Sam: Welcome back, we're about to start our second fight this evening. Three robots go out, but one is about to go home in a body bag!

From Shrewsbury in Shropshire and the 11th seeds, Psyclonizer!

Psyclonizer is back with more carnage factor! Last year's heat finallist wants to go way farther this time around, with a much improved weapon system. It's virtually Gyrobot and Son of Whyachi merged together, and the spinning hammers can cause massive amounts of damage to another machine easily if its armour is not tough enough. The whole shell weighs approx. 35kg, and spins at about 2500RPM. Exposed wheels are an issue, but again, you gotta get past the spinner first! :shock:

From Texas, in the USA, Oxy-Gene!

Oxy-Gene is one heck of a good robot. It has a Biohazard like shape, with skirts that are virtually impossible to get underneath. It has a 15mph top speed, and it's got a huge Ziggy-style flipper to toss robots over the fence. However, the skirts are weak and can easily be broken, and the flipper has limited CO2.

From Glasgow, in Scotland, Venus Flytrap 2!

A flipping good machine with attitude, and running on two C40-500's. Its flipper mechanism is not what you think it is, though. When a robot gets trapped on the barbed wedge, then the flipper mechanism fires at the same time, causing the opponent to be trapped inside. However, the weapon system is highly untested.

Roboteers, Stand By...

Right, there's Andy and Steve on the controls of Psyclonizer and Venus Flytrap in booth 1, and Mark Elam controlling Oxy-Gene in the other booth. The house robots in this fight are going to be Matilda with the tusks and the evil pink flywheel arse, and Mangled Metal with all its destructive glory.

3... 2.. 1... ACTIVATE!!!

Off we go to another epic battle! Refbot gives the green light, and immediately, Psyclonizer spins up! Venus Flytrap looks very strange... I wonder how exactly those weapons work. We'll see later on hopefully... but of course Psyclonizer is the one to watch for here! It has spun up to its maximum potential, and you can't even see the blades on that thing! It slams directly into the side of Oxy-Gene! It tries getting away but...
CRASH!!!
OH!!! Off goes one skirt from the machine, and now, Oxy-Gene is in trouble here already, it looks like! It's still moving, but one skirt is gone! Now Venus Flytrap moves into the party, and goes for Psyclonizer who has not yet reached full speed! It spins and slides under the spinner from Shropshire! Now it fires the jaws and Psyclonizer gets flipped onto its back! Venus Flytrap tried to trap Psyclonizer but ended up flipping it instead! However, Venus Flytrap will score points on that, and now, Oxy-Gene slams into Psyclonizer! It flips the spinning machine over again! Oxy-Gene now tries to carry Psyclonizer to the wall... the 11th seeds are in peril, are we going to see a shocker here?!
FLIP!
NO we aren't! For a minute there, I thought Psyclonizer was going to go over the barrier! Now, Psyclonizer gets away, and spins up. Now it tries to slam the spinner into Oxy-Gene once again, but Oxy-Gene also has got its front ready and here they come on a full frontal collision!
CRASH!!!
Oxy-Gene takes a huge beating and spins away into Matilda's CPZ! Matilda is now about to show Oxy-Gene that it does NOT belong in her CPZ, but just when Matilda is about to bring in her flywheel, Oxy-Gene scurries away for its dear life! However, the front wedge of Oxy-Gene looks pretty battered, due to the massive showdown that it had with Psyclonizer. Now, Venus Flytrap slams into the side of Oxy-Gene and pushes it into the pit button, and the pit opens! Venus Flytrap now has a go at Psyclonizer! It tries to slide one flipper underneath...
CRASH!!!
OH!!! Sparks fly, and Venus Flytrap gets spun away after the hit! The barbs are a bit bent on there, but still, no major damage being caused to it. Oxy-Gene on the other hand, is just... battered. In comes Psyclonizer again on Oxy-Gene, spinning madly!
CRASH!!!
DESTROYED. That's all I can say, really... Psyclonizer has spun Oxy-Gene and it's sent crashing into the CPZ of Mangled Metal, and now Mangled Metal spins up... oh no, this is about to get ugly...
CRASH!!!
... and that, I think will do it for Oxy-Gene... it is no longer moving and the Refbot is starting to count Oxy-Gene out!
1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... 8... 9... 10!!!
Oxy-Gene is outta there, and the house robots now close in to have some fun with it! Matilda slams into it with the fully spun up flywheel, and--
CRASH!!!
The attack flips Oxy-Gene onto its back, and now Matilda puts it onto the floor flipper, and now we will see Oxy-Gene fly through the air... 3... 2... 1... FLIP! Oxy-Gene comes tumbling onto the arena floor near the pit, and finally, Mangled Metal nudges Oxy-Gene in to end it all.

CEASE!

It seems that Oxy-Gene is still at the shallow end of the gene pool.
Psyclonizer (11) and Venus Flytrap goes through to Round 2!

Round 2 Line-Ups

Psyclonizer VS SOTAR
Brutalis VS Venus Flytrap

Tactics and Predictions are always welcome, as usual.