The Vapourbot Awards 2008

[joey_picus]

I hate to bump like this, but Dan, Marti, Andy, Martyn, etc. have yet to vote, theres not much time left, and at this rate Ill somehow win Most Original Designer

[team_britespark]

Most Original Design - Venus Fly Trap
Best Design - The Zodiac
Most Overrated Vapourbot - PsycloniZer
Most Underrated Vapourbot - Death Threat 0.2
Most Original Designer - Kody
Best Designer - Martijn
Most Overrated Vapourboteer - AJ
Most Underrated Vapourboteer - Danny Bailey
Most Improved Vapourboteer - Danny Bailey
Idiot of the Year - Ben Read
Best Sportsman - Steve McG
Biggest Surprise of the Year - Paul actually designing a decent vapour!
Best Clusterbot - Door Stops
Best Interchangeable Robot - Slammer
Best Rammer - Flick of the Wrist
Best Shuffler - Whirlygig
Best Tracked - Death Threat 0.2
Best Front Hinged Flipper - Hot Sauce
Best Rear Hinged Flipper - Wedge Devo
Best Axe - Killotine Evo
Best Horizontal Spinner - Symmetry
Best Vertical Spinner - Resonance
Best Saw - Spin Dash
Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner - The Zodiac
Best Horizontal Crusher - Under Pressure
Best Vertical Crusher - Nidhogg
Best Miscellaneous Weapon - Traffic Warden
Best Vapourboteer of 2008 - Joey McConnell
Best Vapourbot of 2008 - Grudgingly, I have to say PsycloniZer€¦

[andrewj]

I have finally done my own votes...

Most Original Design - I quite like the idea of Traffic Warden, it€™s a different take on the usual horizontal crusher designs.
Best Design - I€™d say Gabriel IV, a lot of work has gone into that design.
Most Overrated Vapourbot - I don€™t actually think there is one.
Most Underrated Vapourbot - Nitro-Gene 5.0 has a lot of potential with a few tweaks.
Most Original Designer - I€™ll have to split a vote between Joey and Alex, as they have both come up with some cool ideas this year.
Best Designer - I€™ll go for Kody, all of his designs are strong in so many areas.
Most Overrated Vapourboteer - As always, I€™m not allowed to vote on this one.
Most Underrated Vapourboteer - Definitely Richard, it is about time he won something big.
Most Improved Vapourboteer - Sam has improved both his vapourbots and his battles lately, so he gets my vote.
Idiot of the Year - Tim gets an honourable mention, but this year it has to go to Mark Elam€¦
Best Sportsman - I€™d like to thank Leo for volunteering to be our moderator, so he gets my vote.
Best Render - There has been so many great renders this year, but I think my favourite was Alex€™s render of Black Panther.
Funniest Moment - There has been way too many, I haven€™t stopped laughing all year. But the unveiling of Fairground Killride has to be one of the best.
Biggest Surprise of the Year - The influx of newcomers! In the past 12 months we have had over 10 newcomers arrive, some good, some not so good€¦ Lets hope the trend continues in 2009.
Best Custom House Robot - I think Charon is pretty cool.
Best Custom Arena - Bloody Low Walls! It was refreshing to compete in a different styled arena for once.
Best Comedy Bot - Wikipedibot!
Best Clusterbot - This one is tough€¦ I€™ll go for With or Without You. But credit goes to Door Stops and Sacrifice as well.
Best Interchangeable Robot - Macduff the 4th is very nice.
Best Rammer - I€™ll say Flick of the Wrist here.
Best Walker - Hex Appeal is looking good€¦ WARGH!
Best Shuffler - Definitely Whirligig 4.5!
Best Tracked - As good as Darkestar has done recently, my vote is going to Sheer Drunk Attack.
Best Front Hinged Flipper - Gabriel IV is probably the best ever front-hinged flipper vapourbot.
Best Rear Hinged Flipper - Wedge Devolution is still the best around in this category.
Best Axe - Black Panther seems to be getting better and better all the time.
Best Horizontal Spinner - Eye of Ran is pretty good.
Best Vertical Spinner - I€™ll choose Tira V.
Best Saw - Spin Dash Unleashed, of course!
Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner - Tengu VII.
Best Horizontal Crusher - Super Gore Revo looks very good.
Best Vertical Crusher - Probably Nidhogg Evo here.
Best Miscellaneous Weapon - Cobalt is pretty cool.
Most Effective Weapon - Tengu always does what it€™s supposed too.
Best RPG - The Oddestsey.
Best Battle - SOR X vs. The May Tracks Has You in Velociraptors FanFic Tournament: The Comeback - fantastic stuff.
Best New Writer - Very difficult€¦ but I€™ll go with Liam Eliot, because Robot Smash II was great and quick.
Best New Tournament - I think the Mechanical Maelstrom series looks very promising, so I€™ll go for that.
Best Writer - Mr. Kody Kunz! Apart from the occasional epic writers block, there€™s nobody better at writing. Whether that€™s majors, minors, RPGs, things of randomness - it€™s always guaranteed to be top quality.
Best Alternative Event - The EOTR Annihilator was pretty good.
Best Minor Tournament - I€™ll have to split a vote between VFT: The Comeback and the C&B Mini Tournament of Death, both were fantastic!
Best Major Tournament - Robot Smash II was well written and done quickly.
Best Team - Team Varying Every Day for me, lots of interesting designs.
Best New Vapourbot - Thiwon! Gabriel IV gets my vote, it€™s very well designed and pretty successful already.
Best New Vapourboteer - There€™s been lots of great newcomers this year, but one stands out above the rest. Joey McConnell is not just the best newcomer this year, but one of the best vapourboteers ever.
Best Vapourboteer of 2008 - Martijn Benschop! Great sportsmanship, great designs, lots of success.
Best Vapourbot of 2008 - Definitely Sheer Heart Attack 2, it€™s won a major and a minor this year, and is a nice design.
Vapourboteer Hall of Fame - For the above reasons, Martijn Benschop.
Vapourbot Hall of Fame - The Crashing Bore is my first vote, even though it€™s retired now, it was one of the original vapourbots and has had great success ever since. My second vote goes to Mass Disctruction Ultimate, I can€™t believe nobody has voted for that yet! Probably the most successful and feared vapourbot ever, a great concept. My third and final vote goes to Wedge Devolution. So simple and yet so effective, always manages to rack up wins.

Still a couple of days left to vote guys, keep it coming.

[majinb]

Most Original Design
Holepunch is a nice new take on the standard crusher design

Best Design
I stand by The 6isc here

Most Overrated Vapourbot
No clue

Most Underrated Vapourbot
Hmz, how about Tenderizer€™s Revenge?

Most Original Designer
Ermz€¦ I like the idea of splitting a vote between Alex H and Joey (M)

Best Designer
I say Alex Holt here, especially now he€™s finnaly updating his vapours on a regular base

Most Overrated Vapourboteer
No clue

Most Underrated Vapourboteer
The maker of the most underrated bot, Richard

Most Improved Vapourboteer
Paul for making one or two very nice bots recently

Idiot of the Year
Male Kram

Best Sportsman
Joey, the way he entered the scene was great and he€™s grown into, among other things, a great sportsman!

Best Render
Slammer nr. whatever

Funniest Moment
England not qualifying for Euro 2008

Biggest Surprise of the Year
NEWBIES!

Best Custom House Robot
Ermz€¦ dunno, honoustly

Best Custom Arena
The Battlegrounds

Best Comedy Bot
Sevas

Best Clusterbot
Door Stops

Best Interchangeable Robot
Macduff the 4th

Best Rammer
Do or Die

Best Walker
Absolution

Best Shuffler
Split me a vote between MORD and Whirligig please, they both rock

Best Tracked
Darkestar I€™d say (odd nobody votes the May Tracks here€¦)

Best Front Hinged Flipper
GABRIEL!

Best Rear Hinged Flipper
Wedge Devo all the way!

Best Axe
Black Panther, my fanboy fave!

Best Horizontal Spinner
Ermz€¦ Eye of Ran here I think

Best Vertical Spinner
The 6isc!

Best Saw
€¦Spin Dash

Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner
Psyclonised!

Best Horizontal Crusher
Super Gore!

Best Vertical Crusher
Nidhogg for me, a great bot

Best Miscellaneous Weapon
Cobalt

Most Effective Weapon
Psyclonised

Best RPG
The Oddest thingy

Best Battle
SoR X vs The May Tracks in Richard€™s tourney

Best New Writer
Liam! Hu-wa!

Best New Tournament
Mechanical Mealstrom

Best Writer
Our oldbie Richard

Best Alternative Event (side events, extremes etc€¦)
EotR Annihilator

Best Minor Tournament (47 bots and under)
The Richard Tournament!

Best Major Tournament (48 bots and over)
The Liam Tournament!

Best Team
Especially with his recent updates, I say Team Doomforall

Best New Vapourbot
Thiwon

Best New Vapourboteer
Joey, clearly

Best Vapourboteer of 2008
Given Psyclonised€™s succes and SoR€™s recent highlight, I say Andrew James

Best Vapourbot of 2008
Psyclonised, for above reasons

Vapourboteer Hall of Fame - given his enthusiasm for the game and his big quality squad of vapours I wanna give this one to Kody

Vapourbot Hall of Fame - €¦ give me one more day€¦

[steven_mcg]

Better late than never!

MOST ORIGINAL DESIGN: Under Pressure for its claw/wedge combo
BEST DESIGN: The compact, deadly, roly-poly 6isc
MOST OVERRATED VAPOURBOT: S.O.R. X. :wink:
MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOT: Wedginator
MOST ORIGINAL DESIGNER: No-ones more creative or screwed up than our Alex Holt!
BEST DESIGNER: Kody Kunz, for sheer persistance and determination alone.
MOST OVERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: Steven McGregor
MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: Danny Bailey
MOST IMPROVED VAPOURBOTEER: Paul Cuomo
IDIOT OF THE YEAR: Would the great Male Kram be too obvious?
BEST SPORTSMAN: The ever-diplomatic Martijn Benschop
BEST RENDER: Most anything by Kody Kunz, although Alex Holts Achilles render looked freakin sweet.
FUNNIEST MOMENT: Any time Turbo Tails gets set on fire.
BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE YEAR: The return of the VFT!

BEST CUSTOM HOUSE ROBOT: Megaraptor by Rich Southworth
BEST CUSTOM ARENA: The Battlegrounds by Kody Kunz
BEST COMEDYBOT: Spring-BOK!
BEST CLUSTERBOT: Weapon Synergy
BEST INTERCHANGEABLE ROBOT: Macduff the 4th
BEST RAMMER: Flick of the Wrist
BEST WALKER: Hex Appeal looks and sounds incredibly awesome
BEST SHUFFLER: MeCannibal
BEST TRACKED ROBOT: The May Tracks Has You
BEST FRONT-HINGED FLIPPER: Gabriel
BEST REAR-HINGED FLIPPER: Ge5orce
BEST AXE: Q.E. 2
BEST HORIZONTAL SPINNER(S): Troubloon 6
BEST VERTICAL SPINNER: Dervish
BEST SAW: Back to Rock III
BEST FULL-BODY SPINNER/RING SPINNER/TRANSLATIONAL SPINNER: Tengu VII
BEST HORIZONTAL CRUSHER: Under Pressure
BEST VERTICAL CRUSHER: Nidhogg
BEST MISCELLANEOUS WEAPON: Champaignes super-sized scoop
MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON: The 6iscs disc

BEST R.P.G.: The Wars Incarnate, if it counts. Team Zlayer: Identity Theft, if it doesnt.
BEST BATTLE: Impossible to decide, so Ill pick one at random. Ahh...S.O.R. X VS The 6isc from VFT: The Comeback should do nicely.
BEST NEW WRITER: Joey McConnell
BEST NEW TOURNAMENT: The Chevron Championship
BEST WRITER: Rich Southworth
BEST ALTERNATIVE EVENT: Vapourbot Vengeance. Doesnt get more alternative than entering the actual Robot Wars.
BEST MINOR TOURNAMENT: VFT: The Comeback
BEST MAJOR TOURNAMENT: Though its had to slow down a bit recently, its got to be the Crash and Burn Tournament
BEST TEAM: Team Varying Every Day (Martijn Benschop)
BEST NEW VAPOURBOT: Nidhogg
BEST NEW VAPOURBOTEER: Joey McConnell
BEST VAPOURBOTEER OF 2008: Andrew AJ Jackson
BEST VAPOURBOT OF 2008: PsycloniZer
VAPOURBOTEER HALL OF FAME: Im going to nominate a face from the past, the ever-inventive and highly successful Hector Gilbert.
VAPOURBOT HALL OF FAME: I nominate the Crashing Bore for its experience and originality, SpinVerter for its inpenetrable design and Son of Ripper for being the ultimate all-rounder.

[leorcc]

MOST ORIGINAL DESIGN: Venus Fly Trap
BEST DESIGN: Dantu
MOST OVERRATED VAPOURBOT: dunno
MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOT:dunno
MOST ORIGINAL DESIGNER: Kody Kunz
BEST DESIGNER: AJ
MOST OVERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: dunno
MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: dunno
MOST IMPROVED VAPOURBOTEER: Paul Cuomo
IDIOT OF THE YEAR: Male Kram
BEST SPORTSMAN: Joey
BEST RENDER: Me. nah just kidding, Kody.
FUNNIEST MOMENT: dunno
BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE YEAR: The return of VFT
BEST CUSTOM HOUSE ROBOT: dunno, I never look at houserobot stats.
BEST CUSTOM ARENA: The Battlegrounds by Kody Kunz
BEST COMEDYBOT: Wikipedibot
BEST CLUSTERBOT: dunno
BEST INTERCHANGEABLE ROBOT:Macduff the 4th
BEST RAMMER: Baldur Gamma (though i must say I dislike rammers in real life, and even more in fanfic)
BEST WALKER: Hex Appeal
BEST SHUFFLER: dunno (I hate shufflers)
BEST TRACKED ROBOT: The May Tracks Has You
BEST FRONT-HINGED FLIPPER: Gabriel IV
BEST REAR-HINGED FLIPPER: Ge5orce
BEST AXE: Intriguer
BEST HORIZONTAL SPINNER: Eye of Ran
BEST VERTICAL SPINNER: The 6isc
BEST SAW: dunno
BEST FULL-BODY SPINNER/RING SPINNER/TRANSLATIONAL SPINNER: Tengu VII
BEST HORIZONTAL CRUSHER: Death Threat
BEST VERTICAL CRUSHER: Nidhogg
BEST MISCELLANEOUS WEAPON: dunno
MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON: PsycloniZer
BEST R.P.G.: The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd
BEST BATTLE: dunno
BEST NEW WRITER: Joey McConnell
BEST NEW TOURNAMENT: Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament: The Comeback
BEST WRITER: Rich Southworth
BEST ALTERNATIVE EVENT: My Robot Wars quiz (although my answer was correct and I got no point for it)
BEST MINOR TOURNAMENT: VFT: The Comeback
BEST MAJOR TOURNAMENT: The Crash & Burn Tournament 3
BEST TEAM: Team Varying Every Day
BEST NEW VAPOURBOT: Nidhogg
BEST NEW VAPOURBOTEER: Joey McConnell
BEST VAPOURBOTEER OF 2008: Kody Kunz
BEST VAPOURBOT OF 2008: Nitro-Gene 5
VAPOURBOTEER HALL OF FAME: dunno
VAPOURBOT HALL OF FAME: Wedge Devolution

[majinb]

and now for my picks for the Vapourbot Hall of Fame:
The 6isc
The Bot that wasnt There
Achilles

[joey_picus]

All updated...for anyone who wants to see the current standings (on the day of the awards closing, yeah :P), they can be found on ZED:

http://strickenone.proboards99.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=ova2008&thread=563& page=1http://strickenone.proboards99.com/i...ova2008&thread =563&page=1

[alex_holt]

As I already pointed out, Ive been slightly off the radar this year so, I cant actually think of many categories to vote in, so for the most part Ill only be voting in vapourbotteer categories just because I dont know enough to vote otherwise.

Most Original Designer - Martijn
Best Designer - Frank
Most Underrated Vapourboteer - Richard
Most Improved Vapourboteer - Paul
Best Sportsman - Steve
Biggest Surprise of the Year - The newbie influx
Best Comedy Bot - Wikipediabot
Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner - Tempest
Best RPG - Kodys thingy
Best New Writer - Joey
Best New Tournament - Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament: The Comeback
Best Writer: Martijn
Best Team - Franks team
Best New Vapourboteer - Joey
Best Vapourboteer of 2008 - Martijn
Best Vapourbot of 2008 - PsycloniZer
Vapourboteer Hall of Fame - Nick
Vapourbot Hall of Fame -
MDU
Parasyte
Tempest

[andrewj]

Thanks for all the votes so far everyone!

Voting will close today at 21:00 UK time. The winners will be announced afterwards.

Still a few hours left if you wish to vote!