New Blood... New Beginning...

New Blood€¦ New Beginning€¦

Okay, new tournament as I€™ve decided I€™m getting back into things. I€™m not bothering to write any rules or anything so I€™ll give some basic guidelines. You€™ll catch on hopefully.

- I need 8 people to enter 1 new vapourbot each (well 7 people, cause Im entering)
- However this vapourbot must be brand new and never competed anywhere else before
- Usual rules apply and battles will take place in the RW arena
- Looking for anyone in the tournament to help with writing battles, please volunteer if you would like to write a couple of fights (however everyone in the tournament must write at least 1 battle)

That€™s all I can think of, ask if there€™s any questions, go!

NAME- Disco tech 3
SHAPE- Invertible box
COLOR- silver
WEIGHT- 100kg
SPEED- 20mph
TURNING CIRCLE- 0mm
GROUND CLEARANCE- 9mm under the discs has 0mm at sides due to skirts that will work when flipped
ARMOUR- 3.6mm hardox
WHEELS- it has 4 inner wheels
POWER- Drive: 2 x S28-400 Magmotors @ 36v with a 10:1 Mod 2 spur gear reduction connected to the 6 wheels.
Batteries: 120 x 3000mAh NiCD cells producing 36v @ 9amp
WEAPONS- It has 2 horizontal flywheels (think 13 black) each spinning at 2500rpm. Has a 4.00 second spin up time due to the C40-500 Magmotor on 36v with a 2:1 twin tension cog belt reduction. The flywheels produce 31.5Kj€™s at maximum RPM but is lethal at around 1 second. It has one weapon on the front and one on the back
SRIMECH- Invertible
NOTES- can spin on the spot
STRENGTHS- It is stunning
WEAKNESSES- easy to flip if discs aren€™t spinning

Thanks Martyn!

1) AJ - ?
2) Matty - ?
3) Steve - ?
4) Martyn - Disco Tech 3
5) ? - ?
6) ? - ?
7) ? - ?
8) ? - ?

Ladies and gentlemen, the latest disasterpiece from Team Braveheart!

NAME- The Riddler
SHAPE- bowler hat with a small scoop shape at front and back
COLOUR- green with a white band, purple question mark at front
WEIGHT- approx 100kg
DIMENSIONS- 90cm X 90cm X 35cm
SPEED- 15mph
TURNING CIRCLE- 0m
GROUND CLEARANCE- approx 0mm for scoops, 8mm all round elsewhere
ARMOUR- 4mm Grade 5 titanium
MOVEMENT- 4 inner wheels
POWER- 2 x C40-500 MagMotors. These will run at 36v and produce approximately 12hp.
WEAPONS- 180 degree pneumatic axe with twin heads, appears similar to a walking cane. It is powered by 2 x CO2 tanks running at 160psi and uses the rack-and-pinion mechanism. Hopefully, the hammer can produce between 30-40 blows per fight.
SRIMECH- the axe
NOTES- flies the Scotland flag
STRENGTHS- fast and manouverable, a mighty thwack, good pushing power
WEAKNESSES- possible spasms, limited blows, average armour for the Hardox Age, stats may be complete rubbish

Piccy here: http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/3128/theriddlervapourbotza1.pnghttp://img296.imageshack.us/img296/3...pourbotza1.png

Hope thatll do, Mr J and welcome back to Bedlam! :proud:

(Message edited by Steven_McG on December 24, 2006)

Ill give it a shot. Ill give you details in a moment or two.

amazing Andy, please reserve me a spot :proud:

Ooh.....hold me a spot....I need to get my creative brain in gear....

NAME: Flipperdont 2
WEIGHT: 100 kilos
BODY SHAPE: Spawn Again
SPEED: 12mph
TC: 0
GC: 0mm at the flipper plate, 2mm at the side, 3mm under the flipper and blocker.
WHEELS: 4 inner
ARMOUR: 6mm titanium
POWER: 3x 12v batteries, powered by some MagMotors...you know, the usual.
COLOUR: Layers of Black, Grey, Red and Yellow, with a Grey flipper and Black blocker.
WEAPONS: An enourmous front flipper capable of tossing about half a ton. It can literally flip a robot out of the arena halfway from the arena...and trust me, Ive seen it do it. No, seriously.
SRIMECH: The flipper acts as a srimech. To prevent it getting stuck on its back, a rectangular blocker has been installed, preventing it from getting stuck. It is extremely successful.
NOTES: If youre wondering how I actually make these claims, its this...the prototype has been made of Lego bricks. I have a whole army of home-made robots which battle each other and Flipperdont 2 is easily one of the most successful.
STRENGTHS: The flipper!
WEAKNESSES: For some reason, it doesnt do well against high-speed full-body spinners.

Ill steal a spot. Since hardly any of my vapourbots are new and many of them havent competed...I think Ill enter Entropy. Stats can be found on my forum:

http://strickenone.proboards99.comhttp://strickenone.proboards99.com

If you need stats posted here, then Il do it. Cheers! :)

NAME- Dakkon
SHAPE- Difficult to describe - think a smooth Sumpthing with a front scoop. Ill try to knock up a picture.
COLOUR- A greenish-grey with flecks of silver
WEIGHT- approx 100kg
SPEED- 18mph
TURNING CIRCLE- 0m
GROUND CLEARANCE- Zilch for front as is has a titanium strip, the rest varier at over a centimetre
ARMOUR- Front plate is 6mm hardox, the rest however is 7mm aluminium over a titanium chassis.
MOVEMENT- 2 large wheels behind the front plate, again similar to Sumpthing.
POWER- 2x 750 watts Bosch motors at 24v.
WEAPONS- A huge single edged pnuematic axe - the recoil is only enough to self right it, and the blade is a quarter circle and weights 5kg, with sections cut out of it to decrease weight. It works similar to terrorhurtz - ie attempts to mash things apart, but only in one direction. It uses four canisters streamed into the piston to produce its power.
SRIMECH- The axe does it all - there are side struts from the shaft to aid it in this.
NOTES- Other than having a bizarre shape isnt very creative for me - but there again I havent had any losses to react against with my scheming
STRENGTHS- Powerful, decently fast, the front armour should protect it from spinners
WEAKNESSES- Back vulnerable to flippers and most things, will probably dance like terorhurtz a bit, axe could get stuck in certain things like wood.

Ill need to make up a picture of it, which Ill do this week with any luck.

Ill take a spot too. I thought of something really interesting to try.

Ill pull out of this one to give others a chance. Thanks for all the interest guys!

1) Matty - ?
2) Steve - The Riddler
3) Martyn - Disco Tech 3
4) Chris - FlipperDont 2
5) Martijn - ?
6) Kody - Entropy
7) Alex - Dakkon
8) Nick - ?

Entries now closed, just need details from Matty, Martijn and Nick. :)

what about bots that did enter a tournament before but never fought?

Yeah thats fine too. Anything will do really.

Stats for Barrage will be up ASAP

At least you have a name for it now

meh, one way or another...

can this do as my entry :proud:

http://strickenone.proboards99.com/index.cgi?board=thvapours&action=display&thread=11 66283795http://strickenone.proboards99.com/i...ead=1166283795

(Message edited by MajinB on January 24, 2007)

Well then! Nick? Matty? Care to join us? :proud:

Ill enter if they dont get there designs in ;)

If you consider them too slow, and want someone to take their place, then Ill enter Ad Infintum.

http://farr.proboards21.com/index.cgi?board=targeted&action=display&thread=114 6601652http://farr.proboards21.com/index.cg...y&thread=11466 01652

It has entered in the Bite Sized tourny, but I dont think that counts as official =D

say, Andy, now youre back and all...

1) Matty - Barrage
2) Steve - The Riddler
3) Martyn - Disco Tech 3
4) Chris - FlipperDont 2
5) Martijn - Liar
6) Kody - Entropy
7) Alex - Dakkon
8) Alex - Ad Infintum

I can€™t be bothered to check who has stats in or out but I€™ll stick the draw up anyway. You might remember the little clause that says I don€™t write anything and everyone else does :P Decide between yourselves who wants to write what, this was really just a test to see who was still around, who was willing to design new stuff and who was willing to write€¦ Take it away guys and have some fun, the draw is below but you can even change that if you wanted:

Barrage vs. Disco Tech 3
The Riddler vs. FlipperDont 2
Liar vs. Dak€™kon
Entropy vs. Ad Infintum

Try not to write your own fights as well, as before this was really just a test so do whatever you like with it. :proud:

come on lad, you said youd be enterening, and you said everyone in the tournament needed to write at least one battle :P

Im willing to write though, sure thing, can you (or someone else:P) assign me a battle?

Ill try to write something (except The Riddler vs Flipperdont 2, obviously) if you want.

Ill write a fight, except my own, of course.

If tactics are needed (probably not), Ill use the forks set-up, as theyll be the best set-up for getting under opponents. Strategy will be to get under Ad Infinitum (but NOT flip him, just get a good hold) and drag him to the pit or to the house robots. If that doesnt work then yeah flip him over, and repeat said tactic. =P

Providing I dont make it there, I wouldnt mind doing the Play-Off :wink:

Ill do the first fight, if you want. :)

ok, enough of the I can do this and that... if you want and start planning alright... Ill hereby say Kodys gonna write the first one, and Ill write the second, seeing Chris M wants to give it a try too, lets say hes gonna do fight nr 3 :)

Well, if I do the first fight, then Ill need Barrages stats.

Mr. Fowler? :)

haha, I like your point Kody

Im gonna write all four. Okay? Here we go

Barrage vs. Disco Tech 3

Barrage comes forward, but Disco Tech 3 does something. Disco Tech 3 wins.

The Riddler vs. FlipperDont 2

Bowlerhats dont work, Steve. FlipperDont 2 wins.

Liar vs. Dak€™kon

Liar is a crap cad (sorry Martijn =P), so Dakkon (whom Ive never seen) wins.

Entropy vs. Ad Infintum

Lifting Forks? I lol at your lifting forks. Ad Infitum slides under the side of Entropy and eats away with the drum. I win. =)

*and everybody attacks Alex (MacWilliams) for writing such moronic fights*

(Message edited by kodster on February 23, 2007)

Well at least you got fights, which lets be honest you wouldnt if I was running this... :P

So should have signed up for this... :lame:

Well, AJ, imagine if Matty Fowler was running this. :crazy:

Hehe, yeah it would probably help if we had everyones stats and things. But never mind, as I keep saying my intention wasnt really to run this it was just really my way of seeing who was prepared to do what.

It seems the only thing everyones that interested in at the moment is Nicks little tourn, which Im presuming is a lot easier to write and produce stats for. So in theory if everyone wanted, I guess there could be some arrangements to get this one running in the same style?

You know my views on anything and everything ARC style, so I wont be contributing, but just a suggestion... :proud:

You just hurry up with the upcoming AJWars 2007, Wootinator, and well worry about this. :proud:

Hey, we might even wake Mr. Fowler up in time for it. :proud:

I wouldnt call ARC so much a style as it is a scam to get all the competitors to spend hours writing long annoying fights while the writers sit back and sip lemonade.

:proud:

Yeah, thats more along the lines of what I meant :proud:

And who said anything about AJWars 2007? :P If your seriously desperate and everyones still around, maybe in the summer but Im too busy right now.

If this is still going ahead...

FIGHT NUMBER 1 (technically 3, but seeing as no other fight has been written, Ill do this now).

FROM CYBERSPACE: DAKKON
Described as resembling the veteran robot Sumpthing, but smoother. Hardox, aluminium and a titanium chassis make up the bulk of this robots armour, complete with a nasty pounding axe, like Terrorhurtz but one sided. The hardox front armour and titanium strip should protect it against spinners, but the back end is relatively unprotected.

FROM CYBERSPACE: LIAR
But whos pants will be on fire after this match? Described as a non-invertable Wheely Big Cheese, and constructed out of sturdy titanium, the weaponary consists of a massive flipper doubling as a srimech, plus two side wedges to scoop up trespassers. Powerful weaponary, yes, but it has pretty low pushing power.

ROBOTEERS STAND BY

Booth 1: Dakkon
Booth 2: Liar
House Robots: Mr Psycho, Growler

3...2...1...ACTIVATE!

And off we go. Liar makes the first move, but DakKon is smart enough to via out of the way. A small bit of the Sumpthing like body travels over the flipper...Liar flips!...but nothing. Dakkon had already gotten off the flipper. DakKon tries to get around the side, but thats where the side wedges of Liar can get underneath DakKon...underneath...AND FLIP! Can Dakkon get back on his wheels? Yes he can! Firing that axe and getting out of harms way. Now Dakkon tries to get another attack on Liar. It drives into the side of Liar and hits it with the axe, pummeling it several times. The armour doesnt seem to be taking too much damage, but whats going on inside? Liar tries to turn, but the strip of Dakkon has gotten underneath it, and this is causing more trouble for Liar, who, as I said before, is not a good pusher. How good at pushing is Dakkon though? Well, its got enough power to push Liar towards the arena side wall, thats for sure. Liar is taking a pummeling from Dakkon, and its obvious whos on top thus far. Liar finally manages to fight its way free, but is chased by Dakkon...towards the CPZ, where Growler awaits! The jaws grab hold of the side of Liar and drives it back to the centre of the arena. Growler is ever so fast. Poor Liar has had no oppurtunity to use its flipper or side wedges at all. Nevertheless, it continues on its way and rams straight into the front of Dakkon...but cant get underneath! The two zero wedges cancel each other out! Dakkon can still fire its axe. Liar tries to flip, but it isnt good enough! Now Dakkon is able to push Liar back to another CPZ, where Mr Psycho awaits! Things are not going well for poor old Liar, as the hammer comes down and crashes onto the flipper of Liar. Dakkon retreats to the safety of the arena centre, wisely, as poor old Liar continues to take a battering...but now seems to have stopped completely! Has all that abuse completely immobilised Liar? I think so, Dakkon thinks so...and Refbot thinks so! Hes already performing the dreaded countdown of doom and destruction, and poor Liar is on its way out. Shame, we never saw what the flipper or side wedges could really do. Refbots clock hits ten, and Liar is out. Mr Psycho chooses not to hit Liar again. Instead, he just picks up the beaten machine and carries it over to the flame pit. Im afraid it wont be Liars pants on fire, more like their hopes. Finally, Mr Psycho gets bored and dumps Liar clean out of the arena.

CEASE

DakKon goes through!

Okay, Ill do the second fight then.

Representing Team Braveheart is The Riddler, and believe you me, this bowler hat isnt one you want to wear! :proud: 4WD motivates this 4mm Grade 5 titanium-constructed chassis, and it sports two scoop shapes at the front and rear. Alongside its 15mph top speed and good pushing power is a pneumatic rack-and-pinion axe shaped similarly to a cane. It also sports a Scotland flag up top. Its quite powerful, but its 8mm ground clearance make it susceptible to wedges and flippers. Will the bowler hat be blown away out of a wins reach?

Representing Team Dinowarrior is Flipperdont 2, a Spawn Again-inspired body shape with a 6mm Grade 5 titanium chassis. Its unusual colours may hinder the opponent for a second, but the real show stealer is the massive front flipper that can toss about 500kg! There is a blocker on its back to prevent rear strandings, and it can reach speeds of 12mph. It doesnt do well against FBSs, but it doesnt need to worry about them right now. Can Chris claw to victory, or will the Flipperdont be a flipperdont? :proud:

Roboteers, stand by...

House robots are the very and not very feminine Matilda with the tusks and flywheel, and the crushing power of Sir Killalots claw and deadly lance.

3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!

Heres the second fight of the New Blood Tournament! Its the Riddler with the 3mph speed advantage who goes crashing into the flipping plate of Flipperdont, but as both robots have a ground clearance of 0mm at the front, this causes both machines to halt immediately! The Riddler, in fact, bounces backwards, and Chris takes advantage of the moment, blasting forward, but once again the ground clearances meet and hold fast. The Riddler brings down the axe in boredom, and just as he retracts it, Chris makes his move, darting away to the right. Before The Riddler can turn around, Chris alters his plan and spins to face his rear towards his opponent. The reaction is as he expected: The Riddler turns too fast, exposing the left side, and thats all thats needed as Flipperdont tackles The Riddler with his rear panel. Even due to The Riddlers circular outward shape, the hit is dead on and Steve is smushed against the wall! Before The Riddler can try to escape, Flipperdont does a 180 and lands a gorgeous flip right underneath him! Not only is The Riddler overturned, but due to Flipperdonts continuous movement while the flipper was in action, the result is that The Riddler goes flying along the wall and right into Matildas CPZ! Matildas reaction is instantaneous, and one thrust of the flywheel tells us that damage has most certainly been caused to the 4mm titanium chassis of the now re-inverted Riddler! And there it is! A huge vertical gash carved nicely into the side of the bowler hat! What power from Matilda! Anyway Chris has not been idle, and immediately spurs his machine right away into The Riddler as it is righted and damaged by Matilda. Steve cant take action fast enough, and Flipperdont tilts The Riddler right up onto the wedge. However, he bides his time, not flipping and not leaving the charge bores The Riddler straight into Matildas flywheel again. More sparks, and more damage: another great tear into the chassis removes some more colour and applies some pressure to Steve! Now Flipperdont activates the flipper, and The Riddler being right next to Matilda does not fly over the fence, but goes straight up into the air, and comes down with rather nasty crash back onto the wedge of Flipperdont. Steve fires the axe, but only nicks the back of Flipperdont, and Flipperdont robbing Sir Killalot and Matilda of their fun takes The Riddler away from the CPZ and smushes him against the wall again. ...is that smoke spouting from the top of The Riddler? Yes, its evident that vapour is now in the arena, and its coming from Steves vapourbot! Flipperdont keeps the pressure on by ramming him repeatedly with his back end. The Riddler turns facing Flipperdont...and Flipperdont rides up the scoop! Suddenly the axe fires again, and Flipperdont is grabbed! And now The Riddler puts its pushing to good use: a wind-up, and a charge towards the wall and WHAM! Flipperdonts plate is buckled a bit. However, this looses Flipperdont from the rather loose grip of The Ridder, and Chris sniffs out the side of The Ridder, finds it, and tosses away! FLIP! TOSS! UPENDED! The three words pass through Chris mind as he smirks to himself: The Riddler flies right into the wall! Flipperdont finally puts an end to this match by sliding under the axe and body and letting rip a great heave of the flipper, and The Riddler finds himself lying on his back on the camera track!

CEASE!

The Riddler wont be telling any great riddles today. :proud:
FLIPPERDONT 2 ADVANCES TO ROUND 2!