The Official Vapourboteer Awards 2005
In fact, I€™ve got 1.5 point in the best sportsman category :proud:
I€™ve just made up my mind on the individual weapons categories, so here they come:
Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
Disco 5
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
Stratos-Fear
Best Axebot
Black Panther Queen
Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Automatic Schmuck
Best Spinner (Vertical)
The Disc
Best Sawbot
Metal Sonic Spin Dash
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
Psyclonised
Best Translational Spinner
MDU 3
Best Crusher (Horizontal)
Gigabyte 1.5
Best Crusher (Vertical)
Clawdius Decimus Murderous
Best Clusterbot
Going Crunch
Best Interchangeable Robot
NSBFR X
Best Rammer/Pusher
The Ultimate Wedge
Best Other Weapon
Starstorm 2
Most Effective Weapon
The Disc
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Its amazing that a tournament which has been temportany put on the back-burner is still high up in the best tournament list...
...Its a fix I say.
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Say what? I can assure you this is no fix...
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MOST ORIGINAL DESIGN: Wedge Devolution...simple, yet effective.
MOST ORIGINAL DESIGNER: Alex Holt, I guess
BEST DESIGN: Probably The Disc
BEST ENGINEERED: Dont ask.
BEST NEWCOMER: Alex MacWalliams
BEST SPORTSMAN: Still the one and only...Steve-ie
IDIOT OF THE YEAR: Timothy James Sillary
FLIPPER (FH): Disco 5
FLIPPER (RH): Wedge Devolution.
AXE: Killotine Evo
SPINNER (H): Cant think of any
SPINNER (V): The Disc
SAW: Metal Sonic Spin Dash
FBS: Tengu...You still owe me buddy! I still want that grudge match!
TRANSLATION SPINNER: Never heard of the term.
CRUSHER (H): Gigabyte
CRUSHER (V): CDM
CLUSTERBOT: Going Crunch
INTERCHANGABLE: Always had something for Chameleon.
RAMMER: Forcepower Turbo
OTHER: Err...The Crashing Bore
MOST EFFECTIVE: The Disc...always has been, always will be.
MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: Me. Oh wait, I cant vote for myself. Err...David Weston.
MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOT: This is tricky...I think Ill pass.
BEST NEWCOMER: Flank Attack.
BEST COMEDY: Toby The T-Ram Engine, as it brings back so many memories.
CUSTOM HOUSE ROBOT: Cant say I know that many very well.
BEST WALKER: Walk Away
BEST SHUFFLER: MORD
BEST OTHER: Blizzard
BEST EXTREME: Unsure.
BEST MINOR: Dont know that many.
BEST MAJOR: Tied between VFT7 and PTT5...I dont care if they arent updated that much nowadays.
BEST BATTLE: Probably the very first fight of PTT5, Steven proving that, once again, he can still rule the rooster. And no, it ISNT because I won a battle! Stop looking at me like that!
BEST CUSTOM ARENA: PTT arena
BEST NEW WRITER: Martijn...writing good fights is one thing, but doing them in a language that isnt your own tongue...I admire that.
BEST WRITER: Tie between Steve and Rich.
BEST BRITISH VAPOURBOTEER: Steve
BEST FORGEIN VAPOURBOTEER: Martijn
BEST TEAM: Err...Alex Holts team.
BEST VAPOURBOT: Wedge Devolution, because it never gives up.
BEST VAPOURBOTEER: Steve, because he has some great robots.
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I think this is what the votes are like at the moment, but chances are Ive already miss counted somewhere...
Most Original Design
Blizzard -1
Tails - 1
Stratos-Fear - 1
The Red Knight - 1
Dante - 1
Wedge Devolution - 1
Most Original Designer
Alex Holt - 6
ff6000>Aaron Knight - 1
Best Design
SOR - 2
Automatic Schmuck - 2
ff6000>Tengu - 1
The Ultimate Wedge - 1
The Disc - 1
Best Engineered
MDU - 1
Automatic Schumck - 1
Tengu - 1
The Ultimate Wedge - 1
Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)
Alex MacWilliams - 5
ff6000>Martijn Benschop - 2
Best Sportsman
Steve McGregor - 6.5
ff6000>Martijn Benschop - 1.5
Tony Politzi - 1
Idiot Of The Year
Tim - 3
ff6000>Dave S - 2
Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
Disco 5 - 6
ff6000>Tails - 1
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
Achilles - 2
Stratos Fear - 2
Wedge Devolution - 2
ff6000>SOR - 1
Wedga Revo - 1
Best Axebot
Black Panther Queen - 3
ff6000>Killotine: EVO - 2
Battle Raptor - 1
ASANSMSADB - 1
Glasgow Kiss - 1
Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Automatic Schmuck - 6
ff6000>Parasite - 1
Best Spinner (Vertical)
The Disc - 6
ff6000>MORD - 2
Best Sawbot
MSSD - 5
ff6000>SD IV - 2
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
Tengu - 5
ff6000>MDU - 1
Tempest - 1
Psyclonised - 1
Best Translational Spinner
MDU - 6
Best Crusher (Horizontal)
GigaByte - 6
ff6000>No Close Shave 3 - 1
Best Crusher (Vertical)
CDM - 6
ff6000>Squishiest - 1
Best Clusterbot
Going Crunch - 4
ff6000>4 Swords - 1
Botels Reunited - 1
Best Interchangeable Robot
WX6.0 - 2
NSBFR-X - 2
Chameleon - 2
ff6000>Slammer - 1
Best Rammer/Pusher
ForcePower 5.0 - 4
ff6000>The Ultimate Wedge - 2
Wedga Revo 2.0 - 1
Best Other Weapon
The Crashing Bore - 3
ff6000>Blizzard - 2
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Starstorm 2 - 1
Most Effective Weapon
The Disc - 3
ff6000>Automatic Schmuck - 2
Fragmentor - 1
Tengu - 1
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Dave Weston - 4
ff6000>Aaron Knight - 1
Alex MacWilliams - 1
Chris Mason - 1
Most Underrated Vapourbot
Die Ceratops ReInvertus - 2
ff6000>The Botels - 1
SOR - 1
Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)
Flank Attack - 2
ff6000>A Night at the Bar - 1
Back to Rock II - 1
Shovearound 2 - 1
Best Comedy Bot
Tails - 2
Toby The T-Ram Engine - 2
ff6000>Chalkie 3G - 1
The Robotnik Twins - 1
Best Custom House Robot
Uncle Sam - 1
NSBFL House Robots - 1
PTT House Robots - 1
MegaRaptor - 1
Best Walker
Walk Away - 2
ff6000>Mega Snakebite - 1
Best Shuffler
MORD - 3
ff6000>Whirligig 4.0 - 2
Best Other Motivation
Blizzard - 6
Best Extreme/Side Event
VFT Side Events - 3
NSBFLX - 3
Best Tournament (48-)
AJWars: Christmas Rumble - 3
Best Tournament (48+)
Velociraptor€™s FanFic Tournament 6 - 3.5
Pussycat Tribute Tournament 5 - 3.5
Best Battle
MORD vs. Wedga Revo - NSBFL - 4
ff6000>VFT 6 Final - 1
PTT5 First Battle - 1
Best Custom Arena
PTT Arena - 4
ff6000>VFT Arena - 1
Roulette - 1
NSBFL Arenas - 1
Best Newcomer Writer
Martijn Benschop - 7
Best Writer
Steve McGregor - 3
ff6000>Richard Southworth - 2
Frank Goacher - 1
Alex Holt - 1
Best British Vapourboteer
Steve McGregor - 3
ff6000>Andrew Jackson - 2
Alex Holt - 2
Best Continental Vapourboteer
Aaron Knight - 3
ff6000>Martijn Benschop - 2
Alex MacWilliams - 1
Nick Schuch - 1
Best Team
Team Doomforall - 4
ff6000>Team Distrcutive Technologies - 1
Team Aussie - 1
Team Bored - 1
Best Vapourbot
Fragmentor - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1
Achilles - 1
GigaByte - 1
Wedge Devolution - 1
Best Vapourboteer
Aaron Knight - 2
Steve McGregor - 2
ff6000>Andrew Jackson - 1
Alex Holt - 1
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Most Original Design
Blizzard
Most Original Designer
Alex
Best Design
Wedge devo
Best Engineered
I will say Automatic Schmuck
Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)
Since Martijin isn€™t really new it€™s really between Tony and Alex McW, I will go for Alex McW
Best Stevesman€¦ I mean Sportsman
Alex H
Idiot Of The Year
Split THREE ways between Dave. S, Tony and Timmy
Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
Tails
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
Wedge Devo
Best Axebot
Glasgow Kiss
Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Parasite
Best Spinner (Vertical)
The Disc
Best Sawbot
SD IV (how can you judge metal sonic spin dash as it hasn€™t had a fight)
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
Tengu
Best Translational Spinner
MDU
Best Crusher (Horizontal)
Grabbit Advanced
Best Crusher (Vertical)
CDM
Best Clusterbot
Going Crunch
Best Interchangeable Robot
Slammer
Best Rammer/Pusher
Force Power
Best Other Weapon
The crushing bore
Most Effective Weapon
The most effective weapon these days seams to be spinners
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Richard
Most Underrated Vapourbot
Die-ceratops reinvertus
Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)
Back to rock 2
Best Comedy Bot
Toby the t-ram engine
Best Custom House Robot
VFT house robots
Best Walker
are there any?
Best Shuffler
MORD
Best Other Motivation
Screws
Best Extreme/Side Event
VFT side events
Best Tournament (48-)
Aj was Christmas tournament
Best Tournament (48+)
time for something different NSBFL
Best Battle
VFT 6 final
Best Custom Arena
NSBFL arenas
Best Newcomer Writer
Martijin
Best Writer
Richard
Best British Vapourboteer
Frank
Best Continental Vapourboteer
Martijin
Best Team
Team Braveheart
Best Vapourbot
two many to decide
Best Vapourboteer
Aj
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quote:
SD IV (how can you judge metal sonic spin dash as it hasn€™t had a fight)
By looking at the stats.
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Most Original Design: Blizzard
Most Original Designer: Aaron Knight
Best Design: Wedge Devolution
Best Engineered: MDU
Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer): Martijn Benschop
Best Sportsman: Steven MacGregor
Idiot Of The Year: Timothy
Best Front Hinged Flipper: Disco 5
Best Rear Hinged Flipper: Wedge Devolution
Best Axebot: Black Panther Queen
Best Horizontal Spinner: Automatic Schmuck
Best Vertical Spinner: The Disc
Best Sawbot: SD IV
Best FBS/Ring Spinner: Tengu
Best Translational Spinner: MDU
Best Horizontal Crusher: Gigabyte
Best Vertical Crusher: Clawdius Decimus Maximus
Best Clusterbot: Going Crunch
Best Interchangable Robot: WX 6.0
Best Rammer: Forcepower 5.0
Best Other Weapon: The Crashing Bore
Most Effective Weapon: MDU
Most Underrated Vapourboteer: Dave Weston
Most Underrated Vapourbot: Dieceratops Invertus
Best Vapourbot Newcomer: Back To Rock II
Best Comedy Bot: Tails
Best Custom HR: PTT House Robots
Best Walker: Walk Away
Best Shuffler: Whirligig 4.0
Best Other Motivation: Blizzard
Best Side Event: NSBFL-X
Best 48- Tournament: AJWars Christmas Rumble
Best 48+ Tournament: PTT
Best Battle: NSBFL-7 Final
Best Custom Arena: NSBFL Arenas
Best Newcomer Writer: Martijn Benschop
Best Writer: Steven MacGregor
Best British Vapourboteer: Steven MacGregor
Best Continental Vapourboteer: Aaron Knight
Best Team: Aaron Knights team
Best Vapourbot: Achilles
Best Vapourboteer: Aaron Knight
For those of you wondering about VFT, Ive just been really busy - sorry. Im not abandoning it, but it may proceed slowly again.
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Heres the updated votes, whether they are right or not is anyones guess :proud: Youll notice my lovely colourcoding has been removed by popular demand too :wink:
Most Original Design
Blizzard - 3
Tails - 1
Stratos-Fear - 1
The Red Knight - 1
Dante - 1
Wedge Devolution - 1
Most Original Designer
Alex Holt - 7
Aaron Knight - 2
Best Design
SOR - 2
Automatic Schmuck - 2
Wedge Devolution - 2
Tengu - 1
The Ultimate Wedge - 1
The Disc - 1
Best Engineered
MDU - 2
Automatic Schumck - 2
Tengu - 1
The Ultimate Wedge - 1
Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)
Alex MacWilliams - 6
Martijn Benschop - 3
Best Sportsman
Steve McGregor - 7.5
Martijn Benschop - 1.5
Tony Politzi - 1
Alex Holt - 1
Idiot Of The Year
Tim - 4
Dave S - 2
Tony - 1
Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
Disco 5 - 5
Tails - 2
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
Wedge Devolution - 4
Achilles - 2
Stratos Fear - 2
SOR - 1
Wedga Revo - 1
Best Axebot
Black Panther Queen - 4
Killotine: EVO - 2
Glasgow Kiss - 2
Battle Raptor - 1
ASANSMSADB - 1
Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Automatic Schmuck - 7
Parasite - 2
Best Spinner (Vertical)
The Disc - 8
MORD - 2
Best Sawbot
MSSD - 5
SD IV - 4
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
Tengu - 7
MDU - 1
Tempest - 1
Psyclonised - 1
Best Translational Spinner
MDU - 8
Best Crusher (Horizontal)
GigaByte - 7
No Close Shave 3 - 1
Grabbit Advanced - 1
Best Crusher (Vertical)
CDM - 8
Squishiest - 1
Best Clusterbot
Going Crunch - 6
4 Swords - 1
Botels Reunited - 1
Best Interchangeable Robot
WX6.0 - 3
NSBFR-X - 2
Chameleon - 2
Slammer - 2
Best Rammer/Pusher
ForcePower 5.0 - 6
The Ultimate Wedge - 2
Wedga Revo 2.0 - 1
Best Other Weapon
The Crashing Bore - 5
Blizzard - 2
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Starstorm 2 - 1
Most Effective Weapon
The Disc - 3
Automatic Schmuck - 2
Fragmentor - 1
Tengu - 1
MDU - 1
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Dave Weston - 5
Aaron Knight - 1
Alex MacWilliams - 1
Chris Mason - 1
Richard Southworth - 1
Most Underrated Vapourbot
Die Ceratops Invertus - 4
The Botels - 1
SOR - 1
Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)
Back to Rock II - 3
Flank Attack - 2
A Night at the Bar - 1
Shovearound 2 - 1
Best Comedy Bot
Tails - 3
Toby The T-Ram Engine - 3
Chalkie 3G - 1
The Robotnik Twins - 1
Best Custom House Robot
PTT House Robots - 2
Uncle Sam - 1
NSBFL House Robots - 1
MegaRaptor - 1
VFT House Robots - 1
Best Walker
Walk Away - 3
Mega Snakebite - 1
Best Shuffler
MORD - 4
Whirligig 4.0 - 3
Best Other Motivation
Blizzard - 8
Best Extreme/Side Event
NSBFLX - 4
VFT Side Events - 4
Best Tournament (48-)
AJWars: Christmas Rumble - 5
Best Tournament (48+)
Pussycat Tribute Tournament 5 - 4.5
Velociraptor€™s FanFic Tournament 6 - 3.5
NSBFL - 1
Best Battle
MORD vs. Wedga Revo - NSBFL - 5
VFT 6 Final - 2
PTT5 First Battle - 1
Best Custom Arena
PTT Arena - 4
NSBFL Arenas - 3
VFT Arena - 1
Roulette - 1
Best Newcomer Writer
Martijn Benschop - 9
Best Writer
Steve McGregor - 4
Richard Southworth - 3
Frank Goacher - 1
Alex Holt - 1
Best British Vapourboteer
Steve McGregor - 4
Andrew Jackson - 2
Alex Holt - 2
Frank Goacher - 1
Best Continental Vapourboteer
Aaron Knight - 4
Martijn Benschop - 3
Alex MacWilliams - 1
Nick Schuch - 1
Best Team
Team Doomforall - 4
Team Distrcutive Technologies - 2
Team Aussie - 1
Team Bored - 1
Team Braveheart - 1
Best Vapourbot
Achilles - 2
Fragmentor - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1
GigaByte - 1
Wedge Devolution -1
Best Vapourboteer
Aaron Knight - 3
Steve McGregor - 2
Andrew Jackson - 2
Alex Holt - 1
Remember the deadline is 23rd December, so youve got plenty of time to get any more remaining votes in yet. :)
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Id prefer Re-Invertus be used, for near obvious reasons.
