The Chevron Championship Series 2 - Medium Medium Speed Ones

[joey_picus]

Kody - I did say you could enter as many or as few otherweights as you liked, none at all comes within the scope of that :P

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Good evening...Ladies, gentlemen, and beings that do not conform to Earth theories on gender. You are gathered here today, to witness the unveiling of the draw for this tournament.

Made via http://www.random.org/http://www.random.org/ at 2009-01-25 11:43:07 UTC (and subsequently cleaned up, presented, and with clashes sorted out) and witnessed (sort of) by a Mr Daniel Stickler as a sort of independent adjudicator (who right now is telling me to get on with it), I present:

THE DRAW FOR THE CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES 2: MEDIUM MEDIUM SPEED ONES

Heat A - Sumo
Darkestar (1)
Battle Raptor 5
Typhoon 2
Back To Rock III
Mega Masher 2
Hypertension Mk 3.5

Heat B - Tug Of War
MORD 2
Thor
Disco 5
Shadow Zone Forever
System Shock V: Hex
Night Stalker

Heat C - Football
Alpha Bolt
Harraz
Monsoon Season
Venus Fly Trap
Blue Hurricane
Boxx

Heat D - Grand Prix
Intriguous
Slammer VI
Nitro-Gene 5.0
Assegai
The Subjugator
Envy

Heat E - Joust
Macduff The 4th (6)
Turbo Tails
Pick-Axe Of Doom
Macbeth
Double Killa 2
Sheer Heart Attack 2

Heat F - Labyrinth
Super Gore Septua
Orion
Squish Reincarnated
Spin Dash Unleashed
Brutalis 2.1
The Kill Point

Heat G - Sumo
Exertion (5)
Jolly Roger
The Deer
Leprosy Infection
LockJaw Epedemic
Mad Dash

Heat H - Tug Of War
Door Stops (4)
Wedga Triton
Cyclone Force 3
Panicking Still?
Jack In The Box
Tengu VII

Heat I - Football
Roo Of All Evil
Autoism 3.0
Under Pressure
Megamouse
The May Tracks Has You
Ringwraith

Heat J - Grand Prix
Gehenna (3)
Raging Tempest
Skullcrusher
Blast
Ramminator Evilution
Achilles

Heat K - Joust
Ripper (2)
F. Sharp
TIRTASM
Joker
Paralyzation 2
CroOKeD

Heat L - Labyrinth
Axe To Fall
Action Control
PsycloniZer
Shadow Ninja
Axe-O-Lotl
The Crashing Bore 2

Further details on the various events (including dimensions of the gauntlet runs and such) can be found on ZED, at http://strickenone.proboards99.com/index.cgi?board=chevchamp2&action=display&thread=6 51&page=1http://strickenone.proboards99.com/i...on=display&thr ead=651&page=1

THE OTHERWEIGHTS

Antweights:
Flamberge vs. MicroForce 3.0 vs. Dead Meat vs. Wedge 3mm
Slice n Dice 2 vs. Little Nipper vs. Tiny Titanium Teeny vs. Kobe
NB: The battles for these will take place on an AWS standard arena, with two side high walls and two side mostly dropoffs. (like Peter Wallers arena (I think) if youve ever seen it)

Featherweights:
Rolling Pin FTW vs. Skink vs. Micro Gore Evo vs. Micrompression vs. Little Hitter 2
Sons Of Thunder vs. Sith vs. OverDrive vs. Deadly Lampshade vs. Apocalypto

Lightweights:
Bottom vs. Minigig vs. Roundhouse Kick vs. Titanium Titan v2 vs. Tiny Tengu
Crash vs. Ziggo vs. Scarab vs. Minilith vs. Vincent

Middleweights:
Blizzard vs. The Bone Collector vs. Hyper-Ventilate vs. Xianghua II vs. Zero
Hazard vs. Killoteeny vs. 259 vs. ROID

Super Heavyweights:
Fulcrum vs. UberForce 2.0 vs. Cause And Effect vs. Revolver
The Red Knight vs. Diesector vs. SLAM! vs. Vertigo

I shall go down the above list of otherweight battles, with one between the trials and semi finals each heat, until the finals are reached.
In melees with five competitors two machines go through, else one machine goes through from each battle.

I think that should be it, feel free to point any mistakes out or make any comments.
And, of course, get predicting and tactic planning.

(Message edited by joeychevron on January 25, 2009)

[eene]

The Kill Point: I shall use the Left Route. Choose any route for the Labyrinth

Skullcrusher: Ill use the Left Route also. Push all the other robots out of the way in the Grand Prix trial

Nightstalker: The Middle Route

Joker: The Middle Route as well. Use the spinning shell to destroy the house robots if possible

259: Destroy everyone else with the disc

Sons of Thunder: Split up and go after the easiest robots first, and take care of the more armoured ones later

Disector: Lift or crush all of them

Bottom: Ram all the other robots

Little Nipper: Push all of them off the arena

[swimm3r]

For now Ill say my obots will take the middle route except for LockJaw, which will take the left hand route.

And it is hard to repdcit on a tournament like this, so Ill just give some heat winner predictions:
Heat A ~ Darkestar may struggle with BTRII, so I say Martijn or Hypertension MK3.5.
Heat B ~ Disco 5s ground clearance may be too low for the gauntlet, so I think MORD2 or Thor to win it.
Heat C ~ Venus Fly Trap
Heat D ~ Intriguer or Envy
Heat E ~ Macduff the 4th or Turbo Tails, most likely the seed though
Heat F ~ Spin Dash Unleashed
Heat G ~ Exertion or The Deer
Heat H ~ Panicking is quite suited for this tournament and has a good chance, but so is Cyclone Force 3
Heat I ~ May Tracks or Mega Mouse
Heat J ~ Achilles
Heat K ~ Ripper
Heat L ~ The Crashing Bore 2

Good luck everyone, especially Joey with writing

[majinb]

... Liam, you know you officialy forfeited your ARC fights by not posting tactics huh?

[dinowarrior]

OK, lets see. Tactics will be for the Gauntlet, then the Trial provided I get that far.

MEGA MASHER
Gauntlet: Go down the centre route. Push the obstacles away, then turn and drive disc first up the see-saw.
Trial: Just plough ramp first into whoever Im fighting, and hopefully beach them.

LEPROSY INFECTION
Gauntlet: Being small and low, he can handle the left-hand route.
Trial: I may have to use tactics here. Keep the drum locked so that the teeth literally form a scoop, then use that.

CYCLONE FORCE
Gauntlet: Charge straight down the middle route. Front on, then back on.
Trial: Charge again.

AXE-O-LOTL
Gauntlet: Im going to say go down the centre route again.
Trial: Just play nagociations (or however the heck you spell it). If a house robot comes near, ram it, or hit it.

[kodster]

Redesigning Xianghua II at the moment...and I did say over MSN that I was replacing MGE with Heretic. :P

Tactics when I can be arsed. :P

[samuel3764]

Tactics for all of them: Im just going to CHARGE STRAIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE ROUTE, and also... do my best at all costs.

Tactics for Ziggo and Hazard: Spin up, and KILL ANYONE WHO GETS IN MY WAY!

Tactics for Little Hitter: Hammer away on anyone who gets in my way!

[team_britespark]

Tactics for Gauntlet:

Monsoon Season - I dont want the tracks to get snagged or broken in the Gauntlet, so will avoid the left and middle routes (the spikes coming from the floor could do some unwanted damage) and gun it down the right hand route. I will wait for the ramrig to be fully opened before sprinting to the finish, using my 15mph top speed and ramming capabilities to shove any unwanted house robots out of the way.

MacBeth - I am going to do something a bit different and put MacBeth in upside down for the Gauntlet, eliminating any GC problems it may have. Head down the right hand route and use the 20mph top speeds to avoid the ramrig and house robots.

Squish Reincarnated - Left hand route. Wait for the Sentinels arm to move down the arena (towards the finish line) so Squish doesnt end up trying to avoid it. If any opponents have failed to make it very far across the Gauntlet, drive into the second pit (yes, you read that right! ) to ensure that no unwanted damage occurs from Sir K or the Sentinel.

F. Sharp - Reverse out of the starting block and tackle the middle route. 2cm ground clearance should be enough, right?

[andrewj]

Heat A:

This is a tough heat, but I can see Darkestar going through again.

Flamberge vs. MicroForce 3.0 vs. Dead Meat vs. Wedge 3mm

The main aim is to use the wedge shape and push the others out of the dropoffs. If possible, I will try to keep around the back of Flamberge and push it into Dead Meat and Wedge 3mm. If I do have to come up against Flamberge at some point, use the Titanium wedge against the spinner and hope for the best. Chances are that at least one of us will fly out of the arena on impact.

Looks like a good line-up, Joey. Good luck!

[velociraptor]

For the Gauntlet, Battle Raptor 5 will take the left route, be careful around the Sentinel, and try to squeeze past or against Killalot if he gets me in an awkward spot.