PTT - Regeneration

[swimm3r]

w00t

*sees draw*

p00t :sad:

Well, at least I made the second round.
Against Nerix all I can try and do is try and use Nerixs own strategy against it, by driving straight at the wedge and ramming it against the wall to stop the spinner. If I manage to stop the spinner Ill just have to try and somehow get underneath, and when on top it cant spin as itll be stuck on the barbs. If I manage to get it on top then its straight to the pit or the arena wall. Good luck Aaron

Excellent fights so far Steven, looking forward to round 2

[knightrous]

quote:

Tengus biggest weakness is that it has interchangeable teeth, meaning theyre only bolted on, not welded. One or two box rushes, theyll start coming off, Tengu will Mauler dance forcing Alex to turn off the spinner, and can then be disposed of easily

A lot of generalisation and assumings there Frank. Even though I doubt Alex has even thought of how to attach the teeth, there are heaps of industrial machines that use bolt on blades that have impacts much more serious then combat robots, very rarely do these teeth fly off. There are a few robots now with slotting designs that just use a bolt to keep the tooth in place, and the bolt doesnt take any of the direct impacts.

That kind of generalisation is rash, bit like me saying just because your english, youll whinge about something Which may or may not be true.

quote:

Against Nerix all I can try and do is try and use Nerixs own strategy against it, by driving straight at the wedge and ramming it against the wall to stop the spinner. If I manage to stop the spinner Ill just have to try and somehow get underneath, and when on top it cant spin as itll be stuck on the barbs.

If you do ram into Nerixs wedge, youll either:
A) wedge yourself on it
B) wedge yourself under it, and go straight into 75kg of rotational mass


Either way, it should be fun .

[swimm3r]

Do you expect me to give decent tactics against that thing?

[pcbore]

Well, you learn something new every day. Revised tactics are to try and latch onto the top seeing as that bit doesnt spin.

By the way, question about Nerix. Since its a translational spinner, how do you make sure the wedge always points where you want it? It looks to be on a turret, but I cant imagine it being able to compensate for the spinning main body if you were just using a motor to turn it.

[knightrous]

Nerix actually drives around the pivot point of the wedge to keep it in alignment with the opponent.

[alex_holt]

Even though I doubt Alex has even thought of how to attach the teeth

Harumph! Thats slander! Im sure I thought of it at one point. I probably didnt decide anything but Im relatively sure I thought of it! Harumph.

More to the point as tengu is now so old I cant remember half of what it does do, but Im pretty sure that the upper part does spin anyway.

My tactics are to whack it repeatedly until one of us breaks down. Ahhhh the unparralleled finesse I show in my tactics at 2am... tremble in fear all

[joey_picus]

*trembles in either fear or extreme cold*

[steven_mcg]

Itll be a few more days until Round 2 gets posted, but until then, whos for some more Featherweight fun?

FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
ELIMINATORS
BATTLE 2
HERETIC Vs OVERDRIVE Vs PILLOW TORQUE Vs SITH

FROM ETOBICOKE, IN CANADA, HERETIC!
(Represented by Kody Kunz)
A T-shaped thwackbot with a pickaxe head and a spinning blade mounted on the underbelly which can reach speeds of 2500rpm. Fast and manoueverable, but not the best pusher.

FROM BOURNE, IN LINCOLNSHIRE, OVERDRIVE!
(Represented by Andrew Jackson)
A low invertible box with a tapered rear and naked aggression as its weapon. Its the fastest here at 15mph and very tough with steel and aluminium 7075 armour, but the four wheels are open to overhead attacks.

FROM SEAFORD, PILLOW TORQUE!
(Represented by Karoline Pannell and Frank Goacher)
A bright pink box with a front wedge and plenty of push in its four wheels. Its invertible with thick titanium armour, but again, the wheels are vulnerable to axes and crushers.

FROM GEDDINGTON, IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, SITH!
(Represented by Alex Holt)
A tall wedge with sloping sides and a rear-hinged flipping arm powered by actuators. Its very nippy, with a pair of retractable spatulas on the front to scrape under enemies, but could suffer against the rammers.

House Robots - Surligig & Mr Hyde

Roboteers, stand by...
3...2...1...
ACTIVATE!

OverDrive gets off to the quickest start, charging head-on into the Canadian entry, Heretic! Kody quickly manouevers away and begins spinning up as Sith joins the fun! The little wedge heistates a moment before diving in, taking a sharp blow to its low front from the axe and spinning bar! Painful, but at least Heretic has stopped spinning! Sith darts underneath the thwackbot and flicks it over, the spinning blade now on top rather than on the bottom! Heretic is just moving away when a siren echoes over the battlefield! It seems that Pillow Torque has gone and opened the Void, and is now careering across the arena to rejoin the other robots! As it crashes into Heretic, the quartet splits up - OverDrive attacks Sith, while Pillow Torque hounds Heretic! Sith tries to outmanouever OverDrive, but the rammer is simply too swift! Driving into Siths sloped side, OverDrive pours on the gas and begins pushing the junkyard jedi across the arena! Alex quickly turns Sith around and forces Andys rammer up the front wedge! The flipper fires and over goes OverDrive! Andy is unfazed, however, given his machines invertible frame and goes in on the attack again, this time managing to push Sith into the western wall! Sith attempts to get away, but OverDrive is now pounding it like a steak! Alex is concerned - hes not taking much damage, but he is finding it very hard to fight back!
Meanwhile, Heretic and Pillow Torque have been dancing on the other side of the arena! Heretic is trying to bring its spinning blade into play, but now that its upside-down, its barely clipping the top of Pillow Torques wheels! Kody decides on a simpler tactic for the time being and begins spinning on the spot, but Pillow Torque takes the blow with relative ease and plows underneath, smacking Heretic into the eastern wall! The thwackbot bounces off the barrier and begins to make its escape, but gets another shunt from Pillow Torque for its troubles! The rammer quickly backs up and comes in for an especially powerful charge! The flailing Heretic is slammed into the wall, flicked upward and topples right-side up again! Feeling rather more relieved, Kody finally escapes Pillow Torque after his robot takes one last punch and drives to the other side of the ring, blade spinning up to speed!
Over at the western wall, Sith has managed to escape OverDrives punishing assault and is currently engaged in a dancing contest with the rammer! Alex has just managed to catch OverDrive on his wedge and flip it over again when Heretic arrives on the scene, closely followed by Pillow Torque! The four machines collide in a shower of sparks as Heretics blade hits something! Judging from the Karoline and Franks cringing faces, we can guess that something was Pillow Torque! It seems the blade may have clipped a tyre or two as well, as the rammer appears to be a little slower than before! I pity those wheels, I really do! A rather nasty scar on its front indicates that Sith has been hit too! Alex isnt about to take this lying down, however, as he barges into Heretic and attempts to invert it again! This time, Heretic slides off the wedge just before the flipper fires and darts out of harms way! Poor Sith, meanwhile, takes yet another blow from OverDrive, who begins pushing the little wedge down towards the Void! Sith struggles against OverDrive and even manages to get underneath with the flipper again! Unfortunately, OverDrive doesnt go all the way over and immediately begins pushing against Sith once more! As if things werent bad enough, Heretic and Pillow Torque arrive on the scene, with Pillow Torque swooping in for a dig at OverDrive! The sparks fly again as Heretics spinning blade crashes into Sith again! Alex struggles vainly as the quartet reach the Void, but one last nudge from OverDrive sends the junkyard jedi down into the abyss! OverDrive has just begun to back up when Pillow Torque plows under its rear and wipes Andys satisfied smile from his face - its pushed OverDrive into the Void as well!
With two robots remaining, Pillow Torque returns to the centre of the ring, where Heretic is now waiting for it, spinning blade a mere blur! Pillow Torque charges in, taking a wedgeful of blade in the process! The 3mm titanium front seems to have held up, but Karoline and Frank barely have time to react as Heretic comes in for a side assault! The sparks fly as the blade scrapes the bottom of Pillow Torques shell, buckling it slightly! Pillow Torque begins to back up for a charge, but the slightly nippier Heretic manages to clips its side again with the blade! A rather loud clatter indicates the shell has been buckled even more! Finally having enough, Pillow Torque slams into the thwackbot and shunts it aside like a snowplough! Undeterred, Heretic immediately leaps into action again, smacking into Pillow Torques rear! The blow knocks the rammer aside, allowing Heretic to attack the more damaged side once more! Karoline and Frank look worried, as Pillow Torque is starting to look very sluggish about now! Heretic sees its chance and swoops in again! Pillow Torque attempts to fend it off, but takes another hit to the wedge in doing so! Heretic runs around the wounded rammer and swings around into its back! The 2.4mm titanium shell takes another battering from the blade and did I see the blade slip underneath to the wheels there? Whether it did or not, that last blow seems to have done the trick! Pillow Torque is twitching, but doesnt seem able to take another step! The Grim Beeper swoops over to inspect the scene! He gives Pillow Torque a nudge and waits a few seconds! With no sign of coherent movement, the Beeper raises his scythe on high...
1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10!
Heretic spins for joy as Mr Hyde lumbers over to dispose of the body! Karoline and Frank can only make rude gestures at the House Robot as he cradles Pillow Torque in its arms and batter it with his sledgehammer! Have you ever seen anything more pitiful...or hilarious?

CEASE!

Sith has succummed to the Dark Side of the arena, OverDrive has overshot its mark and Pillow Torque has proved to be all torque!
HERETIC GOES THROUGH TO THE FEATEHERWEIGHT FINAL!

Bravo to Kody, soz to the fallen. Round 2 will hopefully be written and posted within the next few days.

[eene]

Im back, guys. The Telecoms man came around today. We were expecting him on Friday, but hopefully, this is the last inconvenience with the internet.

Now that two of my robots have fallen, I have one word to say: Drag!

Seriously, good fights, Steven. I shall remake the robots for the next series of PTT, if you do one, that is. Skullcrusher is the only one left, so Ill grab any robot I find and take them to the pit.

[steven_mcg]

Hehe, never mind, Elliot. Youve still got one left in there, so you never know.

But now, lets celebrate PTTRs 100th post with Round 2!

HEAT B
ROUND 2
SEMI-FINAL 1
TENGU VII Vs THE CRASHING BORE 2

For this fight, Tengu will be using the standard blades again.

House Robots - Fawkes & Scarlek

Roboteers, stand by...
3...2...1...
ACTIVATE!

Alex is keen to avenge Achilles agonizingly-close loss to the Bore back in PTT4, and hes off to a good start as Tengu begins spinning almost immediately. The Crashing Bore attempts to box-rush its opponent, but Tengus superior manoueverability is making it hard to hit! All too soon for Frank, Tengu reaches its optimum speed and jerks into reverse, clattering into the Bores side!
CRRRASH!
The Bore is thrown away as the sparks fly from the impact! The 8mm Hardox wedge has barely taken a dint thankfully, although the dusty red paintjob has taken a scuffing! Frank barely has time to recover when Tengu swoops in again for another attack!
CRRRASH!
This time, the blades hit the Bores left-hand side, crumpling the titanium skirt! Tengu isnt going to get off lightly, however, as the Bore barges into it before it can run away and start spinning again! Frank snaps the trap, grappling Tengus titanium top tightly! Tengu attempts an escape, but the Bores superior traction easily pushes it up the arena towards Fawkes CPZ! Thankfully for Alex, Tengu manages to wriggle free shortly before reaching the House Robot and scuttles away to the other end of the ring! The Bore follows in hot pursuit, but Tengu has already started spinning! The former Finalist swerves around and crashes into the Bores side at half-speed, once more scratching the paint and shredding the skirt! The Bore quickly recovers and goes on the attack, clipping Tengus lid with a swing of the guillotine! Tengu easily escapes the Bores grip and begins revolving once again, this time heading towards the top end of the warzone! The Bore is once again hot on its heels and catches up to the spinner! The blades clip the wedge, knocking the two robots away from each other! His lovely new paintjob once again scuffed and scraped, Frank realises how close he is to the Void Activation Button! As Tengu begins to spin up again, he takes a chance and quickly rams the Button! The all-too familiar siren echoes over the battleground as the Bore charges towards Tengu, now almost a blur! Alex narrowly avoids the assault and swerves around into Franks side again!
CRRRASH!
The skirt once again takes the worst of the blow, this time almost snapping clean in half! Frank frowns - the former NSBFL champ may be losing its skirts more often than Carmen Elektra, but the attack has once again slowed Tengu down! As Alex revs up the spinning shell once more, the Bore rushes into the accelerating blades and stops them altogether! In a flash, the trap is fired and Tengu finds itself once again in the Bores grip! Wasting no time, Frank pours on the petrol and begins pushing Tengu down the arena, his eyes clearly fixed on the Void! Tengu struggles and stutters in attempts to break free, dragging the Bore this way and that, but the grandfather of vapourbots still has the upper hand! It is only as they approach the edge of the Voids corner zone that Tengu manages to squirm out of the Bores clutches! Alex breathes a sigh of relief and quickly figures out which way his machine is actually facing as the shell begins to spin threateningly! As Tengu starts off back to the top of the ring, however, the Bore intercepts it, stopping the blades and yet again ruining the classic red paint! Unrelenting, the Bore shunts Tengu and grapples it with the guillotine once more! The former NSBFL champ twirls around, dragging Tengu with it, and charges towards the Void with a burst of speed! Alex fiddles with his controls in panic, even activating the srimech arm to try and push the trap away, but nothing comes of it! Tengu tumbles into the Void and Frank retracts the guillotine, beaming proudly!

CEASE!

Tengu VII gets cut down to size in a truly sword-ed performance.
THE CRASHING BORE 2 GOES THROUGH TO THE HEAT FINAL!

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HEAT B
ROUND 2
SEMI-FINAL 2
APOCALYPSE Vs NERIX

House Robots - Scream & The Taxman

Roboteers, stand by...
3...2...1...
ACTIVATE!

Though weary of his opponent, Liam is wasting no time in getting stuck into Nerix, as Apocalypse charges the translational spinner head-on! His own machine barely starting up, Aaron quickly twirls Nerix around, bringing the lifting arm to the front! Wedge meets wedge, but Apocalypse proves the lower! Unfortunately, this means that it hits Nerixs spinning blades instead! Nerix is only just warming up, so Apocalypse has taken very little damage, but has been knocked away in the process, allowing Aarons entry to trundle away and continue spinning up! Apocalypse quickly regains its senses and charges the whirling Nerix backwards!
CRRRASH!
The two robots are flung away from each other in a shower of sparks! Apocalypses rear is looking rather scuffed, as is the rear skirt, while Nerix has bounced straight into the arena wall! The translational triangle is OK, but the blades have been ground to a halt! Aaron has barely started Nerixs spinning again when Apocalypse comes thundering towards it! Once again, wedge meets wedge and Apocalypse proves the lower! This time, however, Nerixs accelerating blades dont bother Apocalypse as the flipper sends the Australian machine onto its back! Aaron activates the lifting arm, only just self-righting in time to avoid another onslaught from Apocalypse! Nerix begins spinning once more, but Apocalypse is already on the attack again! The quicker of the two by over 10mph, it crashes into Nerix before the pivoting wedge can block it and hits the whirling blades! Apocalypse is knocked aside, but the Hardox shell has held up well! As Nerix desperately tries to reach its menacing top speed, Apocalypse charges it down again, successfully flipping it over a second time! Aaron has only just begun to self-right when Apocalypse bumps his machine and begins pushing it towards the arena wall! Nerix lands on its wheels just as Liam fires the flipper! It hops into the air and tumbles onto its back again, thankfully staying on the right side of the fence! Apocalypse flips Nerix again, hoping to repeat its double KO in round one, but no such luck! Nerix is now right-side up and immediately starts to spin up! Apocalypse quickly rams the translational triangle, once more halting the blades and scratching the big red flipper! Nerixs slow speed is proving its downfall here as Apocalypse scrapes underneath the 7mm ground clearance and shunts the Australian entry all the way to the northwest corner of the warzone, where the Void Activation Button lies! The flipper fires...and Nerix soars over the fence and out of the ring as a familiar siren blares - Apocalypse has crashed into the Button!

CEASE!

Nerix gets nixed. Translation: its out.
APOCALYPSE GOES THROUGH TO THE HEAT FINAL!

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Later on...

HEAT B
HEAT FINAL
APOCALYPSE Vs THE CRASHING BORE 2

Thoughts? Tactics? The name of a good tailor to repair all these skirts?

Thank you.