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[parassyte]

Hello, Nick here, you might remember me from hits such as... well none really.

Im announcing the birth of an experimental competition. Ill write all the fights. Enter new or old, real or fic, 100 kg robots, and theyll compete in a single-elimination tournament.

There is a simple, completely clean arena with no discernable traps in it whatsoever, other than the spikes on the sides. No house robots. 20x20m.

I promise to write the fights as accurately as I possibly can, but I can only write as accurate as your stats allow. No requirements though. Youre welcome to try submitting a robot with four wheels and no other description, but be warned, you may not like what I put on it.

There is one catch: I will make the fights completely impossible, improbable, and impractical. Expect ludicrous outcomes and ridiculous denial of physics. Im serious when I say this: dont take any of it seriously.

This is just testing the water, so 16 entries at most. Begin!

[swiss_tony]

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How many entries per person? 1? 2?

[alex_holt]

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Hmm..... Ill enter nodachi

http://www.alexjholt.tkwww.alexjholt.tk

[pcbore]

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Name: Kustom

Shape: Invertible box

Speed: 20 MPH

Weapon 1: A front drum, spinning at 46947 RPM using a customised motor and drive train to give it near instant acceleration, able to rip any kind of armour to shreds.

Armour: 3 MM of a customised alloy, which is lighter than Polycarb but completely invincible.

Drive: 4-wheel drive running off a customised drive-train, providing it with 100 HP

GC: 0 all over thanks to customised skirts, which will not be gotten under by ANYTHING. The only reason this can move is because it has such a powerful drive.

Strengths: Everything is customised

Weaknesses: Reality.

[kodster]

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Didnt expect to see me again so soon? Well I only got a little break and I saw this tournament. Hmm...Ill enter Ivy. I dont expect to win anything, I just want to kick Kustoms big, shiny, metallic arse.

Dont worry about e-mailing the fights, Nick. Every post on here goes to my e-mail address. Thats how I saw this thread come into being. :wink:

Ivys stats can be found here. http://strickenone.proboards99.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1145 113703http://strickenone.proboards99.com/i...display&thread =1145113703

EDIT: This is Ivys first real tournament, because Ryujin, the descendant, never competed. PLEASE make her fight(s) good.

(Message edited by kodster on May 16, 2006)

[parassyte]

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quote:

How many entries per person? 1? 2?

Excellent! Thanks for entering. Your entry stats are being processed.

Current robots:

-Nodachi
-How Many Entries
-Kustom
-Ivy

were a quarter of the way there, so keep em coming. If any of you want to enter a second, you can.

[majinb]

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a wacky tournament hey? Ill enter A Night at the Bar for this

Name - A Night at the Bar

Shape - A wide cylinder-shaped axlebot

Weight - 100 Kilogram

Speed - 24 km/h (15mph, geared for control)

Dimensions - 25x110x25 cm

Ground Clearance - Well, it€™s an axlebot€¦

Power - 2 S28-400 Magmotors at 24 volt

Movement - Two axlebot wheels, 25cm diameter

Turning Circle - Zero

Weaponry - In the middle of the cylinder, at 5 cm above the floor, is a 60 cm hardox bar with thick tungsten teeth on it. It weighs 25 kilogram and is powered by a B42-500Magmotor at 36 volt, spinning at 2000 rpm, giving it a nice spin up time. It€™s able to poop 55 kJ of energy straight into any opponent, so ha! The bar is mounted in such a way that it sticks out from the front and from the back, basically making it a double-headed spinning bar.

The only reason my bot can keep on driving normally even though it has only two wheels on the floor is because the centre of gravity is somewhere near the middle of the two teeth.

Armour - If you split the cylinder in halve, horizontally, the upper part of it is 4,5 mm hardox, and the lower part 5 mm, which is to centre the weight around the lower part, which is needed for the srimech. The insides are made shockproof with rubber, so it won€™t be destroyed by it€™s own weapon.

Srimech - Seeing there is a huge bar spinning in front and at the back of the bot, chances are a wedge won€™t be able to get underneath it from there anyway.
IF it is flipped, the bar will stop spinning and glide inside the cylinder, where it perfectly fits. At that point the bot is an almost perfect cylinder, and will be able to roll. The centre of gravity will roll in such a way that it will point downwards. As I designed it, the centre of gravity should be somewhere in the middle of the tungsten teeth, therefore it will roll to the position shown on the pick, and the bar will be put on again.

Strenghts - Devastating weaponry sticking out at the front and back, at only 5 cm above the floor. Should be able to fend off wedges.
Weakness - Can bounce off though armour, or the arena wall, or even the arena floor when the cylinder topples. And seeing my ONLY contact with the floor is the two wheels, this might become a rocking chair on steroids. Won€™t be pushing very much either.

Here€™s a pic; http://jupiter.walagata.com/w/madbull/Bar.gifhttp://jupiter.walagata.com/w/madbull/Bar.gif

[siphai]

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The Windmill for this

http://farr.proboards21.com/index.cgi?board=targeted&action=display&thread=112 5588619http://farr.proboards21.com/index.cg...y&thread=11255 88619

[andrewj]

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Ive been waiting for this for a long time. Give us a bit to throw an entry together and you can definately count me in.

Edit: Am I to presume the arena is enclosed with no OOTAs? Maybe its time to reveal my new bar spinner Influence...

(Message edited by andrewj on May 16, 2006)

[steven_mcg]

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It dont get much wackier than this:

TAILS: http://fvagroup.proboards39.com/index.cgi?board=braveheart&action=display&thread=1 124711267http://fvagroup.proboards39.com/inde...display&thread =1124711267

Nice to see youre still actually alive, Nick.

[dinowarrior]

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Hmm...by logic, it may be best to enter Orka, or Die-Ceratops; them being more experienced. But since that doesnt really apply, Obliteration it is!

OBLITERATION

Weight: 100 kilos
Body Shape: Revolutionist
Speed: 5mph
TC: 0
GC: 5mm all the way round. It has to be.
Wheels: 8 inner (4 on top, 4 below)
Armour: 7mm titanium
Power: It drives on 3x 12v batteries plus a couple of Magmotors. For the weaponary, the power matches Phrizbee.
Colour: Dark blue with tinges of black and brown.
Weapons: This robot is a full body spinner. The teeth are increibally sharp. It spins at about 500 rpm, and does damage similar to Phrizbee.
Srimech: Unusual for a FBS, this robot runs inverted.
Inspiration: It sounded cool. It also sounds like a ride at an amusment park, if you ask me.
Strengths: Body! Need I say more?
Weaknessess: Rather slow, First timer

BIO
Obliteration has the disposition of a train wreck many times over. Though he prefers to take his time around the arena, his super powerful spinning body delivers a nasty blow. Obliteration is a first stringer, and considers himself A closer - And he doesnt like having his photo taken for some reason! Watch out for this guy - hes no sweet pleasent ride let me tell you!

[parassyte]

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There are OOTAs. The arena has a low wall and a moat, with a standard shell of polycarb encasing everything.

(Message edited by parassyte on May 16, 2006)

[knightrous]

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Ill enter my favourite, most realistic design currently in my collection:

Name: Mass Disctruction Revolution (MDR)
Motivation: Wheels
Speed: 10.5MPH
Ground Clearance: 10mm
Weight: 100kg
Height: 140mm
Length: 700mm
Width: 700mm
Weapon: MDR sports a nifty 25.69kg Titanium Spinning Rim. The spinning rim is powered by a C40 Magmotor on 36v and is geared 5:1, rotating the spinning shell at 1200rpm and should spin up in around 2 seconds to max speed.
Drive: 2 x S28 Magmotors on 36v geared 12:1 onto a 140mm diameter wheel. Wheels are coated in urethane rubber to get more traction. The combined drive has 8HP peak power.
Batteries: 120 x 3600mAh NiCad Cells made into 36v packs. Produces 36v @ 14.4Amp/Hours
Armor: 5mm Aluminium top and bottom.
Notes: Invertible and easily to drive.

Strengths: Spinning weapon can attack/defend from any direction and has a moderately good 4WD drive train.
Weakness: High ground clearance might leave it susceptible to wedges and flippers. Rammers may try to box rush.

[swiss_tony]

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There are OOTAs. The arena has a low wall and a moat, with a standard shell of polycarb encasing everything.
So you count my question about the tourtament an entry without even answering it, but you count Andys as a question?

[majinb]

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well, he did state you were allowed to enter a second robot, effectively answering your question...

and you could always replace How many entries with anothor robot I think, otherwise just call one of your vapours How many entries during this tournament

EDIT: just been browsing through Kodys team of vapourbots, I think its great to have such a fairly good and new team in the sports, dontcha think?

(Message edited by MajinB on May 17, 2006)