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Well its that time of year again! Ive decided to return to hosting the awards again this year. The list of awards to vote for will be up in the next few weeks some time. But meanwhile, Im open to offers for new award ideas. Also, I want to know if you think the Hall of Fame voting should be public or private.
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The Vapourbot Awards 2007
The Vapourbot Awards 2007
You know the drill by now, vote for one vapourbot/vapourboteer in each category. You cannot vote for yourself and the winners will be revealed over the Christmas period. Previous winners are given, lets begin€¦
Most Original Design
Which vapourbot has the most unique design?
2004: Blizzard
2005: Blizzard
2006: Blizzard
Most Original Designer
Which vapourboteer designs the most unique bots?
2004: N/A
2005: Alex Holt
2006: Alex Holt
Best Design
What do you think is the best all round design?
2004: The Crashing Bore/V€™Ger
2005: SOR/Automatic Schmuck/Wedge Devo/The Disc/Tengu
2006: Acid Burn/Infusion/Wedge Devo/The Disc
Best Newcomer Vapourbot
What€™s the best new bot on the block?
2004: Angel of the Abyss
2005: Back 2 Rock
2006: Flick of the Wrist
Best Newcomer Vapourboteer
Which newcomer has the most promise?
2004: Matt Robinson
2005: Alex MacWilliams
2006: Martijn Benschop
The Steven McGregor Award for Sportsmanship
Speaks for itself!
2004: Steve McGregor
2005: Steve McGregor
2006: Steve McGregor
Idiot of the Year
Who€™s been the biggest clown this year?
2004: N/A
2005: Tim Sillery
2006: Tim Sillery/Dave Sheppard/Aaron Knight
Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
2004: SOR 3.5
2005: Disco 5
2006: Tails
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
2004: Stratos-Fear
2005: Wedge Devo
2006: Wedge Devo
Best Axebot
2004: Killotine EVO
2005: Black Panther Queen
2006: Killotine EVO
Best Spinner (Horizontal)
2004: Parasite
2005: Automatic Schmuck
2006: Fragmentor/Parasite/Aneurysm/Salamander
Best Spinner (Vertical)
2004: The Disc
2005: The Disc
2006: The Disc
Best Sawbot
2004: SD IV
2005: Metal Sonic Spin Dash
2006: Metal Sonic Spin Dash
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
2004: Tengu/MDU 3.1
2005: Tengu
2006: Tengu
Best Translational Spinner
2004: N/A
2005: MDU
2006: MDU
Best Crusher (Horizontal)
2004: N/A
2005: GigaByte
2006: Flank Attack
Best Crusher (Vertical)
2004: N/A
2005: CDM
2006: CDM
Best Clusterbot
2004: Double Killa
2005: Going Crunch
2006: Going Crunch
Best Interchangeable Robot
2004: Slammer/WX
2005: WX6.0
2006: Slammer/WX/NSBFR
Best Rammer/Pusher
2004: N/A
2005: ForcePower
2006: ForcePower
Best €œOther€ Weapon
Anything that doesn€™t fall into the above categories
2004: N/A
2005: The Crashing Bore
2006: The Crashing Bore
Most Effective Weapon
Which weapon does what its supposed to the best?
2004: N/A
2005: Automatic Schmuck/The Disc
2006: Aneurysm/MDU/The Disc
Best Comedy Bot
2004: Gyrate/Annoying Box Rush
2005: Toby The T-Ram Engine
2006: Toby/Tails/Kustom/SOR
Best Custom House Robots:
2004: N/A
2005: Team Coldheart
2006: Team Coldheart
Best Walker
2004: N/A
2005: Walk Away
2006: Archangel of the Abyss
Best Shuffler
2004: N/A
2005: MORD/Whirligig
2006: Whirligig
Best Tracked
2004: N/A
2005: N/A
2006: Darkestar
Best €œOther€ Motivation
Alternatives from tracks, shuffle pads, legs and wheels
2004: N/A
2005: Blizzard
2006: Blizzard
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Who doesn€™t do as well as they should?
2004: N/A
2005: Dave Weston
2006: Dave Sheppard
Most Underrated Vapourbot
Which vapourbot doesn€™t do as well as it should?
2004: N/A
2005: Die Ceratops Re Invertus
2006: Flipping Hell/Aquarius/BIACS-LE/MDU
Most Overrated Vapourboteer
Who doesn€™t deserve their success?
2004: N/A
2005: N/A
2006: AJ
Most Overrated Vapourbot
Which bot shouldn€™t do as well as it does?
2004: N/A
2005: N/A
2006: Slammer
Best Extreme/Side Event
2004: NSBFL-X
2005: VFT Side Events
2006: NSBFL-X 2
Best Minor Tournament (47)
2004: The Genesis Tournament
2005: AJWars Christmas Rumble
2006: House Robot Rebellion 2
Best Major Tournament (47)
2004: PTT4
2005: VFT6
2006: Crash and Burn
Best Battle of the Year
2004: Scottishly Fictional vs. Wheely Pure Evil/Tengu vs. MDU
2005: MORD vs. Wedge Devo
2006: GeForce vs. CDM/Aquarius vs. Salamander
Biggest Surprise of the Year
2004: N/A
2005: N/A
2006: Chalkie and Son of Wedgie defeat Insecticide and Stratos Fear/Salamanders run in the Crash and Burn tournament
Best Custom Arena
2004: N/A
2005: PTT Wrexagon Arena
2006: PTT Wrexagon Arena
Best New Writer
2004: N/A
2005: Martijn Benschop
2006: Kody Kunz/Martijn Benschop
Best Overall Writer
2004: N/A
2005: Steve McGregor
2006: Kody Kunz
Best British Vapourboteer
2004: N/A
2005: Steve McGregor
2006: Steve McGregor/Frank Goacher
Best €œRest of the World€ Vapourboteer
2004: N/A
2005: Aaron Knight
2006: Kody Kunz/Martijn Benschop
Best Overall Team
2004: Team Bored/Team Destructive Technologies
2005: Team Doomforall
2006: Team Doomforall
Best Vapourbot of the Year
2004: MDU
2005: Wedge Devo
2006: Tails/CDM/Wedge Devo
Best Vapourboteer of the Year
2004: Aaron Knight
2005: Aaron Knight
2005: Aaron Knight/Steve McGregor/Kody Kunz/Frank Goacher
Hall of Fame Induction
Who should join the group of elite?
2004: Frank Goacher
2005: Steve McGregor
2006: N/A
Votes can be public or private, which is up to you. Please try to vote in each topic and avoid voting for yourself. Bear in mind these awards reflect the time between the last awards and these awards only. Plenty to vote on as always, so fire away! Voting will close around 24th December€¦ -
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Has there been any Major tournaments completed fully this year?Comment
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C&B 1 in January and MN1 in June my dear Dave
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This was also suggested...
Most Missed Vapourboteer
As in, who do you miss the most who hasnt posted within the last year (or longer)?
Most Missed Vapourbot
And the same applies here... which vapourbot that hasnt competed in over a year do you miss on the scene?Comment
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Could I suggest best non-robot-tournament event to encompass the various rpgs and so forth weve had this year?Comment
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Most Original Design
Who has come CLOSE to Blizzard? But since he keeps getting the award every time Im going to break tradition and give my vote to the one who has come closest...A NIGHT AT THE BAR. That thing looks radical.
Most Original Designer
Alex Holt
Best Design
BIACS-LE. Versatile armour cage of awesomeness.
Best Newcomer Vapourbot
Im actually going to go out on a limb here and say Nitro-Gene because this is Pauls best bot, and it really looks like a contender. I know youd get it someday Paul.
Best Newcomer Vapourboteer
Uh...Paul Cuomo? (yeah, because hes the only one this year [and as of this thread opening])
The Steven McGregor Award for Sportsmanship
Martijn M Benschop. Steve cant keep winning the award every time.
Idiot of the Year
Me. At last, a category in which I can actually vote for myself.
Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
Disco 5
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
Eh, Wedge Devo
Best Axebot
Black Panther Queen for the simple reason that it came 2nd in Mechanical Noise.
Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Im sorry but this goes to Salamander III all the way. That thing on Salamander is just lethal.
Best Spinner (Vertical)
Disco 5 again
Best Sawbot
Well who else is there? Metal Sonic Spin Dash
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
PSYCLONIIIIIIIIIIIIZED.
Best Translational Spinner
Cyberdemon. Havent really seen much of MDU lately so Im willing to give this to Tony.
Best Crusher (Horizontal)
Flank Attack DT
Best Crusher (Vertical)
Clawdius Decimus Murderous, of course.
Best Clusterbot
Eh...Going Crunch.
Best Interchangeable Robot
NSBFR-X
Best Rammer/Pusher
Shovearound 2 or Flick of the Wrist...Ill go for Flick of the Wrist.
Best €œOther€ Weapon
The Crashing Bore.
Most Effective Weapon
The pit.
Best Comedy Bot
Tails or Turbo Tails or whatever hes known by these days.
Best Custom House Robots
Since I cant vote for myself (even though Im the only one to have used custom house robots so far this year) it goes to Team Coldheart. Otherwise Id vote for myself.
Best Walker
ArchAngel of the Abyss it is.
Best Shuffler
OMG ITZ WHIRLIGIG FOUR POINT OHH LOLZ!!!111
Best Tracked
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer Heart Attack
Best €œOther€ Motivation
Blizzard. Come on, how do you contest against THOSE demonic robot-pushers? :wink:
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Alexander MacWilliams. He has a lot of vapourbots that are actually quite good.
Most Underrated Vapourbot
Cosmic Thunder 2. It is quite capable of reaching a series semi-final yet it never has.
Most Overrated Vapourboteer
AJ.
Most Overrated Vapourbot
The Disc 5.
Best Extreme/Side Event
Um...Dave Sheppards Right, here we go again tournament. It was very good, and very well written despite his absence!
Best Minor Tournament (47)
Pass. There hasnt been any.
Best Major Tournament (47)
MECHANICAL NOISE!!!
Best Battle of the Year
Psyclonized vs. Black Panther Queen in Mechanical Noise Series 1! That was quite the thriller!
Biggest Surprise of the Year
Matt MacDonald coming in to say hi.
Best Custom Arena
This is a toughie. I dont think Martijn uses a custom arena for MN yet the PTT has been closed for over a year. Ill have to pass.
Best New Writer
Paul Cuomo or Samuel Park. If people who have left return can be voted, then Dave Sheppard.
Best Overall Writer
Me! Oh wait, I cant vote for myself...Martijn.
Best British Vapourboteer
You guessed it, its the one and only Steven McGregor.
Best €œRest of the World€ Vapourboteer
Martijn M Benschop. He truly deserves it.
Best Overall Team
Team DoomForAll for having another outstanding year.
Best Vapourbot of the Year
Clawdius Decimus Murderous. Its done very well, VERY well this year, this year it should get the award.
Best Vapourboteer of the Year
Tie between Martijn M Benschop and Steven McGregor. Martijn for having one of the best tournaments in a long time and Steve for...being Steve.
Hall of Fame Induction
Im...going to have to think about one. Give me some moments.
Most Missed Vapourboteer
Hector Gilbert. :sad:
Most Missed Vapourbot
No matter what we do, nothing can bring back the awesomeness that was The Business Ends. :sad:Comment
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may I propose a best spiked bot-catogery, the spike is a forgotten weapon!
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Vote #1, the Boring Party
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Most Original Design
The Disc.... my oldest of foes...
Most Original Designer
Frank Goacher
Best Design
MDU - its just the most notable example of the kind of attention to detail that makes Aaron the pig of an opponent that he is...
Best Newcomer Vapourbot
Not a clue really, Ill just say Nitro-Gene because I dont even recall hearing about others.
Best Newcomer Vapourboteer
Paul Cuomo?
The Steven McGregor Award for Sportsmanship
Well it is his own award....
Idiot of the Year
Andy, just because, lol
Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
Disco 5 (I cant really think of a notable number..
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
Wedge Devo
Best Axebot
Killotine
Best Spinner (Horizontal)
Not even sure if its been active this year, but Parrasyte
Best Spinner (Vertical)
Not sure if its even been about, but Hefty Kick in the balls
Best Sawbot
Metal Sonic Spin Dash as I cant think of anyone else either.
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
Tempest
Best Translational Spinner
MDU
Best Crusher (Horizontal)
Flank Attack DT because I cant remember any horizontals offhand, so ill take the previous recommendation on it
Best Crusher (Vertical)
Clawdius Decimus Murderous
Best Clusterbot
Cant even remember any.
Best Interchangeable Robot
NSBFR-X
Best Rammer/Pusher
MOTB (again, has it even been around?)
Best €œOther€ Weapon
The Crashing Bore
Most Effective Weapon
Infusion, just as a general overengineered spinning little wheel of annihilation. Curse Aaron.
Best Comedy Bot
The Botles
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Martijn, I may be out the loop, but never seems to do as well as often as he should.
Best Major Tournament (47)
Mechanical Noise
Best Overall Writer
Kody
Best British Vapourboteer
Steve
Best €œRest of the World€ Vapourboteer
Martijn
Best Overall Team
Team Bored.... I will vanquish ye one day!
Best Vapourboteer of the Year
Martijn
Hall of Fame Induction
AJ
Most Missed Vapourboteer
Hector Gilbert.Comment
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Just a suggestion, if I may. I think that we may need to cut down on the amount of awards we have, considering that some things just have two few contestants. Stuff like best other weapon walker shuffler etc. are basically forgone conclusions since hardly anyone else is in that division lolComment
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I disagree with you Alex, having an anual best walker competition should encourage people to build walkers, and in the best shuffler area, Im very much stuck between MORD and Whirligig atm
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Great to see some votes, thanks guys!
And yes of course, Best RPG also deserves a mention so add that to your votes list.
In terms of cutting down some of the awards, Im in agreement. There is no real point in a best other category if there is only 1 contender I guess. But as Martijn said, I hope that people notice that the same old things are winning it each year and make something good enough to change that next year.Comment
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But... But the best other is the Franks free award award! I object to its removal!Comment
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1. I never voted The Crashing Bore in the best other category in the first place, there ARE other options (I voted for Starstorm 2)
2. There are other other weapons out there... I already mentioned Starstorm (unhinged flipper), but theres also Odysseus (active spike), Nodachi (sword-blade), Drilla Killa 7 (drills) and many others Im sure. As a matter of fact, I noticed a new other weapon THIS VERY YEAR when Aaron entered Mass Confuzzlement in AJWars: A New Era... , which was equiped with a highly original Wheel Cheeze Grater of Iminient Doom http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi?pg=next&topic=760&page=8365http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/cgi-...topic=760&page =8365. This machine might very well get my vote this year.
3. If Frank wins because he has the only other weapon there is, well, I think it SHOULD be rubbed in everyones face every year that they were too lazy to create any competition for Frank in this area!
4. I only now notice how much alike my first and second point are!
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