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Semi-Final 2/2:
The Alexandra Sisters v Nitro-Gene 4.0

The Alexandra Sisters is a flipping great vapour from Kody Kunz. Cassandra and Sophitia teamed up with Namie€™s Style to get through round one; can they fight it out by themselves now?

Nitro-Gene 4.0 packs more than enough power to shove The Alexandra Sisters around and flip them sky high. Can Paul put this plan into action or will Nitro-Gene 4.0 be making room for Nitro-Gene 5.0?

Booth 1: Kody Kunz
Booth 2: Paul Cuomo

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The Alexandra Sisters split up and head off around the arena, ready to cause some serious damage with those flippers! But Paul also wants some blood and heads in the direction of Cassandra, the smaller sister! Remember old fashioned rules are in place here people, if one cluster is immobilised then Kody€™s hopes in this tourney are down the drain! And things aren€™t looking too good at the beginning of this bout as Nitro-Gene gets underneath Cassandra from the side and throws her sky-high! No exaggeration as Cassandra nearly goes into orbit, then comes crashing down to earth! But Paul was so busy watching Cassandra fly that he left his rear end open to attack, and in comes Sophitia who turns it over! Nitro-Gene performs a stylish 540 degree flip, but lands on Sophitia€™s flipper! Kody pushes Paul towards the perimeter of the arena and flips Nitro-Gene right onto the rails! Paul quickly hits the flipper and flips back in right over the top of Sophitia!
And once again Paul homes in on the smaller part, but this time Cassandra defends herself, avoiding the front of Nitro-Gene and getting under the corner of the skirts to throw Paul€™s creation onto its back! And now once again Sophitia comes in, but again Paul self-rights over the top of her and drives around to attack Cassandra! He gets under the side of the smaller robot and slams her into the arena wall and fires the flipper at the same time! Too much for such a light robot, surely? Yes, it is too much, as Cassandra flies up high into the air, then comes crashing down onto the camera tracks with a very loud CRASH!

CEASE!

A pretty short fight in comparison to the other so far, and The Alexandra Sisters are having family problems as Nitro-Gene 4.0 goes through to the final!

Play-off:
Namie€™s Style v The Alexandra Sisters
Final:
Dr. Acula v Nitro-Gene 4.0

[paulc]

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WOOT! Another final, and another chance to win an award :-)

Play-off:
Namie€™s Style v The Alexandra Sisters: I might have to go with Kodys tactical expertice, but that weight disadvantage might mean Namies Style can give Chezza 3rd place.

Final:
Dr. Acula v Nitro-Gene 4.0: I under-rated Dr. Acula - I thought that it wouldnt survive the first round or second, but its proved me and everyone wrong, but Nitro-Genes been after a 1st place trophy for MONTHS! Thus, I am NOT going easy on Dr. Acula. Looking at it, I notice 2 major advantages that seem to be in my favour - the motors - 2 x 400w at a 10:1 reduction will give massive torque, but not much power with it. Nitro-Gene has ENORMOUS power, and is also geared by traction, speed AND torque, and thus I outpush him greatly. The other thing is that he states that once flipped, he stands NO chance of gripping anything.

My plan is to simply flip him over, and NOT TO FLIP AGAIN! I will just shunt and ram him at will - if hes close enough to the wall, activate the flipper and toss him over the wall.

Good luck Jamie :wink: and may the best finalist win

[joey_picus]

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PREDICTIONS:

3rd place: Namies Style to be overpowered and OOTAed by one or both clusterbots.

FINAL: Ill have to go for Nitro-Gene here - Dr. Aculas weaponry wont have much effect against it, and a swift OOTA may be in the pipeline.

Good luck people, and good fights Liam

[kodster]

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Bah...

Namies Style vs. The Alexandra Sisters

I helped make that bot...and I sure as hell can defeat it. Wont be that easy, though, unless lack of experience is important here...

Right. Have both clusters attack each side to get under the skirts, and then throw Namie on its back. It may have a hard time self-righting from its back, so once its inverted, try to stop it escaping and shove it down the pit.

Good luck Chezza.

Dr. Acula v Nitro-Gene 4.0

Actually, I REALLY want Dr. Acula to win, just so that Paul wont be as overconfident about Nitro-Gene as he is now (dont deny it, Mr. Cuomo ), but...I dont think thats gonna happen, and Paul will pick up his tournament victory.

[Guest]

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Hey Kody, just wondering how come Joey and Paul have registered on your and Martijns board for stats etc. I thought it was just the two of you, but then suddenly there are loads of people on it!

[joey_picus]

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I just got bored

[kodster]

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It gets bigger.

Though I daresay its always open for more people. :wink:

[Guest]

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Ymean I could register?

*Hint hint*

[kodster]

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If you wanted to...

[Guest]

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How do I start a forum to put my stats in?

[kodster]

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Ill contact you on that forum via PM, we dont speak of it here and waste posts.

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Mint-flavoured Tictacs:

Paul has in his control a very well-designed machine, and theres no way 1 tonne of crush will come close to breaching a 5mm hardox monocoque shell, or 6mm flipper arm for that matter. I am as surprised as Paul that my machine has come this far, but hopefully it can go that extra yard and claim the victory!

Nitro-Gene will be able to outpush me in a head-on joust, 4WD LEM-powered drive vs 2WD Bosch motor drive - heck, I wouldnt even bet on me winning that one. But Pauls traction and pushing power is only effective when the wheels are in contact with the ground
If I can somehow get a grip on Nitro-Genes chassis, the chances are itll have ridden up my little front wedge in the process, breaking its traction with the arena floor. All I then need to do is to make sure I hold on to Nitro-Gene and drag him, via a certain button, to the pit of oblivion. All of this I will aim to do as quickly as possible. For a final fight it may not look pretty but its the win that matters - putting on a show only comes second

Best of luck Paul, and may the best robot win!

[paulc]

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Jamie, can I point out that Nitro-Genes rear is designed like Tornados so if it drives onto a wedge it still has wheels touching the ground.

And in my opinion, I dislike it when finals are short, even though that never happens in fan-fiction, at live-events it slightly disappointing to have a quick final.

[kodster]

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It depends on ground clearance, Paul, and the length between the (rear) wheels and the rear end.

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Thats assuming you drive on to me front-first Paul - there are still three other sides on your robot
And while they may have skirts, they cant possibly be effective for 100% of the match. At some point one of them will bounce up off of something, and thats when Ill aim to strike!
(or at least, I can TRY to do that - whether it actually works is a different matter :S)