The Chevron Championship

[joey_picus]

SNOOKER:

All five robots had to get as many of the 21 balls in their pocket within the three minute time limit. Baldur dominated early on, being able to weave around the other machines and get to the balls before anyone else. Crimson Thunder had early success, but was shunted to a corner by WORCK and couldnt get out until just before the end. As the game progressed, Ripper was able to use its scoop to maneuver the balls where it wanted them, while WORCK had problems with balls rolling over the top of its wedge and Tempest had trouble owing to its shape, but managed to get two balls before hanging around the mouth of its pocket to catch them as they passed. WORCK and Ripper ended up in a clash to reach four balls that had worked their way into a corner, but Baldur then became involved and Ripper pushed WORCK onto the side perimeter of the playing area, rendering it immobile as one of its wedges jammed under its own ground clearance. Ripper and Baldur shared the remaining balls, with Tempest getting lucky in the dying seconds as one of them rolled near its pocket and it capitalised on the opportunity.

LEADERBOARD:
1: Baldur Gamma - 7
2: Ripper - 5
3: Crimson Thunder - 4
4: Tempest Evil-est-oution - 3
5: WORCK - 2 (ELIMINATED)

The semi final draw is thus:

Baldur Gamma vs. Crimson Thunder
Ripper vs. Tempest Evil-est-oution

I apologise for this, but Ive been in a bad mood lately and combined with the almost total lack of response to my question makes me think people just arent interested anymore , so I just want to write the rest of the battles and be over with it - so, please, tactics.

[pcbore]

Im still interested, Ive just always been more of a silent appreciator and I just didnt see your fast forward proposal.

Tactics are to avoid Ripper until spun up and destroy it. The armours pretty thin, so it shouldnt take over long to make a mess. Killing it might take longer if theres plenty of gap between armour and vitals though.

I hope whatevers putting you in a bad mood gets resolved soon.

(Message edited by pcbore on June 06, 200

[majinb]

you know how things go around here Joey... very slowly from time to time lack of response, though irritating, is quite comon

and yeah, I hope youre mood turns from bad to good very soon, take your time, dont worry too much about this crappy little forum

[tacoman]

Ehh... Push. Death. To.

you know the drill.

[kodster]

Oh well. Lets hope Macduff the 3rd can do well in the Finals.

[joey_picus]

Yeah, maybe I was a bit hasty, I was in a bad mood when posting that...still, means this tournament can get finished quicker, and that can only be a good thing considering everyones robots have moved on...thanks for the kind comments by the way, no idea how that happened crazy people, the lot of you...

Battles up tomorrow, too tired right now to do them.

[kodster]

Is there any point in asking why you were in a bad mood? :P

[joey_picus]

Im not too sure myself :P Maybe exams or something.

[swanaldo]

ripper will just face tempest with the massive hardox scoop. should be able to take hits with minimal damage. with a big scoop facing you all the time there will be no where to run and ripper will be on the look for an oota. armour elswhere is thin but there is air between armour and vital bits. good luck frank you will need it.

and joey dont worry about taking your time doing battles. when i log on i always look first at the events i have entered. and you are a good writer so its always worth the wait. and get out of your bad mood before i get on a plane and fly to kuwait and slap you boy.

[swanaldo]

oh and i too am a silent appreciator