RoboBASH Mini-Tourney

Right, Ive decided to take a bit of a break to the main competition and get on with it after this is done. I need 8 contestants to enter 1 vapour each.

The Arena:

First of all, the arena is 21m X 19m. there is a pit in the middle and two killsaws to the left and right side of the arena. The flipper and the flames are exactly the same position as Robot Wars Series 7. The dropzone is a metre away from the pit.

And one more thing...

This tourney contains house robots. Entering discretion is advised. :proud:

House Robots: All the house robots from Robot Wars, and I may need more...

So, get enterin. :wink:

hi

can i enter CroOkeD?

ill post the stats in a mo...

jack

You mean all the non invertible house robots with fibreglass and wire mesh bodyshells, big yet mostly useless weapons, and lots of petrol engines in easily attackable locations? Im in :proud:

No Consequences stats are on ZED for your consideration.

Time for the debut of...

*melodramatic drumroll*

...Dantu

http://www.alexjholt.tkwww.alexjholt.tk

Name:cROoKED
Shape:box wedge,dimensions are,1m long,0.75m wide and 0.5m high at the back.
Chassis:6mm mild steel
Armor:6mm hardox(f)6mm ti(b+s)
Weapon:a co2 full pressure flipper at 750psi with 1 110mm ram,and a 2kg bottle,the arm is hinged at the back and made of 8mm mild steel
Battery:2x 12v slas wired in series
Motors:2x magmoters at24v
weight:98kgs
Wheels:2x go-cart wheels
Ground clearance:0mm at the front,and 2mm at the sides and the back
Speed:10mph
Turning circle:0m

Ill enter Back to Rock III!

Ill have Robo-Hedgehog

Lets give Traffic Warden a test drive. :proud:

Traffic Warden (HW)
SHAPE- rigid U shape, rounded rear
COLOUR- black with a yellow stripe
WEIGHT- 100kg, I hope
DIMENSIONS- 95cm X 150cm X 25cm
SPEED- 15mph
TURNING CIRCLE- 0mm
GROUND CLEARANCE- 10mm
ARMOUR- 4mm Grade 5 titanium
MOVEMENT- four inner wheels
POWER- 2 x Etek-RT motors, running at 48v and producing 38hp.
WEAPONS- Two vertical hydraulic clamps within the middle of the machine. Each clamp is powered by an 80mm x 40mm ram operating at 3000psi, delivering up to 10 tonnes of crushing power. When an opponent slips into the middle, the clamps activate and hold them in place. Traffic Warden can then drag them around and shove them into the nearest arena hazard. Think of it as Huggy Bear on steroids.
SRIMECH- invertible, rounded rear should prevent it getting beached
NOTES- flies Scotland flag, super special awesome thanks to Daniel Stickler, Martijn and AJ for helping with the design
STRENGTHS- good traction, tough shell, fairly manoueverable, nippy, powerful grip
WEAKNESSES- untested weapon, exposed ground clearance

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1130/trafficwardenfinalto6.pnghttp://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1...enfinalto6.png

Ill enter Genocide please, stats on ZED :)

Heyght II will be my entry.

http://strickenone.proboards99.com/index.cgi?board=tivapours&action=display&thread=30 2http://strickenone.proboards99.com/i...n=display&thre ad=302

And...whoa! Thats all 8 entry spaces filled in - impressive stuff Samuel :wink:

(Message edited by paulc on October 07, 2008)

Pah! You cruel people, taking advantage of me being at college. :lame:

I did say I was tempted to reserve a spot though, but I dont want to kick anybody out. :proud:

I sense a classic case of tough luck Kody :sad:

Sorry, Kody.
I will need four more entries to crank it up to 12.

Draws:

Battle 1:
Back to Rock VS (Kody Entry) VS Robo-Hedgehog

Battle 2:
Heyght 2 VS Traffic Warden VS cROoKED

Battle 3:
Dantu VS (Another Entry) VS (Another Entry)

Battle 4:
(Another Entry) VS No Consequences VS Genocide

Two robots go through from each battle and then it will be one-on-one from then on.

Heyght II vs. Traffic Warden vs. cROoKED: Get ready to fly! Traffic Warden is much more of a threat than cROoKED, due to its massive power. Simple tactic - ram into the sides of Traffic Warden, get underneath, and push him to the sides and flip him out. I should get under him OK, its outpushing him Im worried about. If cROoKED wants to have a go at me, Ill just give him some Heyght :lame: Sorry - bad pun, basically, if Jack has a go, Ill flip him.

Good luck Jack and Steven :wink:

Ill enter Sideswipe:
http://www.insaneclown.nl/vapourbots/showrobot.php?id=5http://www.insaneclown.nl/vapourbots/showrobot.php?id=5

Me! Me! Me!

Hex Appeal, please! Stats on ZED! :proud:

hey, now Kody knows who hell be up against before chosing his robot :sad::sad::sad:

Does it matter? Ill win anyway. :proud:

If there is a space for me, Ill enter http://strickenone.proboards99.com/i...86&page=1#1170

...Dan, could I have a word or two on MSN? :proud:

And Samuel, why is the draw up when not everyones entered yet? Makes it seem a bit unfair on those of us who entered early in my opinion...

Meh, I wasnt gonna make much of a point of it, but its still a point I made against several other newer tournament writers so I wont make an exception this time.

Wait with doing the draw until everyone is in. For one, you werent even sure you could get 12 robots when you did the draw. If youd fail to get 12 you would A: have to redo the draw and B: dissapoint Kody. Also the tournament was only a day old, no need to rush it. Most important reason however is that someone, in this case Kody, is given an unfair advantage. He knows who he has to fight now and can select the right robot for the job.

Not trying to be nitpicky but weve had several good new writers lately and I want Sam to become one of them.

Theres one logical way to solve this. :proud:

*picks a random number out of 13*

4, huh? I choose Tira V. :proud: Stats on ZED.

right...what to do...hmm

i think ill let heyright go after trafic warden...see what happens...then i will keep it simple and just flip whoever comes!

think your hard anough? (probebly are but...) bring it on!

jack

Battle 1:
Back to Rock VS Tira 5 VS Robo-Hedgehog

Battle 2:
Heyght 2 VS Traffic Warden VS cROoKED

Battle 3:
Ge5orce VS Dantu VS Sideswipe

Battle 4:
No Consequences VS Genocide VS Hex Appeal

Sam you havent changed the draw, only added the new robots

Battle 1:
Ge5orce VS Back to Rock VS Robo-Hedgehog

Battle 2:
Heyght 2 VS Dantu VS cROoKED

Battle 3:
Tira 5 VS Genocide VS Traffic Warden

Battle 4:
Sideswipe VS Genocide VS Hex Appeal

Predictions and Tactics, please.

I have 2 fights :p You should give No Consequences my place in battle 4

(Message edited by Swim2win on October 08, 2008)

Battle 4:
Sideswipe VS No Consequences VS Hex Appeal

Tactics and Predictions

Battle 1:
Ge5orce VS Back to Rock VS Robo-Hedgehog

I think Robo-Hedgehog will crash out here, possibly via OOTA.

Battle 2:
Heyght 2 VS Dantu VS cROoKED

Dantu through for sure, possibly cROoKED to follow due to the name of pure awesomeness :p

Battle 3:
Tira 5 VS Genocide VS Traffic Warden

I would like to suggest a team-up with Kody here to take out Traffic Warden (sorry Steve!), as it is a very good contender, but has thin titanium which will be no problem for either of us. Need I say more? :p

Battle 4:
Sideswipe VS No Consequences VS Hex Appeal

A very tough match, one I think Sideswipe may bow out of.

Good luck everyone, looks to be a killer competition Samuel :)

Tactics: Team up with Hex Appeal (kind of obvious that :proud:) and keep Sideswipe busy, doing something amounting to box rushing and stopping the spinning object from accomplishing the first part of its descriptive moniker. Get the lifter to tip it a few times and generally dominate it before Hex Appeal moves in for the kill.

In theory :proud: Good luck to Leo and everyone else :)

Tactix and predicxons...

Ge5orce vs. Back to Rock III vs. Robo-Hedgehog

I smell a team-up on Robo-Hedgehog, lol. Ben out.

Heyght II vs. Dantu vs. cROoKED

Alex through for sure...dunno who with...

Tira V vs. Genocide vs Traffic Warden

Sure, Liam, Ill team up with you. :) Aim for the rear of Traffic Warden and rip its heart out, to quote a certain character. :P If its proves troublesome, use the rear front-hinged flipper to toss it then attack with the disc, but Id rather not resort to that as its my srimech, and has limited supply.

Sideswipe vs. No Consequences vs. Hex Appeal

I think Leo just might eat his words here. :proud: Sideswipe is out, especially with the team-up.

Lets see some awesome battles, and some equally awesome tactics taken into account, Samuel. :proud:

Typical, Kody. You bug me for new designs and upgrades and when I finally get a new robot out, you want to trash it straight away. :wink:

Traffic Warden is wide enough to accomodate either robot, so its first come, first served. Ram into whoevers nearest to stop their spinner, scoop them up and clamp them - hard. From there, use my great pushing power to dump them in the Pit ASAP. Basically what Tough as Nails did to Disc-O Inferno. :proud:

I never did state my intent on what I was going to do to your vapours afterwards, Steve. :wink:

Double-teaming your moderator huh? :)

Tictacs: Keep the spinner on Hex appeal till it stops moving, then go in for the kill on No Consequences.

Try to double team what you will, I will be victorious! For I...AM...WEASEL! :-)


(Message edited by leorcc on October 09, 2008)

Liam! I created that name joke! Dont use it against me :sad:

Dantu looks flippable from the front, so just slam his front, push him against the walls and let loose with the mighty flipper. If I get behind Dantu, push him into the wall to stop the spinner, then flip him out, as I dont want to flip him while his disc is still spinning, in case he hits my rams.

cROoKED is nasty as well, but I would like to take him on in a 1on1, but I wouldnt like to fight Dantu in a 1on1.

As a matter of interest, on Heyght, why do tool steel bolts make it impossible to just rip a panel off? From what I remember tool steel is pretty brittle once above its strength tolerance?

It is. The strength tolerance is very high, but once you get past that point they snap quite sudden.

(Message edited by leorcc on October 09, 2008)

Actually I am not going to attack SideSwipe, but focus my hits on No Consequences. :proud:

Dont always assume what team-ups are going to take place... :)

I assumed it because I created half of Hex Appeal, you git :proud:

If thats the case, keep Hex Appeal between myself and Sideswipe, and try and attack both others as and when opportunities present themselves.