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Seggys a box. Flipping Hells a steep wedge. Seggy will not be able to go over the top, so Seggy is gonna get launched. BTW, Ill ask my mate to take a video of the design to show what the relative power is (a 500g 2 pivot flipper can throw another 500g object about 6ft. Translate that into 100kg, and you got some serious flip
Ive seen the picture. I still say it sucks that you lost after throwing your opponant OOTA :P
Say what ?
You showed me a pic of one of your flipper robots hurling its opponant OOTA,in a fight you still managed to lose thanks to the 30-second OOTA rule or something similar.
a: That wasnt a 2 pivot flipper that was throwing out, That was TD, a normal flipper
b: its a minute rule, and I threw it out on 59 seconds :P
c: if you want a pic of the sorta design FH is, just send me an e-mail or contact me on MSN
A notice to everyone. While this tourney has been going steadily, if slowly, that could well change in the future. I have some other commitments now and while I will try to keep the once a week schedule, I cant promise I will. Sorry all.
...Other commitments, my buttocks. Thisll teach me not to open my stupid gob too soon. Fights up when theyre done.
It€™s late, but time to begin Heat N. We€™ve got a right mixture of weapons today. Discs, flippers and€¦ Aw, hell. Today€™s seed is a mix in itself:proud:
That seed is Seggy the 3rd. It€™s an invertible box with nine weapon setups, although four have had to be dropped to get it in this tourney. The armour and drive are tough, so standard for vapour €˜bots, and each weapon looks as effective as the last. However, if Dave picks the wrong weapon he could be in trouble.
Flipping Hell hopes to live up to its name here. Based on the two pivot system used in some K€™Nex €˜bots, this machine should be able to OOTA an opponent from the centre of the ring! With such power, can anything stand up to Flipping Hell€™s might? We€™ll find out shortly.
The Doomsday Project is another machine Steve is hoping to live up to its name. With tough hardox armour and a vertical flywheel large enough to induce trouser dampness in any competitor, it could well do. However, manoeuvrability issues could mean Steve has trouble getting that horrible thing he calls a weapon into play.
Insecticide has one of the sweetest looking renders I€™ve ever seen, but not only that, it has a large horizontal flywheel, and it€™s invertible so it could be a nightmare for flippers, and nice Ti armour so spinners could struggle too. However, it isn€™t painted red.
Battle 1
Seggy the 3rd vs Flipping Hell in the Classic arena
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Seggy charges Flipping Hell almost head on, but turns around at the last second to attack Flipping Hell€™s side! Flipping Hell turns around and almost gets under Seggy, but Seggy reverses quickly away and goes for the side again, managing to get under! Seggy fires its flipper, tipping Flipping Hell up, but not over. Seggy drives forwards under Flipping Hell some more as it bounces and fires again, tipping Flipping Hell over! The flipper is fired to right Flipping hell, and it launches itself into the air, coming down on its wheels!
However, it looks like something€™s wrong with Flipping Hell as it doesn€™t move to attack Seggy, and CO2 is leaking from the flipper! Quickly, Seggy tosses it over again, and Flipping hell seems powerless to self right. Flipping hell is counted out, and the house robots come out to play. First in is Uncle Tomahawk, smashing the axe into Flipping hell a couple of times. Flipup comes in with the bucket scoop and rights Flipping Hell, which doesn€™t move to get away. While the pit descends, Flipup pushes Flipping Hell onto the floor flipper, and once more Flipping Hell is sailing through the air! Bane catches it as it lands, and pushes it into the pit.
When examined later, it turns out that landing from the massive self right not only broke the flipper system, but also destroyed the one of the motor mounts, and dislodges both gearboxes, effectively destroying the drivechain. Flipping hell, flipped straight to hell. Seggy the 3rd goes through to the heat final!
Battle 2
The Doomsday Project vs Insecticide in the Roulette arena.
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Doomsday accelerates fairly sluggishly for a LEM driven machine as it approaches Insecticide. By the time the machines meet, both are spun up fully and it€™s Insecticide who strikes the first blow, dodging around to the side of Doomsday and catching it full on the side! Doomsday stops spinning fairly quickly and is able to counterattack! Insecticide is thrown onto its back in a shower of sparks, and a tear is visible on the right wheel pod! Insecticide doesn€™t seem to have been slowed down by this as it backs away. Steve looks worried though, as Doomsday€™s flywheel is refusing to spin up again.
Doomsday backs away from Insecticide as it comes in full throttle with the nearly spun up flywheel, and strikes again! Doomsday is spun away and lands on one of the pits, and failing to drop out, goes at Insecticide with the rear srimech flipper, only to be caught on the flipper with the flywheel, and spun back over the pit! Again, Steve is lucky and he starts breathing again. Doomsday goes after Insecticide again, and gets under one of the wheel pods and flips, bouncing Insecticide up!
Insecticide comes back down to earth, only for Doomsday to shunt it into the PPZ! Insecticide is sent straight up Flipup€™s ramp, and thrown into the centre of the arena where it bounces over a pit and drops straight down! Steve thanks his lucky stars, and flips Flipup over in gratitude, then driving Doomsday over the pits until it also falls down to get away from all four house robots which are charging after his machine.
Insecticide, swatted. The Doomsday Project goes on!
And so the heat final, Seggy the 3rd vs The Doomsday Project in the Classic arena.
Me Seed + Me Though...
...wow
Wooty fights franky.
Heat Final
So Im allowed Set ups A, B, D, H and I
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Passive Wedge Time I think.
Basically I will aim to get around the sides and push towards the house robots or the pit, I think I should be able to get underneath the front end due to that my wedge is heavier than the front scoop.
I will use my extra speed and acceleration to great effect and try to get into the semi finals by ramming.
WCS - Seggy gets flipped over, and so has to run on a half-wedge
Good Luck Steve
HEAT N
HEAT FINAL
Seggy the Third VS THE DOOMSDAY PROJECT
Time to avenge RotRotB! back in VFT6, methinks. :)
Keep to the sides throughout. Hopefully, the discll be able to put a few slices into the steel shell, but failing that, itll be a case of driving under the sides with the spatula and simply shoving around to the House Bots or the Pit.
Id wish you luck, Dave, but I doubt youre going to need it against one of the most infamous underachievers around :proud: