The Official Vapourboteer Awards 2005

[andrewj]

Yes my friends, it is that time of year again. Welcome to The Official Vapourboteer Awards 2005. Below are the categories that you can vote for, as well as a few €˜rules€™. Happy voting and good luck to everyone.

· You cannot vote for yourself (apart from Best Battle if you were in it)
· You can only have a maximum of two votes per category, although it is preferred if you can narrow it down to one. Should two votes be added, each nominee will receive half a vote.
· All votes (apart from the bottom award) should be posted here.

I think that€™s about it, so let€™s get on with it. Remember all votes count only from the beginning of this year.

First of all, some general awards€¦

Most Original Design

The vapourbot that stands out from the rest with originality.
2004 Winner: Blizzard

Most Original Designer

Which person comes up with the most original designs?
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Design

Which vapourbot has the best design all round (it can be unoriginal).
2004 Winners: The Crashing Bore/V€™Ger

Best Engineered

Which vapourbot has the best inner features?
2004 Winner: Killotine: EVO

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Who is the best new guy on the block?
2004 Winner: Matt Robinson

Best Stevesman€¦ I mean Sportsman

The peacekeeper and guy that never loses his temper.
2004 Winner: Have a guess€¦ Steven McGregor

Idiot Of The Year

This should be an interesting one€¦
2004 Winner: N/A


Now for the individual weapons categories€¦

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
2004 Winner: SOR 3.5

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
2004 Winner: Stratos-Fear

Best Axebot
2004 Winner: Killotine: EVO

Best Spinner (Horizontal)
2004 Winner: Parasite

Best Spinner (Vertical)
2004 Winner: The Disc

Best Sawbot
2004 Winner: SD IV

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
2004 Winners: Tengu/MDU 3.1

Best Translational Spinner
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Crusher (Horizontal)
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Crusher (Vertical)
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Clusterbot
2004 Winner: Double Killa

Best Interchangeable Robot
2004 Winners: Slammer/WX

Best Rammer/Pusher
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Other Weapon
2004 Winner: N/A

Most Effective Weapon
2004 Winner: N/A


Now time for some more general awards€¦

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

The most underrated vapourboteer, who should be achieving more
2004 Winner: N/A

Most Underrated Vapourbot

The most underrated vapourbot, who should be achieving more
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

Which new bot has been the most successful this year?
2004 Winner: Angel of the Abyss

Best Comedy Bot

The ones that make you cry robot-tears with laughter€¦
2004 Winner: Gyrate/Annoying Box Rush

Best Custom House Robot
2004 Winner:

Best Walker

The best true walking robot
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Shuffler

The best shufflebot
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Other Motivation

Flight, tracks, €¦pneumatic motors?
2004 Winner: N/A


Now some awards for the writers€¦

Best Extreme/Side Event

The side events or extreme tournaments
2004 Winner: NSBFL-X

Best Tournament (48-)

The best minor tournament (less than 48 robots)
2004 Winner: The Genesis Tournament

Best Tournament (48+)

The best major tournament (more than 48 robots)
2004 Winner: The Pussycat Tribute Tournament 4

Best Battle

The best battle of the year
2004 Winners: Scottishly Fictional vs. Wheely Pure Evil/Tengu vs. MDU

Best Custom Arena

Who has the best arena for their tournaments?
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Newcomer Writer

Which new guy writes the best battles?
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Writer

Who writes the best battles?
2004 Winner: N/A


Now for the big ones€¦


Best British Vapourboteer

For the best inside the UK.
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Continental Vapourboteer

For the bets outside the UK.
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Team

Who has the best squad of robots?
2004 Winner: Team Bored/Team Destructive Technologies

Best Vapourbot

Which vapourbot has been the best this year?
2004 Winner: Mass Disctruction Ultimate

Best Vapourboteer

Who has been the best vapourboteer this year? The top prize in the awards!
2004 Winner: Aaron Knight


And finally€¦

The Outstanding Contribution Award

Renamed from €œThe Lifetime Achievement Award€ of last year. It means pretty much the same thing and is self-explanatory. Who deserves a place in the vapourbotic hall of fame? This is a private vote only! If you wish to vote, either email me (addy on profile) or contact me on MSN.
2004 Winner: Frank Goacher

[andrewj]

Its just been pointed out to me that tournaments with 48 robots fit in neither category. So the major section now includes tournaments 48 and above and minors 47 and below.

[mrdaves]

Andy, I sent my votes to you over msn, cos Im too lazy to copy and paste them in here.

VOTE DAVE FOR IDIOT OF THE YEAR

[alex_holt]

One suggestion considerign that weve had soem this last year: Best RPG

Otherwise I shall be working this out, there are a lot to work here...

[andrewj]

Yep, okay. Those of you that want to vote for Best RPG can do so too.

[team_britespark]

Most Original Design: Can€™t call any of them €œoriginal€€¦ but the closest IMHO is Stratos-Fear

Most Original Designer: Alex Holt

Best Design: Tengu

Best Engineered: Ditto

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer): Martijn

Best Sportsman: There€™s only 1 person who thoroughly deserves this award€¦ Tony! (Just kidding, it€™s Steve)

Idiot Of The Year: Dave Shep

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged): StratosFear

Best Axebot: All Scoop and no Stab€¦

Best Spinner (Horizontal): Automatic Schmuck

Best Spinner (Vertical): The Disc, cos it€™s the only one I can think of at this present time.

Best Sawbot: Metal Sonic Spin Dash

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner: Tengu

Best Translational Spinner: Is MDU one? If not then pass.

Best Crusher (Horizontal): Gigabyte

Best Crusher (Vertical): Razer! /clipart{lame}

Best Clusterbot: Botles Reunited, basically because they are the only decent cluster bots around ATM.

Best Interchangeable Robot: Chameleon

Best Rammer/Pusher: Manic Monsoon€¦ or Forcepower, you decide

Best Other Weapon: What?! I dunno€¦. um€¦.. Crashing Bore, I guess

Most Effective Weapon: Tengu, I suppose€¦

Most Underrated Vapourboteer: ME! WHERE ARE MY BLINKIN€™ AWARDS??? Alex McW is quite underrated€¦

Most Underrated Vapourbot: Mine€¦ or maybe Die-Ceratops ReInvertus

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot): Martijn€™s weird axlebot/spinning bar one.

Best Comedy Bot: Tails

Best Custom House Robot: Any from Team ColdHeart

Best Walker: Me. PASS!

Best Shuffler: Whirligig 4.0

Best Other Motivation: Only one I can think of is Blizzard

Best Extreme/Side Event: NSBFL-X2 or whatever it€™s called

Best Tournament (48-): Dunno, never entered one I don€™t think

Best Tournament (48+): PTT or VFT

Best Battle: NSBFL final probably, although I obviously can€™t see why you should vote for anything I wasn€™t in€¦

Best Custom Arena: VFT arena cos it means no OOTAs in 10 seconds

Best Newcomer Writer: Martijn

Best Writer: Steve/Richard

Best British Vapourboteer: Alex Holt

Best Continental Vapourboteer: Aaron Knight

Best Team: BriteSpark€¦ or Team Alex Holt or whatever he€™s decided to call it nowadays

Best Vapourbot: Tengu

Best Vapourboteer: Alex Holt

Those are my votes.

[majinb]

quote:

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot): Martijn€™s weird axlebot/spinning bar one.

Its called A Night at the Bar, and thanks Dan!

[andrewj]

Heres how things are standing at this early stage...

Most Original Design

Blizzard -1
Tails - 1
Stratos-Fear - 1

Most Original Designer

Alex Holt - 3

Best Design

SOR - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1

Best Engineered

MDU - 1
Automatic Schumck - 1
Tengu - 1

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Alex MacWilliams - 2
Martijn Benschop - 1

Best Sportsman

Steve McGregor - 3

Idiot Of The Year

Dave S - 2
Tim - 1

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)

Tails - 1

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)

Wedge Devolution - 1
SOR - 1
Stratos Fear - 1

Best Axebot

Black Panther Queen - 1
Battle Raptor - 1
ASANSMSADB - 1

Best Spinner (Horizontal)

Automatic Schmuck - 3

Best Spinner (Vertical)

The Disc - 2
MORD - 1

Best Sawbot

MSSD - 2
SD IV - 1

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner

Tengu - 2
MDU - 1

Best Translational Spinner

MDU - 2

Best Crusher (Horizontal)

GigaByte - 2
No Close Shave 3 - 1

Best Crusher (Vertical)

CDM - 2

Best Clusterbot

4 Swords - 1
Botels Reunited - 1

Best Interchangeable Robot

Slammer - 1
WX6.0 - 1
Chameleon - 1

Best Rammer/Pusher

ForcePower 5.0 - 2
Wedga Revo 2.0 - 1

Best Other Weapon

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

Most Effective Weapon

Fragmentor - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight - 1
Alex MacWilliams - 1

Most Underrated Vapourbot

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

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

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

Best Comedy Bot

Toby The T-Ram Engine - 1
Chalkie 3G - 1
Tails - 1

Best Custom House Robot

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

Best Walker

Walk Away - 1

Best Shuffler

Whirligig 4.0 - 2
MORD - 1

Best Other Motivation

Blizzard - 3

Best Extreme/Side Event

NSBFLX - 2
VFT Side Events - 1

Best Tournament (48-)

AJWars: Christmas Rumble - 1

Best Tournament (48+)

Pussycat Tribute Tournament 5 - 1.5
Velociraptor€™s FanFic Tournament 6 - 1.5

Best Battle

MORD vs. Wedga Revo - NSBFL - 3

Best Custom Arena

PTT Arena - 2
VFT Arena - 1

Best Newcomer Writer

Martijn Benschop - 3

Best Writer

Steve McGregor - 1.5
Frank Goacher - 1
Richard Southworth - 0.5

Best British Vapourboteer

Andrew Jackson - 1
Steve McGregor - 1
Alex Holt - 1

Best Continental Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight - 2
Alex MacWilliams - 1

Best Team

Team Distrcutive Technologies - 1
Team Aussie - 1
Team Doomforall - 1

Best Vapourbot

Fragmentor - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1

Best Vapourboteer

Andrew Jackson - 1
Aaron Knight - 1
Alex Holt - 1

[dogbot4000]

come on people vote for me for being an idiot.