The Vapourbot Awards 2008

[kodster]

Right, I guess it is time for I to cast in my nominations...

Most Original Design

Hum...I quite like Venus Fly Trap. Something that can flip, clamp, crush, push with that nifty weapons system. Steve-Os still got it.

Best Design

The May Tracks Has You. Its strategy to flip and rip tyres works exceedingly well IMO.

Most Overrated Vapourbot

That would be breaking the rules...

Most Underrated Vapourbot

Nitro-Gene 5.0, just because it was made by a guy whos developed somewhat of a bad reputation doesnt mean its crap, though it has come a long way from crappy incarnations. Slaying Mantis F and Monsoon Magnum came close because they underachieve quite a bit too.

Most Original Designer

Joey McConnell, Id say.

Best Designer

Alex Holt, he makes bots that win and look cool doing it.

Most Overrated Vapourboteer

That would be breaking the rules...

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

Hmm...toughie this. Id give it to Chezza (who now goes by the username No Wai) for hes actually bothered to participate and his bots, though good they are, dont seem to be getting the rep they deserve.

Most Improved Vapourboteer

Paul Cuomo. His bots may be still sub-par, but not nearly as much as they were before.

Idiot of the Year

Andrew Jackson. Lay off the cider, willya?! Youll kill yourself. :P

Best Sportsman

Martijn Benschop, he always keeps a cool head.

Best Render

Alex Holts render of Slammer VI looked really nice, I must say.

Funniest Moment

AJs drunken ramblings...

Biggest Surprise of the Year

Richard Southworth returning to write VFT 7.5! I honestly did not see that coming. O_O

Best Custom House Robot

Hmm...Bane from Franks squad.

Best Custom Arena

Liam Eliots Robot SMASH!! arena.

Best Comedy Bot

Sevas Turbo Tails.

Best Clusterbot

Door Stops.

Best Interchangeable Robot

Slammer VI

Best Rammer

Monsoon Magnum. Its a damn good rammer but it seems to be underachieving a bit.

Best Walker

Hex Appeal.

Best Shuffler

Whirligig 4.5. :P

Best Tracked

Darkestar for the sole reason that its made the finals in CC.

Best Front Hinged Flipper

G4briel Gabriel IV.

Best Rear Hinged Flipper

Achilles. Wedge Devolution is getting on in years. :P

Best Axe

Killotine: EVO still has it, IMO.

Best Horizontal Spinner

Eye of Ran is looking good, another underachiever.

Best Vertical Spinner

Leprosy Infection. With a little more tweaking, that terrible drum can do some serious damage.

Best Saw

Back to Rock III, because its done much better than Spin Dash this time.

Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner

PsycloniZer, those hammers seriously pack a punch.

Best Horizontal Crusher

Umm...Gigabyte Evilution.

Best Vertical Crusher

Nidhogg Evo, because it can get its claw into play very effectively.

Best Miscellaneous Weapon

Ah...Traffic Warden looks promising.

Most Effective Weapon

The pit.

Best RPG

The Oddestsey: Return to Odd.

Best Battle

I quite liked SoR vs. Darkestar in the Chevron Championship.

Best New Writer

Damnit, I would have voted for Lewis, but technically since Joey is a newcomer I gotta vote for him. :P

Best New Tournament

The Chevron Championship, even if it is going at snails pace right now. :P

Best Writer

Richard Southworth, packing in a punch with the new VFT.

Best Alternative Event (side events, extremes etc€¦)

Killed Toad Special had me laughing my ass off.

Best Minor Tournament (47 bots and under)

VFT 7.5!

Best Major Tournament (48 bots and over)

Robot SMASH Series 2, it was very good and it was a shame to see RS!!3 go down the drain. :sad:

Best Team

Team DoomForAll. Alex may be a lazy writer but his bots do the talking for him, and get him so many wins its ridiculous. XD

Best New Vapourbot

G4briel Gabriel IV, because its...the best damn front-hinged flipper since Wedgin8or.

Best New Vapourboteer

Meh, Joey McConnell I guess. :P

Best Vapourboteer of 2008

I will probably have to vote for Martijn Benschop here, hes always here to help the newbs, is generally friendly most of the time and kicks a load of butt in the warzone. Has to be Marti.

Best Vapourbot of 2008

For sheer annoyance of other people Im gonna say Wedge Devolution because even though its old, you cant ignore the fact that it is ridiculously successful and manages to keep up with the newer bots. Just wondering what Steve will do with it for the next redesign...oh yes, Steve, theres ALWAYS something you can do with it. :P

Vapourboteer Hall of Fame

Martijn Benschop, for reasons explained in Best Vapourboteer 2008

Vapourbot Hall of Fame (3)

Achilles
Son of Ripper X
Killotine: EVO

Thus concludes my awards.

[samuel3764]

Most Original Design: BIACS-LE
Best Design: PsycloniZer
Most Overrated Vapourbot: That would be breaking the rules€¦ =P
Most Underrated Vapourbot:
Most Original Designer: Alex Holt
Best Designer: Kody Kunz
Most Overrated Vapourboteer: Not intended on answering
Most Underrated Vapourboteer: Chezza
Most Improved Vapourboteer: Me
Idiot of the Year: Ben Read
Best Sportsman: Martijn Benschop
Best Render: Kody€™s Wedgin8or
Funniest Moment: Ben Read uses an apple crumble for srimech
Biggest Surprise of the Year: Liam Eliot retiring
Best Custom House Robot: Charon by Joey McConnell
Best Custom Arena: The Battlegrounds by Kody Kunz
Best Comedy Bot: Turbo Tails
Best Clusterbot: Door Stops
Best Interchangeable Robot: System Shock
Best Rammer: Do or Die
Best Walker: Absolution
Best Shuffler: Whirligig 4.5
Best Tracked: Sheer Heart Attack
Best Front Hinged Flipper: Hot Sauce
Best Rear Hinged Flipper: Wedge Devo
Best Axe: Intriguer
Best Horizontal Spinner: Eye of Ran
Best Vertical Spinner Tira 5
Best Saw: Spin Dash UNLEASHED!
Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner: PsycloniZer, for sure!
Best Horizontal Crusher: I€™d say Death Threat.
Best Vertical Crusher: E Clawdius Unum
Best Miscellaneous Weapon: Hmm€¦ Cobalt, I€™d say.
Most Effective Weapon: PsycloniZer, all the way to Pluto!
Best RPG: Team Zlayerz: Identity Theft
Best Battle: PsycloniZer VS Wedge Devo
Best New Writer: Lewis Matthews
Best New Tournament: Mechanical Maelstrom
Best Writer: Kody Kunz, all the way!
Best Alternative Event: Crash and Burn Extreme
Best Minor Tournament: Robot SMASH!! Mini Tourney
Best Major Tournament: Crash and Burn Tournament
Best Team: Team Zlayerz, duh.
Best New Vapourbot: DreamCatcher, I€™d say.
Best New Vapourboteer: Lewis Matthews
Best Vapourboteer of 2008: Kody Kunz
Best Vapourbot of 2008: Psyclonizer

[kodster]

quote:

Best Walker: Absolution

[majinb]

YEAH! Kodys absolutely right! Absolution isnt a walker, Absolution is a...

wait... your post didnt make any sense to me at all Kody, whats wrong with people voting Absolution for Best Walker?

[kodster]

LMFAO @ being voted most overrated. XD

And yeah Martijn, Absolution got voted in a category that pretty much has to prove its the best walker in 2008 (like in battle), and I can think of a few walkers that have been much better, such as, yes, Hex Appeal (as it actually did fight, and its shown that its a damn fine walker :P), so why Sam and Ben have voted for Absolution I have no idea. :S

(Message edited by kodster on November 22, 200

[majinb]

Then may I point out Kody that in the best new vapour catogery YOU yourself also voted for a robot that never competed so far, even tough 2008 had litteraly dozens of good new vapours that DID compete

... same goes for best front-hinged, weve all yet to see Gabriel IV in action

[kodster]

But its predecessors have done quite well, so Im assuming G4briel Gabriel IV is going to do just as well.

[joey_picus]

Oi, weve had this name discussion before.

Thanks for all the votes though, I honestly didnt think people would consider me in so many odd categories

[kodster]

quote:

Best New Vapourbot
Thiwon

Paul, Ive never seen that vapourbot before...er, whos squad is it on? :S