliminator.
In RS!!1: Met Solstice 2.0 in the eliminator and was quite simply shredded.
Built by Team Inertia Labs, entered by Paul Cuomo, seeded #3, T-Minus!
This Battlebots champion has an extremely powerful flipping arm that can right the robot in a 540 degree flip, not forgetting it can launch opponents out of the arena and onto the camera tracks. It is invertible, but that leaves the wheels open to attack from above.
In RS!!1: Threw the 20kg each clusterbot from Weapon Synergy Claw and Axe out of the arena with ease in round 1, but was then torn apart by Solstice 2.0 in the semi-final. In the play-off things were a bit better when the weapon-less Doorstop was tossed out.
Created and entered by Daniel Stickler, The Bone Collector!
This invertible tracked robot has a full pressure co2 powered flipper in the centre of the robot that can easily throw opposing machines out, but the tracks are open from attack from above, the flipper has very limited co2 when compared to its fellow middleweight flipper Life and the HDPE armour isn€™t the best choice, but like the second seed it has the 10kg weight advantage.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Kody Kunz, Christopher Mason, Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Steven McGregor, Paul Cuomo, Daniel Stickler
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SMASH!!
All six machines get off the mark very quickly, with the four seeded robots clearly eager to live up to their notorious names in demolition and carnage. Killoteeny draws first blood, slamming into the side of The Bone Collector and bringing the axe down on the left track, easily piercing it and then pushing Daniel across the arena and into the pit release button! Meanwhile Life has slipped in underneath the side of T-Minus and thrown Paul up into the air! He comes crashing back down onto his back, but performs that special 540 degree turn back onto its wheels to attack Tom side on, fitting the Tongue-like flipper plate underneath the side of Chris€™ wedge flipper and throwing it up into the air! Tom rolls over in mid air and lands on its back, quickly self-righting only to get slammed from the side by Solstice 2.0, who has the ring at full speed! CRASH! There€™s a large gash in the titanium side armour as Tom spins up away, but the robot itself seems to be OK. Meanwhile at the top of the arena Killoteeny has pulled its axe out of The Bone Collector€™s track, only to find Daniel is still mobile albeit with slightly impaired mobility. That doesn€™t however stop him from turning and getting the flipper underneath the side of Killoteeny, throwing it up and over onto its back! Steven self-rights and reverses away, but Tom comes in behind him and runs up to the arena wall, firing the flipper and sending the fourth seed over the wall and out of the match! That was a huge upset, and now The Bone Collector thanks Tom for ridding him of an opponent by nudging in underneath the back of the cartoon character-themed robot and flipping it up and over onto its back! Chris self-rights, but finds himself stacked on the wall! Daniel decides to assist and fits his own flipper in underneath again to throw Tom up and over the barrier for the second OOTA of this fight! And amazingly that OOTA isn€™t the last as the second seed Life runs in on the attack and easily breaches the 1cm side ground clearance of The Bone Collector, ramming Daniel against the arena wall and firing the flipper to send another competitor up and over the arena wall! And so we are left with the top three finishers of last season€™s middleweight contest, meaning they will once again be the top three. But the question is will the order they finish in be different or will this fight be a waste of time? The latter doesn€™t seem likely right now though as T-Minus gets under the champion and flips it over, although Solstice 2.0 is invertible and so immediately reverses away to spin up before coming crashing back in on the attack, letting the sparks fly as T-Minus is spun away across the arena floor with the left wheel guard ripped right off! But Paul is surprisingly quick to recover and runs in on the attack again, amazingly succeeding in stopping the ring of the first seed getting up to full speed as Paul now guns the motors and rams Kody to the side, firing the flipper to send the champion up and over the barrier, confirming that flippers rule as the 4th OOTA of this battle is scored! And still we haven€™t seen the last of them as Life comes running in from behind, those magmotors exerting themselves to get those tracks running fast enough to stop the third seed escaping as last season€™s runner-up fires its flipper again and sends the Battlebots Season 5.0 middleweight champion up and over the fence to come crashing down on the camera tracks that lie in wait the other side!
CEASE!
Killoteeny (4) is guillotined, Tom is taken off the air, The Bone Collector€™s bones are collected, Solstice 2.0 (1) is knocked over and out, T-Minus (3) is on the camera tracks just like all the robots mentioned here except for Life (2) who remains in the arena and goes 1 better to take the middleweight trophy!
6th Killoteeny (4)
5th Tom
4th The Bone Collector
3rd Solstice 2.0 (1)
2nd T-Minus (3)
1st Life (2)
Coming next, the Superheavyweight melee!
Tax Cutter vs. Atomic Wedgie vs. Sekhmet vs. Revolver vs. Toro vs. Cause and Effect
Bloody flippers... :proud:
Good fight Liam. :)
What do you mean about these flippers, Mr. Wedginator? :proud:
Seriously, great fights Liam, looking forward to the superheavy one...wait...I won? Even better. :proud:
Superheavyweight Melee
Created and entered by Kody Kunz, Tax Cutter!
Entered by Christopher Mason, Atomic Wedgie!
Created and entered by Joey McConnell, Sekhmet!
Created and entered by Steven McGregor, Revolver!
Built by Team Inertia Labs, entered by Paul Cuomo, Toro!
Created and entered by Daniel Stickler, Cause and Effect!
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Kody Kunz, Christopher Mason, Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Steven McGregor, Paul Cuomo, Daniel Stickler
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SMASH!!
All six machines get off the mark, crashing together in the centre of the arena as the 6 deadliest weapons in the series come into play, the axe of Tax Cutter immediately slicing through the 5mm titanium top armour of Sekhmet, but Joey powers forwards and digs in underneath the front of Tax Cutter with the forks, lifting Kody€™s heavy machine into the air and gunning the lynch motors in order to speed across the arena and slam Tax Cutter into the arena wall! CRASH! Both robots take damage from the blow, and now Tax Cutter retracts its axe, allowing Joey to turn in underneath and lift Tax Cutter up again, this time going on another all out slam and ramming Kody into the wall again, knocking Tax Cutter up into the air for it to come down on its back! And although Kody self-rights incomes Daniel Stickler at the controls of his 145kg beasty Cause and Effect, reversing in underneath the side of Tax Cutter and firing the flipper, which has enough power to lift a tonne, never mind the 150 odd kilos of Tax Cutter, which soars over the fence and lands outside of the arena, beaten and on the camera tracks! With one superheavyweight down the others become more wary of one another, with no one attacking for a few moments before Toro breaks the silence, charging into the side of Atomic Wedgie and ramming Chris across the arena, firing the large flipping arm to launch the wedge shaped machine high into the air for it too to land on the camera tracks! With two robots flipped out in a very short space of time Steven and Joey have become pretty wary of Daniel and Paul, but that doesn€™t stop Joey attacking the ex-Battlebots superheavyweight champion Toro, dodging the front flipper and getting the forks in underneath the ground clearance to the left of it, lifting Paul off the ground and ramming him backwards into the pit release button! Meanwhile Cause and Effect has inverted Revolver, but has taken a blow to the side armour, receiving of course no more than a scratch to the 20mm titanium/vanadium alloy armouring. Daniel keeps the upper hand though, ramming Steven with the flat front of Cause and Effect, pushing him backwards onto the killsaws! BZZT! Revolver is turned onto its disc, which tears a chunk out if the arena floor before knocking Steven€™s powerful SHW back onto its wheels. However now Daniel has used this opportunity to turn around for the forks of the flipper to slide in underneath the side skirt of Tax Cutter, and now Daniel drives in underneath, pushing Tax Cutter against the arena wall and firing that powerful weaponry to send Revolver tumbling over the arena wall and out of the competition! That€™s three robots on the camera tracks now and this match is becoming strangely reminiscent of the middleweight melee. However now Sekhmet still has the forks underneath Toro and turns sideways to push Toro up and over as Joey progresses sideways, turning the BB4 champion onto its back! Paul springs himself back onto his wheels, but Sekhmet swings its long body around and slams into the side of Toro, who reverses straight into Sekhmet and pushes Joey onto the edge of the pit! But now Cause and Effect comes out of nowhere, slamming into the side of Toro to push not only Paul but Joey down into the abyss as well, marking the end of both this melee and this season€™s otherweight competitions.
CEASE!
Tax Cutter is cut down, Atomic Wedgie is given an atomic wedgie, Revolver is shot, Toro is put down and Sekhmet is pitted; Cause and Effect given cause to have an effect!
6th Tax Cutter
5th Atomic Wedgie
4th Revolver
3rd Toro
2nd Sekhmet
1st Cause and Effect
Coming Next- the flipper frenzy:
Wedge Devolution (1) vs. Liar 2 (6) vs. Wedginator Devilution (15) vs. Die-ceratops Re-invertus vs. Ge5orce vs. Stealth
TACTICS REPEATED AND POSSIBLY CHANGED: Avoid any and all arena hazards this time, this means I wont be driving over them :P and try and flip people with my useless flipper while slowly expecting my imminent doom.
w00t. best bday pressie ever! :)
Poo. :lame:
Wedginators tactics:
...flip. :proud:
Flipper Frenzy
Wedge Devolution (1)
Liar 2 (6)
Wedginator Devilution (15)
Die-ceratops Re-invertus
Ge5orce
Stealth
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Steven McGregor, Martijn M Benschop, Kody Kunz
Booth 2: Christopher Mason, Andrew Jackson, Joey McConnell
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SMASH!!
All six flipping great robots get off the mark as ACTIVATE is called, with Wedge Devolution immediately running in underneath the side of Liar 2, the sixth seed who it defeated in last season€™s finals. Steven throws Martijn up into the air, but Liar 2 is invertible and swings around like a thwackbot to swing the side spikes in the side of Stealth, penetrating the armour and now reversing to pull the realie across the arena and onto the killsaws! BZZT! Meanwhile Wedginator Devilution has pressed the pit release button and is trying to push Ge5orce in, but Andy is eluding the front barbs of the fifteenth seed with great skill, managing to get his own super powerful flipper under the side of Wedginator and with one great colossal flip sends Wedginator Devilution flying high up into the air before it comes crashing down on the camera tracks and out of the match in a very quick time! But Andy is unprotected from behind and in comes the reigning champion, pushing in underneath the back of Ge5orce and ramming into the pit! That was very quick, and now only four robots are left in the arena! Meanwhile Die-ceratops has got underneath Liar 2 and has flipped it up into the air, only for Martijn to fall back to earth and get under Die-ceratops, flicking it over with a snort of gas from the flipper. Wedge Devolution has gotten underneath Stealth and has thrown it against the arena wall, and Joey is helpless! However Steven wants to have fun and pushes the RW3 robot who lost this season of RS!! in the first round to Macduff the 3rd and Orka MK.4, however now Wedge pushes it across the arena and flips it high into the air with more co2 being used by those two low pressure flipper rams that combine to give the flipper a lot of power! This time Stealth lands on its rear saw-blade, which shatters , knocking Stealth onto its front only for Wedge Devolution to push under the side again and this time ram it for the full length of the arena before firing the deadly weaponry and watching with glee as yet another opponent somersaults through the air and comes crashing down with a bump on the wrong side of the camera tracks! Meanwhile Die-ceratops is underneath the side of Liar 2 now and guns the four wheel drive to get to the arena wall and launch the seeded machine up into the air before it comes crashing down on the camera tracks! And all of a sudden Liar 2 is gone and out of the battle as Die-ceratops Re-invertus turns to meet the oncoming Wedge Devolution, who this time gets underneath and flips Christopher over onto his back! However Die-ceratops works just as well inverted and drives under the side of Wedge Devolution, firing its flipper to send the first seed high into the air before it comes crashing down in the centre of the arena on its back! Wedge self-rights and comes back on the attack of the WBC style machine, pushing in underneath the side and ramming it across the arena onto the killsaws! BZZT! Chris is thrown sideways in a shower of sparks, but quickly guns the four wheel drive and gets under the side skirt of Wedge Devolution, pushing the champion across the arena and then firing the flipper to send the number #1 seed up, up and away! And all of a sudden, as is the way with powerful flippers the battle is turned on its head as Wedge Devolution lands on the camera tracks and out of contention for the flipper frenzy trophy!
CEASE!
Die-ceratops Re-invertus is the winner!
Axe Attack
Intriguer
Axe-o-Lotl
Q.E.2
Axe to Fall
Axeon 3.0
Killotine: EVO
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Kody Kunz, Christopher Mason, Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Martijn M Benschop, Andrew Jackson, Steven McGregor
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SMASH!!
All 6 machines towards the centre of the arena as this battle starts, with Intriguer getting underneath Axeon 3.0, the semi-finalist who happened to be in front of it and Kody powers across the arena to slam Andy into the arena wall! Axeon is almost flipped over by the impact, but stays on its feet and brings the axe down on the top if Intriguer, not doing any real damage but putting a dent in there all the same. Now Q.E.2 comes in from behind though and gets under Axeon, flipping it up and bringing the axe down simultaneously to hold the winner of Heat H in place for it to reverse across the arena and press the pit release button! However the impact releases Axeon, who drives back across the arena and attempts to attack Axe-o-Lotl, but Chris turns and brings his own axe down too, not denting the armour of Axeon, but taking a dent in his own armour from the power of Axeon€™s weaponry! Meanwhile Q.E.2 has flipped Intriguer, who immediately self-rights only to be attacked side on by Axe to Fall, followed by Killotine: EVO and the 6 machines go in an all out push across the arena and Intriguer pushes against Q.E.2 side on as the four bot pile up slams into Axe-o-Lotl and Axeon 3.0 as the now six-bot pile up hurtles towards the arena wall and cascades against it with a huge CRASH! It look like they€™re all stuck, but Kody who is buried underneath Q.E.2 uses his axe as a front hinged flipper to send Joey off him and now Axeon wriggles free only to find itself being pushed back towards the other robots by Intriguer! And now Q.E.2 comes in, getting right in underneath Axe to Fall right by the barrier and firing the flipper to send the heat H finalist up and over the fence! But no one is happy about Q.E.2 using its axe in this flippers only fight and Intriguer runs in underneath the side ground clearance of the robot that bowed out to SOR X in the main competition, gunning those LEMs across the arena to dump Joey in the pit and out of the competition! But now in comes Axeon, attempting to push Intriguer in, but Kody reverses out of the way before driving back in to get Axeon 3.0 down there instead! Meanwhile Axe-o-Lotl is underneath Killotine: EVO€™s side skirt and has rammed Steven against the arena side wall, pinning him there while the axe is brought down again and again on the hardox bodywork! But now in comes Intriguer and breaks up the fight, getting underneath Axe-o-Lotl and pushing it onto the killsaws! BZZT! The Comengetorix-shaped robot is toppled over sideways, but self-rights only to find Killotine: EVO pushing underneath the side of it and Steven guns his own LEMs to ram Chris across the arena and dump him in the pit! He reverses and just as well because Intriguer rams him side on and brings the axe down, slightly scratching the paint work. Now though Killotine: EVO escapes and comes around on his own attack, giving Intriguer another big blow with the axe and attempting to push it across the arena, but Kody€™s wedge spikes get under the corner of the VGC03 champion€™s skirts and Kody pushes Steven across the arena before dumping the Heat O finalist in the pit and out of the competition!
CEASE!
Intriguer wins the axe attack!
Coming Next: The Spinner Special
Tira IV vs. Mega Masher 2 vs. Isolation vs. Another Night at the Bar vs. YACATR vs. Whirligig 4.5 (7)
...no one is happy about QE2 using its axe? Its an axe fight! :proud:
LOL, I meant flipper :proud:
Hey hey! Intriguer wins it for the axes! :proud:
That means Tira and Killobite will lose their respective matches, but oh well! :proud:
You only won cos Supreme wasnt in it... :P
Today is a very exciting day, for the grand finale of Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged is about to get underway!
But first, let€™s see how we got to this stage...
Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged
Road to Armageddon
Seeds:
01. Wedge Devolution
02. Nidhogg
03. Supreme Glory Omega
04. Seung Mina IV
05. Storm II
06. Liar 2
07. Whirligig 4.5
08. Razer
09. WORCK-ER
10. Killobite 5.0
11. All Scoop and No Stab make Steve a Dull Boy
12. Flick of the Wrist
13. Super Gore Evo
14. Gabriel II
15. Wedginator Devilution
16. Shadow Zone Returns
Heat A
WEDGE DEVOLUTION (1) was teamed up on by SHEER HEART ATTACK 2 and The Curse, but the champion overpowered both machines and confined The Curse to the pit.
Y4 and SPLINTER had an easy road through when Bodyhammer was flipped onto its side.
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WEDGE DEVOLUTION (1) exploited Splinter€™s lack of a proper srimech and flipped it.
SHEER HEART ATTACK 2 ruptured Y4€™s co2 supply and flipped it out of the contest.
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WEDGE DEVOLUTION (1) threw Sheer Heart Attack 2 out of the arena and the competition.
Heat B
AXE-O-LOTL and KNYFE couldn€™t get rid of Chaos 2, but the match went to a very one-sided judge€™s decision and the vapours went through.
SUPREME GLORY OMEGA (3) and GBOD had an easy way through as Shrederator was targeted and eliminated by the seeded robot.
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KNYFE shocked us all by knocking out the much-fancied GBOD.
SUPREME GLORY OMEGA (3)€™s match with Axe-o-Lotl went to another judge€™s decision, and the seed went through.
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SUPREME GLORY OMEGA (3) exploited Knyfe€™s poor choice of weaponry and axed it from the competition.
Heat C
STORM II (5) and CYCLONE FORCE 3 lifted and immobilised Obsidian.
MONOLITH and TURBO SHREDDER went through after Scaramanga II took major damage to the flipper rams.
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TURBO SHREDDER caused possibly the second biggest upset of the series by defeating Storm II (5) on a judge€™s decision.
CYCLONE FORCE 3 pushed Monolith around and into the pit.
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CYCLONE FORCE 3 shredded Turbo Shredder€™s hopes by pushing it into the pit.
Heat D:
ORKA MK.4 and MACDUFF THE 3RD teamed up on the ancient realie Stealth to go through.
WHIRLIGIG 4.5 (7) and ETERNIA saw off yet another realie.
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MACDUFF THE 3RD ruptured the co2 supply of the promising Eternia, allowing for an easy defeat.
ORKA MK.4 lifted and pitted Whirligig 4.5 (7) in another massive shocker.
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ORKA MK.4 dropped the Scottish-themed rammer into the pit.
Heat E:
WORCK-ER (9) and Q.E.2 teamed up on and defeated Die-ceratops Re-invertus.
BACK TO ROCK III and SOR X teamed up on Pussycat and sliced and diced the RW4 runner-up.
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BACK TO ROCK III knocked out the ninth seed WORCK-ER.
SOR X sliced through and pitted Q.E.2.
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BACK TO ROCK III lifted and pitted SOR X.
Heat F:
WALK DON€™T RUN 3 and MANTIS easily defeated the over-powered Pure Evil: Revenge of the Disc.
ALL SCOOP AND NO STAB MAKE STEVE A DULL BOY (11) and TENGU VII disposed of Sithis.
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TENGU VII pitted its fellow spinner Walk Don€™t Run 3.
MANTIS lifted and pitted the seeded machine.
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MANTIS caused another shock by pitting Tengu VII.
Heat G:
SUPER GORE EVO (13) and DARKESTAR went through after Isolation was isolated.
WEDGA€™S REVENGE and METAL SONIC SPIN DASH teamed up on and defeated Tri-Tainium.
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SUPER GORE EVO (13) grabbed and rammed Wedga€™s Revenge to death.
METAL SONIC SPIN DASH cut through Darkestar€™s weapon belt, using its weapon (the only weapon that possibly could!).
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METAL SONIC SPIN DASH sawed through one of the seed€™s tracks in order to push it around and into the pit.
Heat H:
WEDGINATOR DEVILUTION (15) took damage to the flipper rams from AXEON 3.0, but Andy still went after Lethal Injection and dumped the axlebot in the pit.
AXE TO FALL and HANNIBAL teamed up on and defeated Mega Masher 2.
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AXE TO FALL caused a major upset by knocking out Wedginator Devilution (15).
AXEON 3.0 perforated Hannibal€™s weak top armour plenty of times.
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AXEON 3.0 won on a close judge€™s decision in which Axe to Fall€™s polycarbonate armour let it down.
Heat I:
SHADOW ZONE RETURNS (16) and SYMMETRY teamed up on Paralyzation, who was thrown out of the arena.
ACHILLES and MEGA MONSOON teamed up on the promising Death Threat 0.2, who was pitted.
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ACHILLES threw SZR (16) OOTA.
MEGA MONSOON shoved Symmetry around and down the pit.
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ACHILLES utilised the hydraulic setup and pitted Mega Monsoon.
Heat J:
GABRIEL II (14) and PSYCLONIZER teamed up on and trashed Baldur Gamma.
Death Wish 2 went for AXES OF EVIL, but was finished off by BIO-HAZARD.
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GABRIEL II (14) tackled and took down Axes of Evil.
PSYCLONIZER destroyed Bio-Hazard.
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PSYCLONIZER used the spinning hammers to exterminate Gabriel II (14).
Heat K:
FLICK OF THE WRIST (12) and DANTE bludgeoned The Rock to death.
CRIMSON THUNDER and RUPTURE saw that No Objections went down the pit.
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FLICK OF THE WRIST (12) had a tough battle with Crimson Thunder, eventually winning on a judge€™s decision.
DANTE controlled its fight with Rupture, eventually knocking out the drive motors.
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FLICK OF THE WRIST (12) took some his from Dante, but eventually pitted it.
Heat L:
KILLOBITE 5.0 (10) and E CLAWDIUS UNUM went down the pit, but the Paramagnetic LOX Box went first.
EXERTION and REVENGE OF BLACK DEATH knocked Dennis the Menace of the running.
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KILLOBITE 5.0 (10) pitted Revenge of Black Death.
E CLAWDIUS UNUM pitted Exertion.
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KILLOBITE 5.0 (10) defeated E Clawdius Unum like it did last season.
Heat M:
RAZER (8) and WEAPON SYNERGY punched through Holepunch.
BLACK PANTHER hammered the hell out of D.V.D: The Sequel to go through along with BLUE SPARKS.
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RAZER (8) took out the tracks of Blue Sparks.
BLACK PANTHER gave Weapon Synergy the axe.
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BLACK PANTHER hunted down and eliminated Razer (8).
Heat N:
LIAR 2 (6) threw MeCannibal 2.0 out of the arena to go through with CAT WITH WHEELS.
GRAVITY tossed Phoenix Down OOTA in record time to head through with TURBO TAILS.
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After a tough match Liar 2 (6) landed on the camera tracks courtesy of GRAVITY.
CAT WITH WHEELS flipped and immobilised Turbo Tails.
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CAT WITH WHEELS knocked Gravity over and out.
Heat O:
KILLOTINE: EVO and DERVISH V caused the biggest shock of the series by eliminating Seung Mina IV (4).
NITRO-GENE 4.0 dominated the round, eliminating With or Without You to go through with TOUGH AS NAILS.
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KILLOTINE: EVO€™s fight with Nitro-Gene was close, but Steven won through in the end.
DERVISH V buckled Tough as Nails€™ wheels to go through.
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DERVISH V knocked Killotine: EVO out of the arena and the competition.
Heat P:
NIDHOGG (2) and UNDER PRESSURE teamed up on Leprosy Infection for an easy win through against a good robot.
ENVY and DRUM BOY also teamed up, on Sonic Boom, who was brutally eliminated.
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NIDHOGG (2) grappled and pitted Drum Boy.
ENVY flipped Under Pressure around and got it down the pit.
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NIDHOGG (2) had a tough fight with Envy, eventually confining it to the pit.
Semi-Final 1:
WEDGE DEVOLUTION (1) had a tough fight with Orka MK.4, eventually flipping it over the barrier and onto the camera tracks.
MANTIS grabbed and pitted Axeon 3.0.
SUPREME GLORY OMEGA (3) hammered Metal Sonic Spin Dash to death.
BACK TO ROCK III cut through Cyclone Force 3€™s tyres and pitted it.
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BACK TO ROCK III flipped Mantis against the arena wall and then out.
WEDGE DEVOLUTION (1) took hits from Supreme Glory Omega (3), but eventually the 3rd seed hit the camera tracks.
Semi-Final 2:
PSYCLONIZER knocked out Flick of the Wrist (12).
KILLOBITE 5.0 (10) crushed into Dervish V to go through.
NIDHOGG (2) lifted, crushed and pitted Achilles.
BLACK PANTHER broke Cat with Wheel€™s flipper and then flipped it.
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PSYCLONIZER took on Black Panther and pitted it despite taking some damage.
NIDHOGG (2) hit the mark and crunched Killobite 5.0 (10).
And the line-up for the Grand Final is:
Nidhogg (2) vs. PsycloniZer
Wedge Devolution (1) vs. Back to Rock III
But before those battles take place, let€™s take a look around the pits at those robots that maybe didn€™t do so well, and give them some very special prizes...
Best Engineered Robot:
Previous Winners-
In RS!!1: Mega Monsoon
Nominees;
Blue Sparks- Danny Bailey
Paramagnetic LOX Box- Joey McConnell
Holepunch- Leo Van Miert
Monolith- Andrew Jackson
This series of Robot SMASH!! has seen many fantastic creations that all deserve this award, but perhaps the most deserving of all is one that differs in power source in its choice for that particular weapon, it may have drawbacks, but it impressed me particularly and so Leo Van Miert€™s Holepunch is the recipient of this series€™ Best Engineered Robot award.
Best Designed Robot:
Previous Winners-
In RS!!1: Acronyms FTW
Nominees;
Symmetry- Leo Van Miert
Knyfe- Paul Cuomo
Macduff the 3rd- Kody Kunz
PyscloniZer- Andrew Jackson
Perhaps people will be disappointed here, as Leo cannot leave the stage where he received the Best Engineered Robot Award just yet, as I believe Symmetry to be a true work of art. This unique design utilises two discs, but instead of placing them side by side as was done in realies such as Shredder and Double Trouble Leo has placed one overhanging the other to negate the gyroscopic effect. Also there are two wheels on top and two on the bottom, hardly amazing, but it makes Symmetry more interesting all the while.
Most Original Entry:
Previous Winners-
In RS!!1: Weapon Synergy
Nominees;
Lethal Injection- Danny Bailey
Scaramanga II- Alex Holt
Tri-Tainium- Paul Cuomo
Sheer Heart Attack 2- Martijn M Benschop
This robot didn€™t go very far in the competition at all; on the contrary it bowed out in the opening round when its flipper rams were torn out by a fine, though unoriginal competitor. But Alex Holt€™s Scaramanga II is anything but unoriginal. Alex refers to his wedge flipper€™s smokescreen as a gimmick, but I see it as an exciting attempt to innovate in the boring world of wedge flippers. The robot is even automatically driven, possibly making it more of a €œreal€ robot than some of the realies out there!
Most Promising Newcomer:
Previous Winners-
In RS!!1: No Award
Nominees;
Mantis- Leo Van Miert
Black Panther- Alex Holt
PsycloniZer- Andrew Jackson
Orka MK.4- Christopher Mason
All of these robots new to Robot SMASH!! did incredibly well, reaching the heady heights of the semi-finals. One rising star however is still in contention for the top spot, and that robot is Andrew Jackson€™s PsycloniZer!
But now let€™s get down to business...
Grand Final Eliminator 1
(Round 6)
From the maniacal mind of Joey McConnell, seeded #2, Nidhogg!
Defeating:
- Leprosy Infection via pitting
- Drum Boy via pitting
- Envy via pitting
- Achilles via pitting
- Killobite 5.0 (10) via KO
From the deep, dark recesses of hell itself, winner of the most promising newcomer award, PsycloniZer!
Defeating:
- Baldur Gamma via KO
- Bio-Hazard via KO
- Gabriel II (14) via KO
- Flick of the Wrist (12) via KO
- Black Panther via pitting
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Andrew Jackson
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SMASH!!
The second the battle starts Nidhogg guns those LEMCO-130 drive motor and powers across the arena, storming towards the impressive newcomer in a scary manner. Joey wants this version of Nidhogg to go out with a bang, as it€™s just been updated in time for next season. However this is the same old Nidhogg which was catapulted to fame by its success last season and Joey wants to try and come second again, and if he can€™t well third or fourth will have to do, but it won€™t go down without a fight and PyscloniZer will have its work cut out if it€™s to reach the final battle of this series. Nidhogg is already attacking the ring spinner before Andy has spun up though and that isn€™t a very good start, as the second seed pushes the lifting forks underneath the cage of PsycloniZer and lifts it up, but when the crusher comes down it goes through a gap in the cage, and now Andy revs up the LEM-200 to pull Nidhogg around and it€™s this movement that forces Joey to loosen his grip, allowing the Mechanical Noise champion to gun those mags and reverse across the arena to spin up those three deadly hammers before coming speeding back in on the attack, all 9 horsepower in the drive pushing PsycloniZer€™s wheels as fast as they can so that when one of the hammers connects with the side of Nidhogg like it does now the damage will be fatal! CRASH! The seeded machine is thrown away by the attack and spins around in mid-air before slamming into the arena side wall! The crowd watch in anticipation as Nidhogg begins to move again, but it has taken damage as we see a dent in the side hardox armour! The lights that looked so cool have shorted though so effectively the robot is fighting blindly, but its driver€™s eyes are still fine so no problems there. With only that superficial damage done Nidhogg attacks PsycloniZer again, this time only lifting before Andy brings the ring around slowly and pushes itself off Nidhogg to spin up again before manoeuvring around to the side and slamming into Nidhogg€™s side armour panel, bludgeoning it so hard it comes flying right off! CRASH! The panel flies across the arena and lands, full of dents, in the corner where the killsaws come up and throw it into the air in a shower of sparks! But the main worry for Joey now is that the internals are exposed to further attack and attack is what PsycloniZer does, getting that dangerous ring up to speed again and slamming into the front of Nidhogg this time, spinning it around and buckling the lifting forks! Joey tries to reverse into PsycloniZer now to halt the ring from spinning up again, but Andy backs away easily from Nidhogg, who seems to be struggling even to move, and as we look closer we see that the rear panel has been knocked loose and is dragging on the floor, causing it to have vastly impaired mobility. It now seems Andy has this one in the bag, but Nidhogg is a great survivor and is still moving, so the judges can€™t count it out. And now the ring of PsycloniZer is up to speed again and the ring spinner has its eyes on the damaged rear panel of Nidhogg, zooming in on the attack and slamming into it hard, sending another armour plate flying off across the arena to bounce over the barrier and come crashing down onto the camera tracks! Nidhogg now has workings exposed from the side and the rear, although full mobility is restored and Joey is off again, circling PsycloniZer before driving in to try and stop the ring, but some clever driving skills and a clever U-turn prevent Joey from getting that necessary ram in and before you know it PsycloniZer€™s hammers are a blur once more and the whole robot is rushing towards its tattered opponent in order to knock out the second seed once and for all, and it is this hit which does it, one, then two of the hammers digging right into the internal workings of Nidhogg and bludgeoning the components inside and Joey watches in horror as a whole wheel is slammed out of the robot, followed by the batteries for the other motor. That€™s Nidhogg down and out, and PsycloniZer powers down while Andy reverses into the pit release button and the crowd count Nidhogg out of the contest, slowly and painfully. The pit descends, and everyone knows it will be Nidhogg€™s final resting place, that is until the play-off begins! But for now it means the end of competitive fights for last season€™s runner-up, and PsycloniZer drives in behind it, the ring not spinning out of pure good sportsmanship as Andy drives in behind Nidhogg and the S28-400 magmotors go for the full speed to push Nidhogg across the arena floor, however hard it is as with only 1 wheel Nidhogg keeps wanting to turn right. But PsycloniZer sticks at it and rolls Nidhogg€™s wheel side over the chasm, and just for fun Andy lines up for the final attack, spinning up the ring and flying in on the final assault slamming into Nidhogg and surely smashing what was left of the internals as well as delivering the second seed to the pit in a puff of smoke!
CEASE!
Nidhogg (2) is PsycloniZed; PsycloniZer goes through to the Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged final battle!
Stupid word limit :p
Grand Final Eliminator 2
(Round 6)
From the champion-vapourbot creating brain of Steven McGregor, seeded #1, Wedge Devolution!
Defeating:
- The Curse
- Splinter
- Sheer Heart Attack 2
- Orka MK.4
- Supreme Glory Omega (3)
From an essential human organ owned by Martijn M Benschop, Back to Rock III!
Defeating:
- Pussycat
- WORCK-ER (9)
- SOR X
- Cyclone Force 3
- Mantis
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Steven McGregor
Booth 2: Martijn M Benschop
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SMASH!!
Both these robots have a successful history, although if you take the first season of Robot SMASH!! it€™s clear Wedge had the better run, winning the entire championship while Back to Rock III bowed out in the opening round! However vast the improvement in BTR III€™s path through this season has been Wedge Devolution wants to defend the title and this is very obvious from the beginning as the champion dodges the front lifting plates of Back to Rock III and tries to breach the side skirt, but Martijn turns to meet the champion and their ground clearances cancel each other out, and though they have the same drive motors BTR III€™s six wheel drive out-muscles the four-wheel drive of Wedge Devolution, who is pushed back across the arena and against the pit release button! The siren wails and Back to Rock III gets underneath the front of Wedge Devolution now by pushing it against the wall! The saw hits the base armour of the champion, but does little damage except for a few scratches and BTR can€™t do anything more except lift Wedge Devolution, but all of a sudden this seems to be the decisive moment as BTR lifts Wedge Devolution up onto the arena wall and it looks like the seeded robot may be falling out, but a flick of the flipper sees Steven somersault over the top of Back to Rock III and turn to get the flipper plate under the rear! Suddenly the tables are turned and Wedge Devolution fires the two flipper rams to send Back to Rock up and over the barrier! No one can quite believe it, as the fight was so quick, but it is quite clear as Back to Rock III hits the camera tracks that the champion has made the grand final once again!
CEASE!
Back to Rock III goes back to rock; Wedge Devolution (1) goes through to the final battle!
And so...
The Play-off:
Nidhogg (2) vs. Back to Rock III
Final:
Wedge Devolution (1) vs. PsycloniZer
But before the play-off...
The Spinner Special
And after the play-off...
The Crusher Crunch-up
Oh, balls, forgot about the playoff and crusher match :P
Usual Nidhogg tactics please.
Psyclonizer to win via Shock Treatment.
Keep dreaming, Mr. Stickler. :P
Nidhogg (2) vs. Back to Rock III
Martijn to win this.
Wedge Devolution (1) vs. PsycloniZer
I REFUSE to predict that Wedge Devo will win twice in a row. :proud: I just do. PsycloniZer for the ultimate win. :proud:
Tira IVs tactics - kill. :proud:
Killobite 5.0s tactics - grab and pit stuff. :proud:
either PsycloniZer or Wedge Devo to win another major :proud:, Psyclonised vs Wedge Devolution NEARLY was the MN1 final mind you!
I think it will be PsycloniZer.
Nidhogg (2) vs. Back to Rock III
wanna use my superior drive mostly, my 6WD traction may let me push him all around the house, lift, saw, control, pit as usual
good luck Joey!:proud:
(Message edited by MajinB on September 21, 2008)
Spinner Special
Created and entered by Steven McGregor, seeded #7, Whirligig 4.5!
Created and entered by Kody Kunz, Tira IV!
Created and entered by Joey McConnell, Isolation!
Created and entered by Christopher Mason, Mega Masher 2!
Created and entered by Martijn M Benschop, Another Night at the Bar!
Created and entered by Andrew Jackson, Yet another Cut above the Rest!
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Steven McGregor, Kody Kunz, Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Christopher Mason, Martijn M Benschop, Andrew Jackson
5...
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3...
2...
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SMASH!!
The sound inside the coliseum suddenly changes from the roar of excited fans of kinetic energy weapons to the dangerous whir of the kinetic energy weapons themselves spinning up to their top speeds, and it€™s YACATR on the attack at the beginning, slamming into the side of Isolation and taking a large chunk out of the weak armour! And as that happens all of a sudden Isolation starts venting gas- it seems that crushing blow from YACATR has ruptured the co2 supply and all of a sudden Isolation is left without a srimech or secondary weapon! And Mega Masher 2 immediately notices this, rushing in with an intense box-rush, picking Isolation up on the wedge and slamming it against the pit release button before turning and bringing the disc into play, ripping off another piece of Isolation€™s armour plating and in doing so throwing the reverse wedge up and over onto its back! That€™s one robot down in a very short time, and now in comes Whirligig 4.5 the seventh seed on the attack of Another Night at the Bar, just catching Martijn€™s Code: BLACK esque machine at the front of the wheel housings where the tyres are exposed and the front right tyre is torn clean off by Whirligig€™s assault! And now in comes YACATR from behind, managing to strike the tyre behind the one Steven ripped off and now Another Night at the Bar has seriously impaired mobility! But the blade is still going at a high speed and Martijn turns into the side of Mega Masher 2, sending it spinning across the arena and slamming into the arena side wall with a CLANG! And now Tira IV comes in to build on the attack and slams into the side of Mega Masher 2, flipping it up onto the barrier! Chris€™ machine teeters there precariously for a few moments before toppling out of the arena and onto the camera tracks! That€™s two robots down and they€™re both vertical spinners, will Tira IV follow suit? Apparently not, as the Calibur femme attacks YACATR, flipping the left side of the robot up into the air, but not turning it right over, and immediately Tira is attacked side on by the robot that defeated its predecessor Tira III last season, the powerful shuffling ring spinner Whirligig 4.5! Tira spins out of control and smacks into the arena side wall, motionless for a moment before it springs back into life and chases Another Night at the Bar, shredding the back left tyre! But YACATR comes in from nowhere and slams into the rear of Tira IV, putting a gash into the Kevlar armour and sending the red machine spinning away again, this time spinning onto the killsaws, which come at an immense speed and flip it against the arena wall! Tira tries to self-right, but she€™s too far up the wall and so the self-righting spike goes over the barrier, not hitting anything at all! But the 30 second stacking rule saves her this time and YACATR obliges in freeing its stacked opponent, albeit with a hefty whack from the powerful LEM-200 powered spinning disc! CRASH! Tira IV is spun away onto the floor on its back, but quickly self-right and reverses into! The side of Another Night at the Bar, pushing it backwards across the arena floor and into the pit! That€™s the end of the round for Another Night at the Bar, but sadly it is for Tira IV too as Whirligig comes in on a surprise attack and finishes the vertical spinner with a sneaky shove, but what goes around comes around and all of a sudden YACATR is behind Whirligig with a fully spun up disc, and you know what happens next...
CEASE!
(Whirligig 4.5 is pitted) YACATR wins the disc battle!
Crusher Crunch-up
Created and entered by Joey McConnell, seeded #2, Nidhogg!
Created and entered by Kody Kunz, seeded #10, Killobite 5.0!
Created and entered by Martijn M Benschop, Under Pressure!
Entered by Christopher Mason, Tough as Nails!
Created and entered by Andrew Jackson, Gigabyte Evilution!
Created and entered by Steven McGregor, E Clawdius Unum!
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Joey McConnell, Kody Kunz, Martijn M Benschop
Booth 2: Christopher Mason, Andrew Jackson, Steven McGregor
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SMASH!!
*POWER CUT*
We€™ll be back later with the fight!
*In an exact replica of the arena that cannot be used for the crusher fight for several strange reasons*
Play-off:
Nidhogg (2) vs. Back to Rock III
Final:
Wedge Devolution (1) vs. PsycloniZer
Play-off
Ladies and Gentlemen...
Please welcome back for the final time, last season€™s runner-up and the audience favourite for bronze medallist this season, Nidhogg!
And opposite him in the pits, now being wheeled into the arena by our very own flying Dutchman, it has to have the most improved record in Robot SMASH!! this season than any other machine having been knocked out of the first round last time to reaching the Grand Final this time, Back to Rock III!
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Martijn M Benschop
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SMASH!!
Both robots are off to a quick start, with the six wheel drive of Back to Rock III quickly revving into gear as those lynch motors in the drive kick start the titanium machine as does the identical drive-train in the second seed Nidhogg, who wasn€™t in this battle last season as it had won its previous fight with success. All the same its Martijn who starts this fight better, dodging the narrow area of attack at the front of Nidhogg and turning to attack the side, getting underneath and pushing forward underneath, lifting Nidhogg into the air as he does so! However the saw blade misses the tyres entirely and so Martijn can do no more than dump Joey onto the killsaws to cause a little more cosmetic damage. BZZT! Nidhogg is tipped onto its front, but falls back onto its wheels and quickly runs across the arena to press the pit release button, signalling the siren and the descent of the pit! This tactical manoeuvre works just as well for Martijn as it does for Joey though as Back to Rock III follows across the arena and gets under the rear of Nidhogg this time and lifts it up once more, and this time the saw blade chips the castor at the front! That won€™t hurt Nidhogg too much though and Martijn pushes forwards to try and tip him right over the arena wall, but alas for Martijn the claw hooks over the barrier and just holds Nidhogg in the arena, allowing Joey to activate the hydraulics and just pull himself back onto the arena floor! Nidhogg guns those LEMs and reverses out of the attack zone Back to Rock III has next to the wall right now, thus escaping the current danger and preparing for an attack on the oncoming Back to Rock III, who finds itself being dodged and then as it turns to attack lifted from behind by the magmotor actuated lifting forks of Nidhogg! And the Razer-esque crushing arm immediately bites down onto the top of Back to Rock, holding Martijn€™s unseeded veteran in place! And all of a sudden it becomes apparent that the tables have been turned and now Joey makes his way over to the pit and he now lowers the forks as he raises the crusher, dropping Back to Rock III into the pit, out of the play-off and out of contention for the bronze medal which now be awarded to Joey McConnell!
CEASE!
Back to Rock III doesn€™t quite make the podium, Nidhogg (2) just does!
And so coming next...
Wedge Devolution (1) vs. PsycloniZer
The Grand Final...
w00t! j0eh w0n t3h 3rd pl4c3!!!!!111oneonelolz
...*ahem* Really good fights Liam, and Marti, sorry to deprive you of a podium finish but good battle nonetheless, BTR will have its time once more someday. :proud: And a great achievement for the old one to go out on as well, second and third in the same series of tournies, new one will have a lot to live up to...looking forward to the crusher fight and final now. :)
Here endeth long and droning speech, with an obligatory extra WOOT! :P
...would anyone mind if I didnt write the crusher battle? The thing is is its a tough one to write because all tactics are really pit pit pit and Id like to get on with the final. If there is (for some odd reason) high demand for the crusher fight then I will do it but what it will be of a low standard Im afraid :lame:
Ive no objection, I actually thought that was due after the final for some reason anyway :P
Final Battle
Ladies and Gentlemen...
Give a thunderous round of applause for the number #1 ranked robot in the world of Robot SMASH!! , it may be a simple wedge but hell has it been successful, the one, the only Wedge Devolution!
And put your hands together for the flipper-killing robot from hell, it€™s the invertible ring spinner from hell, the only newcomer to reach the grand final, give it up for PsycloniZer!
To reach this stage Wedge Devolution (1) has defeated:
- The Curse
- Splinter
- Sheer Heart Attack 2
- Orka MK.4
- Supreme Glory Omega (3)
- Back to Rock III
PsycloniZer on the other hand has seen off:
- Baldur Gamma
- Bio-Hazard
- Gabriel II (14)
- Flick of the Wrist (12)
- Black Panther
- Nidhogg (2)
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Steven McGregor
Booth 2: Andrew Jackson
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SMASH!!
Almost immediately PsycloniZer€™s spinning ring starts to rotate simultaneously with the two wheel drive as the MN champion heads across the arena away from the reigning champion, who€™s four wheel LEM-powered drive guns it after the invertible flipper-killer, getting the bent upwards at the bottom flipper plate under PsycloniZer before firing it up into the air with a snort of co2 from the flipper! PsycloniZer however is now spun up and lands sideways on top of Wedge Devolution, whacking a hefty dent in the top armour as it rolls down and around to the rear of the number #1 seed! But now the champion reverses into PsycloniZer to stop Andy getting the ring back up to speed and all of a sudden the hammer/spinner is jammed against the arena wall by the far more powerful pusher, Wedge Devolution. But the 30 second pinning rule comes into play for the god-knows-what-time in this tournament and Wedge Devolution is forced to release PsycloniZer, who guns it across the arena and uses the LEM-200 to spin that powerful weaponry up to speed again before rushing in on the attack of Wedge Devo, only for Steven to dodge out of the way last minute to allow PsycloniZer to go crashing into the arena wall! CRASH! PsycloniZer is flung away and Andy won€™t have gained any control points for that, and immediately Wedge Devolution is on the attack, getting straight underneath and ramming the C&BT: Mini-Tournament of Death winner for the full length of the arena before firing the rear hinged flipper powered by two low pressure rams, which sends it flying high up into the air before it comes crashing down onto the rails of the arena before toppling back in! Andy spins up the ring again, buying time by dodging another box-rush attempt from the less manoeuvrable Wedge Devolution and slams into the rear of Steven€™s famous machine, putting another dent in the hardox armour and sending it spinning onto the killsaws! BZZT! Wedge is toppled over, but quickly self-rights and resets the flipper before PsycloniZer can attack again, although this has given time for Andy to get the ring back up to speed and straight away he€™s running back in and slamming into the front of the reigning champion, letting it spin madly into the arena side wall with another loud CRASH! And despite another dent in the side Wedge Devolution seems unharmed, ramming in on another onslaught and breaching the ground clearance of PsycloniZer to carry Andy across the arena before firing flipper rams and sending it into a high somersault above the arena barriers, but not near enough to go right over them and onto the camera tracks! Andy breathes a sigh of relief and spins up the ring again, driving back across the arena at top speed to meet the oncoming Wedge Devolution! CRASH! The two collide head on, and as both robots were driving at top speed the result is catastrophic as both machines fly across the arena, with Wedge Devolution being spun around like a top while the two wheel drive PsycloniZer rolls onto its side before landing back on its wheels to start spinning up the ring again. However Wedge Devolution is venting gas- it seems the co2 supply has been ruptured and so the flipper is gone, leaving the defending champion weapon-less! PsycloniZer on the other hand seems to have taken little to no damage from the force of its own hit and now comes back on the attack, slamming into the virtually helpless Wedge Devolution again now to send it spinning onto the killsaws! BZZT! Wedge is spun around and thrown away, but now runs in on a box-rush attempt at PsycloniZer, managing to get the flipper plate underneath the ground clearance of PsycloniZer for Steven to ram the newcomer across the arena and into the arena wall! And it doesn€™t end there, as PsycloniZer tries to get away but is once again scooped up on the wedge of its seeded opponent as Wedge Devolution now races across the arena with that powerful drive, equal to that of Storm II! And with a SLAM Wedge Devolution powers into the pit release button, knocking PsycloniZer away and setting off the pit release siren! The chasm descends and now the vapourboteers have another obstacle to think about, but to Wedge Devolution it€™s a beacon of hope and Steven clearly intends to use it as he chases PsycloniZer again, ramming it across the arena and onto the killsaws! BZZT! PsycloniZer is tossed over onto the top of Wedge Devo, who tries to ram Andy down the pit with a lucky shot, but PsycloniZer gets the mags going and drives over the wedged top of Wedge Devolution, quickly getting the spinning ring up to speed again in order to reverse back into the rear armour of Wedge Devolution, tearing the back hardox armour panel clean off! Steven is worried by that, as now the internal workings of Wedge Devolution are exposed, but the champion isn€™t going to let PsycloniZer take advantage of that and heads away from the powerful ring spinner before turning to face its oncoming assault and attempting to make the most of it by ploughing head on into the insane spinner€™s path! CRASH! Again both robots are left reeling from the blow, but again Wedge Devolution is left worse off as the side panel is knocked loose, but not quite off meaning it drags on the ground now, meaning Steven will find it very hard to turn in that direction! And the LEMs give power to those four wheels again now to get Wedge Devolution back on the attack, but this time PsycloniZer easily eludes the number #1 seed and spins up again, slamming into the loose side panel and sending it flying away across the arena to land in the pit! And so now the champion has internals exposed from the side and rear, although the mobility problem is now sorted thanks to PsycloniZer, which drives away to spin up again now, but is box-rushed by Wedge Devolution who pins it against the arena wall, gunning the lynch motors to hold the Mechanical Noise champion in place while the clock ticks down! But again the 30 second rule forces Steven to release PsycloniZer, who backs away a bit across the arena and spins up the ring with those three hammers of death again before it backs away for a good run up and comes crashing in on the attack, slamming into the wedge-shaped machine at full speed in both ring and drive! CRASH! And unfortunately for Steven this dangerously powerful attack hit the rear of Wedge Devo, tearing out the left drive motor, which now sits on the arena floor, unconnected to both the robot it came from and the batteries which power it. But Wedge Devolution still has one motor and so by this season€™s rules it is still on the fight, although the match has now run out of time and the decision will go the judges!
CEASE!
Judge€™s Decision:
Damage:
Wedge Devolution- 1 x 4= 4
PsycloniZer- 9 x 4= 36
Aggression:
Wedge Devolution- 9 x 3= 27
PsycloniZer- 7 x 3= 21
Control:
Wedge Devolution- 9 x 2= 18
PsycloniZer- 5 x 2= 10
Dominance:
Wedge Devolution- 6 x 1= 6
PsycloniZer- 8 x 1= 8
Overall:
Wedge Devolution- 4 + 27 + 18 + 6= 56pts
PsycloniZer- 36 + 21 + 10 + 8= 75pts
+2>And by a margin of 19 points, the champion of the 96 robot Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged, Andrew Jackson€™s PSYCLONIZER!!!!!!!!!!!!
And so I give you the seedings that will probably be used next season (note probably), and of course updated robots will take the places of their predecessors:
Seeds:
01. PsycloniZer (NEWCOMER)
02. Wedge Devolution (1)
03. Nidhogg Evo (NIDHOGG) (2)
04. Back to Rock III (UNSEEDED)
05. Black Panther (NEWCOMER)
06. Supreme (SUPREME GLORY OMEGA) (3)
07. Killobite Hex (KILLOBITE 5.0) (10)
08. Mantis (NEWCOMER)
09. Flick of the Wrist 2 (FLICK OF THE WRIST) (12)
10. Orka MK.4 (NEWCOMER)
11. Achilles (NEWCOMER)
12. Cyclone Force 3 (NEWCOMER)
13. Cat with Wheels (NEWCOMER)
14. Spin Dash Unleashed (METAL SONIC SPIN DASH) (UNSEEDED)
15. Dervish: Generation X (Dervish V)( UNSEEDED)
16. Axeon 3.0 (NEWCOMER)
17. Disco 5 (WINNER OF RS!! MINI-TOURNAMENT 1)
18. Gabriel III (GABRIEL II) (14)
19. Sheer Heart Attack 2 (UNSEEDED)
20. Envy (NEWCOMER)
21. SOR X (NEWCOMER)
22. Razer (8)
23. Knyfe (RUNNER-UP OF RS!! MINI-TOURNAMENT 1) (NEWCOMER)
24. E Clawdius Unum (UNSEEDED)
25. Tengu VII (NEWCOMER)
26. Dante (NEWCOMER)
27. Macduff the 3rd (NEWCOMER)
28. Monsoon Magnus (MEGA MONSOON) (UNSEEDED)
29. Die-ceratops Re-invertus (WINNER OF FLIPPER FRENZY) (NEWCOMER)
30. Yet Another Cut Above the Rest (WINNER OF SPINNER SPECIAL)
31. Intriguer (WINNER OF AXE ATTACK)
32. Sideswipe (BRONZE MEDALLIST OF RS!! MINI-TOURNAMENT 1)
Sign-ups will open very soon, probably in a few minutes, next week or tomorrow, or they may have already opened...
But for now...
GOODBYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
A most excellent fight, well done to Liam for writing it, and of course to Andy for winning it with what may be one of the top vapourbots going around at the moment (pun intended :proud:) and congrats to Steve as well, worthy of getting this far.
And RS!! 3...wait? Might be open already? I need to get innnnn....
4 seeds, lol
A thoroughly enjoyable tournament, and Ive already entered into numero tres of the SMASH!!. Keep it up, Liam. :)
(Message edited by kodster on September 24, 2008)
Amazing tourney, Liam. I am gutted I didnt enter improved versions of my RS!!1 entries. Although 3 seeds arent to be upset about!
Congratulations to AJ and Steve and Joey and Martijn for making the final 4.
Robot Smash 3 will be mine!! Mwahahahaha!! :proud:
it was very very good all the way through Liam, and Andy did very well winning his second major with the Psyclothingy line :proud:
Well, second place is nothing to be sniffed at. Bravo to Andy and bravo to Liam for a corking tournament. :proud:
Woo! :proud:
This was a great tournament, Liam, and the win just put the icing on the cake. So thanks for the win, and for writing such a quality tournament so quickly. Especially towards the end here you have shown us how well you can write battles. I must also thank Joey and Steve for giving me a run for my money in the last couple of battles! It seems PsycloniZer is making quite a name for itself! :) You can bet Ill be back for Lock3d and Load3d!
Cheers everyone once again for a great tournament!