Velociraptor's Fanfic Tournament: The Comeback

[joey_picus]

RESPECTIVE PREDICTIONS:

SOR X to end up pitting 6isc

Eternia to flip May Tracks around until it breaks

Under Pressure to pit System Shock

Uh...judges decision which Squish will win on damage?

Black Panther to either immobilise or pit Wedginator

Reventon to explo...uh...Troubloons discs to break the blade and then immobilise Reventon

Exodus to be flipped until breakage or pitting by Wedge Devolution

Infernos overvolted and therefore overheating high current weapon motors and the overworked and undersized high current drive motors (which will not be able to dissapate the heat built up effectively due to all the foam and limited internal space) to either break something through heat buildup or set fire to the overkill polyurethane foam shockproofing within the first minute of the fight, thus giving BTR an easy ride to round 3.

(Sorry Paul, but some anvils have to be dropped)

[samuel3764]

TACTICS: Box rush! BOX RUSH! and MORE BOOOOOOOX RUSH!!!!

[kodster]

Son of Ripper X vs. The 6isc

SoR, I think.

Eternia vs. The May Tracks Has You

Shreddin madness! At least on Eternias tyres anyway. Frank through.

System Shock 4.0 vs. Under Pressure

System Shock to pit it.

Achilles vs. Squish Reincarnated

Squish, Id say.

Black Panther vs. Wedginator Devilution

Pah, another axe vapourbot. The plan here is use my power advantage I have over Black Panther and try and outpush him...which of course is vain if he gets under me. I dont really fancy the entire front of Black Panther has a 0 ground clearance, by the way, unless it was skirted. Maybe close to, but not entirely 0, lol, so Ill try and get around the flipper to the front surrounding it, but preferably the sides or rear, catch it on the wedge, hold it there with the barbs, and get it down the pit.

Reventon vs. Troubloon 6

Just smash the hell out of it!

Exodus vs Wedge Devolution

Wedge Devo, easily.

Back To Rock III vs. Inferno

Paul may have gotten lucky last time, but I dont see a way he can get by Back to Rock. Martijn through.

w00t for round 2, Richie.

[paulc]

Back To Rock III vs. Inferno: Oh contray Mr. Kunz and Mr. McConnell - I see a VERY clear way opf kicking the sheet out of Back To Rock - spin up, attack the sides, and rip him to hell and back. Given the fact I have a Hardox disc and he has Titanium armour, I should knock some panels off, not easily, but Ill still knock some panels off, maybe even tear out a motor. The other back-up (for me) is because my disc is mounted on the top, it give gyroscopic effects, making me more stable, and because my teeth reach down so low, he cant just scoop me up and flip me, as Ill bash his front low down. The skirts look tasty to eat, its boxy shape gives me lots of room to hit and tear, his main attack (the scoop) his useless against me when Im spinning, but when Im spinning I can hit any part of him, and his saw should be a tasty thing to break.

Good luck Martijn - Im looking forward to it :wink:

[majinb]

System Shock 4.0 vs. Under Pressure

Clamp, lift and pit or just clamp and pit, the version that involves lifting is preferred though so Ill try not to get flipped!

Back To Rock III vs Inferno

1. I see Paul edited his stats on ZED today, is this even allowed in the middle of a tournament?

2. I noticed Infernos weapon is quite detailed and has quite some numbers in it to run through the Team Cosmos kinetic energy calculator, which I did. For the numbers that were not available I was QUITE guillable and what I saw is that the disc puts out 50 kJ at most, but seeing Paul claims 140 kJ Id like to know which calculator Paul used for that. Either way, as it stands I can survive a hit or two, but Inferno cant survive the pit

[joey_picus]

It does seem that he went and removed the shockproofing once I pointed out the problems with it and ignition :P but in the middle of a tourney that may well be not on.

[paulc]

Yes, its not on - but whats also not on is to let Inferno pass through the How To Improve thread without saying a word, then pointing that problem out just before its first fight

You wouldnt like it Joey robot went against Steven robot (just an example) and you worked on that robot, and everyone said that it was a serious contender in the making, and then they say something that would make your design loose, then you lose and you gets p***** off that the fellow members of this forum didnt say this until you fight.

My big rant is over - one for the album

[joey_picus]

I can see your point there, but it was something I only noticed after it had been through HTI and had had a chance to get a proper look at the stats...

While Im here and in my current mood, a word of advice for you: Dont go over the top on things like what bolts hold the armour on, what precisely the shockproofing is, etc etc. If you just state that its shockproofed and it has armour we will assume the shockproofing is adequate and the armour is held on fairly well, but if you start complicating things theres more opportunities to make a mistake, such as having bolts that shatter under impact, and rigid or flammable foam :P
Going overkill with the detail without fully researching things is giving us excuses to write your robots off like that.

Changing stats halfway through a tourney is still verboten, in my opinion, though.

[pcbore]

The 6isk will attack the spinning rim of Warrior SKF and attempt to stall it before just keeping on it and flipping it around with the disk. If Infusion manages to get away, Ill use the wheel hubs to stall it before attacking again. Since neither of us is going to do much damage to the other, this fight will have to be won by controlling the fight I think. That said, hopefully I can break a weld and remove a tooth of his - something I dont need to worry about

May Tracks will use similar tactics as it did against Nidhogg, going for the sides and using the spike/flipper combo to either take out the wheels or tear the base to shreds.