Use the Arena to your Advantage 1 - Bloody Low Walls

[pcbore]

I stand by my earlier tactics, whatever they were

[majinb]

Quarter-Finals
Fight 4

Starstorm 2 vs Cosmic Thunder 2

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2€¦
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Activate!

The battle has a quick start and immediately Cosmic Thunder is on Starstorm€™s heels on top speed. Starstorm however has enough speed and agility itself to prevent Cosmic Thunder to really hurt it with this first attack. Frank of course prefers the offensive approach to the defensive approach and lowers his dome and reverses. The omni-directional weapon technically gives Starstorm superior maneuverability in this matchup, and before anybody realizes it Starstorm dug itself underneath Cosmic Thunder€™s side. This looks promising€¦
FLIP!
Starstorm€™s flipper proves to be powerful, but much to Alex€™ delight Cosmic Thunder moves high rather than far, and flops down back onto its wheels, close to Startstorm. Frank smiles, Starstorm moves, and Cosmic Thunder gets penetrated€¦
FLIP!
Its like a total replay of the first flip, except for the fact that Cosmic Thunder IS inverted this time . Starstorm is getting the hang of it, moving closer to the wall with each flip. Frank struggling to throw Cosmic Thunder a long distance shows Starstorm isn€™t the most notorious OOTA€™er in this flipper-dominated tournament, then again, its the only flipper that can claim to be full bodied, which is something . Alex has had enough of it and moves away thanx to his invertible setup. Starstorm stays offensive, but Cosmic Thunder created quite some distance between itself and zeh Storm now and selfrights, turns around, and turns on the offensive itself now. The simple wedgebot drives at the less simple domebot, which in response lowers its skirts to an impressive 0 mm ground clearance€¦
CRASH!
Cosmic Thunder drives into those skirts JUST when they hit the ground, and the wedge bounces off. Cosmic Thunder comes back for some more while Starstorm tries to escape, but the latter€™s maneuverability clearly suffered by having those skirts lowered. Cosmic Thunder scrapes under again, and manages to get just a little bit of extra push in€¦
FLIP!
Alex seizes his chance and flips Starstorm, high AND far this time . Starstorm is on its back and has to self-right now in order to survive, which it, of course, does.
SELF-RIGHT!
Starstorm knocked itself back onto its wheels, but Cosmic Thunder is still trying to be a pain in the *ss. The wedgebot drives at Starstorm faster than Starstorm can lower its skirts€¦
FLIP!
OOTA!
Woohoo! Cosmic Thunder just threw Starstorm over the low fence and out of the ring!
30€¦
SELF-RIGHT!
YES! Against all odds Starstorm self-righted back into the arena! But of course, Alex participated on this after drawing experience from earlier fights in this arena. Cosmic Thunder has been awaiting its opponent€¦
FLIP!
WHOA! Starstorm made a 360 and lands OOTA on its wheels! Frank sees his chances to flip himself back in fly out of the window!
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You understand the drill I presume .
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CEASE

Starstorm 2, OOTA he is
Cosmic Thunder 2, to the semi-finals he goes

Next: The semi-final draw

[majinb]

Now: The semi-final draw!

Wyfe Beater vs Achilles

GeForce 4.0 vs Cosmic Thunder 2

Post your tactics and predictions alright!

[kodster]

Wyfe Beater vs Achilles

Achilles.

GeForce 4.0 vs Cosmic Thunder 2

LIEK ZOMFGZ JEEPHORSCH HASH TEH POAWERSH!!!111112

[joey_picus]

Achilles is exactly the sort of robot to take out the beater, in my opinion...Achilles FTW.

As for the other one, it would depend on who was lower, but Ill say GeForce.

[team_britespark]

Predictions even though I got knocked out in Round One!

Wyfe Beater to beat Achilles.

GeForce to flip Cosmic Thunder into a different thread.

[paulc]

Predictions even though I got knocked out in Round Two!

I know that Achilles will be Wyfe Beaters biggest challenge so far, as the rubberised front flipper will be hell for that beater, and the angle of the wedge will mean that the beater will just stratch the surface.
And also, despite AJs more detailed stats, I reckon that maybe Cosmic Thunder has more in its favour, such as a shape that will annoy the hell of GeForces flipper, and also, it has simillar torque to WORCK, and I got underneath GeForce right at the start no issue, so Cosmic will get under each time, and because its the rear-hindged type, it will flip GeForce each time.

I think the final of this flipper orientated competition will be...
+2>ACHILLES vs. COSMIC THUNDER 2

Good luck everyone, especailly AJ, who I will beat in a 1-on-1 battle some day

(Message edited by paulc on June 27, 200

[majinb]

quote:

it has simillar torque to WORCK

that rhymes

[paulc]

-2>Quote:

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-2>quote:
it has simillar torque to WORCK


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that rhymes

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Unfortunately Martijn, its pronounced WORK, as in WORKER. I put the C in just becuase I was bored

[majinb]

call me stupid but I still believe torque and work rhyme