The Crash & Burn Tournament 2

[majinb]

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ArchAngel of the Abyss (10) vs. Flank Attack: DT vs. ForcePower 5.0
A Flank Attack&ForcePower teamup could render ArchAngel useless, but I cant see that happen, ArchAngel&ForcePower through

Turbulence vs. Hacked off Ha-ka vs. Megabyte
sorry Turbulence...

and yeah, ike Chris, I predict Archangel to win the heat, nice detective-work there Chris

[siphai]

Gang up with ForcePower against ArchAngel. Get him in my jaws and have his spinner stopped to make the pitting.

[alex_holt]

Gang up with Forcepower against Flank Attack . Get Forcepower to pin him so I can attack.

Sorry couldnt resist, lol.

[andrewj]

Gang up with both, I can push these two round all day!

[pcbore]

Question: Did I enter Turbulence? If I did, Ill attack Hacked off Ha-Ka.

...If I didnt, I just recommended to whoever DID enter Turbulence that they attack Hacked off Ha-Ka

[samuel3764]

ArchAngel of the Abyss (10) vs. Flank Attack: DT vs. ForcePower 5.0: Hmm... well, I think that ForcePower 5 should go out here.

Turbulence vs. Hacked off Ha-ka vs. Megabyte: Hacked-Off HaKa out for sure.

[samuel3764]

Oh and the Heat Winner: ArchAngel or Megabyte

[siphai]

heh, I was basing my tactics off of what andy posted earlier in the thread where he said he would be targeting ArchAngel and trying to pit him as quickly as possible.

[matty_haka]

Hit hit hit

[kodster]

(Frank, I noticed you changed your team name to SSDD from Bored in MN2: if your current team name is different, please correct me :sad

Ed, Dave, if you were still wondering if Turbulence vs. Megabyte would be an interesting battle, well here€™s your answer. Just with Hacked off Ha-ka involved.

5 heats left to go. Let€™s get it on!

Heat L
Round 1 Battle 1
ArchAngel of the Abyss (10) vs. ForcePower 5.0 vs. Flank Attack: DT

Representing Alex Holt and Team DoomForAll: our 10th seed, ArchAngel of the Abyss! It€™s an extremely deadly full-body-spinning walker with two separate spinning rings, the lower one doing the more damage with longer blades. It also has quite decent armour, but it can be shoved around despite the weight advantage. It isn€™t invertible either, and while it can self-right, it takes long to do so and can be attacked in that instance.
C&BT1: Destroyed Heart of Fire, and although being shoved into the pit Starstorm 2, had flipped him over and Frank€™s bot was counted out before being put on the floor flipper...but then Clawdius Decimus Murderous, the 2nd seed, dumped Alex€™s FBSW down the pit in the Heat D Final.

Representing Alex MacWilliams and Team Targeted: Flank Attack: Divisionary Tactics! VERY tough, with 12mm titanium for the main body and 15mm titanium for the claws, which are coated in rubber to absorb hits. It€™s got a hugely powerful pair of jaws too, ala Tough As Nails, to carry opponents around. No motors are described in the stats, but with a speed of 21mph they must be pretty powerful... but it doesn€™t grip onto wedges that well, and claws are slow to close...
C&BT1: Did not enter.

Representing Andrew Jackson and Team ???: ForcePower 5.0! This bad machine is hella powerful, with 2 LEM200s and 250 C-Cell Nicad batteries, all @ 60v giving it over 100hp!!! It also has 6mm hardox monocoque, and a front wedge to ram opponents whether inverted or not, as both the wedge and forcePower are invertible, and it has an angled rear for stopping strandings. It seems like it is over the weight limit, though...but I could be wrong.
C&BT1: Lost out to Tempest Evil-er-oution in Heat G€™s first round.

Roboteers, stand by...

Booth 1: ArchAngel of the Abyss, ForcePower 5.0
Booth 2: Flank Attack: DT

In this corner we have the green feathery decorative covering and destructive spinning ring of Tira-san, who will be ousted from the house bot ranks after this tournament. Exa-Gore-Ic: AI makes his 400kg dual-claw presense known as well, in the opposite corner.

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ACTIVATE!

AJ smirks as his ForcePower backs away, allowing ArchAngel and Flank Attack some room to tango. Flank Attack flies full bore at the 10th seed, only to find the ring and upper shell of ArchAngel already up to full speed! Regardless he bolts in anyway to cause some sort of mischief.
CRASH!!!
Ooh, dastardly hit, directly on the plow, and it has a nice gash through it, but Flank Attack has withstood the blow, containing ArchAngel in the pincers that are now closing the spinner in, and is pushing ArchAngel away! The jaws fully close, and ArchAngel cannot move! However due to the armour of ArchAngel, Flank Attack is only able to damage him to a minimal extent, but that doesn€™t change the fact that he€™s caught! Now that AJ sees a trapped opponent, it€™s ForcePower time! In comes the rammer, slamming straight into ArchAngel and nearly blasting it out of the grip of the horizontal crusher, but Alex MacWilliams€™ bot has the bumper spinner in its powerful jaws and isn€™t letting go for the world! Alex Holt works his controls, trying to throw Flank Attack off but no good. ForcePower decides to take the easy way out and reverses into the pit release button, opening the pit for the umpteenth time this tournament...and Flank Attack gets the message, heading straight over to the opened hole. ArchAngel really doesn€™t want the match to end this way, but with a broad smile, Alex MacWilliams releases the grip of his bot€™s jaws on ArchAngel...right over the hole. BOOM!

CEASE!

ArchAngel of the Abyss meets a disappointing end at the bottom of the pit.
Flank Attack: DT and ForcePower 5.0 advance to Round 2!

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Round 1 Battle 2
Turbulence vs. Hacked off Ha-ka vs. Megabyte

Representing Frank Goacher and Team SSDD is a real robot: Turbulence! A Roaming Robots champion in all its glory, built by Ed Wallace and Dave Moulds, and it€™s got quite the big, powerful flipper. Like most robots with flippers it can self-right when flipped, and its armour isn€™t quite that bad, but it has limited flips, also like all other flippers. Also a hit to the pneumatics when the flipper is open could give Turbulence some...turbulence.
C&BT1: Did not enter.

Representing Matthew Fowler and Team Devil€™s Incarnate: Hacked off Ha-ka! Resilient to many spinners with its 5mm Aluminium Boron Carbide armour, and sporting a wedge each at the front and rear. It also has a nasty full pressure axe that can brutalize even 8mm titanium, but it€™s limited. Each wedge has a thin strip of titanium on the bottom edge to slide under skirts easier, but it won€™t win against Storm II in a pushing match, that€™s for sure.
C&BT1: Did not enter.

Representing Aaron Knigh and Team Disctructive Technologies is a real robot: Megabyte! Scary powerful full-body spinner with blades to slice and dice and absoultely murdalize you with, ain€™t that nice. It can even self-right, but it depends on the moment for how long it takes Megabyte to self-right ala Mauler-spin. And while its armour isn€™t that bad either, when not spinning, it€™s not going to survive long.
C&BT1: Tore through Biohazard, but was fated to meet his demise at 12th seed Tails in Round 2 of Heat E, getting tossed over the fence.

Roboteers, stand by...

Booth 1: Megabyte, Hacked off Ha-ka
Booth 2: Turbulence

Double Big Mac and Double Whamlet enter the arena and their CPZ, respectively, with double the amount of hate for their eventual victims...

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ACTIVATE!

Ha-ka is straight off the mark in this diverse battle of weapons, right at Turbulence, who is taking a different tack: heading straight for Megabyte! Megabyte is having a hard time finding its direction, and it pays off bad for them as Turbulence slides right into Megabyte€™s direction of rotation, causing the spinner to spin itself onto the wedge of Turbulence, and fly right over it and even over Ha-ka! Ha-ka throws the axe, but just taps the underbelly of the spinner, nonetheless throwing it off-balance and into a crazy Mauler 5150 spin! Ha-ka hits the brakes and turns around, burying the wedge into the crazed spinner causing Megabyte to fall onto the wedge and WHACK! Ooh, heavy axe blow from the Fowler camp! Turbulence approaches Ha-ka from the rear and tries to get at the rear but ends up driving onto the titanium strip and in turn onto the rear wedge. Ha-ka ignores this and gives Megabyte another WHACK from the axe, this time impaling a hole into the shell of the spinner. Turbulence decides to change tack and has a go at Ha-ka€™s sides, tossing it right over! Megabyte also topples, but back onto its wheels! Turbulence makes a beeling for the spinner, Megabyte however slightly dodging using its half-spun up shell to smack the edge of the side and send itself away, spinning again. Turbulence gives chase as Ha-ka vaults into the air using its axe to right itself, but Megabyte is now back up to speed despite the previous attack by Ha-ka, and decides to abandon all pretence, charging straight into the wedge of Turbulence...not a good idea! The blades of Megabyte catch the wedge dead center, with the same result: Megabyte soars right overtop of Turbulence and lands squarely in front of Ha-ka, who wastes no time in scooping the spinner onto the wedge and WHACKing it again. Another hole is made, still small, but noticeable. Turbulence spins around, not going to let Ha-ka have all the fun, and sees his quarry gangway for the pit release button, axe catching Megabyte and holding it on the wedge...no! Megabyte escapes, but ready to be scooped up by Turbulence, and finally: FLIP! The flipper of Turbulence comes into play and sends Megabyte flying through the air, landing right onto its back. Ha-ka backs into the pit release anyway, opening that hellish hole for yet another round, as Megabyte slowly begins to spin up upside-down. Turbulence is quite ready for this attempt and marrs it immediately by tackling Megabyte and sending it right into Double Whamlet€™s CPZ! Whamlet€™s hatred is given an outlet as the twin axes pounce upon the underbelly of Megabyte! WHACK! Turbulence backs off from the seen, only to bump into Ha-ka, who gives the wedge a WHACK from the back! OH! The flipper is caught! The Watcher trundles over and takes care to bump into Ha-ka as harshly as possible, before heading over to the CPZ, as Double Big Mac slowly wheels over there, hammers spinning wildly. Turbulence backs away, trying to force Ha-ka towards the wall opposite, wheels digging into the ground. Ha-ka shows an equal amount of determination, its own wheels providing torque, but not enough to break the deadlock. Megabyte, meanwhile, seems to be beaten, and the final confirmation is given, as The Watcher€™s countdown begins!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
Whamlet immediately shoots out of the CPZ, and pushes the defeated spinner down the pit. DBM spins down his hammers mournfully, and Ha-ka and Turbulence also become stationary, as the match is over.

CEASE!

Megabyte goes to the Recycle Bin.
Turbulence and Hacked off Ha-ka advance to Round 2!

Round 2

Turbulence vs. ForcePower 5.0
Flank Attack: DT vs. Hacked off Ha-ka

Tactics, predictions, comments, thoughts, and a fibre optic cable please.