Right, here we go again...

[davids]

Right, here we go again...

I€™ve been out of the writing game since February 06 due to various reasons (college and work), but now it€™s time, the cleaners have been busy cleaning stuff its 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, its dark, and were wearing sunglasses, but now it€™s time for tournament which didn€™t really have a name until Steve posted his tactics, therefore roll-up for the Random Mini Tourny

*Fireworks go up*

Round 1: Fight 1

SYNDOS vs. All Scoop

SYNDOS which stands for Slice N Dice on Steroids, I think, is entered by Richard Southworth, it€™s an invertible box with rounded sides, with extra skirting, 2 wheel drive powers this little pocket-rocket to a max speed of around 5.3 metres per second with it€™s 24 voltage drive system, the bite of this puppy comes from a pretty meaty looking vertical spinning disc at the front, it will try to ram other machines into holding up the white flag to avoid taking on too much damage in the early fights

All Scoop, full name €œAll Scoop and No Stab Make Steve A Dull Boy€, which I€™m going to be lazy and call All Scoop is a blue and yellow reverse wedge, with twin weapons of a scoop and a stabbing axe, gas and electric don€™t normally mix, but in this case the explosion is avoided as both work together to scoop and stab other robots to push them towards the arena wall or towards the pit of doom, also known as Brian Butterfield€™s International Hotel, All Scoop has 4 wheel drive to travel at around 6.3 metres per second, so it has the edge over Syndos in speed, and with skirts it shouldn€™t get flipped, however it€™s a big old beast with flat sides, bar an anti-resting spike, so if it gets called broadside, there could be troubles ahead.

Both machines has managed to be driven into the starting squares in the arena, as the control booths rise to give both drivers the view, the announcer starts to count down:

3
2
1
Activate

It€™s a fast start from both machines as Syndos starts on it€™s imperial march towards All Scoop which is reversing at top speed towards the pit release button, but is it a wise move from the Scottish machine, as the distance between the 2 machines is getting shorter, as All scoop quickly dives to the right to get away from the front end of Syndos, to avoid damage to the scoop, a quick turn on the controls turns Scoop around as Steve moves towards Syndos, as Richard gets ready for the attack in the slightly slower machine, as both machines come together for the first impact.

All Scoop has gone for the corners of Syndos, but Richard guessed this move and turned to go head-on, as the scoop sparks as the disc hits into the Hardox of the scoop, as Steve fires the scoop, sending Syndos over onto it€™s back, as Steve drives forward to keep onto the rear end as the skirts come down to protect the ground clearance, as the scoop gets underneath, the axe fires for the first time in the battle, but bounces off the top of the Hardox shell of Syndos without leaving any major marks, the wheels are spinning on Syndos as Richard tries to get away from Steve, but it€™s in vain as the 2 wheels have been lifted off the ground as All Scoop turns and heads towards the pit, the axe comes up, as the scoop fires, sending Syndos head-over heels down the pit.

Smoke rises from the hole in the ground, as the announcer announces

Cease.

The 3 points heads towards the All Scoop camp, as Syndos ends up in the pit.

Next time it will be the turn of the other 2 machines in this 4 way league:
Flick of the Wrist vs. Crusher C.U

[kodster]

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Not a bad comeback (you) if I do say so myself. And I do.

(Message edited by kodster on November 02, 2007)

[velociraptor]

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Good fight, David, despite the result! Ill predict Flick Of The Wrist to win the next one.

By the way, if the acronym SYNDOS is confusing, I stuck the Y in there just because it looked better than SNDOS.

[davids]

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I will try and do the 2nd fight this afternoon.

[davids]

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Fight 2

Flick of the Wrist vs. Crusher

So it€™s time for the 2nd fight, so what€™s the 2 robots like today?

Flick of the Wrist; entered by my evil-Dutch Twin, known as Martijn, his machine today is an invertible 6 wheel drive box with some nifty looking forks at the front, it€™s fast and can pack a good 100KG punch when it crashes into you.

Crusher is entered by new-comer Paul; it€™s an invertible box which can self-right, with 8 wheel drive, so it has the traction and the speed to make the twin suckers suck robots when the crushers come around on the X-axis to crush them, it€™s got some good weapons at the front, but only a rear fixed spike gives it protection, so hopefully the armour should be good enough.

Both machines are driven into the arena as the announcer begins to say:
3
2
1
Activate

Both machines are away, neither are waiting around, as both robots cross the arena sharpish, Flick turns at the final moment to get away from the front end of Crusher, as Martijn turns his machine around to give chase. Paul tries to turn his machine around as Flick of the wrist rams into the rear quarter of Crusher, lifting it up, so some of the wheels are off the ground.

Martijn sets the controls for the heart of the arena wall and rams Crusher at full speed into the wall, the forces making Crusher bounce back into the arena and back onto the offensive, Flick of the wrist flicks around and goes off to follow Crusher, which is reversing to avoid the rear end getting left open for attack, as Paul pushes down on the controls and launches into a counter-attack, the forks are down on Flick of the Wrist as both machines meet head-on for the first time.

Flick of the Wrist is underneath Crusher for the 2nd time, as the scooped front of Crusher went straight up the forks as Martijn once more lifts the forks up, but this time flips Crusher onto it€™s tail, the spike preventing Crusher from staying on it€™s tail and it falls down onto it€™s back, as Flick of the Wrist gets underneath the ground clearance of the rear and lifting up the rear end goes of for another ram into the arena wall, hitting the wall at an angle, that Crusher is sent spinning, hitting the ground. Martijn wastes no time in attacking Crusher once more and rams into the side and repeats the same trick once more. As crusher lands, Paul puts the drive into forward as it starts to move forward, but it€™s going slowly, as Flick of the Wrist goes off to open the pit.

Crusher looks damaged, it€™s barely moving, as Flick of the Wrist rams into the side once more and starts to push it towards the one remaining arena wall if hasn€™t introduced Crusher to yet, a few seconds later Crusher has said hello to all 4 arena walls, as it lands, and Paul tries to make Crusher move, but only one side is moving, very slowly, as Flick of the Wrist comes in onto the kill, lifting Crusher up for the 5th time of the battle and drives straight towards the pit to end the match.

Cease

Smoke rises from the pit, as Crusher lies at the bottom, what went wrong? It was the rams which managed to knock the drive system chains off, a simple quick fix, but Flick of the Wrist rams itself to 3 golden points.

Fights 3 & 4 will be:
SYNDOS vs. Flick of the Wrist
All Scoop and Stab vs. Crusher

[paulc]

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BLAST! Nice one Martijn - a good and effective win over me:wink:.

SYNDOS vs. Flick of the Wrist - Im predicting Flick to continue the winning streak and take advantage of SNDOSs lack of power to pit it!

All Scoop and Stab vs. Crusher C.U - Now I might score back some points! I have more than 3 times All Scoop And Stabs power, and Im faster as well. Ill go for the sides again, and crunch through to do what Flick did to me - Ill break Steves chain. Ouch!

Good Luck Martijn. You stand the best chance of anyone!

[steven_mcg]

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RANDOM MINI TOURNY
BATTLE 2
ALL SCOOP AND NO STAB MAKE STEVE A DULL BOY VS Crusher C.U.

Power is nothing without control, young grasshopper. :wink:
Hmm, tough and compact. After opening the Pit, the plan will be to stay away from those front snippers and attack the sides or, preferably, the rear. 3mm should hopefully be enough for my own front scoop to slip under and I should be able to get under the rear spikes as well. Im not sure how successful I would be in an outright pushing match, so my aim will be to flip Crusher C.U. towards an arena wall and chuck it out of the ring. Ill try giving it a few futile axe blows now and again to rack up some damage points.

[paulc]

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I think that if Crusher C.U and All Scoop And Stab came into a pushing match, Steve MIGHT win, as he has the low extension plate which I dont have. So to get to the sides of Steve, Ill charge head-first into the extension plate and try to bend it.
Ill actually now crush it on the chassis at the front right to jam up a wheel. After this has happened, Ill go to the rear-right wheel and jam that up.

The reason why Im reposting my tactics is Ive had a look at All Scoops stats and I dont think Ill get through the side armour.

[velociraptor]

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SYNDOS will simply try to keep FOTW away from my sides and whack him with the disc. Maybe I can knock him against the wall and do some damage to the top.

[majinb]

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rounded sides and rear, melike

attack thoses sides and rear at all costs

[kodster]

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Predictions...

SYNDOS vs. Flick of the Wrist

Flicks nice armour should stand up to SYNDOS disc long enough for him to ram Richard into submission.

All Scoop and No Stab Make Steve a Dull Boy vs. Crusher C.U.

Steves more controlled bot will quickly get to Crushers rear end, flip him, and then do whatever the hell he wants with him.

[davids]

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My computer is back from the shop and I have a working phone line now, so that my broadband has a stable connection

Fights 3 and 4 up by the weekend

[davids]

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Fight 3

SYNDOS vs. Flick of the Wrist

In round 1, SYNDOS will pitted by All Scoop and Flick of the Wrist pitted Crusher to go joint top of the leader board.

Both machines are ready and were undamaged from the first round of matches, as the announcer says:
3
2
1
Activate

Martijn presses the button and Flick of the Wrist comes into life, driving towards Syndos as Richard gets the disc on Syndos up to speed to try and attack the sides and rear end of Flick and to avoid the front forks which proved to be efficient against the scoop and skirts of Crusher. Flick of the Wrist is heading straight towards the front end of Syndos, is Martijn madder than he looks, but at the last second he flicks the control and Flick of the Wrist flicks around to the side of Syndos.

Richard quickly tries to turn Syndos around to get the front disc into play as he has the slower machine by 8 mph, so he can€™t run away, but his turning is too late as Flick of the Wrist slips underneath the side skirts with the forks and starts to lift the drive wheels off the ground for Syndos. Richard knowing what will happen next slows down the disc as Flick of the Wrist rams Syndos at full speed into the side arena wall, Syndos follows what Crusher did and bounces away with the impact back into the arena and Richard puts on full power on both the drive and disc, turning to face Flick of the Wrist, as Martijn drives towards Syndos for a 2nd ram.

Both machines meet up, Richard has learnt from the first attack to counter-dodge Flick of the wrist€™s dodge bringing the disc into play onto the front end of Flick of the Wrist, sparks fly and Flick of the Wrist is lifted into the air, landing on top of Syndos stopping the disc, Richard drives towards the pit release button, as Flick of the Wrist tries to drive off the front end of Syndos as the pit release button as been pressed, Syndos reverses as Flick of the Wrist manages to work it€™s way free and away from danger, as the disc on Syndos starts spinning again, as Richard flicks Syndos around and drives away from the pit area

For the 3rd time of the match, both machines are heading towards each other, and straight into each other, as Syndos goes up onto the forks of Flick of the Wrist as Martijn wasting no time, turns and starts to drive Syndos towards the pit, as Richard knowing reversing would be suicide put the drive on full power and manages to get half on top of Flick of the Wrist, as the forks lower to drop the payload off into the pit. Martijn goes up to full speed and suddenly breaks just before the pit edge sending Syndos down, but that braking force of going from 20 mph to 0 in a couple feet has damaged Flick of the Wrist as a rubbing noise is coming from the rear right.

Cease

Syndos ends up in the pit after putting up a good fight, but it€™s out of the running for the cup. Flick of the Wrist makes it 2 out of 2, but taking on some damage to one of the wheels, which shall be easily fixed with a hammer.

Fight 4 will be tomorrow and will be:
All Scoop and Stab vs. Crusher

[paulc]

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Cool fight Dave! Go Martijn!

[velociraptor]

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Oh well. In my last match against Crusher, Ill go for the sides again, and also try to keep the disc towards the pincers and hit them, hopefully knocking him upwards so I can do some damage.