The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

[pcbore]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

Tactics: Kill.

[andrewj]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

«Infusion Alpha and GeForce 4.0 vs. Sithis and Tornado»

Ill take out Tornado. You saw how high Gravity flipped Tornado in S7. The rest is self explanitory. Avoid the front, get under it, quick OOTA.

[davids]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

Tactics: Flip

[samuel3764]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

Different tactics.

Try GeForces sides, and push it all day and feed to Sithis or put it into the pit.

[kodster]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

Round 2 Battle 1
Wheely Pure Evil 2 and Sakura vs. Namie€™s Style and Wedgie

Roboteers, stand by€¦

Booth #1: Daniel Stickler, Frank Goacher
Booth #2: Chezza, David Sheppard

Flames ahoy! Ancalagon the Black, 800kg, discs, jaws, and fire breath, and Sergeant Bash, claw and flamethrower, are our house robots today!

3€¦
2€¦
1€¦
Acitvate!!

Namie€™s Style comes right out aggressively, there€™s Wheely Pure Evil out to greet the golden machine, and€¦WHAM. A dead center hit. Those fronts just cannot defeat the other. Ooh, Namie€™s Style has that power advantage and is using it to push Wheely Pure Evil back, and that deadlock is broken, Dan works the controls, but he can€™t push Namie€™s Style back€¦and Sakura attacks! Out from her corner, Sakura is gliding on an attack on Namie€™s Style€™s side! Wedgie is out in a flash, but Sakura is much too close!

CRASH!!!

A shower of sparks later and Namie€™s Style is blasted several feet away, coming to rest€¦BZZT!...on the arena saws! Ooh€¦what sort of damage has been caused, I wonder? Chezza flicks his own controls€¦and there€™s movement, quite normal movement, as Namie€™s Style spins around, does a reverse, a forward€¦and gets attacked by Wheely Pure Evil. Sakura however isn€™t so lucky. The hit sent it flying, and right in front of Wedgie! The blossom-shaped FBS can€™t move away in time, and Wedgie turns it over onto its head! Less fortunately for Sakura, it can€™t self-right because Wedgie€™s flipper is holding it there! Sakura nonetheless attempts it, and she€™s tilted up onto the flipper, falls back onto her head€¦and rolls away! Wedgie however is still right there, and manages to push Sakura into Sgt. Bash€™s CPZ! A lick of flame and Sgt. Bash€¦HAS CLAMPED SAKURA€™S SELF-RIGHTER!!! This doesn€™t look good!

What looks less good is Namie€™s Style getting tossed about 20 feet across the arena by Wheely Pure Evil with a menacing FLIP!!! What a toss!!! Namie comes to land directly beside Wedgie, up and over. She self-rights, and€¦is still moving, even after that. Wheely Pure Evil however seems to have been re-enforced, as its flipper hasn€™t exploded yet, and it€™s already back on the attack. As Sgt. Bash drags Sakura over to the flame pit (what for? ), Wedgie spins around and is immediately greeted by Daniel€™s uber-flipper; it slides under Dave€™s own wedge and€¦FLIP!Wedgie goes sailing - straight up into the air! That must have been 25 feet! While he€™s distracted, Namie€™s Style moves in herself. FLIP! Wheely Pure Evil gets knocked over, and right into Sgt. Bash, who has Sakura still in a vice-grip. WHAM! A sickening crunch as Wedgie meets the floor flipper-first, and rolls onto its wheels. Has the flipper been damaged?

As Dave contemplates this, Chezza has other ideas: Namie€™s Style is now pushing Wheely Pure Evil over to the nearbly Disc of Death€¦which doesn€™t seem like a good idea because Wheely Pure Evil is definitely lower than the Disc of Death. Sgt. Bash finally lets go of Sakura€¦who is BARELY able to self-right, and is met by an incoming Wedgie, who wedges it, and€¦can€™t flip! Now Dave realizes it: Wheely Pure Evil DID damage Wedgie with that flip, by disabling Wedgie€™s own flipper! Dan however can€™t laugh at this because Namie€™s Style has it on the wedge, and Wheely Pure Evil for some reason isn€™t able to flip itself off the wedge€¦but someone else can flip! FLIP!

CRASH!!

Wheely Pure Evil meets the Disc of Death straight on the flipper, and gets carved a new one as the top flipper takes a wide gash in the center, with several scratches around it. Namie€™s Style moves in again, but Wheely Pure Evil is away already, too late to get him now€¦and Wedgie slams Sakura into Sgt. Bash again! Ancalagon finally decides to do some damage and moves out of his own CPZ as Sgt. Bash torches the poor flowerbot - OH MY! SAKURA IS ON FIRE INSIDE! There€™s a great amount of smoke inside, and where€™s there smoke, there€™s fire! And that€™s the danger of having confetti in your robot, folks! Sgt. Bash continues to spray the already burning FBS with even more fire, as Wedgie happily keeps it pinned in there. Frank groans at this, but Dave seems to be enjoying himself€¦until he flicks the controls, that is, and finds that Wedgie can€™t move either! And now he€™s going to feel it as Ancalagon makes his way over!

CRASH!!!

One of the discs of Ancalagon clips the rear of Wedgie, and sends it AND the aflame Sakura deep into the CPZ, behind Bash, who simply turns and begins torching them both. Both Wedgie and Sakura are on their backs, and unable to move, so The Watcher is out immediately, and shunts Bash aside. The counter turns on and starts the count-down.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

So it€™s down to Namie€™s Style and Wheely Pure Evil, and Wheely is not looking too good at the moment, with that gash in the top flipper. Nonetheless, it meets Namie€™s Style head-on, and gets under it! Chezza is alarmed and tries to drive off the wedge, but it gets no further than one wheel off it when Daniel hits BOTH flipper buttons€¦

€¦and Wheely Pure Evil€™s rams explode, once again, as the flippers open wide. Namie€™s Style however is sent ROCKETING across the arena, and just hits the arena railing before€¦coming to rest on the right side of the arena! It€™s not an OOTA! However Namie€™s Style is not moving at all, right up on her back though invertible€¦and nor, it seems, is Wheely Pure Evil. The flipper rams are seperated, and the entire robot is venting copious amounts of CO2. Daniel facepalms, and Chezza is visibly frustrated as well. The Watcher is extremely puzzled by this€¦and cease is called before the house robots can dispose of them.

CEASE!

Alright, we go to the judges to find out who was immobilized first€¦the judges are viewing the situation through all the cameras€¦

€¦and their decision is that Wheely Pure Evil was immobilized first because it stopped moving after the rams exploded, and Namie€™s Style€™s wheels were spinning when it was in the air, and the shock when landing killed it, but after Wheely Pure Evil stopped. Daniel holds his head in his hands as Chezza dances in the control booth.

Wheely Pure Evil 2 has wheely got to get a more reliable flipper, while Sakura burns in her own despair.
Namie€™s Style and Wedgie advance to the Heat B Final!!

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Round 2 Battle 2
Infusion Alpha and GeForce 4.0 vs. Sithis and Tornado

Roboteers, stand by€¦

Booth #1: Aaron Knight, Andrew Jackson
Booth #2: Daniel Bailey, Samuel Park

Obelix Bulguous would like to make his hammer heard, and Growler has the bite to match his bark, definitely.

3€¦
2€¦
1€¦
Activate!!

It€™s an all-out war as all four competitors come to blows: Infusion chases down Sithis as Geforce slams into Tornado€¦unfortunately Tornado had just spun around, so GeForce gets the front, and goes up onto it, and is driven across the arena, and right into the wall! Ouch! GeForce is stuck and pinned by Tornado, who backs up a little and drives into it again, careful not to let GeForce fall off the scoop, and it seems like Tornado vs. Gravity again. Suddenly Tornado goes a little bit too far and GeForce gets away, only to be rammed again by Tornado, who gets under the side skirt and slams GeForce again! Andy is getting fed up at this, but there€™s not a damn thing he can do about it at the moment, as Tornado nudges GeForce along the wall€¦and into the Disc of Death!

CRASH!!!

The wedge takes it, but the 3.25mm Hardox wedge is barely dented and GeForce is now away from its aggressor. Meanwhile, Sithis isn€™t having the best luck in the world, as Infusion has caught up to it and stopped it spinning up, wedging it and carrying it across the arena! Sithis is trying to drive off, but as he does so, Infusion pulls a 180 and wedges him again! And€¦right into the pit release button! Uh oh, don€™t wedge yourself under the button, Infusion - ah, that€™s better€¦but Sithis has escaped at that moment. Infusion chases him down, and wedges him again, low enough to avoid being hit by the blades! And€¦there€™s the pit! Danny tries wildly to escape his fate, but€¦no. Infusion€™s got ya€¦BOOM! Down the pit. One down, one to go, but Team SpunOut have to get rid of a pesky Tornado, who has again slid under GeForce€™s skirts and rammed him into the wall! An echoing blow but GeForce is pinned again by the spikes on Tornado€™s scoop! Infusion races in to help his partner and drives the rear rim into Tornado€™s backside while he€™s distracted!

CRASH!!!

Ouch! That didn€™t look so good for Team After-Life, as Tornado loses some rear armour, and both he and Infusion turn around and attempt to wedge each other€¦and it€™s Tornado again who prevails. Aaron is perturbed by this but can€™t voice his opinion on this because 97kg of robot smashes Infusion against the arena wall! Lucky for him GeForce flies in, and gets under the rear of Tornado! And€¦FLIP! Wa-hey! That€™s€¦whoa. €¦ GeForce just flipped BOTH Infusion and Tornado over the arena wall. Barely, but he did€¦and that has got to be the first double OOTA we have ever seen€¦Aaron turns to Andy with a grimace, but Andy shrugs and laughs at it afterwards.

CEASE!

Sithis gets banished to the hole. Tornado meanwhile wasn€™t much of a dervish itself!
Infusion Alpha and GeForce 4.0 advance to the Heat B Final!!

[kodster]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

HEAT B - SO FAR€¦

Round 1
Namie€™s Style and Wedgie made a fool of Slammer V, and finally put an end to that Metal Sonic Spin Dash€™s speed run.
Infusion Alpha and GeForce made Tough As Nails seem like a chew toy, and rewrote Henry VIII€™s history book into that of a failure.
Sithis and Tornado WOAHed Crash Bandi-bot 3 into the debug level, while With Or Without You needed somebody to love.
Wheely Pure Evil 2 and Sakura drove Autoism 2.0 mad, and overruled No Objections.

Round 2
Namie€™s Style and Wedgie barely survived a battle in which Wheely Pure Evil 2€™s rams exploded and Sakura got burnt to a crisp.
Infusion Alpha and GeForce 4.0 sent Sithis back under the land down under, and ejected Tornado into the air duct.

Heat B Final

Namie€™s Style and Wedgie vs. Infusion Alpha and GeForce 4.0

Tactics, predictions, comments, and thoughts m€™lads.

[joey_picus]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

Cheesy fight summary overload, ahoy! :P

Ill go for SpunOut to win this, I think.

[Guest]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

Tactics: Flip those opponents and DESTROY!! :@

[davids]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

*gets gaffer tape out of toolbox and fixed up Wedgie*

Tactics: Flip

(Message edited by DavidS on May 24, 200

[kodster]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

Round 3
Namie€™s Style & Wedgie vs. Infusion Alpha & GeForce 4.0

Roboteers, stand by€¦

Booth #1: Chezza, David Sheppard
Booth #2: Aaron Knight, Andrew Jackson

Taki-san, quick as lightning spins around in her CPZ, wedge and cutting blade a blur, while Mr. Psycho remains fixed in his own, hammer and claws at the ready.

3€¦
2€¦
1€¦
Activate!!!

And GeForce and Wedgie are the first off€¦TAKING ON TAKI-SAN?!? What€™s this?! Both competitors streak into the CPZ and attack the ninjabot! Taki lifts the wedge, and lifts Wedgie into the air, but GeForce comes straight in from behind Wedgie, and FLIP! Taki goes flying straight over the wall while Wedgie flies straight into the air! A house robot OOTA already! You devilish competitors, you! Meanwhile Aaron is taking matters into his own hands, as Infusion Alpha rams straight at Namie€™s Style with the wedge, sliding under the flipper and carrying Chezza€™s bot all the way to the Disc of Death, driving with all his Kinetic Boosted might!

CRASH!!!

A deadly hit, and Namie goes flying off of Infusion, who follows up with the rim.

CRASH!

Chezza looks worried, as Namie€™s Style€™s rear panel is quite loosened by those two successive impacts. Aaron appears happy and turns the wedge around only to be nearly flattened as Mr. Psycho strides across to deal with GeForce and Wedgie, who slam straight into the 750kg house robot and try and wedge him. No go, as Psycho brings down the hammer, striking GeForce squarely on the flipper, but€¦it doesn€™t really do much other than make AJ more determined to flip him. Infusion turns around and drives his own wedge into Psycho€™s side, to try and beach him. It doesn€™t work as the tracks keep going backwards, but that makes GeForce and Wedgie push him across the arena a bit. Namie€™s Style seems to be having control problems, and drives itself into the wall. Oh dear!

The other three meanwhile are steadily pushing the big 750kg mound of bolts over towards the wall opposite, while the hammer comes down again, but just glancing off GeForce€™s side. In response, GeForce activates the flipper€¦just tilting Psycho up, and ALLOWING WEDGIE TO SLIDE UNDER!!! The hammer comes down again but this time it hits dead air and a split-second later thudding onto the arena floor, giving just enough room for Infusion to slide under - AND NAMIE€™S STYLE RAMS MR. PSYCHO FROM THE REAR! The controls problems must have been only temporary, it seems, and now all balls are on the house robot! Mr. Psycho is perched precariously on GeForce and Infusion, and Wedgie attempts to tip it over€¦no good, not with a low-pressure flipper anyway. Chezza tries next, and Namie€™s Style fires its own flipper, with the same result, only this time Namie is able to wedge Mr. Psycho herself from the rear. Not good for the house robot.

AJ realizes what he has to do and leaves the front of Mr. Psycho to Wedgie, who is completely out of range of the hammer. GeForce slides out, and roams around€¦bumping into the ref! The Watcher is having a mental fit, driving all around the arena, and spinning madly. This doesn€™t help him much as GeForce detours from his plan and wedges The Watcher€¦and smacks him into the pit release button! Ah, the yellow card for GeForce! Get back, you! Ah€¦no. GeForce carries the ref to the pit, and€¦uh, BOOM. The Watcher has been sent down the pit. GeForce returns to the scene and sneaks around the rear of Psycho€¦ahh€¦FLIP! And that€™s done it! The high-pressure flipper of GeForce, and the high-centering by Namie€™s Style and Infusion Alpha, is enough to send Mr. Psycho up onto his face!

With no referee, and no house robots, the battle completely degenerates, as the opponents turn on each other again. GeForce heads straight for Namie€™s Style, as Wedgie collides with Infusion. 2 two-way wedge collisions ahoy! WHAM! And€¦GeForce finds its power and drives straight underneath Namie€™s Style, and (FLIP!) tosses it straight across the arena, following it as it does so! Namie lands inverted, and drives away instead of righting itself, for GeForce is just behind. However, Andy€™s bot goes too far and sweeps by, and Chezza takes the chance. FLIP! Namie rights herself€¦but too late to avoid an incoming GeForce, and FLIP! Namie is tossed from the rear and is bashed against the arena wall. And I€™m afraid that€™s it for Chezza for this heat, as GeForce once again performs another FLIP! Out goes Namie€™s Style onto the arena camera tracks.

Wedgie meanwhile isn€™t having a fun time himself, as Infuson slams him into a CPZ and nearly sends him into a Steel Avenger, almost over the wall but not quite. In fact, Wedgie lands right near Infusion and is in perfect line to attack, when Mr. Jackson bursts in with GeForce again. Wedgie slides under Infusion again€¦and GeForce slides under Wedgie! Uh€¦FLIP! €¦OHAHAHAHAHA!!! GeForce flipped Infusion out of the arena, and sent Wedgie over his head! Oh how ironic€¦going for the double OOTA again and failing miserably...AJ is gnashing his teeth furiously as he directs GeForce on the attack, and Wedgie slips around, only to find GeForce€™s wedge in front of him. Wedgie moves around to the other side, and a nifty bit of manoeuvring finds him at GeForce€™s side. He moves in and slips under the skirts, tossing GeForce onto his back! FLIP! GeForce rights itself, but onto the wedge of Wedgie, who goes to the arena wall and€¦bad angle. A mighty toss, but a bad angle foils Wedgie€™s plan completely as GeForce bounces across the railing and lands back in.

Now Dave seems quite cheesed, and we€™re under a minute and a half to go. GeForce gets the wedge in again and rams into Wedgie, nipping under Wedgie€™s own flipper and tossing it into the air! FLIP! Wedgie does a 360 and lands on its wheels, but there€™s no room for a breather, as the reckless GeForce crashes into him again! This time, however, Wedgie scores the advantage, and slides under GeForce! However, GeForce moves backwards at what was probably the last possible moment, and Wedgie nearly flips himself; it€™s good anyway for Andy, who broadly smiles as GeForce shoots under Wedgie, and he makes no mistake this time: the arena wall is in sight, and€¦FLIP! Wedgie crashes down, ironically onto Namie€™s Style.

CEASE!

Namie€™s Style is certainly out of style, and Wedgie gets a yank in the€¦well I won€™t say where.
Infusion Alpha and GeForce 4.0 advance to the Series Finals!!!

(Message edited by kodster on May 27, 200

[kodster]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

Next up - Heat C

Dr. Acula & LockJaw vs. Axe-O-Lotl & Sheer Heart Attack 2
Supreme Glory Omega & ISDSFA vs. Turbulence & Hatchback
Axes of Evil & Terrorhurtz vs. Baldur Gamma & Whirligig 4.5
MeCannibal 2.0 & Phoenix Down vs. Infusion Gamma & Exertion

Tactics, predictions, comments, and thoughts, you lot.

[dinowarrior]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

TACTICS
I think, this time, Sheer Heart Attack should go out first (being the C&B champion, after all). He hits them with the drum, then when I come out, I just brute force to slam them into the wall, maybe attacking with my axe for aggresion points.

ffffff>If we win, Ill then proceed to attack Sheer Heart Attack for what he did to Cyclone Force in the last C&B. Hey, a little bickering between team-mates does the world a lot of good...all the good tag-teams do it

And those are my tactics.

[majinb]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

wasnt the idea of this teamup that I knock em up and you knock em down?

[dinowarrior]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

Probably. If I manage to impale my axe into one of them, I could easily drive them into your drum.

[majinb]

The Crash & Burn Tournament: The Dual Duels

Axe-O-Lotl did reach a heat final in C&B huh?

I got a good feeling about this