Fanfic Wars - Series 1

Heat M Final
Hypno-Disc vs. Gabriel V

This went down to another judges decision. Hypno-Disc wasn't able to cause much cosmetic damage, but it was constantly on the attack, and only suffered a couple of flips for its trouble. Their weapon did go out at the end, but Hypno-Disc took all four categories in the decision... barely.

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Heat N
Firestorm V (6) vs. PsycloniZer vs. Flick of the Wrist vs. *69
Spawn Again (27) vs. Scottishly Fictional vs. Shadow Zone Forever vs. 13 Black

SCOREBOARD
Joey - 119
AJ - 108
Tracy - 107
Lian - 81
Jack - 56
Lewis - 49
Martijn - 48
Dan Bailey - 22
Alex H - 13
A Wafer Thin Mint - 9
Samuel - 5
Zarte - 5

Psyclonizer, Flick Of The Wrist, Shadow Zone Forever and Spawn Again are my picks :)

Firestorm V (6) vs. PsycloniZer vs. Flick of the Wrist vs. *69
Spawn Again (27) vs. Scottishly Fictional vs. Shadow Zone Forever vs. 13 Black

Heat N
Round 1

Firestorm V (6) vs. PsycloniZer vs. Flick of the Wrist vs. *69

The seeds were the stars of this particular melee. PsycloniZer got one good hit in on the side of Firestorm, denting it badly, but this did not deter the Durham robot, who rammed PsycloniZer all around the arena, and then finally tossed them into the gaping pit. Elsewhere Flick of the Wrist was trying in vain to dispose of *69, as the forks continued to get warped beyond recognition. Firestorm then burst in while *69 had stopped and stacked them against the wall! They slid down the wall, only for Flick of the Wrist to re-stack them, and this time they did not get un-stacked.

Spawn Again (27) vs. Scottishly Fictional vs. Shadow Zone Forever vs. 13 Black

It seems the realies ruled these melees... except for 13 Black. They never really got going again after Spawn Again tossed them onto their back. Scottishly Fictional, going in with the drum, met Shadow Zone Forever and gained a traction advantage, but Spawn Again came in and flipped Scottishly Fictional. Without his frontal wedge protection, Scottishly Fictional was rammed all over the place by SZF... until a flip from Spawn Again settled SZF down. While SZF attacked Spawn, Scottishly Fictional puttered a bit and then stopped moving from all the ramming abuse. Spawn Again was then pitted but too late.

Round 2
Firestorm V (6) vs. Shadow Zone Forever
Spawn Again (27) vs. Flick of the Wrist

SCOREBOARD
Joey - 119
AJ - 112
Tracy - 107
Lian - 85
Jack - 56
Lewis - 49
Martijn - 48
Dan Bailey - 22
Alex H - 13
A Wafer Thin Mint - 9
Samuel - 5
Zarte - 5

Firestorm V (6) vs. Shadow Zone Forever
Spawn Again (27) vs. Flick of the Wrist

Shadow Zone Forever and Flick Of The Wrist for me please :D!

Time for a bump, I'd say.

Round 2

Firestorm V (6) vs. Shadow Zone Forever

Both robots were capable of flipping and self-righting. What made the difference in this battle was Shadow Zone's ability to run inverted. So when Firestorm flipped Shadow Zone, Shadow Zone drove away to self-right safely. When Firestorm eventually got flipped, they self-righted onto Shadow Zone's flipper. Shadow Zone drove to the arena wall and flipped Firestorm out.

Spawn Again (27) vs. Flick of the Wrist

Not exactly a back and forth match. Spawn Again managed to get a lucky flip at the start, but that itself was its doom because Flick drove back in and wedged itself into Spawn Again's flipper slot before they could close it. The old fear of Spawn's reliability came true again as the flipper piston was damaged, and they were weaponless. Flick of the Wrist shoved Spawn Again around the arena for the rest of the fight and won a large judges' decision.

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Heat N Final
Shadow Zone Forever vs. Flick of the Wrist

SCOREBOARD
Joey - 119
AJ - 117
Tracy - 107
Lian - 90
Jack - 56
Lewis - 49
Martijn - 48
Dan Bailey - 22
Alex H - 13
A Wafer Thin Mint - 9
Samuel - 5
Zarte - 5

I predict SZF will win

Shadow Zone Forever vs. Flick of the Wrist

Heat N Final
Shadow Zone Forever vs. Flick of the Wrist

Shadow Zone went against the wrong opponent. Flipping Flick of the Wrist did little, whereas he was rammed all over the shop. There was a moment where Shadow Zone nearly got Flick OOTA, but fired the flipper too late and Flick slid across the wall. The judges' decision was very close, but Flick won it via aggression.

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Heat O
X-Terminator 3 (4) vs. Hypertension Mk 3 vs. Eye of Ran II vs. Infusion
Tiberius 4 (29) vs. Death Adder 3 vs. P.C.C. vs. Beast

SCOREBOARD
AJ - 122
Joey - 119
Tracy - 107
Lian - 90
Jack - 56
Lewis - 49
Martijn - 48
Dan Bailey - 22
Alex H - 13
A Wafer Thin Mint - 9
Samuel - 5
Zarte - 5

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AJ takes first place, and despite playzooki's valiant first attempt, he does not make the scoreboard yet. Only two more heats left!