The Roaring Donkey mini-tournament

[joey_picus]

People...Ladies, gentlemen, Frank Goacher...here is the final. The final of the robot tournament, not the final of the international girls topless volleyball championship, just to clear that up...No! Wait, dont leave!...

*humph* Anyway...here we go.

ROBOTEERS, STAND BY

Booth 1, left hand side: Kody Kunz
Booth 2, right hand side: Shane Swan

3
2
1
ACTIVATE

And so, the grand final begins. Almost immediately, both robots come out of the starting points, Macduff, slightly the faster, turning to get around the side of Envy, as Envy turns to keep its front facing Macduff. Envy comes in, trying to get around the side of Macduff, who turns to try and thwart the manuver, but Envy darts to the side, getting around the slowly turning Macduff, and wedges underneath, powering it towards the arena wall!
FLIP! And...almost over so quickly! Macduff just caught on the wall and came down, albeit landing on its back. Kody backs off from the approaching Envy, before coming in...and ramming...and getting underneath Envy! Shane tries to drive off, but Envys wheels are stuck over the top of the skirt, Macduff is already pushing Envy towards the bottom right corner...slamming Envy into the wall! Its jolted, but manages to get off the skirt now though, and reverses up, over the flame pit, before driving through the fire into Macduff!
FLIP! Macduff gets stacked against the arena side...the tracks can get some grip though, and it trundles along the wall before coming down on its back, and moving away, up towards the top of the arena with Envy giving chase. Envy tries to get underneath the rear of Macduff, but only gets the tip of the wedge underneath before Macduff is able to turn away. Macduff gets onto Envys side, going underneath with the skirt and pushing Envy towards the wall, but Envy is able to get off and drive further down the arena. Macduff turns, facing towards Envy from a distance. Envy curves round, facing Macduff, and then starts to move slowly in. Macduff pauses, and then goes in...Envy moving faster...they crash into each other, and Envy is able to get enough momentum to go underneath the front skirt!
FLIP! And Macduff is now right way up again, but its rounded behind is now facing Envy...Shane senses the opportunity, and rams Envy beneath Macduff, pushing it across the arena, past the pit...the robots ram into the wall, and the flipper on Envy retracts. Kody sees what could be his one escape chance, and tries to reverse over the top and off the wedge, but doesnt move quickly enough...
FLIP! Macduff somersaults into the air! Turning, rotating, falling...through the venting CO2 of its opponent, onto the raised flipper arm...bouncing onto the wall...and over! Shane throws his arm into the air in victory, Kody beginning to applaud, smiling slightly at his robots acrobatics, as the spotlights focus on Macduff lying across the arena entrance area - ironically, just below him.

CEASE

Well, its been an exciting battle, as battles go - but although Kody Kunz and Macduff The Second put up a good fight, the winners of The Roaring Donkey Mini Tournament are Shane Swan and Envy!

Congratulations to Shane Swan, who wins a fantastic mansion in the next life! And commiserations to Kody, who still gets a small hamster.

Thoughts? Thanks to everyone for reading this and taking part, Its gone pretty well and I may do a larger one shortly, perhaps in a different format.

[kodster]

http://strickenone.proboards99.com/i...read=21&page=1

[joey_picus]

Oh, and sorry for interrupting the banter.

[kodster]

An actual Robot Wars roboteer won a fanfic tournament! The world is coming to an end!!!

Eh, whatever. Its time to give Macduff a redesign anyhow. Good job Shane.

[kodster]

No problem, Joey. If it was one robot I WANTED to lose to, it would have been Envy.

Your fights were awesome, and I will definitely be back to defend 2nd place, and possibly have a go at the title again.

[swanaldo]

i see what you mean now kody. we should have done that with the front scoop of trax.

well done kody for putting up a brave effort, and a good short tournament joey it gets the imagination going and your battles are not far from the real thing. you must watch a lot of robot wars. i will now look forward to defending the title if there is another and will invite you all to my new mansion in the next life for a party.

in the real world envy is getting small upgrades for the uk champs and i like to think is one of the faves to win. but then even in the fanfic world of roboteering....anything can happen. take care of your self.......aaaaand each other. do do do doo be dood ood ooood doo doo be beeee dood ood odd doo doo doo

[leorcc]

quote:

An actual Robot Wars roboteer won a fanfic tournament! The world is coming to an end!!!

Its not the first time it happened.

[pcbore]

Eh? Was there a final on? I was watching the volleyball...

Seriously, great stuff. Well done to Paul for an entertainng tourney, and to Shane and Kody for making the final... and Im more than happy with 3rd place I will of course be aiming to go two better should there be another tourney.

And by the way Shane, if you want to make a real version of The 6isc, feel free. But if I ever come to an event where its fighting, I will want a go driving it

[joey_picus]

*hits Frank with a large stick*

[majinb]

soz, double post

(Message edited by MajinB on March 14, 200