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Sitting alone, waiting for the prefect girl to come along

Welcome to the 4th update in the NSTT semi finals, today I will mainly be using a 7 year old laptop, which has been updated to cope with the strain of todays needs, and all for under 200 quid.

NSTT Other Weights: Semi finals

Raptor weights
Catus-Baby-Catus vs. Matamata

In the red square, from Scotland, Catus-Baby Catus. Martyn is waving at the crowd.
In the blue square, from England, Matamata, Chris is waving at the crowd from the blue controller room.

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Matamata is away, Chris looking for a quick fight here with the high speed bullet, as he turns the corner to meet Catus, Baby Catus coming around to attack Matamata as well, Matamata turns around and dodges the front wedge of Catus before pushing into the side of the invertible wedge machine, pushing Catus sideways into the arena wall with some force that the front spike on Matamata pierces though the armour on Catus, piercing the heart and soul out of Catus.

Chris turns and pushing Catus sideways, the little power from Matamata is doing its job, as Chris holds Catus underneath the arena hammer, which comes down, to put a dent in the top of Catus. Chris cannot get Catus off his front spike, as he depresses the pit release button. The pit starts to open, as Ref comes in to break the pin, and lifting Catus, Baby Catus up, clear from Matamata. Martyn gives a deep breath as Catus is placed down onto the ground, as it moves away, towards the arena spike.

Matamata gives chase onto Martyns 6kg machine, as both robots meet up, Chris pushes Catus onto the spike, which fires using quarter power, sending Catus high into the sky. 20 seconds later, Catus comes back down to earth, bringing a lot of dust and crap from the roof, but it still is moving, a bit slowly, as the front wedge is bent upright, taking the damage from the blow, as Matamata turns and rams straight into the front end of Catus.

Once more, Catus is being pushed; Chris turns Matamata around and aims the drive towards the open pit. Catus Baby Catus is dumped 6 feet under, as smoke starts to rise to signal the end of the fight.

Cease

Matamata wins over Baby-Catus-Baby via TKO in 2:46.

Featherweights
Hell€™s Angel vs. Kinetic Energy

In the red square, from Oxford, Hells Angel
In the blue square, from Australia, Kinetic Energy

Aaron and Dave shake hands before going into their control booths, as the arena is ready for some featherweights to rumble.

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Kinetic Energy is holding back until Aaron has his evil front spinner up to speed. It has been raised up from the ground to attack the weak sides of Hells Angel, and Daves axe weapon. Hells Angel on the other hand has moved forward to try to take out the wheels on Kinetic Energy as both robots move forward now. Dave turns and gets away from the front weapon of Kinetic Energy, as Aaron gives chase onto the featherweight.

Hells Angel turns around to face the front end of Kinetic Energy and both move in together. At the last moment, Aaron dodges, as he dances around the side of Hells Angel to give it a good hit with the spinner, which rips the steel plate off, as the bolts are shredded with the impact. A quick spin from Kinetic Energy sees Aarons machine meeting the front end of Hells Angel, as the axe fires, putting a cut into the top armour, but the front wedge has taken another hit for the team and is damaged, as it limps off the main body, another hit from Kinetic Energy clears the front wedge for saying goodbye to the rest of hells angel, as the axe fires once more, putting another dent in the top of Kinetic Energy, but Aaron attacks once more, ripping another part of the chassis clean out of Hells Angel, as the next shot removes the batteries.

Hells Angel is dead; the axe arm falls down, as Ref starts to count out Hells Angel. Aaron has stopped the spinner on Kinetic Energy as he waits.

Cease

Kinetic Energy wins over Hells Angel via KO in 3:23.

Fight 2
Overdrive vs. Conundrum

In the red square, from England, Overdrive.
In the blue square, from New York, Conundrum (mark 1)

Tony and Andy shake hands before moving into the control boxes, what great gentlemen we have today, no swearing and helping each other up. What a change from football.

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Overdrive is away from the starting square like it was on fire, Andy is looking for revenge against Tony because of Tony borrowing Andys coffee cup. Overdrive has turned the corner and comes towards Conundrum, as Tony tries to keep his front drum pointing at Overdrive, as both robots come together, as Andy dodges the front drum and dances around the side of Conundrum and rams it sideways towards the hazards.

Tony puts on the breaks to turn Conundrum around, but it is slammed into the arena wall at full speed. Conundrum bounces away from the wall, the armour bent inwards with the force, but when Conundrum lands, Tony drives the machine of Chris L away from danger as Overdrive gives chase, looking for the pit, as the power is put down from Overdrive towards the pit release button. Im your villain, as the pit opens, and Conundrum comes towards overdrive the drum at full speed, as Andy turns Overdrive around to face Conundrum coming towards it at full speed.

Andy has no other choice but to plough forward, as his wedge gets underneath the drum of Conundrum, but the tips of the drum tear into the front wedge, but not sending neither robot away, as the power is applied and Overdrive is in control over conundrum as once more the drum machine is slammed into the arena wall by the 10 cm tall machine of Overdrive. Conundrum takes to the air, and comes down on the right side of the fence, but Overdrive slams into Conundrum once more and pushes it down the pit.

The smoke is rising from the pit, as the current champion spins around, looking happy.

Cease

Overdrive wins over Conundrum via TKO in 3:54

What 2 updates in a day?

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Stuck on a train going nowhere, or is just because I am getting older?

NSTT Other Weights: Semi finals
Lightweights

It is time for those 25 kg loveable lightweights to rumble.

Hell Hound vs. Typhoon Thunder

In the red square, entered by Dave W, Hell Hound
In the blue square, entered by Martyn, Typhoon Thunder.

Both Dave and Martyn shake hands as they walk up the stairway to the control booths to join the rest of their team, as they go in, pressing the ready button, the cameras drawn onto the arena, as both roboteers are waiting for the lights to come on, and they have.

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The Green light comes on, as both robots are on the move. Typhoon Thunder moves away to get it€™s shell up to speed. Hell Hound is running to attack into Typhoon Thunder before it has enough power to damage it, as both robots meet, Hell Hound gets underneath the spinning shell and stalls it before it can do much damage, but there is some scaring on the front wedge.

The claw has come into play, crushing though the shell, and tearing the hopes out, as Dave reverses, pulling Typhoon Thunder with it. Dave wants revenge for the middleweight melee, where Hell Fire got beaten up by Typhoon, as Martyn is trying to get away, as Dave is wanting to be quick, pulls Typhoon backwards, twisting around and pushing the lightweight version of Typhoon onto the arena spike.

The spike fires, sending Typhoon Thunder into the air, before coming down to earth, on it€™s side. The insides are spinning around, but there is no movement, as Ref starts to come over towards Typhoon Thunder, as Hell Hound goes off to open the pit. Ref has started to count out Typhoon Thunder, as Dave returns, getting the wedge underneath the bottom end of Typhoon Thunder he starts to push the counted out robot towards the pit.

Cease

Typhoon Thunder tumbles down the pit, and in a cloud of blue smoke, it is out.

Hell Hound wins over Typhoon Thunder via KO in 0:54.

Little Big Bot vs. MiniForce

In the red square, Little Big Bot
In the blue square, MiniForce

Andy and Chris meet at the bottom of the staircase for the traditional photo, smile for the camera. Both shake hands and go into the red and blue control rooms respectfully to join the rest of their teams. The lights are on, as it is time to find out who joins Hell Hound in the Lightweight finale.

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Both robots are away from the starting square, and both are up to speed, as Chris pulls away from Andy€™s rammer before turning to get ready for the ramming attack, the Terrorhurtz style mad-axe is ready to fire, as MiniForce is coming nearer to Little Big Bot, as Chris dodges the attack, but misses the chance to go side-on to MiniForce, as Andy has turned MiniForce around in a spilt second, and is coming after Little Big Bot.

Chris reverses away from MiniForce, but he crashes into the arena wall, as MiniForce comes sailing into play and straight underneath Little Big Bot and crashes into the wall himself, as Little Big Bot gets away and fires the axe, trying to make dents in the top aluminium armour of MiniForce, but nothing is happening, as MiniForce reverse, pulling a J turn and gets underneath Little Big Bot before Chris can react.

Quick as a fast, Chris gets away from the front wedge by locking the right hand side wheels and putting all the power though the left hand side. MiniForce fails to get Little Big Bot into the arena hammer, but as before, Andy is back onto Chris€™ back, as Little Big Bot turns to avoid the front wedge of MiniForce. Andy dances around not allowing Chris to get a clean shot at the side, because MiniForce is weak going sideways.

And if the guns shout over our heads, nothing can fall. Little Big Bot turns around quickly to get away from MiniForce, as Andy puts on the power, the full power allowed by the drive system, as the electronic speed limiter has been turned off. How handy says Andy as he pushes on towards Little Big Bot, which spins around and fires the axe head, putting lots of dents in the top of MiniForce, as the first slip has started to form, as Little Big Bot is slammed into the arena wall, still at 15mph, as Andy has put on the speed limiter back onto MiniForce.

Little Big Bot is sent away on a spin, but lands upright and comes back onto the attack straight away, as MiniForce turns around, and Little Big Bot puts on the power, as both robots meet head-on, the hinged wedge of MiniForce is up, as Little Big Bot gets underneath MiniForce, as the first damage is seen to the sides of Little Big Bot with all the ramming, as Chris starts to push back onto MiniForce, which is trying to put down the power to get away from thin air. Meanwhile the axe is firing back and forward, as the top panel of MiniForce has come away from it€™s holding, showing the entire inside of the monocoque.

Chris has used up his supply of Co2, as the axe is getting slower and slower, as MiniForce changing tactics, drives up the front of Little Big Bot and going off sideways in a roll, landing upside down, as the rear spinner on the rear of MiniForce comes into play, making pretty sparks against the side of Little Big Bot. Chris meanwhile has turned and is aiming to drive MiniForce over the spike to damage the exposed insides, which are now upside-down. Once more, both robots meet, as the 30 second remaining alarm goes off, as Little Big Bot fails to get underneath the wedge of MiniForce, as Andy puts on the power and slams Little Big Bot straight into the arena wall, Little Big Bot lands on it€™s side.

Andy is smiling, but looks up to see that Little Big Bot can not be counted out due to that 30 second immobilization rule. Chris on the other hand fires the axe, even though it€™s slow and steady, Little Big Bot is rising from the dead like a bird from the ashes, until MiniForce slams straight into Little Big Bot, pushing it against the axe arm, until it bends underneath the force, as Little Big Bot is pushed into the corner, unable to get away, as the crowd starts to count down the final 5 seconds of the battle, as MiniForce turning around, rams into Little Big Bot with the rear disc to cause damage, a panel is sent away.

Cease

The panel comes down to earth and it is only a small piece of polycarbonate. The judges need to be called in to decide the battle which changed hands more than once.

Aggression: MF (7/15), LBB (8/15)
Control: MF (8/15), LBB (7/15)
Damage Caused: MF (6/15), LBB (9/15)
Idler: MF (8/15), LBB (7/15)
Strategy: MF (8/15), LBB (7/15)

Totals MiniForce (37/75), Little Big Bot (38/75)

In a 38-37 decision, Little Big Bot moves on to the final.

Middleweights

Typhoon vs. Tom

In the red square (with a white cross), Typhoon. The Scottish flags are flying everywhere in the arena.
In the blue square (with a white cross), Tom. The English flags are flying everywhere.

Hang on; wouldn€™t it be better if the two robots were swapped around?

Attempt 2

In the red & white square, Tom
In the blue & white square, Typhoon



Chris and Martyn shakes hands, before the fight, and how they are ready, the lights are on, as the boxes have been locked€¦

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Tom is away, trying to copy Hell Hound in the lightweights to get to Typhoon before it has spun up to speed. Martyn runs away towards the corner, hiding behind the hammer drop area, as the shell is up to speed. Chris, who today is driving Tom, drives towards Typhoon, and drives straight into it.

Both robots are sent away, the front wedge of Tom damaged, but Typhoon has stalled, the arena hammer fires, hitting Tom on the head, as both robots come together, Tom gets underneath Typhoon and fires the flipper. The crowd are silence, as Typhoon comes down to earth, the right way around, as Tom gets around good hit from the hammer. Martyn manages to run away and get away to safety.

Sven Goring Moneyson is in the crowd, looking on how well Tom performs to consider a place in the English team for the fore-coming world cup qualifier against that small team nobody has ever heard of. Meanwhile, Typhoon has got that shell up to speed, and as Tom comes cruising into play, Martyn dodges, and manages to get a good side hit onto the side of Tom. Tom spins around, and another hit from Typhoon and yet another hit, as co2 starts to leak, as the side has been gored open by the spinning shell. Martyn is not holding back as he gores another slice out of Tom for a sandwich.

Chris is trying to keep on top, but Tom is spinning around on the spot, as Typhoon hits into the front wedge once more, taking off, and causing sparks to fly, as the blades hit the arena surface flipping Typhoon over onto it€™s side. Tom is damaged, as Ref starts to count out Tom due to the fact that the left hand side wheel is kinda in 2 pieces, and one piece is currently over there *points to piece of wheel on arena floor*. Typhoon isn€™t moving, as the countdown has began.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and there goes the red card and the red light comes on.

Cease

Typhoon wins over Tom via KO in 3:48.

Next time, the final update of round 4:

NSTT Other Weights: Semi finals

Middleweights
The Steel Sandwich vs. Knee Breaker

Classic Heavyweights
Mini Disco vs. Atomic
Orka Mk 1 vs. Le Nez

Tactics, Predictions, thoughts on round 4 so far?

(Message edited by MrDaveS on September 17, 2005)