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Namies Style v The End v Mega Masher 2 v The Alexandra Sisters:

Yeah, Ill accept the team-up with Kody. :P Best to do that methinks. :P

As for my tactics, well... I think Namies Style should go for Mega Masher and attack the disk to help prevent attacking either Namie & The Alexandra sisters.

Oh yes... my favourite flavour jam is raspberry. Nice of you to ask that. :P

[kodster]

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Ah yes, and my favourite flavour of jam is apricot.

[paulc]

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Dr. Acula v Symmetry v Nitro-Gene 4.0 v Minesweeper: I have 2 main targets in this battle - Minesweeper and Symmetry. If Jamie wishes to help me take on either, Im ope to it. Minesweeper may be the best out of Marks squad, but on the sides there are no skirts, and so I get to attack head-on or side-on, due to my pushing-power, traction, speed and ultra-low flipper to toss it out. With Symmetry, my front is designed to deflect spinner hits, and given that the shock-proofing in Nitro is designed to cope with massive spinners that are around the 200kj mark, so Ill be OK with the spinning discs on Symmetry. Ram the front and draw him onto the wedge, then slam him around the ring, and flip him when near enough to the edge. If Dr. Acula attacks me, give him some air time to let him know not to mess with me.

Good luck Mark, Leo and Jamie :wink:

Namies Style v The End v Mega Masher 2 v The Alexandra Sisters: In this battle, I believe that Kody and Chezza will win easily, as Mega Masher wont rival them at all, and The End wont even get going

Im looking forward to this greatly. I hope this lives up to expectations Liam - mind you, it proberbly will exceed expectations

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[corsair_lightning]

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My plan is, Ironically, to ask to team up with Paul. Possibly wait for Symmetry to die from battery power loss, and attack Dr. Acula and shove it into the pit.

Please, Paul? I greatly respect your robot, and, considering I have acted like an arse, I will not be suprised if you do not team up with me.

If not, get to Nitro-Genes side, and slam it into the pit.

[paulc]

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Im going to team-up with Mark, but on ONE condition - if he posts any stupid, idiotic messages like reminders, or notes that are just plain stupid before that fight, I will make OOTAing him my top priority, and taking out Symmetry my second.

[corsair_lightning]

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Ok. I promise.

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Raspberry for me.

Tactics: Leo and I have competed against each other before in the real arena in the featherweight Eurochamps last year with our raptors. Id like to avoid the same outcome as last time therefore if Leo wishes to team up with me at the start, Id gladly welcome it

Assuming Im currently safe from Symmetry, Ill go first for Minesweeper - it has skirts and ploughs but arena floors are never even so those skirts are gonna be vulnerable to rising up over bumps. Ill probe about and try to find an opening, while setting the claw to just the right height. Hopefully I can get in, bite down, and drag Minesweeper (via the pit release button) to the pit and put it out of the fight. If Nitro-Gene is still kicking about, Ill aim to then take it out, somehow

That would just leave Symmetry - teaming-up forgotten, Id try to get a grip somewhere on the rear part of the monocoque and then hopefully drag it into the pit too

[joey_picus]

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It is two people going through, you realise

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Whoops, my bad!

Ok, in that case Ill leave Symmetry alone for one of the winners of the other battle to face in the next round

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Eliminator 1/2:
Dr. Acula v Minesweeper v Nitro-Gene 4.0 v Symmetry

Dr. Acula is from the mind of Jamie McHarq, my team-mate in Kody€™s C&B: Dual Duels tournament. Notice that it spells Dracula, as Jamie has clearly been watching Scrubs! Also, Jamie€™s favourite flavour jam is raspberry (I agree!).

Minesweeper is Mark Elam€™s latest creation. It€™s a Tornado-style rambots with ploughs at either end, but a 5mm ground clearance at the sides could leave it exposed to flippers. Mark didn€™t tell me his favourite jam, so I assume he prefers marmite.

Nitro-Gene is fast making a name for itself on this forum. It€™s got 36HP with those LEMs, and a powerful 1000psi nitrogen flipper which can toss 1600kg, and right the robot in a 540 degree flip! Paul must like marmite too, or perhaps mamalade?

Symmetry is a very original bot from Leo Van Miert, an invertible box with two horizontal discs, one on top of the other. The wheel setup is also not what you€™d call the norm, with two wheels on top and two wheels on the bottom. That€™s all very well, but its batteries won€™t last a full 5minutes so Leo had better hope this match doesn€™t go the distance!

Booth 1: Jamie McHarq, Leo Van Miert
Booth 2: Mark Elam, Paul Cuomo

3...
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Minesweeper gets off to a very quick start, hitting the pit release tyre while the others size each other up, Symmetry getting those discs up to speed while Nitro-Gene checks out Dr. Acula, tentatively moving in on the attack! Paul tries to get the flipper in, but Jamie has other ideas and turns quickly to get his own wedge under Nitro-Gene, pushing it into the arena wall and grabbing it with those claws! Jamie makes for the pit, but there€™s an alliance going on and Minesweeper comes crashing in, pushing Dr. Acula onto the flame pit and freeing Nitro-Gene, but now in comes Symmetry and slams full force into Minesweeper, knocking Mark into the angle grinder! Taking advantage of the momentary stillness of Symmetry€™s weaponry Paul rams in, getting underneath Symmetry and throwing Leo onto his back! However, Symmetry€™s original wheel setup means that Symmetry works exactly the same this way up and now Leo spins up again, ready to get that weapon into play again!
Meanwhile Minesweeper and Dr. Acula are having their own tussle, and Mark manages to shove Dr. Acula around a bit before Jamie gets those claws around the side of Minesweeper, getting a good strong hold and moving towards the pit again! But heck, it pays to have allies and in comes Nitro-Gene, flipping Dr. Acula so that both Minesweeper and Jamie tumble over, but Dr. Acula holds on tight! Nitro-Gene rams the entwined pair again, and now Symmetry comes in from behind!
CRASH!
Nitro-Gene is sent spinning into the middle of Dr. Acula and Minesweeper, separating them! Minesweeper hurries away and attacks Symmetry, getting the front plough underneath the discs and ramming Symmetry onto the flame pit! The flames dance on the discs, but Mark has left his sides exposed to attack again and in comes Dr. Acula, who has been righted while fighting Nitro-Gene! Once again Jamie grips Mark with the claws and pulls him towards the pit, and this time Symmetry comes in to stop Nitro-Gene breaking up the party!
CRASH!
Nitro-Gene spins away again, and the front armour seems to be scratched quite badly! But Paul doesn€™t give up and now rams Symmetry into the arena wall, getting underneath and flipping Leo high into the air! But he lands on the barrier and falls back in, with the weapon spinning again! It€™s only now Paul realises he€™s neglected his alliance with Mark, who is being dragged towards the pit of oblivion by Dr. Acula, and now they€™re on the edge! In comes Symmetry to deliver a final push, but Nitro-Gene is underneath Dr. Acula in time and pushes the deadlocked machine away from the chasm again, but Paul has left his rear end open and Symmetry comes running in again!
CRASH!
This time the panel is half ripped off, half hanging on helplessly, and Symmetry spins up again, ready to rip it clean off! Dr. Acula meanwhile attacks Nitro-Gene from the side, holding on and trying to push it into Symmetry! But Mark intervenes and pushes Symmetry away from the side, into the corner! The discs hit the wall and stop, and Minesweeper carries on holding Symmetry in there, hitting it against the wall. Meanwhile Nitro-Gene and Dr. Acula are doing battle again, Nitro-Gene flipping Dr. Acula around, but Jamie comes back and grabs the loose rear panel of Nitro-Gene, then reverses, pulling it off! Nitro-Gene quickly turns around to defend his exposed buttocks, and flips Dr. Acula again, this time just ramming him into the walls while he€™s inverted. Paul tries to get Jamie down the pit, but misses.
Finally in the other corner Symmetry escapes Minesweeper and turns the discs on Mark, ripping the front plough clean off! Mark turns around and rams Symmetry into the middle of the arena, and all of a sudden Symmetry doesn€™t seem to be mobile! It seems that battery problem has let it down, and refbot moves in for the count!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
Symmetry is down and out, and now the counter appears- only ten seconds left! Minesweeper decides just to get as many points for aggression as it can in this late stage of the fight and rams Dr. Acula into Nitro-Gene with the rear plough!
FLIP!
Dr. Acula bounces over Minesweeper, but now gets the claw into play and drags Minesweeper onto the flame pit!

CEASE!

With only Symmetry immobilised the match will go to a judge€™s decision to decide who goes through out of the remaining three machines!

Judge 1) Damage: Dr. Acula- 21pts, Minesweeper- 5pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 4pts
Aggression: Dr. Acula- 9pts, Minesweeper- 9pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 7pts
Control: Dr. Acula- 6pts, Minesweeper- 5pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 9pts
Dominance: Dr. Acula- 4pts, Minesweeper- 6pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 5pts
Style: Dr. Acula- 3pts, Minesweeper- 1pt, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 1pts
Judge 1 Overall: Dr. Acula- 43pts, Minesweeper- 26pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 26pts.

Judge 2) Damage: Dr. Acula- 18pts, Minesweeper- 6pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 6pts
Aggression: Dr. Acula- 3pts, Minesweeper- 15pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 7pts
Control: Dr. Acula- 5pts, Minesweeper- 4pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 11pts
Dominance: Dr. Acula- 3pts, Minesweeper- 7pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 5pts
Style: Dr. Acula- 4pts, Minesweeper- 0pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 1pt
Judge 2 Overall: Dr. Acula- 33pts, Minesweeper- 32pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 30pts

Judge 3) Damage: Dr. Acula- 22pts, Minesweeper- 3pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 5pts
Aggression: Dr. Acula- 6pts, Minesweeper- 10pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 9pts
Control: Dr. Acula- 4pts, Minesweeper- 3pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 13pts
Dominance: Dr. Acula- 4pts, Minesweeper-4pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 7pts
Style: Dr. Acula- 3pts, Minesweeper- 0pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 2pts
Judge 3 Overall: Dr. Acula- 39pts, Minesweeper- 20pts, Nitro-Gene 4.0- 36pts

Judges Decision Overall Scores:
1st Dr. Acula, 115pts
2nd Nitro-Gene 4.0, 82pts
3rd Minesweeper, 78pts
4th Symmetry, 0pts

Coming Next:
Namie€™s Style v The Alexandra Sisters v The End v Mega Masher 2

[joey_picus]

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...Brilliant fight there Liam, they seem to get better each tournament you do *shakes hand*

Now, better see if the others can avoid their End...

[Guest]

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Thanks very much Joey!
That is partly the point of this tourney, to work on my writing skills.

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Yay

My third battle in vapourbots (counting the ATTTWI) and my third win; so far so good!

Just a side note, my surname ends in g and not q
I know from the line going under my name at the side that it looks like a q, but its actually a g

[Guest]

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Sorry about that

*Bangs head on wall*