I know Ive only had 2 sets of tactics, but those of Alex and Marijn are quite easy to guess, so...yes. Now...

It€™s time for the E.O.T.R. 4 Grand Final, we have plenty of prizes on offer for everyone, and they are:

The 4th placer gets the copper medal!

3rd place to get the aluminium trophy and aluminium medal!!

Achieving 2nd means receiving the Titanium medal, trophy and £15,000!

1st place get you a Hardox medal and trophy, £30,000, and a limo to take them to celebratory party!


+1>GRAND FINAL
ELIMINATORS

Ramthrax 2 (6) vs. Fire And Ice
Storm 2 (4) vs. Intrigue

+1>From Geddington, seeded #6, Ramthrax 2!!
-1>Entered by Alex Holt
Fed up of killing wildlife, Ramthrax is now going for robots! This robot is a powerhouse of traction and power combined, using 6 wheels coated with Vulkalon, allow for the ultimate in terms of tractions, and it also has 2 x B42-500 Magmotors at 48V, allowing for massive amounts of horsepower! On the front is a massive concave Hardox plate, designed to kill FBS€™s, which it€™s designed to take on and to stop spinners, it has 4mm Tungsten Steel skirts on the sides. In the scoop as well are two actuators which can lift a 100kg robot 5cm off the ground, allowing for a bigger ram. Despite all this, although the armour on the front is the toughest ever in vapourbot history, the sides, top and rear armour is 3mm Titanium€¦

In E.O.T.R 1: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 2: Had an easy Round One battle after pitting TIRTASM with helping from reigning champ Killotine: EVO. In Round Two, it was tougher when 17th seed FireStorm 5 pinned it on the walls, and got ready for an OOTA, but Alex escaped and dumped FireStorm down the pit! It met the Champion Killotine: EVO in the Heat A final, and it went totally wrong as Steven€™s axe robot took out the control box, leaving Mr. Holt€™s robot dead in the arena.

In E.O.T.R 3: (SEEDED 17) Assisted with Seung Mina III in helping to remove Disc-O-Inferno from the competition, with Ramthrax slamming it around the ring before Seung Mina made the final flip to send the realie OOTA! In Round Two, it slammed Panicking around, eventually nudging it down the pit! But in the second Round, it took on the 1st seed and Champion again, this time it was Whirligig 4.0! And despite loosing a piece of side-armour, Ramthrax shocked the crowd and bookies by pitting the Champion. The side-armour was repaired for the semi-finals, and it met the 12th seed and realie Big Nipper. Big Nipper got in a few good slams and dodges, but Ramthrax controlled the majority of the fight, and Alex won a JD! It then had a grudge-match - with Killotine: EVO, now reduced to 7th seed! The battle was fast and furious, but once again, Killotine killed the control box, ending Ramthrax€™s glorious run!

In E.O.T.R 4: (SEEDED 6) Ramthrax began in style by killing off Darke Destroyer with a single, powerful hit! It was an easy win, and it went through with Black Death, before one of its toughest battles against Aftershock, who constantly sent Ramthrax flying onto its back, but it didn€™t sustain much in the way of damage and the seed won a JD. The same happened in the Heat Final against the lethal machine, Leprosy Infection seed 22. The battle however was closer, but not close enough, as Ramthrax took another semi-final spot! The battles with the spinners didn€™t stop, as in Round Four it now took on FBS Sithis, and despite losing all its side armour, Ramthrax was able to finally ram it down the pit, before qualifying to Round Five to battle with Killotine: EVO (seeded 3rd) for 3rd time, and a massive battle started that went to the judges who allowed Ramthrax to claim revenge on a narrow JD!

+1>From Pontefract, Fire And Ice!!
-1>Entered by Joey McConnell
Fire And Ice, Yin And Yang, Fish And Fish! This robot looks to be a promising design, effectively using a tracked design with enforced steel protection, with added rubber for grip. The tracks are powered by LEM130€™s at 36V, allowing for an outburst of 36hp! The power is so great that this robot can reach speeds of 16mph, or 25mph if needed. As well as all this power, it had some active weaponry, and they are 2 x 20cm diameter diamond edged saw blades, one in the centre of each wedge, powered by S28-150 Magmotors at 24v to around 3500rpm. It has armourment hard to rival, using 5mm Hardox, and underneath that, the robot has serious amounts of shock-proofing to prevent it being shock-killed when facing a spinner. The tracks may be vulnerable to axes, but it looks quite good.

In E.O.T.R 1: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 2: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 3: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 4: Got into a ramming battle against Crimson Thunder and Achilles. Achilles was able to resist the majority of Fire And Ice€™s onslaughts, and was able to flip Crimson Thunder about, and 16th Achilles and Fire And Ice eclipsed it in the JD. It needed yet another JD in order to get past the dangerous 32nd seed Another Night At The Bar, when Fire And Ice just pushed on to win, to make it to the Heat Final against Achilles, and Achilles flipped Fire And Ice around, but soon the newcomer rammed the seed into the far wall, and Achilles wouldn€™t move, so then Fire And Ice moved into the semis! In the semis it took multiple scares, some from 2nd seed Wedginator 6.0 in Round Four, but the greater power inside Fire And Ice managed to surprisingly dump the 2nd seed in the pit! There were also some scares from 23rd seed Die-Ceratops ReInvertus in Round Five, who flipped it quite a bit, until at last Die-Ceratops was shunted down the pit, and the Grand Final spot belonged to Fire And Ice!

Booth #1: Alex H
Booth #2: Joey M

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Ramthrax is by far the quicker off the line, and storms out on a powerful assault! The speeding missile-like robot is seen coming by Joey, and rightfully spins his machine out of the dangerous line of fire€¦BANG! Ramthrax STORMS along and smashes against the wall, and Fire And Ice is quick to take immediate advantage of this - and slams Ramthrax back against the arena wall AND THE SAWS COME IN ON THE ARMOUR! The blades on Fire And Ice just make a clean cut into the armour of Ramthrax. Fire And Ice now backs away for another hit, but Ramthrax has also backed away from the wall, and now turns to face Fire And Ice front-to-front! The power is immediately put down by all of Ramthrax€™s tyres and both of Fire And Ice€™s tracks! The two smash-up into each others fronts, and we se€¦Ramthrax slowly being edged backwards! Ramthrax now slightly hits the arena wall! Joey backs off, his face fixed with concentration, and Alex€™s face is fixed with worry - Fire And Ice has done all the work in this fight! Ramthrax makes a desperate attack to win and charges straight at the sides of Fire And Ice! The newcomer has now suddenly found itself pinned in, struggling to break loose from the arena wall! Fire And Ice now goes into reverse AND IS FREE OF THE WALL! Fire And Ice now reverses back across the arena and slams into the pit release button! Ramthrax comes storming in from nowhere and SMASHES INTO THE FRONT OF FIRE AND ICE! There€™s a massive shower of sparks, and also Ramthrax stuck on the saw of Fire And Ice! Joey can see his opportunity here, and pushes on, undeterred, AND RAMTHRAX IS ON THE EDGE OF PIT€¦It€™s hanging onto the arena, unwilling to go, but another push from Fire And Ice€¦BOOM! Ramthrax drops down the hole, and Fire And Ice spins on the spot as Joey leaps in joy!

Result:
Ramthrax 2 (6) is no longer lethal!
+1>FIRE AND ICE GOES THROUGH TO THE GRAND FINAL!!!

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+1>From Ipswich, Suffolk, seeded #4, Storm 2!!
-1>Entered by Ed Hoppit/Martijn Benschop
There€™s a Storm brewing! The robot is nothing special - box-shaped, 25mph top speed, low front, until you get underneath and find all the working, and its 18hp drive and Vantec speed controller, designed to help all 6 Vulcanised wheels put the power down, and help use the seriously thick Titanium armour on the front (12mm) and sides (6mm) and a S28-150 Magmotor powered lifter. The front of the robot is a box at 42*, allowing for it to be easy to deflect spinner hits and get under other robots. On the side to prevent got under itself are 2 Torsion-sprung skirts that run completely flushed to the ground making it near impossible to get under from the sides! The only problem with this whole design may be the difficulty with getting under things.

In E.O.T.R 1: Teamed up in Round One with Shovearound 2 to help it remove ForcePower Turbo from the competition via a JD 13-29-33. Clawdius Decimus Murderous may have been a worthy opposition, but damage sustained from Round One made it easily for Storm 2 to place it on its back and then drive it straight down the pit. In the Heat Final, Storm 2 went up against Leprosy Infection, who caused a bit of damage to Storm 2, but Storm 2 was good enough, just to win a JD with a score of 38-37. Storm 2 then got to meet Typhoon 2, the machine who robbed Storm 2 in the Grand Final of RW7. Storm 2 got revenge by surviving the blows of the FBS and then tipped it over! In the next round, it was tricky as Y4 flipped it about and Terrorhurtz axed in, until Y4 was pitted and Terrorhurtz was rammed out! It was in the Grand Final, where it fought brilliantly against Killotine: EVO, but Killotine fought back and immobilised one half of Storm 2, making Storm settle for the Titanium cup!

In E.O.T.R 2: (SEEDED 2) . It did well in round one, where it shoved around both Insectide and PRP, before balancing Insectide on its side, leaving it for the count. In the second round, it got a scare when Bigger Brother nearly pitted it, and then stacked it against the wall! Storm 2 recovered from that to win on a JD 42-33. If it was failing then, it wasn€™t in the heat final against 18th seed MORD2, where he shoved it everywhere, and soon down the pit to complete the semi-final line-up! In that first semi-final round, it got Push-Ish, a robot with much more power than Storm 2, but Storm proved to have greater traction and control and soon confined him to the pit. In Round Five, Storm 2 was drawn against Wedge Devolution and they had a closely contested fight, involving flips, rams, pushes, and loads of flying, and involved Storm 2 almost flying OOTA. But still, the fight ended with a JD, which just went in Storm 2€™s favour 38-37. Then he faced off once more with 10th seed Leprosy Infection, and Storm 2 saw problems once more, but was able to stack Leprosy upon the wall, immobilising it and qualifying once for the Grand Final! The battle against 8th seed Whirligig 4.0 was a violent and close battle, but Storm 2 died in the final moments, making Storm 2 once again settle for runners-up.

In E.O.T.R 3: (SEEDED 2) Once again set off on a storming course in the heats, as it rammed around the two real crushers of Razer and Mantis, but Razer fell down the pit first, putting the seed and Mantis into the second round, where Storm 2 was fighting against its vapourbot clone, Cyclone Force 2.5, armed with its claws. Storm 2 and Cyclone Force had a great shoving match, until the claws on Cyclone Force got caught in the wall! That meant Storm moved on to have another match with 18th seed Terrorhurtz, and despite taking numerous axe hits, Terrorhurtz was slammed into the corner and once again ejected from the ring! B2B, a promising newcomer, was up in Round Four and flipped Storm 2 over a total of 8 times, but Storm 2 was able to use the flipper spikes to right itself and pit B2B! And then came a thriller of a Round Five battle against 8th seed Kali, who was almost pitted by Storm 2, but the eventual champion Kali quite literally pushed back and shocked the crowd by keeping Storm 2 away from another final.

In E.O.T.R 4: (SEEDED 4) Survived the repeated attacks of Killobite 5.0 and its crusher before finally condemning the American Humdrum to the pit before a complete clean sweep win over the ancient Flipping Mad B2B - ramming it around until the Judges could take no more and allowed Storm 2 the win! In the Heat Final, Killobite 5.0 worried Storm 2 once more, but the 4th seed got underneath in the end and slammed Killobite down the hole! Cat With Wheels in Round Four proved a difficult challenge to Storm 2, even pushing it down the pit, but Storm 2 had immobilised Cat With Wheels on the arena wall prior to that incident, and so Storm 2 qualified to face the lethal 8th seed Tengu VII in Round Five! Tengu€™s blades sliced the front of Storm 2 quit badly, but Storm 2 was able to turn Tengu on its head and shunt it down the black hole! Storm 2 was in another final!

+1>From Toronto, Canada, Intrigue!!
-1>Entered by Kody Kunz
The mysteries of this robot are best kept hidden! This sickening green box with two spiked scoops, one at the front, and another at the rear, as well as an axe! The axe on this robot is a great big dirty axe powered dual 2kg CO2 containers. It can hit on both sides due to its rack-and-pinion thwacking design. The front of the axe head is nice, pointed, and Hardox-tipped for pecking into opposing bots€™ armours. The rear of the head is Terrorhurtz-style, allowing for big, heavy blows. Attached around the axe head is a small Hardox skirt that not only protects the axe from damage from the front, but also allows Intrigue to flip an opponent if it lands on the skirt. Special 4 S28-400 Magmotors motors give it power and special Titanium armourment keeps it protected, but the axe may run out of power, and then it could be in trouble.

In E.O.T.R 1: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 2: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 3: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 4: Used that axe to good work in Round One by hacking into Paralyzation, and with help from 21st seed Turbo Tails, was able to pit it. And then we were treated to the biggest shock in the series, as Intrigue faced off against 5th seed Black Panther Queen - they both exchanged axe blows, until Intrigue got its axe into the ABC armour of its opponent, it then powered the seed down the pit! 21st seed Turbo Tails proved a little tougher in the Heat Final, as it flipped Intrigue and attacked the base panel, but Intrigue stopped the spinning of the and then finally pitted the Scottish design! Big Nipper drove towards planning a victory against Intrigue in Round Four, but Kody€™s robot was able to bash Big Nipper€™s armour and push it down the pit, but in Round Five, we saw Intrigue€™s biggest surprise when 1st seed and reigning champion Kali had every reason to beat it, but Intrigue overcame it, grabbed on with the axe and confined the Champion to the pit!

Booth #1: Kody K
Booth #2: Ed H/Martijn B

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Storm 2 is first off the line! Storm is speeding out into the centre to greet Intrigue on its way out, and the two meet nose-to-nose€¦and Storm twists around and pushes underneath the side of Intrigue, and slams it straight back into its starting square! Intrigue leaps from that hit, but lands on Storm 2€™s flat top panel, and reverses away before Storm can do anything more. Intrigue now goes on the offensive, just driving on and immediately getting underneath the front end and pushing it back! Then came the repeated battering of the axe! Ed watched das Storm 2€™s top armour took repeated piercings€™ from the axe, before Intrigue backs off AND NOW PUSHES FROM THE SIDE! Intrigue is once again underneath and bashing down with the axe onto Storm once more! Storm hits the wall hard, and Intrigue isn€™t going to let it go so near the final! But soon enough Storm is freed from the nagging of Intrigue. Both robots reverse away from each other, and Storm charges in once more - AND HE€™S UNDER! He raises the lifter and spins Intrigue over onto his back, but Kody instantly fires the axe before Storm can take advantage again, and lands back the right way up! Storm however pushed in, and again used the lifter arm to turn Intrigue upside-down, but this time, the Canadian ROLLED over! Kody now goes into reverse mode and reverses across the arena - straight into the pit release button, as Storm 2 pushed in again! The robot rams straight into Intrigue€™s front wedge, AND DROVE UP THE RAMP! Intrigue€™s hammer in down into Storm€™s wheel-housing, and NOW STARTS TO MOVE IT TOWARDS THE PIT€¦BOOM!

Result:
Storm 2 (4) started off like a storm, but soon disappeared like the lightning!!
+1>INTRIGUE GOES THROUGH TO THE GRAND FINAL!!!

PLAY-OFF
Storm 2 (4) vs. Ramthrax 2 (6)


+2>GRAND FINAL:
FIRE AND ICE vs. INTRIGUE

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