The Official Vapourboteer Awards 2005

[majinb]

Battle of the year: Timmy vs Dave S for idiot of the year

[steven_mcg]

MOST ORIGINAL DESIGN: The Red Knight, for its kickass shield
MOST ORIGINAL DESIGNER: No-one beats Alex Doomforall Holt here :wink:
BEST DESIGN: S.O.R. 4.0, just for being a great all-rounder
BEST ENGINEERING: The Ultimate Wedge. Check that HP, man.
BEST NEWCOMER: Alex MacWilliams
BEST SPORTSMAN: Martijns defused more than his share of rumbles
IDIOT OF THE YEAR: Theres only one name on this trophy - Mr Timothy James Sillary

BEST FRONT-HINGED FLIPPER: Hi-diddly-dee, its Disco 5 for me!
BEST REAR-HINGED FLIPPER: Achilles
BEST AXE: Glasgae Kiss
BEST HORIZONTAL SPINNER: Automatic Schmuck...though isnt it more angled than horizontal? :wink:
BEST VERTICAL SPINNER: The Disc remains top o the heap
BEST SAWBOT: ...um...are there any other ones still around?
BEST FULL-BODY SPINNER: Tengu rules the roost here
BEST TRANSLATIONAL SPINNER: it can only be M.D.U. 3
BEST HORIZONTAL CRUSHER: GigaByte V1.5. Tough as Nails on acid. :wink:
BEST VERTICAL CRUSHER: Squishiest. Even if some think it wouldnt work, its had a good run and I cant think of any others
BEST CLUSTERBOT: Going Crunch, especially after its N.S.B.F.L. 7 run
BEST INTERCHANGEABLE ROBOT: N.S.B.F.R. X.
BEST RAMMER / PUSHER: FooooorcePower! Waa-waaa-waaaa! [/Goldfinger theme]
BEST MISCELLANEOUS WEAPON: The Crashing Bore - still kickin ass after so many years
MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON: The Disc again. Have you tried avoiding that thing?

MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: David Weston, deffo.
MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOT: Die-Ceratops ReInvertus. Chrissys come a long way
BEST NEWCOMER: I gotta say, I like Shovearound 2
BEST COMEDYBOT: The Robotnik Twins. We hate that hedgehooooog!
BEST CUSTOM HOUSE ROBOT: MegaRaptor. Roar!
BEST WALKER: Cant think of many this year, but Mega Snakebite was pretty cool
BEST SHUFFLER: M.O.R.D. 2, no questions asked
BEST OTHER LOCOMOTION: Blizzard. No-ones crazy enough to try and replicate it.

BEST EXTREME / SIDE-EVENT: V.F.T.6s cavalcade of whimsy
BEST MINOR TOURNAMENT: The AJWars Christmas Rumble
BEST MAJOR TOURNAMENT: V.F.T. 6. Such a no-brainer.
BEST R.P.G.: Im not sure if it counts here, but The Wars Incarnate must deserve something. Failing that, the Oddestsey
BEST BATTLE: The N.S.B.F.L. 7 Final. Fingers healed yet, Franky?
BEST CUSTOM ARENA: Pretty much all of Franks, but Roulette if I had to pick one. Tony probably needs a mention for his monstrously large one
BEST NEW WRITER: Martijn Benschop, proving theres hope yet for us
BEST WRITER: Rich Southworth. Naturally. :wink:

BEST BRITISH VAPOURBOTEER: Andy Jackson, take a bow
BEST CONTINENTAL VAPOURBOTEER: Aaron Knight
BEST TEAM: For sheer variety, Team Doomforall (formerly Team Technowizard) take the biscuit
BEST VAPOURBOT: For its consistantly success throughout the past 12 months, I nominate Achilles
BEST VAPOURBOTEER: Aaron Knight does it again

[pcbore]

MOST ORIGINAL DESIGN: Dante

MOST ORIGINAL DESIGNER: Have to agree with Steve here, no-one seems to think of oddness as a crucial design factor like Alex Holt.

BEST DESIGN: The Ultimate Wedge

BEST ENGINEERING: As usual, I refuse to vote for this seeing nothing gets engineered.

BEST NEWCOMER: Alex M

BEST SPORTSMAN: Split a vote between Steve and Martijn

IDIOT OF THE YEAR: Something else I refuse to vote for. Enough with the negativity, this is supposed to be an awards thread.

BEST FRONT-HINGED FLIPPER: Disco 5

BEST REAR-HINGED FLIPPER: Achilles

BEST AXE: Black Panther Queen

BEST HORIZONTAL SPINNER: Automatic Shmuck

BEST VERTICAL SPINNER: MORD

BEST SAWBOT: Metal Sonic Spin Dash or whatever the latest versions called. Meh, this award should be called Only sawbot

BEST FULL-BODY SPINNER: Tengu Whatever Number Alex Is Up To Now

BEST TRANSLATIONAL SPINNER: MDU 3. Are there any others?

BEST HORIZONTAL CRUSHER: Yet another catagory with few to chose from. Ill go with Andys GigaByte.

BEST VERTICAL CRUSHER: CDM.

BEST CLUSTERBOT: I cant think of many, but Ill go with Going Crunch.

BEST INTERCHANGEABLE ROBOT: W.X 6

BEST RAMMER / PUSHER: The Ultimate Wedge

BEST MISCELLANEOUS WEAPON: Blizzard

MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON: Not sure what you mean by effective.

MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: A tie for me between Dave W who hasnt won anything for ages, and Chris M.

MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOT: Im refusing to vote here, simply because there are so many I want to vote for

BEST NEWCOMER: Tied between Alex M and Tony.

BEST COMEDYBOT: Cant think of anything offhand.

BEST CUSTOM HOUSE ROBOT: Ill have a look through the various house machines later then vote on this.

BEST WALKER: Cant think of any this year.

BEST SHUFFLER: See above.

BEST OTHER LOCOMOTION: Blizzard. Possibly the only candidate for this

BEST EXTREME / SIDE-EVENT: VFTs side events.

BEST MINOR TOURNAMENT: The AJWars Christmas Rumble

BEST MAJOR TOURNAMENT: Tie between the last VFT and PTTs

BEST R.P.G.: Tales of Symphonia. No-one said it had to be a written RPG

BEST BATTLE: The VFT 6 final.

BEST CUSTOM ARENA: The PTT one

BEST NEW WRITER: Martijn

BEST WRITER: Writing in technical terms has come such a long way, its impossible to truly distinguish between the top writers. For creativity, namely the Oddesty and Wars Incarnate, Im voting for Alex H. Also, hes blackmailing me.

BEST BRITISH VAPOURBOTEER: Alex H again.

BEST CONTINENTAL VAPOURBOTEER: Nick. When hes around anyway :P

BEST TEAM: Alex H.

BEST VAPOURBOT: Gigabyte, which has been doing very well lately.

BEST VAPOURBOTEER: Whoever is willing to pay me the most money Seriously, I cant really decide.

[siphai]

BEST NEWCOMER: Tied between Alex M and Tony.

Newcomer robot =P I didnt know that Tony and I were robots.

BEST R.P.G.: Tales of Symphonia. No-one said it had to be a written RPG

What about Paper Mario? =P

[pcbore]

Because the people at my local GAME store are dicks and refuse to stock Gamecube games for more than a week after they come out, I havent played Paper Mario.

[siphai]

Path of Radiance had no multi-player. Therefore it sucks. =(

[alex_holt]

Most Original Designer
: errr.... Aarons desings tend to be original

Best Design
: Automatic Schmuck

Best Newcomer
: Martjin

Best Stevesman:
Steven McGregor

Idiot Of The Year
: so many to chose from.... errr...Anthony
Now for the individual weapons categories€¦

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
wedga

Best Axebot
2004 Winner: Killotine: EVO

Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Parasite

Best Spinner (Vertical)
The Disc

Best Sawbot
SD IV

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
2004 Winners: tempest

Best Translational Spinner
MDU

Best Crusher (Vertical)
clawdius decimus murderus

Best Rammer/Pusher
2004 Winner: forcepower

Most Effective Weapon
2004 Winner: automatic schmuck

Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Dave W

Best Comedy Bot:
Tails

Now some awards for the writers€¦

Best Extreme/Side Event
NSBFL-X2

Best Tournament (48+)
The Pussycat Tribute Tournament

Best Custom Arena
Frank - and all of his dastardly arenas

Best Newcomer Writer
Martjin

Best Writer
Steve

Best British Vapourboteer
Steve

Best Continental Vapourboteer
Martjin

Best Team
Frank, drat his bots...

Best Vapourboteer
Steve

[andrewj]

Thanks everyone...

Most Original Design

Blizzard -1
Tails - 1
Stratos-Fear - 1
The Red Knight - 1
Dante - 1

Most Original Designer

Alex Holt - 5
Aaron Knight - 1

Best Design

SOR - 2
Automatic Schmuck - 2
Tengu - 1
The Ultimate Wedge - 1

Best Engineered

MDU - 1
Automatic Schumck - 1
Tengu - 1
The Ultimate Wedge - 1

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Alex MacWilliams - 4
Martijn Benschop - 2

Best Sportsman

Steve McGregor - 5.5
Martijn Benschop - 0.5
Tony Politzi - 1

Idiot Of The Year

Dave S - 2
Tim - 2

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)

Disco 5 - 2
Tails - 1

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)

Achilles - 2
Wedge Devolution - 1
SOR - 1
Stratos Fear - 1
Wedga Revo - 1

Best Axebot

Black Panther Queen - 2
Battle Raptor - 1
ASANSMSADB - 1
Glasgow Kiss - 1
Killotine: EVO - 1

Best Spinner (Horizontal)

Automatic Schmuck - 5
Parasite - 1

Best Spinner (Vertical)

The Disc - 4
MORD - 2

Best Sawbot

MSSD - 3
SD IV - 2

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner

Tengu - 4
MDU - 1
Tempest - 1

Best Translational Spinner

MDU - 5

Best Crusher (Horizontal)

GigaByte - 4
No Close Shave 3 - 1

Best Crusher (Vertical)

CDM - 4
Squishiest - 1

Best Clusterbot

Going Crunch - 2
4 Swords - 1
Botels Reunited - 1

Best Interchangeable Robot

WX6.0 - 2
Slammer - 1
Chameleon - 1
NSBFR-X - 1

Best Rammer/Pusher

ForcePower 5.0 - 3
Wedga Revo 2.0 - 1
The Ultimate Wedge - 1

Best Other Weapon

The Crashing Bore - 2
Blizzard - 2
Automatic Schmuck - 1

Most Effective Weapon

Automatic Schmuck - 2
Fragmentor - 1
Tengu - 1
The Disc - 1

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

Dave Weston - 3
Aaron Knight - 1
Alex MacWilliams - 1
Chris Mason - 1

Most Underrated Vapourbot

Die Ceratops ReInvertus - 2
The Botels - 1
SOR - 1

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

A Night at the Bar - 1
Flank Attack - 1
Back to Rock II - 1
Shovearound 2 - 1

Best Comedy Bot

Tails - 2
Toby The T-Ram Engine - 1
Chalkie 3G - 1
The Robotnik Twins - 1

Best Custom House Robot

Uncle Sam - 1
NSBFL House Robots - 1
PTT House Robots - 1
MegaRaptor - 1

Best Walker

Walk Away - 1
Mega Snakebite - 1

Best Shuffler

Whirligig 4.0 - 2
MORD - 2

Best Other Motivation

Blizzard - 5

Best Extreme/Side Event

VFT Side Events - 3
NSBFLX - 3

Best Tournament (48-)

AJWars: Christmas Rumble - 3

Best Tournament (48+)

Velociraptor€™s FanFic Tournament 6 - 3
Pussycat Tribute Tournament 5 - 3

Best Battle

MORD vs. Wedga Revo - NSBFL - 4
VFT 6 Final - 1

Best Custom Arena

PTT Arena - 3
VFT Arena - 1
Roulette - 1
NSBFL Arenas - 1

Best Newcomer Writer

Martijn Benschop - 6

Best Writer

Steve McGregor - 2.5
Richard Southworth - 1.5
Frank Goacher - 1
Alex Holt - 1

Best British Vapourboteer

Andrew Jackson - 2
Alex Holt - 2
Steve McGregor - 2

Best Continental Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight - 3
Alex MacWilliams - 1
Nick Schuch - 1
Martijn Benschop - 1

Best Team

Team Doomforall - 3
Team Distrcutive Technologies - 1
Team Aussie - 1
Team Bored - 1

Best Vapourbot

Fragmentor - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1
Achilles - 1
GigaByte - 1

Best Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight - 2
Andrew Jackson - 1
Alex Holt - 1
Steve McGregor - 1