Martyn's Robot Wars Series 5

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Really on here, if someone designed a really really crap machine; people will say €œit will be excellent Mr X, well done€ etc.

No. Some people might say that, but Aaron, Nick, Tom, myself plus Scott and Andy (sometimes) have all been known to get on someones case if they enter something crap.

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Also several major assumptions have been made which are and proved wrong, but still people are writing them into the fights.

I can think of one. What are the others?

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If you want a war based on truly the robots, and the drivers replaced by machines than here seems is the right place. But if you want a war based on half-machines and half-driving,

The problem with assuming one person to be a better driver than another, is that people will often assume you are biased against the one you wrote as a weaker driver. How controllable a machine is takes second fiddle to driver skill Can you imagine Typhoon in the hands of an amatuer?

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Before I disappear for ever, might I point out that if I go down, Im taking some people down with me for tournament fixing.

Been mentioned before, will probably be mentioned again. Prove it.

Well said Frank, it seems a petty argument to me but who am i to judge.

Right. Now that this seems to have died out, I suppose this is a good time for predictions.

Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus VS Pussycat (17)
Dieceratops, no contest.


Flaming Hell VS S.D. IV (1)
Tough to say. Flaming Hell has brute force, but SD IV has the power of being the champion and speed and armor, and not nearly as much brute force. Itll be close, but Im pretty sure the champ will come out on top.

My tactics: Because its a low box shape, my cage will be able to hiot it well, and make a mess of the domed sides. Also, I wanna know how far its blade sticks out the front, because I dont think itll hit FHs main body (I know I never specified, but the outer part of the cage is 60mm from the body, so if its less than that, the robot is going to get hit before the blade touches my body

I predict an early exit for both seeds here, and then Flaming hell to take out Die-Ceratops in the final.

If you are still reading this Dave (I presume not) and you havent blocked me (I presume not) and want to talk (you guessed it) then please have a chat with me, I need to ask a few questions before you go, as I couldnt at the time you left as I was not here.

Anyway, back to the tournament...

Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus VS Pussycat (17)

Spin up, and cause as much outer and inner damage as possible without getting attacked to much. Ill try and get this one via damage on a judges verdict.

Ive faced Pussycat before with Die Ceratops Invertus, and I beat it then. Get underneath the high ground clearance, and flip it out, or around if I cant do that.

Ive faced Pussycat before with Die Ceratops Invertus, and I beat it then.

And that means youll beat it because...?

Results change over time, mate.

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The problem with assuming one person to be a better driver than another, is that people will often assume you are biased against the one you wrote as a weaker driver. How controllable a machine is takes second fiddle to driver skill Can you imagine Typhoon in the hands of an amatuer?

This is why I always said people like Mr. Knight should come up with a driving test for robots.

That means, Tom, that I know I CAN beat it, and it is POSSIBLE that I can beat it again...its not the usual under-confident attitude I normally have when competing.