AJWars: A New Era...

[knightrous]

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Got the parts nutted out, just need to get the renders done to get some rough figure of weights in each area.

Hope to have a render done tomorrow

[tacoman]

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Err... Names...

*Looks around room*

Window Radioclock?

TV Door Laptop? TVDL sounds catchy...

[kodster]

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The Tim Tribute Robot?

[dogbot4000]

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Timey Wimey Detector ( so I stole it off Dr. Who) or maybe Spime ( Spin mixed with Mime because robots dont talk) or maybe Innocence ( because lets face it it isnt)

[davids]

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Or maybe My Lawyer Made Me Change The Name Of This Robot So I Wouldnt Get Sued.

[matty_haka]

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Of all the scrapyards in all the world...

[knightrous]

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Fission grew on me....

Brief stats, full iterated stats later

Name: Fission
Drive: S28-400 Magmotors
Batteries: 26.4v packs of A123 Lithium Nano Phosphates.
Weapon: Vertical Spinner or Flipper, Perm 080 powered.
Armour/Chassis: Titanium and hardened/spring steel.

Will work on the render tonight so I can finalise the weights and stuff.

[knightrous]

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Back Flipped...

I present my first serious bot in a long time....

Mass Confuzzlement!

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Armour: 3mm 4140 Chromemoly Steel
Drive: S28-150 Magmotors @ 26.4v
Batteries: 8 x Lithium Nano Phosphate (LINP) for 26.4v
Weapon: Wheel Cheeze Grater of Iminient Doom... IE: A 5mm thick piece of Chromemoly plate with 40mm holes cut in it and the edges sharpened. Wedge under, as they try to drive off, they tear there own treads up!
Weight: 25kg x Four...

Weve all seen the Botles play live, now get ready for some Mass Confuzzlement!

[andrewj]

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And with all entries in, its time for the draw:

ff6000>Mass Confuzzlement vs. Dysfunction 2.0
Liar vs. Trojan
Quocunque Jeceris Stabit vs. Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus
Back 2 Basics vs. The Botles Reunited

However, battles may not come in this order€¦ Now for a few things I need:

Aaron: An indication of speed and a ground clearance (if possible) would be handy - otherwise, very interesting concept!

Kody: A picture of Dysfunction 2.0 would be useful, it doesn€™t have to be a render, a simple Paint job will do for me.

I don€™t think I have missed anything else, so with that - good luck everyone!

[kodster]

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Ill try and get it up for you sometime today.

Anyway tactics!

Mass Confuzzlement vs. Dysfunction 2.0

This shouldnt be too hard. Lets see how those graters of imminent doom stand up to my dual steel drums. Flip em around, smash em around, and attempt to get at least one of them OOTA.

As for predictions...

Liar vs. Trojan

Trojan looks evil...but even so, I think Liar can outmaneouver him get him a place on the cam track. :wink:

Quocunque Jeceris Stabit vs. Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus

Die-Ceratops FTW.

Back 2 Basics vs. The Botles Reunited

Haha, the clusterbot I didnt want to go up against. The Botles to smash up B2B and throw him around before an eventual pitting.

[majinb]

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Mass Confuzzlement vs. Dysfunction 2.0
Mass Confis weapon may not bve the most devestating around, but theres four of them, and theyre everywhere! I think theyll give Dysfunction a hard time, and will even lead to his downfall.

L I A R vs. Trojan
dunno about Alex tactics yet, but spinners tend to go for the back of flippers, if so, twack around, get under, and flip, if he wants to eat my front, Ill give him the full power of my flipper

Quocunque Jeceris Stabit vs. Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus
pfff... Die-Ceratops ftw, hes a real good flipper


Back 2 Basics vs. The Botles Reunited
dang hard to decide... I think none of the Botles has enough weight to put the amount of force on B2Bs needed to penetrate the skirts, therefore, B2B ftw

[andrewj]

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Thanks for the tactics and predictions! Now who wants some fights?

Round 1
Quocunque Jeceris Stabit vs. Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus

Quocunque Jeceris Stabit is a basic wedge shape with a curved rear. It€™s offence comes from a simple Chaos 2 style flipper, while its defence comes from 5mm thick Aluminium. Its two Bosch 750€™s provide a top speed of around 25mph.

Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus is largely modelled on Wheely Big Cheese. It also has a flipper, although it is much larger and more powerful than it€™s opponents. It is armoured in 8mm thick Titanium which gives it decent protection. It has a top speed of 15mph coming from its two MagMotors.

3€¦2€¦1€¦Activate!

Die-Ceratops gets a slightly quicker start but is soon met by Quocunque Jeceris Stabit who slides under first and gets a flip in, sending Die-Ceratops up in the air but straight back down on it€™s wheels. This time Quocunque Jeceris Stabit approaches from the side, flipping again and sending Die-Ceratops spinning 360 degrees through the air.

But Die-Ceratops retaliates by turning on the spot and sliding its flipper under Quocunque Jeceris Stabit and launching it up and over. Quocunque Jeceris Stabit quickly hits back by firing its self-righting mechanism and driving away to safety. Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus follows it across the ring but Quocunque Jeceris Stabit swings in and sends Die-Ceratops onto its back again. Quocunque Jeceris Stabit then pushes Die-Ceratops across the ring and flips!

Die-Ceratops lands awkwardly against the arena wall, but fires the flipper and it drops back down right side up. Quocunque Jeceris Stabit goes for another flip, but flips itself over in the process! Die-Ceratops takes advantage and quickly follows up by flipping it again, sending it spinning through the air and onto it€™s back again. Die-Ceratops then goes for a flip, but this time it misses and fires itself over. Quocunque Jeceris Stabit quickly rights itself and gets to the rear of Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus and flips it up in the air slightly, causing little effect due to Die-Ceratops€™ length.

The green robot spins on the spot and drives under the side of Quocunque Jeceris Stabit. This time Die-Ceratops hurtles towards the arena wall and then fires the flipper! Quocunque Jeceris Stabit flies into the air and comes back down with a thump onto the camera track.

Cease!

Quocunque Jeceris Stabit is tossed over the arena wall and Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus goes through to Round 2!

[andrewj]

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Round 1
Liar vs. Trojan

Liar is an interesting variation on the classic box wedge shape. With it€™s S28-400 Magmotors, an 18mph top speed and 8mm Titanium armour this is a decent all rounder. But the key to this robot is it€™s unique flipper. Beyond the classic rear hinged flipper this robot also has two side wedges attached to its flipper to provide some defence from the side and when the robot is in danger in can spin on the spot in €˜defence mode€™.

Trojan is an interesting translational spinner. Unlike full body spinners or ring spinners this robots spinning motion comes by spinning on the spot, but the great thing about this robot is it can spin around and drive forwards on its wheels at the same time! This motion comes from C40-500 Magmotors while protection comes from Kevlar and Titanium.

3€¦2€¦1€¦Activate!

Trojan immediately starts spinning on the spot and Liar comes flying across the ring to stop it. Trojan quickly moves out the way and then moves back in to strike the side of Liar, knocking it away. The flipper bot then turns and drives back first into Trojan, slowing it down, Liar then quickly spins on the spot to slide the wedge under Trojan and tosses it onto its back!

Trojan replies by operating is self righting arm and gets back on its feet and starts spinning and driving away to safely. Liar pursues it, but wishes it hadn€™t when Trojan crashes back in causing a dent in the 8mm Titanium armour. But now slowed down again Liar comes back in with another flip turning Trojan over. Trojan once again rights itself, but Liar comes in and flips it straight back over again into the corner.

Liar tries another flip to get Trojan out of the arena but doesn€™t get enough on the flip and just turns Trojan back the right way up. This allows Trojan to fly out of the corner and start spinning up to speed in the middle of the ring. Liar manages to get itself out of the corner and also decides to start spinning on the spot! But Trojan isn€™t amused and flies in to attack Liar, causing both robots to fly off to opposite ends of the ring.

A small tear in the armour of Liar is now apparent. Trojan now begins to start spinning in the opposite direction. Liar goes for it all and just charges head first at Trojan! And with a thud, Liar hits Trojan and gets flipped up in the air and back down on top of Trojan. Martijn fires the flipper and Liar bounces down next to Trojan. But Trojan is now completely slowed down and Liar takes advantage, getting a flip in and sending Trojan onto its back for not the first time in this match.

Trojan again replies by righting itself and rolling to safety. Liar realises there is a stalemate and instead travels to the opposite end of the ring to open up the pit. The siren sounds and the pit begins to sink lower and lower and Trojan hurtles in on the attack, almost rebounding itself straight into the just opened pit!

Liar gets away with yet another gash on its side and gets to the middle of the arena as Trojan manoeuvres around the pit and back on the attack, going straight for Liar€™s flipper! But the teeth to wedge conflict just stops both robots dead in their tracks. Liar takes first advantage by driving Trojan up the wedge and moves towards the arena wall firing the flipper!

But rather than going forwards as planned, Trojan gets fired backwards back into the middle of the ring! Trojan immediately starts spinning and collides with the back of Liar causing a hole in the back end. And Liar seems to have stopped moving! And Trojan is spinning faster and faster and comes back in for the attack again and both robots go flying across the ring! Trojan is right on the edge of the pit and one if its wheels is over the edge and it cannot seem to move, while Liar seems to have taken a beating and can€™t move either!

Liar fires its flipper and suddenly it€™s away! As it moves away it was apart a shard of metal was holding it up. Liar then moves in for the kill and gives Trojan a nudge, knocking it down into the pit!

Cease!

Trojan is pitted and Liar moves on to the next round!

[dogbot4000]

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good fights.

[steven_mcg]

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Great to see you back at the writers desk, AJ. :wink:

AJWARS: A NEW ERA
ELIMINATORS
Back 2 Basics VS THE BOTLES REUNITED

John, George and Ringo will buzz around B2B and generally distract him while Paul releases the Pit. Once lowered, all four members will gang up on B2B from the side (John and Paul leading, given their low fronts) and try to shove him into the ol black hole. Theyre pretty pushy for lightweights and if the whole band attacks at once, I think theres a good chance they can survive - provided they havent all been thrown offstage by then.