Martijn's little underdog tournament!

Allright, a little something to get me writing again, how's that? Im gonna move away from my usual forte and do real robots this time, even better, real robots that YOU want to see do well for a change. For this tournament Im only gonna accept real robots that participated somewhere between Robot Wars Series 1 and 7 (1 and 7 included) that never reached the semi-finals. So if there's 1 bot that you think should have done way better than it really did, this is your chance to show everyone what it's capable of. To get a look at what robots would and wouldnt apply check the next few links:
http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/robotsrule/rw_info
http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/robotsr ... h_wars.htm
http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/robotsr ... report.htm
http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/robotsr ... report.htm
http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/robotsr ... thWars.htm

Also, robots that never made it to the semies whose TEAM DID make it to the semies once are accepted, but only if the robot that didnt make it to the semies is significantly different to the robot that did make it to the semies. For example, Anarchy is accepted (even though 101 reached the semies in the past) yet Cassius 2 isnt (too much like Cassius 1).

What Im looking for is 8 people, may go up to 16.

and before I forget, Joey and Andy reserved places over MSN, so thats either 6 or 14 people to go :)

Anarchy for me please :)

(that site could perhaps use a bit more info on the earlier series - just a thought)

I'm just going to be stupid here, but, since I've gotten at least one email from the Plunderbird boys(Mike and Bryan), I might as well enter Plunderbird 5.

EDIT: And when you make Mechanical Noise Series 3, Reserve me a spot.

SMIDSY, please. S7 version. :)

Where did Guzunderbot come from? I'm just curious, because I saw it get flipped out by General Carnage in Series 5. I think I'll enter it for fun, but Napalm II, also for fun :proud:

Well, after thinking it over, I've decided to replace Plunderbird 5 with Lightning.

I would have said, personally, that Napalm 2 would have been too similar to Napalm 1.

Anyway, I'm going to pick......Big Nipper

u.f.o please :proud:

1. Joey - Anarchy
2. Andy - Fluffy
3. Mark - Lightning
4. Kody - SMIDSY
5. Elliot - Guzunderbot/Napalm II??? your post wasnt entirely clear but I agree with Chris that Napalm II is too much alike past semi finalist Napalm I
6. Chris - Big Nipper
7. Jack - U.F.O.

PS - If the series version of your entry isnt clarified Im gonna assume its the latest version that ever appeared on tv. Just letting you know :) .

Guzunderbot will do

Of course, it was rubbish on Robot Wars and it'll do rubbish here, but, I thought why not :proud:

I'll enter Gemini, if that's OK.

An underdog tournament, eh? Here's hoping it goes better than the one I tried to start. :proud:

I'd like to enter Hydra (RW7) please.

I will enter Trax of course. series 7. If there is still room that is.

Can I enter 259? :P

Does anyone have any information on Guzunderbot, or its newest creation, if there are any

Martijn, are we allowed to enter robots that did not qualify or from Extreme

If not, its OK

Robochicken :proud:

Let's go for Revenge of Trouble and Strife. :)

only bots that entered the main series are allowed Elliot :)

1. Joey - Anarchy
2. Andy - Fluffy
3. Mark - Lightning
4. Kody - SMIDSY
5. Elliot - Guzunderbot
6. Chris - Big Nipper
7. Jack - U.F.O.
8. Richard - Gemini
9. Steven - Hydra
10. Shane - Trax
11. Aaron - 259
12. Liam - Robochicken
13. Daniel - Revenge of Trouble and Strife

ideally I could use 3 more people here, would be nice to turn this into a full 16 people tournament :)

You're right. Question: What happens if you don't get 3 more people?

*shrug* Maybe have a 13-bot rumble to narrow it down to eight?

I don't know, it's not my tournament, after all.

That might be a good idea, but it depends on what Martijn does.

Barbaric Response please...

Even on the premise that I might be ejected from this tourney, two questions:

1: Martijn, are you still doing this?

2: Why hasn't anyone entered Anarchy?

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Originally Posted by corsair_lightning

2: Why hasn't anyone entered Anarchy?

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Nice to know I don't count as 'anyone'...

Oh... I'm sorry. I guess I didn't see that.

Of course this is going on but Im patient, I know the pace things can have around here and I dont have all the time in the world myself either, but I know I should be able to get 2 more people in so I'll simply have to wait for that.
Dont forget you can use this link http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/robotsr ... t_wars.htm to see what bots qualify and what bots dont

1. Joey - Anarchy
2. Andy - Fluffy
3. Mark - Lightning
4. Kody - SMIDSY
5. Elliot - Guzunderbot
6. Chris - Big Nipper
7. Jack - U.F.O.
8. Richard - Gemini
9. Steven - Hydra
10. Shane - Trax
11. Aaron - 259
12. Liam - Robochicken
13. Daniel - Revenge of Trouble and Strife
14. Ben - Barbaric Response

I'll enter Firestorm.

Leo, I know I'm probably not the one to say it, but you can't enter Firestorm.

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Also, robots that never made it to the semis whose TEAM DID make it to the semis once are accepted, but only if the robot that didn't make it to the semis is significantly different to the robot that did make it to the semis.

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And well... Firestorm has always made it to the semis, and it hasn't been significantly different in any form, so...

Okay, I missed that part.

Why not enter Splinter, which is nothing like the series 4 version because that one was destroyed?

OK, can I enter Crushtacean?

1. Joey - Anarchy
2. Andy - Fluffy
3. Mark - Lightning
4. Kody - SMIDSY
5. Elliot - Guzunderbot
6. Chris - Big Nipper
7. Jack - U.F.O.
8. Richard - Gemini
9. Steven - Hydra
10. Shane - Trax
11. Aaron - 259
12. Liam - Robochicken
13. Daniel - Revenge of Trouble and Strife
14. Ben - Barbaric Response
15. Sam - Crushtacean

Sorry Leo, Firestorm is indeed a no-go in this underdog league :sad: still plenty of options to chose from though :wink:

Then I will pick Wild Thing, just because I think the Adams family got one too many judges decisions against them.

OK, so who was that wedge-shaped Robot with the lance on the arm who lost in the SEMI-FINALS to Hypno-Disc?

Who was that wedge shaped robot with the horizontal flywheel who lost in the SEMI-FINALS to Chaos 2?

And what about that arrow-shaped machine from Series 6, who lost the SEMI-FINALS to Razer?

How does that work? The rules quite clearly say no semi-finalists upwards, so why are you picking one that never failed to get that far? Do S4-6 suddenly not count?

You know what? I'm not entering at all. I just picked a few robots I happen to like but if I am not going check every time how far they made it.

What about Demon, the first robot entered by the Wild Thing guys (Nick Adams was there)

Still looking for information about Guzunderbot, since I can't remember a thing about it

I have a funny feeling it came from Scotland

I might replace it, seeing as how rubbish it was against General Carnage, but, who knows

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Originally Posted by corsair_lightning

Why not enter Splinter, which is nothing like the series 4 version because that one was destroyed?

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To be fair they're of very similar design (the only real change was the move to pneumatics for the weapons, and the addition of the axe) and although final discretion is with Marti I think they would be considered as being too like each other to be allowed?

Leo, this is supposed to be for non series semi finalists only, dunno if you missed that bit?

Well, to be honest, Leo could put as his argument that they aren't alike, since the original Splinter was destroyed by Hypno-Disc. Not to mention that the new Splinter lost in round 2 of Series 5 to Bigger Brother, and failed to qualify for Series 6...