FRFFT: Series Three

[knightrous]

Not too bad Elliot, but you still kind of overestimate the amount of damage bots can do. Back to Rock III wouldn't exactly get that trashed within 3 hits, even with 7mm titanium armour.

Keep improving.

So many variables, seen some bots with thin armour last a stack of hits and others gone of the first hit.


... re=related

Battle wasn't too bad, would have liked a little more detail, but I could follow it easy enough
Nice work!

[eene]

ROUND TWO

From Texas, in the USA, Bandwagon!

Another newcomer to the FRFFT, its a box with a powerful flipper. Skirts prevent it from being flipped, and its fast at 20mph. How effective is the weapon, though?

From West Yorkshire, N3!

The team fought before with The Hurting, which won the FRFFT: Series One Heavyweight competition. Will they get second time lucky with a front forklift and crushing beak? Its got a high ground clearance towards the back, so flippers could have their chance.

From Toronto, in Canada, Tira VI!

Also from an experienced team, Tira VI has a vicious looking spinning disc on the front, as well as a self-righting mechaism, which may come in handy later on. However, the weapon is powered by petrol, so it better stay away from the flames.

From Cardiff, in Wales, Brutalis 2.1!

A box wedge with a front hinged flipper and spikes, this looks like it will live up to its name. Its fast and durable, but undamaging, really.

Roboteers, stand by!

In Booth One, theres Mark with Bandwagon and Joey with N3, hoping to get back the title. And in Booth Two, Kody with Tira VI and Liam with Brutalis 2.1.

In the arena for the house robots, we have Sir Killalot and Mr Psycho! The two heavyweights for the first time in the FRFFT.

3-2-1: Activate!

Tira VI chases after Bandwagon, but gets pushed into by Brutalis, who tries to flip, but misses. Tira VI turns around to HIT Brutalis with the disc. Brutalis escapes with little damage. Bandwagon slips under N3s side and FLIPS it over! N3 self-rights due to its shape, but Tira...OH! Tira hits N3 from behind and sparks fly! N3 not damaged, though. Bandwagon presses the pit release button. Down it goes. Brutalis bumps into it, but Bandwagon turns away. N3 tries to push Tira towards the flame pit, but Tira gives it another hit and runs away, straight into Brutalis. Brutalis turns to try and flip Tira again, but only pushes it away a bit. Back goes Brutalis into Bandwagon, who flips! The skirts on Brutalis stop it from going over, though. Bandwagon backs away, as Tira moves in. N3 pushes into the side of Bandwagon and slowly lifts it up! Bandwagon flips itself free, but N3 continues its pursuit. Tira hits Brutalis again! This time a small gash has formed on the side of Brutalis, but that doesn't stop it. Bandwagon comes in for another go at Brutalis, but Brutalis slides under and flips it! Bandwagon rolls over, but self-rights using the flipper. OH! Tira hit Bandwagon as it self-righted, and has made a gash in the underbelly! Mark gets away, as Tira heads towards Liam's machine again. N3 shoves into Bandwagon and tries to get the forks under, but Bandwagon flips! N3 doesn't go over, and it recovers to have a go at Bandwagon again! Tira is laying into Brutalis at the moment. Another gash has been formed. Brutalis turns to get around the sides, but Tira counters and clips the back end. Brutalis gets away. N3 pushes Bandwagon into the angle grinder. A good battle so far. Tira SMASHES into Bandwagon and N3 with the disc! One of Bandwagon's sides is ripped, and one of N3's forks looks bent. Tira seems to be doing all the work here. Bandwagon slides under the side of N3 and throws it over! N3 self-rights, only for Brutalis crash into it. Bandwagon flips N3, but N3 comes back down and escapes. Brutalis slides under Bandwagon and throws it over again. Bandwagon self-rights, as Tira moves in to give it a hit! Another gash for Bandwagon. Tira follows and hits it again. Bandwagon is on the edge of the CPZ, and Sir Killalot is waiting. He picks Bandwagon up with the claws and parades it around for a bit before dropping it next to the pit upside down. It self-rights as N3 and Brutalis move in to push it towards the pit...OH! Down Bandwagon goes. N3 got the forks under and pushed it down! N3 backs away to avoid going in itself, so too Brutalis. Tira hits the back of N3 again, gashing the rear armour. The last ten seconds count down. Brutalis pushes Tira from the side, and this time into Mr Psycho! Tira gets away as Mr Psycho's hammer comes down and misses! Lucky for Tira there.

Cease!

Bandwagon got run over.
The other three will go to the judges. You know the score: Style, Control, Damage and Aggression.

N3: S: 3 C: 2 D: 1 A: 3 Total: 9

Tira VI: S: 3 C: 3 D: 2 A: 3 Total: 11

Brutalis 2.1: S: 2 C: 2 D: 1 A: 3 Total: 8

The judges have decided that N3 and Tira VI go through! Well done to them.

This is what the next round looks like.

Blue Hurricane VS N3
Tira VI VS Infusion

See you later, and, your probably tired of hearing this, I'm sorry if once again the battle was poorly detailed. I had a bit of a headache while I was writing it. Maybe I need to take a break again. Comment at will

[samuel3764]

Good fight, Elliot.

Blue Hurricane's tactics: If there is one thing vertical crushers can't STAND, it's full body spinners. That's how Razer almost lost against 13 Black in Extreme 2. So, I will avoid the front like the plague, get to the rear or the sides, and smash the daylights out of it.

Good luck Joey.

Let's see some more brilliant battles, Elliot!

[knightrous]

Tira VI VS Infusion

Attack the disc with Infusion's rim, should be able to get some Warhead VS Nightmare style damage happening. The sides on Tira are pretty big so they should also be an easy enough target to attack with the rim or the wedge.

Should be an interesting match.

[kodster]

Ho boy.

Tira Vi vs. Infusion

Right. If he tries coming for the disc, I'll give the rim a nice shot from the wing tips by spinning them into him. Since they're angled, quite low, and made of decently-thick Ti/V, I doubt he can do much to them. He can, however, do much to my disc, so I want to avoid a disc-rim collision. The only time I want my disc in the action is against his wedge, or if his rim is NOT spinning. Infusion is a powerful bassa' to fight, so I'm not stretching my neck out too much.

So yeah. Protect the disc and keep him at bay until I can get some good, safe shots in. O'course, since this is Aaron I'm talking about, he probably ain't gonna let that happen, but we'll see. :P

Good luck, me Aussie chum.

[eene]

Sorry about the break, just waiting for tactics and preditions as usual

Expect fight up between tommorow and the weekend

[knightrous]

Sorry about the break, just waiting for tactics and preditions as usual

Expect fight up between tommorow and the weekend

My predictions are:

There will be fights.
There will be winners.
There will be losers.
There will be cookies.

[leorcc]

But will there be cake?

[knightrous]

Yes, there will be cake, but you can't eat it.

[corsair_lightning]

Drat. Gone for 4 days of vacation and this is what happened?

Anyways, about the battle...

There was only 1 thing I didn't understand: Why was I attacked by Killalot when I wasn't past the line? Refbot should've given him a bloody yellow card?

Other then that, the fight was excellent, although my flipper didn't appear to be working for a quarter of the match.

Congrats to Joey and Kody, and bad luck to Liam.