The Crash & Burn Tournament: Other Weights!

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So be it.

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Hello?

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Okay, now that all bots are here...I shall post...line-ups!!!!!!!!!

Featherweights

Wuzzel vs. Wrangulator
Scarlet Touch vs. Sith

Lightweights

Dales Dead Bot vs. Little Big Bot
Fuzzel vs. Tiny Tengu

Middleweights

Nuzzel vs. Waynestock
Tom vs. Blizzard

Superheavyweights

Red Knight vs. Puzzel
Octo-push 3 vs. Walk Away

[leorcc]

wuzzel vs Wrangulator: spin up asap and keep the spinning bar between wrangulator and rear wheels. Let the opponent come to me, im not chasing.

Fuzzel vs. Tiny Tengu: spin up the eggbeater en drive forward into Tiny Tengu. Keep Tiny Tengu on the defense.

Nuzzel vs. Waynestock: Hit it as hard and as fast as much as Nuzzel can. It can selfright with the axe.

Red Knight vs. Puzzel:Flip Red Knight out of the arena as soon as possible. The 4kg of co2 go fast with a ram that big.

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the -1>ff6000>Crash & Burn Tournament: OTHER WEIGHTS!

Our battle for today is...

Wuzzel vs. Wrangulator

Wuzzel is an invertible T-shaped bot with 5mm aluminum armour, not bad for a featherweight. Powering this small beast are 2 720 BB torque motors that run at 12 volts. But the nastiest part is that Code:BLACK style undercutting bar made from titanium! Unfortunately, its very easy to flip.

Wrangulator is a diamond-shaped bot with wedges and spikes that lift up off the ground when spinning to rip and dice! It has the power of Rip in its innards, making a plentiful 20mph, but its got lowly 2mm aluminum, 3 less than its opponent, and its light for a feather, which is saying something.

Roboteers, stand by...

Booth 1: Leo van Miert
Booth 2: Christopher Mason

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ACTIVATE!

Start your engines, folks, the Other Weights tournament is under way! And very nearly off the bat we have a hit from Wrangulator on Wuzzel before the blade got up to speed...but the wedge lifted up from the ground there, and it went over top of Wuzzel, and Wrangulator tips up and over! Not that itll do much difference as its invertible and the exact same shape upside-downy, but maybe its control will be hindered? Wuzzel seems to think so, and after waiting a moment for its deadly blade to achieve maximum velocity bores into the dazed Wrangulator and shreds off one of the side spikes! Ooh...thatll cost him. Wrangulator away and about and making quite a rout, almost driving over the flame pit, now coming a full circle around for a hit on Wuzzels tire but Leo merely wheels the machine to face the wedge and -
CRASH!
AGH! What a mess of sparks! The outcome of this interference doesnt seem to be that good...and sure enough, there is damage, to Wrangulators front wedge! The front aluminum panel is torn sideways, and some gears and axles are exposed! But the same collision also has lifted Wuzzel off the ground and sent him sprawling across the arena! Whats more is that the blade doesnt seem to be spinning as fast! Who has the advantage? Id say it would be Wuzzel, as the T-bot is recovering from his spell and is closing in on the wounded Wrangulator. Wrangulator is reeling and attempts a spin but the blade of Wuzzel finds the side and shoots off some sparks! Chris isnt too happy with the way things are going right now, and decides to take the only option he can: the pit. Leo seems to know the same, and Wuzzel rear pushes Wrangulator from the side, and into the CPZ corner. Wrangulator is unable to escape the corner, and sits there, waiting. Ah, but Leo was waiting, too...for his blade to reach full speed! Now Wuzzel relinquishes his grip on Wrangulator, who is able to drive forwards along the wall, but Wuzzel is right there with a gargantuan slash to the hindquarters of Wrangulator!
CRASH!
Not only does this grieviously gash open the armour, but it tosses Chris featherweight right back into the corner! And Im seeing some steam...Im seeing some smoke...and Im seeing Wuzzel plant his titanium spinning bar right back into the front wedge!
CRASH!
I think the bell has tolled for Wrangulator, as its front armour is destroyed, chewed up and spit out, about 5 feet away! And Wrangulator lays pathetically on the arena floor, smoke streaming out of the wheel holes and exposed front. But nope, Leos gotta cause more damage, and Wuzzel continues his onslaught...
CRASH!
A hit to the front again tears out a motor, which slides along the floor and hits the wall.
CRASH!
Another hit, to the side, slices into the armour, and almost severs the bottom plate.
CRASH!
The same side panel is torn off completely, and all the mechanics are exposed.
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!
More hits, and finally all we see of Wrangulator...is a mangled corpse of what was once a perfectly working robot. Panels strewn everywhere, motors, batteries, wheels...gone.

CEASE!

Wrangulator gets wrangled into the scrap heap.
Wuzzel advances to the Featherweight Final!

Next battle: Scarlet Touch vs. Sith

[alex_holt]

Scarlet Touch vs. Sith
Try and flip in, as thats really my only option.

Fuzzel vs. Tiny Tengu
Go for those lovelly exposed wheels.

Tom vs. Blizzard
Try and attack it with the goring prongs, and just grind it into the wall, using my ability to move sideways to dodge the flipper.

Red Knight vs. Puzzel
As my weapon is automated, just follow it around and let it do its job - he shouldnt be able to get beneath the plate without the disc hitting it.

[leorcc]

interesting how people always think that unarmoured wheels are a weakness.

(Message edited by leorcc on May 16, 2007)