The Crash & Burn Tournament 2

[kodster]

Round 2 Battle 1
Turbulence vs. ForcePower 5.0

Turbulence took out Megabyte, sending the spinner into a CPZ where Double Whamlet destroyed it.

ForcePower 5.0 enjoyed a €œbye€, as 10th seed ArchAngel of the Abyss met his doom in the pit, courtesy of Flank Attack: DT.

Roboteers, stand by...

Booth 1: ForcePower 5.0
Booth 2: Turbulence

Corner 1: Asterix Heroicus, 106kg, huge rammer.
Corner 2: Obelix Bulguous, 225kg, huge hammer.

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ACTIVATE!!

ForcePower is quicker off the mark and flies towards Turbulence, but the realie jolts slightly, aiming for the left front corner of ForcePower. Andy jams the brakes and tries to point ForcePower towards Turbulence, but overshoots it due to the poor control, exposing the right front corner. Turbulence flies in, slides €˜neath, and with an almighty FLIP, ForcePower finds itself working upside-down! This of course is no problem for the rammer, but Turbulence has just scored itself points, so ForcePower needs to get back in the game, but Turbulence isn€™t giving him room to breathe, and before ForcePower can recover the Roaming Robots champion is under the same spot. FLIP! ForcePower is launched again, and goes over, this time right side up! ForcePower backs off to try and regroup, as Turbulence aggressively approaches the rambot. ForcePower hurtles towards the realie and they meet...and it€™s ForcePower in control now! Turbulence is getting thrown back at shocking speeds, and WHAM! Right into the wall! Unfortunately, this bumps ForcePower right onto Turbulence€™s wedge! And...FLIP! Turbulence responds accordingly with another savage flick of the flipper, sending ForcePower sprawling across the arena floor, again inverted. ForcePower turns, but way too fast, exposing the right side completely, as Turbulence goes for it...and gets it! FLIP! Successful skirt penetration means a 100% chance of flipperation, and that causes ForcePower to go flying through the air again, landing back on its belly and really agitated. Turbulence doesn€™t seem to be letting up at all, and Andy seems to realize this because ForcePower is now backing away towards the pit release button...BANG. Pit opened - WHOA! Turbulence almost netted himself a ticket to the black hole of doom there! Backing away, he spies his adversary snaking around the pit and turning to face him...and has a go at ForcePower€™s side. ForcePower turns slightly, and this time it is nicely timed: they are face-to-face, and ForcePower guns the motors again! Turbulence gives it the old college try and smacks into the front of ForcePower...right onto the wedge! And ForcePower€™s delivering him TO...WHAM! The wall again! Devastating crash, as Turbulence bounces away, inverted! FLIP! Turbulence rights itself but it€™s not over yet, as ForcePower attacks again with heightened ferocity! Turbulence backs off and ForcePower€™s just made itself vulnerable, leaving its side open to assault! Again Frank takes advantage: FLIP! Over goes ForcePower yet AGAIN. ForcePower runs away, quite keen on setting up another attack, but Turbulence is at him again in no time! BANG. They collide head-on...and Turbulence penetrates the front wedge of ForcePower! FLIP! ForcePower goes onto its belly again, but Turbulence comes in again...and tries to push it? BAD IDEA! ForcePower backs into the flipper, whose weapon is wide open, and steers it towards the wall opposite! Being smushed into paste against the wall doesn€™t sound quite appetizing, and so Frank spins Turbulence off the back of ForcePower, sending the rammer flying into the wall rear-first! WHAM! Turbulence flies in to seize the opportunity! FLIP! ForcePower topples onto its back for the fourth time this fight. ForcePower backs into Turbulence to try and catch the flipper ram again, but Turbulence spins away again, smacking the left side skirt with the flipper. ForcePower guns the motors again and veers down on Turbulence, who meets the charge again head-on, and it€™s ForcePower who gets under this time, and actually toppling Turbulence on the wedge! Quickly ForcePower turns to the wall opposite, but it turns too harshly, sending Turb flying off the back and onto its own back. FLIP! Turbulence again self-rights, but a rather weak self-right at that, and it seems to be running out of flips. ForcePower hurriedly buries its wedge in, and catches Turbulence, who spins away, catches the right side skirt and slips under it. FLIP! Ooh, still some nice power in that flipper yet, as ForcePower goes back onto its belly. Turbulence shoves itself into ForcePower, the flipper lowered again, but does not flip. Instead, he starts pushing ForcePower towards the flame pit! ForcePower tries to reverse off the wedge, but the wheels are spinning...in mid-air! He€™s going nowhere! FWOOM. A lick of flame and now ForcePower is on the flame pit, roasting. FLIP! Another toss by Turbulence and ForcePower finds itself inverted for about the fifth time this match, and Andy€™s frustration grows. Turbulence heads for the left side skirt again but this time is unable to get under it and backs off, but ForcePower turns to him and gives him a weak push...is something wrong with its drivetrain?

10...9...8...7...

Turbulence rams ForcePower€™s front wedge; it€™s another deadlock, and ForcePower is very slowly pushing Turbulence backwards.

6...5...4...

Turbulence gives a slight lift of the flipper, and it looks they€™ve run out of flips; this does raise ForcePower up a little, but he comes crashing down again.

3...2...1...

ForcePower tackles Turbulence weakly, and mushes it into the arena wall. Oof.

CEASE!

Fantasting meleeing, you two. Now you wait for your scores...

Turbulence - ForcePower 5.0

Style = 3/5 - 2/5
Control = 4/5 - 1/5
Damage = 4/5 - 1/5
Aggression = 3/5 - 2/5
Strategy = 4/5 - 1/5

Total = 18/25 - 7/25

ForcePower 5.0 is left in the dust.
Turbulence advances to the Heat L Final!!

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Round 2 Battle 2
Flank Attack: DT vs. Hacked off Ha-ka

Flank Attack: DT shoved 10th seed ArchAngel of the Abyss into the hole, after sustaining a massive blow in the plow.

Hacked off Ha-ka caused some damage to Megabyte before Turbulence finished it off with a flick into Double Whamlet€™s CPZ.

Roboteers, stand by...

Booth 1: Flank Attack: DT
Booth 2: Hacked off Ha-ka

Exa-Gore-Ic: AI. Ancalagon the Black. €˜Nuff said. :wink:

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ACTIVATE!!

Flank Attack is quick off the mark, straight away from Ha-ka, mainly trying to avoid the axe as much as possible. Ha-ka goes for broke, charging straight into the right side claw, but Flank Attack spins around and turns Ha-ka off-course, the axe barely missing. WHACK. Nice hole in the arena floor, but you€™re paying for it. Flank Attack€™s got him in the jaws now, and bores forward, scooping him up in the plow, and squeezing in! Normally due to the wedges at the front and rear this would be quite ineffective, but since the side of Ha-ka is pinned under Flank Attack€™s plow, it€™s QUITE effective, and it is becoming apparent now as holes start to appear in Ha-ka€™s Aluminium Boron Carbide armour! Flank Attack drives around, quite happy with his prize, and Ha-ka flings the axe down repeatedly in panic, but it€™s no good! Evidently wishing to finish this battle off as quick as possible, Flank Attack reverses towards the pit release - OH! Look at this! Ha-ka has...somehow...snagged the floor flipper lining with the axe, and it€™s stuck! Flank Attack pulls...and pulls...and pulls...and to the grief of Matty Fowler the axe is loose and Flank Attack backs all the way into the pit release button...which I€™m sure you all know what it does by now. Alex also knows what to do now, and Matt is unable to prevent it: the dreaded pitting! Flank Attack stops just on the edge of the pit and opens the jaws...and any moment now, BOOM! Ha-ka is down the drain.

CEASE!

Hacked off Ha-ka gets caught up in the wreck of things.
Flank Attack: DT advances to the Heat L Final!!

Heat L Final

Turbulence vs. Flank Attack: DT

Tactics, predictions, comments, thoughts, and a sparkly blue light bulb for my room please.

[paulc]

Woot! Brilliant fights Kody!

Heat L Final

Turbulence vs. Flank Attack: DT: Im going for Turbulence to win here, as I believe he can get underneath the claws of Flank Attack with no difficulty. So from then on, once underneath, Turbulence push it to the arena walls, and flip it OOTA! If it can do that to TAN, itll certainately do it to Flank Attack: DT.

GO TURBULENCE!

[majinb]

pfff, too hard to predict

Its fun to see Flank Attack is a stayer after all. It hasnt been that successful since 2005 when it won its heat in MN1 and got some votes in the best new vapour catogery

[pcbore]

Drive straight at it, and flip it up using the claws rather than the body, at least to bounce it up. Drive under it while its bounced to get under the body proper, carry it to the wall and eject.

[siphai]

Use the speed to get around it and stay away from the flipper. Im invertible so hopefully I can take some flips. Try to stay in the middle of the arena so I dont have to worry as much about the walls.

Try to get around the side or back for some grip. Hopefully a winning pit? Well see

[samuel3764]

Turbulence VS Flank Attack

One fight comes into mind here. The World Championship Qualifier in Series 7 where Tough as Nails pushed Gravity into the pit. So... maybe something similar will happen.

[kodster]

I really should have gotten this fight up earlier.

Heat L Final
Turbulence vs. Flank Attack: DT

Turbulence tossed his way through the first round, disposing of Megabyte, and then ForcePower 5.0 in a judges decision.

Flank Attack: DT clawed out ArchAngel of the Abyss chances of proceeding further than Round 1, and then shoved Hacked off Ha-ka down to its doom.

Roboteers, stand by...

House robot A: Green, huge spinning ring, lovely sparks. House robot B: Invertible wedge that drives really fast, rear cutting blade. Yep, Tira-san and Taki-san.

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ACTIVATE!!!

Flank Attack is the first to move, and is halfway across the arena already before Turbulence suddenly springs to life, and it certainly seems quite peppy because its rammed into one of the claws and sent it up onto the wedge! FLIP! Flank Attack is tipped sideways and lands on its back, but fully functional. Flank Attack turns to attack and finds the realie back across the floor, preparing for another assault on the pincers. Alex isnt about to let the same thing happen again and turns to face Turbulence, whos speeding in again and crashes into the same claw. Its Alex time to shine though, as he carefully turns Flank Attacks claw-under-siege away from the wedge, and now rams Turbulences left side! Frank drives forward to try and shake Flank Attack off, but it makes things worse as Alex steers his prey right into the wall! Pinned on the wall, Turbulence is now caught like a fly in a pitcher plant...or is he? Flank Attack is trying to close the claws in, but the right side claw is sliding over the wedge! Frank is delighted, and hits the flipper button. FLIP! Flank Attack goes for a ride, sailing backwards and landing away from Turbulence. The realie homes in on Flank Attack quickly and attacks the rear! Flank Attack scooped up and trapped on the wedge! Hes carried to the wall aaaaand...too early. :sad: Turbulence tossed Flank Attack about a second before he hit the wall, and Flank Attack bounces off the railing with both pincers, and landing back on its wheels. Frank claps his hand to his head, but Alex is quite relieved and goes for an attack on Turbulence again, to find that the wedge has backed off and roaming around the arena. The 5th seed of Mechanical Noise 1 is once again after him, and closing in quite quickly, but Turbulence spins around before the inevitable contact. BANG! The wedge meets the scoop, and they cancel out...and the pincers close in! Turbulences side panels are feeling the hurt now, and this is quite bad, for in the last two battles, no opponent has escaped the pincers when they have captured an opponent! Oh, but whats this? Turbulence is trying to push Flank Attack away! Flank Attack pushes back, and the pincers spikes plunge deeper into the sides of the realie...and Turbulence suddenly stops moving! Uh oh, something important must have been damaged...and it looks like Turbulence has had it. Flank Attack now pushes him back, right straight towards the floor flipper. The claws open...no movement. Turbulence is a dead duck. The Watcher comes on over, and Taki and Tira leave their CPZs, as the countdown commences!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
FLIP!
Turbulence soars, the floor flipper sending it across the arena in a hurry, and landing on its back skids across the floor, but Flank Attack is right there, and it catches Turbulence wide open, the claws ink in again. The house robots give chase, and Flank Attack backs into the pit release button. Guess what happens now. Taki slams into Turbulences front end, now inverted, and shooting under both bots lifts them into the air, and on top of her, and spins around while the crowd hollers their approval. A few twirls and Flank Attack lands away from Taki, and has his prey right in front of the other one: Tira!
CRASH!!!
OH! Mighty hit, directly on Turbulences flipper! This sends both competitors across the floor amid a shower of green and purple sparks, but Turbulence has a pretty strong flipper and it takes the hit quite well, despite being dead! Alex has had enough of this charade and wheels Flank Attack over to the pit: sure enough, the pincers open right over the hole and Turbulence is plunged in. Taki sneakily comes in from behind and puts Flank Attack on top of him.

CEASE!

Turbulence has a long way to the top before he can rock n roll.
Flank Attack: DT advances to the Series Semi-Finals!!!

Heat M

Warrior SKF ( vs. Starstorm 2 vs. X-Terminator 3
Stinger vs. Malaria vs. SUNCUST

Tactics, predictions, comments, thoughts, and a High Definition digital cable box please.

[siphai]

wootles! second robot in the semi-finals Awesome matches Kody! Definitely makes up for first round exit from Mechanical Noise :P

(Message edited by Siphai on February 03, 200

[samuel3764]

Warrior SKF ( vs. Starstorm 2 vs. X-Terminator 3: Sorry, Starstorm.
Stinger vs. Malaria vs. SUNCUST: Stinger Out for sure.

Heat Winner: Either Warrior or Malaria.