Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

[paulc]

Here you go everyone - an early Christmas present!

Can I just point out, this is ALREADY written. I promise you lot, Series 3 will be a real series, but for this could you just post tactics )

EYE OF THE ROBOT - SERIES 2

This is the start of a new era of fictional roboteering. Inspired by the FightingRobots fan fiction forum, I€™ve made a new tournament - Eye of the Robot (E.O.T.R). This is a great task for me to learn to write longer things, and put more effort into what I do, and not rush it.

This was an awesome achievement for me, and after beating robots to the title, Steven McGregor took the title with Killotine: EVO. Killotine intends to keep the crown, but there are 95 other robots who want to take it off him.
Here are the seeding positions, just to refresh everyone€™s memory:

1. Killotine: EVO
2. Storm 2
3. Y4
4. Black Panther Queen
5. Terrorhurtz
6. Crusher C.U
7. Agro 3.5
8. Typhoon 2
9. Bulldog Breed
10. SNDOS
11. Whirligig 4.0
12. Flux
13. Tornado
14. Leprosy Infection
15. Wedge Devolution
16. PCC
17. The Axe Attaxe
18. Orka MK4
19. Chameleon
20. LK-47 Slapper
21. Big Nipper
22. Firestorm 5
23. MORD2
24. Son Of Ripper 4
25. Drilla Killa 7
26. Clawdius Decimus Murderous
27. Achilles
28. No Close Shave 3
29. Hell Machine
30. Psyclonised
31. Qunocunque Jerceris Stabit
32. Growling Storm 2.5
The line-up is going to be like this

HEATS

R1 - 2 x 3 ROBOT MELLES, TWO GO THROUGH
R2 - 2 x 1 ON 1, TWO ROBOTS GOES THROUGH
R3 - 1 x 1 ON 1, ONE ROBOT GOES THROUGH

SEMI-FINALS

R4 - 4 x 1 ON 1, FOUR ROBOTS GO THROUGH
R5 - 2 x 1 ON 1, TWO ROBOTS GO THROUGH

GRAND FINAL

R6 - 2 x 1 ON 1, TWO ROBOTS GO THROUGH

PLAY-OFF - 1 x ONE ON ONE

R7 (GRAND FINAL) - ONE ON ONE

To lower the vapour numbers to 86, I have some realies. 10 in fact. They are

STORM 2 (Ed Hoppit)

TERRORHURTZ (John Reid)

TORNADO (Andrew Marchent)

FIRESTORM 5 (Graham Bone)

BIG NIPPER (Mark Lumb)

TURBULENCE (Ed Wallace)

MERLIN (Alan Young)

DANTOMKIA (Mike Lambert)

BEHEMOTH (Kane Aston)

BIGGER BROTHER (Ian Watts)

Now onto the robots:

1. Achilles (Alex H)
2. Tengu VII
3. Baldur Gamma
4. Ramthrax 2
5. Black Panther Queen
6. Dante
7. Kali
8. Nodachi
9. Wedge Devolution (Steve M)
10. Killotine: EVO
11. SD IV
12. Whirligig 4.0
13. Clawdius Decimus Murderous
14. Chameleon
15. Tails
16. Split Decision
17. Die Ceratops Re-Invertus (Chris M)
18. Orka Mk 4
19. Cyclone Force 2.5
20. Leprosy Infection
21. Mega Masher
22. Y4
23. Axe-O-Lotl
24. Obliteration
25. Hypertension Mk.2 (Matty F)
26. PRP
27. Roo 2
28. T.O.C. 2
29. BOTCG
30. Windiest Killer
31. Manic Monsoon (Daniel S)
32. Dallas
33. Dervish V/
34. Wheely Pure Evil 2
35. Sonic Boom
36. RingMaster
37. Squish
38. Agro 3.5 (Rich S)
39. Death Adder 3
40. Drilla Killa 7
41. MORD2
42. Snakebite 4
43. SNDOS
44. Tenderizer€™s Revenge
45. Stratos-Fear (Scott A)
46. T.B
47. Scottishly Fictional
48. The Demonic Element
49. Lunch Box
50. Hefty Kick In The Balls
51. Insectide
52. Cyberdemon (Tony P)
53. Shovearound 2
54. SUNCUST
55. Terror Gear 3
56. Mr. Slave 2
57. Psycho Cyan Evolved
58. LK-47 Slapper
59. Aquarius
60. Push-Ish (Dave S)
61. Anti-Spin
62. WAFT
63. Wedgie 5
64. PCC
65. Van Tango
66. Rogue (Aaron K/Tom R)
67. Intensity
68. Flea 2.0
69. The Ultimate Wedge
70. Gyrate
71. Automatic Schmuck
72. Ze Newie
73. A-K-A Idiot
74. Son Of Ripper 5.0 (Andy J)
75. ForcePower Turbo
76. Wedga Revo 2.0
77. GigaByte 1.5
78. The Nose 3.0
79. GeForce Evo 3.0
80. Psyclonised
81. Disco 5 (Martyn F)
82. TIRTASM
83. Star 69
84. Panic 3 GTI 2
85. Forklift€™s Revenge
86. Happy Birthday Party Pooper

Now we are present and correct: Time to look at the new seeding list:


1. Killotine: EVO
2. Storm 2
3. Y4
4. Black Panther Queen
5. Terrorhurtz
6. Agro 3.5
7. SNDOS
8. Whirligig 4.0
9. Tornado
10. Leprosy Infection
11. Wedge Devolution
12. PCC
13. Orka MK4
14. Chameleon
15. LK-47 Slapper
16. Big Nipper
17. Firestorm 5
18. MORD2
19. Son Of Ripper 4
20. Drilla Killa 7
21. Clawdius Decimus Murderous
22. Achilles
23. Psyclonised
24. Dantomkia
25. Cyclone Force 2.5
26. Wedga Revo 2.0
27. Snakebite IV
28. Shovearound 2
29. Tengu VII
30. Turbulence
31. Battle Raptor 4
32. Giga-Byte 1.5

Now for the arena:

The Arena

The arena is still a hexagon shaped arena with three starting squares, coloured gold, green and blue. The pit in the middle of the arena has a switch on the far left wall. On both sides, the spinning cylinders weighing 200kg each and spinning at 2000rpm have been removed, to be replaced by Hardox spikes, two ft long in sets of 3. There are now a set of spikes that thrust up from the ground, which activate if a robot is on them for 4+ seconds. They are near the front of the ring. The walls were 1metre high, and robots would go OOTA, but now they are 50cm high, just so people can score more OOTAs.

Heat Line-up

HEAT 1
Killotine: EVO (1) vs. TIRTASM vs. Ramthax 2
Firestorm 5 (17) vs. Van Tango vs. Dallas.

HEAT 2
Y4 (3) vs. Tails vs. T.B
Son Of Ripper 4 (19) vs. Gyrate vs. Star 69

HEAT 3
Terrorhurtz (5) vs. Kali vs. BOTCG
Clawdius Decimus Murderous (21) vs. Terror Gear 3 vs. Lunch Box

HEAT 4
SNDOS (7) vs. Psycho Cyan Evolved vs. RingMaster
Psyclonised (23) vs. Panic 3 GTI 2 vs. Mega Masher 2

HEAT 5
Tornado (9) vs. ForcePower Turbo vs. Nodachi
Cyclone Force 2.5 (25) vs. The Demonic Element vs. Mr. Slave 2

HEAT 6
Wedge Devolution (11) vs. Rouge vs. Merlin
Snakebite IV (27) vs. Manic Monsoon vs. GeForce Evo 3.0

HEAT 7
Orka MK.4 (13) vs. The Ultimate Wedge vs. Behemoth
Tengu VII (29) vs. Squish vs. Disco 5

HEAT 8
LK-47 Slapper (15) vs. Dervish V/ vs. Hypertension Mk.2
Battle Raptor 4 (31) vs. Dante vs. Push-Ish

HEAT 9
Big Nipper (16) vs. Intensity vs. Ze Newie
Giga-Byte 1.5 (32) vs. Split Decision vs. Stratos-Fear

HEAT 10
Chameleon (14) vs. Roo 2 vs. Axe-O-Lotl
Turbulence (30) vs. Tenderizer€™s Revenge vs. Baldur Gamma

HEAT 11
PCC (12) vs. A.K.A Idiot vs. The Nose 3.0
Shovearound 2 (2 vs. Sonic Boom vs. Death Adder 3

HEAT 12
Leprosy Infection (10) vs. Wedgie 5 vs. Aquarius
Wedga Revo 2.0 (26) vs. Happy Birthday Party Pooper vs. Wheely Pure Evil 2

HEAT 13
Whirligig 4.0 ( vs. Die-Ceratops ReInvertus vs. SUNCUST
Dantomkia (24) vs. Anti-Spin vs. Hefty Kick In The Balls

HEAT 14
Agro 3.5 (6) vs. Cyberdemon vs. SD IV
Achilles (22) vs. Windiest Killer vs. Automatic Schmuck

HEAT 15
Black Panther Queen (4) vs. Scottishly Fictional vs. Flea 2.0
Drilla Killa 7 (20) vs. T.O.C. 2 vs. Forklift€™s Revenge

HEAT 16
Storm 2 (2) vs. Insectide vs. PRP
MORD2 (1 vs. Obliteration vs. Bigger Brother

Last time, there was a mini set of mini competitions, and that was only the annihilator. There will be an annihilator near the end of the series, with the Mayhem€™s taking place between semi-final 1 and the heats.

ANNIHILATOR
Last time, Big Nipper won the annihilator, beating Crusher C.U, Wedge Devolution, Die-Ceratops ReInvertus, Tengu VII and MORD2. Big Nipper is back, but their will be a mayhem round for everyone to get through first

MAYHEM

Big Nipper vs. Achilles vs. Terrorhurtz
Sonic Boom vs. Wedga Revo 2.0 vs. Hypertension Mk.2
Obliteration vs. Whirligig 4.0 vs. Dantomkia
Roo 2 vs. Cyberdemon vs. Orka MK.4
Kali vs. Psyclonised vs. Merlin
Shovearound 2 vs. Bigger Brother vs. Wedge Devolution

The Judging System

The system has 5 categories: Style, Control, Strategy, Aggression and Damage. It category is 15 points spilt between the robots. E.g. x: 2 y: 13 The points add up to 75 and the winner is the robot with the highest score.

But what are we waiting for?
LET THE EYE OF THE ROBOT-SERIES 2 BEGIN!!!!

(Ill post the first round of Heat A in 2 days time)

(Message edited by paulc on December 23, 2007)

[matty_haka]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

...different...

[majinb]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

Paul, whats this?

are all fights already written?

[paulc]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

Yes, Martijn, Im afriad they are, but you can post what you predict will happen. And the E.O.T.R Series 3 WILL be a real tournument.

OK?

[majinb]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

well, fine with me, but your intro says we can post tactics :P

whats the use in that?

[andrewj]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

I€™ll look forwards to entering a decent team in Series 3 rather than the ones you pick for me then! For now, I€™ll give my predictions of heat winners:

Heat 1: Killotine: EVO
Heat 2: Gyrate!!!
Heat 3: Clawdius Decimus Suchalongnameius
Heat 4: Psyclonised :P
Heat 5: One of my favourites ever€¦ The Demonic Element
Heat 6: Maybe Manic Monsoon
Heat 7: Tengu VII
Heat 8: Hypertension Mk 2
Heat 9: Intensity
Heat 10: Baldur Gamma
Heat 11: Shovearound 2
Heat 12: Wedga Revo 2.0 :P
Heat 13: Die Ceratops Re Invertus
Heat 14: Automatic Schmuck
Heat 15: Black Panther Queen
Heat 16: MORD 2

[kodster]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

Im avoiding this one.

[paulc]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

Im sorry aobut that Martijn. It was typing fault I didnt notcie until too late.

After being at the airport for 5 hours, waiting for my uncle, Ive decided to post Round One of Heat A now.

Enjoy!

Heat 1

ROUND ONE
Killotine: EVO (1) vs. TIRTASM vs. Ramthrax 2
Firestorm 5 (17) vs. Van Tango vs. Dallas

From Scotland, seeded #1, KILLOTINE: EVO!!
Entered by Steven McGregor
The executing axe machine is back from beating Obliteration, Drilla Killa 7, Tornado, Agro 3.5, Crusher C.U, Black Panther Queen and Storm 2 to lift the Hardox cup! Virtually unchanged, Killotine is a low red box, armoured in Polycarbonate and Hardox. It also has 2 LEM130€™s giving 18hp and 16mph, and it uses its axe to chop and kill! However, the speed is low in vapourbot terms.

From Kelvedon, TIRTASM!!
Entered by Martyn Forsyth
A newcomer to the sport, TIRTASM is a rambot! A rambot with 18hp and 20mph speed, 4 wheels and a variety of interchangeable weaponry; these include a 15kg 10mm Hardox scoop, a 5kg drum, a pair of lifting forks, another 10mm Hardox scoop with 10mm rubber resistance, 8mm Vanadium/Titanium skirts for flippers and another set for ramming machines. The armour of Hardox will cope, but if an axe gets the wheels€¦

From Geddington, Ramthrax 2!!
Entered by Alex Holt
Another newcomer and another rammer. This robot is specially designed to kill spinners. It has a Hardox concave scoop to hold a spinner on, and 6 Vulkalon treaded tyres for purchase on the floor and the two magmotors give some power. 24mph is the top speed, but to give the spinner proof front, the sides and top are only 3mm Polycarbonate!

Booth One: Steven M
Booth Two: Martyn F (using weapon the 5kg drum)
Booth Three: Alex H

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Off they all go, Ramthrax being the fastest, planning to intercept TIRTASM on its way to Killotine, but Killotine hits into the side of Ramthrax!! The axe is slammed down, and it pierces the Polycarbonate before driving it across the arena into the sidewall. TIRTASM hits Killotine on the rear, knocking it up into the air! The axe retracts, and it moves onto TIRTASM, pushing it back and axing the top, creating pepper pot-like holes, but now its TIRTASM that shoving back, before Ramthrax comes in, to drive onto it! Killotine reverses off, and watches TIRTASM and Ramthrax shove against each other with Ramthrax slightly winning, before Killotine comes in from behind, to lock on and shove both machines. TIRTASM reverses back, ONTO THE FLIPPING SPIKES! It stays their too long, and is flipped. Killotine makes a hammering manoeuvre to the base, reverses to the pit button, and Ramthrax comes to shove TIRTASM down.

Result:
TIRTASM is pitted, and beaten first of all!
KILLOTINE: EVO (1) AND RAMTHRAX 2 GO THROUGH TO ROUND 2!!!

From Durham, seeded #17, Firestorm 5!!
Entered by Graham Bone
Firestorm 5 is a respected RW contestant, with a record of 3 bronze medals and two semi-finals, but didn€™t do quite so well last time- it did beat Gravity and Giga-Byte, before facing SNDOS, and getting its weapon taken out, and flipped in the Heat Final. Firestorm is still tough, using an 8mm Aluminium shell, 3hp drive and grippy wheels. But most of all is the forward hinged flipper! It€™s strong, but 3hp isn€™t much, and a strong spinner could crunch it!

From Hampshire, Van Tango!!
Entered by Dave Sheppard
Prepare for the dance of death! It€™s a fast, boxy robot, with an axe used on a Terrorhurtz style rack-and-pinion system, with good control, and a new tactic - it has a lifting scoop, and it can be driven into a maddened spin, to toss its machines away. The armours thick and can fight well, but against a pusher, it could be in problems.


From Merthyr-Tydvil, Wales, Dallas!!
Entered by Daniel Stickler
The teardrop shaped machine will just make you cry! It€™s a fast robot at 18mph, has been made of Vanadium/Titanium alloy, but the biggest danger is the 18.5kg flywheel on the front, spinning at ridiculous speeds and producing 11kj of force!! It is a very effective, damaging robot, but pushing power is a bit on the weak side.

Booth One: Graham B
Booth Two: Dave S
Booth Three: Daniel S

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

And they are off! All of them are fast, but none is faster than Dallas, as it launches into the front of Firestorm, but the angle of the wedge means that Dallas rides up it. Firestorm drives it to the sidewall, and flips it almost over the top but the teardrop shape means it rolls back down, before Van Tango leaps in with the axe. The shell of Dallas is repeatedly pummelled upon by Van Tango, until Firestorm flies underneath, throws Van Tango onto the flywheel of Dallas which sends Van Tango into a whirl! Dallas now hits Firestorm on the sides of it, sending the machine onto its back, only for the 17th seed to self-right easily, and charge into the rear of Van Tango, whilst it was axing Dallas. Dallas hits Van Tango, turning it over, as Firestorm charges it into the side walls as Van Tango brings itself up, Firestorm flips€¦and the first OOTA of the series is made, as Van Tango flies out!

Result:
The only music for Van Tango is the death march!
FIRESTORM 5 (17) AND DALLAS GO THROUGH TO ROUND TWO!!!

ROUND TWO:
Killotine: EVO (1) vs. Dallas
Ramthrax 2 vs. Firestorm 5 (17)

What do you predict for Round Two?

[martyn]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

i dont know where to start telling you the inacuracsies in the first fight.

[kodster]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

I am going to say this in the nicest way possible.

Those fights are really bad.

[martyn]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

lol i dont think that was the nicest possible way.

[kodster]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

Trust me, you DONT want to hear I want to say overall about those fights.

Problems...for one thing, I would REALLY suggest making those fights longer. For another, Killotine: EVOs axe is powerful but it cant punch holes in hardox instantly, even if the thickness is 3mm.

[swiss_tony]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

Trust me, you DONT want to hear I want to say overall about those fights.

Nobodys perfect at writing all the time, Kody. Im sure you of all people have learned that.

Just let him get some practice. Hell improve.

[kodster]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

Okay, Tony, then why dont you give this guy some advice since youre sticking up for him so much? :P

[knightrous]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 2

tony = paul