Velociraptor's Fanfic Tournament: The Comeback

[joey_picus]

I agree, they do seem to be up to your old standard so no worrying there

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Also realised I do have flames in the arena if you count The Martians heat ray.

In which case, I am obliged to point out to Samuel that:

a) petrol engines generally dont catch on fire when briefly hit by flame unless theyre leaking petrol, and if they are leaking petrol, it generally means something has gone badly wrong
b) STAT has aluminium foil heat shields as stated in its, uh, stats.

[andrewj]

Its great to see some VFT fights again, nice work Richard!

[team_britespark]

Awesome fights, Richy! VFT is reborn!

[pcbore]

Awesome stuff

Im guessing Under Preassure to cause an upset, and Wedge Devo to go through.

[steven_mcg]

The king has returned. Welcome back, Richie.

Walk Dont Run 3 and a Half VS WEDGE DEVOLUTION

Invertible spinners arent exactly Wedge Devos cup of tea but Ill give it a go. The plan here is to rush Walk Dont Run to stop the shell spinning up and to ram it into the nearest hazards. Im the faster and more manoueverable of the two so I should be able to ram it before the ring can reach a deadly enough speed.

Oh and kill the House Robots if I survive, of course. :wink:

[velociraptor]

Wouldve posted this yesterday, but had problems with my connection.

Its only taken two fights to get the audience pumped up for this new tournament, and it can only get better from here! Next comes PsycloniZer, an invertable spinner with three extended hammers attached! Waiting to grasp it is Under Pressure, an axlebot resembling a stag beetles head, designed to lift an opponent off the floor as it bites!
House Robots: Assassinator & Ultimate Snakebite

3, 2, 1 - ACTIVATE!
PsycloniZer backed off from the approach of Under Pressure, allowing time to spin up its rim, then zipped off to the right to evade! Under Pressure spun around and attacked again, but PsycloniZer landed a blow on one claw, sending its opponent spinning madly! As PsycloniZer came on the offensive, Under Pressure backed off, then came in again, and found PsycloniZer fitting perfectly within its claws! PsycloniZers hammers hit the Hardox, and as Under Pressure was spun again by the impact, one claw went right into PsycloniZer again, casting it away into the wall, and releasing PsycloniZer! Recovering, Under Pressure chased PsycloniZer before the spinner came in for another attack, twisting to aim for the sides, but Under Pressure turned quickly and got itself in a good position to catch PsycloniZer again! The hammers struck inbetween the claws again as they began closing, and whacked Under Pressure into the wall again! The wall halted Under Pressure a short distance from PsycloniZer, who was able to strike along the side before backing off to spin up again! Now looking less than brand new, but still running, Under Pressure came in again, turning after PsycloniZer, but getting whacked away again!
Seeing Under Pressures rear presenting itself as a big juicy target, PsycloniZer moved in, but Under Pressure spun around again, letting the Hardox take another blow and another dent! It turned and charged PsycloniZer once more, and taking another punishing blow, this time managed to close the claws just enough to prevent PsycloniZer escaping! With a couple of clanging crashes against the armour, PsycloniZer was left pinned by the claws - they couldnt reach the armour thanks to the hammers, but the lower wedges were still lifting its wheels off the ground! Moving quickly, Under Pressure pushed PsycloniZer against the pit release, then carried it to the pit and dropped it in - it had survived the punishment, but the armour looked like it would need a few repairs!
CEASE!

UNDER PRESSURE GOES THROUGH TO ROUND 2!

The crowd now cheers as Wedge Devolution, the flipping wedge and technically the reigning champion of VFT, enters the arena! But Walk Dont Run 3 n a Half is eager to take its title away - as a disc-shaped shuffler spinning with 125kJ of force, it could prove hard to handle!
House Robots: Horcrux & The Martian

3, 2, 1 - ACTIVATE!
Wedge Devolution came out of its square as quickly as possible, and Walk Dont Run responded by shuffling to one side! Wedge Devo caught up quickly - Walk Dont Runs rim was now spinning quickly, but it couldnt turn quickly enough to get to Wedge Devos side, and took a head on ram! Wedge Devo was flung to one side, but quickly reversed back into Walk Dont Run to try and slow the spinner! Walk Dont Run advanced on the disorientated champ, who responded by rushing it again - this time, Walk Dont Run managed to avoid a direct hit, but it was enough to slow the spinner so much that when Wedge Devolution came in again, it tried the flipper, bringing its blade underneath and firing! The crowd roared as Walk Dont Run was flung on its back! Quickly, Wedge Devo caught Walk Dont Run on its wedge and transported it at full speed to the arena disc, which tasted its first blood of the tournament! Flung off the wedge by the impact, Walk Dont Run had barely begun to spin again when it was flipped again by Wedge Devolution, and carried to the nearest House Robot, The Martian!
The Martians flamethrower blazed as it twisted to bring its saw blades into play, scratching the sides of both robots! Angered, Wedge Devolution shoved underneath and fired its flipper, managing to flip Walk Dont Run again and tip the House Robot over! Wedge Devo followed by reversing into Walk Dont Run as it made its escape, deflected by the just spinning rim! As the champ approached again, Walk Dont Run went for the sides but couldnt turn quickly enough, and was flipped like a pancake again! Another visit to the arena disc was soon in order - Walk Dont Runs armour survived the impact, but being tossed by the disc was rather undignified! Another flip later, Wedge Devo decided to give Horcrux a go on its opponent, shoving Walk Dont Run across the arena again into the other House Robot, who immediately fired its own flipper and sent Walk Dont Run straight upwards! As it landed on its side, there was plenty of time for Wedge Devolution to shove it against the wall and catch it on the wedge, then drive it away and toss it again, to the pleasure of the crowd! Walk Dont Run barely had time to think upon landing before Wedge Devolution shoved it into the pit release straight ahead! After some careful shifting, the champion ran towards the open pit with Walk Dont Run helpless on the wedge - but it came in so fast that as Walk Dont Run came over the abyss and fell in, Wedge Devolutions front went over the empty space, and it took a very quick reverse from the worried Steven to get away with the victory!
CEASE!
With that, Wedge Devolution made a beeline for Horcrux, but with Cease having been called, the referee shook his head - it would just have to wait until later!

Next:
Reventon vs STAT
Eurypterus Evolved vs The 6isc

[pcbore]

4/4 so far I believe

STAT to win the first fight

For my tactics, the idea is basically to get the disc into the sides and munch on that Ti, as well as hopefully flipping him into the bargain.
Im guessing hes going to use the concave plow because the pointed wedge doesnt look that efficient to take The 6isc on with. If that is the case Ill try attacking that as well, the vertical disc will catch the tip of the plow and with any luck will tear it off.
If he uses the pointed wedge, then my tactic is simply to drive off it should he get it inot play

[majinb]

I beat PsycloniZer!

awesome having you back on the job Richard, youre doing great

[siphai]

Gonna use the plow and gonna box rush him and keep the pressure to not allow him to get the disc up to speed. My armor is quite strong, however, so I dont find it plausible for him to rip off my plow.