Eye Of The Robot-Series 4

[paulc]

Eye Of The Robot-Series 4

By the way, Kody, Fire And Ice is a paralellogram - it has an invertible wedge at the rear, so flipping it will do nothing serious. And Storm II was stopped from getting to the Finals by Kali last time.

(Message edited by paulc on March 25, 200

[kodster]

Eye Of The Robot-Series 4

Calling me out on all angles, are you? :P

What I meant by Storm II getting to the Finals was the Grand Final (with the four finalists), not the Final Battle itself.

Also, Wedginator 6.0 will stack Fire and Ice against the wall if pitting it doesnt work. Will reserve the flipper for times when Ill really need it.

Better? :P

[joey_picus]

Eye Of The Robot-Series 4

*makes mental note to include interchangable weapons, some of which are of the fire-with-enough-power-to-defuse-a-tricky-stacking-situation variety, in F&Is next incarnation* :P

Although, wouldnt I be able to trundle along the wall if my tracks were in contact with it?

[paulc]

Eye Of The Robot-Series 4

SEMI-FINAL 1

ROUND FOUR:
Killotine: EVO (3) vs. YACATR
Wedignator 6.0 (2) vs. Fire And Ice
Ramthrax 2 (6) vs. Sithis
Psyclonised (9) vs. Die-Ceratops ReInvertus (23)

+1>From Scotland, seeded #3, Killotine: EVO!!
-1>Entered by Steven McGregor
The executing machine of E.O.T.R 1 returns! The first ever champion of our series is a tough robot to rival, using its seriously thick 3.25mm Hardox armour for the front, back and sides, and its bomb-proof Polycarbonate top armour at 15mm thickness. The motors inside this beast are 2 x LEM130€™s, powering 4 Wheels, giving traction and power difficult to be rivalled. The weaponry is a Hardox axe with a spiked point, with the ability to pierce Titanium - the weapon runs on CO2 at 160psi, giving off 900kg of force per hit! Flipping it is tricky, as skirts on all the sides prevent nearly anything getting under. At the front is an extension plate, making it even tougher, but all this skirting makes turning a bit of a problem.

In E.O.T.R 1: Showed everyone who was boss in Round One, when it hacked up Obliteration, immobilising the shell and allowing Flippa Frenzay Mk.7 to toss it out. Drilla Killa 7 suffered pain as well having been battered and pitted, but both robots were pitted at the end! The judges let Killotine through to face Tornado in the Heat Final, where it nearly got pitted again, but it saved itself and Tornado went down instead. In the final 12, things seemed to be simpler, but not clean going, as it took a bit of time to pit Agro 3.5, after getting the axe into the wheels. In the top 6 melees, it was easy, as Crusher C.U and Black Panther Queen got caught together, easy to be pitted by Killotine. In the final, Killotine: EVO looked outclassed against Storm 2, as Storm pushed it around the arena, and nearly down the pit, but after Killotine chopped off a drive chain, it made Storm easy to pit and made Killotine: EVO our first champion!

In E.O.T.R 2: (SEEDED 1) Battered up TIRTASM in Round One with help from Ramthrax 2, before finally pitting TIRTASM, and then it turned Dallas into a pepper pot before sending down the hole. Then in the Heat Final, it met Ramthrax 2 once more and a lucky blow cut out the control box, leaving Ramthrax dead. 28th seed Shovearound 2 posed a bit of a problem, but not enough to be hammered and pitted, but its winning run was to come to a shocking close as it fought 22nd seed Achilles, and a piece of poor control placed Killotine on the Achilles flipper, and Killotine disappeared over the side.

In E.O.T.R 3: (SEEDED 7) Looked on fine form in his heat, as he once again hacked into Obliteration and also into D-J, but killed Obliteration first, before then meeting the robot known as Quocunque Jeceris Stabit, where it pierced its gas bottle, immobilising the flipper before chopping through the armour to kill the motors off, and there-after came the winning of the heat, via the pitting of D-J after immobilising the discs. In Round Four, Steven met 13th seed Psyclonised, and the ex-champ was scared, as Psyclonised tore out the axe and proceeded to bash it up. Killotine, however, survived the loss of the weapon and was controlled and aggressive enough to win the JD. Just like last series, Killotine met the 17th seed Ramthrax 2, this time in Round Five. That battle was very even, with moments of Killotine giving Ramthrax punctures in the armour and moments of Ramthrax smashing Killotine around, but eventually, Killotine damaged the control box and was through to the final, where it was tossed into the pit by outsider and eventual runner-up, Wedginator 6.0, but in the play-off, it knocked out Eternia€™s gas bottle and dominated it for the whole fight to take the Aluminium cup.

In E.O.T.R 4: (SEEDED 3) So far has had a breezy run in the competition, after hacking at Death Threat 0.2 in Round One until it broke a track. Death Threat was then thrown OOTA by Merlin, but Killotine then pitted him and went down as well. In Round Two, we saw Killotine€™s ultimate state of extreme aggression when it smashed up the weaponry and armour of Black Death, and it easily won the JD at the end, but 19th seed Atomic gave Killotine hell at the start of the Heat Final, but Steven fought back and shoved Atomic over the flipping spikes, before attacking the base panel to send Atomic into meltdown!

+1>From Bourne, Lincolnshire, YACATR!!
-1>Entered by AJ
It€™ll cut above the rest of you - which is quite painful! What this is a unique 100cm wide axle robot with 2 wheel pod to protect the 2 x Vulcanised wheels powered by 2 x LEM130€™s at 48V. The armour on this thing is 3.25mm Hardox all over, except for the 4mm Titanium skirts which protect the 2.5cm ground clearance, but the major note on this robot is its massive Hardox disc, laser cut to form teeth that help when the disc crashes into something, being powered by a 52hp LEM200 at 48V. The disc is driven from the middle of the robot, so anything that fits with the shape is potential food! All good all around, but its axlebot nature means that the powerful motors are going to be put to waste!

In E.O.T.R 1: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 2: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 3: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 4: This very interesting robot has had a very interesting route through the ranks so far, as it smashed up the BattleBot called M.O.E after M.O.E was pushed into it by 26th seed Wild Thing. In Round Two, it took a few hits to kill 10th seed MegaByte - the first 3 killed the shell, and the next hit killed the body! It then met Panic Attack, and skinned the real robot of all its armour until it died.

Booth #1: AJ
Booth #2: Steven M

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Both robots move outwards into the arena, the wheels of Killotine moving and the disc of YACATR spinning at speeds beyond all descriptions! They move in, closer, and closer - the axe of the Scot slams down, and the disc of the Englishman makes contact, almost at the same time! BANG! As YACATR flies off into the distance, scarring is seen to have formed in the front wedge of Killotine, but worse has happened to YACATR, as we see a Titanium skirt battered and beaten lying on the floor! Killotine seems to be willing to come in on another assault on his opponent, but so is AJ! And the two robots collide, but Killotine spins away just in time to slam the axe down into the Hardox top! YACATR seems slightly worried, but not enough to be hit again, and now IT SPINS AROUND TO BRING THE DISC ONTO KILLOTINE€™S FRONT!! CLANG! The sound of the Hardox wedge being dented inwards is a worrying noise for Steven€¦so he hits in again to bring the axe crashing down, this time onto the wheels of YACATR! The Hardox tip of the axe lodges into the Vulkalon! Killotine now pushes his helpless victim into the pit release button, but now YACATR is free, and is spins away from the wall to end up side-on to Killotine! AJ drives forwards! RIP! The side-armour of the Scot is torn off, leaving the beauty of the internals on show for all! AJ sees a chance and prepares to rip in once more, but Steven reverses away and strikes the axe down ONTO THE SPINNING BLADE OF YACATR! The axe isn€™t seriously damaged, and now Steven strikes the silver spot on the top of YACATR, and suddenly the disc spins away! The audience cheers as the Hardox battering blade rolls off and suddenly falls down into the pit! YACATR is now helpless to attack, as Killotine pushes under the unskirted side and slammed it onto the edge of the pit, but YACATR looks too wide! AJ smiles at this, but Killotine shifts it a bit to the side, and a wheel is now stuck in the pit! AJ now puts his controls down, but it isn€™t moving and the count begins!
10€¦9€¦8€¦7€¦6€¦5€¦4€¦3€¦2 €¦1€¦cease!!!

Result:
YACATR is cut up and cut off!
KILLOTINE: EVO (3) GOES THROUGH TO ROUND 5!!!

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+1>From Toronto, Canada, seeded #2, Wedginator 6.0!!
-1>Entered by Kody Kunz
A cross with between a Wedge and the Terminator, this robot has it all - the ability to destroy heavy machinery, and the ability to never die. Wedginator is a specially designed wedge shaped robot, powered by the most frequent of vapourbot power housings - the 2 x LEM130 at 36V, 18hp, and 24mph! The way the weapon works is that the entire 6mm Hardox armour is tilted, making it a near Full-Body flipper. The front is a front-hinged flipper, and the rear is a rear hinged flipper, but it can only lift 300kg, and flip 175kg, due to the weight of the armour. The front and rear are dead zero, but the sides are 4mm!

In E.O.T.R 1: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 2: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 3: Had an AWESOME and shocking run through the competition, starting off in Round One by scooping up and tossing 16th seed Son Of Wedgie into the pit with relative ease, taking near-t-no notice of RCC2 in the process. In Round Two, it looked like it would be outclassed by Infusion Delta, but Kody insisted on pitting his opponent, and did, despite gaining a few memory cuts. And then it took on fellow new boy on the block, Flick Of The Wrist, and the two brutally fought, but the high clearance on Flick meant that Wedginator got under won the JD! 20th seed Tengu VII bashed it up badly in the first Round of the semis, and it didn€™t look good for the new boy, but a lucky shot with the rear flipper allowed for the spinner to be upon the wall, upside-down, meaning Tengu€™s famous self-righter couldn€™t work! The next battle was even more surprising against 5th seed Black Panther Queen - they exchanged flips and axe blows, but shockingly, Wedginator flipped it against the wall before performing an OOTA! 7th seed and ex-champ Killotine: EVO fell victim in the 6th Round, as Killotine tried his best, but was still pitted. But in the Final, it looked all set for Wedginator to take the title against 8th seed Kali, but Kali turned it all around and Wedginator soon fell to the rightful champion via an OOTA!

In E.O.T.R 4: (SEEDED 2) Got through Round One just as easily as last year, as it and Dreadnaut XP-1 teamed up on Suicidal Tendincies, until it flipped Dreadnaut onto its back, bad news for Dreadnaut, but good news for Wedginator, when in Round Two, Wedginator stacked a newcomer called Turbo Shredder against the wall, before in the Heat Final, Wedginator, Series 3 runner-up went up against ex-champ and 18th seed Whirligig 4.0, and many hits and flips were exchanged until Wedginator won on a JD

+1>From Pontefract, Fire And Ice!!
-1>Entered by Joey McConnel
Fire And Ice, Yin And Yang, Fish And Fish! This robot looks to be a promising design, effectively using a tracked design with enforced steel protection, with added rubber for grip. The tracks are powered by LEM130€™s at 36V, allowing for an outburst of 36hp! The power is so great that this robot can reach speeds of 16mph, or 25mph if needed. As well as all this power, it had some active weaponry, and they are 2 x 20cm diameter diamond edged saw blades, one in the centre of each wedge, powered by S28-150 Magmotors at 24v to around 3500rpm. It has armourment hard to rival, using 5mm Hardox, and underneath that, the robot has serious amounts of shock-proofing to prevent it being shock-killed when facing a spinner. The tracks may be vulnerable to axes, but it looks quite good.

In E.O.T.R 1: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 2: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 3: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 4: Got into a ramming battle against Crimson Thunder and Achilles. Achilles was able to resist the majority of Fire And Ice€™s onslaughts, and was able to flip Crimson Thunder about, and 16th Achilles and Fire And Ice eclipsed it in the JD. It needed yet another JD in order to get past the dangerous 32nd seed Another Night At The Bar, when Fire And Ice just pushed on to win, to make it to the Heat Final against Achilles, and Achilles flipped Fire And Ice around, but soon the newcomer rammed the seed into the far wall, and Achilles wouldn€™t move, so then Fire And Ice moved into the semis!

Booth #1: Kody K
Booth #2: Joey M

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

The faster Wedginator is lightning fast out of its starting zone, and is soon followed by Fire And Ice. The two highly experienced designs speed together AND COLLIDE WITH A BANG! Wedginator seems to have come out better from that ram, having his wedge front underneath the box-wedge structure of Fire And Ice! Now it seems that Joey is trying to reverse off the steep wedge shape of Wedginator, but he can€™t, as he hits the pit release button with a bang! Kody flipped on impact, but Fire And Ice didn€™t go over the wall, and now Joey is back in the running, and runs straight into the sides of Wedginator, as sparks fly off in all directions as a result of the impact of the saws! As Fire And Ice smashes underneath the seed, it drives his opponent into the far wall at great speed! Wedginator rattles around as he impacts against the wall, but doesn€™t seem quick enough to escape another charge from the newcomer, and Fire And Ice smashes in again, with more sparks flying away as the saws hit in again!! Wedginator seems to spin away again and pushing underneath the sides of Fire And Ice, and then a burst of CO2! Fire And ice goes flying over against the wall, but suddenly, Joey drives into the front of Wedginator! There€™s a massive bang, and WEDGINATOR IS UNDERNEATH AND PUSHING FIRE AND ICE TOWARDS THE WALL! He flips! Fire And Ice lands on the top of the wall, backs away for the final attack, but the tracks on Fire And Ice drive it off the wall! The two make violent contact again, AND THIS TIME, WEDGINATOR RIDES UP THE WEDGE! Fire And Ice now starts speeding last times runner-up towards the pit and suddenly€¦BOOM! Down falls Wedginator!

Result:
Wedginator 6.0 (2) is a sequel too far!
FIRE AND ICE GOES THROUGH TO ROUND 5!!!

Ive had to split this post in two, so just wait a bit.

[paulc]

Eye Of The Robot-Series 4

Here we are - the second half of my post - DAMN YOU KILOBYTE RESTRICTIONS!

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+1>From Geddington, seeded #6, Ramthrax 2!!
-1>Entered by Alex Holt
Fed up of killing wildlife, Ramthrax is now going for robots! This robot is a powerhouse of traction and power combined, using 6 wheels coated with Vulkalon, allow for the ultimate in terms of tractions, and it also has 2 x B42-500 Magmotors at 48V, allowing for massive amounts of horsepower! On the front is a massive concave Hardox plate, designed to kill FBS€™s, which it€™s designed to take on and to stop spinners, it has 4mm Tungsten Steel skirts on the sides. In the scoop as well are two actuators which can lift a 100kg robot 5cm off the ground, allowing for a bigger ram. Despite all this, although the armour on the front is the toughest ever in vapourbot history, the sides, top and rear armour is 3mm Titanium€¦

In E.O.T.R 1: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 2: Had an easy Round One battle after pitting TIRTASM with helping from reigning champ Killotine: EVO. In Round Two, it was tougher when 17th seed FireStorm 5 pinned it on the walls, and got ready for an OOTA, but Alex escaped and dumped FireStorm down the pit! It met the Champion Killotine: EVO in the Heat A final, and it went totally wrong as Steven€™s axe robot took out the control box, leaving Mr. Holt€™s robot dead in the arena.

In E.O.T.R 3: (SEEDED 17) Assisted with Seung Mina III in helping to remove Disc-O-Inferno from the competition, with Ramthrax slamming it around the ring before Seung Mina made the final flip to send the realie OOTA! In Round Two, it slammed Panicking around, eventually nudging it down the pit! But in the second Round, it took on the 1st seed and Champion again, this time it was Whirligig 4.0! And despite loosing a piece of side-armour, Ramthrax shocked the crowd and bookies by pitting the Champion. The side-armour was repaired for the semi-finals, and it met the 12th seed and realie Big Nipper. Big Nipper got in a few good slams and dodges, but Ramthrax controlled the majority of the fight, and Alex won a JD! It then had a grudge-match - with Killotine: EVO, now reduced to 7th seed! The battle was fast and furious, but once again, Killotine killed the control box, ending Ramthrax€™s glorious run!

In E.O.T.R 4: (SEEDED 6) Ramthrax began in style by killing off Darke Destroyer with a single, powerful hit! It was an easy win, and it went through with Black Death, before one of its toughest battles against Aftershock, who constantly sent Ramthrax flying onto its back, but it didn€™t sustain much in the way of damage and the seed won a JD. The same happened in the Heat Final against the lethal machine, Leprosy Infection seed 22. The battle however was closer, but not close enough, as Ramthrax took another semi-final spot!

+1>From Bedford, Sithis!!
-1>Entered by Danny Bailey
Coming from the down of Bedford, we have a robot! Of course we have a robot, but this is no ordinary robot - it€™s Sithis! Sithis is a special design it€™s a 90x90x30 cylinder which involves a 20kg spinning ring powered by an Etek, with 2 x 5kg Curved Hardox teeth, designed to rip into armour and tear out panels rotating around the edges! The spinner also produces 100kj of energy .The drive on this baby is 2 x LEM130€™s at 36V which power 4 x Invertible wheels with Vulkalon treads! The motors give 15mph, which is great, and so is the armour of 8mm Titanium all around, but it is frail against more powerful weapons.

In E.O.T.R 1: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 2: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 3: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 4: Spun up in Round One to cause attacks on both Dantomkia and 13th seed Orka MK.4, causing a bit of damage to both, but Dantomia got shocked to death, despite flipping both robots a few times. 29th seed Super Gore Evo got hold a few times, but Sithis€™ spinning power knocked it around to win on a JD. In the Heat Final, we got an almighty shock, when Orka knocked it around no issue, but in the closing stages of the battle, as Sithis was edged towards, the pit, Orka came in for the final push-down, but the challenger shockingly spun Orka down the pit!

Booth #1: Alex H
Booth #2: Danny B

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

The heavy Hardox blades spin up quickly, but it looked slow compared to the speed Ramthrax sped out at! The rammer and the spinning teeth collide, and there a MASSIVE bang! Ramthrax is spun off, but Sithis is deflected away, before it quickly rams in! A Titanium panel of Ramthrax lies on the floor, beaten and bruised out of shape, but the rammer still doesn€™t stop! It presses on great speeds, and it still doesn€™t stop€¦BANG! Sithis is reflected back against the wall, and crashes against the spikes! The Hardox blades catch hold of the thin point and THEY BECOME BENT OUT OF SHAPE! That gives us some idea of the power in Sithis, but Ramthrax, controlled by an enthusiastic Alex Holt doesn€™t care about the raw energy and POWERS IN AGAIN! This time Sithis is pinned in against the spikes, and the shell grounds down to a halt! Ramthrax is now bringing in the lifter, as we see the powerful weapon-on-wheels being suspended in the air! The seed slowly reverses away, out into the centre of the ring, still suspending Sithis€¦AND THEN HE DRIVES FORWARD! BANG! Sithis looks to have taken the blow, but we see a tooth bent out of shape! Sithis spins in a circle, trying to break loose from Ramthrax€¦AND HE€™S SUCEEDED!! The shell spins now, moving at once again break-neck speeds! Ramthrax still shows no fear, and charges in BUT MISSES! Danny sees this chance and hits the side, and creaking of metal being peeled from its edges in deafening! Now BOTH of the sides on Ramthrax are exposed, but now Alex now this and finally starts becoming less aggressive. Sithis hits in again, this time at the front-right, SENDING RAMTHRAX INTO A 360 SPIN! Alex now backs away from another potential slam, and now speeds in, stopping the shell - but its quickly back up to speed! Alex hits in once more, and continues hitting€¦UNTIL IT BOUNCES DANNY€™S MACHINE INTO THE PIT RELEASE BUTTON! Sithis hits it, and now dents the Hardox rim of the button! Danny is amazed of the damage capability of his own machine, but Alex now this and turns Sithis onto the edge of the pit - Sithis has one side dangling over the drop into oblivion. Danny knows what happens next, as Ramthrax moves in and charges it down!

Result:
Sithis has got syphilis!
RAMTHRAX 2 (6) GOES THROUGH TO ROUND 5!!!

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+1>From Bourne, Lincolnshire, seeded #9, Psyclonised!!
-1>Entered by AJ
Look out for the eye of the storm, and look out for Psyclonised!! This can do quite well - it€™s an invertible circular robot, with a spinning ring around the edge, making it something known as a ring spinner, but it also has a complicated spinning cage mounted to it, which has 3 very heavy and large Hardox blocks attached together by Hardox rods 8mm thick to dish out some serious hurts using its LEM200 motor with an output of 52hp! The cage works as an anti-axe and anti-crusher frame, and speeds of 15mph from 2 x LEM130€™s at 24V are nothing to argue with, especially since it goes onto 4 x Vulkalon wheels! If anyone can find a weakness in this machine, we€™ll be the first to tell you€¦even though we might not need to.

In E.O.T.R 1: Performed well against SD IV with help from Orka MK.4 in Round One. SD IV was smashed up badly by Psyclonised before it was pitted by Orka MK.4. However, Psyclonised met up with home robot Crusher C.U, who held onto the anti-crusher frame and turned the greatest strength for Psyclonised into its greatest weakness, as the spinner was surprisingly pitted!

In E.O.T.R 2: (SEEDED 23) Basically wrecked the early competition in the heat, first taking apart the Polycarbonate built Panicking, then it messed up the RingMaster in a few hits and even mucked up the lethal terror of 7th seed SNDOS. It met 11th seed Wedge Devolution, and it caused some MAJOR harm to the wedge. However, after the damage was sustained, Wedge suddenly defied all fear, and pushed the storm towards the edge of the ring before tossing Psyclonised away like a lethal Frisbee, when it landed OOTA!

In E.O.T.R 3: (SEEDED 13) Got through Round One easily when Turbo Tails used it for its own diabolical schemes when it smashed Splinter limb from limb and then Turbo Tails cleaned up the rubbish and dumped it in the pit! Psyclonised€™s Round Two opponent was Forklift 3, who was expected to be a dangerous foe, but after its flipper was nearly ripped out by Psyclonised, it was a goner and Psyclonised killed it easily from then-on! In the Heat Final, there was a big match-up between Turbo Tails and Psyclonised€¦and the seed won, killing his enemy in one shot! In the semi-final, it was instantly drawn against 7th seed Killotine: EVO. It ripped out the executing axe, but Steven soon used his power advantage to now dominate the fight and win a JD!

In E.O.T.R 4: (SEEDED 9) A team-up in Round One made Cable turn into scrap metal at the mercy of the power of Psyclonised and Shrederator! In the next round, it faced Typhoon 2, and they both hit each other with massive force. It went to the judges and Psyclonised won on aggression and style! In the Heat Final, it was then drawn against the dangerous Shrederator, but it didn€™t last that long, and soon Shrederator was dead and Psyclonised was the winner!

+1>From Onehouse, Suffolk, seeded #23, Die-Ceratops ReInvertus!!
-1>Entered by Christopher Mason
Archaeologists have discovered a new breed of dinosaur - it seems to be known as Die-Ceratops ReInvertus, meaning €˜the likely winner of this contest€™! Since last series, the Dinosaur has undergone a couple of chances, including a higher ground clearance to make it more controllable, and it also now has more powerful motors, like the 2 x S28-400 Magmotors at 24V, making 12hp on 4 wheels. The armourment on this beast is 8mm Titanium which provides some good defence, so it can get the flipper into play, as the flipper produces 1000kg at the tips! A speed of 15mph makes it very tough to combat, but there are more agile robots about!

In E.O.T.R 1: Bombed out in Round One, after nearing taking out MORD2, it got its tyres torn into rubber strips by Whirligig 4.0.

In E.O.T.R 2: Did much better by flipping about SUNCUST after 8th seed Whirligig damaged SUNCUST before Die-Ceratops OOTAed the American, despite taking a bit of grief. In Round Two, it dealt out ALL the grief to 24th seed Dantomkia. After immobilising Dantomkia and then tossing it down the pit, it met Whirligig once more, and put up a very good fight, once nearly getting it OOTA, but the eventual champion was able to tear up the wheels once more.

In E.O.T.R 3: (SEEDED 15) Took out the terrifying Infusion Gamma in a matter of seconds, without help of Axeon 2.0. Then the second round, an equally short performance, as the lethal Full-Body Drum (FBD) of Aftershock was shocked and out, but then he took on Axeon 2.0, and a thrilling battle ensued, which involved flips, and a lot of axe-blows. Sadly though, Die-Ceratops stopped moving in the dying moments of the battle, allowing Axeon to win.

In E.O.T.R 4: (SEEDED 23) Effortlessly took out the American real robot FrenZy, when Axe To Fall axed it and Die-Ceratops tossed it out the ring before taking part in a lightning fast battle against SOR Hex. SOR Hex was out the ring before it could do anything to Die-Ceratops, and then the Heat Final against the powerful 7th seed Wedge Devolution was fast and filled with flips, but Die-Ceratops won out to make it to the semi-finals!

Booth #1: Alex H
Booth #2: Danny B

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

The heavy ring of Psyclonised quickly grinds up to speed, soon becoming a blur, and Die-Ceratops comes out cautiously€¦PSYCLONISED CHARGES IN! Chris quickly spins his robot around! The nose of Die-Ceratops is spun away from the charges and spin around, but now batters his nose underneath Psyclonised€™s ground clearance! Then a burst of CO2 sends the robot flying into the air, and landing with a thud, the spinner stopped, but it€™s quickly back up to speed again, and the blades are speeding around once more! AJ storms his design into the battle once more, blades whirling around with the massive Hardox blocks looking like blurs! The two robots contact, and this time Psyclonised hits its opponent - on the left-side wheel guard! A large dent quickly appears in the side of Die-Ceratops, but it€™s only a dent€¦UNTIL PSYCLONISED HITS IN AGAINST! And now sheets of Titanium go flying across the arena, splintered in half, and now Die-Ceratops seems to have lost a little bit of acceleration! Chris€™ uber-flipper is still going, and he presses on once against getting Die-Ceratops€™ nose underneath the cage of Psyclonised! Another flip and Psyclonised once against stops spinning, and once again he attempts to get it back to spin up to speed again! However, Chris is on a mission to stop this, and bashes under the ring once more, flipping it up, and it€™s stopped once more - and Chris now hits in again! Psyclonised flies upwards, and LANDS ON THE WALL! Chris is standing-off; waiting to see what€™ll happen next€¦NOTHING! Psyclonised is trapped on the wall, unable to escape! And the count commences!
10€¦9€¦8€¦7€¦6€¦5€¦4€¦3€¦2 €¦1€¦cease!!!
Die-Ceratops spins in victory, now moving forward, his wedge under the ring, and he now fires his flipper. CRASH! Psyclonised lands in a heap outside of the arena!

Result:
Psyclonsied (9) storms away from victory and towards defeat!
DIE-CERATOPS REINVERTUS (23) GOES THROUGH TO ROUND 5!!!

ROUND FIVE:
Killotine: EVO (3) vs. Ramthrax 2 (6)
Die-Ceratops ReInvertus (23) vs. Fire And Ice

Send in tactics, comments, predictions and a reason why making the PS3 was a bad idea

[joey_picus]

Eye Of The Robot-Series 4

A reason? Just one?

And YAY, I BEAT WEDGINATOR! Good fights Kody and Paul.

TICTACS:
Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus vs. FIRE AND ICE

Tornado vs. WBC springs to mind here. Basically avoid the flipper, which shouldnt be too hard because of the shape, and ram it around a lot, hopefully into the walls and then the pit.

Good luck, Chris

[majinb]

Eye Of The Robot-Series 4

you DO know how to write a battle by now Paul, cant deny that

Killotine: EVO (3) vs. Ramthrax 2 (6)
TOUGH matchup, very though. Ramthrax biggest defense lies in its scoop, but Killotine wont hit the scoop, itll hit the top! Killotine can clamp and take control, but Ramthrax has the power to take away all the breathing space from Killotine.
Too hard to call .

Die-Ceratops ReInvertus (23) vs. Fire And Ice
I agree with Joeys Tornado vs WBC analogue. Fire and Ice can be a pain in Die-Ceratops *** forever and Die-Ceratops lacks the shape to get out of danger quick enough.

[kodster]

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Ill get you next time Joey. NEXT TIME!!!

Wow! Nicer battles than before, Paul! Starting to relent...heres hoping you can keep this up! And you said you needed tactics... :wink:

Killotine: EVO (3) vs. Ramthrax 2 (6)

Tough, this, but I think Ramthraxs exposed wheels may be the clincher here.

Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus (23) vs. Fire And Ice

A shock exit for Die-Ceratops, methinks.

[paulc]

Eye Of The Robot-Series 4

Ive had little in the way of tactics, but as Kody put it, tactics help but they arent needed. So here we are, trying to find out which 2 of these 4 robots will qualify for the series Grand Final. So lets kick it off!

ROUND FIVE:
Killotine: EVO (3) vs. Ramthrax 2 (6)
Die-Ceratops ReInvertus (23) vs. Fire And Ice

KILLOTINE: EVO vs. RAMTHRAX 2

Booth #1: Steven M
Booth #2: Alex H

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Ramthrax charges from the starting line, but Killotine is now quickly gaining ground to smash head-on into the Doomforall robot! The duo both slam into contact, as Killotine€™s frontal wedge gets just under the concave front of Ramthrax! Steven then instantly slams down the point of the axe! Instantly, then Titanium bodywork proves no match for the axe, and Steven now has Ramthrax in his clutches! Alex is trying to break loose, and slams all the power down inside his rammer, AND WE SEE THAT RAMTHRAX IS PUSHING KILLOTINE BACK! The axe robot retracts his axe and brings it down again, but Alex and turned to the side, as he knows the power held inside the axe! Side-on now, the two now break into a dance, trying to get themselves facing the opponent€™s sides! AND KILLOTINE IS WINNING IN THAT FIGHT! And he€™s side-on now - and he€™s now got the perfect chance to smash in with the axe€¦AND DOWN IT SLAMS! The axe slams into the scoop of it, and the weapon is now jammed in between the front of Ramthrax! Steven is trying to push Ramthrax across the arena, but he€™s only so much as nudging him along - TOWARDS THE PIT RELEASE BUTTON! Killotine€™s axe is inching its way free, and hit against the wall has knocked it free! Alex spins his robot around and lands facing Killotine from the side, and the power is put down straight away by all 6 of the wheels on Ramthrax! Killotine goes flying into the arena wall! And both machines recoil, and we notice something about Killotine€™s bodywork - there€™s a dent in it! Steven notices and drives into the front again! The axe hits in, another hole, but Ramthrax still has traction and Steven realises this as Killotine flies back€¦BANG! Both robots hit the wall, hard, and now Killotine: EVO brings down the axe once more, this time onto the wheels!
10€¦9€¦8€¦
Pieces of rubber fly off in all directions as the Hardox point makes contact against the tyre!
€¦7€¦6€¦5€¦
Ramthrax spins away from another income of axe, and quickly ends side-on once more to Killotine before lifting him and ploughing him INTO THE PIT RELEASE BUTTON!
€¦4€¦3€¦
Killotine quickly dodges, with another dent and he brings the axe down, and€¦NO! The side panel has fallen off Ramthrax!
€¦2€¦1€¦CEASE!!

What a battle - and its for a Grand Final seat as well. Too close to call, so the judges will decide who wins through to the Grand Final. Can Killotine knock up 3 wins in a row against Ramthrax or will Alex finally get revenge?

JD - The scores:

Dominance: Both robots had moments when one was more dominating than the other, but Ramthrax seemed to have slightly more dominance

Killotine: EVO (3): 6 x 6 = 36
Ramthrax 2 (6): 8 x 6 = 48

Damage: Killotine claims the majority of the damage done, but the dents in the Scot armour earn Ramthrax some points.

Killotine: EVO (3): 9 x 5 = 45
Ramthrax 2 (6): 3 x 5 = 15

Aggression: Ramthrax seemed to have a lot more aggression in this fight, but Killotine showed some aggression as well.

Killotine: EVO (3): 5 x 4 = 20
Ramthrax 2 (6): 9 x 4 = 36

Strategy: Both robots didn€™t show much strategy, except Ramthrax seemed a bit more able to carry it out.

Killotine: EVO (3): 6 x 3 = 18
Ramthrax 2 (6): 9 x 3 = 27

Control: Ramthrax showed better controlling skills, but Killotine did dodge a few good attacks.

Killotine: EVO (3): 6 x 2 = 12
Ramthrax 2 (6): 9 x 2 = 18

Style: Killotine had WAY more style than Ramthrax did.

Killotine: EVO (3): 9 x 1 = 9
Ramthrax 2 (6): 5 x 1 = 5

Totals:

Killotine: EVO (3): 140
Ramthrax 2 (6): 149

Unbelievable!! Alex gets to taste the sweetness of revenge as the win in this fight goes to RAMTHRAX 2!

Result:
Killotine: EVO (3) has been executed at the guillotine!!
+1>RAMTHRAX 2 (6) GOES THROUGH TO THE SERIES GRAND FINAL!!!

DIE-CERATOPS REINVERTUS vs. FIRE AND ICE

Booth #1: Joey M
Booth #2: Chris M

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

The traction on board Fire And Ice allow it instantly to move away from the starting line! Die-Ceratops is following at a slightly slower pace but it was a pace nonetheless, and the two meet each other nose-to-nose€¦FIRE AND ICE IS UNDERNEATH! The pure power coming from those LEMs at 36V onto those high-traction tracks are enough to instantly slam back the awesome flipper of Suffolk! Die-Ceratops leaps into the air on impact, sparks flying off as well from the diamond-tipped saw at the front! Die-Ceratops lands and reverses away from Fire-And Ice before it attempts another onslaught€¦AND IT CHARGES IN AGAIN! The speed and power of Fire And Ice seems to be annoying the flipper quite badly and now the powerful robot drives in and hits the pit release button! Joey now drives in to try and get a simple push into the pit, and drives into Die-Ceratops, BUT CHRIS DRIVES UNDER FIRE AND ICE! The flipper on Die-Ceratops activates, and the rammer spins in 3 complete spins in the arena atmosphere, before landing with a crash ONTO DIE-CERATOPS€™ FLIPPER! And another flip and more spins in the air and more crashes onto the Steel and Hardox floor! Fire And Ice now seems to have landed against the sides of Die-Ceratops, AND NOW RAMS UNDER, SPARKS FLYING! As the sparks fly, we see the fast moving rammer speeding across the arena and hitting Die-Ceratops DOWN THE PIT! Die-Ceratops lays smoking in a heap, while Fire And Ice spins in the middle of the ring, having made it to the Grand Final!

Result:
Die-Ceratops ReInvertus (23) is now extinct!!
+1>FIRE AND ICE GOES THROUGH TO THE SERIES GRAND FINAL!!!

Next Time:

SEMI-FINAL 2

ROUND FOUR:
Kali (1) vs. Back To Rock (27)
Storm 2 (4) vs. Cat With Wheels
Tengu VII ( vs. Sheer Heart Attack 2 (30)
Big Nipper (12) vs. Intrigue

Send in comments, tactics, predictions and a reason to love the Easter break even when it isnt Easter

[kodster]

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Tactics are in already, along with predictions.

[joey_picus]

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Rearrange these words into a sentence:

Mister wooty, those Paul very battles just and, are not won, I because.

And YAAAAAAAYYY! GO FIRE AND ICE!

[paulc]

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Well - its only a few fights away from my Grand Final. Hope this please you - The first Round of battles from the 2nd Semi-Final!

SEMI-FINAL 2

ROUND FOUR:
Kali (1) vs. Back To Rock (27)
Storm 2 (4) vs. Cat With Wheels
Tengu VII ( vs. Sheer Heart Attack 2 (30)
Big Nipper (12) vs. Intrigue

+1>From Geddington, seeded #1, KALI!!
-1>Entered by Alex Holt
Welcome the Hindu god of destruction and last series€™ god of winning! Kali is inspired in its design by Storm 2, and its obvious in its 6 Vulcanised wheels powered by the classic 2 x LEM130€™s at 36V, allowing nothing but pure power and traction. However, this robot has a BioHazard style lifting arm, powered by high-pressure CO2! The flipper is capable of flipping a great deal, and has an ultra low extension plate to get under almost any form of skirting. To add to the strong package, it€™s made stronger by the ABC armour, 5mm on the sides and rear, enforced to 1cm at the front, with 15mm Polycarbonate on top, which is good, but an axe could damage the top armour quite badly!

In E.O.T.R 1: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 2: Made a mark in Round One of the heat against 5th seed Terrorhurtz and newcomer BOTCG, who was flipped around the arena by Kali and hammered by Terrorhurtz. Eventually, BOTCG went OOTA, as did its Round Two obstacle 21st seed Clawdius Decimus Murderous, and he went out quite quickly! Terrorhurtz causes major damage to the top armour in the Heat Final, but Kali got around the rear, and pushed and flipped, sending Terrorhurtz OOTA as well, and sending himself into the semis! ForcePower Turbo was a hassle in the first Round of the semis, but also went the same way as all those before. But in Round Five, 10th seed Leprosy Infection escaped the OOTA, and jammed up Kali€™s armour against its wheels, leaving the god of destruction€¦destroyed.

In E.O.T.R 3: (SEEDED Started off in similar fashion to the last series, when drawn against the deadly Infusion Helix and MegaByte. Kali took a bit of damage, but quickly flipped out MegaByte, despite losing a panel. It was quickly fixed, and quickly finished off Back To Rock 3 via OOTA as well. In the Heat Final, it took on 24th seed Metal Sonic Spin Dash, who didn€™t pose a problem, but Kali couldn€™t finish him off! Nevertheless, a completely unanimous Judges Decision put Kali into the semis once more! A good newcomer, Fick Me 4-3, was flipped over once, twice and thrice, and even more times before it was sent down the pit! In the Quarters against twice runner-up and 2nd seed Storm 2, we saw Kali on the ropes for the first time in the series, mostly at the beginning when it nearly got pitted, but Alex literally pushed to claim a Judges Decision, but only just. In the final 4, Eternia, the robot responsible for finishing off the favourites for contest, was quickly disposed of by Kali via OOTAing - Kali was in the final! In that final, we thought we were in for a shock when Wedginator 6.0 thrust him all over the arena, but in the closing seconds of the battle and series, Kali pushed him to the edge and just flipped him out the ring just in time to claim the Hardox Cup!

In E.O.T.R 4: (SEEDED 1) Had an easy way through Round One with the help of newcomer Gabriel V1.2, who helped Kali in taking out Bulldog Breed, before Kali flipped the dog out the ring, but was then the victim of an unprovoked by Gabriel! But it soon found its title under threat from Seung Mina, who nearly threw the champ out the ring, but Kali soon backed it up against the wall, given the Canadian the humiliation of flipping itself out! In the Heat Final, annoyance came in the form of a promising Gabriel, who looked on top for a bit, but Kali pulled back and hit in, flipped again and again until Gabriel was OOTA!

+1>From Holland, seeded #27, Back To Rock 3!!
-1>Entered by Martijn Benschop
Rocking all over the world is the robot that€™s Back To Rock! A very unique shape this one is which is a box with a scoop at the front and a rounded back. The front is higher than the back and has an €œarc€ like for more efficient self-righting. For movement it has 6 wheels, about 12 cm diameter powered by 2 x LEM130€™s at 48V, which can provide the standard LEM130 with even more power, so it has 24hp and plenty of torque at 15mph! The weapon on this thing is a big rear-hinged lifting arm powered by a single LEM130 at 36 V, which a €˜rack-and-pinion€™ mechanism. A pinion around the LEM€™s axle moves up a rack that€™s joint to the lifter about halfway its length. The fancy part is that this runs through a gearbox, with 2 gears. One gear is for powerful and controlled lifting and moves up the arm in about 2-3 seconds, another gear is for quick self-righting and moves up the arm in 1 second. It also has a saw-blade which is part of the lifter, powered by a Magmotor that allows the scoop to keep the opponent in line. The side ground clearance of 5mm is protected by 7mm Titanium skirts. The only issues with this design is that the 7mm Titanium armour may be fodder to more powerful spinning weapons and that it€™s easily flipped.

In E.O.T.R 1: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 2: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 3: Started off promisingly by helping to pit Iron Awe 2.1 with ease along with 24th seed Metal Sonic Spin Dash, but soon enough the hopes of a good run were dampened by 8th seed and eventual champion Kali, who used its super-low blade to scoop up Back To Rock, carry him to the edge and just toss it out in a single flip.

In E.O.T.R 4: (SEEDED 27) Started off in battle with 2 realies - Gravity and Tazbot. Back To Rock just shoved them around until Tazbot was finished off my Gravity€™s flipper and the outside of the ring. Crash Bandi-Bot 3 was next up and it was instantly shoved straight against the wall, and then down the pit, and that was a similar journey in the Heat Final against Gravity when the flipper couldn€™t get under and soon found itself in the pit!

Booth #1: Alex H
Booth #2: Martijn B

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

In a flash, we see Kali storming across the arena into the scoop of Back To Rock, on which we can both see and hear the blade spinning around! Kali hits into it, but Martijn slams on the reverse button, and quickly uses all his traction to avoid Kali making a push towards the edge! Back To Rock makes a nifty J turn to end up right behind Kali AND PUSHES FORWARD! The blade digs into the rear bodywork of Kali, as the Champion is pinned against the wall! A flip from the CO2 powered flipper allows for Kali to gain a bit of space to breath and to turn and hit into the front once more€¦and Kali€™s wedge slips under€¦FLIP! Back To Rock goes spinning into the air in a blur and crashes back down. Kali storms in once again, but Back To Rock€™s awesome self-righting speed prevents Kali from taking advantage. Martijn now goes for the sides of Kali, and spins up to it, but Alex has seen this plan and spins around, and once again ploughs the wedge under and PERFORMS ANOTHER GOOD FLIP! Back To Rock spins over and seems to land flat on its back, but a quick snap from the rack-and-pinion powered weapon puts it back on its wheels and Kali is now powering in and underneath once more, but is still pushing on, and FLIPS! Back To Rock barrels into the side of the ring, and seems to land on the sidewall! Martijn is now constantly firing the weapon trying to get down€¦HE€™S DONE IT! But Kali hits in again and flips once more, and once again Back To Rock lands on the walls again! Martijn once again fires the weapon, and it slides off€¦ONTO KALI€™S FLIPPER! Is it 3rd time lucky, as the flipper€¦YES! Out goes Back To Rock! Kali reverses into the ring, celebrating another OOTA and another victory!

Result:
Back To Rock 3 (27) has to go Back To the drawing board!
KALI (1) GOES THROUGH TO ROUND 5!!!

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+1>From Ipswich, Suffolk, seeded #4, Storm 2!!
-1>Entered by Ed Hoppit/Martijn Benschop
There€™s a Storm brewing! The robot is nothing special - box-shaped, 25mph top speed, low front, until you get underneath and find all the working, and its 18hp drive and Vantec speed controller, designed to help all 6 Vulcanised wheels put the power down, and help use the seriously thick Titanium armour on the front (12mm) and sides (6mm) and a S28-150 Magmotor powered lifter. The front of the robot is a box at 42*, allowing for it to be easy to deflect spinner hits and get under other robots. On the side to prevent got under itself are 2 Torsion-sprung skirts that run completely flushed to the ground making it near impossible to get under from the sides! The only problem with this whole design may be the difficulty with getting under things.

In E.O.T.R 1: Teamed up in Round One with Shovearound 2 to help it remove ForcePower Turbo from the competition via a JD 13-29-33. Clawdius Decimus Murderous may have been a worthy opposition, but damage sustained from Round One made it easily for Storm 2 to place it on its back and then drive it straight down the pit. In the Heat Final, Storm 2 went up against Leprosy Infection, who caused a bit of damage to Storm 2, but Storm 2 was good enough, just to win a JD with a score of 38-37. Storm 2 then got to meet Typhoon 2, the machine who robbed Storm 2 in the Grand Final of RW7. Storm 2 got revenge by surviving the blows of the FBS and then tipped it over! In the next round, it was tricky as Y4 flipped it about and Terrorhurtz axed in, until Y4 was pitted and Terrorhurtz was rammed out! It was in the Grand Final, where it fought brilliantly against Killotine: EVO, but Killotine fought back and immobilised one half of Storm 2, making Storm settle for the Titanium cup!

In E.O.T.R 2: (SEEDED 2) . It did well in round one, where it shoved around both Insectide and PRP, before balancing Insectide on its side, leaving it for the count. In the second round, it got a scare when Bigger Brother nearly pitted it, and then stacked it against the wall! Storm 2 recovered from that to win on a JD 42-33. If it was failing then, it wasn€™t in the heat final against 18th seed MORD2, where he shoved it everywhere, and soon down the pit to complete the semi-final line-up! In that first semi-final round, it got Push-Ish, a robot with much more power than Storm 2, but Storm proved to have greater traction and control and soon confined him to the pit. In Round Five, Storm 2 was drawn against Wedge Devolution and they had a closely contested fight, involving flips, rams, pushes, and loads of flying, and involved Storm 2 almost flying OOTA. But still, the fight ended with a JD, which just went in Storm 2€™s favour 38-37. Then he faced off once more with 10th seed Leprosy Infection, and Storm 2 saw problems once more, but was able to stack Leprosy upon the wall, immobilising it and qualifying once for the Grand Final! The battle against 8th seed Whirligig 4.0 was a violent and close battle, but Storm 2 died in the final moments, making Storm 2 once again settle for runners-up.

In E.O.T.R 3: (SEEDED 2) Once again set off on a storming course in the heats, as it rammed around the two real crushers of Razer and Mantis, but Razer fell down the pit first, putting the seed and Mantis into the second round, where Storm 2 was fighting against its vapourbot clone, Cyclone Force 2.5, armed with its claws. Storm 2 and Cyclone Force had a great shoving match, until the claws on Cyclone Force got caught in the wall! That meant Storm moved on to have another match with 18th seed Terrorhurtz, and despite taking numerous axe hits, Terrorhurtz was slammed into the corner and once again ejected from the ring! B2B, a promising newcomer, was up in Round Four and flipped Storm 2 over a total of 8 times, but Storm 2 was able to use the flipper spikes to right itself and pit B2B! And then came a thriller of a Round Five battle against 8th seed Kali, who was almost pitted by Storm 2, but the eventual champion Kali quite literally pushed back and shocked the crowd by keeping Storm 2 away from another final.

In E.O.T.R 4: (SEEDED 4) Survived the repeated attacks of Killobite 5.0 and its crusher before finally condemning the American Humdrum to the pit before a complete clean sweep win over the ancient Flipping Mad B2B - ramming it around until the Judges could take no more and allowed Storm 2 the win! In the Heat Final, Killobite 5.0 worried Storm 2 once more, but the 4th seed got underneath in the end and slammed Killobite down the hole!

+1>From Bedford, Cat With Wheels!!
-1>Entered by Danny Bailey
A robot with a surreal name is a robot with a real chance of winning. It may win through using its highly effective wedge-shape to help bring his front-hinged, high pressure C02 flipper, powered by two rams running at 500psi into play! The motors in this thing are 2 x S28-150 Magmotors running at 24V to give 12hp and a speed of great pace - 18mph! The 2 Vulkalon wheels provide ultimate traction and the 7mm Titanium armour is quite good, but not great and may fall to some of the arena hazards!

In E.O.T.R 1: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 2: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 3: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 4: In Round One helped team-up with 31st seed Cyclone Force 2.5 - armed with the disc - in order to help remove Turbulence, as the ex-UK Champion was flipped over repeatedly and shunted down by Cyclone Force 2.5! In Round Two, we saw an unbelievable shock, as 15th seed Flick Of The Wrist bossed Cat With Wheels around the arena, pressed the pit release button, but as it was about to ram Cat With Wheels down the pit, the flying Dutchman drove over the wedge and fell in instead! However, Cat With Wheels wasn€™t going to get passed Cyclone Force 2.5 without a struggle, until the vapourbot Storm-lookalike was stacked against the side, putting Cat With Wheels into Round Two!

Booth #1: Danny B
Booth #2: Ed H/Martijn B

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

The 4 extra wheels on Storm 2 allow the powerful realie to storm off instantly! Cat With Wheels comes forward and hits the front-wedge of Storm, as Storm gets just underneath to push it back slightly. Danny is now shifting his design slightly to see where he can gain a grip on Storm 2€¦HE HITS TO THE SIDES! Storm is now having the tabby-cat coloured machine bashing it again. Storm 2 seems to still have traction on the floor, which seems to help him in spinning away from danger! Cat With Wheels stops pushing, and keeps Storm 2 spinning ASND NOW PUSHING INTO THE SKIRTS! Cat With Wheels gets under and now pushes underneath the rammer, but its flipper isn€™t far enough underneath to get Storm on its back€¦BUT CAT WITH WHEELS HAS DRIVEN OVER THE FLIPPING SPIKES! The Bedford contest is sent spinning unstably on the floor, and Storm 2 has taken complete advantage of this! The wedge is underneath Cat With Wheels and he slams the wedge against the wall! The wedge flies through the air, and lands once more on the rammers wedge! The lifting arm comes into play and lifts the Cat onto its back, but as we all know, Cat€™s always land on their feet, and this is proved as the Cat bounces up and lands right on its wheels! Storm 2 speeds in again, but Danny pushes on - and he€™s under AND HE€™S FLIPPED STORM 2 OVER! Now Ed and Martijn know they have an inverted wedge - no good against a flipper! Storm 2 spins around wildly, struggling to get used to being inverted€¦and Cat With Wheels hitting in once more hasn€™t helped! Danny is underneath the real-rammer once more, and shoving it against the wall! Against the wall, Danny fires off the Cat€™s weapon - and now Storm 2 is stuck on the wall! The stacked robot puts the power down€¦AND STORM IS OFF THE WALL! And now Storm 2 is the right way up! Cat With Wheels goes in again, but has hit the skirts and now rides up the wedge! The lifting arm has come into play, and we see the Cat being raised off the ground, AND SLAMMED INTO THE WALL! The Cat lands on its back, and the self-righter comes into the play, but Storm comes in again AND HAS NOW HIT CAT WITH WHEELS AGIANST THE WALL WITH THE SELF-RIGHTER OPENED! Cat With Wheels has its flipper open, and can€™t retract it seems to be stuck! Storm 2 opens the lifter, and Ed and Martijn high-five each other, as the count begins!
10€¦9€¦8€¦7€¦6€¦5€¦4€¦3€¦2 €¦1€¦cease!!!
As the audience cheer Storm 2, Ed drive in his design at great speed, hoping for a ramming OOTA, but he€™s failed, and Cat With Wheels is free! Danny is now ready to fight again and pushes into Storm 2! Cat With Wheels backs away, and now instantly moves forward, underneath Storm and pushes forward! Straight into the pit release button, SLAMMING into the button! Storm is still on the wedge, AND NOW CAT WITH WHEELS TURNS AROUND TO GET A LINE ON THE PIT! Cat With Wheels inches forward€¦and flips! BOOM! Storm 2 goes down!

Danny believes he€™s won, but we now that Cat With Wheels was counted out before Storm€™s pitting, so€¦

Result:
Cat With Wheels does land on its wheels - but lands in a ditch!
STORM 2 (4) GOES THROUGH TO ROUND 5!!

Ive had to split my post in 2, so the next group will be up soon.

[paulc]

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Heres the 2nd half:

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+1>From Geddington, seeded #8, Tengu VII!!
-1>Entered by Alex Holt
Welcome the anti-spinner spinner. It has 4 wheels inside on a skid steer, powered by 2 750 watt Bosch wiper motors at 24V giving 18mph. The armour on top is 4mm Titanium, but to defend it form FBS€™s, it has a ring of Vulkalon rubber around the edge of it, which spins when hit, dispersing the energy from FBS€™s hits as heat and sound, thus making impervious to other FBS€™s and other horizontal spinners. The spinning shell is powered by a 6€ Magmotor, giving a kilojoules rating of 80kj, as well as having strong teeth, them being 2 x 7.5kg teeth, each 15cm long and blunted slightly to make them tough! The skirting prevents almost any flipper getting underneath and n case they do, it can self-right using a self-righting arm on top of the robot, but the low traction could be a problem.

In E.O.T.R 1: Took just 1 hit to immobilise Flaming Hell€™s cage, making it easy for Crusher C.U to remove it from the competition, but it took on Orka MK.4, was a very resilient robot, and flipped Tengu VII against the wall so it couldn€™t self-right

In E.O.T.R 2: (SEEDED 29) Dominated the way in Round One by smashing the armour on Disco 5 and Squish. The armour on the pair of them got seriously hurt, but Squish died first. In Round Two, it dominated the way again by knocking the chassis against the wheels of the powerful robot called The Ultimate Wedge. But once again, it fell at the feet of Orka MK.4 -the 13th seed - in the Heat Final, who once again immobilised Tengu against the wall.

In E.O.T.R 3: (SEEDED 20) Once again dominated the proceedings in the heat by going after Infusion Faux in Round One, eventually taking it out, and meaning it went through with Bere-y Interesting doing nothing! The Dutch bar spinner called Another Night At The Bar caused a bit of issues, the protecting ring allowed Tengu to cause more damage to Another Night At The Bar than vice versa, meaning Tengu won it with the judges. 4th seed Leprosy Infection was in for a shock when Tengu just spun up and unleashed its full fury, ripping off armour and the drum, until the 4th seed couldn€™t take it anymore. But in Round Four, outsider and surprise runner-up Wedginator 6.0, despite taking a heap of damage, was able to immobilise Tengu against the wall yet again!

In E.O.T.R 4: (SEEDED Shredded up Axe-O-Lotl in Round One, but it was able to move and push BioHazard over the flipping, putting BioHazard in a position it couldn€™t escape, and so Axe-O-Lotl and Tengu qualified. Round Two was easy against a robot called Walk Don€™t Run was destroyed by the power of Tengu, allowing for Tengu to met 24th seed Wedga€™s Revenge in the Heat Final. Wedga was a very resilient to Tengu€™s weaponry, but Alex just had to repeatedly batter the wedge, and this time it was able to survive being flipped, to win the JD!

+1>From Holland, seeded #30, Sheer Heart Attack 2!!
-1>Entered by Martijn Benschop
Just like the heart attack, SHA2 is a LETHAL creation! This is one of those robots that gains its advantage by being able to drive over other robots. It€™s a pair of tracks, joined by a 30kg drum, 28cm in diameter with 10 Hardox teeth, powered by 2 x S28-400 Magmotors at 24V and spinning around at 3500rpm, which produces 39kj. The front is higher than the back to fit on a more powerful weapon. Designed in such a way that the tracks remain in contact with the floor no matter what. Both tracks have their own private hinged invertible rear-wedge, with a little upright edge to prevent opponents from driving over the wedge straight against the track. The hinge is OVER the wheel hub rather than behind the main body. The tracks are quite sturdy, as they are both made of 15mm Titanium with Vulkalon treads on, allowing for great traction! The armour on the side and inside the tracks are 10mm Titanium. It also has 2 rear-wedges, one on each track; to make it more effective as a rammer to bring its 2 x LEM130€™s at 48V, giving 24hp, and the tracks get do 18mph. The tracks may be

In E.O.T.R 1: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 2: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 3: Helped 22nd seed GeForce 4.0 in removing Avarice from the arena, by knocking it against the wall for GeForce to make the final flip, before it set about roughing up 6th seed Wedge Devolution, until Wedge was able to stop the drum, and soon SHA2 ended up down the pit.

In E.O.T.R 4: (SEEDED 30) Has had a brilliant run this competition, first of all by helping 147 to help KO Ripper in Round One, before in Round Two it bashed around FireStorm 5 until it also died after had its side armour removed and insides attacked. And in the Heat Final against the surprising Axes Of Evil, the Polycarbonate armour was mincemeat, and soon the Axes Of Evil was no more.

Booth #1: Alex H
Booth #2: Martijn B

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

The almighty FBS of Tengu spins up quite quickly compared to the powerful drum of SHA2€¦and both move out at the same speed directly into each others weapons€¦CRASH! The blades of Tengu hit the drum, but Tengu goes flying up into the 1ft air! Tengu lands with his blades slowed down a tad, AND SHA2 moves in again! Tengu tumbles over onto its back, but the self-righter does work - and Tengu€™s away before another attack from SHA2 can come in. Tengu€™s awesome blades are quickly spinning again, as SHA2 comes in once again BUT TENGU DODGES TO THE SIDES! Tengu pushes into the sides of SHA2 and the blades viciously impact on the side armour! The 10mm Titanium receives a barrage of pain! AND WE SEE A DENT IN THE ARMOUR! And we also see a small gap opened up in the side€¦Tengu reverses, and then comes in again, spinning at full speed€¦RIP!!! Off comes the Titanium side armour! Martijn is shocked, appalled at the damage done to his pride and joy! Alex is ecstatic at the damage he€™s caused. And now he comes in again, this time on the track€¦SNAP! We can€™t see any damage done, and so SHA2 hits in again, and Tengu flies up! SHA2 moves quickly forward, but suddenly goes into a circle - and we see, lying on the arena floor, one of SHA2 tracks! Tengu moves onto the other track, and the teeth immediately impact on that track€¦SNAP! The track this time is torn right off the robot! Martijn puts down his controls, as the countdown begins for SHA2!
10€¦9€¦8€¦7€¦6€¦5€¦4€¦3€¦2 €¦1€¦cease!!!

Result:
Sheer Heart Attack 2 (30) receives a Sheer Heart Attack!
TENGU VII ( GOES THROUGH TO ROUND 5!!

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+1>From Colne, seeded #12, Big Nipper!!
-1>Entered by Mark Lumb/Martijn Benschop
Enter the engineering marvel! Big Nipper is a 7mm Titanium box shaped robot with a special method of driving - it has four wheels on top of the robot and four on the bottom, allowing complete control whichever way it€™s up. For motors, it has 2 x 750w Boschs at 36V, giving 7hp in the power section, and for weapons, it uses electric crushing claws which don€™t have too much crushing force but can lift and flip over other robots with ease! The pushing power and front ground clearance is enough to make someone very scared but it is easily flipped.

In E.O.T.R 1: Started off by tormenting Bulldog Breed and Son Of Wedgie in Round One, but surprisingly, Bulldog Breed pitted Son Of Wedgie! Big Nipper in Round Two was performing brilliantly against Battle Raptor VI, grabbing onto the axe and lifting it down the pit, before once again bossing Bulldog Breed in the Heat Final, who suddenly came from nowhere to pit Big Nipper!

In E.O.T.R 2: (SEEDED 16) In Round One, it performed well against Ze Newie and Intensity, but it was ultimately Ze Newie who pitted Intensity. In Round 2, it was an easy victory against the clusterbot of Split Decision. For and Against (the two clusters) were no match for the control and power of Big Nipper, who pitted one half, thus pitting the whole robot! In the heat final, Big Nipper met its most dangerous opposition in the form of the mighty flipper, Stratos-Fear! Everyone fought Stratos would win easily, but Big Nipper bossed it, taking only one flip. Eventually, Big Nipper pitted Stratos-Fear to win through to the series semi-finals! It then had a brutal battle with 4th seed Black Panther Queen, but it went to the judges who awarded the win to Black Panther Queen on a 39-36 decision.

In E.O.T.R 3: (SEEDED 12) In Round One, it was scared a bit by the destructive BIACS-LE, but was able to use Gravity to halt the weaponry of BIACS-LE, at the cost of Gravity€™s mobility, so Big Nipper and BIACS-LE qualified. In Round Two, Big Nipper took on the tracked realie called Suicidal Tendincies, and won the JD at the end of the fight, after giving the opponent no chances of attack. The Heat Final was it toughest battle ever though as BIACS-LE took the Big Nipper armour off and bent the Big Nipper chassis and ruined the Big Nipper paintjob, but Big Nipper luckily got its claws around the disc and was able to drag it into the pit! But in Round Four, it took on Ramthrax 2, the 17th seed and dark-horse of the competition, and despite getting some good attacks in, Big Nipper was rammed about and lost the JD.

In E.O.T.R 4: (SEEDED 12) In Round One, it got its claws around both Dominator 2 and The Matador, but it was able to pit The Matador after flying quite a bit. It was much easier in Round Two, where it just swooped underneath 13 Black - its armour was too tough for the spinning discs - and turned it onto its back, as it was unable self-right from that. 28th seed Hoof was equally no match, as Big Nipper just grabbed on, and lifted it up before dropping down the pit!

+1>From Toronto, Canada, Intrigue!!
-1>Entered by Kody Kunz
The mysteries of this robot are best kept hidden! This sickening green box with two spiked scoops, one at the front, and another at the rear, as well as an axe! The axe on this robot is a great big dirty axe powered dual 2kg CO2 containers. It can hit on both sides due to its rack-and-pinion thwacking design. The front of the axe head is nice, pointed, and Hardox-tipped for pecking into opposing bots€™ armours. The rear of the head is Terrorhurtz-style, allowing for big, heavy blows. Attached around the axe head is a small Hardox skirt that not only protects the axe from damage from the front, but also allows Intrigue to flip an opponent if it lands on the skirt. Special 4 S28-400 Magmotors motors give it power and special Titanium armourment keeps it protected, but the axe may run out of power, and then it could be in trouble.

In E.O.T.R 1: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 2: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 3: Didn€™t enter.

In E.O.T.R 4: Used that axe to good work in Round One by hacking into Paralyzation, and with help from 21st seed Turbo Tails, was able to pit it. And then we were treated to the biggest shock in the series, as Intrigue faced off against 5th seed Black Panther Queen - they both exchanged axe blows, until Intrigue got its axe into the ABC armour of its opponent, it then powered the seed down the pit! 21st seed Turbo Tails proved a little tougher in the Heat Final, as it flipped Intrigue and attacked the base panel, but Intrigue stopped the spinning of the and then finally pitted the Scottish design!

Booth #1: Kody K
Booth #2: Mark L/Martijn B

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Mark and Martijn drive forward with Big Nipper€™s claws running completely along the ground€¦and Intrigue powers ahead, the front wedge also running along the ground€¦BANG! They crash into contact! And it€™s Big Nipper who€™s underneath at the moment, and the claws raise up and Kody sees Intrigue being slammed backward into the pit release button! The siren sounds out around the ring, and Intrigue gives a fire of its dangerous axing weapon to shake itself away from Big Nipper! Mark turns to get another line-up at Big Nipper, and now charges forward€¦BUT INTRIGUE SPINS AWAY! Intrigue has dodged Big Nipper€™s charge in a stylish spin, and is now behind the Nipper and puts all his power down, SLAMMING it against the wall with awesome force, before bringing the axe into play! Big Nipper€™s top armour is taking a pounding from the axe of Intrigue, until Kody is ordered to back off, and the Big Nipper is back into play! It spins around, the claws slide underneath again, and they lift up and€¦OVER GOES INTRIGUE! The axe instantly kicks in though, and robot goes into a stylish 180 self-righting move! Big Nipper moves in, claws open, and is trying to get the claws around the axe! Kody spins around, and Big Nipper on the rear wedge! Kody goes into reverse, with the realie still stuck on the wedge! And Intrigue is reversing towards the pit! BOOM! Down goes Big Nipper!

Result:
Big Nipper (12) has victory snatched away from its claws!
INTRIGUE GOES THROUGH TO ROUND 5!!!

ROUND FIVE:
Kali (1) vs. Intrigue
Storm 2 (4) vs. Tengu VII (

Send in tactics, comments, predictions and a clean journey for me on Sunday to Burgess Hill

[joey_picus]

Eye Of The Robot-Series 4

*conjures up a large stretch limo with a swimming pool and two televisions showing reruns of QI, for Paul to travel to Burgess Hill in*

INEVITABLY WRONG PREDICTIONS:
Kali to flip Intrigue OOTA
Tengu to pull off a shock and KO Storm II before it can be pitted

One more question, Paul...what exactly happened in heat 14? Did Darke Destroyer get reinstated, or did you mess up a bit when writing the heats? No offence to you or anything, it just bugs me

[paulc]

Eye Of The Robot-Series 4

What happened was I messed up.