NSBFL 7

[scott]

I have 44 flips, according to that flipper calculator, and can lift 376kg at the tip. This means that robots will fly two feet in the air. What I intend to do is flip around madly at the start and try and get someone stuck against the wall. I hate this arena, too. After a while Ill slow down and play it defensive, having used about 20 flips.

Ill let Overdrive take on Sparkstorm, by subtley running away, then later Ill come up and either flip them against the wall or outlast them in battery power. My wedge is grinded thin, so Im sure it can get under either of the two opponents. If I get flipped, Ill try to keep enough CO2 at all times so I can selfright.

[razerdave]

Tictacs:

Axe Scorpion Jnr to death before that disc can do any damage (its a low shape, perfect for my scoop and axe combo). Pillow Torque, dunno much about.

[darkguru]

I better get that pneumatic pipe fixed on properly *glares at some random teammate whose job is now making sure the pipe is fixed on*

Is the flywheel horizontal or vertical? If its horizontal, im not that worried as it should go over me and even if it doesnt, should only hit the top area, if its vertical however, i better stay away from it.

My main strength, as usual, is that he can only focus on one bot at a time, i will try and keep both away from the front if i can, but both will be looking to attack at the same time. If he gets rid of one piece, might well be over quuickly after what happened to 360 so hopefully, i can get rid of him with both pieces intact or as soon as the one goes. If the scoop is down, i cannot let him keep his attention fully on one bot for any length of time, if he does manage to stack one, however, the other can help out.

I seem to have luck beeching my opponents, so i might well be able to do that again some time during the fight.

[pcbore]

Well I started doing some fights, but then life happened. Theyll be up tomorrow.

[pcbore]

With the quarter finals done, we€™ve got one last batch of other-weight melees before the serious business of crowning our champions can get underway. This time around, it€™s the ferocious featherweights! Our first melee takes place in Last €˜Bot Standing.

Pillow Torque is our first entry, but don€™t let the paint-job, simple design and bat-sh*t crazy team fool you, it can shove with the best of them, and its Ti armour should be more than a match for any pain coming its way. However, no wedge means its pushing could be compromised, and it can also be left on its side.

Hell€™s Angel is the only vapour €˜bot for this melee. With its scoop and axe combo reminiscent of big brother Hell Machine, this could do well, especially as the axe is powerful. But Dave has concerns about the armour€™s durability against the bigger damagers out there.

Scorpion Junior is the last robot in the melee. Although not as widely known as Storm Vortex, it€™s equally as fearsome, and even more worrying is that unlike Storm, this has an answer to those annoying flippers as it is invertible. The pushing isn€™t the best though, so anyone able to get past the disc could take the sting out of the scorpion.

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Pillow Torque and Hell€™s Angel are off to a quick start, with Hell€™s Angel going for Scorpion Junior! It seems Dave shares that all too common human trait of trying to destroy things he€™s afraid of, as Hell€™s Angel slams the scoop under Scorpion Junior€™s side, and starts mashing down with the axe. Then Pillow Torque slams in on Hell€™s Angel, pushing it as it pushes Scorpion Junior as it pushes nothing!

Hells Angel is pushed away from Scorpion Junior by Pillow Torque, only for Pillow Torque to get clipped with the flywheel with a loud cracking noise and a shower of sparks! Furious with this attack on the paint job, Pillow Torque goes after Scorpion Junior and shoves it backwards into the wall, but then Hell€™s Angel comes in from behind Pillow Torque and shoves it into the disc of Scorpion Junior, bouncing it away!

Hell€™s Angel starts wailing away at the top of Scorpion Junior again, but not doing much visible damage. Pillow Torque comes in again and pushes Hell€™s Angel away, only for Scorpion Junior to attack Pillow Torque from the rear again! Pillow Torque is bounced upwards then shoved backwards by Hell€™s Angel into the disc again, being knocked up, over and onto its side!

Hells Angel comes in on Scorpion Juniour, bumping into Pillow Torque and knocking it back into the fight as it does so, and again starts smashing in on Scorpion Junior! The axe goes dangerously near the right wheel as Scorpion Junior turns to attack Hells Angel. Hells Angel avoids this, but gets pushed into the disc by a returning Pillow Torque! Hells Angel is bounced away, and the armour seems to have withstood the blow. Scorpion Junior moves in to attack Pillow Torque, but that right wheel seems to have locked up, and Scorpion Junior is going in circles!

Pillow Torque goes for Scorpion Junior and pushes it into the corner, reducing its mobility even more, as getting it out of the corner turns into a game like parking your car in a crowded car park using tiny movements to wiggle it one way and another. With the spinner out of the fight for the moment, Hell€™s Angel goes for Pillow Torque, but Pillow Torque avoids Hells Angel€™s front, spins around and shuts Hells Angel sideways into the wall!

Hell€™s Angel turns around, bumping into the wall a couple of times as it does so and manages to get under Pillow Torque€™s front, and again the axe comes into life hammering on Pillow Torques top once, twice, thrice until it abruptly stops working! Pillow Torque can€™t take advantage though, because now Hells Angel is pushing it backwards, taking advantage of its scoop-less front to shove it around!

Meanwhile, Scorpion Junior has gotten out of its corner, but can€™t get back in the action with only one working wheel. The remote is turned off with resignation as Scorpion Junior effectively throws in the towel, and is counted out! Meanwhile Dave has found a solution to Pillow Torque. Pushing it into the wall slowly, the box-ey machine rides up the scoop and is proper on its rear end! With no house robots to knock it down, Pillow Torque is also counted out!

Scorpion Junior counted out, pickled in whiskey then chatted about briefly on the Randomness thread. Pillow Torque wakes up to find that the fit guy from last night ain€™t so fit. Hells Angel ascends to the featherweight final!

[pcbore]

In our second featherweight fight, we see the number of real to vapour robots inverted. Let€™s meet who€™ll be fighting in the moat.

Storm Vortex is the real robot in today€™s rumble, and possibly the most infamous featherweight in the running, as people have often said running a magmotor in a featherweight weapon is just overkill. But then in order to compete with vapour €˜bots, maybe overkill is just what€™s needed. However, Storm€™s lack of a srimech could really put the over in overkill€¦

If TREADTHAL stands for anything, Steve€™s keeping quiet about it, and knowing his puns I for one am grateful. Kyle O€™Meters indeed. Weapons wise it sports an axe-lifter combo, and for armour it sports some nice Ti armour. But if anyone can get to the tracks, TREADTHAL will be truly drea€¦ No, wait. I€™ll save that pun for later.

Lastly is Micro Monsoon. We€™ve seen big daddy Monsoon in the main wars, and now the baby is here to avenge the father. What its mother thinks of all this is unknown, as she ran off with the milk €˜bot when Micro was just a baby, causing it to grow up resentful and€¦ Err€¦ Wait, sorry. Got the script mixed with tonight€™s soaps.

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TREADTHAL and Micro are off the fastest, but Vortex is no slouch either, and the disk is spinning fully when the three meet in the centre of the arena! Micro is in with the first attack, ramming under Vortex€™s side and shoving it moatwards, but TREADTHAL comes in and lifts Micro over! Micro is flipped again when the disk of Vortext hits it on the wedge, knocking it up and over!

Vortext moves in on Micro again and hits it in the rear, bouncing it up a bit, but Ed has overlooked TREADTHAL, who gets under the side and lifts Vortex over! With no srimech, Vortex is gone in the first minute of the match! While Vortex is being counted out, TREADTHAL and Micro are stalking one another, each looking to end the fight quickly and get through without having to repair much.

Micro goes in for an attack on TREADTHAL€™s side, but Steve manages to get TREADTHAL turned around so Micro goes onto the lifter! Dan slams on the reverse before Steve can get the lifter running, so escapes unflipped! TREADTHAL gives chase though, and the two circle, with TREADTHAL eventually getting the better and lifting Micro over from the side! Micro tries using its rear to push TREADTHAL, but Steve turns TREADTHAL around, and just pushes Micro into the moat!

Storm got sucked into its own Vortex. Micro Monsoon? You€™re more like Baby Squall! Go home, you horrible shower! TREADTHAL just walks all over the opposition and gets into the final!

[steven_mcg]

...well...that wasnt expected...um...WOO!

BTW Franky, TREDTHAL does stand for something - Tracked Robot Especially Designed to Hammer and Lift. Catchy, eh?

[razerdave]

Yay ! That was a cool set of fights.

Ok, from what I understand, TREDTHAL is an axe and lifter combo. The lifter wont bother me too much as Hells Angel has a low Center of Gravity (tried turning the real one over, quite hard to do because all the weights in the base and in the center). The axe, my armour should be ok with, but may strain under repeated hits in the same place. His Ti armour, I can get through, itll just take a few repeated hits (73j is about how much I can get out in theory, but I can knock out a bit more)

[pcbore]

Dave therere two more feather melees before the final :P

[razerdave]

oops :P