ETC08 Extreme

Yeah I know, I just finished Robot SMASH!!
But this tourney will be ideal for me, as it could go on forever. I may start soon, I may not start until 2012 (or I will start before then!)

Heres the deal, its an extreme tournament, a spin-off from The Easter Bunny. Im using The Burrow V2, a new arena, and possibly The Easter Bunny House robots if I get them ready in time.

Im doing one event at a time, so dont start sending in loads of stats because theyll be ignored! Ill state the rules before I open each event. This is the events list, I may add or take away from it:
All-Stars
Annihilator
Challenge Belt
World Championship
Tag Team Terror
New Blood
Axes/flippers/spinners etc.
Football
Pinball
Sumo Basho
SHWs
MWs
LWs
FWs
AWs
More......................

KK? Anything Ive forgotten, just say

What does ETC stand for?

ETC stands for Easter Bunny Tribute Championships, but I left out the B, I dont know why

The Arena:
A 20 x 20m2 square with two CPZs opposite each other. A 2 x 2m2 pit in one corner and flipping spikes in a triangular formation in the other.
4 starting squares, one in the middle of each wall. These are surrounded by macrolon fences that retract into the floor on the word ACTIVATE. Kilsaws are placed around the arena, there are two of them and they come out of the floor.
The pit release button is situated just on the wall near the pit itself.
The flame pit is diagonally opposite the pit release.

Event 1- Annihilator 1
I need 18 robots, so 9 people each to enter 2 please. Therell be six three-way mayhems with one robot advancing.
Rules:
100kg for ALL robots
Stats can be laid out in any format, but must include:
Weight
Shape
Weaponry
Armour
Power
Speed
Ground Clearance
Turning Circle
One strength
One weakness
Colour
More is welcome!

If 50% of a clusterbot is immobile the whole team is out. Passive weaponry is allowed, flying robots are not.

(Message edited by Robot_Warrior on May 12, 2008)

Ill have No Objections and the Box, for a change:

Paramagnetic LOX Box
WEIGHT: 100kgs
DIMENSIONS: 95 x 95 x 35 cm
SHAPE: A hexagon with wedges on all sides, like Turtle Road Kill with two fewer sides.
COLOUR: Bright white, decorated with various warning triangles, symbols and signs in various flourescent colours.
DRIVE: 6 S28-400 Magmotors running from 6 NiMh battlepacks, each driving a machined aluminium cylinder with a urethane rubber screw thread on it, very similar to Alex Holts drive system on Blizzard. The screws are located inside the shell parallel to the armour plates, and using various combinations of rotation make the robot completely omnidirectional - only with a LOT more traction than if omniwheels were used. It can also spin in place to turn, but the design means it shouldnt need to that much.
SPEED: 12mph max
GROUND CLEARANCE: 10mm, but all sides have hinged skirts making it 0.
ARMOUR: 4mm Hardox on all six wedges, with the top being 10mm carbon fibre/polypropylene honeycomb material and the baseplate 5mm aluminium.
WEAPONS: None as such
SRIMECH: A linear actuator driven bar in the top of the robot, that self rights it in about 2 seconds.
NOTES: Components inside are shock mounted for protection against things. Has a large orange flashing hazard light on the top. Dont ask about the name, but please note that LOX is all capitals.
STRENGTHS: HUGE traction, uniqueish, good pusher and omnidirectional - in fact, it works best without turning around.
WEAKNESSES: Lack of weaponry, so-so armour

NOs stats are on Kodys boards, the turning circles for both are 0 since I dont usually put that in the stats.

Annihilator 1
1- Joey McConnell
a) No Objections
b) Paramagnetic LOX Box
2- ???
a) ???
b) ???
3- ???
a) ???
b) ???
4- ???
a) ???
b) ???
5- ???
a) ???
b) ???
6- ???
a) ???
b) ???
7- ???
a) ???
b) ???
8- ???
a) ???
b) ???
9- ???
a) ???
b) ???

8 more people and 16 more robots needed!!

Just realised, remember MOTIVATION and SRIMECH in your stats. Joey has them anyway

Achilles and Black Panther

http://www.alexjholt.tkwww.alexjholt.tk as per usual

Ill be entering Leprosy Infection and Axe-O-Lotl. Stats in the usual places.

Another Night at the Bar and Axe to Fall for me!

Ill go with:

NAME: Crimson Thunder
SHAPE: Box with wedge at front and inverted wedge at back.
COLOUR: Deep Red.
WEIGHT: Around 100kg
DIMENSIONS: L:110cm W:65cm H:23cm
SPEED: 30mph
TURNING CIRCLE:0mm
ARMOUR: 5mm hardox
GROUND CLEARANCE: 0mm at the front, 0mm with hinged skirts at sides, 20mm at sides under the skirts and at back. (Well, technically 23cm at the very back, thanks to the inverted wedge.
MOVEMENT: 4 Wheels with Vulkanon tires and aluminium hubs powered by 4 36v LEM130s Powered by 6 NiCad battlepacks.
WEAPONS: None but the force.
SCRIMECH: Invertable.

Name: Sithis
Shape: Cylinder
Colour: Black with red teeth
Weight: 100kgs
Dimensions: L:90cm W:90cm, H:30cm
Speed: 15mph
Turning Circle: 0cm
Armour: 8mm Titanium all around.
Ground Clearance: 7mm
Movement: 4 invertable wheels with Vulkanon treads, powered by a couple of LEM130s at 36V with 3NiCad battlepacks
Weapons: Ring spinner powered by an etek running at 48volts, which can deal out around 80kjs of power. Two five kilo hardox teeth, curved to rip armour. The whole ring is about 20kg.
Scrimech: Invertible.

Annihilator 1
1- Joey McConnell
a) No Objections
b) Paramagnetic LOX Box
2- Alex Holt
a) Achilles
b) Black Panther
3- Chris Mason
a) Leprosy Infection
b) Axe-o-Lotl
4- Martijn M Benschop
a) Another Night at the Bar
b) Axe to Fall
5- Danny Bailey
a) Crimson Thunder
b) Sithis
6- ???
a) ???
b) ???
7- ???
a) ???
b) ???
8- ???
a) ???
b) ???
9- ???
a) ???
b) ???

Thanks for the quick response guys! 4 more people and 8 more robots needed!

Chris- Actualy, I dont know where your stats are!:)}

Ill be using a judging system much simpler than the Mini-Tournament one:
Damage- out of 10, x 3
Aggression- out of 10, x 2
Control- out of 10, x 2
Dominance- out of 5, x 6

I think Chriss are in the improvement thread archive through March 11 - thats what I use anyway. It would be easier if he had a forum or something :P

Unfortunately, I dont, and Im not really that good to have one. I do have my stats on a Notepad document for easy access, but I was on the wrong computer at the time. But, for easy access, here they are...

LEPROSY INFECTION

Weight; 100 kilos
Body Shape; Tetanus Booster
Speed; 18mph
TC; 0
GC; 6mm
Wheels; 4 inner, top sticking out. Hinged mini-skirts hang from the side, and these protect the wheels from low lying discs.
Armour; 7mm titanium
Power; 3x 12v batteries, powered by S28-400 Magmotors. LEM130 motor for the drum.
Colour; A disgusting shade of lime green.
Weapons; A very large, very dangerous vertical drum, capable of reaching speeds of 4000rpm. The teeth on the drum are curved upwards so they can flip as well as damage and very sharp at the tip. There is a reason for this explained below. By the drum are two hindged wedge type devices, which drive oppodents onto the drum.
Srimech; The robot is invertable. Bars along the side and back prevent stranding. The wheel flaps, both on top and bottom, are set so the robot can still run inverted without getting stranded. Once upside down, the teeth of the drum gouge out robot parts.
Inspiration; Named after the disease which causes the skin to flake and fingers and toes to drop off...namely because the robot does something similar. The basic idea came from an episode of The Simpsons.
Strengths; Drum, control is pretty good
Weaknessess; Wheels may be vulnerable to axes

AXE-O-LOTL

Weight: 100 kilos
Body Shape: Comengetorix
Speed: 20mph
TC: 0
GC: 6mm
Wheels: 4 inner
Armour: 3.25mm Hardox all around.
Power: Same stuff as Storm 2 and Cyclone Force uses.
Colour: Has interchangable panels. One set is pure black, the other pure white with pink tinges.
Weapons: A very nasty pneumatic axe, with the power of Dominator 2. The head is diamond tipped, and the whole weapon is VERY persistant. It can fire about 40 times in one fight.
Srimech: The axe rights the robot. The robots body is designed so it cant be side stranded.
Inspiration: My favourite amphibian, the axolotl.
Strengths: Powerful weaponary
Weaknessess: Obviously a limited CO2 supply.

Thanks Chris.
And a note to Mark- when you try to enter this, dont, beacuse your entry will not be accepted

For Team Zlayerz, the Calibur femmes would like to step in. :proud:

1. Seung Mina IV
2. Tira IV.

Tira IVs official stats and CAD soon.

Oh yeah, definately make room for me!

1. Whirligig 4.5 (sort of formerly Whirligig 4.0)
SHAPE- flat disc
COLOUR- gold with Mauler-style scary face on top. The face shows the direction of the robot.
WEIGHT- about 100kg (see bottom)
DIMENSIONS- 101.6cm diameter X 12.7cm
SPEED- 15mph
TURNING CIRCLE- 0
GROUND CLEARANCE- 8mm
ARMOUR- 1.905 cm thick Grade 5 titanium
FEET- inside robot, uses 4 DrillZilla-style shuffling plates. These help prevent the bot being flung halfway across the ring on contact with another bot, ala Typhoon
POWER- 2 X S28-400s running on 36v. Uses 120 X NiCad cells at 36v, producing 12amps at 36v overall for drive and weapon power
WEAPONS- The main weapon on Whirligig is the spinning outer ring, fitted with 9 x Pussycat-style claws. The spinner is powered by an LEM-130 running at 36v. It can reach speeds of 1000rpm and produce up to 100kJ...more than enough to kill another bot at full speed.
As well as this, the power in the shuffling feet mean that Whirly can act as a pretty powerful pusher if the shell fails to work
SRIMECH- the robot is invertible and the blades prevent Whirly landing on his side
NOTES- flies Scotland flag, thanks to AJ, my first properly calculated machine
STRENGTHS- fast, manoeuvrable, very deadly weaponry, tough armour, scary face shows its direction, very good traction, cant be flung away on impact as easily as Typhoon
WEAKNESSES- so-so manoeuvrability, feet may prove vulnerable to crushers and axes

WEIGHT CHECK:
armour = 33.72kg (inc blades)
chassis, mounts, bracing etc = about 30kg
drive and weapon motors = 12kg overall
NiCads = about 15kg
feet = about 10kg overall

TOTAL WEIGHT = 100.72kg. Fits right into the roller limit, with the 1% error margin rule. Probably.

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2. The Botles Reunited
IS A 4-WAY CLUSTERBOT!
SHAPE- all parts are boxes with hinged skirts at the sides and rear (John€™s are shaped slightly differently, so they don€™t interfere with the weaponry)
COLOUR- John €˜Geddon (B1) = yellow with pink skirts and weaponry
Paul McHurtney (B2) = blue with grey skirts and scoop
George Harassment (B3) = red with light grey skirts and weapon
Ringo Scarr (B4) = pink with gold skirts
WEIGHT- round about 25kg each
DIMENSIONS- about 60cm X 40cm X 22cm each
SPEED- 12mph
TURNING CIRCLE- 0
GROUND CLEARANCE- 6mm all over each (minus skirts), 0mm at sides and back each (with skirts) (John€™s are shaped a slightly different way, so when they flop over, they don€™t interfere with the axes)
ARMOUR- 2mm aluminium
WHEELS- inside robot, 4 wheel drive
POWER- 2 X S28-150s each
WEAPONS- For this incarnation, John has kept his front hinged wedge (giving him virtually 0mm at the front), but this time, he has a pair of Splinter-style side axes for grabbing and penetrating opponents...he€™s €œreally got a hold on me€
Paul has also kept very similar to his last incarnation. The front static scoop remains (giving virtually 0mm at the front), but also included is a pneumatic spike hidden in the bucket - partly for damaging underbellys and armour, partly for sending other bots €œflying€
George is probably the most drastically altered of the Fab 4. Only 2 of his front spikes remain from his last appearance. All the rest have been ditched to make way for a horizontal spinning blade with two hammerheads stuck on for good measure. Beware of €œMaxwell€™s silver hammer€
And last, but by no means least, there€™s Ringo! Unlike the others, Ringo is nearly completely the same as before. The main weapon remains the small front vertical drum. It€™s essentially a scaled-down version of Tornado€™s and travels at approximately 2000rpm. Our €œhard-nosed drum-er€ is definitely back
SRIMECH- all parts are invertible and the skirts prevent any member getting beached on his side
NOTES- fly Scotland flags, the colour scheme comes from the Beatle€™s outfits on the cover for Sgt Pepper€™s Lonely Hearts Club Band
STRENGTHS- multiple parts, each part is fast and quite manoeuvrable, much improved weaponry, tricky to get under, pretty good traction for lightweights
WEAKNESSES- weak armour, each segment is very light

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1. Whirligig 4.5

Damn you Steve :proud:

Name: Do or Die
Shape: Simple box-like shape
Colour: Black with red streaks along the sides, wheel slots, and a red scoop
Speed: 15mph
Weight: 100kg
Armour: 5mm Hardox, with an 6mm polycarbonate baseplate, and 1cm titanium for the scoop
Drive: 2 LEM200s @ 60v
Power: 8 NiCad Battlepacks
Motivation: 4WD with Urethane Rubber
Ground Clearance: 5mm with 0mm under scoop
Dimensions: 85cm x 55cm x 20cm
Weapons: A lifting scoop powered by a linear actuator, can easily lift its own weight and can move 180 degrees, meaning it works inverted too.
Strengths: Speed
Weaknesses: Weapon tends not to do enough damage

Name: Secret
Shape: Very low invertible box.
Colour: Body cyan, skirts light green, disc white with grey teeth.
Speed: 12mph
Weight: 100kg
Armour: 7mm titanium, 5mm titanium skirts
Drive: 2 S28-400 MagMotors running on 24 volts
Power: 4 NiCad Battlepacks running on 24 volts
Motivation: 2 wheel drive, Vulkalon rubber on the wheels for traction
Ground Clearance: 5mm under side and rear skirts.
Turning Circle: 0
Dimensions: 105cm x 70cm x 10cm
Weapons: Horizontal disc running on 2 S28-400 MagMotors on 24v. The disc is made of hardox, has a diameter of 60cm and weighs 17.5kg. The two 15cm long teeth are also made of hardox and weigh 2.25kg each, so the entire disc weighs 22kg, and thanks to that KE calculator, it produces 97.64kJ. Has a spin-up time of about 4.5 seconds.
Srimech: Invertible.
Strengths: Destructive weapon, good all-rounder otherwise.
Weaknesses: Tires can be hit by axes and crushers, high spin-up time for disc

:)

(Message edited by Chezza on May 12, 2008)

Annihilator 1
1- Joey McConnell
a) No Objections
b) Paramagnetic LOX Box
2- Alex Holt
a) Achilles
b) Black Panther
3- Chris Mason
a) Leprosy Infection
b) Axe-o-Lotl
4- Martijn M Benschop
a) Another Night at the Bar
b) Axe to Fall
5- Danny Bailey
a) Crimson Thunder
b) Sithis
6- Kody Kunz
a) Seung Mina IV
b) Tira IV
7- Steven McGregor
a) Whirligig 4.5
b) The Botles Reunited
8- Chezza
a) Secret
b) Do or Die
9- ???
a) ???
b) ???

Only one place left!

Ill enter! Nitro-Gene 4.0 and Knyfe will be my entries - sorry I havent posted greatly in a while - my internet connection cut off 1 month early, so DONT TRUST VIRGIN!

Go to Kodys site to find the stats.

And thank god I posted when I did! *Wipes browe*

(Message edited by paulc on May 13, 2008)

Mayhem Draw

1) No Objections v Nitro-Gene 4.0 v Achilles
2) The Botles Reunited v Secret v Seung Mina IV
3) Sithis v Whirligig 4.5 v Axe-o-Lotl
4) Do or Die v Crimson Thunder v Axe to Fall
5) Knyfe v Paramagnetic LOX box v Black Panther
6) Leprosy Infection v Another Night at the Bar v Tira IV

Seen as Tiras mayhem is the last one Kody thatll give you plenty of time to get it ready, but please notify me here when you do:)

I will. :)

The Botles Reunited v Secret v Seung Mina IV

Go after The Botles. Go for any of them except Ringo Scarr, who Im not worried about at all, as it cant damage me. :proud: Stay the hell away from Secret and flip any of the three Paul, George, and John OOTA, and it doesnt matter which two I get first. After that, try and shove one of the remaining Botles into Secrets disc to stop it, get under Secret, and toss it OOTA.

Gonna open a can of whoop-ass on ya Stevo. :wink:

Lineups! Tactics! Fish!

NO OBJECTIONS vs. Nitro-Gene vs. Achilles
Spin. If Im targeting anyone, Ill take Nitro-Gene first, try and get it down the pit. Ill use the same strategy for a pneumatic Achilles; if Alex goes hydraulic, Ill use more spinning and try to keep myself from getting caught on the front.

The Botles Reunited vs. Secret vs. Seung Mina IV
We WILL have a clusterbot in the roof here, I feel. As for the others, Ill take a wild guess and say Secret to go through on a JD.

Sithis vs. Whirligig vs. Axe-O-Lotl
Axe-O-Lotl will be dead within a minute. Not really much between the other two, perhaps Whirligigs weight will help it.

Do Or Die vs. Crimson Thunder vs. Axe To Fall
No idea.

Knyfe vs. PARAMAGNETIC LOX BOX vs. Black Panther
Black Panther should be easy to take down - the weapons have a very narrow area of attack, and I can do omni-drive things to avoid the weapons and get it down the pit fairly easily. Knyfe Ill deal with the same way, only with less avoiding and more pushing.

Leprosy Infection vs. Another Night At The Bar vs. Tira IV
Leprosys out, thats for sure. Tira will probably edge it unless ANATB does its rocking chair act, in which case Tira will definitely edge it.

It is only now I realise I am drawn against Alex and Paul in both my melees :proud: So a big double helping of good luck with extra chocolate sprinkles and a cherry on to to both of you.

Fresh from 2 tourny wins (Im counting Marks as one), I plan to continue. My internet is partly back, so I should be able to post some predictions and tactics:

1) No Objections v Nitro-Gene 4.0 v Achilles: Achilles is a robot which is tough, powerful and has a high win-lose ratio, with a large number of trophies to gloat about. However, it has unbelievably thin armour - just 5mm Titanium with a 4mm Hardox scoop, but Im not going to attack the scoop :mrgreen:. If No Objections is spinning, get around Achilles side and slam it into No Objections which should damage the flipper/lifter and also prevent it from self-righting when I flip it over. No Objections Ive handled before, and Ill deal with him via an OOTA.

2) The Botles Reunited v Secret v Seung Mina IV - Either Seung Mina or Secret to advance - itll most likely be Seung Mina.

3) Sithis v Whirligig 4.5 v Axe-o-Lotl: Im actually going for Sithis to surprise us and KO the pair of these.

4) Do or Die v Crimson Thunder v Axe to Fall: I pick Do Or Die to win this battle for pushing both contestants around the ring.

5) Knyfe v Paramagnetic LOX box v Black Panther: Set-up 2: The Flick Of The Wrist based spikes will be the pick of the day here, as they scrape the arena floor and will allow me to get under the pair of them without the risk of not being able to get under after being flipped, as either way, they flop over to scrape the floor. Push Black Panther around until something busts inside, and that axe sint going to do much to my Hardox armour or to my heavily shock-proofed internals. And I can greatly outpush BOX (I cant be bothered to write the full name :proud:) and send it straight down the hole as well - either that or I can slam it into the walls with enough weight and speed to bust something.

6) Leprosy Infection v Another Night at the Bar v Tira IV: Either Kody or Martijn...Martijn for some weird reason that I cant think of :blush:

Good luck to everyone, especially Joey and Alex :proud:

Im not sure if you can outpush it - its like Blizzard on steroids, youre trying to push against six screw threads going the other way...not forgetting I can strafe out of the way of pushings. And the names not that difficult, its a LOX box that happens to be paramagnetic :proud:

Liam, I think you SHOULD let me in this, because I couldve given you the boot in my tourney, yet even after you banned me from yours, I still let you enter mine.

What ever happened to all the cameraderie that used to exist in here?

Mark - you may still need to prove yourself a little it more before Liam might let you enter.

Mark, the tournament is closed. The lineups have been posted. There is very little chance that Liam will redo all the lineups just to let you in.

MARK:

First off, what the hell is cameraderie.

Secondly, I think I SHOULDNT.

Thirdly, I would have thanked you for giving me the boot in your tourney, it was awful.

Finally, LEAVE THE FORUM. Its not just Kody that hates you, its all of us.

Ill open sign-ups for this now, but it wont start until after the Annihilator.

Event 2- All Stars

I have handpicked some robots that I would like to take part in this contest, based on performances in my tournaments. Please confirm if you want to compete, and tell me if you want your robot(s) to be removed.

This list is in no particular order.
Competitors

1) Nidhogg- 2nd in Robot SMASH!! and 1st challenge belt winner
2) Seung Mina IV- RS!! finalist and ETC08 champion
3) Flick of the Wrist- winner of 2nd and 3rd challenge belts
4) Calm Down Dear (Its Only a Robot)- 2nd in ETC08
5) E Clawdius Unum- 3rd in ETC08
6) Super Gore Evo- 4th in ETC08
7) Wedge Devolution- 1st in RS!!
8) Nitro-Gene 4.0- 1st in Mini-Tournament
9) Dr. Acula- 2nd in Mini-Tournament
10) Supreme Glory Omega- 4th in RS!!
11) ISDSFA- 3rd in RS!!
12) Liar 2- RS!! finalist
13) Whirligig 4.5- RS!! finalist

I will make up the numbers with realies that have done well:
14) Storm II- RS!! finalist
15) Behemoth- 5th in ETC08
16) Razer- 9th in RS!!

If some vapours are not entered I will make up the numbers with more realies.

The tournament will be like the 2nd world championships, 4 x 4 way melees with 1 robot advancing, then the standard grand final format.

Rules:
100kg for wheeled robots
110kg for tracks and shufflers
150kg for walkers

No flying robots
Passive weaponry is allowed

No need for stats, as theyre already entered.
If you wish to enter an updated version of your chosen robot you may, but it must be before line-ups are posted.

The robots above, will you compete or not?

Nidhogg will be in. :)

i love that robot name seung mina. i want to steal it for my next robot. :)

If you do that, Swanny, youd better let me drive it. :)

But yeah, Seung Mina IV is in, and Super Gore Evo will be as well. :)

Umm, camaraderie is actually a word Liam :)
Means a spirit or feeling of goodwill built up among a group of people, usually inducing banter and jokes and people making fun of each other, but in a light-hearted, non-serious playful way.

And Mark, I dont really want to get dragged into everything thats happening on here between you and other forum members, but I can assure you, the camaraderie is still there - its just all teamed up and directed against you at the moment. Have a think why this may be and see if you can do something to change that

Nitro-Gene will enter that All-Stars competition.

Liam, I dont get it, its one bot per person for the all-stars?

if so, Flick of the Wrist

3) SITHIS v Whirligig 4.5 v Axe-o-Lotl
Spin. Hit the thing I want to die.
4) Do or Die v CRIMSON THUNDER v Axe to Fall
Crimson Thunder and Do or Die are pretty similiar, except for one thing. Speed. My average speed is double the average for D or D, so in a head on collision I could well get under that scoop. From there, I should be able to shove it into the house robots and pit. Similarly, I reckon I can shove Axe to Fall around.

Martijn- I understand why you dont get it, its pretty weird:proud:

You see, I chose the robots I want to compete (it could be any number for one person). You have kindly confirmed Flick of the Wrist, but Liar 2 was a RS!! finalist, would you like that to compete as well?

Before I can start writing the mayhems I need to know what weapon setup Achilles will be using Alex:)