Thank you, thank you! You really are too kind!

As for using my slogans and phrases, if you think others can survive the sheer punage, go right ahead. :wink:

Right now, though, its time to find the last of our Semi-Finalists!

THE PHOENIX CUP
ELIMINATORS
BATTLE 4
Q.E. 2 Vs WEDGINATOR DEVILUTION

FROM PONTEFRACT, IN YORKSHIRE, Q.E. 2!
(Represented by Joey McConnell)
Or, to give it its full name, Quaestor Evolution 2. A Quaestor is generally responsible with monitoring finances or supervising treasuries, but today, Q.E. 2 is hoping to take the money and run! This bot is a sleek 6WD box with a front plough, coloured in the white, black and red of the Queen Elizabeth II. Theres little majestic about its main weapon, though - a pneumatic steel axe with a 3kg Hardox head and tungsten carbide edge. At full pressure, it can puncture titanium and even put a dint in thin Hardox. Accompanying the axe is a large flipping blade on the front, capable of lifting up to 500kg. Oh and theres a jolly big spike at the back for good measure. With this weapons synergy, Q.E. 2 looks deadly efficient and top speeds of 15mph make it a nippy little thing. However, Joey worries whether the titanium, polycarbonate and aluminium shell will hold up against the more vicious vapourbots and the 10mm ground clearance will be irresistable for fellow flippers. Q.E.D., Q.E. 2.

FROM TORONTO, IN ONTARIO, WEDGINATOR DEVILUTION!
(Represented by Kody Kunz)
My friends, the Devil walks among us! Well, rolls among us at any rate. Now in its seventh incarnation, Wedginator Devilution is hoping to set the warzone alight with its latest tricks and powers. This time around, its a six-wheeled skirted wedge with sloped sides and a crocodilic paint job. The main weapon is a forward-hinged, three-armed flipper, powered by 2 x 2kg CO2 tanks at 900psi and an 80mm stroke ram. This not only gives Wedginator nearly 35 flips per fight, but means it can flip at least a ton with relative ease! Its three front prongs also mean it should get under even the lowest of opponents. Combine this with a 4mm Hardox shell, average speeds of 16mph and angled wheels for maximum manoueverability and Wedginator looks like the whole package. Unfortunately, a limited gas supply means that it cant flip forever and with tip-top speeds of 35mph, theres a chance those angled wheels could be a bit too manouverable. Is Devilution blessed or damned? Lets find out...

House Robots - Dulcy & Mr Hyde

Roboteers, stand by...
3...2...1...
ACTIVATE!

Both robots collide in the middle of the ring and its Wedginator Devilution who proves the lower of the two! His front forks slipping under Q.E. 2s side, Kody begins shoving its opponent up the arena! Q.E. 2 tries to escape, but Wedginator powers further underneath and flips the axebot over just as they reach the Void Activation Button! Wedginator bumps the Button, sending the ever-familiar siren echoing over the audience, and turns to attack Q.E. 2 again. Unfortunately, Joey has already righted his machine with the great steel axe and now its his turn to go on the offensive. Q.E. 2 clips Wedginators side and scrapes its front spatula under a skirt corner as Kody tries to manouever out of the corner! Joey fires the flipper, causing Wedginator to jump off the floor and gives it a good whack with its hammer! Luckily for Kody, the Hardox shell has survived the impact. Wedginator flicks the axe away with its flipper and zips off Q.E. 2s spatula before it can get pinned down again! Q.E. 2 chases it to the arena centre, where the duo circle each other cautiously. Wedginators great manoueverability gives it the upper hand as it surges back under Q.E. 2s side! Kody fires the flipper and shoves its opponent over onto its back! Wasting no time, the Canadian wedge tries to push the inverted axebot down the arena towards the Void! Joey, however, spoils Kodys fun by activing his axe and rerighting Q.E. 2! Wedginator tries to get back underneath its rival, but Q.E. 2 darts away for a better run-up! Unfortunately, Wedginator is right behind and gets under the 10mm ground clearance as Q.E. 2 turns near the western wall! Forward goes the flipper - and over goes Q.E. 2! In an instant, Kody drives back underneath the axebot and shoves it down the arena to the Corner Patrol Zone! Joey quickly fires the axe and watches his machine topple upright...straight into Mr Hydes open arms! Wedginator twirls tauntingly as the House Robots massive hammer come crashing down onto Q.E. 2s lid, again and again! Through a combination of flipper firing and joystick-wiggling, Q.E. 2 escapes Mr Hydes clutches and back into the freedom of the warzone! Kody clearly isnt impressed with this incompetence - the cheeky bugger zips under Mr Hydes claws and gives him a cheeky flip before darting back after Joey! The Grim Beeper clearly is not amused and gives Wedginator a shunt as a warning. Eyeing the referees sycthe, Kody decides to take heed and turn his attention back to Joey. Once again, the two robots are engaged in a deadly dance near the bottom of the ring, during which Q.E. 2 bursts into the Mashed Potato by sticking its axe into Wedginators eye! Still only taking cosmetic damage, Kody responds in kind by breaking into the Bump! Q.E. 2 takes a wallop from the left, but spins back round with a bump of its own! To Joeys delight, his flipper has scraped underneath Wedginators skirts! Immediately, the spatula fires and this time, with a little push, Wedginator topples onto its back! Q.E. 2 rushes back underneath before it can self-right and pins it down with the steel axe! Joey grins broadly. He knows exactly where he wants to send Wedginator - Killeidascope Corner! Realising whats going on, Kody fires his flipper just as Q.E. 2 feeds his machine to the enormous technicolour drum! Wedginator self-rights...and gets a faceful of claws as Q.E. 2 rams it into the colossal spinner! Wedginator darts away as Joey backs off for a charge, the crocodilic wedge now sporting some rather nasty scars! Kody, now thoroughly peeved, decides that its no more Mr LOLZ Guy and charges head-on into Q.E. 2! The Devils forks prove lower than the spatula and Wedginator throws its opponent over once again! Hurridly positioning itself, Wedginator chooses to end the bout there and then with and pushes Q.E. 2 down towards the Void! Unfortunately for Kody, Q.E. 2s axe still has plenty of juice left and rights the robot a few feet from the corner! A horrified Kody stops himself in time, but Joey has one final trick up his sleeve! As Wedginator tries to get back on the offensive, Q.E. 2 suddenly reverses and rams into its side! The large rear spike doesnt appear to be having much effect, but the six-wheel drive certainly is! Kody tries hard to push back or manouever away, but he was already close to the corner and Joeys surprise attack has just sent him right in! The suckers do their work and with a last shove from Q.E. 2, Wedginator tumbles helplessly into the Void like a Communist into a dimensional rip! Sorry, I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull yesterday. Couldnt resist.

CEASE!

Wedginator Devilution returns to the flames from which it was forged! Guess Mark 7 really WAS a devolution, eh, Kody?
Q.E. 2 GOES THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS!

Up next: the Semi-Final draw!