Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

27th August 2008, 19:56

Heat N Final
Gravity v Cat with Wheels

In round 1 Cat with Wheels left the battling to Liar 2 (6), who disposed of MeCannibal 2.0 by tossing it onto the camera tracks, but in round 2 Dannyâ‚¬â„¢s front hinged flipper wedge had to actually do some work and flipped Turbo Tails onto its back.
Meanwhile Gravity threw Phoenix Down up and out of the arena in the eliminator before taking on the number #6 seed Liar 2 in the second round, eventually tossing it up and out after a tough match.

Heat Final

Ladies and Gentlemen:
Gravity
Cat with Wheels

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Andrew Jackson
Booth 2: Danny Bailey

5...
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SMASH!!

Another heat is almost completed, and so after this there will only be two more heats to do before the series semi-finals! Thirteen robots have already reached that point, but who will join their ranks tonight to make it fourteen? Both Gravity and Cat with Wheels want that semi-final spot pretty badly and they must do battle to get it, with only the winner moving on. Gravity makes the first move, dodging the front wedge of Cat with Wheels and trying to get under the side, but Gravity wheelies slightly as it drives forwards due to the only 2 wheels being at the rear and Andy goes straight up the sloped side of Cat with Wheels, who turns to get the flipper underneath and turns the Dutch machine up and over with a flick of the flipper! Gravity pulls off a neat bounce into the air to get back onto its wheels and attacks Cat again, this time managing to slip under the side and throw Dannyâ‚¬â„¢s machine high into the air before it lands with a SMACK onto its front, easily self-righting before circling Gravity ready for another onslaught. However itâ‚¬â„¢s Gravity again that launches that onslaught, coming straight for Cat with Wheels again, getting in underneath the rear and throwing Danny up and over, only for him to self-right before coming round to get under the side of Gravity and push it to the arena wall to flip it up and over again. Andy self-rights and reverses away, but is followed by Cat with Wheels who unfortunately drives up the front of Gravity this time and is thrown high into the air with a truly colossal flip! Cat with Wheels flies through the air and the crowd gasps as it seems to be heading for the camera tracks, but lands with the rear end stacked on the arena side wall. Danny fires the flipper a couple of times to jerk itself down off the wall and drives away and around, getting in underneath the side of Gravity again, once again firing the flipper, but this time the Dutch machine lands on its side. Andy keeps the wheels spinning on though and wobbles back onto his wheels, turning to meet another onslaught from Cat with Wheels, getting pushed backwards into the wall before Cat with Wheels is just caught by Gravityâ‚¬â„¢s wedge and Andy powers across the arena, but flips too early so once again Cat with Wheels lands just within the arena before coming back on the attack, this time swerving to avoid the front wedge of Gravity and getting under the left front corner, driving in right underneath and flipping the RW7 semi-finalist onto its back and pushing it up against the arena wall, with Gravity being turned around as it self-rights and so Danny flips it again, and with Gravity facing in this new direction Andy canâ‚¬â„¢t self-right for fear of flipping himself over the barrier! The crowd begins the count, but Andy grits his teeth and fires the flipper, and with a whole lot of luck Gravity teeters on the edge before toppling back towards the arena! But it may not be so lucky after all as Danny saw it coming and drives in behind it, ramming Gravity against the wall so it turns right up and the nose of the wedge is almost vertical! And at this angle a forward hinged flipper is perfect for one thing- tossing other bots out of the arena! Need I say more?

CEASE!

Gravity cannot continue to defy gravity; Cat with Wheels races on to the series semi-finals!

**kodster** · 27th August 2008, 20:26

Heat O
With or Without You vs. Tough as Nails vs. Nitro-Gene 4.0

TAN through for sure, dunno wholl join him.

Seung Mina IV (4) vs. Killotine: EVO vs. Dervish V

Damn you Dan. :sad: However, I wont attack Dervish unless I really have to (note that, Liam

), so I will be trying my darnedest to OOTA Killotine: EVO. Anywheres good, just get it out!

**team_britespark** · 27th August 2008, 23:52

Tactics:

Seung Mina IV (4) vs. Killotine: EVO vs. Dervish V

Im going to stick with my original alliance here and attack Seung Mina. I dont recall a single flipper in RW history that has beaten a design like Dervish, and I dont think it will happen here. Just attack the sides until some lovely CO2 comes flying out of it. BEWARE OF THE PIT!

29th August 2008, 10:24

Welcome to the penultimate heat of Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged. Tonight will see the return of the number #4 seed Seung Mina IV, who reached the quarter-finals last season before bowing out to the eventual runner-up Nidhogg.
Tough as Nails v With or Without You v Nitro-Gene 4.0
Seung Mina IV (4) v Killotine: EVO v Dervish V

Eliminator 1

Built by Jeroen, entered by Christopher Mason, Tough as Nails!
This invertible robot is a pair of claws with wheels on the sides, it really is. One of the hardox armour pioneers, this robot reached the semi-finals of RW7 before it lost a JD to Bulldog Breed 3. The weaponry consists of the pincers snapping shut via pneumatics to grab and then pit opponents.

In RS!!1: Didnâ‚¬â„¢t enter

Created and entered by Martijn M Benschop, With or Without You!
This two part clusterbot consists of a ramming brick and a powerful spinning blade capable of delivering 1-hit Kos, although the rammer is useless when inverted and the blade is immobilised when inverted, so this one doesnâ‚¬â„¢t want to meet any flippers.

In RS!!1: Came up against eventual quarter-finalist Whirligig 4.5 in the first round and was quite simply shredded.

Created and entered by Paul Cuomo, Nitro-Gene 4.0!
This invertible box wedge packs 36HP in the drive train and has a full pressure Nitrogen flipper to boot. This flipper is capable of 1600kg of force, and the hardox armour along with shockproofing will protect against spinners.

In RS!!1: Had a very tough battle with the promising Intrigue in the first round, but eventually managed to flip it out of the arena. In round 2 however Nitro got a taste of its own medicine and was thrown out by Gabriel II.

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Christopher Mason
Booth 2: Martijn M Benschop, Paul Cuomo

5...
4...
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SMASH!!

With only four eliminators of this season left to go, letâ‚¬â„¢s get the first one out of the way! The clusterbot immediately splits up, and Without You gets that blade up to speed while With goes for Tough as Nails, who grabs hold when the two meet, but is pushed backwards into the arena wall anyway. Meanwhile Nitro-Gene 4.0 heads for the unprotected Without You, who tries to get away, but is gotten under and flipped onto its back! And so early on in this bout With is left alone, and valiantly tries to pit Tough as Nails, pulling the Dutch crusher towards the pit release, but Chris lets go and reverses away, letting Nitro-Gene 4.0 come in and get under the rear of With, slamming it into the corner and onto the killsaws! BZZT! With is thrown away in a shower of sparks and Nitro-Gene 4.0 follows, getting in underneath again and throwing it high into the air, and With crashes down onto the arena floor with wrong way up! With tries to get away and manages to press the pit release, but now Tough as Nails is on the attack and gets in on the inverted scoop, and With manages still to push it back onto the killsaws! BZZT! Chris decides to let go again and stays away for now, and he doesnâ‚¬â„¢t need to do anything else as Nitro-Gene gets under the inverted scoop of With and throws it high into the air and over the arena wall, leaving it fall onto the camera tracks and out of this heat.

CEASE!

With or Without You is without success; Nitro-Gene 4.0 and Tough as Nails go through!

Eliminator 2

Created and entered by Kody Kunz, seeded #4, Seung Mina IV!
This powerful rear hinged flipper has interchangeable flipper plates (a normal plate or spikes) and can now choose to dump the flipper and have an anti-spinner ring around the robot, an option not available last season.

In RS!!1: Flipped Metal Sonic Spin Dash around in round 1 to win a judgeâ‚¬â„¢s decision through to the next round, where it pitted the ring spinner MeCannibal 2.0. In the heat final Kody swapped the flipper plate for the spikes and flipped Flick of the Wrist around. It was rammed in return, but won through to the finals on another JD. In the quarter-finals it was drawn against Nidhogg, who lifted, crushed and pitted it. But there were condolences in the play-off for fifth place, and Seung Mina IV flipped Whirligig 4.5 out of the competition before helping Storm II get rid of Liar 2, and then disposing of Storm to get 5th place!

Created and entered by Steven McGregor, Killotine: EVO!
Essentially Storm II with an axe on top, this robot is a famous winner of many majors such as VGC 2003. It may be successful, but itâ‚¬â„¢s an old fashioned design and that could mean it gets eliminated by the more complex designs.

In RS!!1: Gave Gravity the axe in round 1, but was grabbed by the claws of Super Gore Evo in the second round.

Created and entered by Daniel Stickler, Dervish V!
This Barberous 2-lookalike full body drum is pretty lethal. It can thrown and rip robots up, although it didnâ‚¬â„¢t do too well in Robot SMASH!! Season 1. Flipping it does nothing, and it is hard to push around.

In RS!!1: Met Tempest Evil-est-oution in round 1 and was Spun out of the competition by thee invertible ring spinner.

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Kody Kunz
Booth 2: Steven McGregor, Daniel Stickler

5...
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SMASH!!

The one to watch in this bout will surely be the seeded robot Seung Mina IV, who looks even more lethal than last season, heading straight for Killotine: EVO and breaching the side skirt on this first onslaught, pushing in underneath and flipping Killotine up and letting it do a sideways roll in mid-air! The crowd cheers and Kody smiles maniacally, but now Dervish V has spun up to speed and comes in on the attack on Seung Mina IV from behind, making a small gash in the rear armour and throwing it up and over! Mina self-rights, but finds herself on top of Dervish Vâ‚¬â„¢s spinning body and she is thrown over again, and all of a sudden in comes Killotine: EVO and rams the upside down seeded machine into the arena wall to stop her self-righting and slams the axe into the base armour, clamping down hard and dragging the seeded machine across the arena to thwack it into the pit release! However the impact loosens Killotineâ‚¬â„¢s grip and Mina rights herself before resetting the flipper and ramming in underneath the side of Killotine and attempting to throw it out of the arena, but just as it leaves the flipper Killotineâ‚¬â„¢s axe fires and just snags on one of the bars of Minaâ‚¬â„¢s flipper, allowing it to fall back down and ram in underneath the seeded robot and push it into Dervish V who comes in from behind and flips Kody over again! Killotine hits the base armour with the axe again, this time getting a very strong clamp and heading for the pit, pushing the worrying seeded machine towards the chasm, but Kody fires the flipper and just manages to knock Killotineâ‚¬â„¢s hold off, but Dervish V runs in from the side and rips off a aide skirt, flipping Seung Mina IV onto its side as it does so! Mina falls onto her back again and although she self-rights Killotine: EVO runs in underneath the rear this time and clamps the axe down over the flipper, and even when Mina fires it the axe keeps a hold of it, managing to keep onto one of the bars and push Seung Mina IV down into the pit and out of the contest, quite possibly in the biggest shock weâ‚¬â„¢ll see this season!

CEASE!

Kodyâ‚¬â„¢s tactics let Mina down slightly and the fourth seed bows out of the contest; Killotine: EVO and Dervish V go through to round 2!

Round 2 line-up:
Nitro-Gene 4.0 v Killotine: EVO
Dervish V v Tough as Nails

**kodster** · 29th August 2008, 14:57

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaastaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard! :wink:

Nitro-Gene 4.0 v Killotine: EVO

Killotine. No way Paul can win here.

Dervish V v Tough as Nails

Damnit...I really want TAN to go through here...but bleh. Dervish to win.

Ill get you next time, Dan.

(Message edited by kodster on August 29, 200

**team_britespark** · 29th August 2008, 15:39

And my little dog too?

Oh crap, Im fighting TAN in this tourn and Flank Attack in the other tourn, and they are both against Dervish! Eeeep!

Tactics

Luckily, TAN does have exposed wheels going against it, so that will be my aim - to attack the wheels and the penumatic ram at the back. If TAN attempts to get a grip on me, spin madly in a circle so the claws cannot grab the body.

**kodster** · 29th August 2008, 15:48

Not your just little dog, Dan...

Early revised tactics for next (and last) heat!

Heat P
Nidhogg (2) v Leprosy Infection v Under Pressure

MARTIJN! YOUR BOT ISNT FINISHED! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? =O

Drum Boy v Envy v Sonic Boom

Slag Dans team-up; Ill team up with Samuel if he wants, and attack Daniel now. I want revenge for what just happened.

The weaponry of Sonic Boom shouldnt do much, Envy is one tough machine and should come out on top here. Just flip it around, push into the pit, the usual.

(Message edited by kodster on August 29, 200