The Fowler Fic War 3.1

[matty_haka]

And also, as promised the main draw for FFW 3.1

Heat 1

Achilles (1) V Hexadecimator
Heart of Fire V Tornado
Gravity (17) V Geforce 3.0
Cyclone Force 2.5 V Chameleon

Heat 2

All Scoop and No Stab Make Steve A Dull Boy (3) V MORD 2
SYNDOS V Enterprise
Firestorm V (19) V M3
Thor V Whirligig 4.0

Heat 3

Barberous 2 n€™ a bit (5) V Sonic Boom
Cacodemon V Sheer Heart Attack
Spawn Again (21) V Reptirron the 2nd
Hurricane Hugo V Big Nipper

Heat 4

Wedga Revo (7) V Bloody Tears 2
Revenge of the Revenge of the Bludgeonator V Gigabyte 1.5
Son of Wedgie (23) V Fluffy
Flick of the Wrist V Drum Roll 2

Heat 5

F.P. 4.0 (9) V Darkestar
GBH 2 V Squishiest
Tough As Nails (25) V A Night At The Bar
Die-Ceratops Reinvertus V Dante

Heat 6

Dominator 2 (11) V Baldur Gamma
Split Decision V Toby The T-Ram Engine
X-Terminator (27) V Mute
Leprosy Infection V Turbulence

Heat 7

Dantomkia (13) V Tammy the 2nd
Shovearound 2 V Pulverizer
Mace 2 (29) V Kat 3
360 V Scorpion Bite

Heat 8

Pure Evil: Revenge of the Disc (15) V Corkscrew
Tails V Atomic
Supreme Glory Gamma (31) V FBSDS
Flank Attack 2: DT V Agro 3.5

Heat 9

Seggy 3.2 (16) V Typhoon 2
Metal Sonic Spin Dash V Y4
Overkill (32) V Phrizbee
Yet Another Cut Above The Rest V Drilla Killa Renaissance

Heat 10

Dervish \// (14) V Vlad 2.0
Behemoth V Scaramanga 2
Voltronic (30) V Cosmic Thunder 2
Slammer V v Hector

Heat 11

Manic Monsoon (12) V Manta
Pussycat V Drillzilla
Terrorhurtz (2 V Orka Mk. 4
Slaying Mantis F V Aquarius

Heat 12

Hypnodisc (10) V The Doomsday Project
Biohazard V Deathstar
Bigger Brother (26) V Chalkie
Mechavore V Doc Ock QP

Heat 13

Ramthrax 2 ( V Gravedigger
Bulldog Breed V Axe To Fall
S.O.R. 4.0 (24) V Back To Rock
Salamander 3 V Double Killa

Heat 14

Tengu 7 (6) V Raging Knightmare
Stalker 2 V Clawdius Decimus Murderous
Wild Thing (22) V Well That Takes The Ram Out Of Rambot
Killeidascope V Love Bite 2.0

Heat 15

Wedge Devolution (4) V Killer Carrot 2
Beta V Axe-O-Lotl
Black Panther (20) V Robot The Bruce
Chaos 2 V Robotnik Twins

Heat 16

Storm 2 (2) V Jackson Wallop
Battle Raptor 4 V Artemis
Razer (1 V Wolf
Blizzard V Nightmare


I make no apologies for people with several robots in the same heat, or fighting each other in round 1 as this is the nature of the tournament. Fights will commence soon, so tactics and heat predictions as ever will be much appreciated.

Hooray and huzzah and such!

HEAT A
ROUND 1
1) Achilles (1) VS Hexadecimator
I see a fairly easy victory for the champ here.

2) Heart of Fire VS Tornado
Tornado to scoop the thwacker into the Pit

3) GeForce 3.0 VS Gravity (17)
Two very similar bots here...but I think the seeds tendency to wheelie will be its downfall. GeForce for me.

4) CHAMELEON VS Cyclone Force 2.5
Another interchangeable? What are the odds? The main difference between us is that Chris creation has worse control. For this fight, Ill use the Anti-Flipper/Axe set-up and try to get the crushing arm into Cyclone Forces wheel housing. Once Ive got a good grip, dont let go and head for the Pit ASAP!

This looks set to be a cracking war, Mr Fowler. Ready when you are! :wink:

[kodster]

PREDICTIONS TIME!!! For ALL 16 heats. Get some eye drops ready.

Heat 1

Achilles (1) V Hexadecimator

Achilles, easily. Hexy-D cant exactly self-right from its back.

Heart of Fire V Tornado

Close, but Id go for Tornado.

Gravity (17) V Geforce 3.0

Flipping good fun! Id say GeForce because...well...it can get under Gravity easier.

Cyclone Force 2.5 V Chameleon

Chameleon because of its good rep and good control.

Heat winner: Achilles, easily.

Heat 2

All Scoop and No Stab Make Steve A Dull Boy (3) V MORD 2

MORD 2

SYNDOS V Enterprise

Erm...

Firestorm V (19) V M3

Firestorm V to flip M3 around the arena.

Thor V Whirligig 4.0

Thor to get the axe taken off before being reduced to metal fillings.

Heat winner: Whirligig 4.0, just because.

Heat 3

Barberous 2 n€™ a bit (5) V Sonic Boom

Sonic Boom.

Cacodemon V Sheer Heart Attack

Cacodemons low, but SHAs drum is very low, and SHA can easily ride around Cacodemons wedge. SHA for me.

Spawn Again (21) V Reptirron the 2nd

Spawn to pit Reptirron.

Hurricane Hugo V Big Nipper

Hugo.

Heat winner: Sheer Heart Attack

Heat 4

Wedga Revo (7) V Bloody Tears 2

Erm...Bloody Tears 2

Revenge of the Revenge of the Bludgeonator V Gigabyte 1.5

TEH BLUDGEONATOR!!!!111112

Son of Wedgie (23) V Fluffy

Fluffy to get tossed OOTA.

Flick of the Wrist V Drum Roll 2

Erm...Flick.

Heat winner: RotRotB.

Heat 5

F.P. 4.0 (9) V Darkestar

ForcePower is strong, but the design of Darkestar is also very powerful, plus the way the front is set up. From what I can see, FP will box rush Darkestar only to be hit by the disc. Darkestar ftw.

GBH 2 V Squishiest

Squishiest.

Tough As Nails (25) V A Night At The Bar

TAN will have a hard time grabbing something like that. If he can get at the sides, maybe, but Im going with A Night At The Bar.

Die-Ceratops Reinvertus V Dante

Die-Ceratops will probably flip Dante over and then pit it or toss it over the fence.

Heat winner: Dunno.

Heat 6

Dominator 2 (11) V Baldur Gamma

Baldur Gamma. No, seriously, Baldur. You think that axe is going to work?!

Split Decision V Toby The T-Ram Engine

Toby to be rammed. Split Decision ftw.

X-Terminator (27) V Mute

X-Terminator to exterminate Mute with the disc (this IS the S7 version, no?)

Leprosy Infection V Turbulence

Hmm...Ill go with Turbulence here.

Heat winner: Baldur Gamma or Turbulence.

Heat 7

Dantomkia (13) V Tammy the 2nd

Dantomkia.

Shovearound 2 V Pulverizer

Shovearound 2 to live up to its great rep and pulverize the Pulverizer.

Mace 2 (29) V Kat 3

Kat 3!

360 V Scorpion Bite

I think Ill say Scorpion Bite here.

Heat winner: Shovearound 2 or Scorpion Bite.

Heat 8

Pure Evil: Revenge of the Disc (15) V Corkscrew

Pure Evil to flip and destroy the Corkscrew.

Tails V Atomic

Actually, this is a pretty good match-up. Both have flippers, and have a rear weapon. Tails has the edge though because of the speed and effectiveness of the weapons.

Supreme Glory Gamma (31) V FBSDS

SGG is pretty sturdy against FBSs. Hell win it.

Flank Attack 2: DT V Agro 3.5

Flank Attack should win this because of the size of those claws; he can just grab im and take im to the housies or the pit.

Heat winner: Flank Attack or Pure Evil.

Heat 9

Seggy 3.2 (16) V Typhoon 2

The RW7 champ to be stamped on. Seggy ftw.

Metal Sonic Spin Dash V Y4

Y4 to flip MSSD repeatedly before pitting, feeding to housies, or tossing OOTA.

Overkill (32) V Phrizbee

Battlebots! But seeing as Overkill is the horizontal spinner killer, my money goes on him.

Yet Another Cut Above The Rest V Drilla Killa Renaissance

Ouch, toughie. Uh...Andy to edge out here.

Heat winner: Y4 or YACATR.

Heat 10

Dervish // (14) V Vlad 2.0

Dervish on a judges decision.

Behemoth V Scaramanga 2

Scaramanga. Doesnt need the smokescreen here. Just flip, and flip, and flip.

Voltronic (30) V Cosmic Thunder 2

Similarly shaped...but since Voltronic cant right itself, Cosmic Thunder ft easy w.

Slammer V v Hector

Two Alex bots?!? Uh...Slammer.

Heat winner: Dervish //

Heat 11

Manic Monsoon (12) V Manta

Manic Monsoon because its a seed, and because Manta isnt really effective.

Pussycat V Drillzilla

Pussycat will fall here because Drillzilla has the armour, the pushability, and the weight advantage.

Terrorhurtz (2 V Orka Mk. 4

Terrorhurtz to whack Orka into submission.

Slaying Mantis F V Aquarius

Ooh...another tough one. Ill say the former KFFT champ to clamp Aquarius and bring him to judgement.

Heat winner: Terrorhurtz or Manic Monsoon.

Heat 12

Hypno-Disc (10) V The Doomsday Project

Aw, I love Hypno-Disc. And Im going to cry as The Doomsday Project will destroy him. Sniff...:sad:

Biohazard V Deathstar

Err...pass?

Bigger Brother (26) V Chalkie

Bigger Brother!

Mechavore V Doc Ock QP

Mechavore because four lightweights against an uber-disc is almost impossible.

Heat winner: The Doomsday Project

Heat 13

Ramthrax 2 ( V Gravedigger

Ramthrax to beat Gravdigger in a unanimous judges decision.

Bulldog Breed V Axe To Fall

Axe To Fall is good, but Bulldog Breed can withstand axe blows. It cant, however, defend its rear, and that could be a problem. Axe To Fall, Id say.

S.O.R. 4.0 (24) V Back To Rock

SoR to slug Martijn a good un.

Salamander 3 V Double Killa

Salamander has improved greatly since his last revision. Im going with him.

Heat winner: One of Alexs bots.

Heat 14

Tengu 7 (6) V Raging Knightmare

Pingu.

Stalker 2 V Clawdius Decimus Murderous

Clawdius to do what it does best: clamp and pit.

Wild Thing (22) V Well That Takes The Ram Out Of Rambot

...WTF?! Pass.

Killeidascope V Love Bite 2.0

Killeidascope to be grabbed and pitted.

Heat winner: Pingu.

Heat 15

Wedge Devolution (4) V Killer Carrot 2

Is this even a match-up?

Beta V Axe-O-Lotl

Axe-O-Lotl ftw.

Black Panther (20) V Robot The Bruce

Black Panther.

Chaos 2 V Robotnik Twins

Chaos 2 is old, but not senile. Or maybe he is. Chaos 2 ftw.

Heat winner: Wedge Devo.

Heat 16

Storm 2 (2) V Jackson Wallop

Storm 2 to shove, whack, hammer, smash, crash, and any other synonym for ram.

Battle Raptor 4 V Artemis

Erm, pass.

Razer (1 V Wolf

To put it bluntly, Wolf sucks. Razer for the quick clamping and pitting. Unless he gets unreliable on us, which would suck.

Blizzard V Nightmare

How the heck do you fight that thing?!? Erm, Blizzard.

All my predictions. Great start Matty, hope it goes good!

[dinowarrior]

CYCLONE FORCES TACTICS

To be honest, I cant really remember which set-ups I assigned. Assuming the set-ups I DID actually assign are what I think they are, Im going to use Set-Up number 2 (the Kan Opener claws) and try and fight fire with fire.

good job Matty, allow me to give my Heat 1 tactics

Heat 1

Achilles (1) V Hexadecimator
Achilles. Achilles indeed.

Heart of Fire V Tornado
Dunno, I beieve Tornados armour IS vulnerable to most vapours, though Heart of Fire is quite vulrenable to rammers... Tornado ftw

Gravity (17) V Geforce 3.0
GeForce 3.0, more solid than Gravity

Cyclone Force 2.5 V Chameleon
Chameleon, more solid than Cyclone Force

[matty_haka]

Welcome to the first battle from the main draw of the Fowler Fic War Series 3, and today we see the reigning champion take on a veteran Battlebot who is new to the FFW stage.

ENTERED BY ALEX HOLT, AND SEEDED NUMBER 1, ACHILLES!!!!!

Kicking off the war in style is the machine that finished it off in style last time. Achilles isn€™t change all that much from the machine that won the last series, by why mess with a winning concept? The flipper/claw concept remains the same as last series, while the 1cm of vulcanized rubber on top of 5mm of titanium means that penetrating the armour will be no easy task. Should robots last the distance however, Achilles has no damaging weapons, which means that it may lose out on judges decisions. Could Achilles have shot itself in the heel?

FFW History

In FFW 1 - Did Not Enter
In FFW 2 - Seeded number 24 after coming 2nd in the new blood contest, Achilles breezed through his heat, knocking out SD IV in the heat final, in the semis he breezed through the annihilator format knocking out competition from the likes of Messrs Goacher, Jackson and Sheppard. In the grand final, he caused one of the biggest upsets in FFW history by knocking out the might of The Disc 5, before beating Storm 2 in the grand final to first place.


ENTERED BY TONY POLITZI, AND UNSEEDED, HEXAEDECIMATOR

A veteran of Battlebots, but never yet to make it into the FFW ring, Hexadecimator or Hexy D to its friends, joins the fight in the same incarnation that won him many fans in the states. A pentagon in shape with a wedge at the front going into a thinner nose, Hexy D€™s main form of attack comes from the pneumatic flipper at the front. The armour is tough too by realie standards, while the manouvreability is second to very few. The speed is not great however and the basic flaw of lacking a srimech in most situations may see the Yank cut into 60 very small pieces.

FFW History

In FFW 1 - Did Not Enter
In FFW 2 - Did Not Enter


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Achilles wastes absolutely no time in trying to prove his worth as the reigning champion, moving stealthily out of the blocks towards his American opponent. Knowing that if he gets tipped over he is more than likely not going to be able to get back on his wheels, Hexy D is far more pensive, keeping the front wedge directly facing Achilles, knowing that the 2 flippers will just hit each other if Achilles comes straight at the front.

Alex knows that he is going to have to bide his time, and even stops momentarily in order to formulate a plan against the American machine. He has no great sign of concern on his face, knowing that he needs just one good attack to make hiw way through to the second round.

Hexy D knows that his lack of tenacity is going to earn him no favours however, and thus moves towards the front of Achilles in order to try and earn some aggression points should it go to the judges. Achilles sees him coming though and traverses out of the way the oncoming attack, aiming to get under the sides of Hexadecimator.

His American counterparts manouvreability shows though, and he immediately turns the wedge back to face the front of Achilles, before making his own charge at the front of the team Doomforall creation. The 2 flipper blades meet together, and as expected, there is nothing but a coming together, with neither able to get under the other. Alex tries to turn away, but Hexy D keeps pursuing him, ramming into the flipper blade repeatedly with the possible intention of bending it up. It stands firm, however, and when the 2 are finally separated, Alex knows he may have to try a more hands-on approach to winning the right.

He tries to use his superior speed to get to the side of Hexadecimator, but Hexy just turns again and cuts of the attack. As opposed to backing off and trying again though, Alex tries to score some aggression points of his own though, and does just that, slamming him into the fence with the flipper blades meeting again.

Feeling that repeating this manouvre, could possibly jolt Hexadecimator into the air far enough for Achilles to slide underneath, he repeats the manouvre, only for he himself to become the worse off machine, jolting himself into the air. The American machine seizes the opportunity and flicks Achilles straight up off the flipper onto its back. Almost as soon as it€™s been flipped however, the lifter comes into action and allows Achilles straight back onto its wheels.

Hexy D, sensing an advantage, comes away from the sidewall and flies at Achilles, only for Achilles to come hurtling in from the opposite direction. The slam this time gives Achilles the result they€™d been aiming for before, as Hexy D goes onto the flipper blade and is slammed into the fence. Achilles fires the lifter, and drives forward, aiming to roll him over onto the sidewall. The angle means that he does nothing but fall back down, but with Hexy D now fully on the blade, Alex knows it€™s his and Achilles€™ chance to shine.

Turning inwards, he moves away from the sidewall and fires the flipper in the opposite direction to his last attempt. This time, he achieves the desired effect, throwing Hexy D onto his back. He fires the flipper with a small flick in the aim of getting back over by some fluke, but nothing happens, and Tony knows that his first entry is over and out of the competition.

Achilles fires the lifter once more in a show of celebration and hopes to be able to do the same again many times this series.

CEASE

Well it was a trickier first round fight than many might of expected, but the reigning champion is through, while Hexadecimator goes out. We€™ll see Achilles in round 2.

Awesome fight, even though Hexy didnt stand a chance anyway

[kodster]

Is this continuing at all? :sad:

[matty_haka]

I dunno... I just thought thewre might be some iterests come out of i, but I got 1 comment sfter that fight and it asnt even from someone in the fight...

I bet more people read that fight apart from Kody, I know I did ^^

and I liked it and all