Right, here we go again...

Predictions...

SYNDOS vs. Flick of the Wrist

Flicks nice armour should stand up to SYNDOS disc long enough for him to ram Richard into submission.

All Scoop and No Stab Make Steve a Dull Boy vs. Crusher C.U.

Steves more controlled bot will quickly get to Crushers rear end, flip him, and then do whatever the hell he wants with him. :proud:

My computer is back from the shop and I have a working phone line now, so that my broadband has a stable connection :)

Fights 3 and 4 up by the weekend

Fight 3

SYNDOS vs. Flick of the Wrist

In round 1, SYNDOS will pitted by All Scoop and Flick of the Wrist pitted Crusher to go joint top of the leader board.

Both machines are ready and were undamaged from the first round of matches, as the announcer says:
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Martijn presses the button and Flick of the Wrist comes into life, driving towards Syndos as Richard gets the disc on Syndos up to speed to try and attack the sides and rear end of Flick and to avoid the front forks which proved to be efficient against the scoop and skirts of Crusher. Flick of the Wrist is heading straight towards the front end of Syndos, is Martijn madder than he looks, but at the last second he flicks the control and Flick of the Wrist flicks around to the side of Syndos.

Richard quickly tries to turn Syndos around to get the front disc into play as he has the slower machine by 8 mph, so he can€™t run away, but his turning is too late as Flick of the Wrist slips underneath the side skirts with the forks and starts to lift the drive wheels off the ground for Syndos. Richard knowing what will happen next slows down the disc as Flick of the Wrist rams Syndos at full speed into the side arena wall, Syndos follows what Crusher did and bounces away with the impact back into the arena and Richard puts on full power on both the drive and disc, turning to face Flick of the Wrist, as Martijn drives towards Syndos for a 2nd ram.

Both machines meet up, Richard has learnt from the first attack to counter-dodge Flick of the wrist€™s dodge bringing the disc into play onto the front end of Flick of the Wrist, sparks fly and Flick of the Wrist is lifted into the air, landing on top of Syndos stopping the disc, Richard drives towards the pit release button, as Flick of the Wrist tries to drive off the front end of Syndos as the pit release button as been pressed, Syndos reverses as Flick of the Wrist manages to work it€™s way free and away from danger, as the disc on Syndos starts spinning again, as Richard flicks Syndos around and drives away from the pit area

For the 3rd time of the match, both machines are heading towards each other, and straight into each other, as Syndos goes up onto the forks of Flick of the Wrist as Martijn wasting no time, turns and starts to drive Syndos towards the pit, as Richard knowing reversing would be suicide put the drive on full power and manages to get half on top of Flick of the Wrist, as the forks lower to drop the payload off into the pit. Martijn goes up to full speed and suddenly breaks just before the pit edge sending Syndos down, but that braking force of going from 20 mph to 0 in a couple feet has damaged Flick of the Wrist as a rubbing noise is coming from the rear right.

Cease

Syndos ends up in the pit after putting up a good fight, but it€™s out of the running for the cup. Flick of the Wrist makes it 2 out of 2, but taking on some damage to one of the wheels, which shall be easily fixed with a hammer.

Fight 4 will be tomorrow and will be:
All Scoop and Stab vs. Crusher

Cool fight Dave! Go Martijn!:proud:

Oh well. In my last match against Crusher, Ill go for the sides again, and also try to keep the disc towards the pincers and hit them, hopefully knocking him upwards so I can do some damage.

In that case Rich, when I fight you, Im going to use my greater pushing power to get under the side and position my crushers on the side of SYNDOS, and charge him into the sidewall, hopefully hooking on, and then Ill pit it.

Nice fight Dave. :)

Well thank you Kody.

I will try and do fight 4 either tomorrow night or friday night

Fight 4:
All Scoop and Stab vs. Crusher

(Steve your picture link no-longer works)

In round 1, All Scoop and Stab scooped and stabbed Syndos into the pit, and Crusher broke down before getting pitted by the pit-ball terrier known as Flick of the Wrist.

Both robots are driven into the arena, as the announcer beings to announce that hot dogs are half-price.

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Straight away Crusher driven by Paul comes straight at the Scottish machine, as Steve gets ready to counter the attack, as Crusher comes storming into a head-on collision to try and get underneath that front scoop and bend it, as both machines come together, a release of CO2 from All Scoop sends Crusher end over end as it comes to rest upside down, as All scoop rams into the rear end, lifting up the rear wheels, as Paul tries to get traction on the arena floor to get away, as the axe comes down to hit the base plate of Crusher, doing nearly no damage, as Steve sets his sights on a brighter goal of Scotland getting into Euro 2008 when England lose out to the Russians.

The arena wall is close now and with a flick of the wrist co2 begins to come from All Scoop as it launches Crusher over the arena wall and crashing onto the camera tracks.

Cease

An OOTA for Crusher as the 3 points head towards All Scoop to make the league a 2 horse race down to the wire.

Round 3 matches:
Crusher vs. Syndos
All Scoop and Stab vs. Flick of the Wrist

Right, wheres my hot-dog?

Damn it they have all sold out :sad:

All Scoop and Stab vs. Flick of the Wrist

Seems to be the big final of the tournament, eh Steve? :proud:

What I see here is a both thats though to get under, but far from imbossible, I also see a bot that can scoop, axe and OOTA me.. ouch

I also a robot with so-so agility that I can outspeed, and outpush. And I see how I dont HAVE to get underneath him to ram/push him Even if I drive straight up his scoop, my design will still allow me to have at least two wheels on the ground.

My tactics are to speed around and be everywhere at the same time. Dont let him catch me, and try to get some good rams in on his sides and rear, trying to get under and possibly overthrow and pit him. If getting underneath fails too often, raise those spikes and box-rush him that way, scoring minor points on damage, and perhaps pitting him in that fashion.

Best o luck Steven!

RANDOM MINI TOURNY
BATTLE 3
ALL SCOOP AND NO STAB MAKE STEVE A DULL BOY VS Flick of the Wrist

Now, this aught to be a toughie.
Lets see...Flick of the Wrist has a 10mm ground clearance, so Ill no trouble getting under it. The real problem will be actually getting a hold of it. Tactics here are to try and keep facing it with my slight control advantage (14mph VS 22mph) and to charge the sides n rear to get underneath. From there, Ill rocket to the walls and throw it outta there ASAP. Oh and Ill give it a whack with the axe a few times to rack up the Damage points.

Though you wont be needing it, good luck anyway, Marti. :proud:

*gives Dave a hot-dog* There ya go.

Crusher C.U. vs. SYNDOS

Crusher actually could win this if he keeps attacking, but same either way, and I think SYNDOS will win this due to being more controlled. :wink:

All Scoop and No Stab Make Steve a Dull Boy vs. Flick of the Wrist

Fight of the ages! I think Steves scooper and stabber will be the bane of Flicks extreme speed and deadly forks. Grapplenpit, or grapplenOOTA, your choice. :proud:

I will def try and get the last 2 fights done by the weekend.

Fight 5:
Crusher C.U. vs. SYNDOS

It€™s the fight to determine which machine will walk off with the 3rd place medal, both machines are currently winless, but maybe that will change.

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Crusher is straight out of the traps ready to face Syndos, with the crusher; Richard has his plans and allows Crusher to come towards his machine, and at the last minute using his punchy acceleration dances to the side of Crusher€™s attack who carries on, turning around to get the crushing front onto Syndos and more importantly to avoid the disc€¦

€¦Paul€™s plan fails as Richard drives Syndos straight onto the side of Crusher, flipping it over, and once more as Syndos rams into upside down scoop, ripping it clean off the machine, leaving Crusher scoop-less as Syndos turns to get in another attack onto the side crusher arms as the main body is pretty-much damage proof, Paul drives Crusher away from danger and self-rights to get what remains of the front end pointing downwards, the what remains of the vacuum pipes are on show.

Syndos is at one end of the arena and Crusher is at the other end, Paul€™s machine is faster than Richard€™s machine, but he knows the judges will vote for Syndos on damage, but with the scoop on the ground, Paul€™s machine has no-hope of being able to get underneath the sides of Syndos to bring the crushing arms into play, as Richard puts on full power, driving towards Crusher. Paul dives, but so does Richard as both machines meet head-on, as pieces of pipe fly everywhere from the exposed vacuums on Crusher, as Paul brings to arms into play, holding Syndos, whose disc has stopped ripping out the soft inners, to stall on some tough chassis. Crusher pushes back, making the wheels spin on Syndos as Crusher rams Syndos into the pit release button, forcing Syndos a bit more inside.

The front wheels of Crusher are spinning as Syndos is holding it back, spinning on hydraulic fluid which came out of one of the damage pipes caused by the ram. Syndos is stuck between the pit release button and Crusher as Richard puts on forward drive as both machines are away. Paul puts on full power to try and regain traction, but as an uphill hill as Syndos rams Crusher into the arena wall, the rear spikes bending downwards causing Syndos to get free, as Crusher tries to move, but doesn€™t as Syndos comes in with another ram, ripping off the crusher arms, Crusher once more tries to move, but it looks dead from the waist down, the top wheels are spinning but nothing from below the decks. Paul presses the button to stop the fight

Cease

Crusher ceases to move, with damage from the underside pushing up and jamming the wheels, Syndos gets the 3rd place medal.

Next fight it€™s the big one, it€™s the championship fight:
All Scoop and No Stab Make Steve a Dull Boy vs. Flick of the Wrist

I find it really sad Ive been completely and totally kicked four fight in a row. :sad:.

Very good fight, with only three problems that spring to mind.

1) I lost (:mrgreen:) *Thats a joke*
2) I find it quite hard to believe that SNDOS would take only one hit to rip off my scoop (that is made of Titanium and Tungstan Steel)
3) I surely would knock SNDOS away from me instead of vice versa, given that SNDOS has about 2hp and I have 47hp.

Other than that, good fight. Im not sore, its just not very nice to come away from your first fanfic tornument, having never won a fight

Go Martijn for the final!

Its alright having all the horsepower in the world from the motors but its transferring that power from the motors onto the ground which is the problem.

Fight 6

All Scoop and Stab vs. Flick of the Wrist

And so we are, at the final fight, at the fight which will determine whoever wins a lovely paperweight

I would bother doing some lovely introductions, but as Microsoft Word decided to freeze when I had finished doing the introductions with dodgy interviews, losing everything after paperweight, it€™s a tragic tragedy that auto recovery is shockingly rubbish.

Both machines are rolled into the arena, both drivers and crew are in the little control booths, as the announcer gets ready, the atmosphere is tense as the victor of this match will walk away with the prize.

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Both machines are away, and up-to speed, with Martijn holding back from top speed to keep in utmost control, as he drives to one side of the arena, away from Steve€™s machine, both machines are facing head-on at opposite ends of the arena waiting for the prefect moment to strike, 5 seconds past as Martijn puts on full power and Flick of the Wrist jumps into life, charging across the arena, as All Scoop and Stab driven by Steve gets ready to make his move against Flick of the Wrist.

All Scoop and Stab is on the move, as it starts moving towards the charging Flick of the Wrist as Martijn flicks the controls as Flick turns away from a head-on collision, as Steve moves his controls to counter-act that change in direction to protect his sides from the forked one. Martijn smiles briefly as he flicks the controls once more and returns to the original path, All Scoop and Stab tries to counter-act the attack, but its so-so manoeuvrability prevents a quick enough reaction as Flick of the Wrist ploughs straight into the front corner of All Scoop and Stab, out of reach from the axe and just out of reach from the front flipping scoop as Flick of the Wrist starts to push back All Scoop and Stab at full power, the forks providing the contact point.

Slam, All Scoop and Stab is slammed into the arena wall as Flick of the Wrist slams into reverse and reverses back out of danger as Steve puts on full power in the forward direction, but Martijn not wanting to back-down comes in straight on another attack, but at the last moment spins around and away from the front end of all Scoop and Stab, Steve is giving chase to try and get underneath that rear end, as Martijn puts his machine into reverse and reverses towards All Scoop and Stab, spinning around at the last minute, Steve flicks his controls to counter-act, but he is caught in a blind-spot as the lowered front forks of Flick of the Wrist manages to slip underneath the side skirt and the forks are put up lifting the side of All Scoop and Stab to loosen the grip of the wheels.

Flick of the Wrist slams All Scoop and Stab into the pit release tyre which comes away from the wall as the pit begins to lower, the snouts of €œPit, Pit, Pit€ begin to come from the crowd as Steve fires the axe to try and loosen the grip from Flick of the Wrist, but all to no-help as Martijn driving his machine heads towards the pit, wanting to end it as soon as he can as he knows Steve€™s machine can turn the match on it€™s head if he gets the luck, which doesn€™t look it€™s going to happen, as All Scoop and Stab enters the pit.

Cease

Smoke is coming from the pit, as Flick of the Wrist wins with 9 points and the grand slam.

Hurrah!:proud: Great tourny Dave, and GO MARTIJN! I said from the start the start he would win no problem, and I was right!

Good fight! Rather surprised that Flick of the Wrist beat Scoop, though.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOO

I CONQUERED!!!

Awesome Dave, what a way to win my second minor! And what a succesfull period has it been for Flick of the Wrist, 4th place in the FFW 4 and now this! A great fight it was Dave, which can also be said to Steven of course!

Happy 21st for Wednesday, evil twin :lame:

happy B-day to you too Dave :lame: