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Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!
Drumroll please...
96 robots dared to enter the coliseum...
80 of those machines have already been pitted, flipped, OOTAed and simply smashed into submission...
But 16 battle-worthy competitors have survived...
So let€™s narrow that number down to 4 before the series final!
Fighting Tonight:
Wedge Devolution (1) vs. Orka MK.4
Mantis vs. Axeon 3.0
Supreme Glory Omega (3) vs. Metal Sonic Spin Dash
Cyclone Force 3 vs. Back to Rock III
I€™m here in the pits now with Steven McGregor, who is driving is famed creation Wedge Devolution, the reigning champion in this first semi-final battle.
Me: Hey there Steve, confident?
Steven: Quietly so, my flipped has the power to get him over the barrier, but that claw/scoop combination does look potent.
Me: Is the robot ready?
Steven: Very much so. It did take some damage from Sheer Heart Attack 2 in the last round, but that€™s repaired now and it€™s ready.
Me: What advantage do you have against him?
Steven: A much better drive-train, with my LEMCO 130 motors giving me double the horsepower his magmotors supply that Behemoth-shaped machine with.
Me: Good luck.
Steven: Thanks.
*Liam strolls over to Chris*
Me: Is Orka ready to knock out the champion?
Chris: I hope so. If I can get a good hold of it I think I can make it to the pit, but if it gets under me near the arena side wall...
Me: The whale could get washed up...
Chris: On the camera tracks.
Me: Any damage from the last round?
Chris: Not really, since it was up against a rammer with no damaging weaponry, but some of the internals were knocked around a little bit so they have been put back in place.
Me: Good luck against the champ.
Chris: Thanks.
Round 4, Battle 1
Seeded #1, the winner of Heat A, Wedge Devolution!
In the heats the reigning champion defeated:
- The Curse (with Sheer Heart Attack 2)
- Splinter
- Sheer Heart Attack 2
The winner of Heat D, Orka MK.4!
In the heats this famously successful machine defeated:
- Stealth (with Macduff the 3rd)
- Whirligig 4.5 (7)
- Macduff the 3rd
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Steven McGregor
Booth 2: Christopher Mason
5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
SMASH!!
The wedge of Wedge Devolution and the box with a scoop of Orka MK.4 both get off to a very quick start as this first ever semi-final match in RS!! gets underway, with the two meeting head on and Orka gaining the advantage this time, driving in underneath the champion and turning it over onto its back. Steven hits the flipper button and springs Wedge Devolution back onto its wheels, but Orka is in there again and gets under the front again, trying to clamp Wedge Devolution with the claw, but failing. As a result Chris just tips Wedge over again, but Steven once more fires the flipper button, sooner than last time and as a result he lands away from Orka, who turns to attack again only to find Wedge Devolution has reversed away from him to find a better target run. Orka drives towards the champion again, perhaps more tentatively this time and that may be the key to what happens next as Wedge scoots around to the side of Orka with great speed coming from that powerful drive-train and gets the flipper in underneath the side of Orka. The flipper plate bent upwards at ground level helps with that and Steven rams Orka across the arena firing the flipper as he does so and letting Orka fly up into the air before coming crashing down onto its back. Chris self-rights, but Wedge Devolution was ready and drives in underneath it before the wheels hit the floor, throwing Orka skyward again and this time it€™s a real close call for Orka, landing with a CRASH right onto the side rails of the barrier between the arena floor and the camera tracks and wobbling precariously for a moment before falling back into the arena on its wheels and driving to the centre of the arena and turning to meet Wedge Devolution as the champion drives back on the attack, and this time it€™s Orka who manages to get around to the side of its adversary, getting the scoop in underneath the side skirt and bringing the claw down on top of Wedge Devolution before lifting it up with the scoop! The champion is caught in a vice grip now and Chris reverses into the pit release button with glee, but the impact loosens his hold on Wedge Devolution and a flick of the flipper gets the champion away from Orka and back to the centre of the arena, where he is followed by Orka MK.4 who comes back on the attack only to have the front scoop breached by Wedge Devolution this time, and Steven guns it towards the pit Orka just opened, coming within a few metres of it before Steven realises Orka is slipping off the front wedge due to frantic weapons operating by Chris, and he€™ll never make it to the pit before Orka escapes! Steven quickly weighs up his options and throws Orka upwards again with a snort of carbon dioxide from the flipper and Christopher€™s Behemoth-shaped machine is launched across the arena before landing on its back right next to the pit! Chris doesn€™t particularly feel like self-righting so close to the pit, but still Wedge Devolution is coming for him so he hits the scoop button and turns himself back over with his front wheels over the edge of the pit! And even in this position Orka is able to reverse back from over the abyss onto the arena floor, and although things seem to be looking up for the robot with the whale namesake Wedge Devolution is coming from behind and gets in underneath the rear of Orka shoving it towards the pit, but making the mistake of trying to stylishly flip Orka into the pit and instead throwing it ACROSS the abyss! This seems like a missed opportunity to Wedge Devolution, but the power of the flipper was enough and the crowd can barely cope with the tension as Orka bounces along the arena floor and rolls onto the barrier, teetering on the edge for a few seconds before falling back in for the second time in this match! However the few seconds that it spent wobbling on the rails gave Wedge Devolution the time it needed to scoot around the pit and get under the side of Orka again! This time Steven and Christopher know it€™s all over and the champion fires its flipped for the last time in this match, after many attempts finally sending Orka MK.4 up and over the wall to land on the camera tracks!
CEASE!
Orka MK.4 has been made extinct; Wedge Devolution (1) goes through to the second round of the semi-finals!
I€™m here in the pits now with Chris, who is a little disappointed at losing Orka MK.4.
Me: Commiserations.
Chris: Thanks.
Me: Are you too disappointed?
Chris: Not really, it would have been nice to get through, but I still have Cyclone Force 3, right?
Me: Of course, good luck with that battle.
Chris: Thanks again.
*Liam walks over to the victorious Steven*
Me: Well Done!
Steven: Thanks, I really enjoyed that match.
Me: I enjoyed writi- I mean watching it, there were a few twists and turns.
Steven: Yes, I almost got him over the fence twice, but I guess it was third time lucky.
Me: See in the next round.
Steven: I look forward to it.
Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaay, now let€™s head back over to the coliseum for the second match of the semi-finals!
Round 4, Battle 2
The winner of Heat F, Mantis!
In the heats the only realie semi-finalist defeated:
- Pure Evil: Revenge of the Disc
- All Scoop and No Stab make Steve a Dull Boy (11)
- Tengu VII
The winner of Heat H, Axeon 3.0!
In the heats this axe robot with wedges defeated:
- Lethal Injection (with Wedginator Devilution (15))
- Hannibal
- Axe to Fall
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Leo Van Miert
Booth 2: Andrew Jackson
5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
SMASH!!
And the second semi-final match gets underway! Axeon is the Vapourbot in this bout, and has the more damaging weaponry, but don€™t forget Mantis has the three pronged hydraulic crusher and lifting arms. This weapon synergy is similar in operation to that of Orka MK.4 we saw in the last round, although Mantis€™ lifting prongs may have more grip than the scoop of Christopher€™s defeated machine. This certainly seems so as Leo immediately manages to get the prongs under the front left corner of Axeon and despite the blows raining down on it Mantis brings down the crusher and lifts its vapour opponent into the air with pride, parading across the arena towards the pit release button, which it smacks into. This impact loosens its grip on Axeon, who falls onto the arena wall, but self-rights back into the arena with a flick of the powerful axe. Leo goes in for a side attack, but Axeon 3.0 reverses away and comes in on a side attack on Mantis, bringing the axe down and punching a hole in the top armour of Mantis, holding in there and attempting to drag Mantis into the pit! But Leo struggles against the pull of Axeon 3.0 and manages to twist Mantis around so that his lifting prongs are in underneath Axeon and he attempts to lift Axeon into the air, but Andy holds the axe in there and so both robots tip up into the air, and as Axeon seems to be heading towards the pit in this position Andy pulls the axe out, allowing Mantis and itself to fall back onto their wheels. However now Leo pushes in underneath again and gets another good grip on Axeon after pushing Andy back into the rear corner, but Andy fires the axe and pushes Mantis€™ claw away, escaping but depositing itself onto the killsaws! BZZT! Axeon is flipped over by the saws and Mantis immediately takes advantage of this, quickly driving in underneath the flipped Axeon and bringing the crusher down to stop it self-righting. Then Mantis hoists the upside down robot into the air using the three-pronged lifter and reverses across the arena to the pit! All of a sudden Axeon and this battle has been turned on its head and Mantis slowly turns, full of decision in its malevolent movements as it lowers the lifter and raises the crusher to let Axeon slide into the pit and out of the semi-finals.
CEASE!
Axeon 3.0 is given the axe; Mantis progresses to the fifth round!
And so after the first two semi-final battles Wedge Devolution (1) and Mantis have reached the next round, but who will join them?
Supreme Glory Omega (3) v Metal Sonic Spin Dash
Cyclone Force 3 (setup needed) v Back to Rock III
Tactics, predictions, and Cyclone Force 3€™s setup please!
(Message edited by Swim2win on September 05, 200
Drumroll please...
96 robots dared to enter the coliseum...
80 of those machines have already been pitted, flipped, OOTAed and simply smashed into submission...
But 16 battle-worthy competitors have survived...
So let€™s narrow that number down to 4 before the series final!
Fighting Tonight:
Wedge Devolution (1) vs. Orka MK.4
Mantis vs. Axeon 3.0
Supreme Glory Omega (3) vs. Metal Sonic Spin Dash
Cyclone Force 3 vs. Back to Rock III
I€™m here in the pits now with Steven McGregor, who is driving is famed creation Wedge Devolution, the reigning champion in this first semi-final battle.
Me: Hey there Steve, confident?
Steven: Quietly so, my flipped has the power to get him over the barrier, but that claw/scoop combination does look potent.
Me: Is the robot ready?
Steven: Very much so. It did take some damage from Sheer Heart Attack 2 in the last round, but that€™s repaired now and it€™s ready.
Me: What advantage do you have against him?
Steven: A much better drive-train, with my LEMCO 130 motors giving me double the horsepower his magmotors supply that Behemoth-shaped machine with.
Me: Good luck.
Steven: Thanks.
*Liam strolls over to Chris*
Me: Is Orka ready to knock out the champion?
Chris: I hope so. If I can get a good hold of it I think I can make it to the pit, but if it gets under me near the arena side wall...
Me: The whale could get washed up...
Chris: On the camera tracks.
Me: Any damage from the last round?
Chris: Not really, since it was up against a rammer with no damaging weaponry, but some of the internals were knocked around a little bit so they have been put back in place.
Me: Good luck against the champ.
Chris: Thanks.
Round 4, Battle 1
Seeded #1, the winner of Heat A, Wedge Devolution!
In the heats the reigning champion defeated:
- The Curse (with Sheer Heart Attack 2)
- Splinter
- Sheer Heart Attack 2
The winner of Heat D, Orka MK.4!
In the heats this famously successful machine defeated:
- Stealth (with Macduff the 3rd)
- Whirligig 4.5 (7)
- Macduff the 3rd
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Steven McGregor
Booth 2: Christopher Mason
5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
SMASH!!
The wedge of Wedge Devolution and the box with a scoop of Orka MK.4 both get off to a very quick start as this first ever semi-final match in RS!! gets underway, with the two meeting head on and Orka gaining the advantage this time, driving in underneath the champion and turning it over onto its back. Steven hits the flipper button and springs Wedge Devolution back onto its wheels, but Orka is in there again and gets under the front again, trying to clamp Wedge Devolution with the claw, but failing. As a result Chris just tips Wedge over again, but Steven once more fires the flipper button, sooner than last time and as a result he lands away from Orka, who turns to attack again only to find Wedge Devolution has reversed away from him to find a better target run. Orka drives towards the champion again, perhaps more tentatively this time and that may be the key to what happens next as Wedge scoots around to the side of Orka with great speed coming from that powerful drive-train and gets the flipper in underneath the side of Orka. The flipper plate bent upwards at ground level helps with that and Steven rams Orka across the arena firing the flipper as he does so and letting Orka fly up into the air before coming crashing down onto its back. Chris self-rights, but Wedge Devolution was ready and drives in underneath it before the wheels hit the floor, throwing Orka skyward again and this time it€™s a real close call for Orka, landing with a CRASH right onto the side rails of the barrier between the arena floor and the camera tracks and wobbling precariously for a moment before falling back into the arena on its wheels and driving to the centre of the arena and turning to meet Wedge Devolution as the champion drives back on the attack, and this time it€™s Orka who manages to get around to the side of its adversary, getting the scoop in underneath the side skirt and bringing the claw down on top of Wedge Devolution before lifting it up with the scoop! The champion is caught in a vice grip now and Chris reverses into the pit release button with glee, but the impact loosens his hold on Wedge Devolution and a flick of the flipper gets the champion away from Orka and back to the centre of the arena, where he is followed by Orka MK.4 who comes back on the attack only to have the front scoop breached by Wedge Devolution this time, and Steven guns it towards the pit Orka just opened, coming within a few metres of it before Steven realises Orka is slipping off the front wedge due to frantic weapons operating by Chris, and he€™ll never make it to the pit before Orka escapes! Steven quickly weighs up his options and throws Orka upwards again with a snort of carbon dioxide from the flipper and Christopher€™s Behemoth-shaped machine is launched across the arena before landing on its back right next to the pit! Chris doesn€™t particularly feel like self-righting so close to the pit, but still Wedge Devolution is coming for him so he hits the scoop button and turns himself back over with his front wheels over the edge of the pit! And even in this position Orka is able to reverse back from over the abyss onto the arena floor, and although things seem to be looking up for the robot with the whale namesake Wedge Devolution is coming from behind and gets in underneath the rear of Orka shoving it towards the pit, but making the mistake of trying to stylishly flip Orka into the pit and instead throwing it ACROSS the abyss! This seems like a missed opportunity to Wedge Devolution, but the power of the flipper was enough and the crowd can barely cope with the tension as Orka bounces along the arena floor and rolls onto the barrier, teetering on the edge for a few seconds before falling back in for the second time in this match! However the few seconds that it spent wobbling on the rails gave Wedge Devolution the time it needed to scoot around the pit and get under the side of Orka again! This time Steven and Christopher know it€™s all over and the champion fires its flipped for the last time in this match, after many attempts finally sending Orka MK.4 up and over the wall to land on the camera tracks!
CEASE!
Orka MK.4 has been made extinct; Wedge Devolution (1) goes through to the second round of the semi-finals!
I€™m here in the pits now with Chris, who is a little disappointed at losing Orka MK.4.
Me: Commiserations.
Chris: Thanks.
Me: Are you too disappointed?
Chris: Not really, it would have been nice to get through, but I still have Cyclone Force 3, right?
Me: Of course, good luck with that battle.
Chris: Thanks again.
*Liam walks over to the victorious Steven*
Me: Well Done!
Steven: Thanks, I really enjoyed that match.
Me: I enjoyed writi- I mean watching it, there were a few twists and turns.
Steven: Yes, I almost got him over the fence twice, but I guess it was third time lucky.
Me: See in the next round.
Steven: I look forward to it.
Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaay, now let€™s head back over to the coliseum for the second match of the semi-finals!
Round 4, Battle 2
The winner of Heat F, Mantis!
In the heats the only realie semi-finalist defeated:
- Pure Evil: Revenge of the Disc
- All Scoop and No Stab make Steve a Dull Boy (11)
- Tengu VII
The winner of Heat H, Axeon 3.0!
In the heats this axe robot with wedges defeated:
- Lethal Injection (with Wedginator Devilution (15))
- Hannibal
- Axe to Fall
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Leo Van Miert
Booth 2: Andrew Jackson
5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
SMASH!!
And the second semi-final match gets underway! Axeon is the Vapourbot in this bout, and has the more damaging weaponry, but don€™t forget Mantis has the three pronged hydraulic crusher and lifting arms. This weapon synergy is similar in operation to that of Orka MK.4 we saw in the last round, although Mantis€™ lifting prongs may have more grip than the scoop of Christopher€™s defeated machine. This certainly seems so as Leo immediately manages to get the prongs under the front left corner of Axeon and despite the blows raining down on it Mantis brings down the crusher and lifts its vapour opponent into the air with pride, parading across the arena towards the pit release button, which it smacks into. This impact loosens its grip on Axeon, who falls onto the arena wall, but self-rights back into the arena with a flick of the powerful axe. Leo goes in for a side attack, but Axeon 3.0 reverses away and comes in on a side attack on Mantis, bringing the axe down and punching a hole in the top armour of Mantis, holding in there and attempting to drag Mantis into the pit! But Leo struggles against the pull of Axeon 3.0 and manages to twist Mantis around so that his lifting prongs are in underneath Axeon and he attempts to lift Axeon into the air, but Andy holds the axe in there and so both robots tip up into the air, and as Axeon seems to be heading towards the pit in this position Andy pulls the axe out, allowing Mantis and itself to fall back onto their wheels. However now Leo pushes in underneath again and gets another good grip on Axeon after pushing Andy back into the rear corner, but Andy fires the axe and pushes Mantis€™ claw away, escaping but depositing itself onto the killsaws! BZZT! Axeon is flipped over by the saws and Mantis immediately takes advantage of this, quickly driving in underneath the flipped Axeon and bringing the crusher down to stop it self-righting. Then Mantis hoists the upside down robot into the air using the three-pronged lifter and reverses across the arena to the pit! All of a sudden Axeon and this battle has been turned on its head and Mantis slowly turns, full of decision in its malevolent movements as it lowers the lifter and raises the crusher to let Axeon slide into the pit and out of the semi-finals.
CEASE!
Axeon 3.0 is given the axe; Mantis progresses to the fifth round!
And so after the first two semi-final battles Wedge Devolution (1) and Mantis have reached the next round, but who will join them?
Supreme Glory Omega (3) v Metal Sonic Spin Dash
Cyclone Force 3 (setup needed) v Back to Rock III
Tactics, predictions, and Cyclone Force 3€™s setup please!
(Message edited by Swim2win on September 05, 200
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