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The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels
Two down, two to go before the Semi-Finals!
Eliminator 3
Firefly & System Shock vs. Squishiest & The May Tracks Has You
Roboteers, stand by€¦
Booth #1: Jamie McHarg, Liam Eliot
Booth #2: Daniel Stickler, Frank Goacher
Our house robots for today€¦Cassius Chrome, 200kg, the boxer of house robots€¦and Obelix Bulguous, who joins him with the hammer powerful enough to make Judge Judy cry.
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1€¦
Activate!!!
System Shock is immediately away, almost before Activate was called€¦and Liam€™s intent is obviously clear. The tracked machine of Team Operation Devastation smacks heavily into the pit release button before any of the other three competitors even think of moving! As the noise we are familiar with fills the arena, the other machines spring to life. First is May Tracks, who screams towards Firefly quickly! Firefly moves about, possibly trying to combat the charge with one of his own, but May Tracks has the leverage on his side for sure, and Firefly is gotten under and flipped! It lands upside-down but barely has time to move before another flick of the May Tracks weaponry sends Firefly right onto its proper side! May Tracks however is unable to full wedge Firefly and bring those deadly wheel-killing spikes into action, and Frank is perturbed€¦
There€™s some talking going on between Frank and Dan in their control booth, and Dan nods. Squishiest finally makes a move and heads towards System Shock who€™s turned around and gone for May Tracks! May Tracks jets out of the way as System Shock juts through, but Liam gets back in Frank€™s face as System Shock chases May Tracks down. May Tracks whips around but the scoop proves the lower, and May Tracks is shunted onto it. Liam shoves it into the arena wall but backs away as Squishiest makes an appearance, Dan cursing his luck as Liam escapes. Firefly is on the attack on May Tracks again, who attacks him in return! System Shock veers in from the right side suddenly, and shoves May Tracks again! Those skirts deflect the scoop up onto them, but System Shock still pushes May Tracks around, and again into the arena wall!
Firefly comes in to join it but Squishiest tackles it away before starting on System Shock, slipping under the flimsy 1mm titanium skirt and chomping down on the main 4mm Hardox body! Much to the relief of Liam, the claw is halted by the armourment somewhat; it sinks about a few centimetres before pausing, seemingly unable to pierce the top any further! May Tracks is still pegged against the wall, and his teammate is under pressure from Firefly now, who€™s lifted under IT€™S rear and hauled Squishiest up! System Shock goes up with it, and May Tracks is finally released€¦but only goes back a few inches before going right back into the scoop of System Shock. Squishiest is tilted over finally by Firefly€™s lifter and System Shock goes with it, Daniel unwilling to relinquish his vicegrip on the tracked machine. Possibly wanting to have another go, and at the tracks, but Firefly is pushing the two across the arena, Squishiest on its side, and unable to use the €˜wings€™ properly due to being pushed, as Firefly reaches the spot it hoped for: Cassius Chrome€™s CPZ! The house robot slams into Squishiest, ironically righting it€¦onto Firefly! And that€™s loosened the grip on System Shock! Squishiest tumbles off but is wedged again by the house robot€™s shovel, and shoved!
May Tracks won€™t have any of this, however, and before Jamie knows what€™s happened, the tracked flipper has dashed to the rear of Firefly,and though still unable to wedge it fully and rip the tires with the spikes, tips it over€¦tipping Squishiest back over in the process!
Cassius Chrome pushes Squishiest across the arena for a bit, before bolting back towards May Tracks, who€™s in the way, and rams it into the CPZ, €˜punching€™ it with the €˜fists€™. However May Tracks is beached on the shovel; firing the flipper does no good, and Firefly makes good on its threat, moving in, lifting May Tracks up, and sending it straight over the wall, and out! Frank facepalms quite visibly, and now it€™s all balls on Daniel, as Squishiest darts back in to avenge his fallen comrade!
System Shock comes forth to greet it, as Firefly too turns towards the clawed wedge. However, Daniel isn€™t so lucky here, as the extender on Firefly€™s wedge gets under the front device on Squishiest, and tips it over again! Squishiest self-rights, or tries to, but ends up falling on Firefly€™s wedge again! Firefly drives forward into the wall, keeping Squishiest there as System Shock trundles over. Firefly turns away from the wall, but that has shunted Squishiest off the wedge, and now Squishiest attacks the rear of Firefly, wedging it, and chomping down! It has, however forgotten to notice that Liam has sneaked up behind it, and now System Shock pushes Squishiest across the arena€¦towards the pit! Jamie laughs; he knows what€™s about to happen, but they€™re through, as though Dan struggles valiantly, System Shock shoves Squishiest, holding on to Firefly, straight down into the pit.
CEASE!
The May Tracks Has the camera tracks for all its effort, and Squishiest is squashed like a scarab beetle!
Firefly and System Shock advance to the Semi-Finals!!!
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Frank and Dan aren€™t out yet, though; the last eliminator beckons! It€™s do or die for either of these teams!
Eliminator 4
Leprosy Infection & Axe to Fall vs. Dervish V & Dead Horse Beater
Roboteers, stand by€¦
Booth #1: Christopher Mason, Martijn M Benschop
Booth #2: Daniel Stickler, Frank Goacher
Damocles indeed€¦followed by our very own Dead Metal!
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1€¦
Activate!!!
It€™s Leprosy Infection out first€¦to greet Dead Horse Beater! DHB is straight out, and grinds against the sped-up drum! No CRASH, but an exceptionally loud BANG as the large drum bumps off the Hardox wedge, undamaging and unmoving€¦just as the axe comes down! WHACK! It bangs into the top 7mm titanium of Leprosy Infection, and though unable to smack the tires has dented the top armour already, nonetheless! DHB moves forward, pushing Leprosy around, and retracting the axe, moves to fire it again. Leprosy turns to move away but in doing so exposes its side to DHB, which Frank takes advantage of! WHACK! The armour is dented again, and Frank grows prouder of his full-pressure axe.
€¦that is, until Axe to Fall speeds out of its spot, slamming into the side of DHB, and lets fly with ITS axe! WHACK! However, it can€™t gain purchase because it barely even scratched the armour of DHB! Leprosy gets away as Dervish V makes its first appearance in the match, coming out to attack Axe to Fall! Axe to Fall swerves around DHB as the latter lets out a mighty CO2 snort with its axe, striking ground. Dervish moves around his teammate to keep the pressure on, but failed to notice that Leprosy Infection had its own drum back up to speed! Chris drives straight into Dervish without a second thought!
CRASH!!!
Now THAT is a worthy CRASH! And MANY sparks were dealt! Thing is€¦who came off better? The answer is nigh, as Dervish is spinning up its own drum€¦and Leprosy€™s weaponry has been halted! The mighty Tetanus-inspired drum is immobilized, and now DHB comes flying after it, but Axe to Fall catches up quickly and strikes the top again, and again barely scathes it. DHB abandons his attack on Leprosy, and turns back to Axe to Fall; both wedges smack to, and cancel out. WHACK! Axe to Fall gets axed, and an equal dent on him akin to Leprosy Infection is seen! Speaking of Chris€™ bot, Leprosy has charged into Dervish to prevent the weapon from spinning up€¦to find that he€™s much too late, as it€™s already reached top speed!
CRASH!!!
Leprosy is knocked starkers, right up over and onto his back, as Dervish moves forward to punish again. Frank smirks at Dan; their plans of attacking their planned targets have switched completely. Axe to Fall, however, has an advantage over DHB, and that is power, as he€™s pushing DHB backwards, and into Dead Metal€™s CPZ! The house robot happily grabs onto the box wedge and starts slicing away€¦but there€™s no going through that 5mm Hardox, only sparks will do, Dead Metal. Leprosy is running away from Dervish now; either he€™s being a coward, or he€™s VERY smart; I wouldn€™t want to go near that drum! Axe to Fall backs off and turns to see Dervish coming for HIM now€¦and box-rushes him!
CRASH!!!
All for naught! The front 8mm titanium is shredded, and Axe to Fall is knocked onto his back€¦perfect timing for Leprosy to come in and ram! So that was the plan! And now Leprosy€™s pushing against the stalled weaponry of Dervish, and pushing Dervish€¦INTO THE DISC OF DEATH! WHAP! €¦oh dear. How tactical. How devilish. And how bloody smart of Chris, who pushed Dervish straight into that hazard, wheel-first! And now, it€™s off! Dervish is pretty much immobilized now€¦wait€¦what€™s happened to Axe to Fall?! The axe isn€™t moving€¦not self-righting€¦that must have been one hell of a hit by the now amputated Dervish to shake something loose, but it€™s obvious that Axe to Fall can€™t self-right! And here comes Leprosy to right him!
And here comes Dead Horse Beater, releases from Dead Metal, to stop him! WHAM! He crashes into the side of Leprosy Infection, sliding €˜neath the skirts and giving the good ol€™ box a nice WHACK on the top again, and that good ol€™ box has just taken his third dent in a row, but DHB ain€™t satisfied with that! He pushes Chris€™ bot into the side wall, and begins to hammer mercilessly! WHACK! Another dent! The Watcher is there, and counting Axe to Fall out first!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
So falls the Axe to Fall, and half of Team Various Dinowarriors€™ chances of reaching the Semis€¦but Dervish isn€™t going anywhere fast either! It€™s slowly wobbling around in a circle on its only wheel and the other end of the drum€¦WHACK! Leprosy Infection is pounded again! The Watcher crashes into both of them, seem to say €œOi! You realize you can only hold your enemy for so long, eh?€ DHB cheekily backs into The Watcher, and pushes him back€¦earning a heavy shunt from the aggravated ref. Leprosy is away and after Dervish, as is The Watcher now, who reaches him first, and now counts Dan€™s bot out!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
And now we€™re down to a 1-on-1 match! And it€™s definitely going Frank€™s way, as he smacks into the now rather sluggish Leprosy and brings down that damn good axe! WHACK! OHO! It€™s gone through the titanium this time! A gleam is in Frank€™s eyes and he turns to Damocles€™ CPZ: obviously, victory by pitting just won€™t cut it for Frank; he seem to want to see Leprosy destroyed, and by he looks of it, he€™s going the right way about it! Dragging the box around, he approaches the quad-drum house robot! Leprosy isn€™t agile enough to escape, and almost accepts his fate -
CRASH!!!
And that, my friends - OHOHOHOHO! HAH! Look at that, DHB is flipped as well! Brilliant! Leprosy was still impaled by the axe and was flung onto DHB, who was flipped over! And€¦DHB can€™t self-right! It€™s trying to, you can see the axe is moving, but it can€™t get the leverage because it€™s still stuck in Leprosy€™s armour€¦and Leprosy can€™t move as well! The wheels are spinning, so it somehow survived Damocles€™ blow (though losing a skirt and one of the bars in the process), but they aren€™t touching the ground! It€™s a real fudge-up here, and The Watcher moves in to clear it up. The lifting arm slides under Dead Horse Beater, and lifts it up€¦heh, no go. The axe is firmly embedded in that top - bottom - €¦err, whatever, the axe is still impaled.
CEASE!
Cease is called! Blimey! Well, it€™ll go to the judges since neither bot can be separated!
*C&B crew are called in to separate the bots; it proves tricky as DHB€™s axe is REALLY fixed in that armour*
Leprosy Infection - Dead Horse Beater
Strategy = 1/5 - 4/5
Style = 5/10 - 5/10
Control = 7/15 - 8/15
Aggression = 8/20 - 12/20
Damage = 3/25 - 22/25
Total = 24/75 - 51/75
Leprosy Infection is plagued for failing to avenge the fallen Axe to Fall.
Dervish V and Dead Horse Beater advance to the Semi-Finals!!!
Two down, two to go before the Semi-Finals!
Eliminator 3
Firefly & System Shock vs. Squishiest & The May Tracks Has You
Roboteers, stand by€¦
Booth #1: Jamie McHarg, Liam Eliot
Booth #2: Daniel Stickler, Frank Goacher
Our house robots for today€¦Cassius Chrome, 200kg, the boxer of house robots€¦and Obelix Bulguous, who joins him with the hammer powerful enough to make Judge Judy cry.
3€¦
2€¦
1€¦
Activate!!!
System Shock is immediately away, almost before Activate was called€¦and Liam€™s intent is obviously clear. The tracked machine of Team Operation Devastation smacks heavily into the pit release button before any of the other three competitors even think of moving! As the noise we are familiar with fills the arena, the other machines spring to life. First is May Tracks, who screams towards Firefly quickly! Firefly moves about, possibly trying to combat the charge with one of his own, but May Tracks has the leverage on his side for sure, and Firefly is gotten under and flipped! It lands upside-down but barely has time to move before another flick of the May Tracks weaponry sends Firefly right onto its proper side! May Tracks however is unable to full wedge Firefly and bring those deadly wheel-killing spikes into action, and Frank is perturbed€¦
There€™s some talking going on between Frank and Dan in their control booth, and Dan nods. Squishiest finally makes a move and heads towards System Shock who€™s turned around and gone for May Tracks! May Tracks jets out of the way as System Shock juts through, but Liam gets back in Frank€™s face as System Shock chases May Tracks down. May Tracks whips around but the scoop proves the lower, and May Tracks is shunted onto it. Liam shoves it into the arena wall but backs away as Squishiest makes an appearance, Dan cursing his luck as Liam escapes. Firefly is on the attack on May Tracks again, who attacks him in return! System Shock veers in from the right side suddenly, and shoves May Tracks again! Those skirts deflect the scoop up onto them, but System Shock still pushes May Tracks around, and again into the arena wall!
Firefly comes in to join it but Squishiest tackles it away before starting on System Shock, slipping under the flimsy 1mm titanium skirt and chomping down on the main 4mm Hardox body! Much to the relief of Liam, the claw is halted by the armourment somewhat; it sinks about a few centimetres before pausing, seemingly unable to pierce the top any further! May Tracks is still pegged against the wall, and his teammate is under pressure from Firefly now, who€™s lifted under IT€™S rear and hauled Squishiest up! System Shock goes up with it, and May Tracks is finally released€¦but only goes back a few inches before going right back into the scoop of System Shock. Squishiest is tilted over finally by Firefly€™s lifter and System Shock goes with it, Daniel unwilling to relinquish his vicegrip on the tracked machine. Possibly wanting to have another go, and at the tracks, but Firefly is pushing the two across the arena, Squishiest on its side, and unable to use the €˜wings€™ properly due to being pushed, as Firefly reaches the spot it hoped for: Cassius Chrome€™s CPZ! The house robot slams into Squishiest, ironically righting it€¦onto Firefly! And that€™s loosened the grip on System Shock! Squishiest tumbles off but is wedged again by the house robot€™s shovel, and shoved!
May Tracks won€™t have any of this, however, and before Jamie knows what€™s happened, the tracked flipper has dashed to the rear of Firefly,and though still unable to wedge it fully and rip the tires with the spikes, tips it over€¦tipping Squishiest back over in the process!
Cassius Chrome pushes Squishiest across the arena for a bit, before bolting back towards May Tracks, who€™s in the way, and rams it into the CPZ, €˜punching€™ it with the €˜fists€™. However May Tracks is beached on the shovel; firing the flipper does no good, and Firefly makes good on its threat, moving in, lifting May Tracks up, and sending it straight over the wall, and out! Frank facepalms quite visibly, and now it€™s all balls on Daniel, as Squishiest darts back in to avenge his fallen comrade! System Shock comes forth to greet it, as Firefly too turns towards the clawed wedge. However, Daniel isn€™t so lucky here, as the extender on Firefly€™s wedge gets under the front device on Squishiest, and tips it over again! Squishiest self-rights, or tries to, but ends up falling on Firefly€™s wedge again! Firefly drives forward into the wall, keeping Squishiest there as System Shock trundles over. Firefly turns away from the wall, but that has shunted Squishiest off the wedge, and now Squishiest attacks the rear of Firefly, wedging it, and chomping down! It has, however forgotten to notice that Liam has sneaked up behind it, and now System Shock pushes Squishiest across the arena€¦towards the pit! Jamie laughs; he knows what€™s about to happen, but they€™re through, as though Dan struggles valiantly, System Shock shoves Squishiest, holding on to Firefly, straight down into the pit.
CEASE!
The May Tracks Has the camera tracks for all its effort, and Squishiest is squashed like a scarab beetle!
Firefly and System Shock advance to the Semi-Finals!!!
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Frank and Dan aren€™t out yet, though; the last eliminator beckons! It€™s do or die for either of these teams!
Eliminator 4
Leprosy Infection & Axe to Fall vs. Dervish V & Dead Horse Beater
Roboteers, stand by€¦
Booth #1: Christopher Mason, Martijn M Benschop
Booth #2: Daniel Stickler, Frank Goacher
Damocles indeed€¦followed by our very own Dead Metal!
3€¦
2€¦
1€¦
Activate!!!
It€™s Leprosy Infection out first€¦to greet Dead Horse Beater! DHB is straight out, and grinds against the sped-up drum! No CRASH, but an exceptionally loud BANG as the large drum bumps off the Hardox wedge, undamaging and unmoving€¦just as the axe comes down! WHACK! It bangs into the top 7mm titanium of Leprosy Infection, and though unable to smack the tires has dented the top armour already, nonetheless! DHB moves forward, pushing Leprosy around, and retracting the axe, moves to fire it again. Leprosy turns to move away but in doing so exposes its side to DHB, which Frank takes advantage of! WHACK! The armour is dented again, and Frank grows prouder of his full-pressure axe.
€¦that is, until Axe to Fall speeds out of its spot, slamming into the side of DHB, and lets fly with ITS axe! WHACK! However, it can€™t gain purchase because it barely even scratched the armour of DHB! Leprosy gets away as Dervish V makes its first appearance in the match, coming out to attack Axe to Fall! Axe to Fall swerves around DHB as the latter lets out a mighty CO2 snort with its axe, striking ground. Dervish moves around his teammate to keep the pressure on, but failed to notice that Leprosy Infection had its own drum back up to speed! Chris drives straight into Dervish without a second thought!
CRASH!!!
Now THAT is a worthy CRASH! And MANY sparks were dealt! Thing is€¦who came off better? The answer is nigh, as Dervish is spinning up its own drum€¦and Leprosy€™s weaponry has been halted! The mighty Tetanus-inspired drum is immobilized, and now DHB comes flying after it, but Axe to Fall catches up quickly and strikes the top again, and again barely scathes it. DHB abandons his attack on Leprosy, and turns back to Axe to Fall; both wedges smack to, and cancel out. WHACK! Axe to Fall gets axed, and an equal dent on him akin to Leprosy Infection is seen! Speaking of Chris€™ bot, Leprosy has charged into Dervish to prevent the weapon from spinning up€¦to find that he€™s much too late, as it€™s already reached top speed!
CRASH!!!
Leprosy is knocked starkers, right up over and onto his back, as Dervish moves forward to punish again. Frank smirks at Dan; their plans of attacking their planned targets have switched completely. Axe to Fall, however, has an advantage over DHB, and that is power, as he€™s pushing DHB backwards, and into Dead Metal€™s CPZ! The house robot happily grabs onto the box wedge and starts slicing away€¦but there€™s no going through that 5mm Hardox, only sparks will do, Dead Metal.
Leprosy is running away from Dervish now; either he€™s being a coward, or he€™s VERY smart; I wouldn€™t want to go near that drum! Axe to Fall backs off and turns to see Dervish coming for HIM now€¦and box-rushes him! CRASH!!!
All for naught! The front 8mm titanium is shredded, and Axe to Fall is knocked onto his back€¦perfect timing for Leprosy to come in and ram! So that was the plan! And now Leprosy€™s pushing against the stalled weaponry of Dervish, and pushing Dervish€¦INTO THE DISC OF DEATH! WHAP! €¦oh dear. How tactical. How devilish. And how bloody smart of Chris, who pushed Dervish straight into that hazard, wheel-first! And now, it€™s off! Dervish is pretty much immobilized now€¦wait€¦what€™s happened to Axe to Fall?! The axe isn€™t moving€¦not self-righting€¦that must have been one hell of a hit by the now amputated Dervish to shake something loose, but it€™s obvious that Axe to Fall can€™t self-right! And here comes Leprosy to right him!
And here comes Dead Horse Beater, releases from Dead Metal, to stop him! WHAM! He crashes into the side of Leprosy Infection, sliding €˜neath the skirts and giving the good ol€™ box a nice WHACK on the top again, and that good ol€™ box has just taken his third dent in a row, but DHB ain€™t satisfied with that! He pushes Chris€™ bot into the side wall, and begins to hammer mercilessly! WHACK! Another dent! The Watcher is there, and counting Axe to Fall out first!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
So falls the Axe to Fall, and half of Team Various Dinowarriors€™ chances of reaching the Semis€¦but Dervish isn€™t going anywhere fast either! It€™s slowly wobbling around in a circle on its only wheel and the other end of the drum€¦WHACK! Leprosy Infection is pounded again! The Watcher crashes into both of them, seem to say €œOi! You realize you can only hold your enemy for so long, eh?€ DHB cheekily backs into The Watcher, and pushes him back€¦earning a heavy shunt from the aggravated ref. Leprosy is away and after Dervish, as is The Watcher now, who reaches him first, and now counts Dan€™s bot out!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
And now we€™re down to a 1-on-1 match! And it€™s definitely going Frank€™s way, as he smacks into the now rather sluggish Leprosy and brings down that damn good axe! WHACK! OHO! It€™s gone through the titanium this time! A gleam is in Frank€™s eyes and he turns to Damocles€™ CPZ: obviously, victory by pitting just won€™t cut it for Frank; he seem to want to see Leprosy destroyed, and by he looks of it, he€™s going the right way about it! Dragging the box around, he approaches the quad-drum house robot! Leprosy isn€™t agile enough to escape, and almost accepts his fate -
CRASH!!!
And that, my friends - OHOHOHOHO! HAH! Look at that, DHB is flipped as well! Brilliant! Leprosy was still impaled by the axe and was flung onto DHB, who was flipped over! And€¦DHB can€™t self-right! It€™s trying to, you can see the axe is moving, but it can€™t get the leverage because it€™s still stuck in Leprosy€™s armour€¦and Leprosy can€™t move as well! The wheels are spinning, so it somehow survived Damocles€™ blow (though losing a skirt and one of the bars in the process), but they aren€™t touching the ground! It€™s a real fudge-up here, and The Watcher moves in to clear it up. The lifting arm slides under Dead Horse Beater, and lifts it up€¦heh, no go. The axe is firmly embedded in that top - bottom - €¦err, whatever, the axe is still impaled.
CEASE!
Cease is called! Blimey! Well, it€™ll go to the judges since neither bot can be separated!
*C&B crew are called in to separate the bots; it proves tricky as DHB€™s axe is REALLY fixed in that armour*
Leprosy Infection - Dead Horse Beater
Strategy = 1/5 - 4/5
Style = 5/10 - 5/10
Control = 7/15 - 8/15
Aggression = 8/20 - 12/20
Damage = 3/25 - 22/25
Total = 24/75 - 51/75
Leprosy Infection is plagued for failing to avenge the fallen Axe to Fall.
Dervish V and Dead Horse Beater advance to the Semi-Finals!!!
Once Ive finished with Firefly, move onto System Shock if he isnt already finished, and try and dent the Hardox sides onto the gears turning the tracks. 
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