The Crash & Burn Tournament 2

[siphai]

Well if its digging in the arena then my assumptions are that itll either lift half of your wheels off the ground (because of all the force pressing down on it etc.) OR youll have so much frictional force at the point of your wedges contact that it would become very hard for you to overcome it and drive away (or at least take the time for you to raise the wedge).

With this in mind, I could try for a side assault in order to make you lower your wedge into the ground, and once youve done so immediatly swerve around to the back and get under that (Assuming these wedges are not on all sides.)

[pcbore]

Digging into the ground does effectively ground the machine, which is why its a defensive move rather than an offensive one. Lifting the wheels off the ground is part of the point, it puts more weight onto the wedge. Yes, the wedges are on all sides.

[siphai]

Ah, so it effectivley immobilizes the machine in favor of making the ground clearence zero? Nice. Hmm, well come in and try to pound the top or the wedges (maybe see if I can bend the wedges so they give clearence regardless if they are pressed or not)

[kodster]

All right lads, settle down.

Round 2 Battle 1
Warrior SKF ( vs. SUNCUST

Warrior SKF ( got nicked early by X-Terminator 3 but when Starstorm 2 flipped it over, that was it, as Warrior SKF tossed the helpless spinner over the wall and out.

SUNCUST teamed up with Malaria to destroy Stinger, and did so without too much hassle, shoving the realie down the hole after literally chowing down on its wheels.

Roboteers, stand by...

Booth 1: Warrior SKF
Booth 2: SUNCUST

Ah, Ivy-X makes her first C&B2 appearance, accompanied by Exa-Gore-Ic: AI again.

3...
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ACTIVATE!!

The rim of Warrior SKF spins up to full speed almost immediately, and SUNCUST approaches warily. He€™s not going to take too many chances against this deadly realie, but Aaron takes it out of his hands by jetting out towards SUNCUST in a sudden joust. Tony is surprised by this tactic, surprised enough that it distracts him a bit and Warrior is able to come in at the front right corner, slip under the skirt, and FLIP! Up goes SUNCUST into the air, landing the wrong way up! And he doesn€™t have enough time to react before the 8th seed turns and inserts the rim!
CRASH!
The rim hits the 12mm titanium and bounces away, foiled. SUNCUST puts his jaws towards Warrior again and pounces. Warrior greets him with the wedge, and it€™s SUNCUST who prevails in the clash of lowered clearances, as Warrior€™s wedge rides right up into the jaws! The pneumatic jaws activate, and close down upon the flipper! WHOA! Warrior€™s flipper flew up and smacked SUNCUST€™s upper plate, which freed him just in time, before the spikes could get a good hold! Tony grinds his teeth and comes back at Warrior, who darts back towards one of the corners. SUNCUST backs up and Warrior misses, turning to find SUNCUST€™s jaws almost in his face. Warrior makes a reverse U-turn and nicks SUNCUST€™s side with the rim!
CRASH!
Still quite ineffective, but the judges are impressed by the number of sparks emitted. Warrior has a rush at the side skirt of SUNCUST, who backs off and Warrior just gets under, only the front of it and flips too late, raising himself slightly off the ground. SUNCUST darts in but also too late to take advantage, as Warrior turns away. Both are again facing each other, and decide €œTo hell with it!€ They charge! WHAM! Both clearances meet and cancel out this time, neither able to overpower the other...wait...SUNCUST is pushing the 8th seed ever-so-slightly backwards, and towards the arena wall behind! Warrior foresees his peril and backs off, but can€™t seem to turn and SUNCUST has him! He€™s going to the wall!
CRASH!!!
SUNCUST pounds Warrior€™s flywheel against the wall, sending the realie flying across the arena - OOHHH!!! The wall panel has been ripped completely off!

CEASE!

Oh dear, we can€™t allow the match to continue with the walls damaged! Please wait a moment while the C&B crewbots take time to patch the wall up...ah, there we go.

ACTIVATE!!

All right, we€™re back to the action. Warrior is coming around to meet the side of SUNCUST with the wedge, and...is foiled again. SUNCUST comes to greet the side and is nailed by the flywheel again!
CRASH!
SUNCUST is thrown a bit, but that 12mm titanium is really standing up to the rim of Warrior, which is surprising indeed, as Shovearound 2 last series got literally shredded by that deadly rim despite its own armour! And now SUNCUST is at the side of Warrior! HE€™S GOT THEM! The jaws sink in, the flipper flies, but nothing done! Warrior have been clamped! And now...now...surely they are doomed. SUNCUST rams his rear-end straight into the pit release, not only opening the pit but taking off the button from the wall! Argh...but now that€™s over, and Warrior falls out of SUNCUST€™s jaws and meets the bottom of the pit.

CEASE!

Warrior SKF goes down a few rankings, and classified as €œPrivate SKF€!
SUNCUST advances to the Heat M Final!!

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Round 2 Battle 2
Starstorm 2 vs. Malaria

Starstorm 2 tossed over X-Terminator 3 and that ended it for XT3, who found itself on the camera tracks a few seconds later, courtesy of the 8th seed, Warrior SKF.

Malaria helped SUNCUST take out Stinger€™s wheels, and then the realie was immobilized immediately after, giving its pitting by SUNCUST.

Roboteers, stand by...

Booth 1: Malaria
Booth 2: Starstorm 2

Taki-san and Obelix Bulguous wait for the right moment to strike...

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

Both come flying out to greet each other, and are in each other€™s faces right away. Starstorm 2 lowers the front skirt into the ground, and Malaria smartly stops and gives a hammer blow with one of his hammers. BANG! The dome withstands the heavy blow, though a dent can be seen. Starstorm raisesd the skirt a little and comes forward, but unfortunately he drives right into the lifting scoop of Malaria and gets lifted. BANG! The other side hammer comes down and Starstorm is shocked, but still seems to be okay despite another dent in the hardox. Starstorm is pushed away and receives another blow before hitting the wall. BANG! WHAM! Another blow, the tiniest bit less powerful than before, manages to dent the hardox once again, and Starstorm is stacked against the wall, receiving multiple hammer blows! BANG! BANG! BANG! The underbelly gets it now and it€™s not looking too good for Starstorm at all! The 6mm polycarbonate is being throttled! The Watcher decides to stroll in, and shunts Malaria. Malaria backs into The Watcher, and tries to attack him, leaving Starstorm...tipping onto his head...and no reaction. It seems that Malaria€™s hammers have done the damage required to steal Starstorm€™s chances of reaching the Heat Final! But The Watcher can€™t count him out as he€™s being pushed away by Malaria! BANG! The front wedge of The Watcher takes a blow, but only a small dent, and The Watcher€™s arm comes down and grabs Malaria by the hammer-shaft, and smacks him into the wall! Malaria is upended! The Watcher releases the Biohazard-shaped Team Targeted bot and goes back over to the seemingly dead Starstorm 2, to give him his judgement. This of course leaves him prey to a newly-self-righted Malaria who bores in on the ref again and lifts him up by the rear! HE€™S OVER! The Watcher has been upended! Ooooh, here comes Obelix to deal with you! WHAM! The wedge of Obelix gets under Malaria and due to the angle of Obelix€™s wedge, it sends Malaria flying! This means Obelix misses his hammer blow. Malaria lands on his wheels again, but the ref has righted himself using the arm and is currently counting out poor Starstorm 2!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

CEASE!

Starstorm 2 must settle for lower-class this time around.
Malaria advances to the Heat M Final!!

Heat M Final

SUNCUST vs. Malaria

Tactics, predictions, comments, thoughts, and an expresso please.

[dinowarrior]

*Tips Expresso ON Kody for some unknown reason*

[pcbore]

OK, Kody. You know the deal. *Steals Kodys ginger beer*

[siphai]

Try to smack the wheels and jaws with the hammers, stay away from that front! :P Im a bit faster so I will try and get away from his front if he charges me.

If he tries pressing his claws against the floor to get under me, then use the ground clearence on his other sides to get under and hammer him. 12mm titanium is much more suscetible to my hammers, I think :P

[kodster]

You cruel people. :sad: Bah, I shall avenge myself...

Heat M Final
SUNCUST vs. Malaria

Both our competitors teamed up on Stinger in Round 1 and successfully pitted him. Then SUNCUST grabbed Warrior SKF and repeated Round 1 by giving him a Stinger-like death, while Malaria tipped Starstorm 2 over and hammered the underbelly until it died.

Roboteers, stand by...

Booth 1: Malaria
Booth 2: SUNCUST

Its Tira-san who patrols one CPZ today. In the other, its Asterix Heroicus.

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

Our thirteenth heat final, and possibly the unluckiest? Malaria shoots out almost from the get-go, and veers away from a head -on collision with SUNCUST, but Tony turns to face Malarias side with the jaws and guns forward! Malaria keeps going, not wanting to give SUNCUST a chance, and the jaws just slip under the side skirt as it passes out of his reach. SUNCUST gives chase, but Malaria being the quicker of the two evades him, gets around, and finds himself at SUNCUSTs sides! BANG! One of the hammers comes down before SUNCUST can get away and hammers the 12mm titanium body but it bounces off with a small dent in the armour. SUNCUST backs off and comes at Malaria again, but Alex turns his machine away, and heads for the flame pit. SUNCUST again giving chase, and Malaria passes the flame pit, turns and makes a go for SUNCUSTs side. Unfortunately he passes too close and SUNCUST turns and slides under the side skirt again! Malaria is high-centered on the jaws, which close around him! Hes snagged - NO! Down come the hammers and shake him loose from the peril of the jaws, now fully closed and Tony gnashes his teeth for the second time this heat. SUNCUST shakes and opens the jaws, and runs towards Malaria who again heads away from a frontal assault and towards the side, but SUNCUST is already there. He tackles Malarias side once more but fails to push the lower jaw under the skirt and Malaria takes advantage, by turning towards SUNCUSTs own side, and finally penetrates HIS skirt! The plow lifts, and SUNCUST is tipped up, and thrown into the wall by Malarias charge! Down come the hammers! BANG! BANG! Into SUNCUSTS side! Amazingly the 12 titanium isnt putting up that bad of a fight, but now some dents can be seen, and still the hammers come down. BANG! BANG! Still only dents, but looking worse for wear now, and now the side skirt has been bent up...SUNCUST cant seem to get away and The Watcher comes over to have a look. Malaria backs off and SUNCUST gladly falls back down onto his wheels, and jets off before Malaria can shove him back into the wall. The Biohazard-shaped bot chases after SUNCUST, who rams the pit release button, and Malaria catches up...to meet SUNCUSTs jaws! What a turn of events! Malaria stops too late, as SUNCUST comes forward and slides under the lifting plow of Malaria and the front skirts, lifting the entire front end up, and chomps down! BANG! BANG! Malarias hammers come down and smash the top of SUNCUST! Ooh, big dents have been made by the hammers this time around! SUNCUST seems to be moving slowly as well, but hes so near the pit! And so is Malaria! TOO NEAR!
BOOM!

CEASE!

Malarias reign of terror is cured.
SUNCUST advances to the Series Semi-Finals!!!

Heat N

Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus (6) vs. Son of Ripper 5.0 vs. Chaos 2
Achilles vs. Tough as Nails vs. Rammy Mk 3

Tactics, predictions, comments, thoughts, and nothing else right now please.

[paulc]

Woot! Antony, despite his retirement seems to be doing quite well If only I did as well... :new:

Anyway - predictions:

Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus (6) vs. Son of Ripper 5.0 vs. Chaos 2: Who the heck entered Chaos 2? Its not lasting long with a powerful flipper and a flipper/disc combo - I seem to be remember Son Of Ripper 1 disking out Chaos 2 in PTT2 - this new version will have NO trouble

Achilles vs. Tough as Nails vs. Rammy Mk 3: Tough As Nails had trouble contesting with Storm 2 - theres a robot in this fight with the same power as Storm 2 (Rammy Mk.3) and more power than Storm 2 (Achilles). I believe Achilles is going to flip Tough As Nails OOTA/pit it - If that fails, then Rammy is going instead.

Heat Winner: Die-Ceratops ReInvertus or Achillies - the two best in the heat - I DONT HATE SOR 5.5!!!

[siphai]

haha I didnt think Id win this one, but Im happy because all of my robots have won at least one or more matches. And I already have two in the semis lol :P