Robot SMASH!!

**paulc** · 18th April 2008, 13:50

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I always get nervous about whos going to win because your bots and mine tend to be evenly matched.
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I get quite nervous as well, because both our designs tend to be the same in certain aspects, but I tend to get nervous because of the amount of time weve fought in this competition ALONE, Im trying to at least get more than 1 win over your team. Except when I look at your designs and compare them to mine, I notice that as well as being efficent, your designs are also original. I tend to lack originality, and tend to focus on my robots being efficient.

I noticed also that on your page on Kodys big page that youve had a 21-10 win-lose ratio. Very impressive, Ive been here for longer than you, but Im worked out my win-lose ratio is:

19-20 (Including hypotheticals)

**joey_picus** · 18th April 2008, 14:24

I worked that ratio out myself, so its probably wrong

and thanks for saying mine are original - I usually design something I like, rather than something thatd be very effective, but its worked out alright so far...I admire some of your robots though, largely because Im very bad with spinners while you seem to be really good with them.

**paulc** · 18th April 2008, 15:28

I both design something effective AND that I like

. And thanks for saying that about my robots - the majority of them date back to my arrival on the forum, where to be honest, they were AWFUL! But gradually, i found my feet and realised that you dont need Eteks for drive in a ring-spinners.

Nitro-Gene I think is without a question my most sucessful robot and MeCannibals the second and D.V.D is the 3rd. Nitro-Gene went through quite a progress of improvement, much like that of AJ and his robots. The first incarnation of Nitro was a box with slanted sides and a flat-front as well as that flipper. Then I added a wedge to the front to give me an advantage in getting under other robots, the 2 48V Eteks were removed and I added 4 LEMs at 36V and I made the armour on the flipper much harder. Version 3 was retired very quickly, but Nitro-Gene 4.0 now has skirting, a more powerful flipper, less wheels to increase traction, more armour and Ive also rounded off ALL the edges to make it resiliant to the spinners with hooked teeth.

But yes...anyway

18th April 2008, 16:48

Eliminator 20/32:
Whirligig 4.5 v With or Without You

Whirligig 4.5 is an extremely powerful ring spinner from Steven McGregor. It weighs in at 110kg, as it has shuffle pads. With or Without You will have a tough time here.

With or Without You is yet another clusterbot! With is a rambot, Without You is a box with a powerful spinning blade on top, but if Without You flipped it stays flipped, and that weak armour could meet the wrath of Whirligig here!

Booth 1: Steven McGregor
Booth 2: Martijn M Benschop

5,4,3,2,1, SMASH!!

Without You and Whirligig both start spinning up, while With comes flying across the arena at Whirly!
CRASH!
It hits, and stops Steven spinning for a moment, but the brick has gone into orbit, as Stevens spinner has sent it reeling! But the strategy has worked and now the fully spinning Without You comes in! Something goes flying off Whirly! It may have been one of the blades, it may have been just paintwork, but we know it wasnt anything crucial beacuse now Whirly is spinning at full pseed again and is on the attack!
CRASH!
Steven slams into Without You, and theres now a large gash in the side! It isnt moving, so Steven starts spinning up again, but hes forgotten about With, which now comes in and pushes him right across the arena into the far corner! Whirly is flipped by the spike, and starts spinning up. But Martijn is too fast and pushes him back into the corner where hes flipped again! This time Whirlys having none of it and runs in the other way so Martijn cant push him in, and now Steven is back at full speed so theres nothing With can do!
Martijn tries to get Without You back into the game by shoving it a bit with With, but to no avail and now he comes back on the attack of Whirly! He pushes Steven onto the flame pit, but then Steven comes on the attack, shuufling side on to With! Martijn tries to turn and push Whirly, but Steven pulls around and slams into the rear armour!
CRASH!
The panel flies off and With spins away!
Theres no real movement from either cluster now, but With is moving circles so in comes Steven for once last mighty blow!
CRASH!
Something comes flying out of With, it seems to be the link, and it bounces along the arena floor to join what appears to be Without Yous batteries on the floor!

5,4,3,2,1, IMMOBILE!

The crowd cheer as Whirly heads on to the heat semi-final!

The Heat Semi-Final Draw:
No Objections v The May Tracks Has You
Tira III v Whirligig 4.5

Coming Next: The first featherweight semi-final!
Skink v Pillow Torque

**joey_picus** · 18th April 2008, 16:56

Ah, I have the may tracks...

TICTACS:
Spin, and keep spinning unless Ive stopped spinning and hes nearby, in which case lift, pin with the arm, and go for the pit.

Bonne chance, Monsieur Goacher :wink:

**kodster** · 18th April 2008, 17:00

No Objections v The May Tracks Has You

I think Frank has the edge here.

Tira III v Whirligig 4.5

WHY?!?

Keep hitting it and pray that it works.

18th April 2008, 17:08

Special Event:
Featherweight Semi-Final 1/2:
Skink v Pillow Torque

In the heats, Skink flipped Cunning Plan OOTA to win the match. It was an easy victory, and here it has another rammer, albeit an invertible one.

Pillow Torque had a much tougher heat with DTK, however Franks driving skills were too much for Mark and DTK was sent packing.

Booth 1: Martijn M Benschop
Booth 2: Frank Goacher

5,4,3,2,1, SMASH!!

Pillow Torque gets a very aggressive start, ramming into Skink and pushing Martijn into the angle grinder! The plastic armour is cut at the rear, but Skink flips Pillow Torque up and over and escapes. Upside down Franks wedge is useless, so Martijn comes on the attack and gets underneath, slamming it into the arena wall and flipping it again! But Pillow Torque only balances on the rails before coming back into the arena and is safe! Frank quickly drives away, but Martijn comes in from behind and flips him over again! With the use of his wedge returned Frank gets underneath and slams Martijn into the pit release button! Martijn escapes, but Frank follows and rams from behind, straight into the corner! Skink is flipped by the spike, but lands on its wheels. Pillow Torque tries to push Skink into the wall, but drives over the spike and is flipped! Skink takes advantage and rams in from the side, dodging the spike and pushing Pillow Torque up against the side wall! Martijn stacks Pillow Torque on the wall, then attempts to get under to flip it over and out!
FLIP!
Seemingly in slow motion, Pillow Torque sails over the barrier and slams into the macrolon shield that protects the audience before it crashes down onto the camera tracks that have felt the weight of so many robots in Robot SMASH!!

THE FIRST FW SEMI-FINAL IS OVER!

Skink goes through to the final while Pillow Torque rests in peace (sort of)!

Coming Next:
No Objections v The May Tracks Has You

**pcbore** · 18th April 2008, 18:12

If hes spinning on the spot, Ill go in slowly and allow the forks to skip up the wedge. Keep it close so he wont have time to spin on the spot to a dangerous speed, and try to get him OOTA.

Good luck Joey

18th April 2008, 19:54

Heat Semi-Final 9/16:
No Objections v The May Tracks Has You

No Objections defeated Bar-Red in the eliminator despite taking some damage to the faily weak armouring.

In round one TMTHY dominated Sonic Boom, eventually throwing it OOTA to take the win and the place in this round!

Booth 1: Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Frank Goacher

5,4,3,2,1, SMASH!!

Joey immediately starts spinning in the arena, and Frank n=knows hes gotta do something before hes completely powerless! TMTHY goes in slowly and Joeys forks slip up onto his wedge! No Objections never got up to a really dangerous speed, so TMTHY is undamaged and now pushes under Joeys dome, perhaps shredding the tyres? Well probably find out later on, but now Frank pushes No Objections up against the angle grinder, then...
FLIP!
No Objections wobbles precariously on the rails and starts to fall out, but then Joey uses the lifter so that it falls back into play, side on to May Tracks! Frank quickly turns and gets underneath the side again to throw Joey up and over! No Objections quickly self-rights, but May Tracks is relentless and pushes it into the corner, where it is flipped by the arena spike! And this time Frank pushes in underneath the already upside down No Objections to cause damage to the top armour! When its on top Joey tries to use the lifter in order to self-right off May Tracks, but before he goes anywhere Frank flips him again! Joey flies up into the air and lands in a very awkward position indeed- the main body is inside the arena, but the lifter stuck over the wall, stopping No Objections from going anywhere! This makes Franks next decision very easy, and he certainly gets the general idea! May Tracks slickly slides under the body and lets fly!

THATS REVENGE FOR ACRONYMS FTW!

The camera tracks has you, No Objections! May Tracks goes through to the heat final!

**joey_picus** · 18th April 2008, 19:57

You got me, Frank...but Ill be baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack...:P

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