Official Vapourboteer Awards 2006!

[kodster]

Well, its that time of the year again, and no, not Christmas. Its time to hand out the Official Vapourbot and Vapourboteer Awards for 2006!

Most Original Design

The vapourbot that stands out from the rest with originality.
2005 Winner: Blizzard

Most Original Designer

Which person comes up with the most original designs?
2005 Winner: Mr. Alex Holt

Best Design

Which vapourbot has the best design all round (it can be unoriginal).
2005 Winners: SOR, Automatic Schmuck, Wedge Devo, The Disc and Tengu

Best Engineered

Which vapourbot has the best inner features?
2005 Winner: Automatic Schmuck

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Who is the best new guy on the block?
2005 Winner: Alex M & W

Best Sportsman

The peacekeeper and guy that never loses his temper.
2005 Winner: Steven McGregor...again.

Idiot Of The Year

Whos been the village idiot?
2005 Winner: Timothy James Sillery

Now for the individual weapons categories€¦

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
2005 Winner: Disco 5

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
2005 Winner: Wedge Devolution

Best Axebot
2005 Winner: Black Panther Queen

Best Spinner (Horizontal)
2005 Winner: Automatic Schmuck

Best Spinner (Vertical)
2005 Winner: The Disc...again.

Best Sawbot
2005 Winner: Metal Sonic Spin Dash

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
2005 Winner: Tengu

Best Translational Spinner
2005 Winner: Mass Disctruction Ultimate

Best Crusher (Horizontal)
2005 Winner: Gigabyte

Best Crusher (Vertical)
2005 Winner: Clawdius Decimus Murderous

Best Clusterbot
2005 Winner: Going Crunch

Best Interchangeable Robot
2005 Winner: WX 6.0

Best Rammer/Pusher
2005 Winner: ForcePower

Best Other Weapon
2005 Winner: The Crashing Bore

Most Effective Weapon
2005 Winners: Automatic Schmuck and The Disc.

Now time for some more general awards€¦

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

The most underrated vapourboteer, who should be achieving more
2005 Winner: David Weston

Most Underrated Vapourbot

The most underrated vapourbot, who should be achieving more
2005 Winner: Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus

Most Overrated Vapourboteer

The most overrated vapourboteer, who should take a break
2005 Winner: N/A

Most Overrated Vapourbot

The most overrated vapourbot, who should take a break
2005 Winner: N/A

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

Which new bot has been the most successful this year?
2005 Winner: Back 2 Rock 2

Best Comedy Bot

The ones that make you cry robot-tears with laughter€¦
2005 Winner: Toby the T-Ram Engine

Best Custom House Robot
2005 Winners: Team Coldheart

Best Walker

The best true walking robot
2005 Winner: Walk Away

Best Shuffler

The best shufflebot
2005 Winners: M.O.R.D. and Whirligig

Best Tracked Vapourbot

The best tracked vapour.
2005 Winner: N/A

Best Other Motivation

Any other system that moves your robot around the arena.
2005 Winner: Blizzard

Now some awards for the writers€¦

Best Extreme/Side Event

The side events or extreme tournaments
2005 Winner: VFT

Best Minor Tournament (48-)

The best minor tournament (less than 48 robots)
2005 Winner: AJWars Christmas Rumble

Best Major Tournament (48+)

The best major tournament (more than 48 robots)
2005 Winner: Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament 6

Best Battle

The best battle of the year
2005 Winners: M.O.R.D. vs. Wedge Revolution

Biggest Vapourboteer Comeback

The best comeback a vapourboteer has had from 2005 to 2006.
2005 Winner: N/A

Biggest Vapourbot Comeback

The best comeback a vapourbot has had from 2005 to 2006.
2005 Winner: N/A

Biggest Surprise

The biggest upset match in 2006.
2005 Winner: N/A

Best Custom Arena

Who has the best arena for their tournaments?
2005 Winner: PTT

Best Newcomer Writer

Which new guy writes the best battles?
2005 Winner: Martijn Benschop.

Best Writer

Who writes the best battles?
2005 Winner: Steven McGregor!

Now for the big ones€¦

Best British Vapourboteer

For the best inside the UK.
2005 Winner: Guess...Steve-O

Best Continental Vapourboteer

For the bets outside the UK.
2005 Winner: Aaron Knight

Best Team

Who has the best squad of robots?
2005 Winner: Alex Holts Team Doomforall

Best Vapourbot

Which vapourbot has been the best this year?
2005 Winner: Wedge Devolution

Best Vapourboteer

Who has been the best vapourboteer this year? The top prize in the awards!
2005 Winner: Aaron Knight...again

And finally€¦

The Outstanding Contribution Award

Who deserves a place in the vapourbotic hall of fame? This award is no longer private, but it cannot be someone from before.
2005 Winner: Steven McGregor

If you think there are any more awards that should be up there then e-mail me. You know my e-mail address. Voting begins in one week.

[kodster]

sure thing

[kodster]

Voting begins NOW!!! Get those votes in. The polls will be closed as soon as there are enough votes! :wink:

And please, for our vapourbots sake, dont let this thread die.

[alex_holt]

Most Original Design
The Disc

Most Original Designer
Frank

Best Design
Infusion

Best Engineered
Infusion

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)
errrr.....

Best Sportsman
Stve

Idiot Of The Year
errr.....

Now for the individual weapons categories€¦

Rear Hinged
Wedge Devolution

Best Axebot
Killotine

Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Parasite

Best Spinner (Vertical)
The disc

Best Sawbot
Metal Sonic Spin Dash

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
tempest

Best Translational Spinner
Mass Disctruction Ultimate

Best Crusher (Horizontal)
errr....

Best Crusher (Vertical)
er....

Best Clusterbot
er.....

Best Interchangeable Robot
WX 6.0

Best Rammer/Pusher
ForcePower

Best Other Weapon
The Crashing Bore

Most Effective Weapon
MDU

Now time for some more general awards€¦

Most Underrated Vapourboteer
David Weston

Most Underrated Vapourbot
Flipping Hell

Most Overrated Vapourboteer
This is a bit harsh isnt it? errr....Dave Sheppard....I cant follow half his stats due ot thier complexity, lol

Most Overrated Vapourbot
Slammer (sorry, but I feel I can vote for myself negativly, lol)

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)
errr.....

Which new bot has been the most successful this year?
errrr....

Best Comedy Bot
Kustom

Best Custom House Robot
err....

Best Walker

The best true walking robot
errr...

Best Shuffler
Whirligig

Best Tracked Vapourbot
errr.... I dont know anyone other than me who uses tracks....

Best Other Motivation
This is my award isnt it?

Now some awards for the writers€¦

Best Extreme/Side Event
errr....

Best Minor Tournament (48-)
I cant recall anyone

Best Major Tournament (48+)
What we had of the PTT

Best Battle
pass

Biggest Vapourboteer Comeback
Kody

Biggest Vapourbot Comeback
errr....

Biggest Surprise
pass....

Best Custom Arena
dunno....

Best Newcomer Writer
Have we had one?

Best Writer
Steven McGregor!

Now for the big ones€¦

Best British Vapourboteer
Frank

Best Continental Vapourboteer
Matijn

Best Team
Steves

Best Vapourbot
errr....

Best Vapourboteer
Aaron

And finally€¦

The Outstanding Contribution Award
Nick

Hmmm....my answers make me seem incredibly ignorant....oh well...

[kodster]

Well, in order to keep this thread going, Ill start my votes.

Most Original Design

I have to give Blizzard my vote, since nobody but Mark Setrakien can build something like that.

Most Original Designer

Since I cant vote for myself I will have to vote for Mr. Aaron Knight.

Best Design

Acid Burn, hands down.

Best Engineered Vapourbot

Difficult here, but Id have to say Mass Disctruction Ultimate 3.

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Uh...me? Nah, I cant vote for myself, and since nobody else came new in 2006 Ill have to pass. :P

Best Sportsman

Steve

Idiot Of The Year

I vote Dave Sheppard.

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)

There are actually quite a few, but ill have to say Tails this time.

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged

So...many...Ill say Achilles though.

Best Axebot

Killotine Evo.

Best Spinner (Horizontal)

For sheer misery to the others Im going to say Aneurysm

Best Spinner (Vertical)

Oh are you kidding me? How many robots has he beaten? THE DISC

Best Sawbot

Metal Sonic Spin Dash, steve does it again

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner

ARCHANGEL OF THE ABYSS

Best Translational Spinner

Umm...MDU?

Best Crusher (Horizontal)

Flank Attack: DT. Alex MacWilliams deserves this award well

Best Crusher (Vertical)

Im still loving him: Slaying Mantis F, because that claw looks so EFFECTIVE...

Best Clusterbot

Going Crunch, because are no others.

Best Interchangeable Robot

Slammer V

Best Rammer/Pusher

Baldur Gamma

Best Other Weapon

Pass.

Most Effective Weapon

I can vote for robots in my own tournament, cant I? My vote goes on Aneurysm because of the power and speed of that blade.

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

Alex MacWilliams

Most Overrated Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight

Most Underrated Vapourbot

I personally think that it is Aquarius.

Most Overrated Vapourbot

The Disc

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

Flick of the Wrist

Best Comedy Bot

Although hes actually quite a capable fighter, my vote goes on Tails.

Best Custom House Robot

Team Coldheart although theyve been quite ineffective for a while.

Best Walker

ArchAngel of the Abyss

Best Shuffler

Uh...Acid Burn

Best Tracked Vapourbot

I say Darkestar because it looks absolutely wicked.

Best Other Motivation

Blizzard

Best Extreme/Side Event

Uh...NSBFL-X 2

Best Minor Tournament (48-)

Pass.

Best Major Tournament (48+)

Since its been the most active besides mine, and the fights are well written, Mechanical Noise

Best Battle

I must say Clawdius Decimus Murderous VS. GeForce 4.0 in Mechanical Noise. I really enjoyed that fight.

Biggest Vapourboteer Comeback

Since, I cant vote for myself, pass.

Biggest Vapourbot Comeback

Clawdius Decimus Murderous; he faced tough times way back when, and has now reached the semi-finals of Mechanical Noise and the series finals of the C&BT!

Biggest Surprise

Chalkie 3-G and Son of Wedgie beating Insecticide and Stratos-Fear in the NSBFL-X 2. Completely unexpected. Go Dave!

Best Custom Arena

Pass.

Best Newcomer Writer

Martijn M Benschop, because hes fairly new, and he definitely is all that and a bag of potato chips.

Best Writer

Matthew Harrison Fowler

Best British Vapourboteer

Steve-O

Best Continental Vapourboteer

Martijn M Benschop

Best Team

Team Doomforall

Best Vapourbot

Tails, because hes been so successful this year

Best Vapourboteer

Me! Uh, no wait...Steve-O again.

The Outstanding Contribution Award

Martijn

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NOTE: I now realized that Alex had voted. Hurray! Two people (well, including me ) have voted! Keep em coming, people!

[majinb]

ok, I still have to make up my mind on these, but there are two awards Ive already decided on, and Id like to highlight them

Most Underrated Vapourbot
The most underrated vapourbot, who should be achieving more

It was my choice last year, and itll be my choice this year, since I simply love this machine so much and it keeps on losing so much, its another wonderfull creation of Matty Fowler, its...
BIACS-LE!

Best Vapourbot
Which vapourbot has been the best this year?

Now this could be seen as a factual question. And since theres been so little combat this year, I decided to do some research on it, and two vapourbots stand out IMO, namely Archangel of the Abyss and Clawdius Decimus Murderous, and my vote goes to...
Clawdius Decimus Murderous!

[andrewj]

Did I win?

Most Original Design: Blizzard
Most Original Designer: Alex
Best Design: Wedge Devo
Best Engineered: Did I really make that category?
Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer): I guess Martijn counts?
Best Stevesman: Self explanatory
Idiot Of The Year: Aaron

Best Flipper (Front Hinged): Can€™t think€¦
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged): Wedge Devo
Best Axebot: Killotine?
Best Spinner (Horizontal): Fragmentor
Best Spinner (Vertical): The Disc
Best Sawbot: Metal Super Sonic Spin Dash Delux Evo 2.25
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner: Pingu
Best Translational Spinner: MDU
Best Crusher (Horizontal): errr€¦ TAN?
Best Crusher (Vertical): CDM
Best Clusterbot: Can€™t remember any :P
Best Interchangeable Robot: Accept no imitations
Best Rammer/Pusher: Sumobot
Best Other Weapon: I€™m guessing Crashing Bore
Most Effective Weapon: AJ making a surprise return

Most Underrated Vapourboteer: Aaron
Most Underrated Vapourbot: MDU
Most Overrated Vapourboteer: AJ
Most Overrated Vapourbot: SOR
Best Newcomer (Vapourbot): Cant think of any new ones off the top of my head
Best Comedy Bot: SOR
Best Custom House Robot: I always liked the idea of Bane
Best Walker: Me, I walked away
Best Shuffler: I don€™t play cards
Best Tracked Vapourbot: The thing Alex made
Best Other Motivation: Blizzard I guess

Best Extreme/Side Event: Has there been any?
Best Minor Tournament (48-): Ditto?
Best Major Tournament (48+): Well I€™ll say Crash and Burn for this year
Best Battle: Haven€™t read any, but any one where I won€¦
Biggest Vapourboteer Comeback: That would be me€¦ although its obvious Kody added this one in for himself so I€™ll let him have his glory

Biggest Vapourbot Comeback: Don€™t have a clue, pick one of yours Mr. Kunz
Biggest Surprise: Any match I lost€¦
Best Custom Arena: I€™ll go for the PTT arena
Best Newcomer Writer: Kody?
Best Writer: Kody this year€¦

Best British Vapourboteer: Steve
Best Continental Vapourboteer: Kody for keeping it going
Best Team: Team Doomforall of course
Best Vapourbot: Dunno who€™s around anymore but I€™ll go for Wedge Devo
Best Vapourboteer: Kody for being honest, coming back and saving this place tournament and vapourbot wise, kudos
The Outstanding Contribution Award: Kody€™s contributed tons this year, but on an all time basis, and due to me forgetting who€™s in it, the following deserve a mention: Hector, Roper, Aaron, Steve, Richard, Alex Holt and probably some more that I€™ve forgotten. For this year alone well done to Chris, Kody, Steve, Alex and whoever is still about for still going! I guess this will be the last awards so induct everyone, we all deserve a mention€¦ :wink: Oh, and I€™ll be back€¦

[matty_haka]

Excuse me? :P

A best writer nomination and a most underrated bot... why thankies. I wont win either category... but its an honour to be nominated

[kodster]

quote:

Biggest Vapourbot Comeback: Don€™t have a clue, pick one of yours Mr. Kunz

Actually, I havent really competed so I dont think I can have this one.

But if I can...Wedginator.

And HOLY SH!T, how many catgories did you vote me in?! What am I, God? :P

(Message edited by kodster on December 24, 2006)