FRFFT: Series One

Dave: DYWR is OK. All superheavy weight spaces have been filled

Martijn: Have you got a featherweight yet? Just a kind reminder:proud:

Superheavyweights (All Entries In)

Damn You Wee Rammer (Dave S)
Toro (Martijn B)
Ziggy (Samuel P)
Drive (Joey McC)

Heavyweights (All Entries In)

The Hurting (Joey McC)
Shadow Zone Forever (Kody K)
Fling (Daniel FTB)
Nitro-Gene 5.0 (Paul C)

Middleweights (One spot left)

Xianghua II (Kody K)
Hazard (Dave S)
T-Minus (Samuel P)
(Space)

Featherweights (One spot left)

Deadly Lampshade (Daniel FTB)
Skink (Paul C)
(Martijn Bs Entry)
(Space)

I need Martijns featherweight, one person to enter a FW and MW and then we can begin:)

Martijn said:quote:

FW: ermz... any suggestion please?:proud::proud:

can I enter the MW tournament instead of the FW tournament ELLIOT?

Sorry, Martijn. That means the last person would have to enter TWO featherweights. You can enter a real robot, I dont mind, honestly. Once again, really sorry

I can give you a list of featherweights to pick from if you want:)

Is it alright if I enter http://strickenone.proboards99.com/i...lay&thread=344

Congratulations, AJ! You are our 8th customer!:proud:

Overdrive and Typhoon will do!

This is how the final list looks. Sorry everyone else, but all spaces are closed

Superheavyweights

Drive (Joey McC)
Toro (Martijn B)
Ziggy (Samuel P)
Damn You Wee Rammer (Dave S)

Heavyweights

Nitro-Gene 5.0 (Paul C)
Shadow Zone Forever (Kody K)
Fling (Daniel FTB)
The Hurting (Joey McC)

Middleweights

Typhoon (AJ)
Xianghua II (Kody K)
T-Minus (Samuel P)
Hazard (Dave S)

Featherweights

Overdrive (AJ)
Deadly Lampshade (Daniel FTB)
Skink (Paul C)
(Martijn B Entry)

I just need Martijns featherweight and Ill do the lineups. I think Ill do it from a hat, but thanks for the ideas :)

ELLIOT, everything is coming along nicely but I think you overlooked something when chosing this tournament structure, the fact that in the end only two spaces in a certain class would be left could have been forseen I think, this situation forces me to enter a FW while there WAS an open spot left in the MW class, but never mind :wink:

Ill have Little Hitter for my FW

Martijn: Thank you, Martijn. I need some info about Little Hitter though

This is the final list. All spaces are closed

AJ
Overdrive (FW)
Typhoon (MW)

Martijn B
Little Hitter (FW)
Toro (SHW)

Paul C
Skink (FW)
Nitro-Gene 5.0 (HW)

Samuel P
Ziggy (SHW)
T-Minus (MW)

Daniel FTB
Fling (HW)
Deadly Lampshade (FW)

Kody K
Xianghua II (MW)
Shadow Zone Forever (HW)

Dave S
Damn You Wee Rammer (SHW)
Hazard (MW)

Joey McC
Drive (SHW)
The Hurting (HW)

The line-up will be announced later. In the meantime, IF you want too, you can still think of a country to represent or make some changes:proud:

Little Hitter has a hammer

http://www.roamingrobots.co.uk/?pages=robot&id=1036http://www.roamingrobots.co.uk/?pages=robot&id=1036

Some videos can be found if you look around the forum a bit...or ask Dave Weston as he has up close knowledge of what it can do :proud:

The lineups will be drawn tommorow:)
Thanks to everyone who joined

Sorry, I couldnt wait:proud:

Superheavyweight Draw

Ziggy VS Toro
Drive VS Damn You Wee Rammer

Heavyweight Draw

Nitro-Gene 5.0 VS Fling
The Hurting VS Shadow Zone Forever

Middleweight Draw

Typhoon VS Xianghua II
T-Minus VS Hazard

Featherweight Draw

Overdrive VS Deadly Lampshade
Little Hitter VS Skink

Tactics and predictions, please:)

Lightweights
OverDrive vs. Deadly Lampshade

Sorry AJ, gotta give this one to Deadly Lampshade, I say. XD

Little Hitter vs. Skink

Skink. Just because. :proud:

Middleweights
Typhoon vs. Xianghua II

Use that beautiful lifting wedge to put it on its back. O, and get in there fast :proud:

Good luck AJ. :)

T-Minus vs. Hazard

Hah! What a rematch. :proud: I think Hazard could well get his revenge here, seeing as T-Minus doesnt have his extension. :wink:

Heavyweights
Nitro-Gene 5.0 vs. Fling

Nitro-Gene, actually. You may rage and storm at me on MSN now, Mr. Stickler. :P

The Hurting vs. Shadow Zone Forever

I know youd love to say that because the texture makes it look like the scoop is warped, Joey, but its not. So nice try. :P

Anyway, Ill be using the invertible scoop (so that wont happen anyway :P) mentioned in the stats, since he has a flipper and vertical disc. Simply put, just keeping ramming him. If I get a chance, stop the disc and use the rear flipper to flip him over before he gets the disc going again, then get him down the pit during the slow time it takes for him to self-right. :proud: Im not worried about the disc at all, really, since as my armour is thick and secure, and I run pretty much the same both ways up excluding the flipper. :) And oh yeah, if I need to, self-right if I get flipped. :proud:

Good luck Joey. :)

Superheavyweights
Ziggy vs. Toro

Ziggy to pwn Toro. Badly. :proud:

Drive vs. Damn You Wee Rammer

Err... DYWR. :proud:

Looks to be quite the cracker, Elliot, I bet you couldnt wait. XD Good luck writing this. :)

(Message edited by kodster on October 21, 2008)

Tactics:

THE HURTING vs. Shadow Zone Forever

Start in reverse, with the wedge/flipper facing Shadow Zone, and ram/flip it as and when I can, using the disc mainly just to store the energy for the weapon (and therefore keeping it out the way of its attacks) but if I get the chance have a quick pop at it and turn the wedge to face it before it can counterattack. Try and aim my attacks towards the side walls or the pit, and get it out or down.

DRIVE vs. Damn You Wee Rammer

Hmm...push into pit or house robots :proud:

Good luck Dave and Kody, and especially to Elliot in your first tourney.

I will represent the united states of Europe please :)

Tictats:
T-Minus vs. Hazard

Spin, spin, spin, if ya wanna go faster

DRIVE vs. Damn You Wee Rammer

Ram, Ram, Ram :proud:

Im only predicting for the weight classes Ive entered in, because they are the most relevant ones to me :proud:

Heavyweights:

Nitro-Gene 5.0 vs. Fling: I seem to remember about a leaf-spring vapourbot from a few years back - Intensity. It was considered to be a great robot, but I remember its ONE achilles heel was that once fired, the flipper takes a LONG time to crack back. On the other hand, the main advantages of Nitrogen, is that...
1. Its a VERY compressed gas, giving it more power than CO2, Air and Electrically Powered Flippers (Like Fling)
2. Nitrogen doesnt freeze - once it flips, it doesnt get stuck (unlike Fling, which will take an ice-age to get back to flipping position)

Tactics here are to ram into the sides of him - he doesnt have skirts to protect his 2cm clearance, but I have skirts to protect my 1cm clearance on sides/rear. Ram him, push him to the edge, and FA-LIP! 1600kg of Nitrogen force will toss him out!

Good luck Daniel :proud:

The Hurting vs. Shadow Zone Forever: Ill go for the quite impressive looking SZF to win via pitting.


Lightweights

OverDrive vs. Deadly Lampshade: Same as Kody.

Little Hitter vs. Skink: Flip, and push - all Skink can do :proud:

Good luck Martijn :wink:

Good luck Elliot in writing this :)

Here is the lineup for Heat One

Heat A

Overdrive VS Deadly Lampshade (FW)
The Hurting VS Shadow Zone Forever (HW)

All vapourbots clash in this one! Tactics from its participants, please!:proud:

Tactics are above for me and Kody. :P

Sorry about that:proud:

Im bored. So Ill put up the rest of the heats

Heat B

T-Minus VS Hazard
Skink VS Little Hitter

Heat C

Zianghua II VS Typhoon
Nitro-Gene 5.0 VS Fling

Heat D

Drive VS Damn You Wee Rammer
Ziggy VS Toro

This is the official draw. Are there any more predictions

OverDrive vs. Deadly Lampshade

Just keep raming it. Its a pretty powerful spinner but Ive got 20mm of armour on the front, so if I can keep the front facing it I should be fine. Keep the pressure on all the time, keep it cornered against the walls and stop it from spinning up whenever possible. Feed it to the hazards when I can.

Tactics
Ziggy will flip Toro all around the arena.
T-Minus will flip Hazard before it gets up to full speed.

Who has seen Broad Bean Down, Take That, Grouville and Anthem for Jersey. Clive Pierce plays a Jersey farmer protesting against GST, the people of Grouville and Jersey overall:proud:

I havent upset or offended anyone, have I?

Not really, were just wondering why you posted that and not some fights, lol :proud:

Thank you for that, Kody. Fights will be up soon:)
So you havent seen them. Type in Broad Bean Down in Youtube. It is hilarious:proud:

Hello, and welcome to FRFFT: Series One! We have 16 robots, but only four can win! Its a unique setup, but read on and youll get the gist of it!

Our first battle is between two featherweights: Deadly Lampshade and OverDrive!

AJ has entered OverDrive. It is an exact copy of Tornado. Instead of an active weapon, it prefers to use its FWD to push the others around the arena. Capable of pushing a middleweight, it will have no trouble here. But how much damage will pushing do?

Daniel has entered Deadly Lampshade. Its weapon is its shell, which spins at 3000rpm. Armed with two titanium teeth positioned to cut the wheels of other robots, it looks a formidable foe. But with no srimech, it could soon be over AND out!

3-2-1: Activate!

The shell of Deadly Lampshade gets up to full speed as it moves towards its prey. The only problem...OverDrive is too fast! The chase is on for now...but OverDrive gives a shove from the side! Deadly Lampshade against the angle grinders. Daniel needs to use the teeth to rip up the four wheels of OverDrive, but I think its too low! AJ allows Deadly Lampshade to escape and get up to full speed. Are the teeth hitting the wrong place. Another bash, this time sparks do fly! The shape of Deadly Lampshade allows OverDrive to slide away from it! I cant see any damage to both robots at the moment. Can Deadly Lampshade, at 10mph 5 miles slower that OverDrive, catch it out. YES, it can! An attack on the side! Did the wheels get caught? I guess not. Daniel is shunted again, these two robots are evenly matched, but...is that something coming from underneath OverDrive? Is it part of the tyre? Deadly Lampshade gives it another smack! Overdrive spins into the wall! AJ regains control and gets in another hit on the side. Theres a split on the side! I didnt notice that! Another hit sends OverDrive into the CPZ. Its cornered and Deadly Lampshade is showing no mercy! The aluminium armour is showing tatters. The front is reinforced and I think thats why OverDrive has held on so long. Not any more, I think. Deadly Lampshade is slowing down. Daniel knows OverDrive is crippled. Refbot comes in for the count. AJ tries to get away, but its all over!
1-2-3-4-5-6-7--8-9-10!
Deadly Lampshade presses the pit release button. Smoke pours from the burning motors of OverDrive. What a shame!

Cease!

The plug has been pulled on OverDrive!
Deadly Lampshade goes through to the next round!

Next, The Hurting and Shadow Zone Forever go head to head in a Heavyweight showdown!


Was that good?

Not bad at all. :proud:

Thank you, Kody

Not too bad, although Im not sure when motors started catching fire after the armour was hit. :P

Welcome back! Last time, Deadly Lampshade put the light out on OverDrives spotlight. Next, we have two heavyweights: Shadow Zone Forever and The Hurting!

Joey has entered The Hurting, and a complex beast it is too! The main weapon is the front flywheel, and the energy produced from it powers a rear flipper, used for self-righting and attacking from behind! But with a petrol driven weapon, The Hurtings hopes could go up in smoke!

Kody has entered Shadow Zone Forever. It acts like a FWD rammer, but at the back is a Co2 powered flipper in case all else goes wrong. But with a limited Co2 supply, it needs to get the job done quickly! Will it last forever here?

3-2-1: Activate!

The Hurting jostles for position immedietly as SZF charges forth for the first attack! It is the faster overall, SZF. In comes the 3000rpm disc...Kody drives right into it! Is he mad? Maybe, but it has resulted in SZF pushing The Hurting into the wall. No action from the flipper yet. Joey tries to get away, but SZF maintains its dogged pursuit! Under again, the disc meets the front wedge and sparks fly, but no damage to the aircraft aluminium of SZF. The Hurting backs away and gets the disc up to full speed. SZF using its flipper this time...and The Hurting thrown onto its back! Kody celebrates, but The Hurting is spinning its disc up again! SZF comes in and a loud thwack echoes! Its stopped the disc! Joey cant do anything without the disc! SZF hurls it against the wall! Can it get it out...NO! Joey is up against it here! The Hurting slides to earth again and makes contact with the wedge of SZF. I can only see a few scratches. Kody doesnt want to waste any Co2, so he opts to ram The Hurting into the pit release button! OH! And as The Hurting slid down, it hit SZFs wedge and made a small cut in it! Again, and this time SZF rocks a bit, but comes back down! This is an amazing fight! SZF comes in again on the side and ALMOST...into the pit! But The Hurting gets away. Another hit. No damage this time. SZF charges in and OUCH! The side armour has buckled on SZF. The Hurting is baying for blood and it wants it badly...AND the side of the wedge buckled upwards! Oh dear! It was on top at the beginning, SZF but not now. Kody aims for the back of The Hurting and flips it up...but not over! The disc dug into the arena floor. It turns and makes contact, this time, SZF is knocked onto its side! It self-rights with the flipper, but The Hurting uses this chance to hit SZF on the underbelly! A split is formed! The judges are looking on as The Hurting comes in and tears one of the side skirts off! Another gash! The last ten seconds of the clock count down. Kody gets in one last push, up against the angle grinders! The Hurting, in trouble at the end!

Cease!

What a battle. Both robots took a beating from each other, but the judges will make the decision.

(Read Breaking News From My House for my judging method)

Shadow Zone Forever

S: 3 C: 3 D: 1 A: 3 Total: 10

The Hurting

S: 3 C: 2 D: 3 A 2: 10

Damage weighs more, so The Hurting, by a very controversial decision, is the winner and goes into the next round!

Next time, in Heat B: More featherweights and a middleweight clash!

Did you like that heat? Im sorry if it wasnt an accurate portrayal of both robots. Same with the JD.

You fights could still use a little bit of work, particularly since little bits of detail are missed out that make the fight more interesting to watch than Hurting hits Shadow Zone. Shadow zone drives in and pushes against the wall, but The Hurting escapes and hits Shadow Zone again

Not gonna complain too much though, seeing as nothing unrealistic happened, the decision was a good reflection on the fight and I won :P, so keep up the good work in that regard :proud:

Thanks for that, Joey. Expect more later on:proud:

SIDE EVENT NOTICE: I would like four people (It doesnt matter if you have not entered the tournament) to enter two real robots: One UK and one USA. This is something to keep me entertained because I feel like it. I might not do it, but I feel a WOI would be exciting than my battles:proud:

UK: Behemoth
USA: Voltronic

Real Robot Side Event Entrants

Lewis Matthew

Behemoth (UK)
Voltronic (USA)

Later: T-Minus and Hazard sort out their differences in the arena! :proud:

Welcome back to FRFFT: Series One! Last time, Deadly Lampshade beat OverDrive to a pulp and The Hurting land Shadow Zone Forever a crippling blow! But lets see whose in the arena today!

First up, two middleweights: T-Minus and Hazard. Both are real, and theyve fought against each other before

T-Minus was entered by Samuel. Its weapon is a Co2 powered flipper capable of catapulting others into orbit. It can also self-right the robot, but the wheels are exposed and it has been unreliable in the past.

Hazard was entered by David. A four wheel box, it is armed with a spinning tool bar on the top. Sideskirts stop it from being flipped, but they can get caught in the spinning bar, and once that happens...Game Over!

3-2-1: Activate!

Theres bad blood between these two. T-Minus beat Hazard in their last encounter...and looks set to do it again! Hazard almost knocked onto its side with one flip, the sparks fly! OH! And one of the wheel guards of T-Minus has been ripped! Will the 3 time Battlebots Middleweight Champion have its revenge? T-Minus strikes again! This time, Hazards blade doesnt stop! It rips the other wheel guard completley off! A tear in the front. Samuel tries to get the flipper underneath, but the spinning blade is holding T-Minus back. Another flip...and Hazard is flung upwards! It does a two-wheeler before dropping to the ground, and T-Minus has come off worse again! The wheel has a gash in it, and it is limping away to safety...well, the CPZ to be exact! Dave has his prey cornered like a rat...OUCH! The wheel is pulled off and slides across the side of the arena like a hockey puck! T-Minus fires its flipper, but hits nothing. Dave knows he has won! This is the most destructive battle so far! T-Minus still flips away, but Refbot is counting it out!
1-2-3-4-5-6-7--8-9-10!
Hazards blade slows down to a stop. Dave nudges T-Minus a bit before pushing it closer to the pit...or the drop zone! Yes, its the drop zone! What is up there? An oven! It wasnt second time lucky for T-Minus. Down the oven comes!
CRASH!
Ha, ha! T-Minus flips it across the arena, but its too late!

Cease!

T-Minus goes into meltdown!
Hazard is the winner!

Well done to Dave and the boys from Interia Labs. So far in the competition

Deadly Lampshade (FW)
Hazard (MW)
The Hurting (HW)

Next time, two real featherweights. Skink and Little Hitter!

...I seem to be getting robbed of fights I should be winning, but Ill just say good fight Joey and leave it at that. :P

And Ill enter:

Envy [most recent] (UK)
Surgeon General [Season 5 version] (US)

Kody: I need info about Envy

REAL ROBOT SIDE EVENT

Lewis M

Voltronic (USA)
Behemoth (UK)

Kody K

Envy (UK)
Surgeon General (USA)

Envy: Best front hinged flipper in this galaxy, indeed in any galaxy. Come to think of it, best flipper period in any galaxy. Make that best robot ever in the entire universe :P

Seriously: http://www.roamingrobots.co.uk/?pages=robot&id=1014http://www.roamingrobots.co.uk/?pages=robot&id=1014

Surprised you havent heard of it actually, do you not go to robot live events?