The Crash & Burn Tournament 2

**dinowarrior** · 24th May 2007, 18:23

Continued...

DISCO INFERNOS TACTICS
Just spin up and try to hit something.

CRASHS TACTICS
Now if this fight doesnt win an award, I dont know what will.:wink: Anyway, turn my attentions to Mousey 4. After all, us video game legends have to stick together, right?

DIE-CERATOPS TACTICS
Chaos 2 for the straight and out.

SPRING-BOKS TACTICS
(Suicidaly) attack Crashing Bore.

**steven_mcg** · 24th May 2007, 20:28

Hooray for another tournament!

HEAT A
ROUND 1
1) Back 2 Basics VS Kan Opener VS Salamander III (1)
I cant see Kan Opener surviving long with the champs disc and Matts flipper.

2) Disco 5 VS THE RIDDLER VS Tornado
Nice way to start my run, Kody.

Presuming no-one wants to be a git and team up with me, Ill just go after whoevers nearest. For Tornado, Ill aim for the wheel houses and for Disco, Ill try to stick the axe in when the flipper opens. Hopefully, my superior manoueverability and speed will keep me out of trouble for a while too.

**knightrous** · 25th May 2007, 05:16

Heat B
The Disc 5 vs. Novastorm 2 vs. Mass Disctruction Revolution

Take out Novastorm, and punish the T3h D1$K 5 if it comes near me, he cant do anything but run like a wobby gong into my weapon... . Main focus is Novastorm, shred what I can.

Heat C
Breed vs. Rogue vs. Firestorm V

woot... Spin up, tear sh|t apart, gyro dance and get drunk

Heat H
Terrorhurtz (15) vs. Boxed In vs. Mass Disctruction Ultimate 4

Destroy Terrorhurtz. Destroy Boxed In. Ive seen lightweights tear through 6mm titanium... MDU4 will have no hassles with it. I have complete faith in this new design, when you can spend every gram of weight of the robot into the weapon without sacrifice, you can have this kind of confidence, without being cocky.

Heat I
Shovearound 2 (16) vs. Cosmic Thunder 2 vs. Knightrous Wedge

Pushy Bots Ruul! Ram, wedge, flip, get drunk, go home

Heat L
Turbulence vs. Hacked off Ha-ka vs. Megabyte

Spin, break things... Nothing else Megabyte does

Heat M
Warrior SKF (

vs. Starstorm 2 vs. X-Terminator 3

Break them with the spinner, flip them with the flipper. Whyachi made this bot legendary...

Heat P
Clawdius Decimus Murderous (2) vs. Infusion vs. Black Panther Queen

Go after CDM... Stevo needs a bit o spinner lovin

**martyn** · 25th May 2007, 10:34

Heat A
Disco 5 (ME) vs. The Riddler vs. Tornado
go for tornado with the disc, if it hits the disc it will go for a flight, after a while something in tornado will break

Heat D
Enter the May Tracks (7) vs. BIACS-LE vs. Panic Attack (ME)
Ah crap, erm open the pit straight away and try and pit something asap.

Heat F
Wedga Revo 2.0 (11) vs. Cacodemon vs. Star 69 (me)
Spin up and smack into whoever has the weakest armour. Avoid getting flipped if possible.

Heat H
Terrorhurtz (15)(me) vs. Boxed In vs. Mass Disctruction Ultimate 4
Well isnt this fun, aim to hope the other two hit each other and break. And then attack them when they arent expecting it mwhahahaha.

rest of the tactics later

**majinb** · 25th May 2007, 13:35

my tactics shall come when my heats arive, my Heat A predictions shall come...

NOW!

Heat A
Salamander III (1) vs. Back 2 Basics vs. Kan-Opener
Kan-Opener doesnt stand much of a chance methinks

Disco 5 vs. The Riddler vs. Tornado
Interesting... Disco 5 should go through, I think, but The Riddler vs Tornado could be very interesting...
I honoustly cant make a valid prediction here

**kodster** · 25th May 2007, 14:55

Its finally here. The sequel to the tournament you loved so much. Starting now...

+2>THE CRASH & BURN TOURNAMENT 2!!!

And without further ado, let us begin our first fight!

Salamander III (1) vs. Back 2 Basics vs. Kan-Opener

Salamander III, from the weird (and talented) mind of Alex Holt, is the reigning champion of the last tournament! Hes an axlebot with a serious attitude, and an equally serious spinning disc, weighing 22kg and spinning at 2000rpm, aided by two hardox square teeth on the edges to dish out some serious PAIN. Almost everything about this champ is hardox, except the wheels, which are made of Boron Carbide. Also, Salamander is shookproofed to prevent recoil damage from its own disc! Can it be defeated?
C&B1: Destroyed Disc-O-Inferno completely, tore apart IDSFA indefinitely, took out Killotine: EVO on a close judges decision to win its Heat, made a smoking wreck of Aquarius, ripped off Aneurysms weapon to claim the judges decision, and finally managed to claim a victory over Clawdius Decimus Murderous in the final!

Back 2 Basics, conceived by Matthew Fowler, is pretty basic wedge shape, if I may say so myself.

But its quite capable, too, with a helium-powered flipper that takes up the whole wedge, another detachable wedge, hinged side skirts, and rollbars on the back to help when self-righting. Its also sporting 7mm Ti/V alloy armour with a cm of aluminum chassis underneath. However, its top speed is 8.5mph, and thus will hinder its pushing power.
C&B1: Did not enter

Kan-Opener, entered by Mr. David Sheppard, is a well-known real robot that sports two giant claws that are extremely deadly if you happen to get caught in them. Its also invertible, but however, not having skirts, and a high ground clearance, will give it lots of air any time it comes into contact with a flipperbot. Also its not very agile. Its won an annihilator already, but can it win C&B2? Doubtful...
C&B1: Did not enter...

Roboteers, stand by...

Booth 1: Salamander III, Kan-Opener
Booth 2: Back 2 Basics

Ah ha! You didnt think wed kick this off without house bots, did you! Of course not! Starting things here are the 225kg Obelix Bulguous with the wedge and hammer, and Double Whamlet with the scoop and quad axes.

3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!

Crash & Burn 2 start!

And a good match-up this should be. Heres B2B coming at Kan-Opener, who backs away from the flipper, but B2B is actually quite quicker than the real robot, and drives under Kan-Opener and TO THE WALL! FLIP! But no! Kan-Opener was actually thrown overtop of B2B and has landed behind him! Unfortunately for him, its now in the path of Salamander III!
CRASH!
The disc collides with the side, and a clean little nick in the side can be seen, but no sign of internal damage is evident as of yet. B2B is back into the fray, sliding under the champion and tossing him across the arena! Salamander bounces but is otherwise unharmed by the jolt. But B2B bears down on Salamander again. Salamander drives towards B2B but not straight on, and one of Salamanders wheels catches the flipper and drives it over the body. B2B lets out a mighty helium snort there, and heres Kan-Opener for an assault on B2B! The realie shoves B2B against the wall, and the claws squeeze around the rear armour of the wedge! And who do you suppose is going to take advantage of a situation like this?

CRASH!
Salamander buckles Kan-Opener in the rear with the 22kg of mighty hardox weaponry. This time, however, damage is quite apparent! A great slice, and the rear armour of Kan-Opener has been bent into the robot! Oh dear, how do you think this is going to affect their chances? B2B shoves backwards, but Kan-Opener, wounded as he is, still has a grip on him! Salamander isnt waiting around; the discs up again to speed and grazing the side of Kan-Opener again! No big crash, though, as hardly any damage has been inflicted by that blow. Kan-Openers drive is back, and they are pushing B2B towards Double Whamlets CPZ! Salamander rears in on Kan-Opener and adds to the fun, trying to shove them both into the CPZ! Ands here Obelix Bulguous - running right in the fully revd disc of Salamander!
CRASH!
The wedge is buckled, and a more ragged gash has been cut into the armour. Obelix himself is not too pleased, and shunts Salamander in the disc. Salamander cant get away and is squeezed between Kan-Opener, who still has a grip on B2B, who is getting hammered by Whamlets twin axe! Down comes Obelixs hammer, and the armour of Salamander is bent. OH WHATS THIS?! B2B has got under Whamlet and flipped him! What a surprise this is! And the result of this is Obelixs power being utilized, shoving all three of the competitors into the CPZ with Whamlet inverted next to it. Obelix brings the hammer down again, but this time it hits Kan-Opener! Oh my! The top armour is loosed! Its almost completely off! Kan-Opener has released B2B, but B2B is still in the danger zone, and oh, there goes Salamander, escaping the wrath of the house bots! Whamlet finally rights himself and joins the party in the CPZ. Its hammer and axe time now on Kan-Opener, who is completely trapped in the CPZ, the claws opening and closing feebly. Salamander is charged up now and collides with the rear of Whamlet!
CRASH!
AAAAAGH! The rear armour of Whamlet iproved to be not that resilient at all! Its ripped wide open, and the ghastly mechanics of Whamlet are exposed! And the 150kg house bot has stopped moving by the same blow! Obelix turns around in wrath, and sees that Alexs axlebot has hit the spinner button, activating the arena spinner. As Obelix leaves the CPZ to punish Salamander, B2B shoves the comatose Kan-Opener backwards and escapes, flipping over Whamlet again in passing.

Obelix catches Salamander, who grazes Obelixs side with the disc. Hardly any damage is caused, but Obelix responds with the slam against the wall, and Salamander rears away to escape...and finds the wedge of B2B shoving back into Obelix, and flipping him over it! Obelix lets fly the hammer, which hits Salamander in mid-air and therefore merely tapping the disc. B2B continues his charge forward and sliding under Obelix tosses the humungous robo-gaul over onto its belly! Nobody seems to notice that the referee, The Watcher has trundled over to the dead Kan-Opener and started counting him out.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
Kan-Opener is hereby out of the tournament! And in other news, Obelix is finding himself hard to right, and B2B turns his attention to Kan-Opener, ramming the chomper into the wall. FLIP! Kan-Opener flies over the wall this time and hits the camera track. Salamander spins around in victory dance style.

CEASE!

Kan-Opener got a can of whoop-ass opened on him!

Salamander III (1) and Back 2 Basics advance to Round 2!

Next battle: Disco 5 vs. The Riddler vs. Tornado

**andrewj** · 26th May 2007, 13:58

Heat A
Tornado: Use the drum, box rush and push them around.

Heat B
Prediction: Iâ‚¬â„¢ll go for The Disc to win this heat.

Heat C
Breed: Avoid Rogue! Try and get some work done on FireStorm.

Heat D
Prediction: Probably Whirly for this heat.

Heat E
Prediction: Interesting, but Iâ‚¬â„¢ll go for Fragmentor over Killotine.

Heat F
Wedga Revo: I have no idea what Cacodemon is like and Iâ‚¬â„¢m too lazy to look it up, so I suggest me and Martyn take it out.

Heat G
Axeon: Lets see who has the better chopperâ‚¬Â¦ avoid Wedge Devo if possible.

Heat H
Prediction: Iâ‚¬â„¢ll look forward to seeing if MDU and Baldur meet up, but for now Iâ‚¬â„¢ll go for MDU 4.

Heat I
Prediction: This is a tough one. Iâ‚¬â„¢ll go for Shovearound but Knightrous Wedge and MSSD could be there too.

Heat J
GigaByte: I seem to remember TAN making light work of Disco Inferno before, I say same again.

Heat K
Prediction: Iâ‚¬â„¢m gonna take Turbo Tails to breeze this heat.

Heat L
ForcePower: Box rush the hell out of AAOTA and dispose of it before its too late.

Heat M
Prediction: Iâ‚¬â„¢ll go for Warrior SKF in this heat.

Heat N
SOR: I say take out Chaos 2 with the spinner, shouldnâ‚¬â„¢t take too long.

Heat O
Aneurysm: Destroy. Do the twist.

Heat P
Prediction: Another interesting oneâ‚¬Â¦ Iâ‚¬â„¢ll go for CDM based on last seasons performance.

**martyn** · 26th May 2007, 17:23

revised tactics
Heat F
Wedga Revo 2.0 (11) vs. Cacodemon vs. Star 69 (me)
Since AJ wants to team up, i shall. Cacodemon only has 1mm ground clearance so it will have trouble driving and turning. It should be easy to attack with the FBS of star 69 since it will have low manovrability. However if this fails it should be easy to push around.