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After that ad break, we€™re back with the final of Heat C:
Turbo Shredder v Cyclone Force 3
Let€™s flashback and see how these two hard as nails competitors made it this far:
In the first eliminator Cyclone Force 3 and Storm II flipped Obsidian, which could not self-right.
In the second Turbo Shredder was at first shoved around by Monolith, but came back strongly and damaged Scaramanga II€™s flipper rams.
In the first heat semi-final we witnessed the biggest shock of the series so far, when the number #5 seed Storm II lost a JD to Turbo Shredder by just three points!
In the second Monolith took on Cyclone Force 3, but was blown away by the gale force winds and pitted.
I€™m here in the pits now with both vapourboteers as we load up the entry bullpen!
Me: Hey Samuel, going good so far, huh?
Sam: Very well, I didn€™t expect to take Storm II out.
Me: You€™re the first person to defeat a seed so far, how does that make you feel?
Sam: Great and I€™m hungry for more damage!
Me: What setup will be seeing here Chris?
Chris: I€™m sticking with the scoop here, you€™ve already seen it, but it€™s effective.
Me: We€™ve seen the lifter and the scoop, what else might we see later in the series if you prevail here?
Chris: There are a pair of spikes that could cause some serious damage, but maybe they won€™t come out to play in this tournament, especially if I lose here!
Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, now it€™s back to the coliseum where battle is about to commence!
Heat Final
Ladies and Gentlemen, please give a thunderous applause for the return of Turbo Shredder and Cyclone Force 3!
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Samuel Park
Booth 2: Christopher Mason
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SMASH!!
And we€™re off! It€™s Cyclone Force immediately on the attack, getting underneath the front of Turbo Shredder and ramming it across the arena, into the arena wall! Both robots actually have the same drive power, but the scoop on the front of Cyclone Force 3 is allowing Chris to get in underneath and push Turbo Shredder around while not letting Samuel spin up! And Chris shows this now, ramming Turbo Shredder again across the arena and this time onto the Killsaws! BZZT! Turbo Shredder is thrown onto its back, but Samuel€™s seed beating machine is invertible and finally spins up to slam into Cyclone Force! Chris spins away, but immediately recovers and comes on the attack again, getting underneath once more and slamming Turbo Shredder into the wall so hard it flies sideways and chews into the floor with the disc! And still Cyclone Force is aggressive, pushing in underneath Turbo Shredder from the side and shoving Samuel across the arena again and onto the Killsaws once more! BZZT! Turbo Shredder isn€™t flipped this time, but bounced away onto Cyclone Force, who pushes Samuel away across the arena and into the pit release button! The siren wails and the chasm descends, giving the drivers another worry- a big hole in the floor! And now it€™s Turbo Shredder on the attack, whacking into the scoop of Cyclone Force with the disc, but doing nothing except driving onto the scoop, which allows Chris to slam it across the arena once more, crashing into the wall on the opposite side! Turbo Shredder tries to escape, but Chris gets underneath and pins it against the wall for a few seconds before releasing Samuel, who drives away only to be slammed from behind by the aggressive Cyclone Force, who now shoves Samuel€™s spinning disc into the Killsaws! BZZT! And Turbo Shredder is flipped onto Cyclone Force 3 again, and this time Chris drives it hard up against the barrier yet again! Samuel is really feeling the pain now, and finally gets a bit of breathing space as Samuel drives away from its ramming opposition, only to yet again get pushed from behind and get pushed all the way across the arena and up against the already-pressed pit release button! And as Cyclone Force gets underneath Turbo Shredder drives off the top, only to get pushed around in a wide arc so that the two machines are now playing a deadly dance of death right next to the pit! And it€™s Chris that finally makes use of that chasm, getting underneath Turbo Shredder one last time and giving one last almighty shove to drop Samuel into the pit and out of Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged! .
CEASE!
Turbo Shredder didn€™t do any shredding, and Cyclone Force 3 blows the rest of the heat away to go through to the series semi-finals!
Next time, on Robot SMASH!!, we will witness the return of Steven McGregor€™s second series 1 finalist, the number #7 seed Whirligig 4.5!
Macduff the 3rd v Orka MK.4 v Stealth
Whirligig 4.5 (7) v Eternia v Nightmare
Don€™t miss it!
Restating tactics...
Macduff the 3rd v Orka MK.4 v Stealth
Chris, shall we treat Stealth to a tour of the arena hazards?
Ill go for Whirligig to take out Nightmare before Eternia can really get involved.
As for Stealth...wait, watch for my moment to attack at close range, and remain extremely optimistic :P
ORKAS TACTICS
Yeah, what the hey?
Sorry theses fights are so short, but you can hardly blame me with these line-ups
Welcome back to Robot SMASH!! , where Heat D is about to start! The story of this series so far has seen the number #1 seed Wedge Devolution prevail in Heat A, the number #3 seed Supreme Glory Omega get the glory in Heat B and the unseeded Cyclone Force 3 won Heat C after Turbo Shredder defeated the number #5 seed Storm II.
Here€™s the round 1 line-up.
Macduff the 3rd v Orka MK.4 v Stealth
Whirligig 4.5 (7) v Eternia v Nightmare
Eliminator 1
Created and entered by Kody Kunz, Macduff the 3rd!
Like Knyfe and Cyclone Force 3 seen in the previous heats this robot can select from a choice of weaponry, and is a powerful rammer. It€™s more powerful than Cyclone Force 3, and equal to that of Knyfe, and for this match Kody has chosen to use the lifting spikes that can work both ways up.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Created and entered by Christopher Mason, Orka MK.4!
This very interesting concept is a Behemoth-shape robot with a scoop, but instead of an axe Orka uses a Mantis-style claw to grapples opponents. When lifted and grabbed robots will find it hard to escape, and the six wheel drive helps to shove robots around the arena as well.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Built by Team Stealth, entered by Joey McConnell, Stealth!
This is a robot seen in the third series of robot wars. It has a front flipper and a rear circular saw, but in the wars it was shredded by Hypno-Disc early on and the flipper did nothing against Death Warmed Up in round 1.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Kody Kunz, Christopher Mason
Booth 2: Joey McConnell
5...
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SMASH!!
The fourth heat of Robot SMASH!! 2 gets underway- gosh, doesn€™t time fly when you€™re having fun? And Kody looks to be having fun in this bout, ramming Stealth from the side and lifting it with the spikes! Joey spins the saw and activates the flipper, but cannot escape and Macduff continues to push him around, dumping him on the Killsaws! BZZT! Stealth is thrown sideways onto Orka, who clamps it and lifts Joey into the air while Kody presses the pit release button! The siren wails and Orka drops Stealth into the pit after just 11 seconds of the match has passed!
CEASE!
The shortest fight of the series so far, lasting just over 10 seconds! Macduff the 3rd and Orka MK.4, they go through to round 2!
We now go to the pits, where Joey is hoisting Stealth into the skip.
Me: Did that go as well as you expected?
Joey: Much better, I expected to last 5 seconds with this crummy realie.
Me: We€™ll have your vapour debut in the next heat anyway though.
Joey: Yeah, hopefully I€™ll do better then.
Eliminator 2
Created and entered by Steven McGregor, the number #7 seed, Whirligig 4.5!
Last year this robot was extremely impressive, destroying a load of tough opponents to get to the finals. It€™s one of the most powerful (not to mention successful) vapour FBS€™ ever, dishing out 183Kj per hit and causing maximum damage with those 9 pussycat style teeth on the ring, which spins at 1500rpm.
In RS!!1: Destroyed With or Without You in the eliminator, then sent Tira III packing in round 2. The heat final looked like it would be tough, with The May Tracks Has You sporting those spikes to damage the feet, but Steven knocked out the link and it was bye bye to May Tracks as Whirligig went whirling on to the finals, where it all went downhill. Whirly was thrown out of the competition by ISDSFA, and in the play-off was the first robot to be eliminated when Seung Mina IV wanted her revenge.
Created and entered by Leo Van Miert, Eternia!
This powerful flipper really packs a punch, with power similar to that of Gravity in Robot Wars series 7. But the question is whether Eternia will enjoy eternal success or will the low pushing power mean an eternity of loss?
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Built by a guy called Jim and the rest of the team, entered by Samuel Park, Nightmare!
This huge vertical spinner is a veteran of Battlebots, and despite being an excellent competitor and almost always doing well it never made it passed the quarter-finals, partly due to it being so unstable and having exposed wheels, a weakness exploited by Warhead in season 5.0.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Steven McGregor
Booth 2: Leo Van Miert, Samuel Park
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SMASH!!
Nightmare and Whirly are quick to start spinning up, and Eternia looks quite happy to stay out of the way for the time being while the two spinners size each other up. Whirly starts coming towards Nightmare, but Samuel has a change of heart and turns around to hit Eternia, throwing Leo up and over onto his back! Leo is startled, but quickly self-rights and rams Nightmare and throws Samuel high into the air, but Nightmare lands on its wheels, one of which is quickly detached by Whirligig! That was unexpected and Nightmare will surely not be happy about that! And for extra revenge Eternia comes in on the wheel-less side and throws Nightmare up and over onto its back! Steven grins maniacally and moves in again, tearing a large chunk out of Nightmare and sending it flying, and Samuel lands right up against the arena wall, still upside down! Samuel€™s disc wasn€™t spinning when Nightmare was thrown, and now it can€™t spin so Eternia goes in again and finishes the job by launching Nightmare clear of the arena and onto the camera tracks!
CEASE!
Another quick battle, that one lasting just 18 seconds!
I€™m here in the pits now with Samuel!
Me: Nightmare started well, but it turned into a bit of a nightmare for you, didn€™t it?
Sam: Yeah, once the wheel was gone I was open to attack from Eternia, who I attacked at the beginning.
Me: The disc didn€™t really cause much damage to Eternia, why was that?
Sam: I didn€™t really get it a very good angle, only a good enough hit to flip it.
Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, now let€™s see the round 2 draw!
Macduff the 3rd v Eternia
Whirligig 4.5 (7) v Orka MK.4
We€™ll be back right after the break, hope fully with battles that will last a little longer!
(Message edited by Robot_Warrior on May 31, 200
Very good fights Liam, but this Whirligig only produces 100kj of energy, not 183kj
:P Good fights Liam, as always.
I actually thought Stealth was a good concept in general, I designed Interceptor (which suffers from my curse of me posting things in the improving thread and them being totally ignored) to be like Stealth was if it were...actually good. Or something like that
Ill go for Macduff and Whirligig to make the final here.
Macduff the 3rd vs. Eternia
Eternia - bah, its just another flipper.
Robot SMASH!! Is back, so let€™s get going into round 2 of this exciting heat!
If you missed part 1 of this episode, Macduff the 3rd and Orka MK.4 overcame Stealth and the number #7 seed Whirligig 4.5 ripped a wheel off Nightmare and Eternia flipped it onto the camera tracks.
Heat Semi-Final 1
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the return of Macduff the 3rd and Eternia.
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Kody Kunz
Booth 2: Leo Van Miert
5...
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SMASH!!
Macduff is using the spikes again for this bout, will that move pay off or will Kody€™s rammer get beheaded? Well, it€™s a good start for Mr. Kunz anyway, getting in underneath the side of Eternia, lifting and ramming Leo into the side wall! Macduff pins Leo for a moment, then let€™s go and Eternia gets underneath the front and throws Macduff onto its back! But Kody is invertible and turns around to face Eternia with the spikes again, but too slow and Macduff flies head over heels again! Kody drives away sulkily, and then turns to try a different tactic, ramming in and just getting the one spike under the side of Eternia, then lifting and using the two to roll Eternia onto its back! Leo quickly self-rights, but Macduff attacks from the front, getting the spikes into the flipper workings and ramming Eternia into the arena wall! Leo looks worried, and it seems that one of the flipper rams maybe damaged! We€™ll find out later on if Macduff has damaged that ram, but for now Eternia seems to be OK as Leo gets underneath again and throws Kody onto the Killsaws! BZZT! Macduff is thrown over, and Eternia attacks again, flipping Macduff over and pushing Kody back onto the Killsaws again! BZZT! Macduff is thrown over, then gets its spikes underneath Eternia and lifts Leo up onto his back! Eternia fires the flipper and rights itself, but Macduff rams in underneath the flipper again and this time Eternia starts venting gas when they hit the wall! It€™s been severely damaged on the inside, and the co2 supply has been ruptured! Leo is in real trouble now, and just before the co2 runs out he closes the flipper, but that€™s all he can do, the flipper isn€™t working now and Eternia€™s lack of pushing power won€™t help it! And Kody clearly wants to exploit that weakness, pushing Eternia onto the Killsaws! BZZT! Leo is tipped sideways, but stays on his feet and Macduff attacks again, lifting Eternia and pinning Leo against the arena wall! If the wall hadn€™t been there Eternia would have rolled onto its back, but Leo has been lucky this time and quickly runs away when Macduff releases him. And now Kody heads up the arena and lifts Eternia from behind, then goes into a rush and slams Leo into the pit release button! That could signal that the bout is coming to an end, as Eternia has been pushed around so much that surely now Kody will want to push Eternia into the pit? It seems so, as he keeps Eternia in the air and drags Leo towards the pit, slowly, slowly.... Their almost there, and now Macduff manoeuvres into a position where one side of Eternia is over the pit. He reverses away, then goes around and gets under the other side of Eternia with those forks for the last time. The forks go up, Eternia goes over and Macduff the 3rd goes through to the heat final!
CEASE!
We now talk to Leo in the pits.
Me: Another round 2 loss... I expected Eternia to go further.
Leo: I had certainly hoped it would, just got to keep my fingers crossed for the heats that lie ahead now.
Me: That€™s the way to look at it, and Macduff is a rambots after all, and Eternia doesn€™t like them, does it?
Leo: Its drive isn€™t as powerful as most Vapourbots, so it could get shoved around a lot, like it just did.
Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, now it€™s back to the coliseum for the other heat semi-final!
Heat Semi-Final 2
Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome the return of the number #7 seed Whirligig 4.5 and Orka MK.4.
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Steven McGregor
Booth 2: Christopher Mason
5...
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SMASH!!
Whirligig starts spinning up as Orka heads across the arena floor, Whirly looking particularly menacing as it shuffles across the arena to meet Orka, and the two collide with Whirly at full speed! But Orka deflects the attack with the scoop and then clamps Whirligig with the claw and hoists it into the air with the scoop! Immediately Steven has gone from comfortable to a situation of perilous danger and Chris carries him across the arena to the pit release! But he hits the button too hard and drops Whirly, who shuffles off, then changes its twisted mind and comes back in on the attack, slamming into the side of Orka and sending it spinning away across the arena, onto the edge of the pit! Chris quickly drives away and gets under Whirly again, once more using that claw on Whirly and this time getting the number #7 seed right where it hurts- in the shuffle pad! And now Orka hoists Steven into the air again and turns towards the chasm once more, then uses that 6 wheel drive to scoot over to the pit and drop Whirligig 4.5 into the abyss!
CEASE!
Quite simply amazing; the seed is eliminated in just 13 seconds!
Now we go to the pits, where the number #7 seed is leaving!
Me: That surprised us all!
Steven: Me too, I had hoped to last more than 13 seconds!
Me: You€™ve dropped from round 4 to round 2, bearing in mind there€™s one more round this time, is that a massive setback or do you think you can come back next year and do better?
Steven: You bet. Whirly will be back, bigger and better than ever (or the same!)
Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, what€™s coming up after the break?
The heat D final!
Macduff the 3rd v Orka MK.4
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