Mechanical Noise - Series 1

[majinb]

Heat H
Heat Final

Novastorm 2 vs Wedge Devolution

3€¦ 2€¦ 1€¦ Activate!

Out of the four spinning menaces this heat had at the start, only one is left. Its name is Novastorm, its fame is sheer smashing up . Tony spins up his weapon as usual, as Steve starts spinning up his wheels. Wedge Devo makes a nice arc throughout the arena attempting to meet Novastorm at its side. Novastorm turns its blade towards Wedge Devo and jumps backwards in an attempt to survive that mighty flipper. Tony succeeds, and now Wedge backs off a bit as well to deal with a hungry Novastorm. And hungry pretty much describes the spinner€™s mood . Novastorm comes in now and before Wedge can drive away, takes a bit out of its front corner! Spraks are send flying as well as two robots, away from each other that is. A serious dent can be seen in Wedge€™s armour. A shocked Steven keeps on reversing. Novastorm again shows who the fastest machine in today€™s fight is as he catches in on Wedge, but WEDGE on the other hand now shows who the more maneuverable robot is by dodging Novastorm€™s blade and attacking its side. Novastorm is defending himself fiercely though and turns itself to the flipper who just so happens to be sliding that extended wedge underneath its skirts. Steve flicks his flipper-button, while Tony is still steering to get that hit in. The flipper goes up, Novastorm goes around€¦ and€¦
CRASH!
WHOA! Novastorm managed to hit Wedge before being thrown away by that flipper. Novastorm is stranded on its back, seemingly helpless. But what happened to Devo? Its flipper got hit by that nasty spinning blade, and seemingly its Bigger Brother-style flipping plate came loose, still bolted on the wedge at one point€¦ slightly, this€™ll surely count against Wedge will this go to the judges. That hit also gives Novastorm plenty of time to self-right before Wedge can come in again, even though Wedge is damn close by the time Novastorm gets back on its feet, ready to drive out of Wedge€™s way. Wedge turned around, more careful than ever, being hit by that blade and all, and tries to catch Novastorm while staying safe from its blade. Novastorm is doing the opposite, it tries to keep Wedge away from safety while bringing that blade in . This results in two robots dancing around each other a bit, a bit boring really. Boring€¦ until Steve decides to put his extra maneuverability to good use again and does some unexpected turning around Novastorm€™s side. Tony is nowhere near reacting fast enough and sees his skirts penetrated by Steve€™s excellently designed flipper yet again. FA-LIP! Not only is Wedge€™s flipper well-designed, it also has some power behind it . Novastorm finds itself airborne quite a while before hitting its backside again, Wedge rushing in immediately. Novastorm activates its srimech, also immediately, though Wedge€™s 16 mph top speed is just a little more impressive than Novastorms rear lifter. Hence, Wedge wedges Novastorm even before it self-righted, and slams it straight against the arena wall. Tony€™s lifter now only works it against the wall rather than back on its feet. Wedge Devo€™s flipper however, works it€¦ up into the air, and over the fence.

CEASE

Novastorm 2 has hit the camera tracks
Wedge Devolution goes through to the semi-finals!

Coming next

THE SEMI-FINALS!!!
The lineup coming asap

[majinb]

Mechanical Noise - Series 1; What the hell is going on?

That€™s right guys; my tournament, often great in all my greatness, often delayed in all my laziness, has reached its semi-final stage. This means no less than that out of the 48 robots that entered this tournament, only 8 are left. All 8 have proven themselves by winning their own heat, but how will they fare against their fellow heat-winner?
First of all, lets see who got this far

Way back in Heat A, Black Panther Queen impressed the crowd by€¦
-Pounding away on Cosmic Thunder 2, with some help of Yet Another Cut Above The Rest
-Flipping Judo Chop! OOTA
-Flipping Yet Another Cut Above The Rest OOTA, as well

It was in Heat B where Flank Attack came out on top, by€¦
-Beating Mega Masher 2 to pulp, with lotsa help from Tengu VII
-Delivering Love Bite V 2.0 to the bottom of the pit
-Pitting Tengu VII as well

Then there was Heat C, which had Disco 5 as its winner, by€¦
-Beating OmniForce on a JD, together with Going Crunch
-Destroying Whirligig 4.0€™s shuffling-pads.
-Leaving both halves of Going Crunch immobilized

Heat D was the next heat, Clawdius Decimus Murderous was the next machine to reach the semies, by€¦
-Dunking SUNCUST into the pit, while The Windmill was looking approvingly
-Immobilizing Panicking, through pitting
-Pitting GeForce 4.0 as well, in a tense battle

Heat E is where this tournament got delayed, bug time. It€™s also where Psyclonised beat its opponents through€¦
-Smashing Slammer around together with Cyberdemon, until the judges couldn€™t take it any longer
-Killing Wind Chaser
-Giving Cyberdemon a good smashing

Next came Heat F, where Achilles was victorious by€¦
-Flipping Cacodemon OOTA together with his fellow-flipper Orka MK4
-Flipping 13Black onto its back, and, as if that wasn€™t enough, flipping it OOTA too
-Flipping Orka MK4 OOTA, clean and simple

Heat G came along, Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus took all the money, by€¦
-OOTAing 3-6-0, alongside Tails
-Flipping Forklift 2 over the fence
-Flipping ForcePower 5.0 up and over as well

Ultimately, Wedge Devolution took the final spot in Heat H by€¦
-Flipping the outdated Wild Thing S4 OOTA alongside Novastorm 2
-Flipping FBSDS OOTA next
-Flipping (you could have guessed it ) Novastorm 2 OOTA too

[majinb]

And now, the semi-final lineups

Achilles vs Wedge Devolution

ff6000>Flank Attack vs Psyclonised

Clawdius Decimus Murderous vs Disco 5

ff6000>Black Panther Queen vs Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus

Gimme your predictions, gimme your tactics, gimme your thoughts

[steven_mcg]

SEMI-FINALS
1) Achilles VS WEDGE DEVOLUTION
Bugger. Attempt to outmanouvre the ol warhorse and try n stick the flipper under the corners of the skirts. Hopefully, theyll give me the best chance of getting under. Flip over and dash underneath before it can self-right. Drive to the nearest wall and flip with all my carbon dioxide-fuelled might!

2) Flank Attack VS Psychlonised
Flanky pulls off a little surprise to grapple n pit Andys spinner.

3) CLAWDIUS DECIMUS MURDEROUS VS Disco 5
Avoid the rear disc where I can and try to get the front flat spikes under those side-skirts. Get a tight hold where I can (If Im lucky, I can get the claw into the electronics when the flipper gets fired) and drag towards the ol black hole

4) Black Panther Queen VS Die-Ceratops ReInvertus
Could be close, but the Panthers greater agility could see Die-Ceratops in the primordial soup.

Its been a cracking debut tournament, Marti and it can only get better.

[kodster]

Oh...my...god...

Achilles vs Wedge Devolution

Errrrg...two good vapours here...too good...both can take advantage of the other if hes flipped, and both have good speed...but Im going to give it to Achilles because of that awesome pushing power, which is good if they meet head-on and neither is able to get under the other.

Flank Attack vs Psyclonised

Ooh...another toughie, but less tough than the last one. If Psyclonizsed can damage Flank Attack enough, then hes okay, but if Flank Attack gets in just ONE clamp, then thats it. Ill take Flank Attack to win this one.

Clawdius Decimus Murderous vs Disco 5

This may look hard, but its really easy for Clawdius to win here. All he has to do is to grab Disco 5...from anywhere! Then dump him into the pit. Only if Disco gets under Clawdius can he nab a win, and then hes got to keep Clawdius on his back.

Black Panther Queen vs Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus

Ouch. BPQ has a flipper, an axe, pushing power, and good speed. Die-Ceratops has a huge flipper. BPQ should win this if he gets in the side or back. If Die-Ceratops gets under BPQ, then yeah Die-Ceratops will win. My prediction however will be BPQ.

Really good line-ups, Martijn, and should be even better as the finals progress!

[siphai]

Hmm, Psyclonised. This is a toughie. Thankfully, from what I gather, Psyclonised isnt as destructive as Tengu (I think), or just as destructive. Drawing from past experience, I was able to take Tengu down just by keeping my claws facing him and never giving him a shot at my wheels. Basically thats what I intend to do here. As long as he doesnt get on my wheels, Im pretty much fine, since my claws dont house any electronics and I have a giant plow on the front that can stand up to punishment. As soon as I can get in my claws and stuck (maybe even high center him on my plow like against Tengu!), then hes pretty much done for

Achilles vs Wedge Devolution

I can totally see Achilles going through, and yet I still think that Wedge Devolution will take this one. Not sure why.

Clawdius Decimus Murderous vs Disco 5

Disco will be for an uphill challange here, but if hes able to flip CDM and then attack with the spinner he has a good chance.

Black Panther Queen vs Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus

DCRI needs to get under BPQ, but its going to be extremely hard. If he does it, though, hell take the OOTA on through.

[martyn]

Clawdius Decimus Murderous vs Disco 5
erm.... Hope for the best really. Go in disc first and try and cause damage and see if the disc can flip it. Then use the wedge and flipper to keep it on its back and try and dump it in the pit. If it tries to self right smack it hard with the disc in the hope of breaking the srimech.

[andrewj]

Flank Attack vs Psyclonised

Erm, yeah I forgot really what both of these are like, but never mind. I guess spin up and take it apart, rip some wheels off, eat some cheese... its all good. Oh look, and elephant!

[majinb]

and through msn, Ive also received mr Holts tactics

Achilles vs Wedge Devolution
Use the CO2 setup, and basically use the same tactics as Steve does
-1>Attempt to outmanouvre the ol warhorse and try n stick the flipper under the corners of the skirts. Hopefully, theyll give me the best chance of getting under. Flip over and dash underneath before it can self-right. Drive to the nearest wall and flip with all my carbon dioxide-fuelled might!
Only with more ramming involved


Black Panther Queen vs Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus
Hit and run and outmanouvre. Attack with both weapons in the hope of knocking something loose