NSBFL 7

[alex_holt]

Chris is right *looks mornfully in direction of my former first seed*

[pcbore]

Last weekend was extremely busy. Bite me :P

[matty_haka]

*Does also*

What?! A free chance t bite a male?!

[kodster]

*backs away from Matt slowly*

Hey Matt, when are you going to have your vapourbots on my forum? I see that the spots are blank in the Devils Incarnate thread :S

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Team Gore
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[pcbore]

Now why does that never work on girls?:sad:

[matty_haka]

They have taste buds:P

[pcbore]

*runs off crying*

[pcbore]

Despite being late with the fights, we€™ve made it to heat M at last, where we€™ve got four more fresh faces to fight frantically for erm€¦ Something else beginning with f. Let€™s meet them while I dig this hole a bit deeper, shall we?

Manic Monsoon is our probably doomed seed for today. It€™s a very well armoured ramming machine, with a lifter capable of tipping over 200 KG€™s. Skirted, and able to self right if it needs to, Monsoon could go manic on any opponent, but control is a bit of an issue. As Monsoon€™s Back, it appeared in NSBFL X and won the New Blood tournament, beating Love Bite in the final.

Orka mk 3 is a similar machine, with nice strong Ti armour and a self righting dorsal fin, and an electric lifter which can apparently lift a bus. I€™d like to see that, but it should be more than enough to lift over a 100 KG machine. As ever with these push €˜bots, control can be a problem. Will Orka make its mk?

Agitator is a real entrant. It€™s a low box shape with an overhead spinning bar with nasty chisel teeth to open up all comers. It€™s more than capable of KO€™ing other machines, as despite the fact it€™s never been on T. V, it does have a few wins to its name. However the weapon belt is exposed to axes, and there doesn€™t seem to be a srimech there.

Deep Impact is our last challenger. The name comes from its twin rear flywheels, which are built to get as much of the weight as possible to the rim. It€™s invertible and the two wheel drive should make it manoeuvrable, but the flywheels don€™t work as well upside down, and being invertible, axes and crushers could always have fun with the wheels.

Battle 1

Manic Monsoon vs Orka MK 3 in Unimmedite Peril

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ACTIVATE!!

Both machines take off quickly, with Manic Monsoon slamming under the side of Orka and slamming it into the arena wall! Orka bounces off, and spins away from the zone and aims for Monsoon€™s side, but Monsoon reverses away from anger and into the arena centre. Orka flies at Monsoon€™s front, and Monsoon slams forwards as well! The two meet with less of a crash and more of a bump, as neither is able to get under the other.

The two stalemate for a couple of seconds, before Monsoon starts gradually edging Orka backwards. Orka backs away to get in a good charge, but Monsoon just flies forwards and gets under the momentarily stationary Orka! Orka is rammed hard into the wall backwards, and Monsoon backs off to give it another slam! Orka almost gets away from the first slam, but then escapes the second, and goes for Monsoon€™s side! With little room for a good ram, Orka is unable to get past the skirt however, and Monsoon gets away and the two end up going head to head again!

Once again, Orka is inched backwards, but spins away from the encounter and Monsoon goes flying into the far horizon until Dan puts the brakes on, and spins Monsoon around, only for Orka to slam into Monsoon€™s side, lift it over and push it into the arena wall! Monsoon gets away from Orka€™s next attack, and self rights to make the wedge useful again. Orka however uses this time to get under Monsoon€™s rear and push it into another wall.

Monsoon turns and reverses away from the wall, just avoiding an incoming slam from Orka, and gets away to build up some space. Orka turns and chases Monsoon, but with Monsoon being more than twice as fast, it€™s a hopeless run. Monsoon spins and charges straight back at Orka€™s front and pushes it back slowly before Orka is able to spin out of the way, and manages to get under Monson while doing so!

Orka pushes Monsoon along for a little but, but then suddenly slows down to a crawl and stops. Monsoon wriggles off the scoop, and Orka isn€™t going anywhere, even when Monsoon gives it a nudge. Orka is counted out, and Manic Monsoon is through to the heat final! When examined later, it turned out that all that had happened was Orka€™s wheels had worn down a little. 2 mm€™s in fact, resulting in Orka being grounded and unable to move.

Orka MK 3 proves that having an uber low ground clearance isn€™t always an advantage. Manic Monsoon storms through to the heat final! Manically!

Battle 2

Deep Impact vs Agitator in The Moat.

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ACTIVATE!!

Deep Impact shoots forwards at Agitator, but gets deflected by the spinning bar! Agitator backs away from Deep Impact and spins the bar up, while Deep Impact spins around to bring the flywheels to bear! Agitator now has the bar spun up, and charges at Deep Impact! Bar meets flywheel, and both Deep Impact and Agitator are spun away. Agitator has a moment of crisis, looking like it might tip over, but stabilises. Deep impact is having flywheel trouble though, as the impacted flywheel has taken a hole. Deep Impact is jumping around as the uneven gyroscopic force kicks in, so the troubled flywheel is turned off.

Agitator is back under control now, and goes on the offensive, aiming for the side of Deep Impact! Deep Impact spins away from the attack, but is slow to turn and takes the shot! Deep Impact is spun around, then tips over sideways! Agitator attacks again with the spinning bar and knocks Deep Impact around, while Deep Impact suffers horrible driving problems. Matt realises at last that the one spinning flywheel is creating another uneven gyroscopic effect and turns that off too, but Agitator attacks again and Deep Impact is spun into the moat!

Deep Impact impacted into a deep pit. Clearly deeply agitated. Agitator goes through to the heat final!

And so the heat final is Manic Monsoon vs Agitator in the Classic arena. In other news, the Roulette arena is now fixed. Join us again for the weakest link€¦ In the drive chain:wink: