The Norman Sheppard Tribute Tournament

[velociraptor]

Keep well away from Stratosfears front and shove or axe from the sides and rear.

[martyn]

My one isnt a clone (anymore) it has much better armour and the advantage of being invertible

[mrdaves]

quote:

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else

Round 2

And the lord said they there be evil round 2 fights to write. Really, the robots were that close to each other in terms of style that anyone could have won these fights.

Fight 1
Stratos-Fear vs. Battle Raptor 3

The Scottish flipper against the English axe/flipper both had a part to play in round 1.

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The two highest accelerating robots of the heat starts to move forward and both turn, as the axe of Battle Raptor 3 fires first and bounces off the strange armour of Stratos-Fear and Richard fires the axe again, this time putting a nice dent in the front flipper, as Stratos is trying to turn itself around to face Battle Raptor 3, but the flippers length is not helping, as Battle Raptor 3 is sitting in the arc, as it gets underneath and flips Stratos up and over, it is an Axlebot, so it doesn€™t worry Scott, but he finally gets onto the attack and drives into the front end of Battle Raptor 3.

Battle Raptor 3 reverses just at the end, and so the front end is somersaulted into the air as it lands on it€™s wheels, and comes onto the attack once more, as the axe comes down onto the side wheel pod, and putting a dent in the wheel, as Battle Raptor 3 gets underneath and flips Stratos over onto it€™s back once more. Scott tries to come back into play with the flipper, but Battle Raptor 3 is sitting too close to be flappable, as the axe comes down again, but Stratos breaks away and turns, getting the low front wedge underneath the side skirt of Battle Raptor 3 and before you can say cheese, Battle Raptor 3 is flipped over, doing a roll, as it lands on it€™s top, the skirts bent out of shape with the rolls, as Stratos gets into play once more, as Battle Raptor 3 runs away, but it is trapped before being able to self-right, as Stratos gets underneath and flips it over. Battle Raptor 3 rests on the side wall, Richard fires the weapon, and pushes away from the wall, as Stratos comes smashing into play, and getting the wedge caught underneath the side fence, pushing the front down and rear end up into the air, the wheels are spinning on Stratos, as Scott fires the flipper€¦

€¦the side wall has been ripped pretty well clean from it€™s bolts and has landed. The arena is damaged, but Battle Raptor 3 is using this for the advantage and hits the axe into the top of Stratos-Fear, Scott turns, but Battle Raptor 3 is on the edge of doom, and comes onto the attack, spinning around, and getting the front wedge underneath Stratos-Fear and flips it up, but Stratos-Fear comes away, the flipper heading over the void, but the length of it saves it, as he gets underneath Battle Raptor 3 and flips it back into the arena, landing on the side fence, and drives away, and into the pit release. Stratos gets underneath the rear, but Battle Raptor 3 drives so that it€™s front is against the wall. Stratos flips, as Battle Raptor 3 is tossed up in the air, but comes down, and comes back onto the attack, getting the front wedge underneath Stratos and lifting the wheels off the ground. Both robots are heading towards the pit, as Stratos flips, as Battle Raptor 3 is dancing with death once more, as Stratos turns, and comes onto the attack, Battle Raptor 3 turns, as the front end goes over the pit, and starts to turn, but Scott reverses quickly and clears the pit, Battle Raptor 3 is on the other side of the arena, as Stratos-Fear gives chase. The battle takes a turn for the worse, as the time is slowly running out, but, Battle Raptor 3 turns and fires the axe into Stratos-Fear, putting a dent in the front, but once more the wedge gets underneath and flips. Battle Raptor 3 lands against the wall and comes back down, as Stratos-Fear gets underneath and flips it up again, but Battle Raptor 3 is too far forward, and bounces back onto the surface. Both robots are still looking good, as Stratos has some damage, as it spins around, as Battle Raptor 3 comes forward and flips it up, against the arena wall, and once more, lifting the rear up. In any other arena, Stratos would be out, but it isn€™t, as Battle Raptor 3 turns around, and hits Stratos with the axe once more, as Scott tries to turn the screw onto Battle Raptor 3, but the long wedge isn€™t up to it€™s normal standards, as the front is bent upwards, and can€™t get underneath Battle Raptor 3€™s skirts, which are still bent, but still preventing clean access. Richard is looking worried, as the co2 levels in Battle Raptor 3 are running dangerously low. Scott looks down at his co2 levels, and the red light is on, as it is virtually empty, as he manages to get the flipper underneath Battle Raptor 3, and fires the flipper. The flipper goes half-way up and stops, Battle Raptor 3 hops up, and pushes the flipper back down, and fires the axe into the top, getting it stuck in, but it comes back, very slowly. Stratos-Fear turns, getting underneath Battle Raptor 3, and firing the flipper, but nothing happens, as Battle Raptor 3 drives off the flipper, getting underneath and pushing Stratos-Fear towards the hammer.

Cease

Both robots are still moving at the end of the fight, and both are out of co2, as the judges move in to count up the damage points on both machines.
Stratos Fear/ Battle Raptor 3
Aggression: 5/10
Control: 7/8
Damage Caused: 6/9
Style: 12/3
Strategy: 7/8
Total: 37/38

In a 38:37 result, Stratos-Fear is feared out of the competition, as Battle Raptor 3 moves into the heat final.

Fight 2
Panicking ( vs. Panic Attack

The son against the grand daddy. Both have forks, have tough armour and a strong drive, but will the granddaddy still be king of the forks?

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Panicking is the first away, as Panic Attack starts to move forward, but is being careful against the young-one with the extra 1 mph in speed, nothing else to choice between them, as Panicking comes into play, trying to use it€™s extra speed to cause people to go mad, but the skirts on Panic Attack are proving to be stronger than you might think, as Panic Attack turns and manages to get the forks underneath the front end of Panicking, which says it has a zero ground clearance, which is a lot of crap because you need a ground clearance to move, as the forks of Panic Attack are underneath and have lifted Panicking up into the air, as the forks slide forward and get caught between the wheel arch and the wheel.

Tony drives forward, knowing he has a finite amount of time, as he opens the pit release, as Panicking is trying to come back, as Panic Attack takes it over the arena spike, which fires, sending the rear end into the air and up and away, landing down with a bump, as Martyn comes back onto the attack, but Panic Attack has turned, and the two robots meet each other again, and the lower forks of Panic Attack get underneath Panicking and once more Panicking is lifted into the air, and is being taken towards the pit of broken dreams. The wheels are spinning on Panicking, as it tries to lift itself free from Panic Attack, but it€™s too little, too late, as Panicking is pushed 6 feet under and into black smoke.

Cease

Panicking, dumped, Panic Attack moves onto the heat final.

Heat Final Draw
Panic Attack vs. Battle Raptor 3

Tactics, Predictions, Complains?

[scott]

Stratos-Fear is being retired, I think.

[velociraptor]

Close decision in a good fight, Dave! And dont be so pessimistic, Tony!

BR3 will keep away from PAs front, hammer him on top while shoving with the rear skirt, then try to get under and flip, and continue hammering if I cant.

[martyn]

What happend to panickings skirts?