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Thread: The Fowler Fic War Series 5

  1. #221
    Forcepower will own this one.

  2. #222
    w00t again! Bloody awesome fight, Matty, and great work ethic here.

    Forcepower 5.0 (13) vs. The Epidemic (29)

    The chances of me surviving this fight are VERY slim. He has 6mm Hardox monocoque armour, shiteloads of power and a very controlled drive. For this fight, I am going to try and dash away from ForcePowers advances with the Magmotor power, and immediately smack the flat sides repeatedly, hoping to take an entire side panel off after much bashing, seeing as it cant be shredded, and then eat into the internals. Hopefully it should happen as my spinning ring has tons of power from its Etek weapon motor, but I wont underestimate ForcePowers endurance. If its an actual true monocoque, which thanks to Joey it should be, then my tactics of going for the sides wont work, and Ill have to take a very risky approach; smack into the side of his wedge to try and take it off, and then if the front gets exposed, keep slamming that. After Ive lost, which seems bloody obvious due to the match-up , congratulate AJ on a job well done and buy him a can of Magners.

    No cherry throat sweets, though Ill take a lime one if you have it. :P

    (Message edited by kodster on February 12, 2009)

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  4. #224
    Heat 7 - Heat Final - Forcepower 5.0 (13) v The Epidemic (29)

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    Forcepower immediately from the start hopes that this is a repeat of his team mates matches against Leprosy Infection and Back To Rock 2, and so charges right out of the blocks from the off towards the number 29 seed. The Epidemic knows exactly what to expect though and so immediately skids to one side, nearly resulting in Forcepower 5.0 driving into the wall through his own haste. This slip-up allows the Epidemic all the time he needs to get up to speed, but AJ turns around and tries to come flying in with the wedge. Again Kody manages to shift slightly to one side and he impacts straight into the side skirt of Forcepower 5.0, ripping it off its rotary joint completely. Ajs not having this and so turns around to get his revenge, but once again Kody dodges the charge with expert driving skills. AJ is just having no luck at getting the speed of the shell down, yet knows that he cant just sit back and wait for The Epidemic to come to him, as even this early in the fight, the torn off side panel is a big advantage for Kodys machine should it go to a judges decison.

    Evidently hoping that at some point hell either get the shell to stop, or that Kody will bounce off him, he decides to run across the arena and open the pit. The siren wails like a banshee as the familiar noise reverberates around the audience and the pit descends to its sunken position. No sooner has he done it than does his plan almsot come into action as Kody careers across the arena whilst the back of Forcepower 5.0 is exposed, crashing into it, and managing to leave scratches on the very thick 6mm hardox frame. The impact however sends him skidding off, right past the edge of the pit. The audience groan as The Epidemic has a very near miss, but he has an even nastier shock waiting for him as he spins right into the CPZ of Matilda. He slams into the wall, stopping the shell completely and is immediately met by a huge lump of flywheel which throws him up into the air and nearly out of the arena. He lands back on his wheels again outside of the CPZ and after attaining which way is forward slams into forward gear and lives to fight on with no more than a tooth missing and a slightly scratched shell.

    Forcepower 5.0 sees all of this coming however and no sooner has he managed to get away, Forcepower 5.0 manages to get under the barely spinning shell and is shunting him right across the arena, and into the opposite CPZ, containing Mr. Psycho. Kody hammers frantically at the controls and manages to escape just as the hammer falls, making a dent in the arena floor. Another dodgy aim from the biggest of the house robots. But again, theres no let off for The Epidemic whos beginning to see this fight slip away from him as Forcepower 5.0 charges after him as he escapes, thrusting him straight into the wall, attempting to throw him out the way he did to 8645t. But theres only pain waiting for Forcepower as the invertible wedge follows straight through underneath The Epidemic and gets him stuck underneat the angle grinder. Kody thanks his lucky stars and immediately backs off to spin up the shell. A couple of seconds later and he comes flying in, sending both robots spinning and with it, the remaining skirt on Forcepower. Ajs machine has been left naked!

    The impact has knocked Forcepower 5.0 out from under the angle grinder but The Epidemics shell has been allowed to get back up to full speed. A cat and mouse match follows as Forcepower 5.0 tries to catch The Epidemic who seems clearly more worried about whatll happen if it goes to a judges decison, knowing hes on top based on damage. Forcepower 5.0 catches him eventually though, and slams the wedge underneath him, sending him spinning away and sending the Epidemic dancing as the centre of gravity wobbles all over the place. Forcepower 5.0 regains his composure and turns back around for another onslaught but The Epidemic has balanced himself and is nearly back up to full speed. AJs machine flies towards him, but Kody manages to manouvre his way over to one side and slams the already skirtless side panel. Both robots spin away once more, but this time its once too many times for Forcepower 5.0 who gets strung up by his own patarde, and goes spinning straight into the pit he opened in the first place.

    CEASE

    Me - Forcepower wasnt quite feeling it... The Epidemic plagues his way into the series semi-finals

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  6. #226
    OMG! Thats hilarious! I really did not expect that. Commiserations to AJ, Ill buy you a can of Magners anyway; you were robbed. Brilliant fight Matty.

    Gravity (15) v SBPOTFR

    SBPOTFR...is that a Frank machine? Err...Gravity FTW?

    Archangel of the Abyss (31) v Megalodon Maneater

    If Richie can grab him once, then the fight will go to him as thats all hell need. Im thinking thatll happen. Richard to win.

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    Heat 8 - Round 2 Battle 1 - Gravity (15) v NSBFR-X (apologies for mistake in the billing)

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    And straight away were off, with interchangeable-weaponed rambot up against insanely powerful flipperbot. Straight away the 2 machines come out of their blocks at a great pace, NSBFR-X especially who seems to be the quicker of the 2 machines in the arena today. Gravity immediately starts dancing around, evidently trying to catch an opportunity to get underneath the practically impenetrable skirts, whilst Frank just allows his machine to keep spinning to keep the front facing. Neither machine seems in any great hurry to make an attack and both spin around tentatively. This is currently more like a secondary school amateur dance piece as opposed to a fight. NSBFR-X then overturns slightly in his attempt to keep the wedge facing, allowing Gravity to fly in towards the sign. Frank turns his machine around just in time to get Gravity on the wedge, but he flies almost straight off it, albeit not without a quick lick across his base plate with the bar which Frank is using today. Gravity runs away and with WJ at the controls seems baffled as to how to get underneath his opponent.

    Frank seems relaxed in his control pod, seemingly just looking around for an opportunity, and its not long before one presents itself. Gravity spins around, and as is his tendency to do so, does a little wheely, which is all the invitation Frank needs to slip under the side and slam him onto his side against the fence. The bar then immediately makes itself useful as it goes straight into one of the pneumatic tyres, puncturing it in no time at all. Frank backs off allowing Gravity to get himself off the wall with his flipper, and he immediately drives off, the puncture not having too much effect so far seemingly. NSBFR-X is following him though, and as WJ moves his machine away slide straight under the raised rear of Gravity, sending him flying into the fence again once more with a hugely impressive burst of speed and acceleration from NSBFR-X. This time Gravity just bounces into the wall and back over NSBFR-X but its very evident whos on top of this fight right now.

    Gravity moves away again but this time the effect of the puncture is beginning to show as he starts hopping around like a man with one leg shorter than the other. Give that robot a coaster! NSBFR-X this itme has no problems in getting underneath him, but this time the bar smashes into the polycarbonate instead, a large gash into the bulletproof plastic armour adding yet more discomfort to Gravitys present fall. NSBFR-X backs off, to get the bar up to speed, and charge in again, WJ turns his wedge to face but the spin ends up lifting him into wheelie position again and Frank delivers another blow to the base. He stays underneath him this time and slams him into the pit release button, causing Gravity to get stuck on his back against the wall. WJ fires the flipper and ends up doing a weird backwards Mute-esque jump straight over NSBFR-X, sending him onto the pit. The pit starts descending and Gravity manages to use all the ramining traction from his one good, and one punctured wheel to escape. He hobbles off limply again but NSBFR-X soon turns him around by getting under the side, and this time theres no escaping destiny for the Dutch real machine, as he falls into the pit, with just enough time to say goodbye as it finishes descending

    CEASE

    Gravity wishes hed never seen THAT. NSBFR-X falls into place in the heat final.

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    Heat 8 - Round 2 Battle 2 - Archangel of the Abyss (31) v Megalodon Maneater

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    And were off! With both of machines far more cumbersome than the 2 from our previous battle theres no wonder that we see a far slower start this time around, and its Archangel of the Abyss, nippy for a walker at 12mph, who immediately starts bobbling around the arena on its parsley cutter like legs, whilst Megalodon Maneater tries to catch it. The wedge gets to the lower ring before Alexs Machine has got up to speed too quickly, but he still finds himself being spun away with the 4mm Hardox taking a small swipe. Alex tries to turn away but with manouvreability being the main issue for this particular walker, its not long before Megalodon Maneater is hot on his tails again, again sliding underneath with the wedge, and again being knocked away with a couple of scratches to the wedge. Rich curses his luck as he cant get close enough to get a good grip, whilst Alex curses his luck that his top ring isnt low enough to take a good swipe at oncoming wedges.

    Rich is persistent though and before long, once again hes driving Megalodon Maneater into Archangel of the Abyss again, and yet again hes sent spinning away by the half sped up shell. Whilst Archangel has been the better controlled and more damaging machine so far, Megalodon Maneater has been by far th emore aggressive, yet it seems at this point in time like it wont be easy for either machine to mount an overly meaningful attack on the other. Rich briefly spins around to show the back of his machine to Archangel of the Abyss, seemingly trying to provoke Archangel into making a charge but Alex isnt falling for it and so happily scuttles back on his way. This differing tactic has given Archangel of the Abyss the chance to get his bottom shell up to its full 2500 revolutions per minute speed though, and Rich curses his luck, knowing that his attempt to swing the fight in his favour has actually given Alex an opening.

    Alex turns his machine to face his foe, and then stops, seemingly baiting Megalodon Maneater into making a move. Rich is just as hesitant though, and seems to be contemplating the best plan of action. He moves in closer, but this just inspires Alex to trun slightly, changing direction minimally, but throwing Rich off course. A similar manouvre, with Megalodon Maneater sheepishly edging closer, provokes exactly the same reaction with Alex just making slight adjustments to his bearings. Finally Rich makes a bolder move to come in, but Alex gets his machine going fowards and the change in angle becomes clear, as he manages to tear into the bottom side corner of the wedge, a small gouge and some bent metal on the edge of the 4mm hardox armour, showing just how much potential is in those rings. Richs robot has spun away, and is just regaining control, when a scuttlign Archangel catchs up with him and slams into him again, this time at the rear. A scratch to the paint and a couple of nuts and bolts follow but nothing more than superficial.

    The previous attack has sent Megalodon Maneater spinning into a wall, and losing its bearings. Archangel sees his chance to try and grab total control of the fight and comes in again, slamming the other side panel. Again more paint flakes and a couple of bolts as Archangel of the Abyss manages to damage his foe, but not seriously. The last impact sends both machines spinning into the wall, but this actually aids Rich as his robot is stopped spinning by an angle grinder and he immediately charges at Archangel of the Abyss, pinning him on the wedge and blocking him in with another angle grinder. The crusher comes down for the first time in the fight and immediately crumples through the 25mm polycarbonate on the top, cracking straight through it as if it was nothing more than a sheet of tin foil. Megalodon Maneater then performs some Razer-esque showmanship, lifting the arm up and taking Archangel with it, displaying him to the crowd before pushing it back down again. He jams his back against the wide wall before lifting the arm again, this time releasing his prey, knowing that he was never going to be able to get him to the pit before the anti-pinning rule came into play.

    He exploits the rules though by backing him into the sidewall meaning that the only route out is straight back onto the wedge. Archangel however realises that he can exploit that and revs up the shells before driving straight up the wedge, and smashing straight into the ram of the hydraulic crusher. Immediately hydraulic fluid or some such liquid seems to be dripping from somewhere as Archangel of The Abyss falls off the side of the wedge and onto his back through the impact. As he uses the arm to self-right, Megalodon Maneater manages to catch him again on the wedge but when he tries to move the crucher down, the hydraulics system just wont respond, seemingly leaving the Maneater as a vegetarian anarexic. Knowing that being a pushbot is now his only shot Megalodon Maneater tries to turn and edge the 150kg machine towards the pit but instead Archangel of the Abyss just revs up the shell again and drives back into the claw, again throwing himself off but this time onto his wheels.

    With the crusher bust and a wedge his foes only weapon Archangel of the Abyss decides to go for broke and charges along the side of his sluggish opponent, shearing a gash into the 4mm hardox as the shell gets up to full speed. Megalodon Maneater barely has time to turn before hes coming back the other way and shearing at the same side panel again, this time an entire side panel coming off as Archangel manages to pull the main strengthening bolts away. With time running out Megalodon Maneater knows that hed rather brave a judges decision than need an entire rebuild and so just starts spinning away from Archangel, keepign the wedge facing under all circumstances, and point blank refusing to show him the now exposed mechanics down the left hand side. Archangel manages to get one more attack in, gently denting the wedge, but this is all the time there is in the right, as the Refbot counts down to the end and the fight comes to a climax.

    CEASE

    Over to the judges

    Damage - Archangel caused vastly more superficial damage but a judges report shows that 1 of Archangels 4 drive motors was damaged by a crushing attack

    AotA - 6/10 * 5 - 30
    MM - 4/10 * 5 - 20

    Aggression - Both machines seemed equally aggressive, Megalodon more at the start of the fight, Archangel more towards the end

    AotA - 5/10 * 4 - 20
    MM - 5/10 * 4 - 20

    Style - Megalodons showmanry tips it slightly in his favour, though Archangels graceful self-righting swings it back to almost even

    Aota - 4/10 * 3 - 12
    MM - 6/10 * 3 - 18

    Control - Megalodon Maneater was the better controlled for most of the fight, but the panic caused by Archngel towards the end swings it back a little.

    AotA - 4/10 * 2 - 8
    MM - 6/10 * 2 - 12

    Dominance - Megalodon Maneater was never really on top of Archangel whereas Archangel was definitely on top at the end

    AotA - 7/10 * 1 - 7
    MM - 3/10 * 1 - 3

    Totals -

    AotA - 77
    MM - 73

    So there you have it, a much closer decision than people wouldve thought but it goes nonetheless to Archangel of the Abyss!

    And so the heat final

    Archangel of the Abyss (31) v NSBFR-X

    Thoughts, Tactics, Predictions, semi-skimmed milk?

  9. #229
    Completely wrong, oh well.

    Archangel of the Abyss (31) vs. Never Seen Before Franks Red Xylophone

    The xylophone to get booted out of the competition and replaced by the actual NSBFR-X, where it will be discombobulated into a series of increasingly smaller parts before being given the countout.

  10. #230
    I think NSBFR-X could actually have it here, with a bit of luck it could stop Archangel from reaching full power and get it to either break down or go down the pit.

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