Fanfic Wars - Series 1

**kodster** · 14th April 2010, 20:48

Just to point out right away, this is not a real tournament, it is a hypothetical. And I've done this before with limited popularity, it not having been on a forum this scale ( http://strickenone.proboards.com/index. ... 504&page=1 ). So I'm re-trying it here to kick some interest back into Fanfic.

It's a predicting game! 64 real robots and 64 vapourbots are participating, and the seeding is taken from what would have been Series 8 of Robot Wars, had all the seeds returned. I've done the line-ups, and I will post detailed results one heat each, round-by-round; thou shalt predict! The points are as follows...if you predict:

One Round 1 robot that goes through to Round 2, you get 1 point
Two Round 1 robots in separate fights - 2 points
Two Round 1 robots in the same fight - 3 points
Three Round 1 robots... - 4 points
All Round 1 robots... - 5 points
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One Round 2 robot that goes through to the Heat Final - 3 points
Both robots... - 5 points
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Robot that wins a heat - 5 points
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One robot that wins a semi-final in Round 1 - 5 points
Two... - 7 points
Three... - 9 points
All... - 10 points
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One robot that moves on to the Grand Final - 8 points
Both... - 10 points
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One robot that moves on to the Final - 10 points
Both... - 15 points
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Robot who wins the Play-off - 15 points
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Winner of the Series - 25 points

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So, who wants to participate?

**kodster** · 13th February 2014, 15:11

Time for a bump, I'd say.

Round 2

Firestorm V (6) vs. Shadow Zone Forever

Both robots were capable of flipping and self-righting. What made the difference in this battle was Shadow Zone's ability to run inverted. So when Firestorm flipped Shadow Zone, Shadow Zone drove away to self-right safely. When Firestorm eventually got flipped, they self-righted onto Shadow Zone's flipper. Shadow Zone drove to the arena wall and flipped Firestorm out.

Spawn Again (27) vs. Flick of the Wrist

Not exactly a back and forth match. Spawn Again managed to get a lucky flip at the start, but that itself was its doom because Flick drove back in and wedged itself into Spawn Again's flipper slot before they could close it. The old fear of Spawn's reliability came true again as the flipper piston was damaged, and they were weaponless. Flick of the Wrist shoved Spawn Again around the arena for the rest of the fight and won a large judges' decision.

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Heat N Final
Shadow Zone Forever vs. Flick of the Wrist

SCOREBOARD
Joey - 119
AJ - 117
Tracy - 107
Lian - 90
Jack - 56
Lewis - 49
Martijn - 48
Dan Bailey - 22
Alex H - 13
A Wafer Thin Mint - 9
Samuel - 5
Zarte - 5

**playzooki** · 13th February 2014, 15:21

I predict SZF will win

**andrewj** · 13th February 2014, 23:31

Shadow Zone Forever vs. Flick of the Wrist

**kodster** · 14th February 2014, 13:01

Heat N Final
Shadow Zone Forever vs. Flick of the Wrist

Shadow Zone went against the wrong opponent. Flipping Flick of the Wrist did little, whereas he was rammed all over the shop. There was a moment where Shadow Zone nearly got Flick OOTA, but fired the flipper too late and Flick slid across the wall. The judges' decision was very close, but Flick won it via aggression.

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Heat O
X-Terminator 3 (4) vs. Hypertension Mk 3 vs. Eye of Ran II vs. Infusion
Tiberius 4 (29) vs. Death Adder 3 vs. P.C.C. vs. Beast

SCOREBOARD
AJ - 122
Joey - 119
Tracy - 107
Lian - 90
Jack - 56
Lewis - 49
Martijn - 48
Dan Bailey - 22
Alex H - 13
A Wafer Thin Mint - 9
Samuel - 5
Zarte - 5

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AJ takes first place, and despite playzooki's valiant first attempt, he does not make the scoreboard yet. Only two more heats left!

**playzooki** · 14th February 2014, 15:27

Xterminator 3 and Eye of ran

PCC and Beast

**andrewj** · 14th February 2014, 17:17

X-Terminator 3 (4) vs. Hypertension Mk 3 vs. Eye of Ran II vs. Infusion
Tiberius 4 (29) vs. Death Adder 3 vs. P.C.C. vs. Beast

**kodster** · 15th February 2014, 15:37

Heat O
Round 1

X-Terminator 3 (4) vs. Hypertension Mk 3 vs. Eye of Ran II vs. Infusion

X-Terminator was dealt the death blow after several hits from Eye of Ran, but then Infusion went after it and attacked it. While Joey was kept busy, Hypo drove into Eye of Ran, got under, and ejected it!

Tiberius 4 (29) vs. Death Adder 3 vs. P.C.C. vs. Beast

An unfortunate result for Dave Shep, as P.C.C. was set upon by Tiberius early on and pitted. Beast meanwhile unsuccessfully attempted to throw Death Adder 3 out of the ring, but failed. Then Death Adder managed to lodge its axe into Beast's front flipper. As they were busy mingling, Tiberius came over and chomped into the rear of Beast, sensing weakness! Together, Death Adder and Tiberius threw Beast down the pit!

Round 2
Tiberius 4 (29) vs. Hypertension Mk 3
Infusion vs. Death Adder 3

SCOREBOARD
AJ - 126
Joey - 119
Tracy - 107
Lian - 90
Jack - 56
Lewis - 49
Martijn - 48
Dan Bailey - 22
Alex H - 13
A Wafer Thin Mint - 9
Samuel - 5
Zarte - 5

Ouch, tough luck again playzooki.

Keep trying, though!