Heat 9 - Round 2 Battle 2 - Y4 v Nitro-Gene

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Straight from the off its a battle of 2 flippers, and it immedately becomes clear that both machines are just waiting for the right moment to use their precious flips as neither seems to want to make an early charge and expend any of the robotic golddust known as carbon dioxide gas. Itll be interesting to see which of these 2 unusually shaped box flippers will come out on top, though its Nitro-Gene who eventually comes out and makes the first meaningful attack as he slims under the 8mm ground clearance of Y4 and sends him actually flying through the air, nearly getting him out of the arena from nowhere near it whatsoever. Y4 does his best mute impression and self-rights on the 3rd attempt but Nitro-Gene is right back on his case though and manages to get himself right back on the tail of Y4. Y4 performs a quick about turn though and somehow manages to spin to the side of Nitro-Gene from where he gives him a nudge and attempts to turn him over and onto his back. This plan fails though and the fight continues as normal.

Nitro-Gene doesnt seem happy that Y4 has managed to exploit any kind of weakness in him and immediately starts going to try and rectify this, skidding around the arena with his vulcalon coated wheels, revving up the etek motors which are providing him with huge speed and acceleration around the ring. He makes another charge only for Y4 to dodge and send Nitro-Gene skidding straight into the wall. Y4 immediately uses the opportunity to try and get underneath the pointed rear end of Nitro-Gene and he fires the flipper, getting Nitro-Gene to stand up against the wall. He slides underneath again to try and throw him out of the arena properly this time, but gravity brings Nitro-Gene back down and he ends up falling over the side of Y4s flipper and back onto his wheels, albeit the wrong way up. He self-rights to get himself back on all 4 wheels and runs off again, Paul looking increasingly frustrated with how the fight is panning out.

Y4 chases Nitro-Gene, Chris clearly feeling hes got some momentum going and so looking to carry it on whilst he can. He charges across the arena, attempting to get under the back of Nitro-Gene once more but Paul spins his machine round and the last possible moment and Y4 ends up getting straight onto the wedge of his foe and promptly being rammed into the fence. Paul tries to flick the flipper to get him out at speed but it just results in Y$ going over sideways much like Nitro-Gene did earlier and onto his back. This time Chris manages to self-right his machine at the first attempt, but unlike previously where he managed to run off, he just gets himself in trouble by landing straight back on the wedge of Nitro-Gene, with Paul hammering away at the controls, seemingly thanking his lucky stars for the fact that another good opportunity didnt get away from his quite as far as it did last time.

Looking around the arena he decides to play it safe and rather than trying to open the pit or flick his foe out of the arena he decides to charge into one o fthe CPZs. He makes a beeline for the opposite corner of the arena where Matilda is waiting and slams him into the corner of her wall, flicking him onto his side. Matilda then flies in with her rear end and gives him a hard smack with the flywheel which sends him flying back out again, leaving Nitro-Gene trapped in the corner. Paul panics as he tries to manouvre out of the CPZ only to end up underneath Matilda and with a gracefully effortless flick of the flipper sends her straight over. He comes out of the CPZ to be greeted by a non-moving opponent. He flicks Y4 over and he immediately self-rights, but as soon as he does so, theres no drive. This later transpires to be a battery connection, however its unclear whether it was the slam into the wall or the attack from MAtilda that did it.

CEASE

Y4 Y3 Y2 Y1... Why! The countdowns over! Nitro-genes got the DNA. Dutifully Nasty Aggression! Hes through to the heat final

And so the heat final of heat 9

Shadow Zone v Nitro-Gene

Thoughts, Tactics, Predictions, nasal strips?