Tag team action continues now as we move into the Classic arena for a fight no-one will probably care about.
In the black square are Chalkie 3-G and Son of Wedgie, representing Team Shadow of Solarised. Chalkie is no longer a cluster €˜bot, but still remains a brick with little in the way of offensive weaponry, but its unique double skirting and brake system make it hard to move. Son of Wedgie is less defensive, but does that matter when you have enough flipping power to send enemies over the wall? Dave can€™t even remember what his robots do, so I doubt he€™s reading.
In the white square are Scotts team of Insecticide and Stratos-Fear, meaning Scott has gone with the more popular combination of one flipper and one spinner, although with Stratos-Fear€™s flipping power, it may do more damage than its partner. Scott€™s never around anyway so I doubt he cares either. This makes me wonder why I bother typing this as I could just give the result. Meh.
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Son of Wedgie and Insecticide are starting off this bout. Face with the spinner, Wedgie immediately backtracks and tags in Chalkie as Insecticide advances. Chalkie comes out of the traps, but is blindsided and hit on the side by Insecticide. Both Chalkie and Insecticide are spun away, but Dave slams on Chalkie€™s brakes to regain control quickly, and gets under the side of Insecticide! Although the sword lifter rises, Chalkie can€™t seem to get to grips with the strange shape of Insecticide, and it slides off repeatedly as Chalkie tries to lift it up.
After a quick conference with his team mate, Chalkie darts away from Insecticide and out comes Wedgie to see if it can do anything with Insecticide. Insecticide stays where it is for the moment, allowing the flywheel to spin up, before heading out to meet Wedgie. Wedgie stops, turns around and reverses into the flywheel, spinning both machines away, and Wedgie quickly turns to face Insecticide and charges after it! Scott turns the flywheel to face Wedgie, but it€™s not spun up that much, and while Insecticide is spun away slightly, this merely presents its side to Wedgie.
Wedgie gets underneath the odd robot, and flips, sending Insecticide up and over! Insecticide lands on its side, flops over and is flipped again by Wedgie, then pushed and flipped into the CPZ containing Uncle Tomahawk! The deadly axe flails around, missing Insecticide due to the odd shape, and in fact hitting it with the not so deadly shaft. Insecticide gets out before the driver can improve his aim, dodging around Wedgie€™s charge, and turning to strike the side with its flywheel! Insecticide is spun near to its corner, and tags in Stratos-Fear!
Another quick team conference is going on in Solarised€™s team pod, and they decide Chalkie would be better matched for Scott€™s mighty flipper, and so another tag is made. Chalkie comes out, looking ridiculously outsized against Stratos-Fear, but as wedge meets sword, it€™s the sword that comes out on top, and Stratos-Fear is lifted up and pushed backwards effortlessly against the arena wall! Stratos-Fear flips itself away, and Chalkie catches it, running it into the PPZ containing Uncle Tomahawk! For the second time the house robot goes into action as Chalkie reverses, and hits Stratos-Fear a few times before it reverses away, as Scott uncharacteristically (big word folks) decides to concentrate on attacking Chalkie rather than the house robots.
Chalkie isn€™t letting up though, getting into the space between flipper and wheel pod and pushing Stratos-Fear sideways! Stratos-Fear fires its flipper to flip itself off of Chalkie, but all that happens is Chalkie has an easy shot at getting under the rear, and lifts the back end of Stratos-Fear up! The flipper fires again, but Stratos-Fear is unable to dislodge itself, as Chalkie pushes it towards the black corner!
Chalkie tags in Wedgie while holding Stratos-Fear in place, for Wedgie to easily slip under the rear of Stratos-Fear, and pushes it towards the wall! The flipper fires, and Stratos-Fear goes end over end, with the rear end resting on top of the wall! The flipper fires as Stratos-Fear tries to dislodge itself, but what happens is that the tip shoots upwards, and gravity pulls Stratos-Fear over the wall, and onto the camera track!
Insecticide comes out again, flywheel buzzing, and Wedgie reverses at it again. Scott tries to swing Insecticide around to catch the side, but the flywheel clips the corner of Wedgie€™s rear end, slightly stalling itself. By the time Wedgie has turned around however, the flywheel is back up to speed, and it slams into Wedgie€™s side, badly denting the armour!
Wedgie turns around to get under the flywheel of Insecticide, but is once again spun away. Wedgie tries again from a different angle, and this time the flywheel skips itself up the wedge and Insecticide is thrown backwards, with its flywheel bouncing off the floor, and allowing Wedgie to come in again before it can recover and flip it into Bane€™s CPZ! Bane manages to catch hold of Insecticide and gives it a good squeeze with all five fingers before releasing and backing off.
Insecticide is a mess. The top has been bent down severely, and the two €œlegs€ connecting the wheel pods to the main body have also been bent inwards. Although the flywheel is still moving at fully power, one of the wheel pods has completely locked up, and the other seems to be going at half speed. Ironically, looking something like an insect on its last legs, Insecticide is barely twitching in circles. The pit descends, and Flipup arrives for disposal duties.
Insecticide is pushed down with the bucket scoop. Then Wedgie pushes Flipup down after it, while Chalkie has already gone after Uncle Tomahawk and flipped that over too. Wedgie heads after The Militant, flips it once against the wall and then again to send it out of the arena! Both Chalkie and Wedgie spin around in victory, but neither fancy the job of tipping over the massive Bane, so both drive into the pit to signal the end of the little fight.
The winners: Chalkie 3-G, Son of Wedgie, and anyone who likes a bit of house robot attacking
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