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Doesnt hurt. I like to be prepared. :wink:
Doesnt hurt. I like to be prepared. :wink:
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Hmm...Ivy cant attack me if I dont attack her. If that doesnt work, I guess Id be able to call in the Plunderbird boys and get them to sing in Kodys control booth. That PLUS the Crazy Frog theme tune ought to do it.
With Obliteration, just spin up and attack. Having said that, Ive just realised there could be a risk of self-destruction in this tournament. Meh. What do I care? Oblys young, itd do him good to get some experience. Besides, hell probably be in better shape than Idiot.Comment
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Kustom, the fearsom drum thing by Frank apparently, vs How Many Entries, a giant 50 mm titanium dome with a kilobots two-wheel drivetrain in the middle, by Anthony
€¦5...4...3!
Kustom races out of the black square with its completely sensible aggressive weapon, as HME slowly waddles out of the yellow square, around the non-existant ramps, which only appeared there because of the heavy concentration of mercury in the atmosphere. HME turns a bit, and goes through the purple imaginary ramps, and Kustom follows, turning fast to angle its feasibly working drum into a weak spot on HMEs armour. It misses, due to there being actually no weak spot in the entire lamination of 50 mm thick titanium, and instead hits the titanium.
Its only a glancing blow though, because it clearly did no damage, as HME bounces away and rolls on the round custom-cut rim thanks to its unusually high centre of gravity, and Kustom pushes itself up in the air a bit due to the magnetic effects of the ferrous drum and the giant, pointless, electromagnet in the floor below it. It soon finds ground again, and drives 2 cubits, then back one, then turns to the side, then does a 270 degree turn in the opposite direction to anticipate HMEs coming around from the side facing the central arena, and the drum once again does nothing to the supurior armour of its competitor, except knock itself back a bit.
Kustom recovers partially, and tries a new strategy, turning backwards to ram its rear wedge under HMEs... self.
This would work, except Kustom almost misses HME completely. In half-arena long rush towards HME, Frank miscalculated the tragectory, causing Kustom to hit its opponent dead on, run right under it, out the back and into a wall, as if HME had never left the floor. Deciding to try this with less speed Frank positions Kustom again, only for HME to ram into IT, although it effectively benches the giant titanium tit on one of Kustoms very modest and realistic skirts by about a millimetre, the only clearance the ill-conceived robot has.
Kustom cant move apparently, because this push stuck its rear right corner under a spike. So it rotates around the stuck point, shaking HME off. HME backs up and watches, but Kustom manages to wiggle free. HME tries to encircle its opponent, while Kustom drives forward and turns, keeping the wedge facing How Many Entries. Kustom scrapes under the smooth edge of the dome, and pushes HME into the wall near the green square diagonally. The leverage from the spikes on the wall, and the smooth efficient custom armour of both robots cause HME to flip upside down, and barrel roll (bobbing into the air) on its round side across the arena like a coin. It hits the other end, bounces and double-flips onto its wheels again. The dome is an effective self-righting mechanism, clearly.
Kustom drives over to lunge its moderately decent offensive weapon at the disoriented foe, and does nothing other than make sparks. Frank backs off and waits, seeing that How Many Entries might be incapacitated. Indeed, Anthony doesn€™t remember charging the robot at any time. Actually, he doesn€™t even remember building it. All he remembers is being poorer suddenly. Poor Anthony! His supposed entry only had the charge in the capacitor left over from the factory. How Many Entries is counted out.
Kustom moves on to the second round!
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And now for its arch-nemesis, Anti-Kustom, the anti-celebrity driven by anti-roboteer Anthony, vs A Random Act of Satan!
€¦5!
The audience is a bit confused. Once the match starts, absolutely no fighting occurs. Anti-Kustom apparently defies gravity, and flies quickly to the top of the ceiling due to air pressure and centrifugal force. It€™s stuck! A Random Act of Satan is actually a pile of bricks in a wheelbarrow. Seconds go by€¦ minutes€¦ Anti-Kustom remains stuck at the top of the arena. The refs consider pausing the match to get it down, but nobody has a high enough ladder. A Random Act of Satan remains completely motionless in its square, due to the utter lack of any motile mechanism in it known to man. Suddenly a wheel pops off and the wheelbarrow falls onto its side, spilling the bricks. This is not looking good for Martijn€™s team! A few of the bricks crack when they hit the floor, sending tiny brick pieces everywhere for people to inhale and get cancer from. Some of the bricks remain intact. The match is a draw, as both robots are counted out a few seconds after the match starts, and neither has done anything to the other.
Anti-Kustom and A Random Act of Satan move on to the second round!
Two fights down for this round, eleven, plus or minus four standard deviations to go!
(Message edited by parassyte on May 18, 2006)Comment
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that bad eh?
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Yup
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Im scared for my two bots now
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I really wish I had put more thought into my entries, I hope that can be remedied with a second tournament laterComment
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I wish I had put less thought into mine
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I wish I had put ANY thought into mine
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Youll see why the next ones taking a while when I post it.Comment
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quote:
Youll see why the next ones taking a while when I post it.
Oh dear, were all doomed
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Been watching Buffy, Kody? That line is vintage Giles
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Nah, I dont watch that stuff.Comment
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Varients of were doomed has got to be one of the most common catchphrases going...Comment
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Like Ive got a bad feeling about this...Comment
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