Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Hello and welcome back to Robot SMASH!! , where the Heat E final is about to get started!
Back to Rock III v SOR X
In the eliminator these robots worked together to defeat Pussycat, who€™s wheels were ripped off before Back to Rock threw it OOTA.
In the first heat semi-final Back to Rock III pitted the number #9 seed WORCK-ER.
In the second SOR X pitted the cowardly Q.E.2.

Now they go up against each other, and I€™m here in the pits to see how they feel about that.
Me: So Martijn, how are you feeling about this draw?
Martijn: Pretty good, as Back to Rock III just defeated SOR X in the play-off of the Phoenix Cup, and I€™m hoping for a repeat performance here.
Me: Aren€™t you afraid you€™ll get ripped to pieces?
Martijn: I can use the scoop to keep the spinner off, and although he€™s invertible I can get to his tyres.

Me: So Andy, thoughts?
AJ: He beat me in the phoenix cup, so I€™ll have to pull something out of the bag here.
Me: Good luck to both teams, but let€™s settle this titanic tussle in the coliseum!

But first, a quick reminder of the series so far:
The number #1 seed Wedge Devolution defeated The Curse, Splinter and Sheer Heart Attack 2 to win Heat A.
The number #3 seed Supreme Glory Omega defeated Shrederator, Axe-o-Lotl and Knyfe to win Heat B.
Cyclone Force 3 defeated Obsidian, Monolith and Turbo Shredder to emerge victorious in Heat C.
Orka MK.4 pitted Stealth, the number #7 seed Whirligig 4.5 and Macduff the 3rd to win Heat D.

Heat Final

Ladies and Gentlemen, please give a tremendous round of applause for the return of Back to Rock III and SOR X to the arena!

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Martijn M Benschop
Booth 2: Andrew Jackson

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SMASH!!

SOR X is the first off the mark, spinning that rim up to full speed and running on with an attack on Back to Rock, who merely uses the scoop to deflect the rim and pushes AJ onto the Killsaws! SOR X is bounced away, and Back to Rock comes in again, this time only getting slightly underneath as the saw sends sparks off SOR X€™s rim, but doesn€™t do any damage. SOR X gets away and turns around to face the attacking Back to Rock, getting underneath the front corner of one of the skirts and throwing Martijn onto his back! Back to Rock III self-rights and pushes into SOR X, flipping AJ up and over and in the process slamming him against the wall! But SOR X is invertible and drives off to press the pit release button, which it does before Back to Rock III attacks again, stacking AJ on the arena wall! He fires the flipper and gets back down, but in goes Martijn again and lifts it into the air with the scoop, but SOR X falls off the scoop and runs away to spin up again! Back to Rock follows AJ across the arena, but SOR X comes back strongly and slams the rim into the side of Back to Rock, ripping off one of the side skirts! Then Martijn€™s saw glances off SOR X, causing only superficial damage, and SOR backs off to spin up again. And when Back to Rock pursues SOR X swings itself around and slams the rim into the side of Back to Rock III again, sending Martijn spinning onto the killsaws, which flip him onto his back! Once more Back to Rock III self-rights and comes on the offensive, but the saw does no damage whatsoever and Martijn just tips SOR X onto its side, from where it falls over, but is pushed again by Back to Rock III and though AJ tries to escape Martijn has him beached on the scoop and carries on driving to the edge of the pit, before dumping SOR X into the chasm and out of the competition!

CEASE!

Another major shock and Back to Rock III, despite going out of round 1 last time around goes through to the semi-finals this time!

Coming next time on Robot SMASH!! :
Mantis v Walk Don€™t Run 3 v Pure Evil: Return of the Disc
All Scoop and No Stab Make Steve a Dull Boy (11) v Tengu v Sithis
Tactics, predictions, and an abbreviation for the number #11 seed€™s name!

[tacoman]

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Tactics:
Hmm.. Shock AlScoNoStMaStaDuBo to death. Maybe team up with Alex and double team him

[alex_holt]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

I believe All Scoop is the usual short form... as stated theres not much specific I can do with tengu beyond aim to hit weaker bits. Im feeling in one of those indifferent moods, so go for whomever the writer decides Im going for.

[steven_mcg]

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Two hefty spinners. Lovely.

Not entirely sure what to do here. At least I have good armour and traction, just the thing ring spinners and FBSs generally dont like. I think Ill focus on Sithis for this match, as its invertible frame means I could get a good grip on it with my axe. Bulldoze it to stop the blades, grapple it with the hammer, then shove it into the nearest, deadliest hazard. If Tengu becomes a bother, Ill try bulldozing it too.

[leorcc]

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Tactics, hit the pit release button first, then clamp, lift, and dump in the pit.

[team_britespark]

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Leo, wanna team up?

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Heat F of Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged is about to get underway! Please take your seats ladies and gentlemen, buy your popcorn and place your bets because tonight marks the return of the number #11 seed All Scoop and No Stab Make Steve a Dull Boy!
Mantis v Walk Don€™t Run 3 v Pure Evil: Return of the Disc
All Scoop and No Stab Make Steve a Dull Boy (11) v Tengu v Sithis

Eliminator 1

Built and entered by Leo Van Miert, Mantis!
This is actually the second incarnation of Mantis, built by Leo. This robots predecessor competed in RW7, jabbing Jabber in round 1 while Bulldog Breed 3- the number 14 seed- disposed of Infernal Contraption 2. However in round 2 Kat 3 put an end to the Mantis on a judge€™s decision.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Created and entered by Samuel Park, Walk Don€™t Run 3!
The first of four FBS/ring spinners in this heat, Walk Don€™t Run 3 packs a punch! Samuel has a taste for spinners, and this one has the potential to go further than Turbo Shredder did back in Heat C.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Created and entered by Daniel Stickler, Pure Evil: Return of the Disc!
Like SOR X in the last heat, this robot has a spinning rim that not only shreds the opposition, but provides the power for the front flipper. It has over 300Kj in the hit, so Daniel has to tone it down unless Pure Evil wants to self-destruct!

In RS!!1: Flipped Another Night at the Bar OOTA in the eliminator, but was knocked out of contention by the eventual bronze medallist ISDSFA in the heat semi-final.

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Leo Van Miert, Samuel Park
Booth 2: Daniel Stickler

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SMASH!!

Pure Evil and Walk Don€™t Run 3 both start spinning up to speed very quickly and head towards each other in the arena, Daniel slipping that wedge slickly in underneath Walk Don€™t Run and sending Samuel up and over onto his back! Walk Don€™t Run shuffles away and spins up again, but while all this has been happening Mantis went straight for the pit release button, and now Leo comes on the attack of Pure Evil, getting in underneath and lifting, but it wasn€™t far enough underneath and Daniel is flipped over. And in comes Walk Don€™t Run 3 before Pure Evil gets spinning again and slams into Daniel! CRASH! The Warrior SKF-alike is spun onto the lifter of Mantis, and Leo crushes down to keep Pure Evil: Return of the Disc in place and lifts Daniel into the air, holding him aloft for a moment before reversing across the coliseum until he€™s next to the pit of more-oblivion-than-the-robot-wars-one! Mantis turns, and there€™s a menacing glint in Leo€™s evil eyes as his mean machine dumps the veteran into the pit of more-oblivion-than-the-robot-wars-one and out of contention in Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged, this is a competition-more-w00ty-than-robot-wars-ever-was-because-I-said-so.

CEASE!

Another very fast match and Leo finishes off the malevolent rim spinner that seemed so promising yet again, but like last time failed to deliver. Mantis and Walk Don€™t Run 3 go through to round 2!
I€™m here in the pits now with Daniel.
Me: That was quick.
Daniel: Yeah, they were both really aggressive and I never really got going.
Me: Well, SGO is already through to the semis and you€™ve got plenty of chances yet.
Daniel: Yeah, just got to use them better.
Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, now it€™s back to the coliseum for the second eliminator!

Eliminator 2

Created and entered by Steven McGregor, the number #11 seed, All Scoop and No Stab Make Steve a Dull Boy!
A reverse wedge with a flipping scoop and axe this robot could do well again. As you can see by the 11th seeding it reached the heat final last year, only losing to Supreme Glory Omega. This robot also has the longest name EVER, so like last time it will be shortened to All Scoop.

In RS!!1: After a hard fight with Back to Rock III Steven put the rock in the pit, and in round 2 All Scoop was thrown around by Shadow Zone Returns, but came back strongly to win through to the heat final, where it was clubbed to death by the eventual 4th placed robot Supreme Glory Omega.

Created and entered by Alex Holt, Tengu VII!
Regarded by many as the greatest vapour FBS of all time, this robot has interchangeable blades, a srimech and extremely powerful spinning shell to knock the other bots out for the count. It€™s a very popular bot, and should do well.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Created and entered by Danny Bailey, Sithis!
Another invertible ring spinner, but this one has wheels and so will fly upon contact with an opponent. It has competed in my tournaments before, and recently came second in ETC08 Extreme: Annihilator, but it has never fought in RS!! before.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Steven McGregor
Booth 2: Alex Holt, Danny Bailey

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SMASH!!

Tengu starts spinning up, as does Sithis while All Scoop heads off across the arena and hits the pit release button. Where have we seen these sorts of tactics before- two FBS/ring spinners and a clamping bot that heads straight for the pit? Dj  Vu? I think so. Well anyway, Tengu is now at full speed and knocks into Sithis, stopping Danny€™s ring and knocking the robot away across the arena with ease! Sithis however, is quick to recover and goes on the attack of All Scoop, slamming into the side and damaging a skirt! But Steven easily stands strong and turns to get underneath, slamming Sithis on top with the axe and hoisting the troubled ring spinner into the air! This all seems very familiar, and it seems I may as well have copied and pasted the above battle, then changed the robot names! Ah well, too late now, and All Scoop effortlessly glides across the coliseum and dumps Sithis into the pit of more-oblivion-than-the-robot-wars-one! *Grapples with extreme paranoia and dj  vu*

CEASE!

Another short fight, and Sithis joins the dead robots in the abyss as All Scoop and Tengu go through to round 2!

Here in the pits now we have Danny with us.
Me: Bad luck, huh?
Danny: I did some decent damage to All Scoop, but that clamping thing is hard and Tengu did a lot too.
Me: I hope to see Sithis back next series then.
Danny: Me too.
Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, now let€™s take a look at the round 2 line-up!
Walk Don€™t Run 3 v Tengu
All Scoop and No Stab Make Steve a Dull Boy (11) v Mantis
What do you mean those fights were short? Then don€™t enter clamping bots!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..... I hate clamping bots...

[joey_picus]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Right...Tengu and All Steve Has To Do With His Time Is Create Extremely Long Winded Robot Names to go through.

[samuel3764]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Lovely.

Tactics: Prepare my will. Just kidding. Press the pit button. Spin up before Alex spins up to FSA, and CRASH into it with all my might and strength. RUSH TO PIT.

[steven_mcg]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Flip it.

If that dont work, hammer it.

[samuel3764]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Oh and if I beat Tengu and make it through to the Final

Tactics
All Scoop and No Stab: Spin up, CRASH into it, and pit it.

Mantis: DEMOLISH IT!!!

[kodster]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Predictions...

Tengu
All Scoop

Winner: All Scoop

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

I have written round 2, but I dont have internet at home right now (using public library) so I havent had a chance to post it. If I dont get intrenet soon Ill save it on a memory stick and post it from here, mkay?

[alex_holt]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Full body spinner eh? time for my anti-spinner ring to shine... Spin up and whack it til it can take no more...

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Welcome back to Robot SMASH!! , where round 2 of the thus far explosive Heat F is about to get underway!
Walk Don€™t Run 3 v Tengu VII
All Scoop (11) v Mantis
Let€™s get into the coliseum to kick off round 2!

Heat Semi-Final 1

Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome back to the coliseum Walk Don€™t Run 3 and Tengu VII.

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Samuel Park
Booth 2: Alex Holt

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SMASH!!

Both robots start spinning up, but as Tengu advances Walk Don€™t Run 3 clearly has no intention of attacking just yet and shuffles away from the pursuing FBS, walking (not running) across the arena and hitting the pit release button! Samuel looks pleased and circles around to face Tengu, but Alex seems unfazed and simply slams into the approaching Walk Don€™t Run 3 with a nice amount of power! CRASH! Walk Don€™t Run 3€™s ring comes to an abrupt stop, but Tengu€™s anti-spinner ring deflects Samuel€™s attack and so Alex attacks again! CRASH! This time Walk Don€™t Run 3 is spun away across the arena and onto the killsaws! BZZT! Walk Don€™t Run is toppled, but stays the right way up and pushes Tengu into the arena wall. Alex escapes and spins up again, and now comes in to meet the also spinning Walk Don€™t Run 3, which comes off the worst for ware once again! Walk Don€™t Run 3 should seriously consider doing some running NOW, forget walking, but it€™s a stubborn old mule and Samuel lands his own attack on Tengu, but thanks to that anti-spinner ring Tengu VII feels completely happy and spins up that dangerous shell again, slamming into Walk Don€™t Run 3 with a hell of a hit! Samuel is feeling pretty bad now and Walk Don€™t Run 3 begins to shuffle towards the pit, it seems that Samuel will be attempting to lure Tengu into dangerous waters, but it doesn€™t work very well as Tengu follows Samuel and slams into his robot again, sending him spinning onto the edge of the pit, with one side suspended over the abyss and one shuffling helplessly on the ground, trying to get some much-needed leverage. But it€™s just not happening and Alex grins malevolently as Tengu moves in for the kill, not even bothering to spin up as he just nudges Walk Don€™t Run 3, which topples into the pit and out of the competition in a great big puff of smoke!

CEASE!

Walk Don€™t Run 3 should consider running;
Tengu VII waltzes on to the heat final!

We go now to the pits where Samuel is stowing Walk Don€™t Run in a large safe.
Me: That didn€™t go exactly to plan, did it?
Samuel: No, his anti-spinner ring worked well and stopped my attacks, so I was unable to damage him.
Me: I can€™t say the same for you.
Samuel: Sadly.
Me: Ah well, you can€™t win them all.
Samuel: I repeat, sadly.
Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, but now it€™s back to the coliseum for match two!

Heat Semi-Final 2

Ladies and Gentlemen, please applaud the return of the number #11 seed All Scoop and No Stab Make Steve a Dull Boy and his opponent with a far more manageable name, Mantis!

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Steven McGregor
Booth 2: Leo Van Miert

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SMASH!!

The seed gets off the mark quickly, but not as quickly as its opponent, which shoots across the arena and hits the pit release button just like it did in round 1. Well, these can both clamp each other, so we expect these kind of boring get-it-over-with-quickly tactics. All Scoop gets around the side of Mantis now though and flips Leo over onto his back, but Mantis successfully rolls over and comes back on the attack, getting in underneath the raised scoop of the seed and clamping down from above, then using that intuitive weapon synergy to hoist Steven into the air! It seems that this could be the end for the number#11 seed, but All Scoop slips out from Mantis€™ grasp and reverses away, then comes back in from behind and slams Leo with his axe! However, there€™s no real damage, so All Scoop flips Mantis up with its scoop, but the claw of Mantis hits the ground and falls back down onto its wheels, and now Leo comes around and once again slips that lifter in underneath the raised scoop of Steven€™s machine, clamps down on top and lifts it high into the air with a great power! Wheels are useless up there, and now Leo smiles to himself and drives over to the chasm and holds All Scoop over that big hole in the floor which has seen the death of so many competitors. The crowd scream with joy and Leo performs the expected move, delivering a big shock on the 11th seed€™s defeat and another quick win.

CEASE!

Two clamping bots, only one got a grip.
All Scoop needs more stab,
Mantis doesn€™t need any extra grab and goes through to the heat final!

I€™m here in the pits now with Steven.
Me: We weren€™t expecting that!
Steven: Me either. Its a very good realie, it surprised me.
Me: A similar design to your, huh?
Steven: Not really, as Mantis has to clamp to be any good, with All Scoop clamping is an option. It can flip and axe separately if need be.
Me: Mantis can crush and lift separately.
Steven: Yes, but it wouldn€™t be as effective, as the lifter isn€™t really good as a sole flipping/lifting weapon by itself.
Me: Sad to see All Scoop go out earlier than last time, even if it was only by one teeny-weeny little round.
Steven: Yeah, but there€™s always next time, right?
Me: Yeah, there should be.
Steven: Haven€™t we been talking long enough?
Me: Yeah, but I need to lengthen this episode to make up for your stupid clamping tactics! Now shut up, think and say something funny you idiot, we€™re still on!
Steven: Erm...
Me: (slaps Steve) Well be right back with the heat final right after this long ad break. It€™s long because of those fights! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Heat F Final:
Tengu VII v Mantis
Tactics, predictions and a w00t for the genius behind that massive tournament Kody and AJ thought of!