Enjoy The Violence - 80kg Tournament

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, my friends, my enemies, my peers, and Frank Goacher, to the Enjoy The Violence tournament.

I know I havent got the perpetually delayed Chevron Championship finished yet, but I am starting this now for a number of reasons:

1) It may help me get back the motivation to write again, which is something I have gained and lost repeatedly in the past week or so.
2) The way this section is progressing right now, it will take me at least until I finish TCC before I have enough entries to get this going.
3) I have a considerable amount of free time and jack all to do otherwise
4) Given the efforts of certain other people over the past months to maintain two tournaments at once, I figured I cant do much worse. :proud:

Anyway, this is a simple knockout tournament, going from 16 80kg classic heavyweights to one through four rounds of one-on-one battles. The arena is heavily based on the UKRW series 3 arena, sans the spikes and the arena flipper.
THE PIT IS ALWAYS OPEN FOR THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS, AND IS THEN CLOSED FROM THE SEMI FINALS ONWARDS. REMEMBER THIS.

I require eight people to enter two classic heavyweights for this contest. The usual rules apply as to voltage, gas pressure, etc. and I will be checking entries for overweightness and physics anomalies.
Clusterbots are allowed (max. 4 parts)
You may only enter one realie. Your team can be two vapours, or a vapour and a realie, but not both realies. Basically, I want to encourage people to design 80kg vapours.
For vapourbots, the weight limit is 80kg for anything except true walkers, which are 160kg subject to approval.
For realies, if it was in the main competition in series 2-4 and weighed over 80kg, you may enter it, since I know the limit wasnt necessarily strictly enforced back in the day. NO realies from extreme 1 or later unless they weighed under 80kgs, and the person who enters BARRY from series 1 will be banned from the tournament for an indefinite period of time.

And yes, Joey is having a go at designing house robots for this. There will be four, and their details will be revealed when it is time. (i.e. whenever I finish writing them)

I think that should be all. Get entering!

ENTRIES LIST:
1: (reserved for Liam since he is yet to get a new account but I know he had robots designed for this)
2: (same as above)
3:
4:
5:
6:
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8:
9:
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16:

the person who enters BARRY from series 1 will be banned from the tournament for an indefinite period of time

Can I ask why? Ive always liked the look of BARRY, and although Im not planning on entering anything, therefore it shouldnt really matter to me, curiosity has got the better of me :)
Was it drastically overweight? Or am I missing something here?

It was drastically overweight :proud: It weighed more than the house robots did in that series, about 117kg.

Save me a spot for a bit please. Got lots of stats to do at the moment. :P

Reserve me a spot, please! =)

Save us a spot, will you, Joey?

Ill reserve Chaos 2 (RW4) as a realie. :wink:

Save me a spot, and Ill take series 4 mortis as a realie.

gimme Cassius from series 3 as my realie, and allow me the time to make a vapour :P

ENTRIES:
1: (Liam)
2: (Liam)
3: (AJ)
4: (AJ)
5: (Dan)
6: (Dan)
7: Chaos 2 (Steve)
8: (Steve)
9: Mortis (Alex)
10: (Alex)
11: Cassius (Marti)
12: (Marti)
13:
14:
15:
16:

Thanks for the entries, peoples...two more spots left.

Give me a chance and Ill come up with something.

Okay...Ill reserve the last spot for Kody, seeing as he actually has 80kg vapours ready to go :proud:

Actually, I dont, but Ill enter anyway. :proud:

1. Junkyard Mawler
2. Wrath of Fangorodrim

Stats and renders for Wrath of Fangorodrim) coming soon

1 - Barry :lame:
2 - Panic Attack (S4)

Bugger all spots taken up :sad:

ZOMG new bot!

Full-Life Consequences (Classic HW)
SHAPE- low skirted box with rounded sides & rear
COLOUR- rusty orange
WEIGHT- 80kg, with any luck
DIMENSIONS- 100cm X 65cm X 30cm
SPEED- 10mph
TURNING CIRCLE- 0mm
GROUND CLEARANCE- 15mm without skirts, 0mm with
ARMOUR- 3mm Grade 5 titanium
MOVEMENT- 4 inner wheels
POWER- 2 X 750-watt Bosch motors, running at 36v
WEAPONS- a pair of pneumatic pincers at the front for grappling the opposition. Complementing this is a horizontal Pussycat-style saw blade, powered by a Bosch motor and spinning at 3000rpm.
SRIMECH- invertible. The rounded sides should hopefully prevent it getting beached.
NOTES- flies Scotland flag, inspired by the gut-burstingly hilarious Half-Life badfic of the same name
STRENGTHS- weapon synergy, excellent pushing power, great acceleration
WEAKNESSES- untested, wheels vulnerable to overhead attacks

Ill hopefully get a pic done for it tomorrow. :)

Inspiration here: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs

(Message edited by Steven_McG on June 18, 2008)

Stats and CADs are...UP! :)

Heres the picture of Full-Life Consequences I promised:

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/5...quencesfs1.png

Entry update:

1: Delta-Rex (Liam Eliot)
2: Bambi (Liam Eliot)
3: (AJ)
4: (AJ)
5: Iris (Dan Stickler)
6: Diva (Dan Stickler)
7: Chaos 2 (Steve McGregor, S4 realie)
8: Click (Steve McGregor)
9: Mortis (Alex Holt, S4 realie)
10: (Alex Holt)
11: Cassius II (Martijn Benschop, S3 realie)
12: (Martijn Benschop)
13: (Chris Mason)
14: (Chris Mason)
15: Wrath of Fangorodrim (Kody Kunz)
16: Junkyard Mawler (Kody Kunz)

I need:

- Both entries from Chris and Andy
- a vapour from Alex and Marti

Ill regret saying this :proud: but you can take your time if you want, as I still have other things to do before this one.

One little nitpick, Joey. My robots name isnt Click. :wink:

I plead incompetence :)

My stats are on the ZED forum and can be found here:

http://strickenone.proboards99.com/index.cgi?board=teambvhttp://strickenone.proboards99.com/i...i?board=teambv

:proud:

Lets see... I have no idea how in weight this is, but someone will undoubtedly tell me if its not, incidentally I just took baldurs stats as a reference so if there is anything from there left over please point it out.

Weapon ZED
Weight: 80kg
Shape: Thin skirted box like biohzard, but has a square base rather than a rectangular one. The front is however rounded out so that it doesnt have corners.
Diemnsions: 90cm x 90 cm (base) x 28cm height
Mobility: Drive on a skid steer, uses a skid steer system with 4x 10cm diameter wheels.
Motors: 2x Lem 130s at 46volts
Speed: 17mph
Turning circle: 0m
Armour: 7mm Titanium in a single pressed piece that is bolted onto the chassis at 15cm intervals everywhere it touches the chassis. The bolts are rounded to decrease chance of beign caught on something. The chassis itself is similarly constructed of titanium.

Ground clearance: The front is 0mm while around the sides its about 5mm.
Weapons: Similar to biohazards weapon except the mechanism is a hardox bar with a hooked spike at the end so it functions as a lance as much as a lifter. The bar has a rhomboid profile so that at its thickest it is 30mm (although with weight reducing holes. Its powered by pnuematics at 400psi. The weapon rests under the top of the front wedge most of the time so it can hook under robots and carry them round, or push a foe against a wall and stab it.

Srimech: Weapon functions in the same way biohazards does to self right.

LMAO :proud:

One problem, LEMs dont run properly at 46 volts. :proud:

I believe that was part of the vestigial baldur stats..... hmmm.... Ill change it to 36v.

Looks alright, only problem I can see is that Biohazard couldnt self right after it had the skirts fitted...nothing a suitable large spike on top of the lifter wouldnt cure though.

What say I give you the names of Bad Temper Jr and Shadow, then I get the stats up later.

Your names are accepted...Marti? AJ?

(one of Andys entries is Le Nez, for peoples info)

My vapours shall be:

- http://strickenone.proboards99.com/i...lay&thread=337

I got something for ya...

Fox in the Box

Shape: See picture, but basically it works as an invertible box. The fact that the rear is slightly concave should help against opposing horizontal spinners

Colour: BLACK!

Speed: 15 mph, can be geared up to 20 mph

Weight: 80kg

Armour: 7mm titanium on the sides, 5 mm top and bottom

Drive: 2 Mag 28-400 thingies at 24 V or so

Power: 2 NiCad Battlepacks for the Mags and another 3 for the weapon

Motivation: 2 titanium wheels with rubber glued on them

Ground Clearance: 0 mm at the rear (the disc being the front) up to 5 mm under the front

Dimensions in CM (LxWxH): 85 x 85 x 15

Weaponry: A massive titanium flywheel, weighing 15 kg and powered by a LEM 130, it spins at 2500 RPM

Srimech: Invertible

Strengths: It€™s a disc!

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i268/_MadBull_/FoxintheBox.jpghttp://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...oxintheBox.jpg

Thank ye, Marti.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, I present...the LINEUPS!

Iris vs. Bad Temper jr.
Junkyard Mawler vs. Shadow
DownFall vs. Weapon ZED
Chaos 2 vs. Delta Rex
Full Life Consequences vs. Wrath Of Fangorodrim
Bambi vs. Cassius II
Mortis vs. Diva
Le Nez vs. Fox In The Box

Your predictions, tactics, and comments are welcomed, as always. :)

I predict 8 robots will win and 8 robots will lose :proud:

Junkyard Mawler vs. Shadow

Dunno at this point. Just flip it around, I guess. Aim for OOTA.

Full Life Consequences vs. Wrath Of Fangorodrim

Bwahahaha, perfect, just the kind of bot I wanted to face. :proud: Good luck trying to get any type of hold with my curvy shape, Mr. McG. :wink: Basically attack from anywhere, the claws should be able to get a good hold in. Dump him somewhere nasty, or the pit if theres one.

Saying just the kind of bot I wanted to face isnt going to make Joey make me lose on purpose, is it :proud:

Come on, I dont make people lose :proud:

All I do is alter their odds of winning somewhat...

Hooray for line-ups!

CHAOS 2 VS Delta Rex
Avoid the front and get under that 8mm ground clearance at the sides. I assume from its stats that Delta Rex has flat sides, so Ill throw it onto its side ala Chaos 2 VS Steg 2 and leave it for dead. Then Ill have a dig at the House Robots. :proud:

FULL-LIFE CONSEQUENCES VS Wrath Of Fangorodrim
The key to victory here, I think, is Full-Lifes superior traction. Fangorodrim may have Tazbots manoueverability, but Full-Life has Tornados pushing power and acceleration. The main plan here will be to avoid the front, get around the sides or rear and grab on for dear life. The claws and saw will hopefully do some damage to the titanium and polycarb shell, or at least get a darn good grip. Dump it in the Pit ASAP and have a nibble at the House Robots. :proud:

EDIT: Even if the claws cant get a grip on it, I can still push it all over the shop.

(Message edited by Steven_McG on June 23, 2008)

Stats by Wednesday, I promise.

It be Wednesday...

Tactics:

Delta-Rex v Chaos 2

Keep flipping, over and over. I can knock my myself back over with the flipper if he does manage to beach on my side (I hope). Hell run out of gas to self-right before I do.

Bambi v Cassius 2

Drive in, grab, lift, pit :proud:

Good luck everyone :)

My computer decided to crash yesterday, perminantly. I suggest you be very patient.

I suggest, seeing as youve been on the forum since then, that you post your stats by next Wednesday, or I will be forced to invite entries from others and redo the draw.

Ive been having MAJOR computer (and specifically, internet) troubles recently. Anyway, Ive got the stats for Bad Temper Jr now. IF I dont get Shadow done, just replace him with a random real robot.

BAD TEMPER JR
Weight: 80 kilos
Body Shape: Rectangular, long and low. Similar dimensions to Tornado, but not invertible.
Speed: 12mph
TC: 0
GC: 7mm
Wheels: 4 inner
Armour: 6mm titanium
Power: 3x 12v batteries, powered by S28-400 Magmotors, at 24v...the usual.
Colour: Red underbelly, black sides, grey top, white weapon.
Weapon: Pneumatic knife blade, powered by CO2. Theres about 40 odd hits in it. Basically, it looks like someone stuck the blade of Overkill onto the axe arm of Dominator 2.
Srimech: The weapon goes that.
Notes: I have a little Lego model if you need pictures.
Strengths: Persistant.
Weaknessess: The arm is fairly long, so it has to be a distance away to work effectively.

...you DO know that whatever realie Joey chooses will probably be crap, right? :proud: