Use the Arena to your Advantage 1 - Bloody Low Walls

[paulc]

In that case Martijn, you have a problem with the way you Work and Torque

[andrewj]

«GeForce 4.0 vs. Cosmic Thunder 2»

These stats confuse me, so I€™ll have to do the best I can! I€™ll be nice and assume that the ground clearance stated is with the skirts. If not, then Cosmic Thunder 2 is moving nowhere. If its unskirted clearance is what is stated in the stats, its wheels will be spinning in mid air. However it seems to have moved pretty well so far, so I€™ll make the assumption that its clearance beyond the skirts is large enough to allow it to move. I€™ll also make the assumption that Cosmic Thunder 2 runs on 2x S28-400 Magmotors and has a decent CO2 powered flipper. What I find odd is that Alex seems to have fitted the skirts on wrong, as despite them being there, Cosmic Thunder still has a 0.5mm gap at the sides. So, obviously my plan will be to target those areas. Get around to those sides, drive in and under whatever the ground clearance is, push it towards those bloody low walls, and launch it into the stratosphere. I just so happened to attach my skirts properly, so Cosmic Thunder is going to have a hard time getting under me. So hopefully one flip by me will be all it takes to send it over those walls and out.

Oh, and keep trying Paul, you€™ll beat me one day. :wink: I reckon Achilles will make its way into the final, by the way.

[siphai]

wait I won O.o

lol, just keep my front facing GeForce at all times. Try to get under him and take him out of the arena :P

[majinb]

Allow me to start off with GeForce vs Cosmic Thunder, as this is the fight I actually do have tactics for

Semi-Finals
Fight 1

GeForce 4.0 vs Cosmic Thunder 2

3€¦
2€¦
1€¦
ACTIVATE!

The two robots charge towards each other straight away and quite literally crash into each other in the middle of the arena. Flipper hits flipper and neither of these low wedges is able to gain an advantage here. That is€¦ apart from the advantage GeForce has when it comes to sheer torque . Cosmic Thunder is clearly being outpushed, and Alex resorts to steering his machine away from GeForce. This however causes Cosmic Thunder€™s left side to face GeForce, who doesnt waste an opportunity like this and slips under Cosmic Thunder ASAP.
FLIP!
GeForce shows why it€™s reckoned to be one of the most powerful flippers seen today (and its successor Ge5orce is even more powerfull :wink when it throws Cosmic Thunder many feet into the air. The invertible robot from space drives away from danger in order to bring its srimech into play, which it does with great success. GeForce comes driving in once more but Cosmic Thunder doesnt want to meet it flipper-to-flipper again, as that put it in a nasty situation last time around . Cosmic Thunder moves to the side of GeForce with its superior maneuverability and tries to get its flipper under€¦ and€¦ FLIP!
Close but no cigar. GeForce€™s skirts prove very successful and the only part of GeForce that goes up is the right-hand side-skirt. Cosmic Thunder is a sneaky robot though and with said skirt in the air Alex very quickly accelerates and penetrates GeForce€™s body with its wedge, catching the mighty flipper between its own flipper and the wedge. With its enemy caught in this unusual way Cosmic Thunder tries to start a little journey€¦
CRASH!
€¦ to the arena wall! The good new for Andy is that Cosmic Thunder cant use its flipper when its ABOVE GeForce, and upon the impact with the wall GeForce is fried and clearly MORE than ready to fight another way. GeForce aims straight for Thunder€™s side and thankfully abuses the fact that Cosmic Thunder carried the duo towards the wall€¦
FLIP!
Thats right, Cosmic Thunder is thrown OOTA! But as we all now Cosmic Thunder is an invertible bot, one that lines up its rear end towards the wall and€¦
FLIP!
Cosmic Thunder selfrights itself straight back into the arena! The crowd goes wild, but Andy had something else in mind and the wedgebot formerly known as GeForce 3.0 attacks Cosmic Thunder€™s side yet again and carries the robot to another part of the arena, the part dominated by€¦ THE PIT!
FLIP!
GeForce fires its flipper a meter away from the wall, but as we all know that flipper is hella powerful and Cosmic Thunder is easily thrown into the pit. And there€™s no escaping from the pit dear viewers, not even in the 30 seconds the judges allow Cosmic Thunder€¦

CEASE

Cosmic Thunder 2, in the pit he is
GeForce 4.0, to the GRAND FINAL he goes!!!

Next: Wyfe Beater vs Achilles

Predictions and tactics and thoughts and whatnot

[paulc]

Impressive work by GeForce 4.0 - now we may see Andy finishing GeForce 4.0 on a high-note. Or maybe hell just settle for 2nd at the hands of Achilles, who I think will win the other fight and beat GeForce in the final

Is there a play-off? In that case I think that maybe Aaron will get 3rd.

[kodster]

Gee, Paul, you dont seem to predict Andys bots to win much, do you

[knightrous]

Ah, good ole GeForce... The bot I shouldnt have sold to AJ

Achilles VS Wyfe Beater

Square sides and 5mm Titanium armor, something that will make it a lot easier for Wyfe Beater to catch with the big FO beater. Stick to the sides and back, they are the optimum points of attack, going heat on will probably still work as the beater will grip on that rubber nicely, but probably wont be as effective.

Hopefully Wyfe Beater should be able to be aggressive, give Achilles a lot of air time and make him his bi7ch

And http://youtube.com/watch?v=i98xLsfZlgETHIS

[leorcc]

Indeed, one of the most awesome fights Ive seen in a long time.

[alex_holt]

The one thing I would speculate however is that youll probably go up on top of the skirts before hitting me, which should kind of reduce the effect a little.

Fortunatly its clearance seems to be relatively high, and, in a head on collision I *should* be able to flip it before it flips me... Just try and and lip it at any available oppertunity, because itll have a lot more trouble self rightign than me, then push it around.

Now I await Aarons smug retort as to why I cant do that...

[majinb]

Paul, Ive discussed the subject with some natural English-speakers, and we decided that WORCK DOES in fact rhyme with torque...

expect Wyfe Beater vs Achilles to be posted BEFORE the end of this month