Ah, all went according to plan! Great fight Martijn! :)
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Ah, all went according to plan! Great fight Martijn! :)
Heat C
Round 1
Fight 2
Tempest Evileroution vs Metal Sonic Spin Dash vs Star 69
Tempest Evileroution: The full-body spinner in Frank€™s squad, and a special one. This invertible ring-spinner is made to bounce off opponents after a hit, basically taking hit and run to the extreme!
In MN1: Did not compete.
Metal Sonic Spin Dash: Steven€™s pet :proud:. The most successful sawbot ever is back with a vengeance and an awesome drivetrain, but some say the hedgehog lost its glory.
In MN1: As S.D. IV, has beaten Natural Selection, with Judo Chop!, to be beaten by Yet Another Cut Above The Rest in round 2.
Star 69:Another full-body spinner, courtesy of Martyn. As the name suggests, this machine is shaped after a star, the points designed to take out opponents high and low. The drivetrain is excellent too!
In MN1: Did not compete.
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ACTIVATE!
Star and Tempest start moving, but not with great speed mind you. Martyn and Frank both want to give their weapons time to spin up first, and by doing so, they give MSSD a the opportunity to move out of its square to do what it does best! The hedgehog has aimed its rear towards Tempest and now looks for a quick ram. Tempest reverses, but can€™t deny the LEM-powered monstrosity that€™s coming towards him€¦
CRASH!
CLANG!
Tempest€™s weapon hits Spin Dash, but the ram had effect nonetheless! Tempest swings backwards and against the arena wall in a spectacular way! MSSD has its rear dented but still turns its face towards Tempest, Star 69 in turn closing in on MSSD! MSSD rams Tempest and gets underneath! Sparks fly from under Tempest€™s belly, when Star 69 hits MSSD from behind!
CRASH!
MSSD is slammed away from Tempest€™s underbelly, and has its rear-skirt ripped clean off! Steve isn€™t all to pleased, though neither is Frank, who is unable to see the damage done to his aluminium belly by that dangerous sawblade. Tempest is up to speed again and drives towards MSSD, who in turn shows Tempest its rear, skirt or not. While driving, Frank shockingly discovers a loose piece of rubber around Tempest€™s left wheel!
CRASH!
MSSD€™s rear meets Tempest€™s tooth, and the rear of the hedgehog starts looking damn ugly! Tempest on the other hand drifts backwards on impact, as the design is supposed to do€¦ STRAIGHT INTO STAR 69!
CRASH!
The two mighty full-body spinners strike out at each other with a mind-blowing blow! Steven is quick to respond and again goes for Tempest, who€™s ring doesn€™t spin up as fast as it used to do.
CLANG!
Tempest€™s maneuverability has dropped after MSSD€™s attack on its tire, and the fbs couldn€™t do quite defend itself from this attack by Sonic. Tempest is caught on top of the barbs, and MSSD reverses€¦ towards the pit! Tempest spinning up loosens MSSD€™s grip on it€¦ but doesn€™t quite free it yet. Standing on the edge of the pit, MSSD activates its srimech€¦ AND TEMPEST SLIDES DOWN THE PIT!
CEASE
Tempest Evileroution meets the bottom of the pit.
Metal Sonic Spin Dash and Star 69 go through to round 2!
Coming next:
SOR 5.5 vs Star 69
Metal Sonic Spin Dash vs Snakebite IV
Gimme your predictions, gimme your tactics, gimme your thoughts :proud:
Brilliant fights, Martyn! Snakebite IV will try to keep at Spin Dashs sides with the blade and whack him about - there probably wont be many oppotunities to use the lifter, but I can at least try to push him into danger with the front as well.
I didnt write the fights lmao.
SOR 5.5 V Star 69 (me)
Spin up attack ram it whatever it takes
HEAT C
ROUND 2
METAL SONIC SPIN DASH VS Snakebite IV
This could be interesting. For this fight, Ill be aiming for the side-skirts, preferably near the rear where itll be a bit easier to slip underneath. Slice them a little, slide right under with the spatula and chew on those shufflers. If I can disable anything or get those feet off the ground, shove it all over the shop and into the pit.
Oh and keep an eye out for that nasty wee blade too.
(Message edited by Steven_McG on January 28, 2008)
Pre-diddly-ictions
SOR 5.5 vs Star 69
I think Star 69 has a greater chance of winning.
Metal Sonic Spin Dash vs Snakebite IV
Dont think MSSDs sawblade can do much here, and itll probably get mown off by that MOE-style cutter. Richard and Snakebite IV through.
«SOR 5.5 vs. Star 69»
Argh! SORs favourite opponent! :sad: I want to get this one over as soon as possible. First up, spin up my own bar and drive it straight into Star 69 to stop it spinning. Then quickly spin round, slide my wedge under it, outpush it and try and throw it OOTA. If I fail, repeat until it does work. In all fairness a C40-500 powered ring spinner shouldnt do a huge ammount to my armour so its just a case of trying to get rid of it whenever I can. Come on Steve, we can make this a SOR vs. Spin Dash final! :proud:
Heat C
Round 2
Fight 1
SOR 5.5 vs Star 69
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ACTIVATE!
Two machines, both powered by LEM130€™s at 36 V, move away from their starting squares. SOR shows off slightly more acceleration, but Star€™s 19 mph top speed gives it an edge when Martyn€™s machine gets going. Oddly, he doesn€™t goes straight to SOR but rather steers away to get his ring going. SOR in the meantime has its rear facing Star and decided to ram Martyn€™s star with its blade. 69 tries to dodge and does a good job, but SOR still drives straight against one of Star€™s sticking out points!
CLANG!
Star€™s weapon is not up to speed at this moment, unlike SOR€™s small blade, which is hitting air because of Star€™s odd shape. Star€™s weapon is stalled completely, and SOR swiftly reverses, makes a tight U-turn, and wedges Star 69! Martyn discovers Star still has a small amount of grip on the floor and tries to reverse, but Andy is quicker on the buttons and fires his flipper!
FA-LIP!
Star is thrown into the air and onto its back, hardly a problem for an invertible machine :proud:. SOR moves in and Star moves away. The fbs€™ top speed moves it out of the range of the flipper, and Martyn now found himself some time to spin up its weapon, and comes in at SOR! Andy turns SOR€™s back to Star again as he really doesn€™t want his flipper to feel the spinner€™s wrath. Not scared for a confrontation, SOR comes in as determined as Star does, and the duo meets with a bang!
BANG!
Told you it was a bang :proud:. Star bounces off the Hardox armour and dances around uncontrollably for a second, whereas SOR makes a spin around its centre. When Andy turns SOR around, he sees the damage done to SOR€™s rear. The Hardox€™ plate is mostly intact, but that bar is looking pretty damn loose! Andy€™s highest priority does not include that bar at all though, and he wedges Star who is only just regaining control. Andy€™s plan isn€™t performed perfectly as Star€™s weapon slowed down only 50% or so rather than 100, and Andy fires his flipper quickly before receiving more blows! Star flies through the air yet again and initially lands on its side. Andy moves as Star starts to topple back on its wheels, and wedges the spinner again! The duo moves in forward-motion, one of Star€™s teeth dragging along the ground stopping it from spinning up. The wall€™s in sight!
FA-LIP!
CEASE
Star 69 has hit the camera tracks
SOR 5.5 goes through to the heat final!
Heat C
Round 2
Fight 2
Metal Sonic Spin Dash vs Snakebite IV
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ACTIVATE!
And off they go! Looking at their basic shape these machines have a lot in common. Both are low, skirted boxes with a front wedge, and both rely on getting underneath their opposition€¦ or do they? Richard doesn€™t fancy MSSD€™s skirts and bring Snakebite€™s rear into play, where an 8 kg blade is spinning up viciously. Steve€™s driving to Snakebite reveals he wants to attack that rear, but not quite where that blade is! The two vapourboteers don€™t want to open up a gap for their opponent to attack, resulting in an odd status quo where the two machines drive (or shuffle, in Snakebite€™s case :proud:) around each other. Steve guesses his six wheels will make MSSD turn slightly better than Snakebite€™s camshafts and the hedgehog has a go at the snake€™s right corner! The box slides underneath, and sparks fly when its top receives a nudge from the blade! That nudge knocks MSSD aside slightly, and MSSD€™s saw is positioned under the skirt rather than the main body! Sparks fly from under the skirt when MSSD drives Snakebite forwards and slams Snakebite against the wall!
CLANG!
MSSD reverses and reveals how messed up the joint of Snakebite€™s side skirt looks now. Snakebite now drives towards Spin Dash using its superior speed and does time DOES get a hit in on the side with the blade!
CRASH!
Snakebite isn€™t known as an uber-spinner but that knock still sounded pretty impressive! Sonic€™s side-skirt was knocked upwards and the main body was knocked around, Snakebite standing firmly on the ground due to its superior weight. MSSD drives away from its nemesis to make a U-turn, and to attack Snakebite€™s flank! Snakebite isn€™t quick enough on it shafts to dodge this assault! Spin Dash doesn€™t quite penetrate Snakebite€™s skirt but does manage to shove it to the wall, and THERE penetrates the skirt :proud:. With a display of sparks and€¦ sparks, the saw eats its way past the skirt underneath the body, where Snakebite€™s underbelly is at the saw€™s mercy! The shafts are trying to get a grip on SD€™s wedge to shuffle away, but aren€™t quite able to do so. For all Richard knows, Spin Dash might be sawing his shaft in halve right now! After several highly tense seconds, Snakebite manages to get a grip on MSSD€™s saw of all places and shuffles away to safety. Doing so, however, Richard shockingly discovers several small slices across his left camshaft! Snakebite still moves, but can€™t quite respond when MSSD comes in on its right side! With the traction on the left shaft decreased as it is, MSSD does a good job pushing Snakebite. The hedgehog turns left a little, where the pit is waiting! The grip left in Snakebite moves it forward a bit, but is it enough€¦?
CEASE
Snakebite IV meets the bottom of the pit
Metal Sonic Spin Dash goes through to the heat final!
Coming next:
SOR 5.5 vs Metal Sonic Spin Dash
Gimme your predictions, gimme your tactics, gimme your thoughts :proud:
Gah, both wrong. :lame:
SOR 5.5 vs Metal Sonic Spin Dash
SoR through by pitting or an OOTA.
HEAT C
ROUND 3
METAL SONIC SPIN DASH VS S.O.R. 5.5
Looks like we got our rematch, AJ. :proud:
SOR 5.5 is pretty similar to Snakebite IV, so my tactics for this fight will be the same as the last. MSSD will attack SORs sides and use its weightier front to slip under and nibble those skirts. If I can get far enough underneath, smash it into a wall or two or dump it down the pit.
Oh and keep an eye out for that nasty wee blade too. :wink: