NSBFL 7

Welcome to the start of heat€¦ *Looks at a piece of paper* D! We€™ve got a real NSBFL veteran fighting today, but the three newbies are just as dangerous, so who knows what could happen?

The seventh seed is Dave Weston€™s Hell Machine. Not only is it a past champ, and official champion of champions, it€™s also the only machine to appear in every series. The basic shape is unchanged, but the axe is more vicious than ever, the drive has been upgraded and the armour€™s a little tougher to boot, so watch out all. Last time around it knocked out Battle Raptor 3, before losing to Dervish for the second time.

Son of Ripper has been around before in series 5, and has changed a bit since. It€™s got tough hardox armour, and with its front flipper and rear horizontal spinner it€™s quite the all rounder. In series 5 it helped Wedge 1 knock out the Demonic Element, before losing to eventual champ Maximum Velocity.

NSA is only the third robot ever to use a guillotine, and Dave has added some ideas of his own. It€™s powered by nitrogen, giving it some serious kick, and the blades are interchangeable to boot. However the kick might be too serious leaving NSA hopping mad! For this fight, Dave will be using the flipping plate set-up.

Finally, Star 69. This star shaped FBS could give invincibility to Italian plumbers, but serious GBH to anyone else! With speeds of nearly 20 MPH and a heavy duty Magmotor for weapon power, a couple of blows from this and anyone will be seeing stars!

Battle 1

We head to the Classic arena where Hell Machine will fight Star 69!

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Star 69 starts spinning up, but Hell Machine is able to travel across the arena and slam under before it gets to a high speed! Because of the odd shape, Star 69 is deflected rather than gotten under fully, so Hell Machines axe hits nothing and goes right into the floor! Star 69 trundles off at high speed to spin up, but it looks like Hell Machine€™s having trouble getting the axe out of the floor!

Star 69 comes in to hit the back of Hell Machine, but gets deflected by the wedge! This in turn causes the axe to pop out of the floor, and Hell Machine spins to axe Star 69! Star 69 gets away, but hell Machine slams under between two of the points and rams Star 69 into Flipup€™s CPZ! Flipup isn€™t in a good position to attack, so Hell Machine axes Star 69 a couple of times and backs off! Flipup comes at Star 69 with the bucket scoop, but Star 69 just gets out of there much to the house robot€™s annoyance.

Hell Machien charges in to dump Star 69 back in the CPZ, but takes a hit on the side as Star 69 dodges! Ironically, Hell Machine is spun into the CPZ itself and overturned by the bucket! Hell Machine self rights instantly and heads out of the CPZ, but again missing star 69 with a charge! This time Star 69 goes on the offensive, and aims at Hell Machine€™s side! Hell Machine spins around and takes it on the scoop, before axing the top of Star 69, making a large hole!

Hell Machine pushes star 69 across the arena, and into the wall! Then before it can get away, Hell Machine turns slightly and pushes it along the wall and into Uncle Tomahawk€™s CPZ! The two machines axe Star 69 for a couple of seconds, but Star 69 manages to push the house robot out of the way and escapes! Hell Machine gives chase, but is outpaced! Star 69 comes in on Hell Machine€™s side and strikes, tearing a gash in the top layer of steel! Hell Machine is spun away from the blow, going around like a spinning top before finally being still!

In the meantime, Star 69 has retreated from the scene of the crime a little to spin up! Hell Machine charges in full-bloodedly, deflecting Star 69 away with the scoop! This time it€™s Star 69€™s turn to spin away from the impact, and Hell Machine slams under and once more shunts it into Uncle Tomahawk€™s CPZ! A couple of axe blows from both machines later, and Star 69 shoots out of the CPZ again despite Hell Machines efforts to crowd it in!

Martyn looks concerned though, as Star 69 isn€™t spinning up! Hell Machine catches up with the speedy star and shunts it straight into Flipup€™s bucket scoop, and Star 69 gets turned over! This doesn€™t faze Martyn, who takes Star 69 away from the area, but the spinner still doesn€™t seem to be working! Still trying to win though, he smashes Star 69 into Hell Machine€™s side, but Dave turns Hell Machine around and pushes Star 69 into the arena wall! Meanwhile a wailing siren is heard, meaning the pit is descending!

Hell Machine axes into star 69 a couple of times, and tries to push Star 69 into The Militant€™s CPZ, but Star 69 manages to slip away and starts to spin up again! Hell Machine charges Star 69, but Star 69 dodges and catches Hell Machine on the side, tearing an even bigger gash in the steel top layer! We can€™t see what, if any, damage has been done to the Titanium underneath, but that€™s gotta hurt! What must hurt more is that Star 69 isn€™t spinning again, and Hell Machine takes full advantage, trying to guide Star 69 into the pit!

Star 69 manages to get away from this though, and Hell Machine nearly drives into the pit itself! Star 69 in its hurry to get away crashes into the wall, and Hell Machine reverses under it with the lifter, trying to prop it against the wall! However this fails thanks to Star 69€™s shape, who flops back down and starts to spin up! Hell Machine charges in, but misses with the axe and for the second time impales the arena floor! Star 69 takes a run up and blasts Hell Machine in the side with its fully spun up body!

Hell Machine is spun away, but the axe head is snapped away by the impact and Dave is down one weapon! In reply, Hell Machine tries to get Star 69 into Bane€™s CPZ, but Star 69 spins away from the attack and hits Hell Machine€™s rear! Hell Machine reverses with the lifter and tries to wedge under Star 69 again, but Star 69 is spinning again and both machines are spun away! Star 69 can€™t seem to spin up again, so Hell Machine shunts it into Bane€™s CPZ!

The claws come down, but Bane is trying to grip Star 69 by one of the points and can€™t seem to get a grip! Star 69 finds it easy to spin away from Bane€™s grip, but is slammed into the arena wall by Hell Machine! Hell Machine reverses and turns around to try and prop Star 69 up again, but Star 69 just avoids this, causing Hell Machine to crash into the wall instead! Star 69, still not spinning, rams into Hell Machine€™s side causing a couple of dents with ramming force alone!

Hell Machine turns around with the wedge facing Star 69 and takes it along the wall and into The Militant€™s CPZ, and Star 69 is sent spinning away by a blow from the flywheel! Hell Machine goes in too far and receives another blow with the flywheel! Dave keeps Hell Machine going and props The Militant up again the wall for this, but Star 69 crashes into Hell Machine again, which also knocks The Militant down on top of the two machines! Fortunately this pile up doesn€™t need to be sorted out as CEASE is called! We€™re going for another judge€™s decision, folks!

Control: Both were well controlled, but Star 69 more so as it managed to evade a fair few attacks, and catch Hell Machine off guard. Hell Machine 2. Star 69: 3.

Damage: Both machines were examined for damage. Star 69 had one hole a few dents from Hell Machine€™s axe, plus a bigger dent on the side from The Militant€™s flywheel and not to mention the loose connection in the weapon which caused the spinner to stall every so often. Hell Machine€™s steel covering was pretty much slashed to pieces, but the Titanium under that was only scratched and dented a little. Of more note was the axe blade being torn off. Hell Machine: 2. Star 69: 3.

Aggression: Both machines were pretty aggressive. Hell Machine in customary fashion was charging in regardless and always shoving Star 69 around. Star 69 retreated once or twice to spin up, but was even attacking Hell Machine with the weapon out of commission. Hell Machine: 3. Star 69: 2.

The final score is€¦ Hell Machine: 7. Star 69: 8

Well, it was another close one, but it looks like it€™s becoming a really bad time to be a seed! Hell Machine crashes back to whence it came, and Star 69 is back in the charts!

Battle 2

We head to the Moat now, for a showdown between NSA and Son of Ripper 4.0!

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The two charge, Son of Ripper going forwards, NSA going backwards to use the rear flipping plate! Neither seems to want to risk a head on collision, so both dodge to the side and miss each other! Son of Ripper tries a last second turn on the spot as they pass each other to hit with the rear spinner but this attack misses as NSA goes out of harm€™s reach!

Both machines turn and charge one another again! This time Son of Ripper evades and manages to get under NSA€™s side slightly, but not enough to do more than bounce NSA up a bit! NSA comes back down and gets away from another attempted flip, and Son of Ripper is left flipping thin air! Now NSA tries to get under Son of Ripper€™s side but Son of Ripper avoids this, and NSA bounces itself up!

Andy uses this to easily get under NSA€™s side and toss it over! NSA self rights away from a charge that would surely take it into the moat! NSA spins through the air as it self rights and lands back upside down again! The flipper fires again, once more propelling NSA back onto its erm€¦ Back. Andy does nothing with Son of Ripper, watching NSA€™s self wronging with a bemused expression.

NSA tosses itself again, this time landing on its front! Will it topple onto its wheels? Nope, NSA is once more on its back! A couple more flips are wasted as NSA tries to self right until it finally gets onto its wheels! The crowd goes wild, and Andy shows what an utter git he is as Son of Ripper just tosses NSA back over again! Dave sighs, and NSA begins the process of self righting again, but after the first impact, nitrogen gas starts leaking from NSA, and it€™s clear it€™s going nowhere! Finally deciding to end the fight, Son of Ripper pushes NSA into the moat and that€™s an end to it!

NSA must stand for €œNo Shock Absorption€. Son of Ripper tears into the heat final!

Join us next time for Star 69 vs Son of Ripper 4.0 in the Moat!

Star 69 will spin up and try and bounce and push sor into the pit

Agh, 1/2! :sad:

Star 69 vs Son of Ripper 4.0

SoRs got the better control and better armour so Andys gonna kick Star 69 outta here. :proud:

Team Gore

Go Andy! Go Andy! :proud:

Where?:proud:

Nice fights, Frank! :)

Star 69 vs Son of Ripper 4.0

I dont think Star 69 is going to cause much damage to my armour here. My aim is to get the flipper under and flip Star 69 while it is spinning fast so it goes spinning out of control and has a good chance of shocking itself out. Then just push/flip it into the Moat while the spinning body is slow/stalled.

hmm, the moat may be bad for Star 69, if it can last the fight and do some damage though, i think it has a chance.

It€™s the final day of Heat D! In round 1, Star 69 surprisingly overcame Hell Machine in a judge€™s decision which let me tell you, was an absolute bugger to work out, while Son of Ripper 4.0 flipped NSA which killed itself trying to self right. Now they face each other in the Moat!

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Son of Ripper charges in at Star 69, who avoids the charge while starting to spin up! The weapon looks fully fixed! Star 69 heads to the centre of the arena where it€™s safe and it looks fully spun up now! Rather than exercise caution, Son of Ripper charges the spinning Star 69 flipper first! The wedge is under briefly, but Star 69 connects, bouncing Star 69 away and spinning Son of Ripper across the arena! Undaunted, Son of Ripper charges in again, but Star 69 dodges and goes to hit Son of Ripper€™s side!

Son of Ripper also dodges and tries to get the flipper under again, but is again batted away by the spinning ring before it can get anywhere near the main body! By the time Andy has regained control of Son of Ripper, Star 69 has backed off a bit and is spun up again, and is now coming in fast! Son of Ripper hasn€™t got time to dodge and takes a shot in the side which again knocks Son of Ripper a couple of feet away! Son of Ripper reverses away from another attack, but then tries getting under again, and is again rewarded for the trouble by being knocked away!

Star 69 tries to avoid another charge, but is just caught by the flipper on one of the points, and bounced up a little by the impact! Son of Ripper isn€™t knocked away so much this time! Star 69 hurriedly gets away from Son of Ripper before Andy can start flipping and begins to spin up! Once the ring reaches an acceptable speed, Star 69 changes course and lunges for Son of Ripper, who once more just charges in with the flipper regardless! Yet again Son of Ripper is swatted away by the spinner, and while the front wedge hasn€™t suffered more than a few dents one of the plates has been torn off!

Andy doesn€™t seem to let that concern him though, and Star 69 avoids another charge by Son of Ripper before striking in the side, spinning Son of Ripper around a few times and almost knocking it into the moat! Son of Ripper soon gets out of there, but Star 69 intercepts it and hits it in the side again! Son of Ripper is knocked along the arena and the fight is nearing the corner of the arena. Arguably the most dangerous part as the moat is on two sides!

Son of Ripper while externally looking more or less undamaged is having some mobility problems and doesn€™t look able to escape the corner! Star 69 spins up and hits Son of Ripper out of the arena, but the back force also sends Star 69 into the moat! The judges are called in to see who exited the arena first. It€™s hard to tell at first, but slow-mo view tells us the next person to leave the NSBFL house is€¦ Son of Ripper, please pack your things and go, you have been evicted!

SoR is now SoRe. Star 69 moves into a new position!

I hope youll join us next time for:

Venom (9) vs Die Ceratops Invertus - Last Bot Standing
360 vs M.O.R.D - Unimmediate Peril

MORD will ram into 360 (who I assume is a full body spinner) with its plow, try to stop it spinning, tip it over and send it OOTA. If I cant, Ill keep pressurising it and wait for the House Robot or the pit to come into play so I can use them.