Hello and welcome to Robot SMASH!! , where Heat H is about to get going. After this heat we€™ll be halfway through the heats, so buckle your seatbelts- it€™s gonna be a bumpy ride!
Tonight will see the return of the number #15 seed Wedginator Devilution, who was stopped only by the eventual champion Wedge Devolution last season.
Mega Masher 2 v Hannibal v Axe to Fall
Wedginator Devilution (15) v Lethal Injection v Axeon 3.0

Eliminator 1

Created and entered by Christopher Mason, Mega Masher 2!
Mega Masher 2 is like a lighter version of the Battlebots super heavyweight Minion, which enjoyed a lot of success. However, this robot is invertible as well as having a srimech and a powerful vertical flywheel to boot.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Built and entered by Leo Van Miert, Hannibal!
This Dutch machine bears a strong resemblance to Chaos 2 in terms of shape, and the flipper is powerful enough to be getting on with. However, the armour isn€™t really up to scratch and the machine has been around for a while.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Created and entered by Martijn M Benschop, Axe to Fall!
This semi-barrel shaped robot has a nice meaty axe and a front titanium scoop to get underneath opponents. The front of the robot is nicely armoured, but the rest is polycarbonate and so could get torn apart by spinners.

In RS!!1: Looked promising, and delivered some powerful axe blows to Super Gore Evo, but the polycarbonate armour proved too weak and its drive motors were pierced in round one of the heat.

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Christopher Mason
Booth 2: Leo Van Miert, Martijn M Benschop

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SMASH!!

Immediately as this opening three-way melee gets underway you can see the potency in Mega Masher 2€™s weaponry as the meaty flywheel begins to spin up, but it€™s Axe to Fall who€™s first on the attack, driving towards Christopher Mason€™s Minion-alike and giving it a nice slam from the side with that axe! Chris looks annoyed and turns around to take a chunk out of Axe to Fall with that flywheel, doing so with ease and now there€™s a large gash in the side armour! But Hannibal doesn€™t want to be left out of the proceedings and comes on the attack of Mega Masher 2, getting underneath the temporarily motionless flywheel and sending Christopher Mason€™s robot up and over onto its back! Mega Masher 2 is invertible and so drives away, but meanwhile now Axe to Fall has recovered from the attack and hits the pit release button. The siren wails and Hannibal attacks Mega Masher 2 again, this time flipping Chris onto the killsaws! BZZT! He€™s knocked away, but spins up and attack Hannibal side on, ripping through the armour and flipping Hannibal on its back in one easy move! Hannibal self-rights, and now we get a nice insight on that top armour- there€™s a nasty gash on the side and Hannibal is defenceless from that angle now, so quickly drives away from Mega Masher 2, who is attacked side on by Axe to Fall, who€™s dangerous weaponry comes right down on top of the wheels! Chris looks worried, and rightly so it seems as Martijn now pulls Mega Masher 2 across the arena and towards the pit of oblivion! The crowd roars, and Mega Masher 2 struggles in an attempt to escape, but it€™s no good and Christopher finds himself sitting on thin air for a comedy second before Mega Masher 2 falls into the chasm and out of the competition!

CEASE!

That was a good display from all three machines, but Mega Masher 2 ends up in the pit while Axe to Fall and Hannibal go marching on!

I€™m here in the pits now with Chris.
Me: Commiserations.
Chris: Thanks, but it wasn€™t too bad.
Me: Not at all, your flywheel did some nasty damage to Hannibal and Axe to Fall.
Chris: Yes, it€™s a shame I couldn€™t get through.
Me: Who do you think will win the heat?
Chris: Hannibal and Axe to Fall both have a chance, I guess, but the real contenders are in the next melee.
Me: Who would that be?
Chris: Wedginator and Axeon, those two are the ones to watch I think.
Me: Wedginator is seed number #15, do you think that€™ll help at all?
Chris: It€™ll help in the bookies heads, nowhere else, certainly not the coliseum.
Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, now let€™s go to the coliseum for the second eliminator!

Eliminator 2

Created and entered by Kody Kunz, the number #15 seed, Wedginator Devilution!
Redesigned after last season, this robot has an intuitive three-part front hinged flipper on the front wedge, and powerful top armour all over, but the underneath is not so strong if someone could find a way to attack it.

In RS!!1: (as Wedginator 6.0) Looked extremely promising in the eliminator, enjoying an extremely hard battle with a very dangerous and potent robot, The 6isc. But The 6isc couldn€™t get through the armour and was flipped out of the arena by the all-around flipper. But in round 2 another tough draw came up and Kody€™s flipper hit the camera tracks after a hard battle with Wedge Devolution, the eventual champion.

Created and entered by Danny Bailey, Lethal Injection!
An interesting axlebot with prongs between the wheels designed to trap opponents before the robot€™s flywheel comes in to finish the job with a nice whack. However, according to Danny the robot doesn€™t have an impressive track record, and has been redesigned as Lethal Execution.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Created and entered by Andrew Jackson, Axeon 3.0!
This powerful robot packs a powerful punch in the dangerous axe, and also it€™s not easy to get under with four wedges, one on each side of the box shape. However, they could be penetrated by barbs or spears like the ones Wedginator has, so watch out!

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Kody Kunz, Danny Bailey
Booth 2: Andrew Jackson

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SMASH!!

Like the last battle, this consists of three robots, one with a flipper, one with a vertical flywheel and one with an axe. Will see a repeat performance here where the spinner bites the dust, or will either the seeded flipper or powerful axe go out this time?
Well, clearly Wedginator wants it to be Axeon 3.0, as Kody heads straight for Andy and gets under the side with ease, flipping Axeon onto its back! He quickly self-rights and reverses into Lethal Injection though, pushing Danny backwards onto the killsaws! BZZT! It€™s thrown away, but comes back on the attack with its own disc, beginning to gnaw away at Axeon, but Andy attacks it, giving it a dead blow in the tyre, puncturing it with the axe! But Wedginator still wants Axeon out and comes in from behind, once more flipping Andy€™s axe robot, but once more Axeon is quick to self-right and this time shoots off up the arena and presses the pit release button! Wedginator follows, getting underneath Axeon yet again and flipping it over, Andy self-rights, but is pushed up against the wall and flipped into it, but he escapes again before coming back on the attack and quickly getting around the side and hitting his axe under the flipper of Wedginator before the flipper can close! Disaster has struck for Kody, who now tries to pit Axeon, but Andy withdraws his axe and reverses away to push Lethal Injection onto the killsaws again! BZZT! However, Wedginator€™s flipper seems to be damaged, and so Kody just pushes Axeon into the arena wall on his next attack, but with the flipper jammed open Axeon escapes and attacks Lethal Injection jet again, this time trapping the wounded robot, getting his axe over the axle and dragging Lethal Injection towards the pit of oblivion, into which it falls!

CEASE!

Wedginator, the seed luckily scrapes through the round after its weapon was damaged, Lethal Injection is pitted and Axeon flies through on a high!

I€™m here in the pits now with Danny.
Me: Another bot out on round 1... But that was a tough draw, I€™m sure your luck will pick up sooner or later.
Danny: I sure hope so, I haven€™t had a robot through the eliminator yet.
Me: But plenty to come in the second half of the heats, right?
Danny: Yes, 5 more, though not all of them stand a very good chance.
Me: Be more optimistic!
Danny: Thanks.
Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, we€™ll be taking a short commercial folks, but don€™t go anywhere yet because here€™s the round 2 draw!
Wedginator Devilution (15) v Axe to Fall
Hannibal v Axeon 3.0
Tactics, predictions and a wad of cash please!

(Message edited by Swim2win on July 12, 200