The Fight against House Robots Revisited

[Guest]

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Im not worried about Marks disc at all, Joeys right- it has no power at all, therefore is useless. And Magnavox will easily be defeated by our super-powerful flippers!! s will Fin.

[corsair_lightning]

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Mega Masher 2 and ARMORY vs Apocalyptinator and Custard Cream

Um...

Chris, Maybe we should head after Custard Cream, Since you have a Vertical disc, and I have a horizontal disc.
Keep hitting him until he dies, then Chris hits the pit release button. Then we try to use our discs power to either immobilize Apocalyptinator, or slam it into the pit.

[corsair_lightning]

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Note: Magnavoxs disc does run off an E-Tek.

[kodster]

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quote:

Note: Magnavoxs disc does run off an E-Tek.

But you didnt mention that in the stats before line-ups were posted, so too bad.

[Guest]

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Kodys right Mark, its too late now.

[dinowarrior]

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EDIT: No, stuff it. Sorry Dave, but Im pulling Mega Masher 2 out of the tournament as a way of protest. I refuse to lose over Marks sheer incompitence.

(Message edited by Dinowarrior on May 01, 200

[Guest]

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Noooooooo!!
Dont go Chris, Dave can just give Mark the boot!!

[davids]

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quote:

hits the pit release button.

Theres a pit release button

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hazards are the pit which just happens to be open all the time

News to me that there is a pit release button

[davids]

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quote:

Sorry Dave, but Im pulling Mega Masher 2 out of the tournament as a way of protest

:sad:

But if your sure, there isnt a lot I can do, apart from wheeling out Woody-Me-Dee

[Guest]

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Please please please dont say this cancelled cos Chris pulled out?

[davids]

The Fight against House Robots Revisited

Its not cancelled, I havent gotten around to doing the fights for it yet.

I have quite a bit of tiding up to do in this house over this bank holiday weekend when Im on my own.

[davids]

The Fight against House Robots Revisited

I will try and get a move on with this tomorrow

But no promises

[davids]

The Fight against House Robots Revisited

I do promise to get this started by the end of next bank holiday weekend.

I just need to get into the mood to write.

[davids]

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*Introduction music from Soldier Soldier plays*

Ladies and Gentlemen please, raise your glasses to the brave men who will be fighting in this war, where there shall only be the one victor, and that victor alone shall carry the cross of peace, in the battlefield of war, there are two sides, the mental house robots and even more mental normal robots, teams will be made to pull though the early rounds, but those teams will be destroyed come the semi-finals, as it all goes down to one on one action, blades swinging at dawn, ready to strike down the other machine, for the honour€¦

€¦so roll up for Fight against the House Robots Revisited, a trip down memory lane awaits

So which 2 teams are ready to enter the arena for the first time?

Round 1, Fight 1
Seung Mina IV & Whirligig 4.5 vs. Golden Lotus & Night Stalker

The first machine into the swamp to test out its special features of a half-painted side fence, some netting around the hole in the wall to catch flying machines and the quite horrible aluminium grip plates is the flipper which looks a bit like Atomic, Seung Mina IV, this 4th version of Kody€™s powerful flipper machine has a flipper for it€™s main weapon, some lovely Hardox armour and a powerful drive system. However the weakness is limited CO2 and in the arena where there is only a small gap in the wall for flippers to flip stuff out, it might prove to be the killer point.

The 2nd machine to enter the arena is Whirligig 4.5, it is a shuffler which comes in at 100KG, it also has a deadly ring spinner weapon which is designed for murder, and murder it shall do, as it€™s powered by a lem. However in a dancing contest those shuffling pads might be its downfall, which means it might not do well in the celebrity robotic dancing on ice, hosted by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby and featuring a required element, this week it is the element of destroying a randomly placed cardboard box.

The 3rd machine to enter the arena today is man carrying a cardboard box; he places it somewhere at random in the arena before exiting the arena.

The 4th machine to enter the arena today is Golden Lotus, Alex€™s house robot, it is an evil looking spinner which spins on the spot using its own drive for power, 4 Lem motors power the 4 go-kart wheels, I wouldn€™t like to meet it down a dark passage at night, but where it can spin to destroy stuff, when spinning Golden Lotus can€™t really move in the arena much, so it might get left behind.

The 5th and final machine to enter the arena today is the Night Stalker, it is a car-based machine, with an axe for it€™s main weapon and for a 2nd weapon a front CO2 powered nose-cone, designed so that Night Stalker can drive over the rough patch with no problems. The car-style steering might leave it open for attacks from the sides and rear end if it gets caught broad-side, but it has good punch from the motors to power away from trouble, and that axe weighs the good side of 22kg.

So all 4 machines are in the arena, starting off side by side, ready for action, the pit is open, as the all-clear is sounded from the arena.

3
2
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Activate

And the first object to move is Night Stalker powering away from Golden Lotus as Alex€™s machine starts to spin on the spot, as does Whirligig as Seung Mina makes it€™s first advance, as both Night Stalker and Seung Mina are heading towards each other as Whirligig is spinning around and starts to shuffle towards some action, as both Night Stalker and Seung Mina clash head on. The axe of Night Stalker fires as 2 robots with zero front ground clearances meet.

The extra weight of Night Stalker is used to it€™s advantage as Seung Mina is gotten underneath from the front, as the axe strikes the top €˜flipper cover€™ making a lovely dent in the 9mm titanium as the front nose cone raises, lifting Seung Mina up off the ground as the flipper of Seung Mina fires to try and free Seung Mina from Night Stalker as Whirligig slams into the rear of Night stalker making some lovely sparks as the energy is spread thought-out Night stalker as Joey pushes back on Seung Mina, and driving Kody€™s machine towards Golden Lotus which is still sitting in the starting square spinning around on it€™s wheels, creating a mini vortex with the wind being thrown away from the spinning machine.

Night Stalker lines up an attack, Kody is trying to do everything to free his robot from the front end of Night Stalker, as Whirligig is giving chase to try and get another attack onto Night Stalker, as Seung Mina is pushed into Golden Lotus at 20 mph, and is thrown away from the spinning monster, rear end looking a bit worst for wear as the rear panel has managed to be embedded into the arena wall, but Seung Mina is still alive as it starts to move towards Night stalker again, as Joey turns his machine around, as Whirligig gives up the chase as both spinners are heading towards each other, as Seung Mina makes another attack, trying to expose the car-style steering on Night Stalker to get underneath the sides, as Seung Mina hits the rough patch shaking it about as it manages to safety exit the rough patch using it€™s power and ground clearance as Whirligig goes into Golden Lotus, both at full power.

The impact forces shake the arena from the clash as Whirligig is thrown half-way around the arena, the shuffling pads digging into the arena floor, as it stops. Golden Lotus meanwhile has started to move in the arena; Alex is smiling with an evil smile as he gets into a new position to create some more portable arena hazards, Steve is trying to get Whirligig to spin up and walk again, the shuffling pads are moving but slowly. Meanwhile Seung Mina has tries to dodge around the sides of Night Stalker, but Joey€™s shear power as managed to escape danger once more, as Night Stalker goes after Whirligig, slamming into the spinning machine which isn€™t spinning, firing the axe, slamming straight into the feet sending pieces of metal everywhere as the feet, as the front nose cone is raised lifting Whirligig up of the ground.

Night Stalker lines up an attack, as Seung Mina tries to catch up to prevent what€™s going to happen next, as Night Stalker putting on full power rams Whirligig straight into Golden Lotus, as pieces of Whirligig are sent to all 4 corners of the arena as the audience are in shock as it hasn€™t seen so much destruction of a destructive machine for a while, as Seung Mina slams into the randomly placed cardboard box to keep the judges happy, flipping towards Golden Lotus which once again is up-to speed, the cardboard box gives nothing towards survival as it€™s sent to the moon. The front end of Night Stalker has been damaged by that last ram, where Joey accidentally went too far forward to be caught by the blades of the Lotus. Seung Mina has seen the opening, as Whirligig is still alive, which is a surprise, but being alive and being able to continue fighting the war are too different things as it limps forward, the shuffling pads taking some more damage, as Seung Mina comes into the attack.

Golden Lotus meanwhile is still spinning around, as Alex is looking for his next meal, as Night Stalker and Seung Mina have a face-off, the damaged front of Night Stalker playing to it€™s weakness as the lifting nose has broken as both machines are coming together as both machines dodge each other, Seung Mina spinning around on it€™s wheels, showing the world the exposed rear end, as Night Stalker takes a bit longer to spin around, as the half-way point of the fight is sounded, both machines are heading towards each other once more, as Whirligig is still moving, as Golden lotus is still spinning, there is a loud crash as both Seung Mina and Night Stalker hit head-on, the axe firing as the front end of Seung Mina is underneath Night Stalker, as the axe manages to strike the top of Seung Mina, on one of the main bars of the flipper, placing a rather nasty looking dent in the flipper, as the flipper fires sending Night Stalker up, but not over, but the 2 wheels are still touching the ground as Joey puts on full power and manages to send his robot over onto it€™s back. Kody comes in with another attack, catching Night Stalker before it can self-right and forces the house robot down the pit.

Night Stalker is down and out, there is 90 seconds left to play, Whirligig is as good as dead, as it€™s Seung Mina against Golden Lotus, and Kody hasn€™t got a clue at what to do, as he has seen what power is in that Lotus when it€™s spinning around, as it€™s creating it€™s own climate system. A quick talk between Steve and Kody leaves both robotics unsure at what to do, not wanting to run the risk of losing the judges decision on damage caused to Whirligig which has stopped working, Steve hanging up his controller, as the Ref is slowly counting it out, after being battered like a cod, to keep on running until now proves that Whirligig has reliably on it€™s side, as it€™s just Kody left against Alex, Seung Mina against Golden lotus, the flipper against the half-ton spinning machine, Alex and Joey are chatting, as Joey€™s machine is lying at the bottom of the pit on it€™s side, as 60 seconds are left, as the high energy start as slowly died out, as Seung Mina is circling Golden Lotus, Kody doesn€™t want to go in and attack Golden Lotus head first because he knows there is a strong possibility that the front flipper will be ripped clean off, and the rear end is already damaged thanks to Night Stalker€™s earlier effects at pushing Seung Mina into the Lotus.

30 seconds remain, as the judges are making notes, as it€™s been 40 seconds of circling by Seung Mina, and it looks like it€™s going to be another 30 seconds of circling unless Kody can think of something to do against Golden Lotus, which doesn€™t look like happening, as Golden Lotus starts to actually move, still spinning, but moving as it is looking to try and attack Seung Mina to score some aggression points, but time is ticking away as Seung Mina manages to outpace Golden Lotus as time slowly disappears, disappearing into the black hole, disappearing away€¦

Cease

That€™s it 5 minutes are up, the judges have been called in to decide, on Aggression, Damage Caused and Control.

Both teams had 1 robot disabled, so moving on, to Aggression. Team Seung Mina/Whirligig were aggressive at the start of the match, with both machines launching into attacks, some of which were successful, some of which resulted in damage. Team Lotus/Stalker has Golden Lotus spinning for pretty much all fight, but it was more of a passive aggression, spinning on the spot like a portable arena hazard instead of attacking, so it is marked down. Night Stalker brings up the scores by attacking both members of the other team, which is marked down for the period of non-aggression at the end of the fight after Night Stalker was pitted. The panel of 3 judges sitting at the high council has decided to award team Seung Mina/Whirligig 9 points and team Lotus/Stalker 6 points.

Damage Caused
Well let€™s have a look at the judges sheets for damage, Whirligig was damaged quite a lot, but it did manage to put a dent in the rear of Night Stalker, the portable arena hazard of Golden Lotus managed to cause quite a lot of damage, but so did the axe of Night Stalker, and so those 2 house robots get 11 points, compared to the 4 points given to Seung Mina and Whirligig.

Control
The judges aren€™t happy with Golden Lotus, they are saying it lacked control and just sat still and span for the majority of the match, Night Stalker left itself open to attack and in the end ended up in the pit which counted down, Seung Mina had control throughout managing to dodge some attacks and Whirligig never gave up so they get 10 points to Team Lotus/Stalker getting 5 points.

The totals are that Golden Lotus and Night Stalker scored 22 points, and Seung Mina 4 and Whirligig 4 scored 23 points. The control booth of Kody and Steve explode with cheers as Alex and Joey are looking on, but it€™s long night for Steve as he has got to fix Whirligig up.

Next time it is
Nitro-Gene 4 & Alpha-Rex vs. Magnavox & Fin

So thoughts, tactics or predictions.

[joey_picus]

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Predictions: Fin to be decimated when it drives into the plot hole that was Magnavox. If that doesnt happen, Magnavox will still be immobilised when it gets jolted and the car battery leaks all over the internals, and Fin will end up doing a turtle impression.

Thoughts: Bullocks. Defeated by bad self righting and a video game character...