One thing wrong, Dave...
Glasgow Kiss doesnt have a disc, but an axe. :proud:
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One thing wrong, Dave...
Glasgow Kiss doesnt have a disc, but an axe. :proud:
Yes i would like a pic of flipping hell!
Ah, I was thinking of either the old Glasgow Kiss or one of Scotts other robots
EDIT: Just realised I was thinking about his vert spinner, Hefty Kick in the balls
(Message edited by razerdave on October 16, 2008)
Heres my tactics, written while Im half sleep. Teach me to work hard. X)
Anyway, no playing push-shove, unless Stiltskin ends up near a hazard, because then its just asking for it. Do this with common sense, and try not to let Failure get flipped. All that, and trying to get a few good cracks in seem to be the best idea from me at this point.
Good luck to you too, Joey. n_n
Right. I feel like writing again. A little. Result: fights!
Semi-Final 1
Glasgow Kiss vs. Flipping Hell
Roboteers, stand by...
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
The drives of both robots kick into gear as the first semi-final gets underway, and both immediately plow into each other, but its Glasgow Kiss in the advantage position, and Flipping Hell in the hot seat as the axe of Glasgow Kiss comes down on the top of Flipping Hell, putting a lovely dent in it as Flipping Hell fires its flipper in an attempt to shake itself off and get away, but no dice. Scott appears to be in a good mood, and this mirrors his bots enthusiasm as Glasgow Kiss hammers Flipping Hell into the arena wall, Scott watching Davids bot fly with vague interest as Glasgow Kiss turns to fly at him quickly before Flipping Hell can recover. Unfortunately it appears that Flipping Hell has recovered, and before Glasgow Kiss can make good on its charge, Flipping Hell is away. Glasgow Kiss however is quite fast, being modelled after a race car after all, and catches up to Flipping Hell, who spins around too late and is smacked into from the side, and brought to the wall again. WHAM! Flipping Hell bounces, but before it flies off, the axe comes in...but only succeeds in tapping Flipping Hells side armour as it flies over and nearly drags Glasgow Kiss with it, landing on its wheels without much grace. Scott spins his machine around quickly, but its too late, as Flipping Hell comes in and catches Glasgow Kiss side open for business, and with a run to the wall and a casual flick, Glasgow Kiss is propelled through the air right over the wall, indeed quite high above it actually, slamming into the plexiglass and down onto the camera tracks.
CEASE!
Glasgow Kiss puts a kiss on the devil and has to pay that sin back!
Flipping Hell advances to the Final!
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Semi-Final 2
Mobile Failure vs. Stiltskin
Roboteers, stand by...
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
Mobile Failure gets the quicker start, and zooms around Stiltskin, but Stiltskins agile turning even with the tracks keeps the axebot at bay. Joey then attacks, and Mobile Failure veers away from the attack; with the greater agility, it does manage to get away, but now they are back at square one, with Tracy going around Joey trying to look for an opening, but Joey has his bases covered. Joey attacks again, but Mobile Failure is unable to get away this time and Stiltskin smacks against the 3mm titanium skirts but they prove to be sufficient in holding off a wedging and Stiltskin drives up onto the skirts, and spears the side of Mobile Failure with the front of the wedge. Obviously that doesnt too any damage to Tracys bot, and Tracy responds by turning around, freeing Joey from the skirt, but also giving a solid WHACK to the front wedge of Stiltskin, making a slight dent in the Hardox reinforcement armour but nothing more. Joey responds by shunting into Mobile Failures front wedge, finding nothing else to do, and it indeed has come down to that push-and-shove game neither competitor wanted, and indeed Stiltskin has the advantage in torque...only thing is, as Stiltskin pushes Mobile Failure slowly backwards, the axe of Mobile Failure smacks into Stiltskin again, and a slightly more noticeable mark has been made. Unfortunately for Tracy, thats raised her robots front end off the ground, and Joey easily gets under and tosses the axebot onto its back, with the axe arm still extended. This means that Mobile Failure only self-rights back onto Stiltskins flipper, and Joeys smile is wide as Mobile Failure gets carried to the wall, and tossed straight over, as it seems the flippers will rule in the final, and the axes will have to fight over the 3rd spot.
CEASE!
Mobile Failure lives up to its name at long last. :proud:
Stiltskin advances to the Final!
(Message edited by kodster on November 02, 2008)
Yes, I lied about there being no 3rd-place playoff, for indeed there is one. :proud:
3rd-place playoff
Glasgow Kiss vs. Mobile Failure
Final
Flipping Hell vs. Stiltskin
Tactics and predictions, if you would, my friends. :proud:
PREDICTIONS FOR THE THIRD PLACE PLAYOFF:
Uh...dunno. A lot of axing to happen and one of them to win :proud:
TACTICS FOR THE FINAL:
Flip it out. Dont waste gas trying to flip and try and break FH, as it wont have much effect...possibly flip it over first to allow the self righting to give me more angles to get under, but above all get it out of the arena.
IF it somehow manages to get back in the arena, flip it out again.
Repeat ad nauseum until I either run out of gas or FH is definitely out of the arena with no hope of getting back in. :proud:
Gluck Dave, may the best flipping thing win :P
Well, before the final, we€™ve got a 3rd-place playoff to settle, and no tactics for it, but damnit let€™s get it settled anyway! :P
Playoff
Glasgow Kiss vs. Mobile Failure
Roboteers, stand by€¦
3€¦
2€¦
1€¦
ACTIVATE!
So it€™s definitely an axe meeting of sorts, and the two semi-final losers are at it immediately, fighting for that good ol€™ wooden spoon. :proud: But Glasgow Kiss is the first to strike, its racecar -inspired shape sliding under Mobile Failure€™s big wedge as its axe comes down, but only hitting the €˜airy€™ area inside of Glasgow Kiss, as the racecarbot takes Mobile Failure to the wall and slams it against the wall as it did with Flipping Hell last round, Scott humming to some sort of Franz Ferdinand tune. Tracy tries to turn her machine around quickly, but Glasgow Kiss has actually sped away, possibly going for a ram. Mobile Failure decides to meet him head-on€¦not a good idea, as Glasgow Kiss sweeps under Mobile Failure and actually passes under it, the shape of the middle wedge helping as the Failure goes flying over it. Glasgow Kiss turns around, Mobile Failure trying to do the like, and slams into the side of its opponent, burying the axe into Mobile Failure€™s top armour with a heavy WHACK! The 6mm titanium gets dented quite a bit, but holds up relatively fine. Tracy responds to Scott by actually turning Mobile Failure into Glasgow Kiss€™ side and retaliating with an axe blow of its own, and manages to smack Glasgow Kiss€™ armour around its own axe, and unlike the blow it got, the blow it dealt is much more severe! Apparently the 1mm difference of titanium proves its point, or maybe the power of the axes, but there€™s a hole that has been punched straight through the 5mm Ti, and Scott€™s melodic humming of €˜Auf Achse€™ comes to an abrupt end as he struggles to get his machine away, to no avail.
The tide turned, Tracy takes Scott all the way to the other end of the arena and gives him a taste of his own medicine, Mobile Failure showing brute strength by pounding Glasgow Kiss against the wall; this does loosen the axe, but Glasgow Kiss is now up against the wall instead of having bounced off, and Mobile Failure smacks the side with its axe€¦shaft. :proud: That was kinda useless. Glasgow Kiss fires its own axe to try and get itself off the wall, but it seems to still be stuck on its side, as it retracts its axe. Mobile Failure waits out of axe range; Scott again tries to get his machine off its side, this time succeeding, only to find the newcomer blaring into its side already, and the axe comes down again, making another hole in the titanium! As suddenly as the hole came to be in Glasgow Kiss€™ armour, Tracy remembers the pit, and goes to open it, but it seems Glasgow Kiss has found its footing again because it suddenly begins to pull Mobile Failure around the arena, with the axe still lodged in its amour! However, Mobile Failure€™s LEM-power kicks in and begins to pull backwards, and in the middle of the pushing and pulling they go right over the arena saws. BZZT! Spark-y. That seems to have loosened the hold on Glasgow Kiss as Mobile Failure backs off, but in turn Glasgow Kiss seems to be moving awkwardly€¦I think the arena saws have done some damage to them tires! Or at least one anyway. :proud: Scott sees all too clearly what€™s happened; it€™s the front left wheel that€™s taken the damage, as a great big slice has been made in it, so Glasgow Kiss€™ control has now been greatly reduced.
Tracy comes in again, Mobile Failure€™s axe swinging into the front, and Glasgow Kiss does the like. WHACK WHACK go the axes in harmony, and this time both axes seem to have made holes in the other€™s armour€¦but it€™s Glasgow Kiss who, despite the control problem, once again manages to sneak its own wedge under Mobile Failure€™s, and having lifted its opponent€™s wheels off the ground, takes it into a CPZ, knocking the bejesus out of it. Scott€™s machine indeed does seem to take a lickin€™ and keep on kickin€™, as it tries to stack the Failure against the wall on its butt-end. WA-HEY! Mobile Failure fired its axe against the wall, and in a stupendous gymnastics display, sent itself flying away from the wall and overtop of Glasgow Kiss in a perfect 270, landing neatly behind it! Cool. Glasgow Kiss€™ turning ability seems to have been hindered as well, as Tracy is the one set to turn right around to face its opponent first, and does so€¦and display another newcomer trait by turning around too much. :proud: As she finally gets around to get the wedge pointed at Glasgow Kiss, Scott has his machine€™s front wedge back in action and back in Mobile Failure€™s face, and Tracy just can€™t seem to get any sort of leverage advantage against Scott, as Glasgow Kiss again gets under Mobile Failure and takes it across the arena on an angle, and just has enough force to slam it against the wall, just near the pit release button. That ram has inverted Mobile Failure, also, but it self-rights quickly, only for Glasgow Kiss to ram into it once more, and this time the axe comes down, onto Mobile Failure€™s top armour again, only denting it though, so it doesn€™t get a good enough hold€¦but Glasgow Kiss again takes what little control is left and slams Mobile Failure into another wall again, the newcomer surely reeling from these hits.
However, it seems Glasgow Kiss is the real one reeling, the front left wheel does not seeming to be turning at all anymore, and especially that last punishing blow he gave, seems to have exerted rather much of his remaining effort, as Mobile Failure comes in again after a moment€™s pause. Glasgow Kiss moves in again as well, and though again successfully managing to slide under Mobile Failure, it isn€™t moving that much fast as it was before, and both axes come down€¦more holes in the armour, though Glasgow Kiss€™ armour looks the more worse for wear, but that last axeblow shook Mobile Failure off the wedge, and allows it to get away. Scott€™s in a stew of trouble now, he definitely doesn€™t have the €˜zoom-zoom€™ he had at the start of the match :proud:, and Mobile Failure although receiving the worst of the hits so far has kept itself alive and running well, as it now circles Glasgow Kiss. Scott can€™t turn his machine fast enough anymore and Mobile Failure gets at the side, wedging it and smacking the armour again with its axe, carving a hole in the other side of the armour this time. Now with a firm hold, Mobile Failure backs up across the arena, stops to angle itself right, and reverses into the pit release button, sending that platform descending into the abyss we all know and hate. And Scott finally pulls out the white flag as Glasgow Kiss is hurtled across the arena by its captor and sent down into the void€¦with its opponent on top of it. :proud:
CEASE!
The veteran kisses Ground Zero! Glasgow Kiss misses out on the Wooden Spoon and settles for 4th!
Mobile Failure gets 3rd place!
Next up: The Final
Tactics for the fianl:
The stats speak of a reversed wedge on the back, something like a paralelogram, which makes a tasty target for my flipper. That will be my main target, but failing that, hit and flip the sides, 10mm is yawning to FH
Well, after over three months of sitting around, watching other tournaments pass it by, this rebellion tourney has finally reached its conclusion! Let€™s see how these flipping fiends got here!
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Flipping Hell - the journey
- Got thrown around the arena in Round 1 by Taki III, house robot winner of last tournament, but Flipping Hell needed only one toss to win, and he finally got it. Taki III sailed over the fence and Flipping Hell advanced.
- During the 2nd round fight, Flipping Hell tossed Asterix across the arena, flung Triple Whamlet out of it, and ultimately humiliated Ancalagon the Black by combining its flipping power with its fellow finalist Stiltskin to heave the dragonbot onto its back.
- Almost a repeat of Round 1, Round 3 saw Glasgow Kiss smack Flipping Hell around a few times, but again one toss was needed, and the Weston bot prevailed.
Stiltskin - the journey
- Pretty much had its way with Renegade in Round 1, despite a few bashings to the polycarb armour finally got Renegade over the fence after a multitude of flips.
- The 2nd round saw Stiltskin give Triple Whamlet a flipping, and helped fellow finalist Flipping Hell give the dragonbot Ancalagon the Black a tummy tickle using their combined flipping power.
- Round 3 with Mobile Failure saw Stiltskin utterly vanquish the newbie, a few flippings and finally Tracy€™s axebot exited the arena.
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