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[Guest]

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Sorry guys, itll be The Botles Reunited v Weapon Synergy, I got mixed up with the clusterbots.

[Guest]

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As Kody said a while ago, this is the clusterbot match to end all clusterbot matches!

Eliminator 4/32:
The Botles Reunited v Weapon Synergy

The Botles (John, Paul, George and Ringo) are back and more damaging than ever!Each part of the cluster weighs in at around 25kg, so despite being outnumbered the Botles have a slight weight advantage.

Weapon Synergy is a five-way clusterbot made up of rammer, flipper, axe, disc and claw. Its 5 v 4, but each cluster of Weapon Synergy weighs just 20kg, so it could be goodbye to Daniel Sticklers creation.

Booth 1: Steven McGregor
Booth 2: Daniel Stickler

5,4,3,2,1, DECAPITATE!

Both clusters split up and circle each other, then Disc strikes first!
CRASH!
One of Pauls skirts is bent upwards, leavung a ground clearance for Flipper to come in!
FLIP!
Paul is up and over, but John attempts to come to his rescue, attacking Rammer from behind!
John has got him in a strong grip, but Rammer manages to drag John into the pit release tyre!
But disaster for Weapon Synergy, as George has come in to attack Rammer with that spinning blade!
CRASH!
John lets go just in time and Rammer spins away!
As it spins we see something fall to the floor- its the removable link! Rammer is out of the match and as the battle continues its now 4 v 4!
Paul has problems of his own!Flipper is now using that side of ground clearance to throw the poor bot sky-high!
Everytime it comes crashing down Steven winces up in the booth, but theres nothing he can do!
Finally Daniel gets revenge for Rammer and sends Paul spiralling OOTA!
Momentary celebration, but in comes John to attack Flipper!
It grabs it from behind and drags it over to the pit!
The crowd want it to go down!
PIT PIT PIT PIT PIT PIT PIT PIT PIT PIT PIT PIT
A puff of smoke rises into the air- but not one, but TWO robots are in the pit!It seems John pushed Flipper in, but was stealthily attacked by Claw who shoved him in after Flipper!
Only 2 Botles remain in the arena with 3 clusters of Weapon Synergy. The dead are no longer mourned, the clusters that are left are dreaming only of opposition destruction!
And Disc takes action, spinning up and crashing into Ringo!
Scarr bounces across the floor, reeling from the impact, and another link is on the floor!
Only one Botle remains in the living world, and that be George!
He spins up and collides with disc when both are at full speed!
Disc flies away, the lighter bot had a higher center of gravity in its vertical flywheel and that weight disadvantage didnt help!
It now lies crumpled on its side, right next to the pit!
SHOVE!
It now lies crumpled on its side, IN the pit!
But Weapon Synergy isnt finished yet!
Claw comes in and grabs George from behind, then pushes it into Axe, which obliges by hitting George repeatedly over the head!
WHACK!
George is really feeling the pain, but at last his torture is over!

THE MATCH HAS BEEN CALLED TO A STOP!

Both teams still had mobile clusters, so the match goes to the judges, who decide Weapon Synergy had more clusters left and will therefore progress to the heat semi-final!

Coming next, a featherweight clash!
Cunning Plan v Skink

(Message edited by Robot_Warrior on April 06, 200

[kodster]

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Weapon Synergy belongs to Daniel Stickler, not Danny Bailey.

Dont feel bad, though. I mixed them up too once before.

[corsair_lightning]

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Life vs HAZARD

He shouldnt get under me without taking severe damage from the blade, so Ill try and ram into him majorly and cause major damage.

Pillow Torque vs DTK

Get underneath and flip him into the pit, unless some house robot grabs him and throws him OOTA.

[Guest]

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Special Event
Featherweight Heat 1/4
Cunning Plan v Skink

Cunning Plan was a grand finalist in RW1, but it was defeated mainly due to it being a featherweight in a battle with 5 other heavyweights!It never returned to the wars, and is entered into this competition by Joey McConnell.

Skink is a flipping-great feather from Team Wind-Power, owners of three heavyweights (Pressure, L-formerly Iron Awe 3 and Puck- a tyre!)
Its got powerful weaponry, but is constructed from plastic, so hope they dont meet a spinner!

Booth 1: Joey MConnell
Booth 2: Martijn M Benschop

5,4,3,2,1, ELIMINATE!

Cunning Plan gets off to a quick start, maneouvering smoothly around the arena to try and attack the..er...angle grinder?
Joey said he would randomly drive into things, but now the front of Cunning Plans wedge is stuck under the grinder!
Martijn comes in to lend a helping hand!
FLIP!
Cunning Plan goes head over heels and lands upside down, propped up on the grinder!
Joey isnt going anywhere soon, so Skink comes in for another onslaught!
FLIP!

ANOTHER BOT HITS THE CAMERA TRACKS!

Mutiny!Skinks plot to overthrow Cunning Plan goes into action and works!
It was a quick fight, but nevertheless Martijn has earned his place in the featherweight semi-finals!
SKINK GOES THROUGH!

The heat A semi-final draws:
Gabriel II v Nitro-Gene 4.0
Liar 2 v Weapon Synergy
Tactics/Predictions?

[corsair_lightning]

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Gabriel II vs Nitro-Gene 4.0

Nitro-Gene to win this fight.

Liar 2 vs Weapon Synergy

Liar 2 to have a field day flipping Weapon Synergy out 1 part at a time.

[paulc]

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Gabriel II v Nitro-Gene 4.0: OMG! Why do I keep on facing Joey in this competition? Ive seen the shape of Gabriel II, and it looks like it wont be self-righting all that quickly. And so I plan to use my superior traction and power and speed in order to get around his sides and push him against the sidewall - and toss him over the edge no sweat! Things going in my favour include a much more powerful flipper - 1600kg of lift at the tips, and I also have more lift than his front-hindged weapon. I also have the best speed for worrying an opponent with, as I can speed in, and keep him infront of me, give him no room to breath and just be a pest. My other advantage is skirts - I have the better skirts, and I have the good advantage of being able to spin off his flipper if he gets underneath me.

Good luck Joey :wink:

Liar 2 v Weapon Synergy: Ill go for Liar 2, as the weight disadvantage will send the clusters flying OOTA with little to no effort at all!

Good fights as well Liam. Well done.

[joey_picus]

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PAUL! WHY MUST YOU ALWAYS DO THIS! :P

JOEYS COMPLETELY SHORT BACK AND SIDES WITH CHICKENS FOOLPROOF TACTICS:

Ill go for the thwackbot strategy for this, use the spikes to cause damage by spinning. If I end up on the flipper, get off it. If I end up on the flipper in the vicinity of the walls, GET OFF IT! If necessary, use the flipper to unbalance myself enough to get off it. If it drags on, Paul will use up his gas faster than me because Ill conserve mine for self righting and getting off the wedge.

If I do get the opportunity, though, go in on Nitro-Genes sides (I should be able to break the skirts considering all my ramming force is concentrated in a point at the front of the robot), get under, and flip, which should either put him OOTA or render his flipper useless. Finally, avoid the pit if it is open, lest I knock myself in.

Good luck, Paul

[majinb]

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nice going Liam

Liar 2 v Weapon Synergy

drive in, get under one, flip it high, head for the other, rinse and repeat...

heck, them falling down on the ground might to major damage to them

[Guest]

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Heat Semi-Final 1/16:
Gabriel II v Nitro-Gene 4.0

In round one Gabriel had a tough encounter with Acronyms FTW, but eventually won by dumping Frank into the pit.

Nitro-Gene had an even tougher fight against Intrigue, an awesome axe robot which eventually met the fury of Pauls 1000psi flipper capable of flipping 1600kg!

Booth 1: Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Paul Cuomo

5,4,3,2,1, INCAPACITATE!

Nitro-Gene is the quicker of these two machines, and Paul dispalys this advantage now as he speeds around to the side of Gabriel and ram it into the angle grinder!
FLIP!
Gabriel flies away from the wall, but lands upside down!
Joey self-rights and goes into a spin, waiting for Paul to hit those spikes!
CRASH!
Paul took a chance, and it paid off!Both robots spin away, but Nitro-Gene missed Gabriels spikes and can now ram Joey again!
CRASH!
This time its into the corner, but both bots get flipped by the spike!
Gabriel self-rights and comes on the attack, getting underneath Nitro-Gene and ramming it into the wall!
CRASH!
The rear shirt is all buckled and bent, and now Gabriel tries to flip Nitro-Gene again!
Paul lands on the rails, and would flip back in, but hes the right way up after being flipped by the spike and is powerless to stop himself falling out of the arena!
Slowly, slowly...
Paul wobbles precariously on the edge, then manages to reverse back into play- but back onto Gabriels flipper!
FLIP!

THE FIRST HEAT SEMI-FINAL IS OVER!

In a surprise result, Nitro-Gene bites the dust as Gabriel heads through to the heat final!

Heat Semi-Final 2/16:
Liar 2 v Weapon Synergy

Liar 2 flipped Cyrilium 2 OOTA in round one, but here its outnumbered 5-1, although with a weight advantage of 80kg!

Weapon Synergy battled the Botles Reunited in its eliminator, winning on a judges decision!
But Daniel could be flying here as each cluster weighs in at just 20kg!

Booth 1: Martijn M Benschop
Booth 2: Daniel Stickler

5,4,3,2,1, TERMINATE!

Weapon Synergy splits up and circles Liar 2, wating for the truth to come out!
But Martijn comes on the attack, easily getting under Rammer!
FLIP!
It soars up in a graceful arc, coming to rest OOTA!
Disc comes in on the attack, but Martijn spins and gets that side-wedge in underneath!
FLIP!
Disc flies over onto its side, and Martijn then gets the front wedge underneath!
FLIP!
Disc joins Rammer OOTA!
But now Claw comes in and grabs Liar 2 from behind, then forces it into the angle grinder!
Flipper comes in to try and get Matijn OOTA!
FLIP!
But Claw didnt let go, and so Liar 2 is freed from Weapon Synergys clutches and remains in the arena to get its own back on Flipper!
FLIP!
Another cluster can now be seen on the camera tracks!
In comes axe, and bashes Martijn on the side wedge!
But again Martijns weight adavnatge comes into play, this time allowing Liar 2 to shunt Axe into the corner, where it is propped up on the wall by the spike!
This time Liar 2 only needs to use a side wedge!
FLIP!
Claw is now the only one left in the fight, and comes in on the attack, only for Martijn to drive straight underneath!
FLIP!

FLIPPING FANTASTIC!

Liar 2 goes on to meet Gabriel II in the heat final!

Coming Next, a middleweight heat!
Life v Hazard

[Guest]

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Special Event
Middleweight Heat 1/4
Life v Hazard

Life is half of the clusterbot Life and Death.It packs a powerful flipper and fairly tough armour.

Hazard is a box-wedge with a spinning blade on top.It has won the Battlebots middleweight title more than once, but has no srimech, so bad luck on being drawn up against Life!

Booth 1: Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Mark Elam

5,4,3,2,1, DESTROY!

Hazard spins up and heads in on the attack, but Life is coming at it full pelt!
CRASH!
Head on collision! Life seems to have taken a small gash to the front armour while Hazard has momentarily ceased to spin!
Life takes this opportunity to get in underneath and throw Hazard into the air!
CRASH!
It lands upside down on the flame pit, and Life isnt taking any chances!
The crowd counts for us!

5,4,3,2,1, IMMOBILE!

Life does a victory spin and presses the pit release button! It then drives in underneath Hazard and flips it again!
Mark somersualts and lands in the pit of oblivion!

Another fast and furious special event comes to a close!Life goes through to the middleweight semi-final!

[paulc]

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I dont wish to sound like a sore loser, but I need to ask about my fight - Gabriel didnt get THAT far under me so shouldnt he have just thrown me AGIANST the wall so I could self-right off it?

And also, when we both got flipped, couldnt I have self-righted just as easily as he did? Becuase Im invertible, when on my back, I can drive away from him and self-right then.

And another thing - whats a rear shirt?

Im not bitter at all - another of my robots is coming up in the next heat - but Im a bit confused about the result.

[joey_picus]

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A rear shirt is an invention of my own design, that is just like a rear skirt except it has a handy pocket for putting spare bolts and annoying house robots in.

And I agree with some of Pauls comments here - front hinged flippers need to get right under the opposition to do anything more than push them away a bit.

[paulc]

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Can I ask for a rematch, to make sure the result was technically possible - if its alright with you Joey.

[joey_picus]

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Its alright with me, Paul - Id rather lose fairly than win controversially, even though that sounds really cliched.