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Eliminator 7
Glasgow Kiss vs. Damocles
Representing the competitors and Team Funky Junkie is Glasgow Kiss, entered by Scott Anderson. It€™s a race-car inspired bot, because that€™s what it€™s shaped like. :proud: It also has a very powerful axe in its arsenal and its 4WD is powered by 2 S28-400 MagMotors. The 5mm titanium is decent, but the ground clearance might have this robot kissing the floor. It is fast though, so watch out.
Representing the Team Zlayerz house robots is Damocles, a rather new addition to the team. It has 2WD, is sluggish and has a high ground clearance. €¦you thought that was it? :proud: €˜M afraid to inform that this box-shape also has 4 drums, on each side, that can easily dish out over 100kJ per hit! And it€™s invertible! The exterior armour is tough too€¦the corners might be vulnerable, though€¦
Roboteers, stand by€¦
3€¦
2€¦
1€¦
ACTIVATE!
And indeed the fastest machine to start off is Glasgow Kiss as he rockets across the arena, but already the frontal drum has spun-up (as have the other three) to about half their maximum speed and Scott isn€™t deterred in the slightest! Could this benefit anyone other than Damocles?
CRASH!
Apparently so, because Glasgow Kiss hasn€™t been flung back at all by that collision! And the reason why is that front shape! The wedge simply got under Damocles€™ drum much too far, and at that point Damocles could not send Glasgow back because of the drum hitting the wedge, so now€¦it€™s Glasgow Kiss with the advantage as he€™s under Damocles, both the house robots€™ wheels are off the ground, and now down comes the axe! Ah€¦oops. The shaft of the axe had to hit that damned drum, didn€™t it, but Glasgow Kiss is pushing the house robot, indeed almost carrying it towards the wall! And the rear drum has slowed down, it being pushed towards and into the floor by the earlier initial charge didn€™t really benefit it at all, and OOF. Glasgow Kiss shunts the 350kg house robot into the wall, and now the big house robot is in major peril, Scott€™s face is quite happy as he slowly gets his bot over to the pit release button, and bumps it. The pit is opened€¦and a very short and surprising match comes to an end as Glasgow Kiss dodges the arena saws and sends Damocles down the pit!
CEASE!
Damocles isn€™t mightier than the sword, and gets put to it! :proud:
Glasgow Kiss advances to Round 2!
Eliminator 8
Requiem R-evolution vs. Ancalagon the Black
Representing the competitors and Team Britespark is Requiem R-evolution, entered by Daniel Stickler. It€™s a 150kg shuffler, propelled by strong motors, batteries€¦and camshafts :proud: and has some nasty weaponry. There are two lifting arms hinged on the top, which run along the sides and can lift up quite a bit, powered by some S28-400 MagMotors. But it€™s the thing between the arms you€™ve gotta watch out for: the spinning egg-beater! Crafted much like its cousin, Dervish, the 2cm Hardox brick can send some opponents flying! However, it€™s not going to turn well€¦and though there are some Hardox panels, much of the armour is aluminium. Is this Requiem€™s final bow? :proud:
Representing the Team Zlayerz house robots is Ancalagon the Black, the biggest and baddest of the housies by far! At 800kg, hardly anything is budging this beast, and I wouldn€™t disregard his pushing power either, which includes LEM200s and 6WD! Tough armour and tough chassis make the dragon of Angband quite indestructible, and he is quite a Swiss Army Knife when it comes to weaponry: two giant vertical disks flank the crushing jaw in the middle. The said jaw can also expel flames, and he€™s not such a slouch as people think he might be at 10mph. This bad boy€™s weakness is that he has no srimech, but it€™s hard to flip him€¦though it has been done before. Will Ancalagon fall shrieking from the sky? :proud:
Roboteers, stand by€¦
3€¦
2€¦
1€¦
ACTIVATE!
Thus begins the last Round 1 battle. Requiem shuffles towards the giant 800kg house robot, who immediately begins to rev up its spinning disks, and inclines the top jaw. Flames burst out, and Daniel isn€™t quite that confident, but he has to try. Requiem gets closer to Ancalagon, when suddenly the dragon takes matters into his own hands€¦err, claws :proud: and charges towards Requiem! Not quite what Daniel expected€¦
CRASH!!!
And he should have expected that when the charge occurred! The left-side vertical disk catches the beater of Requiem and sends the poor 150kg box flying across the arena, but amazingly Ancalagon is bumped back a foot as well! Requiem lands on its back, and starts to self-right, when Ancalagon gets back into the fray, and slams into Requiem€™s side with the other disc!
CRASH!!!
And it€™s a perfect 360! Requiem bumps back onto its camshafts, a Hardox panel ripped away instantly revealing more of the aluminium behind it, and scuttles away before Ancalagon can attack again. Now Daniel sees that the beater€¦is working still, and mops his brow, but what can he do€¦Ancalagon is hunting Requiem across the arena€¦and gets hit by the arena saws. BZZT! Stupid dragon. Requiem turns and faces Ancalagon as the house robot recovers from that slightly humiliating experience, and scuttles on its camshafts again towards the house robot, but goes on an angle as Ancalagon charges by. Missing its charge, Ancalagon turns only to find the lifting arms of Requiem under it! And it lifts€¦itself onto its front end! :proud: Aha€¦too heavy for you, mate. :proud: He stops the lifting arms, and as Ancalagon tries to turn and attack, he attempts to push Ancalagon towards the arena saws. Uh€¦no dice. :proud: Ancalagon only goes about 3/4ths of an inch before he finally gets around to Requiem€™s side and smashes it again!
CRASH!!!
The sparks fly, panels fly, and Requiem flies into the air, having lost a whole chunk of aluminium panel off the previously knocked side! It lands back on its camshafts, but it hardly has time to even register its lost aluminium panel before Ancalagon stuffs its other flywheel into Requiem€™s same side!
CRASH!!!
And there goes a LEM200 motor€¦it€™s safe to say that Ancalagon has won this. The whole side is gone, a motor is gone, and the rest of internals are open for business. And Ancalagon plans to make that business his! The Watcher backs all the way across the arena into the pit release button as Ancalagon spins its discs up again and strikes poor Requiem once more!
CRASH!!!
The top comes flying off! :proud: Oh dear oh dear€¦and there€™s another hit, but rather a mangled CRUNCH rather than a CRASH, as part of the camshaft is ripped straight away, as does some batteries€¦and now The Watcher rams the wrecked mess, and shoves it away from the wrath of the house robot€¦and mercifully dumps it into the pit, as Ancalagon roars out its fire in victory.
CEASE!
Requiem R-evolution€™s revelation is that it just can€™t make it past Round 1! :proud:
Ancalagon the Black advances to Round 2!
Right. Since 5 competitors and 3 house robots made it through...this is how things will turn out:
All the competitors and all the house robots will enter the arena at once; competitors vs. house bots, and once the house robots are defeated, then CEASE is called. The number of robots that remain go on to the next round, be it Semis or Finals, or get the crown if one robot remains. :proud: If the house robots win, you all suck. :proud:
So...
Round 2
Ge5orce, Mobile Failure, Stiltskin, Flipping Hell, & Glasgow Kiss vs. Asterix Anarchius, Triple Whamlet & Ancalagon the Black
So that means: give me some epic tactics for an epic house robot rebellion, you lot. :proud:
(Message edited by kodster on October 10, 2008)
Tactics: Conserve my flips unless I am flipping something I know cannot self right, or if I am likely to get the opponents out of the arena. Otherwise, drive around and flip the housies while retaining a certain amount of common sense :proud:
Tactics: Smack Asterix around a bit. Other than that, get in on any possible gang beatings of House bots, and do this smartly enough so I dont wind up getting Failure turned into scrap. :p
....I hope that makes sense. :lame:
Right. Since AJ said he would give tactics but hasnt, and Dave and Scott dont look arsed enough to give them, Im writing this right now. :P All CRASHes will be disregarded in this battle, btw. :P
Round 2
Ge5orce, Mobile Failure, Stiltskin, Flipping Hell, & Glasgow Kiss vs. Asterix Anarchius, Triple Whamlet & Ancalagon the Black
Roboteers, stand by...
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
Its Ge5orce that gets off to the quickest start, as the epic rebellion bout begins, but Asterix counters with a ram of his own! Both house robot and competitor meet in the square middle of the arena, and its Asterix who gains the upper hand, and rams Ge5orce straight into Mobile Failure. Flipping Hell doesnt like this one bit and activates next, going into Asterixs side and tossing it across the arena, thus getting the other house robots quick to anger and they charge. Mobile Failure, Glasgow Kiss, and Stiltskin move off and they come to blows instantly!
Ancalagon however proves to the biggest nut to crack from the get-go, smashing into Stiltskins side with one of the discs and severely damaging it, though not ripping it off. Ge5orce is after Asterix, who turns and has running start again at the flipper, only to be blocked by Mobile Failure, who angrily smacks into the side, throwing the rammer off-course, and applies a nice THWACK to the top of Asterixs punching a clean hole through it! Glasgow Kiss joins in and together Tracy and Scott push the Gaul robot into the wall and hack it mercilessly...but Flipping Hell seems to be in a hack of trouble itself, as Triple Whamlet has wedged it with the plow and began smacking it! Not for long, though, as Ge5orce comes flying in from the side and tosses Triple Whamlet over...and nearly tips Flipping Hell over in the process! However its Ancalagon again who cuts a path through the robots, opening its maw and grabbing Ge5orces wheel hub, rendering it completely helpless as it fires the flipper in dismay and fear, but Ancalagons grip is too strong. Glasgow Kiss however is detached itself from Mobile Failures side and slams into Ancalagons side, futilely hacking away but barely even scratching the black paint. Ancalagon brushes him aside, only to get rammed by Mobile Failure who seems to have stacked Asterix on its side...it really doesnt matter though seeing as Asterixs top armour probably does not exist any more. :proud: Triple Whamlet, having righted itself, takes a break from hammering Flipping Hell and goes to tip over Asterix...only to find Stiltskin at its own side, tossing it over! Flipping Hell rejoices in its freedom, though its top armour is damaged almost as considerable as Asterixs, and rams into Triple Whamlet just as it rights itself, and flings it over the wall!
As The Watcher goes over to count Asterix out of the battle, Flipping Hell and Stiltskin rejoin Mobile Failure and Glasgow Kiss on the attack on Ancalagon the Black, who still has Ge5orce in its grasp. Flipping Hell rams the front of Ancalagon, but the house robot continues to shove him away; and Stiltskin attacks the rear, trying to lift Ancalagon up but only tossing itself backward. Ancalagon finally releases Ge5orce...and it seems that AJs luck as run out, as his robot is immobile. Wheels dead, flipper dead, dread dead, as The Watcher goes to count it out, having finished off Asterix.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
But Flipping Hell has followed Ancalagon forwards, and somehow has managed to get under the lower jaw, and with a great heave manages to get under the middle! David grinds the motors, as 800kg of house robot crunch against his flipper, but Stiltskin gets back in, this time at the side, right beside Glasgow Kiss, and Mobile Failure backs off. Ancalagon cant seem to get out of this predicament, the 6WD unable to get a grip on anything, as Tracy goes for the pit release...but will Ancalagon even fit in the pit? Flipping Hell and the other two robots push the fatty across the arena, as Tracy backs her robot away, and slowly but surely, the house robot goes onto the pit...well what do you know? He doesnt fit! :proud:
Seeing this, Flipping Hell activates the flipper under Ancalagon, and Joey seeing this activates Stiltskins...which is just enough to send Ancalagon over onto his back...on top of the pit. :proud: How very humiliating. :proud: The Watcher shakes its head and counts it out as Joey and Tracy clap AJ on the back, and Dave and Scott high-five.
CEASE!
Ge5orce is out, but the sacrifice was not in vain, as all the house robots are defeated! :proud:
Mobile Failure, Stiltskin, Flipping Hell and Glasgow Kiss advance to Round 3!
(Message edited by kodster on October 14, 2008)
Thus, our epic Round 3 is...
Glasgow Kiss vs. Flipping Hell
Mobile Failure vs. Stiltskin
Tictactics, pleesums. :proud:
Right, here come the tactics...
I should have more pushing ability than the Failure - we both have more or less the same drive, but I have tracks for grippiness, and if it comes down to pushing and shoving I should have the edge. I intend to make sure that it doesnt come down to pushing and shoving though, get underneath anywhere I can (possibly the unskirted back but Ill take what I can get) and flip it around and preferably OOTA, while at the same time using common sense with regards to not staying near CPZs and arena hazards, or driving onto descending pits, etc. :proud:
Good luck Tracy though.
Tactics: Avoid disc and try and get under the sides and throw it out.
BTW, if you want a pic of Flipping Hell, ask AJ, he now has the pic of what it looks like