Crash & Burn: Mini-Tournament of Death 2

[samuel3764]

HOLY GOD! Chezza, we meet at last.

Basic Tactix are to avoid the front like the plague, and try to shock kill it. Go for the back or sides ONLY!

[matty_haka]

why does my flipper get stuck Paul? :S or freeze as you put it?

[paulc]

CO2 flippers sometimes take a long time to come back down. Nitrogen comes back down quite quickly.

[joey_picus]

...Paul, that is nothing to do with gas types

[rainism]

Hmm tactics. I guess Ill have to attack Thanatos straight on.

Good look Samuel!

[samuel3764]

Revised tactics

- Spin up, and use superior power to shock kill Do or Die. Avoid the front at all costs, Go for the back and sides ONLY!!!!

Good luck, Chezza.

[kodster]

And after finishing the HRR3, I feel like writing some more MToD2 fights! Presenting the very latest!

Semi-Final 1
Nitro-Gene 5.0 vs. Hypertension Mk 3

Roboteers, stand by...

House robots for this battle will be Damocles and Renegade, the two €˜new€™ additions last time.

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It€™s a flipper frenzy, and both of our competitors mean business! Nitro-Gene is slightly the faster and manages to slide around Hypertension...which is just fine by Matty! Hypo€™s flipper hits the side of Nitro-Gene, but doesn€™t quite manage to breach the side skirt. He does manage to push Nitro-Gene around, but Nitro-Gene drives around as well, meaning Hypo pushes Nitro-Gene in an arc around the arena. I€™m not sure where the battle will go if the robots keep going like this...a circle has no beginning or end, you see. Eventually Hypo breaks the circle by halting his push suddenly...which sends Nitro-Gene into the nearby arena wall! Quickly Matty seizes his chance before it escapes...not that it matters, he still can€™t get under the side skirt! He can, however, pin Nitro-Gene against the arena wall...and slightly push him towards the Disc of Death, turning and pushing towards the rear skirt! Nitro-Gene - OH! That...was close. Nitro-Gene nearly got his side gouged down by the hazard on the arena wall, but barely manages to avoid it, and Matty growls. Now Paul, mopping his brow, can come back on the attack, as the robots face each other again. However, Paul wants no such head-on collisions in this battle, and directs his machine away from Hypertension€™s incoming charge, not quick enough to fully avoid it, but Hypertension is only able to clip the rear of the side skirt and is deflected away as Nitro-Gene turns around. Paul zooms in, but Hypertension is agile on its own wheels and spins around quickly. There€™s only a split second however before Nitro-Gene collides with the wedge...and Matty backs off! Umm...no. Paul hasn€™t taken the bait and fired the flipper, so Hypertension stops reversing and drives at him again...his opponent does likewise! BANG!!! Huge, huge collision. Both flippers smack into each other, and because of both ground clearances, the impact sends both bots backwards! They collide again, much less noticeably sound-wise, and then they push...and push...and Nitro-Gene gans the upper hand! It slides under Hypertension€™s flipper and entire wedge...but whoa! It€™s smoking! Trying not to appear too concerned, Paul drives Hypertension up onto the flipping arm, and moves towards the arena wall! Matty fires his own flipper, to try and force himself off, but it does nothing other than jolt him up a bit, and a second later, he€™s airborne, right off the flipper arm of - WHOA! Nitro-Gene€™s stopped moving, and is smoking very badly! And it€™s coming directly out of the wheel holes, which means the motors have been damaged! Someway, somehow, but Hypertension€™s left the arena and has made a date with the camera tracks, so he€™s out! Nitro-Gene€™s won, but...he€™d better repair his bot, and fast!

CEASE!

Hypertension Mk 3€™s adrenaline rush ends, and now comes a long period of withdrawal.
Nitro-Gene 5.0 advances to the Final!

(in the pits, Paul finds out what€™s happened; the overvolted S28-400 Magmotors have finally blown. Panicked, he hurries to rectify the problem as the 2nd semi-final battle starts)

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Semi-Final 2
Do Or Die vs. Thanatos

Roboteers, stand by...

House robots for this bout will be Exa-Gore-Ic Evo and Taki III, golden oldies? Possibly.

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Do Or Die is straight off the mark like a shot, the extreme acceleration kicking in, and even with the 11mph top speed Thanatos can€™t get out of the way in time! Plus, it€™s not fully spun up, and the resultant shot does absolutely zilch to the scoop as it slides under Thanatos and Chezza throws him over! Samuel hits the self-righter button, popping the spinner back up and over, but that€™s right in front of the rammer! Do Or Die mashes it into the arena wall, and lifts it against the wall, where the self-righter can do nothing as it€™s pegged in there! Eventually, Do Or Die lets him free, and Thanatos€™ wheels again meet the arena floor, but it can€™t get away, as Chezza keeps the pressure fueled up, ramming the spinner once more and this time pushing him into the nearby vacant CPZ, and then simply leaving him there as Taki III shoots out of her own CPZ to ram the spinner...which is actually spinning up to speed! Do Or Die waits on the border of the nearby flame pit as Taki collides with the spinner at almost sonic speeds!

CRASH!

No problem - Taki€™s thrown it right up against the corner! Thanatos€™ teeth deflected off the shallow wedge of the house robot and sent it flying further into the CPZ - oh! Taki smacked herself against the corner, and the spinner€™s on top of her! Chezza seems to be enjoying this less, and in a display of boredom goes for the pit release button...but goes nicked by the arena - saws?! Nicked isn€™t it, absolutely tossed across the arena is a better description! With sparks to boot! And unfortunately for Chezza, it was the opposite direction of the release button, and Do Or Die turns away from the pit release button to have a go at Thanatos...which is now stuck off the side of Taki and can€™t seem to get off...Exa-Gore-Ic Evo€™s had enough and comes out now, himself. Do Or Die gets to Taki€™s side and lifts Thanatos...along the -

CRASH!!!

- side! That€™s smacked the polycarb base of Thanatos, me mateys, don€™t underestimate Taki€™s rear cutting blade! Has it done any damage? We€™ll see as Do Or Die€™s rammed into the spinner again, and - ouch! Right into the claws of Exa-Gore-Ic, who€™s NOT in a CPZ and should get back in one...ah, but Do Or Die€™s in there with another lift, and there€™s some damage for ya! Look at that, just a beautiful gash right in the center of the base! And...Do Or Die€™s keeping Thanatos down and inverted, in-between the house robot€™s claws...with the scoop? Unusual tactic, but it€™s working, and Exa-Gore-Ic€™s spike shoots out...and doesn€™t really do much to the shell. Chezza, confident now that the match is going completely in his direction, leaves his opponent, and heads for the pit release button, this time making sure to dodge the saws before slamming into the pit release...opening it. Exa-Gore-Ic gets his common sense back and leaves Thanatos in the middle of the floor...where it self-rights! Okay, nothing too major€™s done to the spinner, and Do Or Die hurriedly gets back in there...only to find the spinner€™s halfway up to speed, and managing to evade that initial charge! Do Or Die chases after the spinner, but Thanatos is a good distance away now and manages to turn away, where it finally smacks the side of Do Or Die!

CRASH!!!

However, it€™s nothing much, just a small dent. It has sent Do Or Die flying across the arena though, and given Thanatos time to spin up again! Do Or Die hurtles across the arena again, desparate to vanquish the new life found in Thanatos, but the slippery spinner dodges again...and Do Or Die pulls back! Thanatos however hasn€™t tried to attack the side and so tries to move around the rammer to attack...but Chezza€™s having none of it. The scoop rotates round to face the spinner...as the spinner retreats! Do Or Die pursues, now, and this time Thanatos can€™t pull away in time! The scoop partially deflects the blow, but Thanatos has hardly stopped spinning as it€™s flung back a bit, with a shower of sparks grazing the scoop as it advances on Thanatos again. Samuel moves his machine aside again but he just can€™t move aside fast enough, and the scoop catches the blades and deflects the spinner aside, and onto the flame pit! Wow! That€™s a sight for seein€™! The flames have licked around Thanatos, and as a result have spun themselves around the spinner making it look like a fiery whirlwind! It does not, however, scare Chezza as Do Or Die hammers into the spinner as Samuel looks on this sight, distracted by the flames!

CRASH!!!

And that€™s caught the side of the scoop, and flung both bots away...Thanatos a bit shaken as it€™s hit by the arena saws right afterwards, and shunted off amid countless sparks. Do Or Die however has taken some heavy damage; a gash has appeared in the side of the scoop as it tries to turn and hit Thanatos again with that wounded scoop. It might not have much more to do, though, as Thanatos isn€™t really spinning now...in fact, it€™s not moving at all. Do Or Die rams it head-on, lifts it up onto its back, and I think we know why Samuel€™s bot has stopped, now, look inside the gash in the polycarbonate and you can see smoke coming out of it! And Thanatos isn€™t able to self-right...well, that€™s ironic. The bot that smoked last battle won, and the way this battle is going, the bot that smokes this time will lose...Do Or Die however isn€™t waiting for the countout, as it€™s under Thanatos, and shoving it...down the pit, for great justice!

CEASE!

Thanatos gets sent back to Hades to play it all off for 3rd place.
Do Or Die advances to the Final!

[kodster]

And thats set-up our play-off and Final.

Play-off

Hypertension Mk 3 vs. Thanatos

Final

Nitro-Gene 5.0 vs. Do Or Die

Tactics and predictions, arr.

[andrewj]

Quality stuff as always, well done Kody.

I think Hypertension will finish 3rd here.

The final is tough to call. Do Or Dies invertibility is going to cause Nitro-Gene problems, but that might not matter if its the wrong side of the arena wall. Nitro-Gene for the win.

[kodster]

Just a note that the play-off and final will take place in the new Battlegrounds 2.0 arena.

Play-off
Hypertension Mk 3 vs. Thanatos

Roboteers, stand by...

Sorry, Triple Big Mac and Exa-Gore-Ic Evo, but you can't be in the Final, only here in the play-off.

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And just like that, they're off! Hypertension's on the box-rush on Thanatos, but a quick movement from the spinner with the now rapidly-accelerating shell foils the charge and allows that shell to reach its deadly speed! With 7mm Hardox armour, will Hypertension be affected, though? Matthew thinks not, and without fear and/or hesitation continues its charge as it spins around and bores towards the spinner. Thanatos moves the other way; sadly, not quite fast enough to avoid the speeding wedge, and we get our first big hit of the fight!

CRASH!!!

That...was a big hit. Both robots have been separated right across the arena; Thanatos collides heavily with the arena wall and moves away, shaken but not stirred ; Hypertension however has been shot straight into an empty CPZ, and Exa-Gore-Ic's on the move! ...only the house robot gets there long after Matty has his robot out! The earlier hit has hardly damaged Hypertension at all...in fact, there is no damage to the side Thanatos struck! That is a first! Samuel looks worried, even though his machine's back at full tilt again, and here comes the VFT6 Grand Finalist again, hunting down the spinner and not giving it a chance to get away!

CRASH!!!

But again, Thanatos catches the side of Hypertension, and another major hit sends both bots across the arena again in a shower of sparks! Thanatos goes over one of the arena spikes, who promptly shoots out and spears the underbelly...luckily, not flipping him, but Hypertension's recovered from his spinning spell, again with minimal damage, and Thanatos can't spin up fast enough! The wedge slides under the shell and with an almighty punch, the flipper explodes open sending Thanatos up and across, finally landing onto its back...but almost immediately it self-rights! That's too soon for Matty, though, as Hypertension barrels into it again before Thanatos can even register that it's right way up again, and carries it into an empty CPZ, tossing it against the corner - NO!!! It's over! Thanatos has been ejected from the arena! Look at that, just a beautiful toss right there, straight over the corner of the CPZ and onto the camera tracks! I did not expect that, and by the noise the audience is making, I doubt they did, too!

However, even with the bronze medal secured, Hypertension isn't done yet! It finds Exa-Gore-Ic Evo coming right at it! Obviously the house robots are getting wise to flippers attacking them after battles, but it makes no difference here: Hypo sneaks around the sluggish 400kg robot and just manages to lift it onto its side...before pushing it towards the other house robot! Triple Big Mac Isn't keen on attacking his matey and moves out of his CPZ, but...

CEASE!

Thanatos is smitten to ashes; Samuel is forced to settle for 4th!
Hypertension Mk 3 wins 3rd place!

Coming up: The final