The Norman Sheppard Tribute Tournament

http://www.robotcombat.com/bbsfmay02light.htmlhttp://www.robotcombat.com/bbsfmay02light.html - scroll down for Toe Crusher

http://www.robotcombat.com/bbsfmay02middle.htmlhttp://www.robotcombat.com/bbsfmay02middle.html - scroll down for Knee Breaker

First, predictions:

Tanto 3 vs. Storm 2 - Seeing we still have no clue what Tanto 3s weapons are like, I refuse to call it.

Tsunami 2 (4) vs. Automatic Schmuck - If Tsunami can take a hit or three and get some flips in, it could be Germany 1 - Australia 0

Clawdius Decimus Murderous (1) vs. Son of Ripper 4 (2) I dont think the champ will lose its crown just yet.

Panic Attack vs. Drilla Killa 7 - Drilla Killa 7 to go forward

Take Me Out vs. Achilles (23) - Hopefully Achilles will go through here. Whoever entered Behemoth was robbed

Tails vs. Ringwraith - Tails.

And now tactics.

The Disc 5 vs. Hell Machine (17) - Dave might have the most powerful axe in the wars, but Ive got possibly the hardest to axe shape in existence:proud: Go for side attacks and knock it around til it dont move no more.

NSBFR-X (24) vs. Giga-Byte (15)

Lifter wedge I think, and re-enact Storm 2 vs Tough as Nails.

The heats have been well written, Dave, and hopefully the next fights will be as good!

Against Panic Attack, Drilla Killa 7 will just attack the sides and rear (dont want to risk the forks), try and get past the skirts and drill the underbelly, or at least shove it around.

Ringwraith will keep to Tails side and try to cause damage with the spinner. Hopefully the spinner wont get too much fur caught in it - if it does affect the spinner, Ill just ram and be aggressive, still keeping to the side.

Hells Angel vs. Conundrum vs. Ram-Raider
Storm Vortex vs. Kinetic Energy vs. OverDrive

Erm... I guess Ill go after Ram-Raider and try and pit it or push it into the spinners. :P Its an annihilator so you cant really give tactics - its gonna be chaos!

Hell Hound vs. Typhoon Thunder vs. Toe Crusher vs. Little Big Bot vs. MiniForce

Stay well clear of Hell Hound, that thing looks nasty! If Im going to concentrate on a certain bot it would be Typhoon Thunder, just try to keep the shell speed low and push it around.

Hell Fire vs. Typhoon vs. Knee Breaker vs. Tom vs. The Steel Sandwich

Its designed to go after the spinners, so Typhoon or Knee Breaker will do.


Enjoyed the heats Dave, keep up the good work! Ill post my semi final tactics and predictions when the other weight qualifiers have finished.

Andy, the Featherweights is like a heat, 2 round 1 melees, where one robot falls from each, then a knockout to get the champion, no 6-way annihilator in view.

Oh sorry, I miss-read it. In that case I better go for Vortex then.

...AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!

Well, I did say Id laugh like hell if Tails won its Heat. :proud:

SEMI-FINALS
CLAWDIUS DECIMUS MURDEROUS (1) VS Son of Ripper 4.0 (2)
Same tactics as last seasons final¨. Get under those highish sides, clamp on for dear life (maybe getting one of those wheels, too) and activate the Pit. Then, off I go to dump it. Heres hoping for a repeat of last year :wink:

Ringwraith VS TAILS
Kamikaze! Charge straight in to stop the spinner. Then, start whacking the drum and wheels with my whirling bar until death. Failing that, charge right under, slam it into some walls and attempt to pit.

Great as ever, Davey Boy...but Im with Frank. Matty Mac and Behemoth got royally screwed. :proud:

Dave, you didnt look hard enough. Christian Carlberg [Who runs Coolrobots.com] Built the things, so they ARE on there.
Living proof: http://www.extremefightingmachines.co.uk/cgi-bin/discus/board-profile.cgi?action=pict&file=4419.jpghttp://www.extremefightingmachines.c...ile.cgi?action =pict&file=4419.jpg

Anyways for any heat..Uhh..Wanna team up Andy, and just kill everything in sight?
Im with Steve and Frank as well, Id like to see proof on this 30 second OOTA rule before I belive Matt wasnt screwed.

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Dave, you didnt look hard enough

Yep

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Christian Carlberg [Who runs Coolrobots.com] Built the things

Now you say, if you said that I would have looked in that direction.

I got totally SCREWED by Dave, just like Tom Roper got totally SCREWED by Dave in FRW 7.

I still challenge that 30 second rule thing, once a robot is out of the arena, the fight is over. Its just like if a robot is immobilised for 10 seconds or if it ends up in the pit, it is out!

My decision...

...Behemoth vs. Take Me Out will be rewritten...

...tonight