*Opening music plays to various pictures of robots being destroyed in previous seasons*

They came to fight... They came to destroy... They came to win...
The Box Is Locked, The Lights Are On - Let The Wars Begin!

Welcome back robot fans! 48 robots have been wittled down to 8, and we€™re finally here at the tournament finals! First up are the quarters, as we halve the number of remaining robots down to 4, ready for the semies. It€™s not going to be easy - as if the rounds that preceded this weren€™t tough enough, every robot here has to be of a certain calibre, as they€™ve each overcome other highly ranked machines to reach this point.

Battleboard
Traffic Warden [#4] vs. Wedginator X
Wedga Ennea [#5] vs. Delirium Tremors

Tonight we have the first two quarter-final fights, featuring the highest remaining ranked robots, the 4th and 5th seeds Traffic Warden and Wedga Ennea respectively. The latter will face off against dangerous newcomer Delirium Tremors, while the former will fight Annihilation heat finalist Wedginator. All of these machines have proved their worth so far, but who will advance to the final four machines?

Quarter-Final One

Ranked #4, Traffic Warden!
MMpts ~ 25
Season Record ~ N/A - Quarter-Finals

Wedginator X!
MMpts ~ 14
Season Record ~ N/A - N/A

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Team Zlayerz
Booth Blue: Team Braveheart

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And so the quarter-finals are underway! Both robots start this match aggressively, with Traffic Warden coming out of the starting square and heading straight for Wedginator, who ploughs on bravely and drives under the left clamp of Traffic Warden, pushing forward and firing the flipper to turn the ranked machine over. No real harm done though - it€™s invertible. Kody continues his onslaught though and drives in underneath, continuing the push across the arena floor, but Traffic Warden manages to keep it€™s other two wheels on the ground due to it€™s extreme width and spins away, coming on the attack of Wedginator X side on now! It looks worrying for Team Zlayerz momentarily - bots caught in Traffic Warden€™s grip rarely escape - but the main season newcomer isn€™t fazed and drives straight underneath the clamp before turning and throwing the huge machine over again! This time Kody doesn€™t make the same mistake either and drives under the main body of Traffic Warden, pushing the U-shaped bot across the arena floor and making an attempt to stack it against the wall, throwing it up at the barrier with the flipper! However, the sheer size of Traffic Warden saves it from going out of the arena as it is beached sideways, but again manages to struggle down with the use of one side of its drive. Kody gives Steven no chance to attack though and drives in underneath yet again, firing the flipper and slamming Traffic Warden up against the fence! It seems impossible to stack though, perhaps due to the power of Wedginator€™s flipper itself, and falls back onto Kody€™s wedge, only for Kody to attempt to stack it again, another 3 or 4 times before the judges call off the prolonged attack. This gives Traffic Warden a brief window of opportunity and Steven makes like he intends to use it, nudging the pit release button before heading back on the assault of Wedginator X. However, the ground clearance of Traffic Warden really is a massive weakness here as Kody easily breaches it yet again and launches the titanium behemoth across the Annihilation Stadium, this time watching it bounce before ramming in on another attack and pinning it momentarily against the spike strip before again attempting to stack it... But to no avail, this time the spikes on the arena wall giving Traffic Warden€™s clamps a chance to right itself, albeit slowly, each time. Kody isn€™t giving up though and only retreats when again ordered to do so by the judging panel. Traffic Warden is still really lacking in any real plan of attack, but certainly not aggression and tenacity as Steven goes back on the attack of Kody again, repeatedly failing to get any kind of purchase or even a push on Wedginator, who easily outmanoeuvres the ranked robot and throws it over, again and again... Team Braveheart aren€™t giving up though, and after one flip Steven manages to reverse quickly against the side of Wedginator X, and seeing an opportunity to rack up some points should this go to the judges Steven guns the E-Tek drive and rams Wedginator sideways across the arena and into the spike strip! A good onslaught by Traffic Warden, but whilst being held against the spike strip Kody manages to nuzzle under the rear of Traffic Warden and throws it over again! Steven looks irritated and bored by the repetitive nature of this fight and drives on the attack again, but Wedginator drives away from the wall to meet him as the flipper resets and again turns Traffic Warden turtle before pushing underneath the inverted robot and ramming it across the arena, this time into the opposite spike strip! Payback scored, but there could also be a problem for Wedginator X here as we see when it attempts to stack Traffic Warden again - the flipper has been fired a lot of times and the flipper is beginning to lose power! Kody senses that he could potentially use this to his advantage, and tries to stack Traffic Warden instead of slamming it against the fence, but with the spikes there the best he can do is hang Traffic Warden up on the spike strip, from where it€™s immense width allows it to sneak down. Kody looks unhappy when told to release Traffic Warden for the third time but complies with the rules and backs into the centre of the arena to meet the oncoming attack from Traffic Warden. Steven drives up the wedge of Kody€™s machine, which fires, and feebly turns Traffic Warden over again, but there€™s no flair or power to these attacks now! Wedginator€™s drive is still working 100% fine though and Kody intends to show it, pushing in underneath Traffic Warden€™s gaping clearance and ramming it around the arena, turning it over against the barrier again, but AGAIN failing to stack the damn machine! It€™s here that Steven finally manages to score a proper attack and rams into the rear of Wedginator X as he falls from the wall, activating the clamps as he rams the green robot into the spike strip before reversing with the powerful E-Tek drive, Wedginator X in tow! Kody looks panicked as the clock ticks down and Traffic Warden heads in the direction of the pit... The magmotor drive of Wedginator X is no match for the E-Tek powerhouse of the ranked machine, but there just isn€™t enought time left in the round for Traffic Warden to pit Wedginator X and score a lucky win in the dying seconds, so this match will have to go to the judges. Let€™s see what they make of it.

CEASE!

Judge€™s Decision:

Damage ~ Neither robot caused a great deal of damage to the other, when the judges inspected the robots for damage in the pits Traffic Warden had some more slight dents and scratches, probably from being flipped around so much.
16/14 in favour of Wedginator X

Aggression ~ Both robots showed very good aggression throughout, but it was Wedginator that showed the more controlled and useful aggression.
15/5 in favour of Wedginator X

Control ~ Wedginator dominated the fight apart from two parts, the first lasted just a few seconds when Traffic Warden pushed Wedginator against the spike strip, but the second did show Traffic Warden presenting good control (at the very end of the fight when it grabbed hold of Wedginator).
8/2 in favour of Wedginator X

Overall ~ 39/21 in favour of Wedginator X

Traffic Warden [#4] bows out at the same stage it did last season; Wedginator X advances to the semi-finals!

Quarter-Final Two

Ranked #5, Wedga Ennea!
MMpts ~ 23
Season Record ~ N/A - Semi-Finals

Delirium Tremors!
MMpts ~ 10
Season Record ~ N/A - N/A

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Team Devil€™s Incarnate
Booth Blue: Team ???

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Another high seed vs. rookie fight commences, but this time the newcomer getting it€™s dangerous weaponry up to speed - the high power drum of Delirium Tremors. Wedga Ennea isn€™t wasting any time though and races across the arena, colliding with the drum spinner and firing the flipper, but failing to get any real purchase on the drum. Instead there is a huge shower of sparks and DT is knocked backwards, but so is Wedga, and Zarte immediately drives forward on the attack, slamming into the open flipper of Wedga Ennea and buckling the front of the flipper as well as throwing the whole robot up and over! Fortunately for Andy the angle of his robot and the components under the flipper meant that the drum couldn€™t really dig into the internal workings of Wedga Ennea, but all the same the 1cm of titanium on the flipper plate is bent out of shape and that could be problematic later on. All the same Andy self-rights and drives back on the attack swiftly, getting underneath the wheels on one side of Delirium Tremors and flipping the whole thing up and over sideways! It€™s fully invertible however and quickly goes back on the attack, slamming against the side of Wedga Ennea and throwing it up and over in a smattering of sparks, but not stopping there and rushing on into its side when its inverted, buffeting the blue robot and tossing it against the barrier! Wedga is quick to self-right, but it now has a nice set of scars down the side where the drum made contact! This weapon is clearly highly dangerous and Zarte spins it up again for another attack, barricading Andy against the spikes... but Team ??? are fearless in their next onslaught and drive flat out against DT again, this time succeeding with the timing of their flipper and throwing the Team Devil€™s Incarnate machine backwards across the arena while sustaining little to no damage themselves.

Andy is clearly eager to follow up this attack with another and drives across the steel floor after Delirium Tremors in an attempt to throw it over the fence, but Zarte drives on the attack with the drum spinning and hits the front flipper plate of Wedga Ennea again, buckling it further and throwing the robot over onto its back! Like earlier though the attack doesn€™t end there and Zarte drives into the inverted machine with the drum spinning, throwing it back over onto its wheels in an explosion of titanium sparks, although it doesn€™t seem to have made so much of an impression against the thick titanium monocoque this time. Wedga quickly recovers and drives back on the attack of Delirium Tremors, attempting to get the bent flipper underneath the left wheel pod of Zarte€™s machine, but it€™s just too crumpled to do it and this allowed Team Devil€™s Incarnate to J-hook around and slam into the side of Wedga Ennea, throwing the boxy wedge shaped machine up and over onto its back for a third time, but again they move in before it can right itself and slam it with the drum, tossing it over so that the back of the robot lands on the spike strip, taking away all tracion while the robot sits there uselessly! DT spins up for the killing blow, but Wedga Ennea isn€™t finished yet and fires its flipper to work itself free of the spikes and go back on the attack, heading across the arena to hit the pit release button!

Zarte sees an opening here though and trundles across the arena after Wedga Ennea to try and hit it out of the arena while its back is turned, but at 7mph it€™s just not fast enough to get there before Andy can turn and ram under the drum again, firing the flipper and knocking DT back onto the buzz saws! BZZT! They rise up and spin DT away across the arena floor, fortunately in a direction away from the pit, but one of the back tyres has been horribly sliced into and Zarte€™s machine is moving with a limp now, impairing it€™s already slow speed! Wedga quickly goes back on the attack and drives towards Delirium Tremors, but Zarte swings the bot around and hits the front corner of Wedga, flipping it up into the air just for a moment so that it can ram in at the base armour, and he does so, ripping into the 7mm titanium in fantastic style and throwing the ranked machine over again! Andy self-rights yet another time, and moves unhindered, proving the base armour is not as badly damaged as the side armour, and drives back on the attack again, but DT is back up to speed and drives up the front wedge, scraping and grinding against the flipper blade for a few moments before it€™s fired, popping Zarte up into the air, but not very far away this time - could the flipper be running out of power? Team Devil€™s Incarnate are certainly hoping to take advantage of if it is and drive immediately back in on another onslaught, ripping into Wedga Ennea and throwing it over yet AGAIN, yet still continuing and bouncing the 5th seeds across the steel floor of the arena and against the pit release that it opened earlier on! It€™s been taking damage over this whole bout, and now Wedga Ennea looks broken and beaten, lying on its back with the flipper wide open, covered in dents and scars and it doesn€™t seem to be self-righting - it€™s venting carbon dioxide gas! The match certainly is over now it would seem, as despite all the damage it€™s taken DT is still moving, unlike it€™s beaten opponent.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!

Wedga is down and out of the contest again, but DT just wants to add some insult to injury and drives in with the drum spinning, pushing against the fence and throwing the carcass of Wedga Ennea onto the rail! It teeters precariously for a moment before falling off balance and out of favour, crashing onto the camera tracks and out of the competition after fighting so valiantly!

CEASE!

Wedga Ennea [#5] is broken, beaten and out of the arena; Delirium Tremors advances to the semi-finals!

Battleboard
Traffic Warden [#4] vs. Wedginator X
Wedga Ennea [#5] vs. Delirium Tremors

And next up...

Battleboard
Autoism 4.0 [#12] vs. The Servant€™s Assistant
Eye of Ran II vs. Mobile Failure 2.5