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ripper to go all out flippin crazy and just try and get the better of the other 2.

[kodster]

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Darkestar vs. Door Stops vs. Exertion

I can see Exertion or Door Stops going out here.

SoR Hex vs. Macduff the 3rd vs. Ripper

3rd, Joey, not Third. I prefer the number there. Im picky, you see. :P (hopes this comment doesnt affect the outcome)

Anyway...time for some good, long tactics.

I think Ill use the lifting wedge. It should stand up to SoR Hexs horizontal spinning bar quite nicely, and should have some good leverage to slide under either of them. Regardless, avoid SoR Hex if I can and focus all my attacking on Ripper. When attacking, try to lift and flip Ripper against the wall, preferably at the sides and rear, and make his rear end face the wall so he cant self-right properly. Do not go for an OOTA, as that is risky and leaves me open for an attack if performed wrongly. When not attacking, stay in the middle of the arena so Ripper or SoR cant try and flip me OOTA easily. Besides the fear of OOTAs, Im not too worried about either of the opponents flippers, and I can use the wedge to get myself unstacked off the wall.

If SoR does decide to have a go at me, keep the wedge facing him at all times, and if both Ripper and SoR are coming at me - MOVE!

You wanted tactics, yeah? :wink:

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Predictions

Darkestar to get pitted.

Macduff the THIRD to be OOTAed.

[kodster]

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*goes off to call Wheely Pure Evil, Wheely NOT Pure Evil* :P

See how it works? :wink:

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Am I Bovvered, tho?

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Nor am I, Im just messing with you (as no doubt you are as well, Im sure)

But whatever, Ill just have to prove you wrong in the battle. :P

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I aint in the battle. :P

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I know, but you predicted me to lose, so Im gonna prove you wrong.

I hope.

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+2>OMG!!!

Wasted my 900th post on this!

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Yes, shame on you. :P

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Tacticsio Deux!

«Darkestar vs. Door Stops vs. Exertion»

Despite having a pretty good drive system, Door Stops still only weighs 50kgs and so I should be able to push them around at ease. Looking over the stats I don€™t think they have any method of righting themselves from their sides. Therefore I€™d like to try and use the scoop to rest them on their sides and kill them off. Shoving them around and into the hazards is also not a bad idea. Apparently Darkestar also has a Bosch drive, so I can push that around if need be. However I€™ll avoid that flywheel if possible, even though I should take the knocks from it. My main focus is to eliminate Door Stops though.

«SOR Hex vs. Macduff The Third vs. Ripper»

It has been a very long time coming, but finally Son of Ripper meets Ripper. The consequences of stealing my name won€™t be pretty! :wink: Basically, spin up the bar and cause as much damage to Ripper as possible. It€™s pretty big so there is plenty to hit. However I shall avoid going for the scoop, more on the back and sides. If Kody wants to team up that€™s sounds good as well. Finally, throw Ripper over the fence!

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Meh, since AJs going for me Ill go for him. The method of self righting from its side is technically known as The other robot

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Ancient tournament...by the power of all that is holy, I command you to RISE UP FROM THE DEAD!

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Melee 1

ROBOTEERS, STAND BY

Booth 1, left hand side/top of arena: Alex Holt, Frank Goacher
Booth 2, right hand side: Andrew Jackson

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The Door Stops split right at the start, pulling away from each other as Exertion gets off the mark quickly, powering up towards where the clusterbots were, Andy steering his robot to come in pursuit of one of the little wedges, up towards the pit of oblivion. Darkestar, meanwhile, is slow to move, only getting off the mark now with its weapon spun up, Alex waiting for an opportunity for his machine to get involved. Exertion is trying to close down one of the Door Stop wedges, focusing on defeating one half of the clusterbot in order to technically immobilise it, following the wedge closer and closer...both machines slam against the right hand side arena wall, before the Door Stop drives along it, the front corner of the wedge scraping a line of paint away from the barriers, but allowing it to gain some distance on Exertion, which turns and comes uo behind it again, the whole affair starting to resemble a Tom and Jerry cartoon, or Thermidor vs. Mighty Mouse in heat J.
Darkestar comes in on the attack for the first time this battle, sending the other Door Stop skittering out of its way as it approaches, but the small wedge turns around and slips in underneath the tracks of Darkestar, getting well underneath and now starting to spin the wheels as it draws eighteen horsepower to push Darkestar in towards the flame pit, and in doing so the Darkestar/Door Stop express has blocked the route of Exertion to go in pursuit of the other half of the cluster, which takes the opportunity to charge back in with the wedge facing Exertion, and Frank Goacher, who many people thought would be out here, is looking like he could be about to take control here, a wry smile playing across his face...but his charge at Exertion is for naught, as the cluster just rides up the rambots front scoop, and now Exertion begins to push the Door Stop up towards the patrol zone at the top of the arena...Darkestar meanwhile is on the flames, trying to get traction on the grid to get out of peril, and does so with some assistance from the Door Stop, almost poking it with the wedge as it wheelies into Darkestars side armour, and it repay the favour by turning one track, moving the robots weapon in on the Door Stop...
CRASH! The little fifty kilogram machine is jolted up and over into the air in a shower of sparks, the titanium armour sporting a huge gouge from the triangular flywheel of Alex Holts machine, which now gets in with the front prongs and pushes the Door Stop forwards, the spikes lifting the wheels off the ground...meanwhile the clustebots twin is trying to hide in the front edge of the patrol zone, Exertion trying to pin it in against the wall, and Shunt takes an interest in the struggle, moving in on the trapped clusterbot and punching a small hole in the top armour of the Door Stop, which is spinning its wheels trying to get out of its corner.
Darkestar pins the other Door Stop in against the arena wall, but the two wheels of Frank Goachers botlet get traction on the spikes and it manages to squeeze away, and the weapon on the front of Alexs robot doesnt actually seem ot be working, maybe something went wrong in that initial hint but it isnt spinning at the moment. Shunt brings his axe down again in the other corner, perforating the top of the trapped Door Stop again, but the hit from the axe seems to have done something to Door Stops traction, and it breaks away from the wall and raising scoop of Exertion, catching the scoop as it does so and dragging Exertion off to the side,,,near the pit, and the other Door Stop is in there to poke at the rear of Exertion, which tries to reverse but isnt getting traction on the arena floor, despite chewing up paint, and the Lynch motor drive of the other Door Stop is slowly pushing it forwards...and forwards...and the tide of the battle has turned once more, as Exertions wheels on one side are over the side of the pit, and it would take little more than a nudge to send it down and out...Andy seems to realise this, muttering something to Frank in his control pod, and the other Door Stop reverses into Exertion, pushing it further onto the edge...Darkestar comes in, to see what it can do, but the belt is not attached to the weapon pulley anymore, trailing behind the robot on the arena floor, but Alex applies the throttle and gets in behind Exertion, with a small push that sends Andys first machine in these semi finals going down into the smoke and darkness, and out of the competition.

CEASE

World Breaking News: Exertion is bad for you. :P Door Stops and Darkestar go through to the next round!

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Melee 2

ROBOTEERS, STAND BY

Booth 1: Andy Jackson
Booth 2: Kody Kunz, John Findlay

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The long awaited match between Ripper and its son finally arrives, and the offspring is the first off the mark, the bar beginning to spin as it rotates itself towards the green and yellow peril which turns to face it, and the two machines accelerate and are split by an approaching Macduff before colliding in the tracked machines wake. The scoops clash with no apparent victor, and Ripper reverses back a few inches for another attempt, but SOR takes advantage of the opportunity to veer to the right and bring the rear weapon, spinning at full revolutions, to bear on the scoop!
CRASH! Ripper is knocked aside by the attack, spun about four hundred degrees before coming to rest, but showing little damage on the scoop or to the twin drive motors as it turns straight into Macduff, which has been lining up a charge, and coming in to meet the approaching tracked rammer...it looks like a head on collision as SOR looks on, but both robots turning at the last moment to get their front lifting devices underneath the opponent, and suddenly Macduff finds itself virtually sideways on the front scoop of the Robot Wars veteran, the angled side bar having caught on the top of the scoop and lifted the left hand track off the ground, as Kody realises up in the control booth he might be in trouble, hunching his shoulders and frantically pulling at his transmitter sticks as Ripper begins the forward push away from the approaching SOR, the efforts of Macduff to escape only serving to cause the Ripper/Macduff train to veer dangerously towards the pit, before the direction reverses as Macduff begins to drag itself further down, almost at right angles to the wall, but Ripper continues to push, Macduffs stranded track only trundling in thin air as it becomes firmly wedged against the wall, the wedge waving uselessly in the air, and after a split second of stillness as SOR and Andy in the control pod merely observe, anyone who has ever seen Chaos 2 vs. Firestorm can visualise for themselves what happens next.

CEASE

Macduff The 3rd has been dethroned by the Ripper, which takes SOR Hex through with it to the next round!

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Ripper vs. Door Stops
Darkestar vs. SOR Hex

Tactics, predictions, comments, and fangirl letters accompanied by sexy pictures to:

Joey McConnell
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...I am not sending you fangirl letters with or without pictures

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Tactics are to go for the sides of Ripper. If memory serves, hes huge and has a fairly high GC. If he catches one part with the flipper, the other can slide in and keep him occupied. Same basic tactics as ever, split, confuse, pit.