Quote Originally Posted by kodster
Sheesh, am I bad at keeping tournaments running or what? :P
Self-quote FTW! :P Now, onto the first lightweight melee!

Lightweight Melee 1
Sergeant Slaughter vs. Backlash vs. Ziggo vs. Gamma Raptor

From Cardiff, Wales...Sergeant Slaughter!
Straight from the slaughterhouse to boot...rather, smash things up. It's got a nasty crusher with *gasp* a tonne of force! Also has some side srimechs on its crusher, ala Razer. Despite good front armour, it's got weak base armour, but if it can keep on its wheels with its decent drivetrain, it'll be A-OK.

From the United States...Backlash!
One of the most feared lightweights you can come across. Its vertical disc spells doom for any bot to come across it, and its shape is anything but simple; clawed and invertible, it'll amaze many roboteers. It does have exposed wheels though, and it has mediocre armour.

From the United States...Ziggo!
This robot has beaten the above robot in a one-on-one, and has won two LW championships, but it's not done too well in rumbles...it's a conical full-body spinner with a flag atop to tell builder Jonathan Ridder where it's going. It's also one of the most manoeuvrable full-body spinners in the world, but it does have huge stability issues.

From the United States...Gamma Raptor!
Chuck Pitzer's creation, entered by Tony Politzi, has much going for it here, mainly its huge speed, invertibility, and tough claw lifter. It does tend to turn a bit too much at times, but its power is almost unmatchable. The wheels are still exposed from the back, however...

Roboteers, stand by...

The robots competing here are still a bit too small for regular house robots, so for guest house robots we have Team Zlayerz heavyweights Super Gore Septua and Killobite Sigma.

3...
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ACTIVATE!

And once again an otherweight melee commences! And already there is evidence of a team-up, as Sergeant Slaughter goes for Gamma Raptor, who tries to get out of the way but gets blocked by an incoming Ziggo! Just when we thought the situation couldn't get any more tense, we're dead wrong as Backlash makes a deadly entrance, smacking into Sergeant Slaughter from the side!

CRASH!!

And what a hit it was! It's sent the Slaughterer chassis over teakettle across the arena floor with a nice dent in its side for all its worth! As Sergeant Slaughter gets its bearings back and starts to self-right, Backlash moves in again, forgetting that its disc isn't spun fully up yet! As it pauses to do so, Ziggo reminds Backlash that it's still there by smacking into IT from the side! And...that appears to it for Backlash already! The wheel's gone! What an anti-climactic result! Backlash now looks rather sad in the middle of the arena, and tries to get its disc spinning again, but there's really not much you can do now; with half your mobility gone, you're out! As to signify the worst, The Watcher makes an entrance and starts to count Backlash out, as Gamma Raptor comes to its senses and charges Ziggo.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

Liam, however, crashes Tony's party; Gamma Raptor has hardly gotten the lifter under Ziggo's unspinning frame when Sergeant Slaughter comes flying in and grapples Gamma Raptor from the side; Tony, horrified, tries to get away but the claw has already come down, much too fast for any counter-action by Tony, and the said claw is already doing heavy damage as it's penetrated the top armour of Gamma Raptor, making a huge hole in it! Ziggo's recovered now, and Liam seeing this decides to pay Joey a visit. Sergeant Slaughter does a 180 and moves the captive lifter towards Ziggo's waiting cyclone of death, and there's no getting away!

CRASH!!!

Such was the blow that both Gamma Raptor and Sergeant Slaughter were sent flying, as was Ziggo! And the spinner is looking mighty unstable now, as it now resembles a coin being spun on end! And...derrr...we have no movement from either Gamma Raptor OR Sergeant Slaughter! What's happened here?! Ziggo isn't spinning now, and looks quite stable in said unspinning state. It goes after the pit release button and hits it, but The Watcher is already shunting the other two, trying to free them. The attempt is clearly not working, as Sergeant Slaughter's claw is still quite fixed inside the chassis of Gamma Raptor. And still, neither robot is moving. Ziggo returns to the scene and tries to push them towards the pit...nothing doing! There's only one way to settle this, then!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

CEASE!

Since both robots were immobile at the same time, seems like we must go to a judges decision between the two. Don't hold your breath though, folks...

Sergeant Slaughter - Gamma Raptor

Strategy = 4/5 - 1/5
Style = 5/10 - 5/10
Control = 9/15 - 6/15
Aggression = 10/20 - 10/20
Damage = 25/25 - 0/25

TOTAL = 53/75 - 22/75

Backlash lives up to its name and is blacklisted for doing so, while Gamma Raptor bytes off more than it can chew!
Sergeant Slaughter and Ziggo advance to Round 2!

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Next battle: STAT vs. Mobile Failure