Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

[kodster]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Liam is becoming an elite writer.

w00t for Killobite and w00t for awesome fights

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Just two more round 4 battles left of this season...

Round 4, Battle 7

Seeded #2, the winner of Heat P, Nidhogg!
On the way to the semi-finals this Razer-esque crusher/forks combination defeated:
- Leprosy Infection (with Under Pressure)
- Drum Boy
- Envy

The winner of Heat I, Achilles!
ff6000>This classic rammer/flipper has previously eliminated:
- Death Threat 0.2 (with Mega Monsoon)
- Shadow Zone Returns (16)
- Mega Monsoon

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Alex Holt

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SMASH!!

Nidhogg is the seed and veteran in this match, and it immediately becomes clear that Joey wants to make it through this round and live up to his second seed placing as Nidhogg gets off the mark very quickly and drives around the front of Achilles, who also turns and meets the seeded robot head-on, with the tapered front pneumatic flipper of Achilles defeating Nidhogg€™s magmotor actuated forks this time. Alex runs in underneath and guns those E-Teks to thrust last season€™s runner-up across the arena and he fires the two flipper rams, sending Nidhogg up into the air for it to slowly turn over and come crashing down on its back! The spines on the crusher help it self-right, but already Achilles is back on the attack and drives in underneath, once again pushing Joey across the arena and flipping it again, and this time Nidhogg lands on the rails before just falling back into the arena! Joey drives away and around now to speed back in at Achilles, finally getting underneath Alex€™s front flipper and bringing the crusher down onto the top armour of Achilles! Joey holds the PTT5 champion in place and raises the forks to bring the wheels off the ground and reverses into the pit release button! It looks like the seeded machine has really turned the tables now, but that impact with the pit release button loosens Joey€™s hold on Achilles and Alex is loose in the arena now, reversing away from Nidhogg before gunning those E-Teks and getting under the side of Nidhogg, ramming Joey across the arena and firing the flipper to let it fly through the air before rolling across the arena floor and landing the right way up next to the arena wall! Joey comes back on the attack and manages to get the forks under the side of Achilles, lifting the NSBFL6 champion into the air, only for Alex to fire the flipper and jerk Achilles off the electric lifter of Nidhogg back onto the arena floor! Achilles pulls around again and gets underneath the side of Nidhogg again, once more launching last season€™s runner-up high into the air for it to come crashing back down onto its back in the centre of the arena! Nidhogg manages to self-right, but in that second Achilles was quick to attack again, getting underneath again and slamming the seeded machine into the arena wall! Alex fires the flipper and it certainly seems like the end for Nidhogg and Joey€™s stomach churns as the Razer-esque crushing machine turns over in mid air and plummets towards the ground, and Joey€™s heart skips a beat as the crusher hooks Nidhogg back into the arena, rolling over and landing on its wheels again! Never has anyone been that lucky, and now in comes Achilles again, breaching the side of Nidhogg and flipping it over and over towards the arena side wall, but Alex miss-times a flip and Nidhogg is back on its wheels, quickly getting under the front for the crusher to come pressing down on the open flipper and squeezing it shut! The forks of Nidhogg lift up and suddenly it doesn€™t look so good for Achilles! Joey rushes across the arena, with Alex using the flipper just to make Nidhogg lose its grip, but it€™s too late as Achilles€™ back wheels slide over the abyss! Joey smiles and delivers the final push to send Achilles down into the pit with a puff of smoke!

CEASE!

Achilles€™ heel is exposed; Nidhogg (2) goes through to the fifth round!

Round 4, Battle 8

The winner of Heat M, Black Panther!
On the way through the heats this axe/flipper combo defeated:
- D.V.D: The Sequel (with Blue Sparks)
- Weapon Synergy
- Razer (

The winner of Heat N, Cat with Wheels!
Earlier on this back-to-basics front hinged flipper defeated:
- MeCannibal 2.0 (with Liar 2 (6))
- Turbo Tails
- Gravity

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Alex Holt
Booth 2: Danny Bailey

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SMASH!!

With Alex Holt in the control booth for the second time in quick succession Black Panther is quick off the mark, dodging the front of Cat with Wheels and attempting to attack around the side of Danny€™s wedge, but Cat turns to meet head on with Black Panther although sadly for Danny this time the front flipper of Black Panther gets underneath the front of Cat with Wheels, turning it over with a flick of the flipper. The flipper rams power up though and turn Cat back onto its wheels, and Danny goes straight on the attack, getting underneath the side of Black Panther this time and turning it over as he pushes Alex onto the killsaws! BZZT! Black Panther is tossed sideways off the killsaws, but quickly self-rights and comes back on the attack, once again breaching the front of Cat with Wheels and this time bringing the axe down and putting a nice hole in Cat€™s flipper arm, holding on in there and gunning those magmotors in the drive to push the Heat N winner across the arena and up against the arena wall, and with Danny stuck in this position Alex withdraws the axe before bringing it down again, and again. This is repeated several times, really making the titanium armour of Cat with Wheels feel the pain as the THZ-style axe repeatedly slams down onto the front wedge, putting dents, holes and welts into the top armour of Cat with Wheels! Eventually though one of the axe blows knocks Black Panther back a bit and the LEMs of CTW allow Danny just to push Black Panther back across the arena floor a bit and into the pit release button! Quickly escaping now to the centre of the arena, Cat with Wheels turns and dodges the front of Black Panther this time, managing to get under the side and throw it over onto its back, with Alex quickly firing the flipper to right itself only to get pushed underneath and flipped over again by the incredibly persistent Cat with Wheels, who pushes Black Panther up against the arena wall now and fires the flipper again, pushing the MN runner-up against the barrier and gunning the motors to pin it there for 30 seconds, holding the semi-UFO shaped machine in place! Eventually though the judges force Danny to release Black Panther, who reverses back into the centre of the arena and is attacked again by Cat with Wheels, who finally manages to get under the front of Black Panther by going at it from an angle and jamming Black Panther up against the barrier! Again Alex is in trouble, but self-rights with the axe and turns side on to Cat with Wheels, slamming it with the axe again and again, driving in underneath the side and flipping Cat with Wheels onto its back to gain some more damage points the base of the machine before Danny self-rights only to get Black Panther€™s axe stuck in the flipper rams when the flipper was wide open from self-righting! Carbon Dioxide gas is snorted all over the arena by the delirious Cat with Wheels who immediately guns it away from Black Panther when the axe is released. Alex gives chase, but with some clever U-turns and driving skills Danny eludes Black Panther for a full 27 seconds before Alex finally corners Danny and is Tabby cat in the corner, driving in and pushing Cat onto the killsaws! BZZT! Cat is flipped up, but not over as Black Panther moves in again, getting underneath and attempting to finish the match by turning Cat with Wheels over onto its back, but it€™s no good as Danny lands on his wheels this time and reverses away again! Once more Alex gives chase and this time catches the cat very quickly, fitting that flipper underneath and throwing it over for one final time! It seems as though Black Panther has it won, but you need to be immobilised for ten seconds, and Cat with Wheels was flipped with just 4 left before the match was ended!

CEASE!

As Cat wasn€™t counted out in time we go to the first judge€™s decision of the semi-finals!
Judge€™s Decision:
Damage:
Black Panther- 10 x 4= 40
Cat with Wheels- 6 x 4= 24
Aggression:
Black Panther- 7 x 3= 21
Cat with Wheels- 9 x 3= 27
Control:
Black Panther- 6 x 2= 12
Cat with Wheels- 9 x 2= 18
Dominance:
Black Panther- 7 x 1= 7
Cat with Wheels- 7 x 1= 7
Overall:
Black Panther- 40 + 21 + 12 + 7= 80pts
Cat with Wheels- 24 + 27 + 18 + 7= 76pts

Cat with Wheels is me-out ; Black Panther goes through to the fifth round!

And so we have the draws for the final round of the semi-finals!
PsycloniZer vs. Black Panther
Nidhogg (2) vs. Killobite 5.0 (10)

(Message edited by Swim2win on September 13, 200

[joey_picus]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

YAY! And...oh...cooking implements.

Were similar robots, but I should have better maneuvrability with my two wheel drive, compared to hid four, and the exoskeleton should be easy to slip the forks under and get the crusher to hook on, so...get round sides, avoid front, lift, crush, pit, thingy

[kodster]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Gah, second seeds...

PsycloniZer vs. Black Panther

I smell a rematch. And I also smell Alex getting his revenge on AJ.

Nidhogg (2) vs. Killobite 5.0 (10)

Due to the chassis extending beyond the armour, he cant damage me easily at all, but his plan is to grapple hold rather...exactly like mine. I like the shape of Nidhogg too, so if I can slide the forks under, both his wheels will be off the ground. I also have a bigger area that I can attack with, and his is fairly small, so I should be able to get him, around the sides or back preferably. With any luck, I might be able to break off his srimech too. Main thing though is to pit. Pit. Pit.

Good luck Joe-E.

(Message edited by kodster on September 13, 200

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

And so tonight on Robot SMASH!! we have the last two battles of the semi-finals!

Round 5, Battle 3

Ladies and Gentlemen:
PsycloniZer
Black Panther

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Andrew Jackson
Booth 2: Alex Holt

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SMASH!!

These two highly successful machines met in the grand final of Mechanical Noise, a major tournament by Martijn M Benschop who has already made this season€™s grand final with Back to Rock III. They were both in previous incarnations back then, as PsycloniZer was Psyclonised and Black Panther was Black Panther Queen. Psyclonised was the victor, but will that be the same here today or will Black Panther with Alex at the controls get its gruesome revenge? Not if Andy can help it, as PsycloniZer guns those mags to stay away from the semi-UFO shape that is Black Panther while the LEM-200 drains power from the batteries to spin up that heavy ring so that the three deadly hammers quickly become a blur! Alex looks worried and tries to dodge PsycloniZer as Andy goes in on the attack, and almost makes it out of the way, but one of the hammers swings around and slams into the front of Black Panther sending the 16th most feared Vapourbot flying away across the arena and onto the killsaws! BZZT! There€™s a dent in the front armour, but the drive and weapons seem to be OK as Alex powers back across the coliseum and gets underneath PsycloniZer, bringing the THZ-style axe repeatedly crashing down onto the top armour of PsycloniZer, causing some large dents and finally managing to snag a wheel hole! The tyre itself isn€™t punctured, but Black Panther is in control now as Alex points the entwined pair towards the pit release button and heads in that direction, slamming against the tyre in order to launch the release siren and lower the chasm! However the impact knocks Black Panther€™s axe just out of the wheel hole of PsycloniZer, unfortunately for Alex allowing Andy to shoot off again to get that ring up to full speed. Alex backs away from the pit release button and attempts to stop the ring of PsycloniZer from getting up to speed by bashing into it hard with the back of the semi-UFO shaped body, but Andy dodges the assault and runs into the side of Black Panther with that ring running at maximum speed and potency, the three red hammers looking like a blood red tornado of death! CRASH! And this time Black Panther is more than just a little winded as it spins away and slams into the arena wall before suddenly it starts venting carbon dioxide! It certainly looks like the co2 supply was ruptured after that powerful hit from the whirling hammers of PsycloniZer! With the axe now gone Black Panther could be in serious trouble, as the invertible PyscloniZer is designed to be a flipper-killer, and the low power linear actuators on Black Panther won€™t be flipping Andy€™s ring spinner out of the arena anytime soon. Although he knows this Alex follows PsycloniZer as it backs away anyway, just to try and get some points for aggression, and he does so as he fits the flipper underneath PsycloniZer and flips it up and over, although this doesn€™t do much as Andy reverses away to spin up again, dodging Black Panther€™s second onslaught since the pneumatics were ruptured with relative ease before reversing at full speed into the rear of Black Panther with the hammers going like hell! CRASH! Alex once again has the stuffing knocked out of him as Black Panther is sent spinning across the arena and left reeling, driving aimlessly into the arena wall in its dazed state before turning around to try and attack PsycloniZer again, but it seems the drive has been taken out on one side as it drives around in a circle onto the killsaws! BZZT! Black Panther is flipped up and over in a shower of sparks, and certainly now the match is over as Alex can€™t self-right without his axe. The crowd counts the valiant Black Panther out as Alex makes his exit from his first, successful season of Robot SMASH!! .

CEASE!

Black Panther is hunted down and defeated; +2>PyscloniZer goes through to the series grand final!

And now then we have 3 of the 4 grand final spots filled:
Back to Rock III
Wedge Devolution (1)
PsycloniZer
One more robot must join them, and it will be a seeded robot. The question is which seeded robot will it be?

Round 5, Battle 4

Ladies and Gentlemen:
Nidhogg (2)
Killobite 5.0 (10)

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Kody Kunz

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SMASH!!

These are two pretty similar machines, although they have different shapes and drive layouts they both use the combination of lifting forks and hydraulic crushers, interestingly they both have exactly the same amount of power behind those crushers, with 9 tonnes at the ram and 4.5 tonnes at the tip. Nidhogg however is the more manoeuvrable with that two wheel drive and dodges the front forks of the tenth seed to get its own forks under the exo-skeleton on the side! Joey lifts it up into the air and turns around to bring the crusher into play, however this time the crusher comes down on one of the steel bars of the aforementioned exo-skeleton. With no damage to be done Joey compensates by dragging Killobite 5.0 towards the pit release button, but unfortunately for him Killobite still has one side of the four wheel drive on the ground and is still using one of the motors to try and get down, not quite reaching its goal but still managing to make Joey€™s job a lot harder. Killobite twists and squirms, but now Joey just pushes forwards, getting right in underneath and just tipping Killobite over onto its back! Immediately Killobite begins to self-right, but the second seed steps in the way and reverses into it, pushing it backwards across the arena and onto the killsaws! BZZT! Killobite is flipped back up, but onto the arena wall! Kody has to raise the forks to get back down, and he does so, but Nidhogg comes in behind him and lifts him up, also biting down with the crusher and this time it slides between the bars to sink like a knife through hot butter into the aluminium armour of Killobite, digging deep into the workings and holding on tight as Joey now reverses out of the corner and turns to hit the pit release button, still gripping on tight in there! Killobite struggles, but the second seed€™s grip is too tight and Joey carefully drives over to the pit and lowers the forks so that last season€™s heat D finalist is suspended over the abyss, and all of a sudden the weight becomes too much and the pair of them topple over into the pit! The crowd gasp and wonder who€™s out, but as the replay shows on the large screen above them it becomes clear Killobite 5.0 was the first to enter the pit!

CEASE!

Killobite 5.0 (10) is killobitten; +2>Nidhogg (2) goes through to the series grand final!

And so we have our four grand finalists:
Back to Rock III
Wedge Devolution (1)
PsycloniZer
Nidhogg (2)

The line-up for the grand final eliminators will be like this:
Nidhogg (2) vs. PsycloniZer
Wedge Devolution (1) vs. Back to Rock III

But before that we have the special events, the first of which will be the featherweight competition, re-done draws with a brand new format for all the other weights will be up next post!

(Message edited by Swim2win on September 14, 200

[majinb]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Wedge Devolution (1) vs. Back to Rock III

Lift, hold, pit, I may come up with something more fancy in the future (like avoiding the flipper, lol) but thats about it.

Gluck Stev-O!

Nidhogg (2) vs. PsycloniZer

This is about my potential future Final opponent, I refuse to predict it

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

FEATHERWEIGHT MELEE
Micro-Gore vs. Kitty vs. Krayzee Tokyo vs. T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L vs. Skink vs. Sith vs. Deadly Lampshade

LIGHTWEIGHT MELEE
Anti-Virus 2.1 vs. Radioactive vs. Little Big Bot vs. Ringo Scarr vs. Backlash
vs. Claw

MIDDLEWEIGHT MELEE
Solstice 2.0 vs. Tom vs. Life vs. Killoteeny vs. T-Minus vs. The Bone Collector

SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT MELEE
Tax Cutter vs. Atomic Wedgie vs. Sekhmet vs. Revolver vs. Toro vs. Cause and Effect

Last Seasons Winners:
FW- T.R.ED.T.H.A.L
MW- Solstice 2.0


LW- Anti-Virus 2.1
MW- Solstice 2.0
SHW- Tax Cutter

2) Christopher Mason
FW- Kitty
LW- Little Big Bot (need stats)
MW- Tom (need stats)
SHW- Atomic Wedgie

3) Joey McConnell
FW- Krayzee Tokyo
LW- Radioactive
MW- Life
SHW- Sekhmet

4) Steven McGregor
FW- T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L
LW- Ringo Scarr
MW- Killoteeny
SHW- Revolver

5) Paul Cuomo
FW- Skink
LW- Backlash
MW- T-Minus
SHW- Toro

6) Alex Holt
FW- Sith

[joey_picus]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

WAHEY! WOO! AND OTHER EXCLAIMATIONS FOR BUSINESS AND ALSO PLEASURE!

And...oh...Arkell v. Pressdram. :P

NIDHOGG vs. PsycloniZer

Well, if its the old Nidhogg, best to let it go out in some style. Charge straight at PsycloniZer, dont hold back at all, and try and grab onto it wherever possible for a possible unlikely pitting. Im going for full on DEATH OR GLORY!!! here :P

In the other fight, I suspect BTR will advance through to the finals.

Good luck to everyone, and now for the others...

KRAYZEE TOKYO: Drive around randomly avoiding the walls this time, and hope the armour doesnt fall off. I should be alright if any chainsaws or other pokey things come along though :P

RADIOACTIVE: Wedge and pit things.

LIFE: Flip things.

SEKHMET: Spin around and thwack things, unless I get the chance to lift.

Great fights as ever Liamo

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Welcome to the first of 8 special battles in this season of Robot SMASH!! , the first of which will feature 7 robots weighing no more than 13.6kg in the FEATHERWEIGHT MELEE!

Featherweight Melee

Created and entered by Steven McGregor, seeded #1, T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L!
This is a tracked robot with a front electric lifting scoop and a top mounted axe to allow it two methods of attack plus the ability to clamp opponents between the two weapons and dump them where Steven wishes. With a 6kg weight advantage due to the tracks Steven should have no difficulty in pushing opponents around.

In RS!!1: Lifted and pitted the Robot Wars Extreme 2 Featherweight Champion Arrgh in the first round, then was drawn up against Micro-Gore in round 2. Kody grabbed hold of the scoop though and was held aloft by the powerful T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L before being dumped in the pit. In the final then it was up against the realie Skink, who was also pushed into the pit and out of the contest.

Created and entered by Daniel Stickler, Deadly Lampshade!
Replacing the realie Katnip as Daniel€™s featherweight entry this season is this powerful full body spinner which should have no problems ripping up the opposition. However the lack of a srimech could prove telling with all those nasty flippers out there today.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Created and entered by Kody Kunz, seeded #3, Micro-Gore!
This axlebot with a claw in the centre looked devastatingly powerful last time around, the question is can Kody repeat last season€™s success or even go one better to grab a more colourful medal this time around?

In RS!!1: Looked like a strong contender in the eliminator last time around as dumped its horizontal counter-part Katnip in the pit. Kody was confident heading into round 2, but was lifted and dumped in the pit by the eventual champion T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L. Things got better again though in the play-off for third place when the claw grabbed hold of and crumpled Pillow Torque.

Built by Team Wind Power, entered by Paul Cuomo, seeded #2, Skink!
This bright yellow and blue pneumatic flipping robot threw opponents far and wide last time around, but T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L€™s axe went through the light plastic armour way too often and easily last season and this could be just a repeat.

In RS!!1: Threw Cunning Plan over the fence in round 1, but then had a hard fight with Pillow Torque in round 2 due to its opponent€™s ability to run inverted. However Martijn eventually tossed it out of the competition to move onto the final, where it was knocked around by T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L. Skink got some flips in, but just wasn€™t enough...

Built by Team Kat, entered by Christopher Mason, Kitty!
This mini-version of the heavyweight fighting robot Pussycat has a powerful spinning blade on the front and like its big brother will always land on its feet. However the older sibling didn€™t get far in the main competition and it is very similar.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Created and entered by Alex Holt, Sith!
This wedge shaped 12kg machine won the featherweight class competition in Crash and Burn Tournament: Other Weights. It has a pneumatically powered flipper and decent stats in every other aspect, so could do well.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Built by a team of people, entered by Joey McConnell, Krayzee Tokyo!
Basically a remote controlled car in a shell, this ancient RW1 competitor has no weapons, rubbish armour and a huge turning circle. It doesn€™t have a srimech, nor has it got anything going for it at all. Why did Joey enter it? Who knows...? At least he picked the heat winner last season.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Steven McGregor, Paul Cuomo, Kody Kunz
Booth 2: Daniel Stickler, Joey McConnell, Christopher Mason, Alex Holt

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SMASH!!

All seven machines move off the mark as SMASH is called, with the potent-looking Deadly Lampshade quickly becoming a spinning blur as it emits a terrifying whir in mere seconds. Krayzee Tokyo meanwhile has driven onto the killsaws and has quite simply had the electronics sawn right through, not to mention being flipped over. Deadly Lampshade moves in just for fun and nudges it, with Daniel enjoying the impact this has on Krayzee Tokyo as it flies off across the arena in tiny pieces. Meanwhile Sith has made a sneaky move on Skink, creeping up on Paul from the side and turning him over. The 2nd seed is quick to self-right, but now in comes Deadly Lampshade from the side and rips a huge gash in the side armour! Skink really is already looking the worse for wear, but meanwhile another realie is in massive trouble as Micro-Gore has pressed the pit release button and now has Kitty in what can only be described as a headlock, with the claw around the neck of the Pussycat-replica as Kody pulls around to drop Christopher€™s realie entry into the pit with a puff of smoke, but he holds on too long and gives T.R.ED.T.H.A.L the perfect chance to attack, which Steven does, scooping it up and bringing the axe over to hold the Stinger-with-a-claw featherweight in place! He lifts it up into the air and holds it over the pit for a few seconds before letting go with the axe and dropping last season€™s bronze medallist into the abyss after Kitty! Already three robots have bitten the dust and we€™re not even a minute into the action! Meanwhile Deadly Lampshade has struck Skink again, ripping out a drive motor! With the featherweight gold motor now on the arena floor Skink isn€™t out, but certainly as good as dead. But Paul hasn€™t given up yet as he pulls around to get underneath Deadly Lampshade and throws it into the air! Daniel€™s machine is thrown high into the air, but spins up while airborne so when it hits the ground on its side it€™s lucky enough to bounce back down the right way up! Sith moves in on Skink for the second time and flips it over, allowing Skink to self-right before reversing into the rear and pushing Paul across the arena towards the killsaws, which raise and lower in anticipation! The saws are designed to cut through heavyweights, and although they don€™t often do that Skink€™s plastic armour is no match for them and the second featherweight in this match is sawn through and flipped away! Skink self-rights, surprising the crowd that the pneumatics are still intact, but it lands on the arena wall with the flipper in the air! In a position as vulnerable as this there€™s nothing Paul can do and Alex just fits the flipper in underneath the rear of Skink before firing the weaponry in order to send it up and over the arena side wall! Now he turns to face the other two fighters, who are fighting a deadly battle. Deadly Lampshade has scored some hits, but received some from the axe of T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L, and now Sith returns to the fray, jamming the flipper arm underneath the momentarily static Deadly Lampshade (which just struck T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L) and throws it up and over with the flipping arm! And as Daniel wasn€™t spinning when flipped this time Deadly Lampshade just lands on its back, unable to do much at all! With it defeated Sith just gives it another nudge to put in the pit on top of Micro-Gore and Kitty before turning to meet the attacking champion, who gets underneath the front wedge of Sith on this attempt and brings the axe down on Sith, holding it in position so that the lifter can hoist it into the air! However Sith topples over backwards, and quickly self-rights so that it is under T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L! Alex hits the flipper button and turns the champion onto its back, but Steven uses the axe to self-right, only to find Sith rushing in beneath him and flipping T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L sideways this time! Once again Steven self-rights, but the tracks do not provide enough speed and Sith is quickly underneath again, only Alex only slightly gets underneath this time, and when the flipper comes up we see that the blade of the flipper is stuck in the track of T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L, so when it is flipped up into the air the track is pulled right off! T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L still seems to be OK though, if a little less manoeuvrable, though it needs that track now as Sith gets underneath the side again and pushes the champion towards the pit and quickly reaching it before firing the flipper to send last season€™s winner plunging down into the chasm and out of the contest!

CEASE!

Krayzee Tokyo is sent back to Tokyo, Kitty is packed off to the dog-house, Micro-Gore (3) is locked outside, Skink (2) is on the camera tracks, Deadly Lampshade has a power cut and T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L (1) is tracked down and pitted; Sith is the featherweight champion of Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

7th Krayzee Tokyo
6th Kitty
5th Micro-Gore (3)
4th Skink (2)
3rd Deadly Lampshade
2nd T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L (1)
+2>1st Sith

Coming Next- The Lightweight Melee!
Ringo Scarr vs. Anti-Virus 2.1 vs. Radioactive vs. Little Big Bot vs. Claw vs. Backlash

[team_britespark]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Tactacs:

Hit the pit release and dump as many of my opponents into it as possible without compromising my survival.

[kodster]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Bah, no grand final for me...or featherweight trophy...

Tactics for Anti-Virus 2.1 - Ram stuff.

[kodster]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Other tactics and predictions:

Wedge Devolution (1) vs. Back to Rock III - Back to Rock

Nidhogg (2) vs. PsycloniZer - Psy

Final - Martijn to win.

Solstice 2.0s tactics - spin and destroy

Tax Cutters tactics - whack stuff

Brilliant stuff thus far Liam.

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Welcome back to Robot SMASH!! , where we are beginning the second of eight special events- The lightweight melee!

Lightweight Melee

Created and entered by Kody Kunz, Anti-Virus 2.1!
This Bad Attitude-style rammer has 2 S28-400s at 36v in the drive, a decent heavyweight drive. This gives it the power to shove all the other robots around, although the wheels are exposed from the top due to it being invertible.

Created and entered by Christopher Mason, Little Big Bot!
Essentially Bio-Hazard minus skirts and with an axe instead of a lifter, this robot with powerful drive motors for a lightweight really does pack a punch. However the high ground clearance all around will give flippers a field day.

Created and entered by Joey McConnell, Radioactive!
This robot is an invertible wedge. Um... It sometimes makes appearances in heavyweight tournaments... Erm... Did I say it€™s an invertible wedge? It is similar though to last season€™s successful middleweight Doorstop, who was half of the heavyweight clusterbot Doorstops.

Created and entered by Steven McGregor, Ringo Scarr!
This is another invertible robot; however it is much more interesting than the others seen so far. It is part of the now retired clusterbot The Botles Reunited, which was knocked out of the eliminator last time around by its fellow clusterbot Weapon Synergy, who also has a representative in this battle.

Created and entered by Daniel Stickler, Claw!
This cluster from Weapon Synergy is essentially TAN scaled down. Daniel himself defeated TAN in the main competition with his full body drum Dervish V, and now wants to do better than his opponent back then did. The S28-150s aren€™t a bad drive for a lightweight, but they won€™t cope against the more powerful robots like Anti-Virus 2.1 and Little Big Bot.

Built by Team Nightmare, entered by Paul Cuomo, Backlash!
The only realie in this melee, this little reverse wedge with a powerful vertical flywheel was the lightweight winner at Battlebots Season 1.0. However it€™s pretty unstable and its big brother Nightmare was knocked out of the competition by 7th seed Whirligig 4.5 earlier on.

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Kody Kunz, Christopher Mason, Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Steven McGregor, Daniel Stickler, Paul Cuomo

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

Immediately we see Backlash and Ringo Scarr get their spinning weapons up to speed as all 6 machines get going as soon as the signal to begin is given. Claw also gets going, but being the lightest in this melee it is quickly shunted aside by Anti-Virus 2.1 before it can grab hold of anyone. Meanwhile Radioactive has run in underneath Little Big Bot in an attempt to push it across the arena, but Chris drives up Joey€™s slightly underweight machine and reverses into the back of it, turning quickly to bring the axe down and strike Radioactive€™s tyre! Chris holds on in there and pushes Joey back across the arena into the pit release siren, signalling the pit to descend and the siren to wail! With the impact Radioactive escapes, but in comes Anti-Virus 2.1 from nowhere to shove Joey headlong sideways into the pit! There€™s a quick puff of smoke and another other weight melee is all over for Mr. McConnell. Meanwhile Backlash has smacked into Ringo Scarr and propped it against the arena wall, but 30 seconds pass and someone has to free the trapped Steven. Claw obliges, grabbing hold of the back half of Ringo Scarr and pulling it across the arena, heading towards the pit! Steven struggles, but Claw has a firm grip and quickly pulls around to dump another lightweight into the pit and out of the contest! But Daniel has left himself vulnerable to attack from behind and Backlash hits with the flywheel from the side, attempting to clip him into the pit, but instead flipping him away and putting a small gash in the titanium armour! Anti-Virus meanwhile has gotten in underneath the front clearance of Little Big Bot and pushes Chris up against the arena wall, pinning it there for the full 30 seconds while the tussle behind it goes on. Despite the gash in the armour Claw seems undamaged, and uses those magmotors in the drive to dodge around the front disc of Backlash, to drive around to the rear and grab hold! Paul tries to resist, but despite the disc spinning up to full speed quickly Claw has a hold and isn€™t letting go! The S28-150s fire up into gear and Claw pushes Backlash across the coliseum and into the side of Anti-Virus 2.1, flipping it up a bit, but not over and un-wedging Little Big Bot! Backlash escapes now and reverses away to spin up the flywheel again, but now Anti-Virus 2.1 lines up for another attack, accelerating quickly and jamming up to full speed to slam into the front of Backlash with a CRASH! The spinning disc stops spinning as Backlash slowly tips up and over backwards onto its back! And without the disc spinning it seems the ex-Battlebots champion is out of the match. Anti-Virus 2.1 decides to finish Paul off just for the hell of it and delivers the final shove to knock Backlash into the pit and out of the match, while Claw and Little Big Bot do battle elsewhere. Little Big Bot manages to land some blows on Claw, but Daniel Stickler€™s machine is resilient to the attacks and manages to grasp Little Big Bot from the sides to try and shove it backwards, but the S28-400s defeat the S28-150s and Little Big Bot pulls around and charges across the arena, dumping the Weapon Synergy cluster into the pit and out of the match! But now in comes Anti-Virus 2.1 and scoops up under Little Big Bot€™s ground clearance to slam it against the arena wall with a CRASH! At first there doesn€™t seem to be much damage, but then we realise Chris€™ carbon dioxide gas supply has been ruptured as Little Big Bot vents gas all over the arena floor! But now Kody must reverse away to release Little Big Bot now that the 30 seconds of pinning time are up and Chris drives away across to the centre of the arena to stay clear of the pit, but still Kody follows and gets underneath again, this time slamming Chris across the arena floor and depositing it onto the killsaws! BZZT! And with that the match is over with two of the six robots we started with still mobile!

CEASE!

Judge€™s Decision:
Damage:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 7 x 4= 28
Little Big Bot- 7 x 4= 28
Aggression:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 8 x 3= 24
Little Big Bot- 5 x 3= 15
Control:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 8 x 2= 16
Little Big Bot- 7 x 2= 14
Dominance:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 8 x 1= 8
Little Big Bot- 3 x 1= 3
Overall:
Anti-Virus 2.1- 28 + 24 + 16 + 8= 76pts
Little Big Bot- 28 + 15 + 14 + 3= 60pts

And by a comparatively large margin of 16 points the winner of the lightweight melee is Anti-Virus 2.1!

6th Radioactive
5th Ringo Scarr
4th Backlash
3rd Claw
2nd Little Big Bot
1st+2> Anti-Virus 2.1
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Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

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Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

Middleweight Melee

Created and entered by Kody Kunz, seeded #1, Solstice 2.0!
This invertible ring spinner has heavyweight standard motor for both the spinning ring weaponry and the powerful drive, but the 4mm titanium body armour won€™t stand up too well to its fellow high power spinners.

In RS!!1: Sliced and diced Killoteeny in the eliminator, then tackled T-Minus in the semi-final, causing major damage. In the final it was drawn against the powerful Life, and sliced through the 5mm titanium side armour to win the championship!

Created and entered by Christopher Mason, Tom!
Can you say €œwedge flipper€? Well no worries because this robot€™s rear hinged flipper can throw five times its own weight around, and the wedge flipper has proved to be a winning formula in both RS!!1 and 2 with the success of Wedge Devolution. However, like Solstice the titanium armour isn€™t great.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Created and entered by Joey McConnell, seeded #2, Life!
Another wedge flipper, however this one has a more powerful flipper and harder front and back armour than Tom, but the side armour is the same and Solstice 2.0 exploited that weakness last season. There is though the 10kg weight advantage Life has for Joey€™s use of tracks, and that could prove telling.

In RS!!1: Threw Hazard up, over and out in the first round, and then in round 2 flipped Doorstop around. Joey was pushed around in return, and eventually ran out of flips, but won the match on a judge€™s decision. However on the final the weak-ish side armour was ripped to pieces by Solstice 2.0.

Created and entered by Steven McGregor, seeded #4, Killoteeny!
This scaled-down version of the successful heavyweight Killotine: EVO, who reached the heat N final this season only to be beaten by Dervish V. This middleweight robot also has a powerful axe and good drive, but the armour can be ripped up by spinners, as was proved by Solstice 2.0 in last season€™s eliminator.

In RS!!1: Met Solstice 2.0 in the eliminator and was quite simply shredded.

Built by Team Inertia Labs, entered by Paul Cuomo, seeded #3, T-Minus!
This Battlebots champion has an extremely powerful flipping arm that can right the robot in a 540 degree flip, not forgetting it can launch opponents out of the arena and onto the camera tracks. It is invertible, but that leaves the wheels open to attack from above.

In RS!!1: Threw the 20kg each clusterbot from Weapon Synergy Claw and Axe out of the arena with ease in round 1, but was then torn apart by Solstice 2.0 in the semi-final. In the play-off things were a bit better when the weapon-less Doorstop was tossed out.

Created and entered by Daniel Stickler, The Bone Collector!
This invertible tracked robot has a full pressure co2 powered flipper in the centre of the robot that can easily throw opposing machines out, but the tracks are open from attack from above, the flipper has very limited co2 when compared to its fellow middleweight flipper Life and the HDPE armour isn€™t the best choice, but like the second seed it has the 10kg weight advantage.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Kody Kunz, Christopher Mason, Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Steven McGregor, Paul Cuomo, Daniel Stickler

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

All six machines get off the mark very quickly, with the four seeded robots clearly eager to live up to their notorious names in demolition and carnage. Killoteeny draws first blood, slamming into the side of The Bone Collector and bringing the axe down on the left track, easily piercing it and then pushing Daniel across the arena and into the pit release button! Meanwhile Life has slipped in underneath the side of T-Minus and thrown Paul up into the air! He comes crashing back down onto his back, but performs that special 540 degree turn back onto its wheels to attack Tom side on, fitting the Tongue-like flipper plate underneath the side of Chris€™ wedge flipper and throwing it up into the air! Tom rolls over in mid air and lands on its back, quickly self-righting only to get slammed from the side by Solstice 2.0, who has the ring at full speed! CRASH! There€™s a large gash in the titanium side armour as Tom spins up away, but the robot itself seems to be OK. Meanwhile at the top of the arena Killoteeny has pulled its axe out of The Bone Collector€™s track, only to find Daniel is still mobile albeit with slightly impaired mobility. That doesn€™t however stop him from turning and getting the flipper underneath the side of Killoteeny, throwing it up and over onto its back! Steven self-rights and reverses away, but Tom comes in behind him and runs up to the arena wall, firing the flipper and sending the fourth seed over the wall and out of the match! That was a huge upset, and now The Bone Collector thanks Tom for ridding him of an opponent by nudging in underneath the back of the cartoon character-themed robot and flipping it up and over onto its back! Chris self-rights, but finds himself stacked on the wall! Daniel decides to assist and fits his own flipper in underneath again to throw Tom up and over the barrier for the second OOTA of this fight! And amazingly that OOTA isn€™t the last as the second seed Life runs in on the attack and easily breaches the 1cm side ground clearance of The Bone Collector, ramming Daniel against the arena wall and firing the flipper to send another competitor up and over the arena wall! And so we are left with the top three finishers of last season€™s middleweight contest, meaning they will once again be the top three. But the question is will the order they finish in be different or will this fight be a waste of time? The latter doesn€™t seem likely right now though as T-Minus gets under the champion and flips it over, although Solstice 2.0 is invertible and so immediately reverses away to spin up before coming crashing back in on the attack, letting the sparks fly as T-Minus is spun away across the arena floor with the left wheel guard ripped right off! But Paul is surprisingly quick to recover and runs in on the attack again, amazingly succeeding in stopping the ring of the first seed getting up to full speed as Paul now guns the motors and rams Kody to the side, firing the flipper to send the champion up and over the barrier, confirming that flippers rule as the 4th OOTA of this battle is scored! And still we haven€™t seen the last of them as Life comes running in from behind, those magmotors exerting themselves to get those tracks running fast enough to stop the third seed escaping as last season€™s runner-up fires its flipper again and sends the Battlebots Season 5.0 middleweight champion up and over the fence to come crashing down on the camera tracks that lie in wait the other side!

CEASE!

Killoteeny (4) is guillotined, Tom is taken off the air, The Bone Collector€™s bones are collected, Solstice 2.0 (1) is knocked over and out, T-Minus (3) is on the camera tracks just like all the robots mentioned here except for Life (2) who remains in the arena and goes 1 better to take the middleweight trophy!

6th Killoteeny (4)
5th Tom
4th The Bone Collector
3rd Solstice 2.0 (1)
2nd T-Minus (3)
1st Life (2)

Coming next, the Superheavyweight melee!
Tax Cutter vs. Atomic Wedgie vs. Sekhmet vs. Revolver vs. Toro vs. Cause and Effect