Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

[kodster]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Dont know how Gabriel got through Round 1, but it should get through Round 2 easier.

And yeah PsycloniZer FTW.

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Welcome back to Robot SMASH!! , where the second round of Heat J is about to get underway. Before the break the number #14 seed Gabriel II teamed up with PsycloniZer to dispose of Baldur Gamma, while in the other round veteran Bio-Hazard pitted Death Wish 2 to move along with Axes of Evil.
Gabriel II (14) v Axes of Evil
Bio-Hazard v PsycloniZer

Heat Semi-Final 1

Ladies and Gentlemen, please a give a warm welcome back to the number #14 seed Gabriel II and Axes of Evil.

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Danny Bailey

5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
SMASH!!

Both robots were quite lucky to get through to this round as the other successful robot in their bout did more work (Bio-Hazard saved Axes of Evil from Death Wish 2 and PsycloniZer did most of the work to eliminate Baldur Gamma). However there€™s clearly no slacking off in this round as Axes of Evil pulls of a smart pivot to get around to the side of Gabriel II, landing a blow on the seeded robot€™s armour, but no real damage seems to have been done and Joey turns Gabriel around to get underneath Axes and push Danny across the arena a bit, but he slides off the side of the elongated pyramid shaped machine before Joey can turn him over. Axes brings down the axe again, but misses this time and Joey slides in underneath his hexagonal opponent again, wasting no time in overturning Danny€™s robot with a flick of the powerful flipper. Axes uses that weapon to right itself for the first time so far and pushes underneath the side of Gabriel, manoeuvring Joey across the arena and into the pit release button, hitting with the axe as well! Gabriel escapes and spins around, thumping the side spike into Axes of Evil and actually making a very small hole in the polycarbonate armour, holding on in there now to drag Danny onto the killsaws! BZZT! Axes is tossed away, but comes back on another onslaught almost immediately and hits the seed with the axe again, but still not causing any real damage to Gabriel II€™s top armour. Perhaps it has something do with the sloped sides of Gabriel, as the axe can€™t really dig into them. And it€™s time again for Joey to drive in underneath Danny€™s hexagon and flip it over, and this time it seems Danny fired the axe too hastily in order to self-right and now is propped up against the barrier with the axes hanging over the other side! But no stacking in this competition, so after 30 seconds Gabriel spins around and slams one of the side spikes into the underbelly of Axes of Evil, then pulls Danny down off the wall with the spike still stuck in underneath! Joey pulls Danny across the arena, not allowing him to self-right by keeping that spike dug in deep and now dragging Axes of Evil onto the killsaws for the second time in this bout! BZZT! The saws knock the spike out of Axes of Evil, allowing Danny to hit the button that fires the axes and right himself, and the moment he€™s on his wheels he reverses into Gabriel and pushes the 14th seed onto the killsaws for a taste of his own medicine! BZZT! Gabriel is spun around by the hazard and finds himself back to back with Axes, and now the only thing he can do is push Danny back across the arena floor, but Danny isn€™t making it easy for Joey and relentlessly brings that weapon down on Gabriel II again and again before he is pushed onto the killsaws on the other end of the arena. BZZT! Axes is spun away again, landing on Gabriel II€™s flipper, allowing Joey to overturn that robot yet again, and this exposes a small gash in the polycarbonate base armour, perhaps caused by the saws? It seems so, but the gash is made invisible again as Axes rights itself and slams Gabriel II with the weapon one last time before Joey pushes underneath and flips him against the arena wall.

CEASE!

Both robots are still mobile at the end of that fight, so we€™re going to the judge€™s decision.
Damage:
Gabriel II- 6 x 4= 24
Axes of Evil- 7 x 4= 28
Aggression:
Gabriel II- 7 x 3= 21
Axes of Evil- 7 x 3= 21
Control:
Gabriel II- 9 x 2= 18
Axes of Evil- 6 x 2= 12
Dominance:
Gabriel II- 7 x 1= 7
Axes of Evil- 5 x 1= 5
Overall:
Gabriel II- 24 + 21 + 18 + 7= 70pts
Axes of Evil- 28 + 21 + 12 + 5= 66pts

And by a margin of just 4 points Axes of Evil is eliminated, allowing Gabriel II (14) to progress to the heat final to meet either Bio-Hazard or PsycloniZer!

I€™m here in the pits now with Danny.
Me: Tough decision there.
Danny: Yes, it was a long and tense battle, we both got some good attacks in so it could have gone either way.
Me: Did you think you had it?
Danny: No, but I didn€™t think I€™d definitely lost it either. Very close.
Me: I would have thought you would have had a larger damage advantage with your axe over his flipper.
Danny: But he did put those spikes to good use and did some damage with the hazards as well.
Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaay, now let€™s hit the coliseum for the second heat semi-final!

Heat Semi-Final 2

Ladies and Gentlemen, please give a thunderous round of applause for the return of Bio-Hazard and PsycloniZer.

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Daniel Stickler
Booth 2: Andrew Jackson

5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
SMASH!!

Bio-Hazard€™s low frame helped it to avoid Death Wish 2€™s spinning disc in round 1, but PsycloniZer€™s hammers are placed well enough to be able to hit opponents both low and high, so Bio-Hazard could be feeling the full force here. It met Tira III€™s spinning disc last season and fared badly, and now it seems to be the same as Bio manages to reach PsycloniZer before it gets to full speed, meaning it doesn€™t take much damage this time and is able to get in underneath Andy to turn the ring spinner onto its back. However, PsycloniZer is invertible and reverses away to get up to full speed this time before coming back on the attack at top speed in the drive as well to smack Bio-Hazard just as the lifter comes up, and suddenly Bio-Hazard has no lifter! PsycloniZer couldn€™t have caught it at a better moment, and now the ex-Battlebots champion is weapon-less! Daniel tries to push PsycloniZer, but there€™s nothing to stop robots driving over Bio-Hazard so that€™s what Andy does while he spins up, and then he reverses into the rear of Bio-Hazard!
CRASH!
The rear skirt comes flying off and Bio-Hazard goes flying across the arena and slams into the opposite wall hard! PsycloniZer spins up again and waits for Bio-Hazard to come back on the attack again, but there€™s no movement from Daniel just yet as he turns to get Bio-Hazard€™s armoured side to face the whirling hammers of PsycloniZer this time. He heads across the arena, perhaps trying to nudge Andy into the wall for that to take the brunt of the attack, but PsycloniZer is ready for that old trick and comes to the centre of the arena to meet Bio-Hazard head on, ripping off the front skirts and a side panel in one fantastic smash of an attack! Bio-Hazard once again flies off across the arena and hits the barrier, and this time there really is no movement. PsycloniZer powers down as the crowd count Bio-Hazard down and out of the contest.

CEASE!

It seems that the powerful hits of PsycloniZer knocked the Radio Receiver inside of Bio-Hazard loose and without any radio signals€™ telling it where to go Bio-Hazard is eliminated, allowing PsycloniZer to spinning on through to the heat final!

I€™m here in the pits now with Daniel.
Me: Disappointed?
Daniel: Not really, that was only my realie.
Me: Do you think PsycloniZer can win the heat now?
Daniel: I would expect so.
Me: You did say before the round 1 match that you wished you had chosen a better realie, but Bio-Hazard dominated that opening round.
Daniel: Yes, I was quite surprised about that.
Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaay, let€™s go the commercial break now, we€™ll see you in a few!

Heat J Final:
Gabriel II v PsycloniZer

[kodster]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

PsycloniZer FTW

[paulc]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Im going to go AGAINST the PsycloniZer trend:

Gabriel II FTW - its shape is going to hinder PsycloniZers hits, as its sloped, and PsycloniZer is designed to hit flat surfaces and edges.
In addition, the 5mm Ti armour may be a little flimsy, but around the panel edges is 5mm Hardox, making the panels VERY tough to remove, and the HDPE is going to quell the blows.
If Gabriel is strong enough also, it may stop the ring, and once the ring isnt spinning, itll be quick and easy to score an OOTA!
Another thing is at the front, the front of Gabriel is very low, so the hammers may just slide over, or only spin Gabriel a little, but not cause major flight across the ring, as the rear traction is very good.

Kody (and probably a lot of other people ) may say GO AJ!
I say GO JOEY!

[kodster]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Stop giving tactics for other bots

[paulc]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Oops..., mind you Koy, its not like you didnt give SOR Hex tactics in the Heat C Final of Chevron Championships

[kodster]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Who cares...PsycloniZer FTW anyway XD

[majinb]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

GO AJ!
(Joey isnt around to hurt me anyway)

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Welcome back to Robot SMASH!! , as we count down the minutes to the Heat J final, where the number #14 seed Gabriel II will attempt to defeat the whirling hammers of PsycloniZer in order to progress to the series semi-finals. Let€™s take a look at the robots already there:
Wedge Devolution (1)
Supreme Glory Omega (3)
Cyclone Force 3
Orka MK.4
Back to Rock III
Mantis
Metal Sonic Spin Dash
Axeon 3.0
Achilles
Let€™s take a look back at this heat to see how our two finalists got here:
In round 1 they worked together to dispose of Baldur Gamma.
Gabriel II fought a hard match with Axes of Evil, winning by a 4 point margin in the judge€™s decision.
PsycloniZer had a far easier ride through, slamming Bio-Hazard into submission with those spinning hammers.

I€™m here in the pits now with both teams.
Me: Is the number #14 seed ready?
Joey: Just about. Any damage from Axes in the last round has been repaired and we€™re ready to take on PsycloniZer.
Me: Do you think you can win through this bout?
Joey: We€™ll have to see.
Me: Good luck.
Joey: Thanks.

Me: So Andy, confident?
Andy: Quietly, as I believe his armour is quite thin, and after all this robot is designed to kill spinners.
Me: It€™s the Mechanical Noise champion, right?
Andy: Yes, hopefully we€™ll make it a double champion here.
Me: But you€™ll have to go through Gabriel II first.
Andy: Literally.
Me: Good luck.
Andy: Thanks.

Up in eggheads corner Professor Von Frankenstein and Mr. Robots-expert-guy are debating about who will win this heat final.
Prof.: Gabriel II FTW. The sloped sides will stop PsycloniZer getting any good hits, and I can see the ring spinner going up and out.
Mr.: I disagree. Gabriel only has 5mm titanium on the sides, that€™s no match for a robot like PsycloniZer.
Prof.: But Gabriel has the flipper and the spikes.
Mr.: But neither will be effective here, as PsycloniZer is invertible and has a more destructive spinner that will easily defeat the seeded robot€™s spikes.
Prof.: Hmmm... Let€™s see.
Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, now let€™s hit the coliseum for the heat final!

Heat Final

Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome back to the coliseum the number #14 seed Gabriel II and PsycloniZer.

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Andrew Jackson

5...
4...
3...
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1...
SMASH!!

Another heat final begins, as PsycloniZer starts getting that ring up to speed and the hammers become a scary blur. Joey has already started across the arena, but may have second thoughts now and tries to slip the front flipper under the hammers, but Andy hits the side hard and Gabriel is spun away with a nice gash in the side armour. Not a great start, but now PsycloniZer comes in behind Gabriel II again and slams into the rear, tearing off one of the rear spikes that prevent strandings! Gabriel still has one left though and spins now, slamming that side spike into the momentarily motionless ring of PsycloniZer, though it doesn€™t do any damage. And now Gabriel II drives in underneath and flips PsycloniZer against the wall, but Andy spins the ring and gets back down before running off to spin up again, which he does before coming back on a full speed rush into Gabriel II, who€™s seeded ass is about to get kicked! CRASH! Joey is sent into the barrier by that impact and seems to lift up into the air on one side a little because of the momentum from the hit. But now he seems OK and rushes in underneath the cylindrical robot again, once more toppling PsycloniZer. But that€™s no good as its invertible, and Andy escapes again, spinning up that ring with finality in the sound of its whirring, and as Gabriel tries to avoid the hit that€™s coming to it PsycloniZer pulls around and slams into the gash it made earlier! CRASH! And this time the gash is widened and Gabriel is thrown away across the arena, landing on the killsaws! BZZT! A shower of sparks and Gabriel is suddenly venting co2- the gas supply has been ruptured! Joey grimaces and tries to pull Gabriel back into action, but it has very little traction on the arena floor, and it seems PsycloniZer hit it so hard that the wheel axle is bent! Gabriel is only moving a tiny bit now, and Andy knows he only has to deliver another hit like that to end the match. He reverses away from the fading Gabriel and spins up that ring one final time, waiting for it to reach full speed before he rushes in and thwacks Gabriel II full force again! CRASH! Joey€™s elongated pyramid is slammed into the barrier again, and this time there really is no movement whatsoever. Maybe the damaged wheel has snapped completely, or maybe the link has fallen out, or maybe even both. It doesn€™t really matter though because Gabriel II is out of the running for another season, losing out at the exact same stage it did before.

CEASE!

Gabriel II (14) goes to heaven; PsycloniZer spins on to the series semi-finals!

Coming next time on Robot SMASH!! , the return of the number #12 seed Flick of the Wrist.
Flick of the Wrist (12) v The Rock v Dante
No Objections v Crimson Thunder v Rupture

[kodster]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Go Andy, go Andy

Flick of the Wrist (12) v The Rock v Dante

I afraid that if The Rock cant grapple a wheel hole here, hes toast.

No Objections v Crimson Thunder v Rupture

No Objections out.

Good fights Liam, as always.

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Paul, Im pretty sure The Rock is overweight with all that hardox...

[kodster]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Dont bother with that Liam, write the fight anyway. You dont want to start a similar scene like what just happened in C&B3 :P

[paulc]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Liam, Im not going to create a scene here - all Im going to say is The Rock has entered C&B3, and Kody checked all my robots (unfortunately ) and said that The Rock is inside the weight limit.

[kodster]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

After you fixed it up the first time. :P

[majinb]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

your battles are good and getting better, I cant believe youre the same Liam that first posted here all those months ago

Flick of the Wrist (12) v The Rock v Dante

The seed will pit an opponent ASAP, I think pitting The Rock is my best bet.

No Objections v Crimson Thunder v Rupture

All 3 can win or lose, but I kinda like No Objections actually :sad: