Play-off
Leprosy Infection vs Spin Dash Unleashed

Red Platform: Christopher Mason
Blue Platform: Steven McGregor

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Both robots fighting for the bronze medal are of a simple box shape, with Leprosy Infection sporting that nasty vertical drum on the front whereas Spin Dash Unleashed is the battering ram with the bottom mounted saw blade designed specially to cut through tyres. Both are invertible. And it seems that€™s important for Spin Dash Unleashed as Leprosy Infection launches the first onslaught, dodging the front of Spin Dash Unleashed and bringing the drum around to bear on the side of the VFT1 runner-up. The paintwork is scratched and Spin Dash is turned turtle, but the entire six wheel drive is exposed from the top and the blue Scottish machine just keeps going, attacking Leprosy Infection front on and mounting the green machine, driving onto the top of the main body and over the back before using its superior drive to reverse against the box of Leprosy Infection, pushing it across the arena and into the spike strip! Leprosy Infection escapes and spins up the drum again, going back on the attack and knocking Spin Dash Unleashed over onto its front again, the rammer immediately retaliating and pushing against the side skirt of Leprosy Infection, chewing away at the hinge with the skirt and leaving it lying on the floor as Steven guns those lynch motors in the drive and pushes Leprosy Infection across the arena onto the arena floor spinner. The flaking-weaponry bot is tossed away into the spike strip, but recovers quickly and spins up the lynch motor powered drum for another attack, going on the assault to try and disable Spin Dash Unleashed, but again it hits the side as Spin Dash makes a last minute attempt to veer away, getting caught by the drum and being flipped onto its back again. The saw is far less effective when the robot is inverted and spins away at thin air, doing nothing at all. Leprosy Infection moves in on the attack again and hits the front of Spin Dash Unleashed, and suddenly the saw seems to have been broken loose by that attack! The chain is hanging out of the robot and the spinning weapon has halted, leaving Spin Dash Unleashed with only one option- ram! Steven obliges, pushing against the front of Leprosy Infection and forcing it backwards across the arena, spinning it against the wall for a second before the killsaws raise and sheer away another of Leprosy Infection€™s skirts! Although the drum is spinning again Spin Dash is holding Chris in the corner, all six wheels going at top speed to keep the vile green robot in the corner and stop it from getting that drum into play. However the 30 second pinning rule comes into play and Leprosy Infection is allowed to drive away as Spin Dash Unleashed finally (but involuntarily) relents. Chris turns to meet the oncoming and continually aggressive Spin Dash again, this time catching the useless saw and knocking it upwards, completely free of the robot itself! Time is ticking down and the arena pits appear, and it soon becomes apparent these are the targets of Spin Dash Unleashed. Steven powers into the front of Leprosy Infection, halting the drum and pushing the diseased robot backwards across the arena, just missing the pit and pinning Leprosy Infection against the wall just to the left of the chasm! The referees are beginning the thirty second pinning count, but it doesn€™t matter Steven as with less than half a minute left he€™s trying to nudge Leprosy Infection into the pit without releasing his grip and allowing Chris to escape! Unfortunately for Chris though he seems to be doing a pretty good job of it at the moment, turning Spin Dash slightly to move Leprosy Infection sideways and all of a sudden two of those wheels are over the wedge with less than ten seconds to go! Chris€™ heart is in his mouth as Leprosy Infection topples precariously and falls into the abyss just as the buzzer sounds!

CEASE!

The question is, did Leprosy Infection go in before or after the buzzer? As we watch the replay footage we can clearly see in slow motion that CEASE was called just BEFORE Leprosy Infection met its end, so we€™re going to the judges!
Damage:
Leprosy Infection- 4 x 1= 4
Spin Dash Unleashed- 3 x 1= 3
Aggression:
Leprosy Infection- 3 x 0.75= 2.25
Spin Dash Unleashed- 5 x 0.75= 3.75
Dominance:
Leprosy Infection- 2 x 0.5= 1
Spin Dash Unleashed- 4 x 0.5= 2
Control:
Leprosy Infection- 3 x 0.25= 0.75
Spin Dash Unleashed- 2 x 0.25= 0.5
Overall:
A good display of power from Leprosy Infection, but Spin Dash Unleashed was aggressive and dominant enough to take the win.
Leprosy Infection: 8-9.25: Spin Dash Unleashed

Leprosy Infection is knocked away from the podium; Spin Dash Unleashed gets the bronze medal!

Next up, the Final!
Gabriel III vs Sheer Heart Attack 2