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Tactics: Just clout it!
Achilles: Im feeling lazy right now, so basically, if it can outpush me and I can get under him without too much difficulty use the hyraulics and lift him up and drump him somewhere, if he cant use pnuematics and just flip him about.
BP: Hit and run as is the classic tactic, dive in get under, flip over, whack until tender, retreat when appropriate.
Tactics:
After analysing all the possible variables in this fight, I have finallised my incredibly complex tactics:
Flip.
Welcome back to Robot SMASH!! . The second semi-final is about to start, and unlike the last one there is a seeded robot in every match but one. This season really has been a nightmare for the seeds, with just 5 of the 16 seeded machines reaching the semi-finals.
Flick of the Wrist (12) vs. PyscloniZer
Killobite 5.0 (10) vs. Dervish V
Nidhogg (2) vs. Achilles
Black Panther vs. Cat with Wheels
Round 4, Battle 5
Seeded #12, the winner of Heat K, Flick of the Wrist!
This six-wheeled Tornado with brushless magmotors at 48 volts in the drive has previously defeated:
- The Rock (with Dante)
- Crimson Thunder
- Dante
The winner of Heat J, PsycloniZer!
This invertible ring spinner has three heavy hammers spun around by a lynch motor and has previously hammered:
- Baldur Gamma (with Gabriel II (14))
- Bio-Hazard
- Gabriel II (14)
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Martijn M Benschop
Booth 2: Andrew Jackson
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SMASH!!
Both robots get off to a fast start, with the ring of PsycloniZer emitting an intimidating whir as the hammers quickly become a blur and Flick of the Wrist guns that six wheel drive and speeds across the arena, knocking PsycloniZer into the arena wall! A large majority of the impact was dissipated into the wall, but Flick has not escaped unscathed and the left fork is slightly bent inwards! Martijn takes no notice though and ploughs on into PsycloniZer, managing to get one of the forks stuck under the Son of Whyachi style cage and lefts it up, allowing him now to line up for a full out slam towards the pit release button! Flick once again hit full throttle as all six wheels go full out and slam Andy into the pit release, signalling the descent of the arena hazard and sending PsycloniZer toppling away onto its side, rolling back down as Andy spins up the ring again and avoids another ramming attack from Flick, who misses the invertible ring spinner completely and drives onto the killsaws! BZZT! One of the tyres at the front seems to have been slightly shredded, but with five others to keep it going Flick is OK for now and turns to try and attack PsycloniZer, but to Martijn€™s dismay the three hammers have spun up by the LEM-200 motor and the S28-400s in the drive are driving PsycloniZer at top speed towards Flick of the Wrist, who now realises far too late that he should have driven out of the way by now! CRASH! The six-wheeled Tornado is spun away across the arena as PsycloniZer almost flips itself over from the force it was hit by from its own attack, but Andy€™s machine seems to be OK. Flick of the Wrist on the other hand has a side panel knocked in and isn€™t moving at all! The crowd and Martijn look on as PsycloniZer spins up the powerful ring again, lining up for another attack on the twelfth seed. CRASH! This time the damaged side panel is ripped clean off and Flick of the Wrist is slammed against the arena wall, and still no movement! Bow the crowd begin the count and Andy drives in behind the seeded machine to make use of that open pit as he drives against it and pushes it across the arena to the pit, pushing one side of the six wheel drive over the abyss just as the crowd finishes the countdown. The match would normally end now, but with Flick this close to oblivion the judges nor Andy can resist and PsycloniZer delivers the final shove to knock the twelfth seed Flick of the Wrist into the pit and out of the competition.
CEASE!
Flick of the Wrist (12) is flicked out of the picture; PsycloniZer whirls on to the fifth round!
Round 4, Battle 6
Seeded #10, the winner of Heat L, Killobite 5.0!
This tough crushing robot with lifting forks and exo-skeleton has previously executed:
- Paramagnetic LOX Box (with E Clawdius Unum)
- Revenge of Black Death
- E Clawdius Unum
The winner of Heat O, Dervish V!
This Barberous style full body drum has previously drummed up a victory over:
- Seung Mina IV (4) (with Killotine: EVO)
- Tough as Nails
- Killotine: EVO
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Kody Kunz
Booth 2: Daniel Stickler
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The seeded Killobite is very quick off the mark in this battle, hurriedly speeding across the arena and slamming into the spinning up drum of Dervish V, stopping both robot and weapon in their tracks and slamming Daniel backwards against the arena wall! Dervish mounts the forks, but Killobite doesn€™t use them. Instead Kody brings the crusher down and sinks it into that aluminium armour on Dervish V, holding on in there now before reversing across the arena and hitting the pit release button. That has freed a lot of trapped robots this season, and Dervish V is lucky enough to make it away now, but although the weapon spins the robot can drive only in a circle- it seems the seeded robot€™s crusher went straight through a drive motor! Daniel manages to bring the drum around onto the side of Killobite and flips the seeded robot over, now driving in again and managing to claw out a bit of Killobite€™s own aluminium from behind the steel bar chassis, but now Kody pulls around on the attack again and manages to get Dervish V€™s wheel between the surprisingly static forks, bringing the crusher down right through the still active tyre! That may have put an end to Dervish€™s driving in this battle completely, but Kody still reverses side on to the pit and turns so that Dervish is over the pit! The seeded robot begins the scent of its crusher and Dervish plunges into the pit, leaving the arena and the competition!
CEASE!
A very quick match and Dervish V bites the dust; Killobite 5.0 (10) goes through to the fifth round!
Still to come:
Nidhogg (2) vs. Achilles
Black Panther vs. Cat with Wheels
I really enjoyed Flick of the Wrist vs. PsycloniZer! Great stuff Liam!
Liam is becoming an elite writer.
w00t for Killobite and w00t for awesome fights
Just two more round 4 battles left of this season...
Round 4, Battle 7
Seeded #2, the winner of Heat P, Nidhogg!
On the way to the semi-finals this Razer-esque crusher/forks combination defeated:
- Leprosy Infection (with Under Pressure)
- Drum Boy
- Envy
The winner of Heat I, Achilles!
ff6000>This classic rammer/flipper has previously eliminated:
- Death Threat 0.2 (with Mega Monsoon)
- Shadow Zone Returns (16)
- Mega Monsoon
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Alex Holt
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SMASH!!
Nidhogg is the seed and veteran in this match, and it immediately becomes clear that Joey wants to make it through this round and live up to his second seed placing as Nidhogg gets off the mark very quickly and drives around the front of Achilles, who also turns and meets the seeded robot head-on, with the tapered front pneumatic flipper of Achilles defeating Nidhogg€™s magmotor actuated forks this time. Alex runs in underneath and guns those E-Teks to thrust last season€™s runner-up across the arena and he fires the two flipper rams, sending Nidhogg up into the air for it to slowly turn over and come crashing down on its back! The spines on the crusher help it self-right, but already Achilles is back on the attack and drives in underneath, once again pushing Joey across the arena and flipping it again, and this time Nidhogg lands on the rails before just falling back into the arena! Joey drives away and around now to speed back in at Achilles, finally getting underneath Alex€™s front flipper and bringing the crusher down onto the top armour of Achilles! Joey holds the PTT5 champion in place and raises the forks to bring the wheels off the ground and reverses into the pit release button! It looks like the seeded machine has really turned the tables now, but that impact with the pit release button loosens Joey€™s hold on Achilles and Alex is loose in the arena now, reversing away from Nidhogg before gunning those E-Teks and getting under the side of Nidhogg, ramming Joey across the arena and firing the flipper to let it fly through the air before rolling across the arena floor and landing the right way up next to the arena wall! Joey comes back on the attack and manages to get the forks under the side of Achilles, lifting the NSBFL6 champion into the air, only for Alex to fire the flipper and jerk Achilles off the electric lifter of Nidhogg back onto the arena floor! Achilles pulls around again and gets underneath the side of Nidhogg again, once more launching last season€™s runner-up high into the air for it to come crashing back down onto its back in the centre of the arena! Nidhogg manages to self-right, but in that second Achilles was quick to attack again, getting underneath again and slamming the seeded machine into the arena wall! Alex fires the flipper and it certainly seems like the end for Nidhogg and Joey€™s stomach churns as the Razer-esque crushing machine turns over in mid air and plummets towards the ground, and Joey€™s heart skips a beat as the crusher hooks Nidhogg back into the arena, rolling over and landing on its wheels again! Never has anyone been that lucky, and now in comes Achilles again, breaching the side of Nidhogg and flipping it over and over towards the arena side wall, but Alex miss-times a flip and Nidhogg is back on its wheels, quickly getting under the front for the crusher to come pressing down on the open flipper and squeezing it shut! The forks of Nidhogg lift up and suddenly it doesn€™t look so good for Achilles! Joey rushes across the arena, with Alex using the flipper just to make Nidhogg lose its grip, but it€™s too late as Achilles€™ back wheels slide over the abyss! Joey smiles and delivers the final push to send Achilles down into the pit with a puff of smoke!
CEASE!
Achilles€™ heel is exposed; Nidhogg (2) goes through to the fifth round!
Round 4, Battle 8
The winner of Heat M, Black Panther!
On the way through the heats this axe/flipper combo defeated:
- D.V.D: The Sequel (with Blue Sparks)
- Weapon Synergy
- Razer (
The winner of Heat N, Cat with Wheels!
Earlier on this back-to-basics front hinged flipper defeated:
- MeCannibal 2.0 (with Liar 2 (6))
- Turbo Tails
- Gravity
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Alex Holt
Booth 2: Danny Bailey
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SMASH!!
With Alex Holt in the control booth for the second time in quick succession Black Panther is quick off the mark, dodging the front of Cat with Wheels and attempting to attack around the side of Danny€™s wedge, but Cat turns to meet head on with Black Panther although sadly for Danny this time the front flipper of Black Panther gets underneath the front of Cat with Wheels, turning it over with a flick of the flipper. The flipper rams power up though and turn Cat back onto its wheels, and Danny goes straight on the attack, getting underneath the side of Black Panther this time and turning it over as he pushes Alex onto the killsaws! BZZT! Black Panther is tossed sideways off the killsaws, but quickly self-rights and comes back on the attack, once again breaching the front of Cat with Wheels and this time bringing the axe down and putting a nice hole in Cat€™s flipper arm, holding on in there and gunning those magmotors in the drive to push the Heat N winner across the arena and up against the arena wall, and with Danny stuck in this position Alex withdraws the axe before bringing it down again, and again. This is repeated several times, really making the titanium armour of Cat with Wheels feel the pain as the THZ-style axe repeatedly slams down onto the front wedge, putting dents, holes and welts into the top armour of Cat with Wheels! Eventually though one of the axe blows knocks Black Panther back a bit and the LEMs of CTW allow Danny just to push Black Panther back across the arena floor a bit and into the pit release button! Quickly escaping now to the centre of the arena, Cat with Wheels turns and dodges the front of Black Panther this time, managing to get under the side and throw it over onto its back, with Alex quickly firing the flipper to right itself only to get pushed underneath and flipped over again by the incredibly persistent Cat with Wheels, who pushes Black Panther up against the arena wall now and fires the flipper again, pushing the MN runner-up against the barrier and gunning the motors to pin it there for 30 seconds, holding the semi-UFO shaped machine in place! Eventually though the judges force Danny to release Black Panther, who reverses back into the centre of the arena and is attacked again by Cat with Wheels, who finally manages to get under the front of Black Panther by going at it from an angle and jamming Black Panther up against the barrier! Again Alex is in trouble, but self-rights with the axe and turns side on to Cat with Wheels, slamming it with the axe again and again, driving in underneath the side and flipping Cat with Wheels onto its back to gain some more damage points the base of the machine before Danny self-rights only to get Black Panther€™s axe stuck in the flipper rams when the flipper was wide open from self-righting! Carbon Dioxide gas is snorted all over the arena by the delirious Cat with Wheels who immediately guns it away from Black Panther when the axe is released. Alex gives chase, but with some clever U-turns and driving skills Danny eludes Black Panther for a full 27 seconds before Alex finally corners Danny and is Tabby cat in the corner, driving in and pushing Cat onto the killsaws! BZZT! Cat is flipped up, but not over as Black Panther moves in again, getting underneath and attempting to finish the match by turning Cat with Wheels over onto its back, but it€™s no good as Danny lands on his wheels this time and reverses away again! Once more Alex gives chase and this time catches the cat very quickly, fitting that flipper underneath and throwing it over for one final time! It seems as though Black Panther has it won, but you need to be immobilised for ten seconds, and Cat with Wheels was flipped with just 4 left before the match was ended!
CEASE!
As Cat wasn€™t counted out in time we go to the first judge€™s decision of the semi-finals!
Judge€™s Decision:
Damage:
Black Panther- 10 x 4= 40
Cat with Wheels- 6 x 4= 24
Aggression:
Black Panther- 7 x 3= 21
Cat with Wheels- 9 x 3= 27
Control:
Black Panther- 6 x 2= 12
Cat with Wheels- 9 x 2= 18
Dominance:
Black Panther- 7 x 1= 7
Cat with Wheels- 7 x 1= 7
Overall:
Black Panther- 40 + 21 + 12 + 7= 80pts
Cat with Wheels- 24 + 27 + 18 + 7= 76pts
Cat with Wheels is me-out
And so we have the draws for the final round of the semi-finals!
PsycloniZer vs. Black Panther
Nidhogg (2) vs. Killobite 5.0 (10)
(Message edited by Swim2win on September 13, 200
YAY! And...oh...cooking implements.
Were similar robots, but I should have better maneuvrability with my two wheel drive, compared to hid four, and the exoskeleton should be easy to slip the forks under and get the crusher to hook on, so...get round sides, avoid front, lift, crush, pit, thingy
Gah, second seeds...
PsycloniZer vs. Black Panther
I smell a rematch. And I also smell Alex getting his revenge on AJ.
Nidhogg (2) vs. Killobite 5.0 (10)
Due to the chassis extending beyond the armour, he cant damage me easily at all, but his plan is to grapple hold rather...exactly like mine.
Good luck Joe-E.
(Message edited by kodster on September 13, 200
And so tonight on Robot SMASH!! we have the last two battles of the semi-finals!
Round 5, Battle 3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
PsycloniZer
Black Panther
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Andrew Jackson
Booth 2: Alex Holt
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These two highly successful machines met in the grand final of Mechanical Noise, a major tournament by Martijn M Benschop who has already made this season€™s grand final with Back to Rock III. They were both in previous incarnations back then, as PsycloniZer was Psyclonised and Black Panther was Black Panther Queen. Psyclonised was the victor, but will that be the same here today or will Black Panther with Alex at the controls get its gruesome revenge? Not if Andy can help it, as PsycloniZer guns those mags to stay away from the semi-UFO shape that is Black Panther while the LEM-200 drains power from the batteries to spin up that heavy ring so that the three deadly hammers quickly become a blur! Alex looks worried and tries to dodge PsycloniZer as Andy goes in on the attack, and almost makes it out of the way, but one of the hammers swings around and slams into the front of Black Panther sending the 16th most feared Vapourbot flying away across the arena and onto the killsaws! BZZT! There€™s a dent in the front armour, but the drive and weapons seem to be OK as Alex powers back across the coliseum and gets underneath PsycloniZer, bringing the THZ-style axe repeatedly crashing down onto the top armour of PsycloniZer, causing some large dents and finally managing to snag a wheel hole! The tyre itself isn€™t punctured, but Black Panther is in control now as Alex points the entwined pair towards the pit release button and heads in that direction, slamming against the tyre in order to launch the release siren and lower the chasm! However the impact knocks Black Panther€™s axe just out of the wheel hole of PsycloniZer, unfortunately for Alex allowing Andy to shoot off again to get that ring up to full speed. Alex backs away from the pit release button and attempts to stop the ring of PsycloniZer from getting up to speed by bashing into it hard with the back of the semi-UFO shaped body, but Andy dodges the assault and runs into the side of Black Panther with that ring running at maximum speed and potency, the three red hammers looking like a blood red tornado of death! CRASH! And this time Black Panther is more than just a little winded as it spins away and slams into the arena wall before suddenly it starts venting carbon dioxide! It certainly looks like the co2 supply was ruptured after that powerful hit from the whirling hammers of PsycloniZer! With the axe now gone Black Panther could be in serious trouble, as the invertible PyscloniZer is designed to be a flipper-killer, and the low power linear actuators on Black Panther won€™t be flipping Andy€™s ring spinner out of the arena anytime soon. Although he knows this Alex follows PsycloniZer as it backs away anyway, just to try and get some points for aggression, and he does so as he fits the flipper underneath PsycloniZer and flips it up and over, although this doesn€™t do much as Andy reverses away to spin up again, dodging Black Panther€™s second onslaught since the pneumatics were ruptured with relative ease before reversing at full speed into the rear of Black Panther with the hammers going like hell! CRASH! Alex once again has the stuffing knocked out of him as Black Panther is sent spinning across the arena and left reeling, driving aimlessly into the arena wall in its dazed state before turning around to try and attack PsycloniZer again, but it seems the drive has been taken out on one side as it drives around in a circle onto the killsaws! BZZT! Black Panther is flipped up and over in a shower of sparks, and certainly now the match is over as Alex can€™t self-right without his axe. The crowd counts the valiant Black Panther out as Alex makes his exit from his first, successful season of Robot SMASH!! .
CEASE!
Black Panther is hunted down and defeated; +2>PyscloniZer goes through to the series grand final!
And now then we have 3 of the 4 grand final spots filled:
Back to Rock III
Wedge Devolution (1)
PsycloniZer
One more robot must join them, and it will be a seeded robot. The question is which seeded robot will it be?
Round 5, Battle 4
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Nidhogg (2)
Killobite 5.0 (10)
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Kody Kunz
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SMASH!!
These are two pretty similar machines, although they have different shapes and drive layouts they both use the combination of lifting forks and hydraulic crushers, interestingly they both have exactly the same amount of power behind those crushers, with 9 tonnes at the ram and 4.5 tonnes at the tip. Nidhogg however is the more manoeuvrable with that two wheel drive and dodges the front forks of the tenth seed to get its own forks under the exo-skeleton on the side! Joey lifts it up into the air and turns around to bring the crusher into play, however this time the crusher comes down on one of the steel bars of the aforementioned exo-skeleton. With no damage to be done Joey compensates by dragging Killobite 5.0 towards the pit release button, but unfortunately for him Killobite still has one side of the four wheel drive on the ground and is still using one of the motors to try and get down, not quite reaching its goal but still managing to make Joey€™s job a lot harder. Killobite twists and squirms, but now Joey just pushes forwards, getting right in underneath and just tipping Killobite over onto its back! Immediately Killobite begins to self-right, but the second seed steps in the way and reverses into it, pushing it backwards across the arena and onto the killsaws! BZZT! Killobite is flipped back up, but onto the arena wall! Kody has to raise the forks to get back down, and he does so, but Nidhogg comes in behind him and lifts him up, also biting down with the crusher and this time it slides between the bars to sink like a knife through hot butter into the aluminium armour of Killobite, digging deep into the workings and holding on tight as Joey now reverses out of the corner and turns to hit the pit release button, still gripping on tight in there! Killobite struggles, but the second seed€™s grip is too tight and Joey carefully drives over to the pit and lowers the forks so that last season€™s heat D finalist is suspended over the abyss, and all of a sudden the weight becomes too much and the pair of them topple over into the pit! The crowd gasp and wonder who€™s out, but as the replay shows on the large screen above them it becomes clear Killobite 5.0 was the first to enter the pit!
CEASE!
Killobite 5.0 (10) is killobitten; +2>Nidhogg (2) goes through to the series grand final!
And so we have our four grand finalists:
Back to Rock III
Wedge Devolution (1)
PsycloniZer
Nidhogg (2)
The line-up for the grand final eliminators will be like this:
Nidhogg (2) vs. PsycloniZer
Wedge Devolution (1) vs. Back to Rock III
But before that we have the special events, the first of which will be the featherweight competition, re-done draws with a brand new format for all the other weights will be up next post!
(Message edited by Swim2win on September 14, 200
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