Wedge Devolution (1) vs. Back to Rock III
Lift, hold, pit, I may come up with something more fancy in the future (like avoiding the flipper, lol) but thats about it.
Gluck Stev-O!
Nidhogg (2) vs. PsycloniZer
This is about my potential future Final opponent, I refuse to predict it
FEATHERWEIGHT MELEE
Micro-Gore vs. Kitty vs. Krayzee Tokyo vs. T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L vs. Skink vs. Sith vs. Deadly Lampshade
LIGHTWEIGHT MELEE
Anti-Virus 2.1 vs. Radioactive vs. Little Big Bot vs. Ringo Scarr vs. Backlash
vs. Claw
MIDDLEWEIGHT MELEE
Solstice 2.0 vs. Tom vs. Life vs. Killoteeny vs. T-Minus vs. The Bone Collector
SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT MELEE
Tax Cutter vs. Atomic Wedgie vs. Sekhmet vs. Revolver vs. Toro vs. Cause and Effect
Last Seasons Winners:
FW- T.R.ED.T.H.A.L
MW- Solstice 2.0
LW- Anti-Virus 2.1
MW- Solstice 2.0
SHW- Tax Cutter
2) Christopher Mason
FW- Kitty
LW- Little Big Bot (need stats)
MW- Tom (need stats)
SHW- Atomic Wedgie
3) Joey McConnell
FW- Krayzee Tokyo
LW- Radioactive
MW- Life
SHW- Sekhmet
4) Steven McGregor
FW- T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L
LW- Ringo Scarr
MW- Killoteeny
SHW- Revolver
5) Paul Cuomo
FW- Skink
LW- Backlash
MW- T-Minus
SHW- Toro
6) Alex Holt
FW- Sith
WAHEY! WOO! AND OTHER EXCLAIMATIONS FOR BUSINESS AND ALSO PLEASURE!
And...oh...Arkell v. Pressdram. :P
NIDHOGG vs. PsycloniZer
Well, if its the old Nidhogg, best to let it go out in some style.
In the other fight, I suspect BTR will advance through to the finals.
Good luck to everyone, and now for the others...
KRAYZEE TOKYO: Drive around randomly avoiding the walls this time, and hope the armour doesnt fall off. I should be alright if any chainsaws or other pokey things come along though :P
RADIOACTIVE: Wedge and pit things.
LIFE: Flip things.
SEKHMET: Spin around and thwack things, unless I get the chance to lift.
Great fights as ever Liamo
Welcome to the first of 8 special battles in this season of Robot SMASH!! , the first of which will feature 7 robots weighing no more than 13.6kg in the FEATHERWEIGHT MELEE!
Featherweight Melee
Created and entered by Steven McGregor, seeded #1, T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L!
This is a tracked robot with a front electric lifting scoop and a top mounted axe to allow it two methods of attack plus the ability to clamp opponents between the two weapons and dump them where Steven wishes. With a 6kg weight advantage due to the tracks Steven should have no difficulty in pushing opponents around.
In RS!!1: Lifted and pitted the Robot Wars Extreme 2 Featherweight Champion Arrgh in the first round, then was drawn up against Micro-Gore in round 2. Kody grabbed hold of the scoop though and was held aloft by the powerful T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L before being dumped in the pit. In the final then it was up against the realie Skink, who was also pushed into the pit and out of the contest.
Created and entered by Daniel Stickler, Deadly Lampshade!
Replacing the realie Katnip as Daniel€™s featherweight entry this season is this powerful full body spinner which should have no problems ripping up the opposition. However the lack of a srimech could prove telling with all those nasty flippers out there today.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Created and entered by Kody Kunz, seeded #3, Micro-Gore!
This axlebot with a claw in the centre looked devastatingly powerful last time around, the question is can Kody repeat last season€™s success or even go one better to grab a more colourful medal this time around?
In RS!!1: Looked like a strong contender in the eliminator last time around as dumped its horizontal counter-part Katnip in the pit. Kody was confident heading into round 2, but was lifted and dumped in the pit by the eventual champion T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L. Things got better again though in the play-off for third place when the claw grabbed hold of and crumpled Pillow Torque.
Built by Team Wind Power, entered by Paul Cuomo, seeded #2, Skink!
This bright yellow and blue pneumatic flipping robot threw opponents far and wide last time around, but T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L€™s axe went through the light plastic armour way too often and easily last season and this could be just a repeat.
In RS!!1: Threw Cunning Plan over the fence in round 1, but then had a hard fight with Pillow Torque in round 2 due to its opponent€™s ability to run inverted. However Martijn eventually tossed it out of the competition to move onto the final, where it was knocked around by T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L. Skink got some flips in, but just wasn€™t enough...
Built by Team Kat, entered by Christopher Mason, Kitty!
This mini-version of the heavyweight fighting robot Pussycat has a powerful spinning blade on the front and like its big brother will always land on its feet. However the older sibling didn€™t get far in the main competition and it is very similar.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Created and entered by Alex Holt, Sith!
This wedge shaped 12kg machine won the featherweight class competition in Crash and Burn Tournament: Other Weights. It has a pneumatically powered flipper and decent stats in every other aspect, so could do well.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Built by a team of people, entered by Joey McConnell, Krayzee Tokyo!
Basically a remote controlled car in a shell, this ancient RW1 competitor has no weapons, rubbish armour and a huge turning circle. It doesn€™t have a srimech, nor has it got anything going for it at all. Why did Joey enter it? Who knows...? At least he picked the heat winner last season.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Steven McGregor, Paul Cuomo, Kody Kunz
Booth 2: Daniel Stickler, Joey McConnell, Christopher Mason, Alex Holt
5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
SMASH!!
All seven machines move off the mark as SMASH is called, with the potent-looking Deadly Lampshade quickly becoming a spinning blur as it emits a terrifying whir in mere seconds. Krayzee Tokyo meanwhile has driven onto the killsaws and has quite simply had the electronics sawn right through, not to mention being flipped over. Deadly Lampshade moves in just for fun and nudges it, with Daniel enjoying the impact this has on Krayzee Tokyo as it flies off across the arena in tiny pieces. Meanwhile Sith has made a sneaky move on Skink, creeping up on Paul from the side and turning him over. The 2nd seed is quick to self-right, but now in comes Deadly Lampshade from the side and rips a huge gash in the side armour! Skink really is already looking the worse for wear, but meanwhile another realie is in massive trouble as Micro-Gore has pressed the pit release button and now has Kitty in what can only be described as a headlock, with the claw around the neck of the Pussycat-replica as Kody pulls around to drop Christopher€™s realie entry into the pit with a puff of smoke, but he holds on too long and gives T.R.ED.T.H.A.L the perfect chance to attack, which Steven does, scooping it up and bringing the axe over to hold the Stinger-with-a-claw featherweight in place! He lifts it up into the air and holds it over the pit for a few seconds before letting go with the axe and dropping last season€™s bronze medallist into the abyss after Kitty! Already three robots have bitten the dust and we€™re not even a minute into the action! Meanwhile Deadly Lampshade has struck Skink again, ripping out a drive motor! With the featherweight gold motor now on the arena floor Skink isn€™t out, but certainly as good as dead. But Paul hasn€™t given up yet as he pulls around to get underneath Deadly Lampshade and throws it into the air! Daniel€™s machine is thrown high into the air, but spins up while airborne so when it hits the ground on its side it€™s lucky enough to bounce back down the right way up! Sith moves in on Skink for the second time and flips it over, allowing Skink to self-right before reversing into the rear and pushing Paul across the arena towards the killsaws, which raise and lower in anticipation! The saws are designed to cut through heavyweights, and although they don€™t often do that Skink€™s plastic armour is no match for them and the second featherweight in this match is sawn through and flipped away! Skink self-rights, surprising the crowd that the pneumatics are still intact, but it lands on the arena wall with the flipper in the air! In a position as vulnerable as this there€™s nothing Paul can do and Alex just fits the flipper in underneath the rear of Skink before firing the weaponry in order to send it up and over the arena side wall! Now he turns to face the other two fighters, who are fighting a deadly battle. Deadly Lampshade has scored some hits, but received some from the axe of T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L, and now Sith returns to the fray, jamming the flipper arm underneath the momentarily static Deadly Lampshade (which just struck T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L) and throws it up and over with the flipping arm! And as Daniel wasn€™t spinning when flipped this time Deadly Lampshade just lands on its back, unable to do much at all! With it defeated Sith just gives it another nudge to put in the pit on top of Micro-Gore and Kitty before turning to meet the attacking champion, who gets underneath the front wedge of Sith on this attempt and brings the axe down on Sith, holding it in position so that the lifter can hoist it into the air! However Sith topples over backwards, and quickly self-rights so that it is under T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L! Alex hits the flipper button and turns the champion onto its back, but Steven uses the axe to self-right, only to find Sith rushing in beneath him and flipping T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L sideways this time! Once again Steven self-rights, but the tracks do not provide enough speed and Sith is quickly underneath again, only Alex only slightly gets underneath this time, and when the flipper comes up we see that the blade of the flipper is stuck in the track of T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L, so when it is flipped up into the air the track is pulled right off! T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L still seems to be OK though, if a little less manoeuvrable, though it needs that track now as Sith gets underneath the side again and pushes the champion towards the pit and quickly reaching it before firing the flipper to send last season€™s winner plunging down into the chasm and out of the contest!
CEASE!
Krayzee Tokyo is sent back to Tokyo, Kitty is packed off to the dog-house, Micro-Gore (3) is locked outside, Skink (2) is on the camera tracks, Deadly Lampshade has a power cut and T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L (1) is tracked down and pitted; Sith is the featherweight champion of Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!
7th Krayzee Tokyo
6th Kitty
5th Micro-Gore (3)
4th Skink (2)
3rd Deadly Lampshade
2nd T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L (1)
+2>1st Sith
Coming Next- The Lightweight Melee!
Ringo Scarr vs. Anti-Virus 2.1 vs. Radioactive vs. Little Big Bot vs. Claw vs. Backlash
Tactacs:
Hit the pit release and dump as many of my opponents into it as possible without compromising my survival.
Bah, no grand final for me...or featherweight trophy...
Tactics for Anti-Virus 2.1 - Ram stuff.
Other tactics and predictions:
Wedge Devolution (1) vs. Back to Rock III - Back to Rock
Nidhogg (2) vs. PsycloniZer - Psy
Final - Martijn to win.
Solstice 2.0s tactics - spin and destroy
Tax Cutters tactics - whack stuff
Brilliant stuff thus far Liam.
Welcome back to Robot SMASH!! , where we are beginning the second of eight special events- The lightweight melee!
Lightweight Melee
Created and entered by Kody Kunz, Anti-Virus 2.1!
This Bad Attitude-style rammer has 2 S28-400s at 36v in the drive, a decent heavyweight drive. This gives it the power to shove all the other robots around, although the wheels are exposed from the top due to it being invertible.
Created and entered by Christopher Mason, Little Big Bot!
Essentially Bio-Hazard minus skirts and with an axe instead of a lifter, this robot with powerful drive motors for a lightweight really does pack a punch. However the high ground clearance all around will give flippers a field day.
Created and entered by Joey McConnell, Radioactive!
This robot is an invertible wedge. Um... It sometimes makes appearances in heavyweight tournaments... Erm... Did I say it€™s an invertible wedge? It is similar though to last season€™s successful middleweight Doorstop, who was half of the heavyweight clusterbot Doorstops.
Created and entered by Steven McGregor, Ringo Scarr!
This is another invertible robot; however it is much more interesting than the others seen so far. It is part of the now retired clusterbot The Botles Reunited, which was knocked out of the eliminator last time around by its fellow clusterbot Weapon Synergy, who also has a representative in this battle.
Created and entered by Daniel Stickler, Claw!
This cluster from Weapon Synergy is essentially TAN scaled down. Daniel himself defeated TAN in the main competition with his full body drum Dervish V, and now wants to do better than his opponent back then did. The S28-150s aren€™t a bad drive for a lightweight, but they won€™t cope against the more powerful robots like Anti-Virus 2.1 and Little Big Bot.
Built by Team Nightmare, entered by Paul Cuomo, Backlash!
The only realie in this melee, this little reverse wedge with a powerful vertical flywheel was the lightweight winner at Battlebots Season 1.0. However it€™s pretty unstable and its big brother Nightmare was knocked out of the competition by 7th seed Whirligig 4.5 earlier on.
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Kody Kunz, Christopher Mason, Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Steven McGregor, Daniel Stickler, Paul Cuomo
5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
SMASH!!
Immediately we see Backlash and Ringo Scarr get their spinning weapons up to speed as all 6 machines get going as soon as the signal to begin is given. Claw also gets going, but being the lightest in this melee it is quickly shunted aside by Anti-Virus 2.1 before it can grab hold of anyone. Meanwhile Radioactive has run in underneath Little Big Bot in an attempt to push it across the arena, but Chris drives up Joey€™s slightly underweight machine and reverses into the back of it, turning quickly to bring the axe down and strike Radioactive€™s tyre! Chris holds on in there and pushes Joey back across the arena into the pit release siren, signalling the pit to descend and the siren to wail! With the impact Radioactive escapes, but in comes Anti-Virus 2.1 from nowhere to shove Joey headlong sideways into the pit! There€™s a quick puff of smoke and another other weight melee is all over for Mr. McConnell. Meanwhile Backlash has smacked into Ringo Scarr and propped it against the arena wall, but 30 seconds pass and someone has to free the trapped Steven. Claw obliges, grabbing hold of the back half of Ringo Scarr and pulling it across the arena, heading towards the pit! Steven struggles, but Claw has a firm grip and quickly pulls around to dump another lightweight into the pit and out of the contest! But Daniel has left himself vulnerable to attack from behind and Backlash hits with the flywheel from the side, attempting to clip him into the pit, but instead flipping him away and putting a small gash in the titanium armour! Anti-Virus meanwhile has gotten in underneath the front clearance of Little Big Bot and pushes Chris up against the arena wall, pinning it there for the full 30 seconds while the tussle behind it goes on. Despite the gash in the armour Claw seems undamaged, and uses those magmotors in the drive to dodge around the front disc of Backlash, to drive around to the rear and grab hold! Paul tries to resist, but despite the disc spinning up to full speed quickly Claw has a hold and isn€™t letting go! The S28-150s fire up into gear and Claw pushes Backlash across the coliseum and into the side of Anti-Virus 2.1, flipping it up a bit, but not over and un-wedging Little Big Bot! Backlash escapes now and reverses away to spin up the flywheel again, but now Anti-Virus 2.1 lines up for another attack, accelerating quickly and jamming up to full speed to slam into the front of Backlash with a CRASH! The spinning disc stops spinning as Backlash slowly tips up and over backwards onto its back! And without the disc spinning it seems the ex-Battlebots champion is out of the match. Anti-Virus 2.1 decides to finish Paul off just for the hell of it and delivers the final shove to knock Backlash into the pit and out of the match, while Claw and Little Big Bot do battle elsewhere. Little Big Bot manages to land some blows on Claw, but Daniel Stickler€™s machine is resilient to the attacks and manages to grasp Little Big Bot from the sides to try and shove it backwards, but the S28-400s defeat the S28-150s and Little Big Bot pulls around and charges across the arena, dumping the Weapon Synergy cluster into the pit and out of the match! But now in comes Anti-Virus 2.1 and scoops up under Little Big Bot€™s ground clearance to slam it against the arena wall with a CRASH! At first there doesn€™t seem to be much damage, but then we realise Chris€™ carbon dioxide gas supply has been ruptured as Little Big Bot vents gas all over the arena floor! But now Kody must reverse away to release Little Big Bot now that the 30 seconds of pinning time are up and Chris drives away across to the centre of the arena to stay clear of the pit, but still Kody follows and gets underneath again, this time slamming Chris across the arena floor and depositing it onto the killsaws! BZZT! And with that the match is over with two of the six robots we started with still mobile!
CEASE!
Judge€™s Decision:
Damage:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 7 x 4= 28
Little Big Bot- 7 x 4= 28
Aggression:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 8 x 3= 24
Little Big Bot- 5 x 3= 15
Control:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 8 x 2= 16
Little Big Bot- 7 x 2= 14
Dominance:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 8 x 1= 8
Little Big Bot- 3 x 1= 3
Overall:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 28 + 24 + 16 + 8= 76pts
Little Big Bot- 28 + 15 + 14 + 3= 60pts
And by a comparatively large margin of 16 points the winner of the lightweight melee is Anti-Virus 2.1!
6th Radioactive
5th Ringo Scarr
4th Backlash
3rd Claw
2nd Little Big Bot
1st+2> Anti-Virus 2.1
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w00t!
Middleweight Melee
Created and entered by Kody Kunz, seeded #1, Solstice 2.0!
This invertible ring spinner has heavyweight standard motor for both the spinning ring weaponry and the powerful drive, but the 4mm titanium body armour won€™t stand up too well to its fellow high power spinners.
In RS!!1: Sliced and diced Killoteeny in the eliminator, then tackled T-Minus in the semi-final, causing major damage. In the final it was drawn against the powerful Life, and sliced through the 5mm titanium side armour to win the championship!
Created and entered by Christopher Mason, Tom!
Can you say €œwedge flipper€� Well no worries because this robot€™s rear hinged flipper can throw five times its own weight around, and the wedge flipper has proved to be a winning formula in both RS!!1 and 2 with the success of Wedge Devolution. However, like Solstice the titanium armour isn€™t great.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Created and entered by Joey McConnell, seeded #2, Life!
Another wedge flipper, however this one has a more powerful flipper and harder front and back armour than Tom, but the side armour is the same and Solstice 2.0 exploited that weakness last season. There is though the 10kg weight advantage Life has for Joey€™s use of tracks, and that could prove telling.
In RS!!1: Threw Hazard up, over and out in the first round, and then in round 2 flipped Doorstop around. Joey was pushed around in return, and eventually ran out of flips, but won the match on a judge€™s decision. However on the final the weak-ish side armour was ripped to pieces by Solstice 2.0.
Created and entered by Steven McGregor, seeded #4, Killoteeny!
This scaled-down version of the successful heavyweight Killotine: EVO, who reached the heat N final this season only to be beaten by Dervish V. This middleweight robot also has a powerful axe and good drive, but the armour can be ripped up by spinners, as was proved by Solstice 2.0 in last season€™s eliminator.
In RS!!1: Met Solstice 2.0 in the eliminator and was quite simply shredded.
Built by Team Inertia Labs, entered by Paul Cuomo, seeded #3, T-Minus!
This Battlebots champion has an extremely powerful flipping arm that can right the robot in a 540 degree flip, not forgetting it can launch opponents out of the arena and onto the camera tracks. It is invertible, but that leaves the wheels open to attack from above.
In RS!!1: Threw the 20kg each clusterbot from Weapon Synergy Claw and Axe out of the arena with ease in round 1, but was then torn apart by Solstice 2.0 in the semi-final. In the play-off things were a bit better when the weapon-less Doorstop was tossed out.
Created and entered by Daniel Stickler, The Bone Collector!
This invertible tracked robot has a full pressure co2 powered flipper in the centre of the robot that can easily throw opposing machines out, but the tracks are open from attack from above, the flipper has very limited co2 when compared to its fellow middleweight flipper Life and the HDPE armour isn€™t the best choice, but like the second seed it has the 10kg weight advantage.
In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Kody Kunz, Christopher Mason, Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Steven McGregor, Paul Cuomo, Daniel Stickler
5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
SMASH!!
All six machines get off the mark very quickly, with the four seeded robots clearly eager to live up to their notorious names in demolition and carnage. Killoteeny draws first blood, slamming into the side of The Bone Collector and bringing the axe down on the left track, easily piercing it and then pushing Daniel across the arena and into the pit release button! Meanwhile Life has slipped in underneath the side of T-Minus and thrown Paul up into the air! He comes crashing back down onto his back, but performs that special 540 degree turn back onto its wheels to attack Tom side on, fitting the Tongue-like flipper plate underneath the side of Chris€™ wedge flipper and throwing it up into the air! Tom rolls over in mid air and lands on its back, quickly self-righting only to get slammed from the side by Solstice 2.0, who has the ring at full speed! CRASH! There€™s a large gash in the titanium side armour as Tom spins up away, but the robot itself seems to be OK. Meanwhile at the top of the arena Killoteeny has pulled its axe out of The Bone Collector€™s track, only to find Daniel is still mobile albeit with slightly impaired mobility. That doesn€™t however stop him from turning and getting the flipper underneath the side of Killoteeny, throwing it up and over onto its back! Steven self-rights and reverses away, but Tom comes in behind him and runs up to the arena wall, firing the flipper and sending the fourth seed over the wall and out of the match! That was a huge upset, and now The Bone Collector thanks Tom for ridding him of an opponent by nudging in underneath the back of the cartoon character-themed robot and flipping it up and over onto its back! Chris self-rights, but finds himself stacked on the wall! Daniel decides to assist and fits his own flipper in underneath again to throw Tom up and over the barrier for the second OOTA of this fight! And amazingly that OOTA isn€™t the last as the second seed Life runs in on the attack and easily breaches the 1cm side ground clearance of The Bone Collector, ramming Daniel against the arena wall and firing the flipper to send another competitor up and over the arena wall! And so we are left with the top three finishers of last season€™s middleweight contest, meaning they will once again be the top three. But the question is will the order they finish in be different or will this fight be a waste of time? The latter doesn€™t seem likely right now though as T-Minus gets under the champion and flips it over, although Solstice 2.0 is invertible and so immediately reverses away to spin up before coming crashing back in on the attack, letting the sparks fly as T-Minus is spun away across the arena floor with the left wheel guard ripped right off! But Paul is surprisingly quick to recover and runs in on the attack again, amazingly succeeding in stopping the ring of the first seed getting up to full speed as Paul now guns the motors and rams Kody to the side, firing the flipper to send the champion up and over the barrier, confirming that flippers rule as the 4th OOTA of this battle is scored! And still we haven€™t seen the last of them as Life comes running in from behind, those magmotors exerting themselves to get those tracks running fast enough to stop the third seed escaping as last season€™s runner-up fires its flipper again and sends the Battlebots Season 5.0 middleweight champion up and over the fence to come crashing down on the camera tracks that lie in wait the other side!
CEASE!
Killoteeny (4) is guillotined, Tom is taken off the air, The Bone Collector€™s bones are collected, Solstice 2.0 (1) is knocked over and out, T-Minus (3) is on the camera tracks just like all the robots mentioned here except for Life (2) who remains in the arena and goes 1 better to take the middleweight trophy!
6th Killoteeny (4)
5th Tom
4th The Bone Collector
3rd Solstice 2.0 (1)
2nd T-Minus (3)
1st Life (2)
Coming next, the Superheavyweight melee!
Tax Cutter vs. Atomic Wedgie vs. Sekhmet vs. Revolver vs. Toro vs. Cause and Effect
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