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[paulc]

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WHAT A SHOCK! Anyway, my predictions

Round 2

Knightrous Wedge vs. Panicking: To be honest, this fight could go either way, but its mostly going towards Panicking.

Metal Sonic Spin Dash vs. Cosmic Thunder 2: If Steven gets around the sides, he could win, but the faster, lower wedge of Alex M is going to win it here.

HEAT FINAL: PANICKING vs. COSMIC THUNDER 2

From those choices, Im going to go for the highly underrated COSMIC THUNDER 2 to make the series semis.

[matty_haka]

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Great fights as ever Kody

For the heat final I will say... Knightrous v Cosmic Thunder 2.

and then Knightrous to win the heat

Keep up the good work Kody Im loving this series

[knightrous]

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Apply downward pressure on the front lifting arm and ram at the skirts, with 100kg of robot weight focused onto the tip of the lifting arm, it should easily bounce the skirts up and let Knightrous Wedge under. Then manuver Panicking to the arena wall either by ramming him there or flipping him over and and over till I get him against the wall. Stack him against it so he cant drive or wriggle off, or if I can, flip him out.

If I can get the lifting arm into a wheel well, Ill use it to drag him and put him into the pit...


Will also keep Knightrous Wedge nice and slow in this battle. Only using a burst of speed when needed to get out of trouble. I want to focus heavily on controlling the battle.

[pcbore]

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Im going to predict Knightrous Wedge and MSSD to go through

[steven_mcg]

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HEAT I
ROUND 2
Cosmic Thunder 2 VS METAL SONIC SPIN DASH

OK, we can both reach the same top speed. Cosmic Thunder is the more manoueverable, but I should have the more control. Aim for the sides or rear corners of the machine and head for the Pit. If I feel a little braver, smash it into a wall or two and try to scoop it up onto the barbs. Once caught, take a trip to Pit Town before it can flip itself away.

Oh and try to sink my teeth into those lovely big tyres of course.

[siphai]

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I need to get to his sides and flip him about, staying away from the disc of course. Hopefully a quick OOTA will happen here, otherwise get under him and pit him :P

[kodster]

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Knightrous Wedge vs. Panicking

Knightrous Wedge controlled almost the entire fight last time, but it was the favourite, Shovearound 2, who went out instead of Cosmic Thunder 2.

Panicking shoved Powerpoint the Thrasher against the wall, and then Metal Sonic Spin Dash took Mattys machine to the pit.

Roboteers, stand by...

Booth 1: Knightrous Wedge
Booth 2: Panicking

Taki-san and Tira-san look dark and menacing under the arena lights as they patrol their CPZs.

3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!!

Panicking is the first out, but Knightrous Wedge bursts out a second later, right towards the forks of his adversary! The arm outstrips the forks clearance and raises them up, as with the rest of the robot, and Panicking is sent skyward! It crashes back down, right onto its back, but that doesnt stop it from working almost the exact same way. Unfortunately, it also doesnt stop Knightrous Wedges persistance, and the arm penetrates the rear skirt before Panicking has a chance to turn around. This time, however, Aaron does not flip the other bot, but carries it to the wall, and FLIP! But no, for Panicking is indeed slammed against the wall but comes back down, standing on his forks. Knightrous Wedge backs off, but the forks begin to lift, and push Panicking forwards. Instantly, Aaron reacts, as Knightrous Wedge tackles the forks and stacks Panicking against that nice wall again. Panicking however falls right back onto Aarons bots wedge. FLIP! Panicking is tossed, but again against the arena wall, and again standing on his forks, which are propelling Martyns lifter forwards again. Aaron is getting irritated by this, and the big wedge slips under Panicking once more, who falls on him (again ) and carries him with the wedge. Panicking struggles to get off, but it seems Aaron has reached his destination: an empty CPZ! Panicking is tossed against the corner and right onto his back again, but he cant escape, as the house robots have jetted out of their own CPZs at that moment Knightrous Wedge sent Panicking there! Its Taki who takes advantage, tackling the skirt near the forks, penetrating it, and lifting up the Panic Attack lookalike. Tiras blade makes an appearance as it slashes Panickings underbelly! WHAP! ...wait, wheres the crash? OHHHHH!!! Panicking is seperated about 25 feet from his right middle wheel! Knightrous Wedge flies in again, seeing an opportunity, and tries to get the lifter under that fully exposed wheel hole, but Taki lets Panicking down. Aaron lowers his own flipping arm and slides underneath the side, tossing Panicking further into the CPZ! (FLIP!) Tira sidles back, blade back at speed, as Martyn is beginning to panic himself. None too keen on letting the house bots have some more fun though is Aaron, and his wedgebot flicks Panicking right up against the wall! (FLIP!) Panicking however comes down, right side up, and his forks are pointing right at Knightrous Wedges side! Martyn jumps at this, and before Aaron can even blink the forks lift up his bot and hold it high into the air! Its just too bad that Tira had to barge in again.
CRASH!!!
In the confusion of green and purple sparks, Tiras blade brutalizes the side skirt of Panicking, tearing it clean off and flinging it several metres! Panicking is jolted a little but still manages to keep a hold on Knightrous Wedge, and begins to carry him away from the CPZ! The house robots return to their respective corners as Panicking, prize held high, reverses towards the pit release button, rather slowly and at an angle, mind you, due to inflicted damage...Knightrous Wedge fires the flipper in desperation, and it gives Aaron new life: his underbelly slides away from the tip of the forks, and lands on the ground! Horrified, Martyn directs Panicking and it tackles Knightrous Wedge in the rear, but Aaron steers his bot away and turns it around to face Panicking. Both bots collide but its Knightrous Wedge who prevails, defeating the forks and flicking over Panicking (FLIP!), but doesnt stop with the forwards velocity, charging into Panicking before hes even landed, and carrying to the wall...FLIP! And this time its good, as Panicking bounces on the railing and hits the outside floor of the arena.

CEASE!

Panicking really needs to put himself back together.
Knightrous Wedge advances to the Heat I Final!!

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Metal Sonic Spin Dash vs. Cosmic Thunder 2

Metal Sonic Spin Dash, after help from Panicking, disposed of Powerpoint the Thrasher 5 in the pit to move on.

Cosmic Thunder 2 managed to stay out of trouble long enough for Knightrous Wedge to toss crowd favourite Shovearound 2 over the fence.

Roboteers, stand by...

Booth 1: Cosmic Thunder 2
Booth 2: Metal Sonic Spin Dash

Asterix Heroicus loves the spotlight, but today hell have to share it with the scaly 800kg bot Ancalagon the Black.

3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!!

Each bot starts off immediately trying to go after the others sides. MSSD spins around, and then spins in reverse to try and outmanoeuvre Alexs machine, to find that he himself has been outmanoeuvred, as Alex had moved at all since moving right up to MSSD, and now does so! Cosmic Thunder attacks the sides, and slides under them, immediately tossing the hedgehogbot right onto its back. The self-righter comes into play, but it falls right back onto Cosmic Thunders wedge! FLIP! Over goes Steves bot again! Cosmic Thunder charges forward as he flips, and pushes Steves bot towards the arena wall, and denies MSSD a chance to regain his footing! MSSD does not right himself, but waits. Cosmic Thunder slides underneath..only a little, and FLIP! MSSD is flicked against the wall, but comes back down, and Steve activates the srimech, and MSSD almost rolls forward...only to meet Cosmic Thunders wedge again, and FLIP! MSSD is thrown skyward and...OOTA! Short fight that was, ladies and gentlemen! Steve puts his top hat over his eyes in anguish.

CEASE!

Metal Sonic Spin Dash has gotten so rusty to the point where hes not so sonic anymore.
Cosmic Thunder 2 advances to the Heat I Final!!

Heat I Final

Knightrous Wedge vs. Cosmic Thunder 2

Tactics, predictions, comments, thoughts, and some CO2 tanks please.

[knightrous]

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Woot for winning... Now onto the next challenge...

Cosmic Thunder 2

quote:

Weapons - A really nice flipper.

LOL... Best Weapons Stats EVER Im going to aim for the sides and rear, they are the best places for sucess. Same tactics as last time. Wedge, ram to wall, stack/flip.

Be aggressive & controlling

(Message edited 587838 time by teamvertex on January 11, 200

(Message edited by teamvertex on January 11, 200

[paulc]

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Heat I Final

Knightrous Wedge vs. Cosmic Thunder 2: I feel that this might go either way. Knightrous has the more power, but but Cosmic Thunder is the more agile and probably has the more powerful weapon. I believe that Aaron might lose control and Alex will take advantage of that to land Knightrous OOTA, and Cosmic Thunder in the semi-finals

[siphai]

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Weapons - A really nice flipper.

ugh, are you serious? I thought I made Cosmic Thunder a little more specifically than that :P whatever

Anyway this is the same as the first round fight. I was able to get under him without too much difficulty, so try and use my more controlled drive to get around and under him for a flip.

[kodster]

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Knightrous Wedge vs. Cosmic Thunder 2

Both robots went through to the second round after Shovearound 2 was tossed OOTA. Knightrous Wedge then, after an intrusion by the house robots, finally succeeded in flipping Panicking over the fence, while Cosmic Thunder 2 did the like to Metal Sonic Spin Dash, after only two tries.

Roboteers, stand by...

Booth 1: Cosmic Thunder 2
Booth 2: Knightrous Wedge

Its a good day for house robots to fight! Double Whamlet and Obelix Bulguous seem to agree.

3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!!!

Aaron has his robot under control, as Knightrous Wedge drives Cosmic Thunder in a fast-but-not-as-fast-as-he-was-in-the-first-round speed. Cosmic Thunder however appears to be the more controlled, and avoiding a dead head-on charge veers off towards Knightrous Wedges frontal side! WHAM! Both bots collide, unable to get their flipping weapons under each other, yet the angle that they had met at, and their current velocity sends them twirling away, Cosmic Thunder doing a 180 while Knightrous Wedge does a 270. Aaron turns his bot around to try and take advantage of Cosmic Thunders rear but Cosmic Thunder does an about face and charges headlong at him. Finally, both flipping weapons slam into each other! And Aarons prevails! FLIP! A little nervous indeed becomes Alex, as he watches his bot tumble over, but he drives Cosmic Thunder, now landed onto his back, away before Aaron can take advantage again. FLIP! Cosmic Thunder tosses himself up and back onto his proper side, but in comes Knightrous Wedge again! Cosmic Thunder is rammed bu Aaron cant get the arm in, and Alex drives Cosmic Thunder away, looking slightly happier. Knightrous Wedge follows the spacey-looking bot around the arena for a few seconds, when it turns and crashes into him! WHAM! Both weapons meet, and cancel out, sending both bots back a bit. Cosmic Thunder races in to try and slide under that arm, but again its cancelled out, and Knightrous Wedge shows his power now by shoving Alexs bot towards the wall...Oof. Right into it...oh dear! Knightrous Wedge has landed himself on Cosmic Thunders wedge on impact on the wall! FLIP! Aaron finds his bot going over, but hammers the flipper button. Cosmic Thunder is pushing the Wedge towards the wall when it tips up...and onto Cosmic Thunders flipper again! FLIP! Knightrous Wedge is toppled again, and Cosmic Thunder is at the wall now. Oof. Knightrous Wedge is on the wedge of Cosmic Thunder again, but decides to try and right himself off of that. FLIP! Nope. Right back onto the wedge. FLIP! Cosmic Thunder responds with his own flip, but Alex mistimed the flip, as Knightrous Wedge sails BACKWARDS OVER COSMIC THUNDER and not forwards over the arena wall! However Aaron still finds his bot on its back and tries to right it again, and it works, however Cosmic Thunder is driving right at the veterans rear, and slides under it, taking Aarons bot towards the wall opposite! Aaron tries to drive backwards and off the top of Cosmic Thunder but too late: FLIP! Knightrous Wedge is tossed, bounces against the wall and tips onto his arm, to fall right down on his back. FLIP! Not on his back anymore! Cosmic Thunder is back in his face however, but the weapons are stalled again by each other, and its a pushing match. Knightrous Wedge pushes Cosmic Thunder about halfway across the arena, before backing off and heading in reverse for the pit release button. Cosmic Thunder blows by him but going too fast hits the arena wall. Oof. Knightrous Wedge reaches the pit release and hammers it. Siren sounds, pit descends, youve all been there. Anyway Cosmic Thunder is again at Knightrous Wedges side, and again defeats the clearance...FLIP! Oh, but Knightrous Wedge had moved and just got caught by the flipper, being thrown up, but not quite over, and now turns to face Cosmic Thunder, who is coming at him again. However its Cosmic Thunder this time who is defeated, as he runs right up onto the wedge...and on top of Aarons bot! Aaron turns around and BACKS TOWARDS THE PIT! IF HE GOES DOWN ITS ALL OVER - NO! Ohhhh...Cosmic Thunder just gets away off of Knightrous Wedges left side, and goes already to thoughts of attack, ramming the side of Knightrous Wedge again but Knightrous Wedge is away now, and Alex misses his chance, only slightly, though. Aaron is back in though, and back at Alex, slamming Knightrous Wedge into Cosmic Thunder head-on again, but Alex is lucky again as Knightrous Wedges lifting arm fails to slide under Cosmic Thunders flipper! He does, however, go flying over the top of Alexs bot, but thats just what Alex was expecting. Cosmic Thunder turns around almost before Knightrous Wedge has driven off of him and instantly gets to the rear, under it, and FLIP! Overturned Knightrous Wedge again! But Cosmic Thunder doesnt stop there! He goes to the wall, under Knightrous Wedge, and FLIP! At that moment, Aaron hits the flipper button, and Knightrous Wedge rights itself just as he is tossed. His rear end hits the arena wall but he falls right down on all four wheels, facing a Cosmic Thunder with its flipper in the up position! Hurriedly Alex backs off, lowering the flipper, but Knightrous Wedge doesnt want to let him get away with that and rams at him again, catching him before he can turn. Doing so allows him to slide under the corner of Cosmic Thunder and he rams him hard into the wall! WHAM! However, this causes Cosmic thunder to bounce off and away, before the flipping can come into play. Aaron lines Cosmic Thunder up again and goes for the rear end, but Alex isnt going to let his bot got caught again and turns around to face his incoming opponent. WHAM! Knightrous Wedge crashes into Cosmic Thunder, and their weapons cancel out again, right near the wall! Cosmic Thunder is pushed against it, but this causes Knightrous Wedge to get thrown up onto the flipper! FLIP! Aaron again sees his bot go over and fires his flipping arm to right himself, only for Cosmic Thunder to hold him up with the upraised flipper, and throw him into Double Whamlets CPZ! Whamlet responds with a thwack that doesnt hit the rear-ended Knightrous Wedge properly, and bounces off quite easily, but in come the side axes. Knightrous Wedges arm comes down but he is still kept onto his ass.

10...9...8...7...

Obelix rushes out to try and beat the timer, but Cosmic Thunder is in his way and gets bulldozed aside by the mighty house robot!

6...5...4...

Knightrous Wedge is clamped and hacked by the twin axes, which are not causing much damage.

3...2...1...

Obelix tackles Knightrous Wedge and brings down the hammer, missing...

CEASE!

A fight to the finish, right to the ends of the wedges! Our judges seemingly enjoyed that fight.

Knightrous Wedge - Cosmic Thunder 2

Style = 2/5 - 3/5
Control = 2/5 - 3/5
Damage = 2/5 - 3/5
Aggression = 3/5 - 2/5
Strategy = 3/5 - 2/5

Total = 12/25 - 13/25

Close, but no cigar. Knightrous Wedge blows out once again, having at least claimed a seeding.
Cosmic Thunder 2 advances to the Series Semi-Finals!!!

Heat J

Tempest Evil-er-oution (14) vs. Wheely Big Cheese vs. Big Nipper
Back to Rock 2 vs. Disc-O-Inferno vs. GigaByte Evilution

Tactics, predictions, comments, thoughts, and a 2008 Honda S2000 CR please.

[paulc]

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YES!!! I got that prediction right!! Well done Alex!

Tempest Evil-er-oution (14) vs. Wheely Big Cheese vs. Big Nipper: Tempest is tough, but not so tough when the ring isnt spinning. But I believe its going to make it easily through, with the assisstance of Big Nipper!

Back to Rock 2 vs. Disc-O-Inferno vs. GigaByte Evilution: Disc-O-Inferno is going out. The other two will just over-power it.

Heat Winner: I believe that Back To Rock 2, Tempest and Big Nipper all stand a chance. But Ill go with the Nipper.

[kodster]

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Im terribly sorry to ask this, but does anybody have some good stats on the S7 Big Nipper? I cant seem to find them. (I have seen the pic though)

[majinb]

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Andy, I wanna pit Disc-O-Inferno, how about you?

[pcbore]

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I cant remember exactly when they fought, but I do recall Hypnodisc making quite a mess of WBC. Big Nipper is a tough little box, but it has nice flat sides to strike against, and should the Ti armour give way, its compactness will mean the internals will be easy to reach.

Faced with two targets Im confident I can mess up, I intend to take WBC as I think it will take less effort to beat. Im talking a 1 or 2 hit kill here.