The Vapourbot Awards 2007

[siphai]

Just a suggestion, if I may. I think that we may need to cut down on the amount of awards we have, considering that some things just have two few contestants. Stuff like best other weapon walker shuffler etc. are basically forgone conclusions since hardly anyone else is in that division lol

[majinb]

I disagree with you Alex, having an anual best walker competition should encourage people to build walkers, and in the best shuffler area, Im very much stuck between MORD and Whirligig atm

[andrewj]

Great to see some votes, thanks guys!

And yes of course, Best RPG also deserves a mention so add that to your votes list.

In terms of cutting down some of the awards, Im in agreement. There is no real point in a best other category if there is only 1 contender I guess. But as Martijn said, I hope that people notice that the same old things are winning it each year and make something good enough to change that next year.

[pcbore]

But... But the best other is the Franks free award award! I object to its removal!

[majinb]

1. I never voted The Crashing Bore in the best other category in the first place, there ARE other options (I voted for Starstorm 2 )

2. There are other other weapons out there... I already mentioned Starstorm (unhinged flipper), but theres also Odysseus (active spike), Nodachi (sword-blade), Drilla Killa 7 (drills) and many others Im sure. As a matter of fact, I noticed a new other weapon THIS VERY YEAR when Aaron entered Mass Confuzzlement in AJWars: A New Era... , which was equiped with a highly original Wheel Cheeze Grater of Iminient Doom http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi?pg=next&topic=760&page=8365http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/cgi-...topic=760&page =8365. This machine might very well get my vote this year.

3. If Frank wins because he has the only other weapon there is, well, I think it SHOULD be rubbed in everyones face every year that they were too lazy to create any competition for Frank in this area!

4. I only now notice how much alike my first and second point are!

[kodster]

5. The third point is sooo correct

[majinb]

although I think the sawblade might very well go to other weapon, creates some competition for MSSD (ALTHOUGH BACK TO ROCK 2 IS A SAWBOT TOO!!!!!)

[pcbore]

Oww! Did anyone else get the feeling that someone just dropped a huge hint on their heads from a great distance?

[knightrous]

Now if only someone would drop a hint about Blizzard being a wheeled omnibot...

(Message edited by teamvertex on December 06, 2007)

[paulc]

Most Original Design
BIACS-LE, for its undamageable cage and deadly disc!

Most Original Designer
Alex Holt

Best Design
BIACS-LE

Best Newcomer Vapourbot
Pass - Im the only newcomer to have built a vapourbot.

Best Newcomer Vapourboteer
Uh...Paul Cuomo? [PASS]

The Steven McGregor Award for Sportsmanship
Steve - always funny when he post, knows exactly what to say. AND ITS HIS AWARD!

Idiot of the Year
Seeming that Timothy James Sillery stayed for most of the year - HIM!

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
Pass

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
Achilles - a rammer/flipper combo is always good, but this takes the trophy for best flipper!

Best Axebot
Killotine: EVO, its always a favorite with vapurboteers, a great axe machine and it won my Eye Of The Robot tournument.

Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Salamander III - COME ON, ITS THE CHAMPION OF C&B!

Best Spinner (Vertical)
Pass

Best Sawbot
Well who else is there? Metal Sonic Spin Dash

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
Tengu VII = Terrifying!

Best Translational Spinner
Cyberdemon. Havent really seen much of MDU lately so Im willing to give this to Tony.

Best Crusher (Horizontal)
Giga-Byte

Best Crusher (Vertical)
Clawdius Decimus Murderous

Best Clusterbot
Pass

Best Interchangeable Robot
Chameleon

Best Rammer/Pusher
Flick of the Wrist is the one that first springs to mind, but Ill go for Shovearound 2 for its armour, speed and record.

Best €œOther€ Weapon
Pass

Most Effective Weapon
Psyclonised - new and original/effective - who can stop it?!?

Best Comedy Bot
Pass

Best Custom House Robots
Pass

Best Walker
Pass

Best Shuffler
MORD2 - a good pusher, drumer and robot all combined into one.

Best Tracked
Pass

Best €œOther€ Motivation
Pass

Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Richard Southworth

Most Underrated Vapourbot
IDSFA - still does well, bt not as well as it should do

Most Overrated Vapourboteer
Alex Holt (but only by 0.00000001%)

Most Overrated Vapourbot
The Disc 5

Best Extreme/Side Event
Pass

Best Minor Tournament (47)
Pass

Best Major Tournament (47)
Mechanical Noise 1

Best Battle of the Year
Me vs. Other People On The Forum (on the are pauls robots relistic battle)If thats not allowed, then Leprosy Infection vs. Aquarius

Biggest Surprise of the Year
Steven to start writing another tournument

Best Custom Arena
Pass

Best New Writer
Pass

Best Overall Writer
Pass

Best British Vapourboteer
Pass

Best €œRest of the World€ Vapourboteer
Antony Politzi - creator of Shovearound 2 and Team Hitman

Best Overall Team
Team Braveheart

Best Vapourbot of the Year
Black Panther Queen - a much improved version of the other Black Pnather, with a powerful axe and flipper to boot, as well as the Silver medal in Mechanical Noise 1 and the Copper medal and Cup (4th Place) in my E.O.T.R tourny

Best Vapourboteer of the Year


Hall of Fame Induction
Alex Holt - deffenately

Most Missed Vapourboteer
The list comes down to Scott Anderson, Daniel Stickler and Tom Roper - Ill go for Daniel.

Most Missed Vapourbot
Stratos-Fear