Go after X-Terminator. If this is the version with the disc, he cant self right, and if it isnt hes far less damaging than Warrior:proud:
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Go after X-Terminator. If this is the version with the disc, he cant self right, and if it isnt hes far less damaging than Warrior:proud:
Warrior SKF (8) vs. Starstorm 2 vs. X-Terminator 3
X-Terminator vs 2 flippers? Dont make me laugh :mrgreen:
Stinger vs. Malaria vs. SUNCUST
Stinger is a cool design but really the weakest link in this battle
as for the heat, I said before and will say again that this is the weakest heat of the tournament, between Warrior SKF, Starstorm 2, Malaria aand SUNCUST, everyone can win the heat, but Ill put my money on SUNCUST
Yes Frank this is the X-Terminator with the disc.
Heat M
Round 1 Battle 1
Warrior SKF (8) vs. Starstorm 2 vs. X-Terminator 3
Representing Aaron Knight and Team Disctructive Technologies is a real robot, and the 8th seed to boot: Warrior SKF! This monster was built by Terry Ewert of Team Whyachi and is a very powerful spinner. Its flywheel spins at 1000rpm, but that€™s not all. It has a wedge attached to the spinner with a flipper on top, but the flipper is powered by the flywheel itself! On top of this, the flipper is extremely powerful and can send other robots flying like Cyclonebot! Disable the spinner, however, and the flipper won€™t work. Remember this, rammers. :proud:
C&BT1: Immolated Chaos 2€™s remains, sent The Disc 5 into the pit, and then took out every single robot in the arena, which consisted of Shovearound 2, and the house bots: however, after his awesome victory in the Heat F Final, his flywheel rim was shattered by 4th seed Aneurysm in the Series Finals, and Warrior SKF was defeated.
Representing Frank Goacher and Team Bored: Starstorm 2! It€™s that dome we love to...watch flip stuff around. :proud: Its full body flipper sends bots flying terminally rather than across, and it€™s got some nice hardox armour to deflect those nasty spinners, though it€™s got weight reducing holes, self-explanatory. Attached to the dome are linear actuated skirts that can lower and get under bots. However it will not excel at get bots over the fence due to the method of flipping, and it can definitely be out-pushed.
C&BT1: Outflipped Gravity in Heat D Round 1, and next round pitted ArchAngel of the Abyss, but after it was counted out on its back. :proud:
Representing David Sheppard and his team (???) is another realie: X-Terminator 3! A true terminator of sorts, it has a front vertical flywheel, very damaging, and it can actually send robots out of the ring! It€™s more bulky than before, but although it€™s hard to flip, once it is, it cannot self-right unlike previous incarnations. It has decent armour, but it can still be damaged. Will the Terminator rise to glory, or €œbe back€ another time? :proud:
C&BT1: Did not enter.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: Warrior SKF, X-Terminator 3
Booth 2: Starstorm 2
Double Big Mac gets ready to spin his hammerz up. Asterix Heroicus simply waits for the right moment to strike.
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
It€™s the 8th seed that flies off, right towards X-Terminator, who decides to confront Warrior SKF head-on. Starstorm drives away from them and goes to open the pit, as the two realies collide!
CRASH!
X-Terminator€™s disc catches the flipper of Warrior and tosses it a little, but minimal damage is caused, which is perfect for the Whyachi bot to utilize, and the flipper gets right under X-Terminator and...FLIP! WHOA! X-Terminator gets some nice air, and does a near perfect 360, landing back onto his wheels! Oh, there€™s the siren, meaning the pit has been opened, thanks to ol€™ Frankie. :proud: Warrior continues his march, and X-Terminator backs off to spin his weapon up...and finds his world inverted as Starstorm sneaks in from behind, back from the pit button, and gives an almighty FLIP, sending XT3 soaring, and landing dead on his back. The disc scrapes the floor and cuts some nice gauges into it, but the force is not enough to knock X-Terminator right side up again, and Warrior decides to cheat The Watcher off a countdown, because he€™s got X-Terminator on the flipper againm, and he€™s going to the wall! FLIP! X-Terminator soars again, and bangs down harshly on the other side of the fence!
CEASE!
X-Terminator 3 has his Judgement Day come a bit early.
Warrior SKF (8) and Starstorm 2 advance to Round 2!
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Round 1 Battle 2
Stinger vs. Malaria vs. SUNCUST
Representing Matthew Fowler and Team Devil€™s Incarnate is yet another realie: Stinger! It€™s an axlebot with serious attitude, and a deadly thwacker that€™s actually beaten a crowd favourite, Panic Attack. Its exposed wheels can take a beating, yet they are still exposed and the discs in this tournament can really shred them. He may not have to worry about discs in this battle, but his control has been poor in the past, and it may come back to haunt him...plus he€™s quite lightweight.
C&BT1: Did not enter.
Representing Alex MacWilliams and Team Targeted: Malaria! Powerful drive including Magmotors and 6WD hardox wheels, rubber-coated, which give it a top speed of 22mph. Its armour is comprised of 5mm titanium for the body, and 7mm for the skirts. Its shape is similar to Biohazard, so it€™s hard to get under, but if you get under the skirts, you will probably sneak under the 7mm ground clearance as well. The main weapons? 2 diamond tipped hammers, powered by Nitrogen bottles, and a small, front lifting scoop, though slightly weak-ish. Apparently, though, if you get under it, it€™s screwed, though it can self-right using the axes...
C&BT1: Did not enter.
Representing Anthony Politzi and Team Hitmen: Super Upright Natural Clamper Unsurvivable Shover Thingy, otherwise known as SUNCUST! It€™s basically Diesector without the hammers or exposed wheels. Two sheets of hardox with spikes clamp down on its opponents at the front, powered by pneumatics. It€™s powered by 4 NPC Black-Max motors and 8 SLAs at 36v, giving it 16mph of velocity to work with. It also has front skirts around the jaws, and nice 12mm titanium armour, rendering it quite strong. It seems to be invertible too, and also has skirts around the sdies and rear. It is said that it needs to excel at more than just above average at times, however...
C&BT1: Did not enter.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: Malaria, Stinger
Booth 2: SUNCUST
Tira-san spins around in a blur of emerald while Ancalagon the Black breathes some CO2 from the jaws.
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
Here we go, unique weaponry again. :proud: Malaria has the quickest start, slamming into Stinger and pushing towards the wall. Stinger merely drives over it, missing the hammers, only to be snagged by SUNCUST€™s jaws and clamped! Well...it seems we may have two quick Round 1 matches here. Whoa, what the - Stinger pounded SUNCUST in the mace, and SUNCUST let go! Tony blinks, confused, but Alex isn€™t wondering about this, and Malaria chases down the axlebot and gives one of the wheels a taste of hammer! OOH! It€™s gone right into the wheel! Stinger pounds, and pounds, and the 5mm titanium seems to be withstanding the blows quite nicely. SUNCUST comes in again and tackles Stinger€™s other wheel hub-first, and opens the jaws wide. Stinger can€™t get away and the jaws close right around the tires and chomp down! Ooh...that€™s almost disgusting...almost? Malaria should be the one causing disgust. :proud: Speaking of Malaria, he can€™t seem to pull his hammer loose out of Stinger€™s wheel, and pulls back, dragging SUNCUST along for the ride. SUNCUST hangs on tight and tries to throw Malaria off, throwing itself backwards. AGH! Look, the rubber is slowly being peeled off of Stinger€™s gigantic tires! It is now officially disgusting...Malaria brings down his free hammer and whacks Stinger€™s axle, not really damaging it but finally freeing the other hammer from the wheel...and the said wheel seems to have stopped. Malaria backs off and SUNCUST takes control, shoving Stinger into Tira€™s CPZ, where Tira gladly accepts her bread.
CRASH!
Oh, man! What a hit! Foam, rubber, metal, and some colourful sparks fly as Stinger is wrenched from SUNCUST€™s slowly weakened grip and flung across the floor, now dead as a stone. SUNCUST decides not to go after Tira and instead travels over to Stinger and chomps down again. Malaria has opened the pit already, as the hole is there, and again The Watcher is denied a countout as SUNCUST turns, advances, and drops Stinger down into the darkness. BOOM!
CEASE!
For our friend Stinger, it was €œDie At First Sting€Â! :proud:
Malaria and SUNCUST advance to Round 2!
Round 2
Warrior SKF (8) vs. SUNCUST
Starstorm 2 vs. Malaria
Tactics, predictions, comments, thoughts, and a mug of ginger beer please. :proud: If Frank comes, hide it. :wink:
And Dave, the last team name I remember of yours is Solarized... :lame:
(Message edited by kodster on February 05, 2008)
My tactics are to trade a victory for allowing Kody to keep that mug of ginger beer:)
...Seriously though, I feel I can pretty much disregard Malarias weapons. Nitrogen powers down quickly, so the first couple of hits will be brutal. The rest? Not so much. If I charge the front with the front wedge down as far as itll go, I should get under his scoop and be able to flip him. From there Ill bully him, keeping things close so he cant self right and get back into the fight.
Nitrogen is not allowed under FRA rules.
It is allowed for this tourny. hth
Kane - it is - it even says in the rules on the Roaming Robots website, you can have any type of compressed air/CO2 or Nitrogen, but it MUST be limited to 1000psi
8.1.
Pneumatic systems must use Carbon Dioxide [CO2] or Air.
From the 2008 http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/docu...rules.pdfBuild