Heat N Final
Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus (6) vs. Son of Ripper 5.0

After a brutal first round in which the house robots and Chaos 2 got utterly annihilated, Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus (6) struggled and ultimately overcame Achilles, as Son of Ripper 5.0 managed to sneak in an OOTA on Rammy Mk 3 before time ran out.

Roboteers, stand by...

Booth 1: Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus
Booth 2: Son of Ripper 5.0

Double Big Mac and Double Whamlet: the wanton menaces.

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ACTIVATE!!!

Another heat final we€™re at, and it€™s Die-Ceratops who comes out first, copying Rammy€™s tactics from before and wanting a frontal conflict. AJ has no intention of letting such a conflict happen and SoR wheels off towards Die-Ceratops€™ side. Die-Ceratops spins around, careful to push his left wheel as he does so, and has positioned himself right in front of SoR! ...who runs off. Die-Ceratops is in hot pursuit, but unlike Rammy Mk 3 can€™t seem to catch up to SoR as fast, and SoR suddenly stops, and backs up, just before Chris realizes what€™s happening. The blade hits the flipper!
CRASH!!!
Well! That certainly did some damage! The side of Die-Ceratops€™ flipper has been gashed horribly by that hit! Die-Ceratops is also momentarily phased by the hit and AJ snatches the opportunity while it€™s there: SoR spins around and gets under the gashed side of the flipper with his own. Yet no flip...WHAM! SoR takes Die-Ceratops right to the wall and smacks him into it with sheer brute force! Die-Ceratops bounces...right into the spun-up blade again!
CRASH!!!
The top of the flipper takes it this time, another tear in the 8mm titanium, though not as big as the previous one. SoR spins again, and just catches the wheel of Die-Ceratops as Chris drives away...but not far enough. SoR activates the flipper and FLIP! AJ gets the effect he wants: Die-Ceratops is tipped up and over, stunned briefly, and that€™s what SoR needs to slam into Chris€™ bot and take it to the wall again! WHAM! FLIP! Oh! SoR attempts an OOTA but nope, not powerful enough of a flip to get him over the wall, but Die-Ceratops lands back onto the wedge. Chris is really starting to become sick of this charade. Die-Ceratops tosses himself off the wedge of SoR and jets off, wanting to go anywhere else but where he was previously. SoR ain€™t thinking of letting this fight go yet and advances with the spinning bar, as Die-Ceratops turns around. SoR halts, and tries to go to the side of Die-Ceratops but Chris watches this with narrowed eyes and Die-Ceratops turns almost in perfect synchronization with SoR. This means he gets right under SoR with the flipper! FLIP!!! AJ€™s eyes follow his robot as it flies through the air, bouncing up off the saws which pop up, and rests on his back. The 6th seed comes in now, looking for a death blow, but SoR isn€™t easily as defeated as that. Being fully invertible, he drives off and away from Die-Ceratops, and FLIP! that rights him. Unfortunately the time consumed from that righting allowed Chris to come in again and the flipper slides under SoR for a second time! And now he€™s taking SoR to the arena wall - NO! SoR rides off the wedge! Chris pounds the wall in the control booth in anger, his plan looked perfect. And now AJ makes him pay for it: SoR backs into the side of the flipper and -
CRASH!!!
OOHH!!! WHAT DAMAGE! It just nicked the upper edge of flipper, and the top flipper panel is buckled, and completely loose! It definitely won€™t work properly now! FLIP! Die-Ceratops flips himself over using the lower panel, to try and use the other side of the flipper to get under. SoR slams into the front now, and Chris€™ thought is wrong, as the flipper gets under Die-Ceratops and FLIP! Die-Ceratops is tossed over! Die-Ceratops also seems to be having some control problems, because he€™s only moving in circles! SoR backs off, right towards the pit release button. Chris can€™t do anything than move his bot in circles, and that€™s no good, as The Watcher comes forward, and after a moment€™s slight hesitation begins his countdown!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
Another seed falls lower! And the house bots move in! Double Whamlet is the first to enter, scooping up Die-Ceratops, lifting him up with the arm and WHACK! In come all four axes at once, puncturing the flipper and grabbing the sides near the wheels as well. Double Big Mac doesn€™t want to be left out and Whamlet decides to give his buddy a treat. Bad idea. DBM hits the broken wedge of Die-Ceratops, and flies over it...STRIKING WHAMLET AT FULL GYROSCOPIC SPEED!!!
CRASH!!!
The hit is monumental! Whamlet is smashed across the arena by his buddy€™s hammers, the scoop almost ripped clean off! DBM himself is tipped over and unable to move. Whamlet however is still able to move, and spares himself any more torment by shunting the dead 6th seed down the pit.

CEASE!

Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus reduced to dinosaur bones.
Son of Ripper 5.0 advances to the Series Semi-Finals!!!

Heat O

Aneurysm (4) vs. Sheer Heart Attack vs. Quocunque Jeceris Stabit
Roo 2 vs. Biohazard vs. The Deer

Tactics, predictions, comments, thoughts, and a 2008 BMW M3 Coupe please.