AndyJJ and Sharky66's Tournament

[kodster]

circa 2002 (for a little while, I was known on the old RW forums as Sharky66, and this tournament came about by both of us, but was never finished)

Anyway, me and AJ will be writing this tournament out! 8 heavyweight vapourbots, 1 from 8 people. This includes us, as me and AJ will be competing as well. (if we ever meet each other, though, we will request a guest writer XD)

Straight 1-on-1 combat til we have a winner, 3rd-place playoff will happen. Battlegrounds arena will be used, but no custom house robots, only RW ones, 2 for each match.

Arena: http://teamzlayerz.proboards.com/index. ... thread=119

Entries
- The Alexandra Sisters (Kody)
- Wedga Ennea (AJ)
- (reserved; Joey)
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Well? Git entering, lads!

[kodster]

AndyJJ and Sharky66's Tournament - FINAL
Apocalypse II vs. S.O.T.A.R. v2

Roboteers, stand by...

The house robots today will be Matilda and Sir Killalot!

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ACTIVATE!!!

Apocalypse zooms out of his spot immediately!! Liam is taking absolutely no chances here. The problem? SOTAR has already reached its devastating max RPM of 1000! Not good! Apocalypse, showing the kind of bravery that would make icons like SpinVerter and Achilles proud, greets the whirling danger directly! And with a massive, massive CRASH!!!, both robots are flung quite aways across the arena like frisbees! Luckily for Liam, the extra Ti/V sheeting took the brunt of the blow and Apocalypse seems fine! SOTAR has gotten right back up to speed however, and now is driving directly at Apocalypse, a gleam in the uncovered eye of Tracy Farber! Damage control? What damage control?! CRASH!!! Apocalypse goes flying! SOTAR hits the wall behind! Now there is a notice dent in the 3.2mm Hardox, where it got struck, but again Apocalypse seems to shrug off the titanic blows as though they were from toffee hammers! In he comes again; there is no fear! Only reckless abandon! WHAM! Apocalypse is sent spinning again, but now SOTAR's ring is stalled outright! Apocalypse moves back in sporting another small dent, but SOTAR proves that its drivetrain isn't anything to laugh at either! It deftly evades the flipping terror and begins to spin up again! Apocalypse chases it down but it's too late, and Apocalypse takes another agonizing pounding from that lower blade of SOTAR, sent twirling about as SOTAR flies back as well, frantic to find its footing! Apocalypse, sporting small dents all over its body, is still game and flings itself into the ring of SOTAR once more! Another powerful blow results and separates the robots, but SOTAR hasn't exactly got the ring at 100% now! Liam sees his chance, and barges in! He takes another minor blow, but manages to halt the mighty spinner for the first time in the match! Tracy's expression slides from confident to panicking faster than a set of traffic lights, as she flails about to get off of Apocalypse, but Apocalypse's barbs are damn useful! In fact, they are so useful that SOTAR can't go anywhere! And Apocalypse is racing towards the wall! HE FIRES...

...but SOTAR doesn't go over! The spinbot was on top of Apocalypse, not directly on the flipper plate, and SOTAR didn't get enough height to get over the wall, so it bounced off the top edge and fell back onto Apocalypse! Liam has another shot, though! But no! SOTAR's stuck on top of Apocalypse again! That's not good... Liam decides to make use of the pit, then! Like a maddened torrent, Apocalypse streams across the arena and impacts hard into the release button, which lets the pit descend, but there's a problem - the force from the ram dislodged SOTAR from the barbs, and now the spinner is set free again! Tracy is off spinning like a maniac, the fanatical gleam back in her eye. Horrified, Liam and Apocalypse rush back towards the spinner, but it's a bit too late as SOTAR's ring is now fully back up to speed, recovering from the blows of yesteryear, and with a gargantuan CRASH, Apocalypse is sent flying across the arena, hitting the wall! SOTAR sails onto the flame pit, but that's fine; it drives away and begins spinning again! Liam looks devastated, but gathers his courage again, as Apocalypse continues to pester SOTAR - CRASH!!! There's another hit - OOOOH!!! Apocalypse barely missed the pit! Goodness me, that would have been the end of it all, wouldn't it?! SOTAR is now the one slammed into the wall, but continues to spin! Apocalypse, pockmarked from all these hits but still full of guile, impacts into the dervish once more! OUCH! The left-side front panel of Apocalypse just went flying off, exposing electronics! Liam is now determined to end this or die trying! Apocalypse turns about and uses the rounded rear end, instead of compromising the damaged front end, to ram into SOTAR! The lower teeth scarves into the rounded end, but it deflects away, sending SOTAR careening away, nearly landing in Matilda's CPZ! Feeling slightly more animated, Apocalypse does it again before SOTAR can drive away and this time SOTAR goes flying directly into Matilda's flywheel!

The resulting hit sends SOTAR flying into the air at least 5 feet amid a beautiful scattering of bright-white sparks, as Tracy spies her machine spinning through the air as if someone flipped a coin! And guess who's there when SOTAR lands? That's right! Apocalypse! And Apocalypse moves towards the... hang on... what's happened to Apocalypse?!? They're not moving! SOTAR is trying to spin up on Apocalypse's front end, but it's not working and they're stuck... the wheels are moving! So SOTAR is clearly mobile! Apocalypse on the other hand is completely stationary and I think we have a champion in our midst!!! The Refbot's moving in to dislodge SOTAR... and fails! SOTAR is wedged up and but good! Now the house robots move in! Sir Killalot is there... and takes a mighty, MIGHTY blow from SOTAR's blades on his jaws of life! The jaws are completely bent out of shape, but it also separates SOTAR from Apocalypse - HEY! Apocalypse is moving!! They're after SOTAR!! What is this?! Were they just playing dead?!? But they've wedged SOTAR! They're going to the arena wall - THEY'RE - ...aaah. They missed. SOTAR hits the arena wall again and bounces off into the corner! But Apocalypse is after them, full of fire! But SOTAR is spinning up again, and there, they're back at full speed! Apocalypse turns and uses the rear! CRASH!!! SOTAR rebounds off the arena wall and Apocalypse is there to... what?! They've stopped again! AAAH!! I see what's happened here! The top panel of Apocalypse has been dislodged and has been pushed inward, putting pressure on both of their wheels, and the added pressure of SOTAR is too much! They can't move when SOTAR is on top of them! What a shocking turn of events! Refbot moves in to separate them again, but in return takes a blow to the counter!! Refbot, you numptie, what are you thinking?! It separates SOTAR from Apocalypse again... but now Apocalypse is not moving at all! I think that the bell has finally tolled for Team Welsh Warlords! Refbot moves back in... but can't count them out! SOTAR, you're a real naughty one, you!

So the battle goes on, and the house robots are after SOTAR! Tracy smiles; with a damaged Killalot and Refbot, it seems the cards are in Team Alt's favour! Matilda moves in flywheel first, but SOTAR deftly evades to the side and tears into the side of Matilda! The exoshell is completely trashed and torn into, not unlike Hypno-Disc's encounter with Robogeddon in Series 3 of Robot Wars! Another devastating shredding and Matilda is smoking and lifeless! SOTAR now goes after Sir Killalot, she wants to take them all on! RED CARD! The red card has been lifted by Refbot! Well! That's certainly disappointing - BUT TRACY DOESN'T STOP!!! Killalot's lost a track!!! SOTAR struck anyway, and Killalot is hobbled, only able to turn in a circle! But now Refbot himself has wedged the ring spinner, and without hesitation has finally shoved them down the pit! But it doesn't matter, Apocalypse II has been declared immobile by the judges already, and SOTAR has won, as it languishes in the pit!!

Cease!

It's all over! Apocalypse II certainly gave all that it had, but it just wasn't enough and they were outlasted! S.O.T.A.R. v2 WINS ANDYJJ AND SHARKY66'S TOURNAMENT!!!

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Final Standings
Gabriel V (Joey McConnell)
Apocalypse II (Liam Eliot)
S.O.T.A.R. v2 (Tracy Farber)

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Thanks to everybody who entered, and hopefully that's another bit of vapourbot history fully dusted off. See you all next time.

[playzooki]

Awesome. Congrats to the winners.