The Crash & Burn Tournament 2
All right! This is it, the last heat, and I€™m gonna write the first two fights! RIGHT NOW!
Heat P
Round 1 Battle 1
Clawdius Decimus Murderous (2) vs. Infusion vs. Black Panther Queen
Representing Steven McGregor and Team Braveheart is our tournament runner-up! It€™s our very own: Clawdius Decimus Murderous! A formidable wedge with small box section and high rear wedge, it€™s icy claw, 3000psi, the wedge extender, and wedge side spears work together to give its opponents many things to worry about, including holes.
Skirts again cover the sides and rear, and ground clearance is virtually 0mm all around. 5mm hardox is the armour story, and its S28-300 give it plenty of push, but its so-so manoeuvrability can do it in. Will he get past the silver medal?
C&BT1: Chomped down on GigaByte Evilution, fed Axe-O-Lotl to itself, and pitted ArchAngel of the Abyss in Heat D. It went on to immobilize Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus in the Quarter-Finals, and then upset Orka MK4 in the Semis. And then the Final came, and by the closest hair, he lost to Salamander III, the champ.
Representing Aaron Knight and Team Disctructive Technologies: Infusion! No Betas here, this is a solid bot.
Using technology from Team Whyachi€™s Warrior SKF, its 28kg spinning rim gives its front wedge a Kinetic Boost from top speed of 12mph to 25mph. This will certainly be enough to ram opponents into submission. The spinning rim itself does quite nice damage.
C40-500 power Infusion€™s drive and its ground clearance (7.5 at the rim and sides, 0mm at the front) is the same inverted. Stop the ring, however, and it€™s not really that tough.
C&BT1: Happily tore through Spawn Again in Heat G€™s Round 1, but next round got upset by Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus when Die-Ceratops got it cornered in a CPZ and Ancalagon tore its rim up.
Representing Alex Holt and Team DoomForAll: Black Panther Queen! It€™s one mean kitty.
Its Bosch motors give it a top speed of 24mph, and its Bigger Brother-style flipper and Terrorhurtz-style axe combination will certainly hurt a lot of enemies. It also has skirts, making it mostly invulnerable to other wedges. It€™s shaped like Beta, so the skirts touch at corners and are pretty solid. The armour...is 5mm aluminium boron carbide, not quite that good but 2inches of titanium foam behind the flipper will help withstand hits. Pushing power is also a problem, though.
C&BT1: Did not enter.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: Black Panther Queen, Infusion
Booth 2: Clawdius Decimus Murderous
Yes, it€™s Tira-san again. You only have to endure her evil presence for a little while longer in the tournament. But Ancalagon the Black will always be here to torture you.
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
Kicking off the final heat! Clawdius and BPQ converge upon Infusion, who starts spinning up his rim. We€™re treated to a second for both Clawdius and BPQ charging straight towards Infusion, and then Infusion suddenly blasts right towards...Clawdius! The wedge of Infusion actually gets under Clawdius€™ wedge extender, and ultimately completely under Clawdius! Steve braces for the impact as Infusion gives the wall a treat. WHAM! Clawdius is smacked against it and bounces away like a rag doll.
Add to that, now he€™s on his side. BPQ comes in from behind, and stops short, wary of the spinning rim. Infusion turns to him instead, and that€™s when Alex goes for it. Infusion rushes at him, and again Aaron is successful, but Alex brings down his bot€™s axe: WHACK! The top of Infusion is smacked but amazingly, absolutely no damage is caused. Aaron grins unpleasantly at Alex beside him, before taking Black Panther Queen to the wall like Clawdius. WHAM! Clawdius self-rights as BPQ imitates the 2nd seed, bouncing away and landing right on his back. Infusion moves towards him with the rim, as BPQ self-rights, and the rear skirt gets it!
CRASH!!!
Say goodbye to the main body, rear skirt! Gone, flung across the arena, and lands near Tira-san, who runs over it just because she can.
Back to the fight...BPQ again charges Infusion, who manages to get out of the away before a WHAM happens...ooh, too late, Clawdius takes it out of his hands! He€™s got Infusion from the side! He takes him to the wall - AUGH, Infusion falls sideways off the wedge...the spears didn€™t seem to help here.
CRASH!
Ooh, a sneaky hit to Clawdius€™ side but it€™s rather ineffective against the 5mm hardox of the silver medal winner, and Steve intends to make him pay! Of course, he can€™t intend anything when Infusion is getting away from him. BPQ comes in now and tackles Infusion, who gets it in the rim, and is stopped, and just avoids another charge from Clawdius. Ah, the rim is back up to speed, pleasing Mr. Knight. Clawdius makes the suicide dive, going right towards Infusion...who spins around, and backs off. Oh wait, he€™s backing up, not off, for he€™s charging Clawdius again! Whoa! Such force is used! Clawdius is again foiled in a wedge penetration and gets taken...into BPQ! WHAM! Clawdius is slammed into Alex€™s bot and topples onto it, the claw slightly hooked around the axe. Infusion quickly turns and smacks BPQ€™s side with the rim.
CRASH!!!
Another skirt gone. Percentage of winning decreased. Yep. BPQ hardly moves from the impact due to Clawdius stuck on him, but the srimechs work to push Clawdius off of BPQ. Of course, that gives Infusion the chance to spin up his rim again, and it€™s at full tilt by the time Clawdius is finally upright. BPQ backs away from Clawdius, as Infusion comes in with the rim, and manages to strike Clawdius€™ own side skirt.
CRASH!!!
Ooh. Clawdius appears to be tougher than BPQ because the skirt took the impact like nobody€™s business, and remains firm.
Aaron frowns, and turns to point the wedge at Clawdius...and Alex attacks! BPQ shoves his flipper in, tackling Infusion€™s side! FLIP! Infusion topples, going over and onto his back! WHAM! Infusion is slammed against the wall! Down comes the axe! WHACK! Hit withstood, but here comes a bigger threat: Clawdius! The wedge gets under Infusion€™s front, finally, and the claw sinks down...why are they letting Infusion€™s rim spin up?
Alex seems to realize this, and flips Infusion against the wall.
CRASH!
It works against them, as Infusion smashes his rim against the wall and is spun away before Clawdius can get his claw in! And guess what? Infusion endured the hit and is spinning the rim up again! Steve facepalms, as this clearly isn€™t going the way he wanted it to. Of course, Alex feels similarly, but BPQ ploughs on, smacking into the front of Infusion...and fails again. WHACK! The axe hits Infusion again, hardly affecting it, as BPQ is brought to the wall and WHAM! A wince from Alex is all that€™s needed to explain the hit, and BPQ is inverted. Infusion moves in again, and smacks BPQ€™s side as it self-rights, hitting it at an awkward angle.
CRASH!!!
The 5mm aluminium boron carbide proves NOT to be resilient at all, being torn up almost instantly on contact, not to mention that he€™s been prevented from righting himself! Unfortunately Infusion can€™t continue his attack due to an interference from Clawdius who interferes, and moves towards Infusion aggressively. Infusion backs up again, prepared to ram Clawdius, but Clawdius catches up pretty quickly, actually. Aaron suddenly turns his bot around, and Clawdius drives right into the rim!
CRASH!
A hit, but a glancing one at that. What€™s notable is that the hit has bounced Infusion sideways off of Clawdius, and pointing right at his side! It€™s too bad that he fails to slide under the skirt of Clawdius, though, and the said Clawdius turns towards him. BPQ has now righted himself and makes a beeline towards Infusion€™s side. Aaron notices this and backs Infusion away from Clawdius, but BPQ keeps on coming. So...Infusion turns around to hit him with that gorgeous rim.
CRASH!!!
Titanium proves to be more reliable than aluminium boron carbide, as the flipper stands up to that quite nicely.
10...9...8...7...
Clawdius barges in, smacks into Infusion€™s side, and carries it to the wall! WHAM! What a hit! Infusion gets a taste of his own medicine!
6...5...4...
Infusion backs off again...but Clawdius catches up and gets under him again...WHAM! Into another wall!
3...2...1...
BPQ is moving rather slowly...maybe that last hit did something after all...Clawdius sinks the down into the Infusion he€™s captured, but...
CEASE!
JUDGES! I WANT YOU...to decide the loser of this fight.
Clawdius Decimus Murderous - Infusion - Black Panther Queen
Style = 2/5 - 2/5 - 1/5
Control = 3/5 - 1/5 - 1/5
Damage = 1/5 - 3/5 - 1/5
Aggression = 2/5 - 1/5 - 2/5
Strategy = 2/5 - 2/5 - 1/5
Total = 10/25 - 9/25 - 6/25
Black Panther Queen gets put out of its misery.
Clawdius Decimus Murderous (2) and Infusion advance to Round 2!
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Round 1 Battle 2
Terror Gear 3 vs. The Crashing Bore vs. Spring-BOK!
Representing Anthony Politzi and Team Hitmen: Terror Gear 3! Let€™s start out by saying it€™s got 8mm titanium armour. Drive is powered by four Perm 032s @ 24v, achieving 26mph. Its front hinged wedges are joined by one sheet of metal to help its 15kg drum (also powered by Perm 032s, only two) hit things.
It also has side skirts and is fully invertible. Apparently it also has a double-edged thwacker at the rear, and the ground clearance there is 3mm...
C&BT1: Mother Of All Bricks: IE rammed it to hell in Heat B Round 1.
Representing Frank Goacher and Team Bored: The Crashing Bore! This is one of the three oldest vapourbots ever, but of course he€™s not gonna let you know that.
Box with wedge, it screams, with a 10mm extension at the front which goes flat along the ground, so it should get under anything, plus side and rear skirts. 6mm titanium and a 4mm polycarbonate laminate is the armour here. And it has 3 weapons, the first being a Mousetrap-style blade powered by an Etek. It€™s shaped like ^^^^^^^ so it can strike in many places and cause more damage. It also has a drill that comes out of a hole in the wedge to drill through trapped opponents, and the third set of weapons are 20cm long spikes at the rear, wedge-like, but mostly used for stability. The drive is powered by a single Etek giving it 12mph top speed, but the manoeuvrability is questionable.
C&BT1: Destroyed completely by Mass Disctruction Ultimate 3.1 in Round 1 of Heat C.
Representing Christopher Mason and Team Dinowarrior is the last new bot to fight in this entire tournament: Spring-BOK! Basically, think Firestorm with a launch pad instead of a flipper and you€™ve got it.
The armour is 8mm titanium, with 2mm orange fur. It€™s got side srimechs as well, just to avoid it getting stuck on its side. More Magmotors for this creation, and it€™s going at 12mph, with a 2WD. A police siren will sound from inside the bot as a back-up plan to make bots think they€™re about to get the book, and run off, but it probably won€™t work.
It€™s flammable, so that will make for some great fun...and it€™s untested but it has experience? Blimey...
C&BT1: Did not enter.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: The Crashing Bore, Spring-BOK
Booth 2: Terror Gear 3
Exa-Gore-Ic: AI is ready to crush, and Obelix Bulguous is ready to pound.
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
Say hello to the last Round 1 fight of The Crash and Burn Tournament 2.
The Crashing Bore ominously sidles out of his spot, to be set upon by Spring-BOK immediately. TG3 completely the food chain by attacking Spring-BOK in turn, and the drum smacks it from behind!
CRASH!
Good hit, and the fur flies, but that 8mm is stubborn and is holding you out, Terror Gear 3.
The Crashing Bore launches itself at the very temporarily-stunned Spring-BOK and clamps upon it with the blade. CLANG! The trap smacks it! Ooh, Frankie€™s got €™em.
No damage, but no problem - Spring-BOK can€™t get away. Tony decides to help Frank do away with this one, and marches in the drum again.
CRASH!
More fur again, but the result is the same as the previous blow: no visible damage to the 8mm titanium. Ooh...can you hear the drill going to work on Spring-BOK€™s armour? BZZT! TG3 takes a hit from the arena saws! And the drum doesn€™t appear to be clogged up one bit, though you can see the odd bit of fur stuck on the teeth.
The Crashing Bore takes Spring-BOK to the flame pit! Now THIS is what we wanted to see!
FWOOOOM! Ah, yes, I think that about does it for Spring-BOK. Roasty, roasty, indeed.
TG3 backs into the pit release button, opening it...and The Watcher bumps The Crashing Bore to release his captive.
CRASH!!!
HEY! What was that for?!
TG3 has smacked into The Watcher, and unbelievably, sent him flying onto his back! The Crashing Bore decides that enough is enough, and goes towards the pit, and ends the rather short final Round 1 match, as a burnt, tattered, and obviously crest-fallen Spring-BOK enters the pit of oblivion.
CEASE!
Spring-BOK, fated for the flames, and fated for the pit.
Terror Gear 3 and The Crashing Bore advance to Round 2!
Round 2
Clawdius Decimus Murderous (2) vs. Terror Gear 3
Infusion vs. The Crashing Bore
Tactics, predictions, comments, thoughts, and a new USB cable please.
All right! This is it, the last heat, and I€™m gonna write the first two fights! RIGHT NOW!
Heat P
Round 1 Battle 1
Clawdius Decimus Murderous (2) vs. Infusion vs. Black Panther Queen
Representing Steven McGregor and Team Braveheart is our tournament runner-up! It€™s our very own: Clawdius Decimus Murderous! A formidable wedge with small box section and high rear wedge, it€™s icy claw, 3000psi, the wedge extender, and wedge side spears work together to give its opponents many things to worry about, including holes.

C&BT1: Chomped down on GigaByte Evilution, fed Axe-O-Lotl to itself, and pitted ArchAngel of the Abyss in Heat D. It went on to immobilize Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus in the Quarter-Finals, and then upset Orka MK4 in the Semis. And then the Final came, and by the closest hair, he lost to Salamander III, the champ.
Representing Aaron Knight and Team Disctructive Technologies: Infusion! No Betas here, this is a solid bot.


C&BT1: Happily tore through Spawn Again in Heat G€™s Round 1, but next round got upset by Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus when Die-Ceratops got it cornered in a CPZ and Ancalagon tore its rim up.
Representing Alex Holt and Team DoomForAll: Black Panther Queen! It€™s one mean kitty.

C&BT1: Did not enter.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: Black Panther Queen, Infusion
Booth 2: Clawdius Decimus Murderous
Yes, it€™s Tira-san again. You only have to endure her evil presence for a little while longer in the tournament. But Ancalagon the Black will always be here to torture you.

3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
Kicking off the final heat! Clawdius and BPQ converge upon Infusion, who starts spinning up his rim. We€™re treated to a second for both Clawdius and BPQ charging straight towards Infusion, and then Infusion suddenly blasts right towards...Clawdius! The wedge of Infusion actually gets under Clawdius€™ wedge extender, and ultimately completely under Clawdius! Steve braces for the impact as Infusion gives the wall a treat. WHAM! Clawdius is smacked against it and bounces away like a rag doll.

CRASH!!!
Say goodbye to the main body, rear skirt! Gone, flung across the arena, and lands near Tira-san, who runs over it just because she can.

CRASH!
Ooh, a sneaky hit to Clawdius€™ side but it€™s rather ineffective against the 5mm hardox of the silver medal winner, and Steve intends to make him pay! Of course, he can€™t intend anything when Infusion is getting away from him. BPQ comes in now and tackles Infusion, who gets it in the rim, and is stopped, and just avoids another charge from Clawdius. Ah, the rim is back up to speed, pleasing Mr. Knight. Clawdius makes the suicide dive, going right towards Infusion...who spins around, and backs off. Oh wait, he€™s backing up, not off, for he€™s charging Clawdius again! Whoa! Such force is used! Clawdius is again foiled in a wedge penetration and gets taken...into BPQ! WHAM! Clawdius is slammed into Alex€™s bot and topples onto it, the claw slightly hooked around the axe. Infusion quickly turns and smacks BPQ€™s side with the rim.
CRASH!!!
Another skirt gone. Percentage of winning decreased. Yep. BPQ hardly moves from the impact due to Clawdius stuck on him, but the srimechs work to push Clawdius off of BPQ. Of course, that gives Infusion the chance to spin up his rim again, and it€™s at full tilt by the time Clawdius is finally upright. BPQ backs away from Clawdius, as Infusion comes in with the rim, and manages to strike Clawdius€™ own side skirt.
CRASH!!!
Ooh. Clawdius appears to be tougher than BPQ because the skirt took the impact like nobody€™s business, and remains firm.


CRASH!
It works against them, as Infusion smashes his rim against the wall and is spun away before Clawdius can get his claw in! And guess what? Infusion endured the hit and is spinning the rim up again! Steve facepalms, as this clearly isn€™t going the way he wanted it to. Of course, Alex feels similarly, but BPQ ploughs on, smacking into the front of Infusion...and fails again. WHACK! The axe hits Infusion again, hardly affecting it, as BPQ is brought to the wall and WHAM! A wince from Alex is all that€™s needed to explain the hit, and BPQ is inverted. Infusion moves in again, and smacks BPQ€™s side as it self-rights, hitting it at an awkward angle.
CRASH!!!
The 5mm aluminium boron carbide proves NOT to be resilient at all, being torn up almost instantly on contact, not to mention that he€™s been prevented from righting himself! Unfortunately Infusion can€™t continue his attack due to an interference from Clawdius who interferes, and moves towards Infusion aggressively. Infusion backs up again, prepared to ram Clawdius, but Clawdius catches up pretty quickly, actually. Aaron suddenly turns his bot around, and Clawdius drives right into the rim!
CRASH!
A hit, but a glancing one at that. What€™s notable is that the hit has bounced Infusion sideways off of Clawdius, and pointing right at his side! It€™s too bad that he fails to slide under the skirt of Clawdius, though, and the said Clawdius turns towards him. BPQ has now righted himself and makes a beeline towards Infusion€™s side. Aaron notices this and backs Infusion away from Clawdius, but BPQ keeps on coming. So...Infusion turns around to hit him with that gorgeous rim.

CRASH!!!
Titanium proves to be more reliable than aluminium boron carbide, as the flipper stands up to that quite nicely.
10...9...8...7...
Clawdius barges in, smacks into Infusion€™s side, and carries it to the wall! WHAM! What a hit! Infusion gets a taste of his own medicine!
6...5...4...
Infusion backs off again...but Clawdius catches up and gets under him again...WHAM! Into another wall!
3...2...1...
BPQ is moving rather slowly...maybe that last hit did something after all...Clawdius sinks the down into the Infusion he€™s captured, but...
CEASE!
JUDGES! I WANT YOU...to decide the loser of this fight.

Clawdius Decimus Murderous - Infusion - Black Panther Queen
Style = 2/5 - 2/5 - 1/5
Control = 3/5 - 1/5 - 1/5
Damage = 1/5 - 3/5 - 1/5
Aggression = 2/5 - 1/5 - 2/5
Strategy = 2/5 - 2/5 - 1/5
Total = 10/25 - 9/25 - 6/25
Black Panther Queen gets put out of its misery.
Clawdius Decimus Murderous (2) and Infusion advance to Round 2!
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Round 1 Battle 2
Terror Gear 3 vs. The Crashing Bore vs. Spring-BOK!
Representing Anthony Politzi and Team Hitmen: Terror Gear 3! Let€™s start out by saying it€™s got 8mm titanium armour. Drive is powered by four Perm 032s @ 24v, achieving 26mph. Its front hinged wedges are joined by one sheet of metal to help its 15kg drum (also powered by Perm 032s, only two) hit things.

C&BT1: Mother Of All Bricks: IE rammed it to hell in Heat B Round 1.
Representing Frank Goacher and Team Bored: The Crashing Bore! This is one of the three oldest vapourbots ever, but of course he€™s not gonna let you know that.

C&BT1: Destroyed completely by Mass Disctruction Ultimate 3.1 in Round 1 of Heat C.
Representing Christopher Mason and Team Dinowarrior is the last new bot to fight in this entire tournament: Spring-BOK! Basically, think Firestorm with a launch pad instead of a flipper and you€™ve got it.


C&BT1: Did not enter.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: The Crashing Bore, Spring-BOK
Booth 2: Terror Gear 3
Exa-Gore-Ic: AI is ready to crush, and Obelix Bulguous is ready to pound.
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
Say hello to the last Round 1 fight of The Crash and Burn Tournament 2.

CRASH!
Good hit, and the fur flies, but that 8mm is stubborn and is holding you out, Terror Gear 3.


CRASH!
More fur again, but the result is the same as the previous blow: no visible damage to the 8mm titanium. Ooh...can you hear the drill going to work on Spring-BOK€™s armour? BZZT! TG3 takes a hit from the arena saws! And the drum doesn€™t appear to be clogged up one bit, though you can see the odd bit of fur stuck on the teeth.



CRASH!!!
HEY! What was that for?!

CEASE!
Spring-BOK, fated for the flames, and fated for the pit.
Terror Gear 3 and The Crashing Bore advance to Round 2!
Round 2
Clawdius Decimus Murderous (2) vs. Terror Gear 3
Infusion vs. The Crashing Bore
Tactics, predictions, comments, thoughts, and a new USB cable please.

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