The K-TOAD tournament

[andrewj]

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And with that, Im 0-4 down this week. :sad: Nice fight though, Dave!

[tacoman]

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Wow. To be honest. I thought I was screwed.

Oh well, Im either going to fight my own robot or what is effectively a bye. Looks pretty good to me.

[kodster]

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Another prediction down the drain, surprising result, really. Great battles.

[davids]

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My plan to do a couple matches per weekend has gone down the pan, hopefully I will hit on with some more matches this weekend.

[davids]

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The Killer Toad Tournament

So it is time for the 3rd round 1 fight:

Flick of the Wrist vs. Forklift 2 (3)

The first machine into the arena today is Flick of The Wrist, champion of series 1 with a 3-0 win record, and it hasn€™t really changed from an annoying ram-bot, which rams robots around, power comes from some lovely MagMotors and the armour is titanium. The main weapon is a part of diamond tipped electric lifting forks, which can lift or spike other machines; however the main weapon is the drive, which can make Flicky go at 22 mph. Will Martijn ram his way to victory?

The 2nd machine into the arena is the 3rd seed, Forklift 2. Martyn€™s box with front forklift style flipping arms is unchanged from series 2 where it put out Martijn€™s Axe to Fall in round 1, before entering the pit via Nitro-Gene, before winning against Kody€™s Avarice in the 3rd place playoff. It has Hardox armour, and has 6 wheels to drive the machine powered by MagMotors. Will history repeat itself in the battle of the Marts?

Both Roboteers are in the arena, ready to go

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Blink and you might miss Flicky accelerating away, towards Forklift, as Martyn gets ready to defence himself against Flick of the Wrist€™s attack, as Martijn isn€™t stopping and as Forklift dodges, Martijn quickly flicks the controls of Flick of the Wrist and straight away is back on top of Forklift, well to the side, with the forks raised as Forklift is getting pushed sideways, Martyn is trying to get away, but Martijn has got his machine in a hold, as both machines slam into the arena wall at top speed.

The forks of Flick of the Wrist has actually pierced the side armour of Forklift 2, piercing though the 3mm Hardox armour like it was paper, as Martijn reverses, freeing from Forklift 2, Martyn shots out and comes straight back onto attack, but Flick of the Wrist dodges the flipping attack by Forklift, which looks like to be having some control issues, wanting to pull to the right hand side. Flick of the Wrist wastes no time and this time comes into another side attack, avoiding that front flipper.

Once again Martyn dodges, and this time Martijn doesn€™t come straight back onto attack, and drives off to the other side of the arena, before spinning around and launching onto an attack at the front end of Forklift, the front forks of Flick of the Wrist are raised into the piercing position. Both robots come together, as Flick of the Wrist hits into Forklift and pushes it backwards, the flipper fires, sending Flick of the Wrist over onto it€™s back, as Martijn comes straight back onto the attack, ramming into the other side of Forklift, and counter-acting the dodge, and for a 2nd time of the battle, Forklift is being pushed sideways towards the arena wall.

Bang, as Forklift bounces away from the wall, but once more Flick of the Wrist is back onto it, attacking the rear end, and getting underneath the rear wedge, and raising the forks, so that the rear wheels of Forklift are off the ground, suddenly something flies out of Forklift, and lands, as Flick of the Wrist raises Forklift again and puts on full power, ramming it towards the arena wall, another bang is heard as Forklift bounces onto the arena wall, stuck at an angle, rear end sticking on the fence, where it is stuck, Martyn knows that if he tries to self-right, he would only put himself over the arena wall, as for a moment the camera flicks back to that mystery item which came out of Forklift, it looks like a piece of metal, god knows where that came from, although that might explain the reason Forklift was pulling to the right after result of the first attack.

Flick of the Wrist is redrawing, as the Ref is coming into play, as the count-down has started. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, suddenly the flipper fires on Forklift sending it over the wall, Martyn preferring to get an OOTA rather than a Technical Knock-Out.

Cease

Flick of the Wrist rams to victory, positioning Forklift so that it self-righted out of the arena.

The next fight is:
Drilla Killa 7 vs. D-J

Drilla Killa 7 is a box with twin wedges, but the rear wedge is upside down and only comes into play when it gets flipped over, the weapons are a pair of drills, one at either end of the robot, so the drill bit can come out and drill into other machines when they are on the wedge. It has 6 wheels, and the armour is Hardox. Will Drilla Killa drill to victory?

The 2nd bot into the arena is D-J, which has stats in the €œHow Could I Improve€ thread, according to Timmy; however I checked and couldn€™t find the stats. Therefore D-J has been replaced with woody, a very basic 4 wheel drive machine powered by a couple of wheelchairs, one wheelchair at the front and one wheelchair at the rear, with the weapon coming from a tiny flail on the top, the armour is MDF, and the machine is rather top-heavy.

Both Roboteers are ready, Richard in the 1st booth, and a potato in booth 2.

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Richard not believing his luck drives Drilla Killa away from the starting block, the potato hasn€™t moved Woody, as it remains at a stand-still as Drilla Killa comes around to the side and getting underneath the high ground clearance, and still the potato hasn€™t moved, maybe that is a tactic to suddenly move, or maybe because the potato is a potato and can€™t handle the controller.

The drill bit rips into the side wood, like it was made of wood, as Drilla Killa redraws the drill and reverses, before coming into a long run, getting underneath Woody which falls onto it€™s side, the potato is looking rather sad as Drilla Killa drills another hole into Woody, as the Ref is coming Woody out.

Cease

In a rather 1-sided battle, Drilla Killa beats Woody.

Fight 5 will be:
Disco-Tech 2 vs. BIACS-LE

[paulc]

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I know that Timmy proberbly doesnt deserve a fair fight after what hes done, but Ive found the stats for D-J in a thread called help with vapour
- I just needed to say that.

NAME- D-J (Disc-tructive Jockey)
SHAPE- The shape is essentially the same a Shredder, except it is longer to fit in the extra set of wheels D-J has.
COLOUR- *add this your self tim*
WEIGHT- 100kg
SPEED- 18mph
TURNING CIRCLE- 0mm due to tornado style skid steer system
GROUND CLEARANCE- under the discs at the front is 15mm ground clearance, under the actual body at the front and the rest of the way round is 8mm. *if you wish add skirts to the sides and rear to make it 0mm*
ARMOUR- 5mm titanium
WHEELS- the robot has 8 wheels, although it only runs on for, it is set up in the same way as Big Nipper
POWER- 2 X 24 volt mag motors
WEAPONS- The robot has two discs, which are horizontal. The discs are horizontally next to each other, much like on Shredder. The discs spin in opposite directions inwards, i.e the one on the left spins clockwise and the one on the right spins anti clockwise, like on Shredder, it does more damage this way. It is powered on 36volt mag-motors spinning the discs at 3000rpm, it takes about 5seconds to spin them up to speed
SRIMECH- the robot is invertible
STRENGTHS- *find some*
WEAKNESSES- *find some*

[davids]

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Bugger :sad:

I wish people would actually post links to where their stats are hiding

[paulc]

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I know that Tim proberbly doesnt deserve to win anyway, but Im just saying this because the winner of Nitro-Genes battle against Die-Ceratops (Nitro-Gene is one of my robots) has to face the winner of the Drillia KIlla vs. D-J battle. If I win, Id rather face D-J than Drilla Killa.

[davids]

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Wouldnt you rather face Woody?

[davids]

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The Killer Toad Tournament

Round 1, Fight 4, Attempt 2

Drilla Killa 7 vs. D-J

Drilla Killa 7 is a box with twin wedges, but the rear wedge is upside down and only comes into play when it gets flipped over, the weapons are a pair of drills, one at either end of the robot, so the drill bit can come out and drill into other machines when they are on the wedge. It has 6 wheels, and the armour is Hardox. Will Drilla Killa drill to victory?

D-J is entered by Tim, and it is essentially a Shredder clone, but with 8 wheels, but set up in a similar fashion to Big Nipper, so 4 on top, 4 on bottom, it has titanium armour, and looks deadly if it catches you with the spinning discs, however it has high ground clearance, but will D-J spin to victory?

Both Roboteers are in the booths, ready to fight

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D-J comes out of the traps first, spinning its discs up to speed; Drilla Killa is 2nd out of the traps, as both machines are moving in together slowly, DJ has got the slight speed advantage by 1 mph, as Drilla Killa moves in, as both machines meet head on, some sparks fly from the front wedge of Drilla Killa as it gets underneath the front end of DJ, and starts pushing back, when drilling, as sparks fly from the titanium underbelly, as DJ is slammed into the pit release button, as Drilla Killa drives away from DJ, to line up another attack.

DJ comes onto the attack, getting away from the pit area, as the discs are up to speed, Drilla Killa spins, so that again, both front ends meet up, as for the 2nd time of the battle sparks fly from the front wedge of Drilla Killa as it puts on power to get underneath DJ, lifting the front pair of wheels off the ground, as sparks come from the under-side, as DJ is getting pushed backwards, back towards the pit, as Drilla Killa wants an early end, slamming into reverse to get rid of DJ from the wedge, and down into the pit.

Cease

Drilla Killa drills a couple holes in the underbelly of DJ, and drops it into a rather big hole, and moves onto round 2.

Next fight:
Disco-Tech 2 vs. BIACS-LE

[paulc]

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So me giving you the stats for D-J made no difference Im glad.

[velociraptor]

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Enjoyed both my robots fights there, Dave! Maybe we could call the one with Woody a demo.

[davids]

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The Killer Toad Tournament, Round 1, Fight 5

Disco-Tech 2 vs. BIACS-LE

Right, it is time for fight 5,

The first robot into the arena today is Disco-Tech 2, entered by Martyn; it is a box with 6 wheels, with a disc at the front and a disc at the rear, which appear to be powered by the same motor using a belt drive, it can run upside down and has Hardox for armour, the sides are protected with skirts, and it has a decent speed of 9 meters per second, so will Disco Tech be spinning to the disco beat tonight?

The 2nd machine into the arena today is the very strange BIACS-LE, which it€™s 2 wheels with a floating disc unit in the middle with a cage at the rear, what€™s strange is that there is no chassis, everything it held together with the armour plus supports, the disc is vertically mounted and powered by a motor buried in the armour supports, and weighs 25 kg, which could hurt if it hits you. 2 arms either side of the floating unit protect the disc from slamming onto the ground. Will the bull in a china shop smash its way to victory?

I€™m using the stats, as found on http://www.vapourbots.crystalnode.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=21http://www.vapourbots.crystalnode.ne...c.php?f=6&t=21, with thanks to AJ to pointing me in the right direction

*Puts on Harry Hill style voice*

They are only one way to find out€¦

FIGHT!!!

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Both robots don€™t move at the start of the starting whistle, as both machine€™s disc weapons start to spin up to speed before Disco-Tech getting away first and moving in towards Biacs, Matt starts to roll Biacs towards Disco, Martyn flicks on the controls and drives away from Biacs, before spinning around, Matt changes direction to face Disco, as Martyn starts to move in, putting on full power, heading straight towards Biacs, in an attempt to knock out that dangerous weapon, and taking out one of the 2 discs on his machine.

Both machines come together, as Disco goes flying away from Biacs, as Matt puts on full power to get to Disco as it lands, another slam on the front sending Disco into roll, as Biacs comes straight onto another attack, slamming into Disco-Tech at full power, as a piece of the base-plate remains on the ground, the bolts have come away from the chassis, as Disco puts on full power and drives away from Biacs to recover and consider the options, as it is upside down, with no top armour, and both discs bent, Matt only needs a moment and he is right on top of Disco again, as Martyn dodges the attack, as Biacs turns and comes right back onto the attack, sensing the kill soon against the weaponless Disco.

Martyn keeps on running away from Biacs, trying to get around the rear of the machine to catch out the floating cage, as Matt continues chasing Disco-Tech, Biacs slams into the side of Disco as it loses control taking a corner at speed, slamming it into the arena wall, the side skirt flies off, as Disco-Tech lies up against the side wall, the wheels are spinning but there is nobody at home, as Matt pulls back to allow the Ref to count out Disco, not wanting to cause any major damage to the exposed insides of Disco, being a sportsman.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and there goes the red card, as Disco-Tech 2 is counted out.

Cease

Biacs-le wins against Disco-Tech by technical knock-out

The next €œfight€ will be Death Threat 0.1 against the tournament favourite and the world€™s greatest ultimate vapourbot, Boxy.

[pcbore]

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I predict Boxy all the way here. Sorry Danny, but Death Threat cant compete at this level of competition

[davids]

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The Killer Toad Tournament

Round 1, Fight 6

Death Threat vs. Boxy

The first machine to enter the arena today is Death Threat, it is a tracked machine with a front wedge and some deadly looking crushing arms at the front, skirts protect the rear of the machine, however its top speed is only 10 mph and with exposed tracks on the top, it could get de-track-ed, with any luck Danny hopes his machine won€™t fly out of the arena in less than 10 seconds like it did in series 2 when it came up against Nitro-Gene.

The 2nd machine into the arena today is Boxy, it is a 3 wheel drive box, made of cardboard glued onto a wooden chassis, with an office chair in the middle, and it has a silly face for a weapon, and hopes to make other robots laugh themselves so it can attack. However it has no self-righter and has a high ground clearance.

Both machines are ready

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And Boxy is away first, rolling towards Death Threat which slams into the front end of Boxy, bringing the crushing arms into play, as the armour gives up being armour and turns into cardboard and rips away from the chassis, as Death Threat is pushing Boxy backwards, slamming it into the arena wall, as the entire armour comes away.

Death Threat drops the armour and comes back onto another attack, crushing into the wooden chassis like it was made of wood, crushing into the front wheelchair motor, can Boxy do anything? Danny pushes Boxy back into the pit release button, opening the pit, turning, and starts to push Boxy towards the pit, as it falls down the large hole, Death Threat spins around.

Cease

Death Threat causes an upset and beats Boxy and moves onto round 2.

The next battle will be
Wedgas Revenge vs. GBOD