The Killer Toad Tournament

The Quarter-Finals, Fight 1

Only 8 robots remain, 4 more need to be eliminated before the semi finals, so who is up first?

Hypertension Mk 3 vs. Axe To Fall

In round 1, Hypertension Mk 3, known as Hypo, flipped Acronyms over the fence, following Frank€™s machine when Baldur in round 2, as the classic wedge with flipper enters the arena.

In round 1, Axe to Fall got beaten up but managed to scoop Metal Sonic Spin Dash up with the axe and dump the Scottish machine 6 feet under, which is where the 4th seed, Avarice ended up after beating Axe to Fall up. The scars from both battles are easily seen, as Martijn didn€™t have a replacement lid, so there is quite a lot of duck tape on Axe to Fall covering the numerous holes.

Both machines are in the arena, the fence is up as the action gets ready to begin.

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Storming Norman, Hypo is not hanging around and is off the starting line straight away, wheels spinning on the slightly rough arena surface, as Martijn is getting ready to defend the sides of Axe to Fall from that flipper, as he knows that one false move will put Axe to Fall into danger of needing to drink some red bull to fly back into the arena. Both robots are coming together, Hypo will the slightly higher top speed by 2.6 mph, but those skirts mean that it has limited manoeuvrability, against the skirt-less Axe to Fall.

Hypo dives to the right and spins around and drives into Axe to Fall, Martijn, whom I am going to be calling Mart from now on to save time, flicks his wrists and manages to get the front wedge to be introduced to the front wedge of Hypo. The axe fires planting a blow onto the top of Hypo, as the lower front end of Axe to fall manages to get underneath Hypo, the axe fires again, landing another blow into the top of Hypo, not making much of an impact on the Hardox, but it has left a nasty dent, as Axe to Fall pushes the 2 wheel drive wedge backwards, before Hypo puts one wheel into forward drive and the other wheel into reverse, spinning the machine off the wedge of Axe to Fall.

Mart spins Axe to Fall around and gets another blow into the top of Hypo, again not causing too much major damage, just sticking another little dent in the top with the diamond tipped blade, as Hypo drives away to safety before spinning around and charging in towards Axe to Fall. Matt spins the wheels to try and get a side blow, but once more Mart is ready and Axe to Fall spins around, but Hypo is getting closer and is circling Axe to Fall, Mart is turning Axe to Fall to keep Hypo at bay, as Matt quickly flicks the controls spinning Hypo into the other direction and charges at Axe to Fall before Mart can correct the mistake as the front wedge of Hypo slots in underneath the side of Axe to Fall and the button for the flipper is pressed, but no action from the flipper, as Matt pushes Axe to Fall towards the arena wall, Mart is rocking Axe to Fall to get enough traction to get away, as the flipper button is pressed and suddenly the flipper fires sending Axe to Fall straight into the arena wall, and back onto the wheels, as Mart drives away before Matt can get another attack in.

Pieces of the duck tape holding the shell of Axe to Fall have come away, showing some of the holes which Avarice placed, as Axe to Fall spins around as Hypo comes storming in, Matt flicking the controls once to the left but twice to the right to send Axe to Fall the wrong way in the classic duff move, and gets the flipper in underneath Axe to Fall and fires the flipper again, this time sending Axe to Fall onto a lovely roll, and almost a full 360 degree as it lands on the side, the plastic shell has buckled underneath the weight breaking the perfect roll as Axe to Fall fires the axe to self-right, but Matt is straight underneath Axe to Fall within a matter of a few moments and fires the flipper, as Axe to Fall goes up and in a lovely arc hitting the top of the fence, falling onto the camera tracks and resting. Mart presses the special Red Bull button as wings pop out of Axe to Fall as it flies back into the arena.

Cease

Axe to Fall flipped out of the arena before flying back into the arena by the use of Red Bull, but it is Hypertension which is the first robot into the semi-finals, to face the winner of the battle between Flick of the Wrist and Resonance, which is up next.