The Vapourbot Awards 2008

[swimm3r]

Most Original Design ~ BIACS-le
Best Design ~ Under Pressure
Most Overrated Vapourbot ~ Die-ceratops Re-invertus / SOR X, 1 for being WBC and the second for being Warrior SKF
Most Underrated Vapourbot ~ Neo-Mecha
Most Original Designer ~ Joey
Best Designer ~ Andy
Most Overrated Vapourboteer ~ Got to say I dont think there is one
Most Underrated Vapourboteer ~ Sam
Most Improved Vapourboteer ~ Sam
Idiot of the Year ~ Male Kram
Best Sportsman ~ Steven
Best Render ~ Dantu
Funniest Moment ~ Mark opens VRW Extreme :L
Biggest Surprise of the Year ~ VFT returns!
Best Custom House Robot ~ Triple Whamlet
Best Custom Arena ~ The Battlegrounds
Best Comedy Bot ~Turbo Tails
Best Clusterbot ~ Doorstops
Best Interchangeable Robot ~ dunno
Best Rammer ~ Flick of the Wrist
Best Walker ~ Absolution
Best Shuffler ~ Whirligig 4.5
Best Tracked ~ Darkestar
Best Front Hinged Flipper ~ Gabriel IV
Best Rear Hinged Flipper ~ Wedge Devo
Best Axe ~ Intriguer
Best Horizontal Spinner ~ YACATR
Best Vertical Spinner ~ The Hurting
Best Saw ~ BTR
Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner ~ Roo 2
Best Horizontal Crusher ~ Under Pressure
Best Vertical Crusher ~ Nidhogg Evo
Best Miscellaneous Weapon ~ Holepunch 2.0
Most Effective Weapon ~ PsycloniZer
Best RPG ~ Kodys thingy
Best Battle ~ System Shock & Firefly vs. Infusion Beta & GeForce 4.0, C & BD final
Best New Writer ~ Sam
Best New Tournament ~ RoboBash
Best Writer ~ Kody
Best Alternative Event (side events, extremes etc€¦) ~ Vapourbot Vengeance
Best Minor Tournament (47 bots and under) ~ VFT
Best Major Tournament (48 bots and over) ~ C & B2
Best Team ~ Team ???
Best New Vapourbot ~ Leviathan
Best New Vapourboteer ~ Joey
Best Vapourboteer of 2008 ~ Joey
Best Vapourbot of 2008 ~ PsycloniZer
Vapourboteer Hall of Fame ~ Martijn
Vapourbot Hall of Fame ~ Wedge Devo, MDU & Achilles

[andrewj]

So the voting is now closed, and here are the winners!

Most Original Design: There are two winners - Steve€™s new creation Venus Fly Trap and last year€™s winner BIACS-LE.
Best Design: Again there is a tie, between the two robots with numbers in their names - The 6isc and G4briel. :wink:
Most Overated Vapourbot: I couldn€™t agree more - the winner is SOR X.
Most Underated Vapourbot: A worthy winner is Paul€™s Nitro-Gene 5.0.
Most Original Designer: A split between Alex Holt and Joey McConnell.
Best Designer: The winner is Mr. Kody Kunz.
Most Overated Vapourboteer: Well, it is my award.
Most Underated Vapourboteer: A three way tie between Chezza, Danny Bailey and Richard Southworth.
Most Improved Vapourboteer: The ever improving Paul Cuomo.
Idiot of the Year: Male Kram himself, Mark Elam.
Best Sportsman: A tie between our two good sports Steve McGregor and Martijn Benschop.
Best Render: Another three way tie between Dantu & Slammer VI by Alex and Wedgin8or by Kody.
Funniest Moment: IJ€™s Drunken Ramblings€¦
Biggest Surprise of the Year: Richard Southworth returns with a new instalment of VFT.
Best Custom House Robot: A draw between Joey€™s Charon and Kody€™s Triple Whamlet.
Best Custom Arena: The Crash & Burn Battlegrounds are the clear winner.
Best Comedy Bot: The comical duo of Wikipedibot and Turbo Tails.
Best Clusterbot: The winner is Door Stops.
Best Interchangeable Robot: Team Zlayerz€™s Macduff the 4th.
Best Rammer: The powerful Flick of the Wrist.
Best Walker: The impressive looking Hex Appeal.
Best Shuffler: Whirligig 4.5 wins by a margin of 8.5 votes!
Best Tracked: Darkestar picks up the award after it€™s recent form.
Best Front Hinged Flipper: Of course, Gabriel IV.
Best Rear Hinged Flipper: The veteran flipper of Wedge Devolution.
Best Axe: Kody€™s chopper Intriguer.
Best Horizontal Spinner: The evil looking Eye of Ran.
Best Vertical Spinner: A draw between Tira V and The 6isc.
Best Saw: Spin Dash Unleashed continues to dominate this category.
Best Full Body Spinner: The hammers of PsycloniZer.
Best Horizontal Crusher: Super Gore Revo is the winner.
Best Vertical Crusher: By a margin of 7 votes, it€™s Nidhogg Evo!
Best Miscellaneous Weapon: The turntable of Cobalt.
Most Effective Weapon: PsycloniZer€™s spinning hammers.
Best RPG: A tie between The Oddestsey and Identity Theft.
Best Battle: Wedge Devolution vs. PsycloniZer in the Robot SMASH! Series 2: Recharged final.
Best New Writer: The winner is Joey McConnell.
Best New Tournament: The impressive looking Mechanical Maelstrom series.
Best Writer: The master of words, Kody Kunz!
Best Alternative Event: The Eye of the Robot Annihilator.
Best Minor Tournament: Velociraptors FanFic Tournament: The Comeback!
Best Major Tournament: People are liking what they see in The Crash & Burn Tournament 3!
Best Team: Martijn Benschop€™s squad - Team Varying Every Day!
Best New Vapourbot: A three way tie between Joey€™s Gabriel IV and Nidhogg Evo and also€¦ Thiwon.
Best New Vapourboteer: The outstanding Joey McConnell.
Best Vapourboteer of 2008: A draw between Martijn Benschop and AJ!
Best Vapourbot of 2008: The winner of Robot SMASH! Series 2: Recharged - PsycloniZer!
Vapourboteer Hall of Fame: A well deserved winner this year, congratulations Martijn Benschop! One of a few people who fought to keep vapourbots alive in 2006. He has gone on to be a great sportsman, a quality writer and an innovative and successful designer. Well done, Marti!
Vapourbot Hall of Fame: With 5 votes, the first to be inducted into the Vapourbot Hall of Fame is Wedge Devolution. The simple yet brilliantly effective veteran design has seen it achieve great success over the years. So that Wedge Devo doesn€™t get too lonely, it has been agreed that the runners up will also be inducted this year. So with 4 votes, the second vapourbot to be inducted is my own Son of Ripper. Another classic all rounder design that has achieved success over the years. Also with 4 votes is Alex€™s design Achilles with it€™s interchangeable pneumatic and hydraulic flipper weapon.

It has been an amazing year for vapourboteering, maybe the best ever. I hope that the awards reflect this, and congratulations to all the winners. Lets make 2009 even better! Here is how many awards everyone won:

Kody Kunz (11 awards)
Joey McConnell (10 awards)
Andrew Jackson (8 awards)
Steven McGregor (7 awards)
Alex Holt (6 awards)
Martijn Benschop (5 awards)
Frank Goacher (4 awards)
Richard Southworth (3 awards)
Paul Cuomo (3 awards)
Danny Bailey (2 awards)
Dan Stickler (1 award)
Liam Eliot (1 award)
Lewis Matthews (1 award)
Matt Fowler (1 award)
Chezza (1 award)
Mr. Thiwon (1 award)
Mark Elam (1 award)

Again, congratulations to all the winners. Thank you to those of you that voted for me, it really does mean a lot. Especially the Vapourbot and Vapourboteer of the Year awards. I think that is all, so I wish you all a Merry Christmas!

[joey_picus]

...wow...If the truth be told Id be lying if I said I didnt expect to pick up one or two awards, being the arrogant sod on the inside that I am, but...TEN?! Have you all gone mad?

Seriously, it really has touched me that I won or helped win the second highest amount of awards this year, particularly with some of the things people have been saying to me with their votes and on MSN, I honestly feel very warm and fuzzy inside that people somehow hold me in such high regard...thanks so much to all those who voted for me, even (and perhaps particularly) those who voted me for categories I didnt win like Best Sportsman and Best Vapourboteer. I have no idea why youd want to, but thanks for considering me.
And also thanks to all of you for accepting me into the community in the way you have, its not only got me involved in vapourbots and improved my knowledge of robotics, its got me involved in real robot construction as well and for that Im incredibly grateful.

I have to give special credit to Dan Stickler for inspiring and co designing Hex Appeal as well, the award for thats probably more for you than it is for me.

Well done to everyone whos won an award, or come close, and a very merry Christmas one and all.

[swimm3r]

Only 1 award ~ but is was for best battle so Im chuffed

Well done everyone and merry christmas!!

[kodster]

11 awards. The most awards.

Someone pinch me. Ow! Thank you. ...its not a dream...

The world has truly gone mad.

But really, Im...honestly, I actually feel like crying. Honest to goodness. I hardly expected to get even ONE award, then I see the first few votes, and Im incredibly startled. You guys...thanks so much.

I have to thank the following people for their special support:

AJ - for trying (though failing) to create the greatest tournament to date, and for all the awesome ramblings and great moments on MSN. You can never have enough drinks, buddy. Cheers. :wink:

Joey - for criticizing and helping with my designs, and just generally being yourself. Its that attitude that really makes me comfortable talking with you, dude, strange though it may seem.

Martijn - for also criticizing and helping with my designs, and for pretty much being the ultimate sportsman in my eyes, always keeping the peace and helping me keep my head on, kudos.

Alex Holt - for getting me started on using 3D Studio Max in the first place, and for helping me with some renders as well.

Chezza, Tracy - for actually trying out vapourbots in the first place; Chezza now has an award, and Tracys been nominated. Youve made me proud, you two. :wink:

And a final thanks to everybody whos been trying to keep the forum alive as well; IMO you guys have got the most respect from me. I so agree with AJ; lets make 2009 even more special.

Congratulations to everybody who got an award, or even nominated. All of you got what you deserve. Have a merry Christmas everybody.

(thank god for the grandfathers computer or I wouldnt have seen this til Friday )

[matty_haka]

*shrugs*

1 award, Im happy

I never get taken overly seriously in these things :P

[majinb]

Im really satisfied with my 5 awards but DAMN 11 awards for Kody!? Good boy! Kody has truly had a great year, and the same thing can be said of Joey WHO HASNT EVEN BEEN AROUND FOR A YEAR! Very well done both of you, and of course Andrew and Steven and Alex and... o wait, Im next

I am incredibly happy... DELIGHTED with my introduction in the hall of fame, and unlike last years winner(s) I dont even have to share my nomination. I will do my very best not to lose any of my awards next year, which means Flick of the Wrist shall be updated, my team will receive at least one new member and I HAVE TO SLAY STEVE IN THE SPORTMAN CATOGERY ONCE AND FOR ALL!!! (wait, that didnt sound very sportman-ish did it?)

And joint best vapourboteer of 2008... DAMN!

[joey_picus]

Necromance ahoy

After sorting and uploading all of the vapourbot awards results onto ZED (obligatory link: http://strickenone.proboards99.com/index.cgi#ovahttp://strickenone.proboards99.com/index.cgi#ova, and if anyone has the results from the 2003 awards - if they ever took place - could they please inform myself, Andy or Marti ASAP :P),
Andy in his boredom commissioned me, also in my boredom, to tabulate the results together in a table - which became just a list as Andy and tables assumed a mutual dislike of each other - of awards for all the years that we knew of.

The results, which may or may not make interesting reading, are:

2008 Awards
Kody: 11
Joey: 10
Andy: 8
Steve: 7
Alex: 6
Marti: 5
Frank: 4
Richard: 3
Paul: 3
Danny: 2
Dan: 1
Liam: 1
Lewis: 1
Matty: 1
Chezza: 1
Mark: 1
Mr Thiwon: 1

2007 Awards
Alex: 10
Marti: 8
Frank: 6
Steve: 6
Paul: 5
Aaron: 5
Kody: 5
Martyn: 4
Matty: 4
Andy: 4
Hector: 3
Alex MW: 3
Richard: 2
Chris: 2
Nick: 1
Scott: 1
Dave S: 1

2006 Awards
Steve: 16
Alex: 12
Frank: 11
Kody: 10
Aaron: 9
Andy: 7
Marti: 6
Dave S: 3
Tony: 2
Nick: 2
Chris C: 2
Matty: 2
Dave W: 2
Chris: 1
Tim: 1

2005 Awards
Steve: 14
Alex: 7
Frank: 5
Andy: 5
Tom: 4
Richard: 3
Aaron: 3
Marti: 2
Alex MW: 1
Dave W: 1
Chris: 1
Tim: 1
Martyn: 1
Chris C: 1
Tony: 1

2004 Awards
Steve: 7
Frank: 5
Aaron: 5
Alex: 4
Nick: 3
Andy: 2
Matt R: 1
Scott: 1
Richard: 1
Dave S: 1

2003 Awards
No records of these exist due to the board move - some help here?

2002 Awards
Steve: 3
Tom: 3
Aaron: 2
Hector: 2
Evan: 1

GRAND TOTAL
Steven McGregor: 53
Alex Holt: 39
Frank Goacher: 31
Kody Kunz: 26
Andrew Jackson: 26
Aaron Knight: 24
Martijn Benschop: 21
Joey McConnell: 10
Richard Southworth: 9
Paul Cuomo: 8
Tom Roper: 7
Matty Fowler: 7
Nick Schuch: 6
Martyn Forsyth: 5
Hector Gilbert: 5
David Sheppard: 5
Alexander MacWilliams: 4
Christopher Mason: 4
David Weston: 3
Chris Cooper: 3
Anthony Politzi: 3
Danny Bailey: 2
Timothy James Sillery: 2
Scott Anderson: 2
Daniel Stickler: 1
Liam Eliot: 1
Evan Dechief: 1
Chezza: 1
Lewis Matthews: 1
Matt Robinson: 1
Mark Elam: 1
Mr. Thiwon: 1

Many thanks to Andy and Steve for helping with identifying some of the winners in earlier years.

(Message edited by joeychevron on February 20, 2009)

[kodster]

I find it...extremely horrifying and hilarious that Tim has more awards than Daniel, and the same as Scott, despite what he was voted in.