Vapourbot Vengeance Series 1

[steven_mcg]

Vapourbot Vengeance Series 1

Ooh, very nice opener, I must say, Danny. Quite a surprise too IMO.

HEAT A
ROUND 2
Pussycat (9) VS Vader
Im going to be different and say Pussycat to claw Vaders polycarb sides and scrape a victory.

Hot Sauce VS Roobarb
Ill pick Hot Sauce to win on a judges decision.

Ill give Wedge Devos tactics nearer the time.

[Guest]

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Hot Sauce VS Roobarb

Tactics: Hmmm, suppose I should flip Roobarb straight away.

[team_britespark]

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Did someone say battles?

HEAT A: ROUND TWO

Pussycat (9) VS Vader

OK, this was a difficult battle to write a hypothetical for, mainly because I feel that both robots are exceptional. But nevertheless€¦

Vader€™s better control allows it to get a few good hits onto the Pussycat bodywork, but somehow misses the wheels every time. Stu gets Pussycat€™s blade into the armouring of Vader, giving it a few good slices, but it isn€™t enough and Vader wins on a Judge€™s Decision based on damage, control and aggression.

Vader goes through to the Heat A final!!


Hot Sauce VS Roobarb

Booth One: Josh Pinto (Roobarb)
Booth Two: Chezza

House Robots: Mr Psycho and Matilda

3€¦2€¦1€¦ACTIVATE!

Immediately Roobarb storms towards Hot Sauce and rides up the front wedge, the high ground clearance clearly paying its price. Chezza gives a little flip and Roobarb is flipped onto its back, but it neatly self rights and drives away, looking for another attack. Chezza tries to slide in underneath Roobarb again, but Josh Pinto at the controls of Roobarb manoeuvres his robot away, and gets the flipper underneath Hot Sauce. The front hinged flipper-bot is turned over onto its back and before it can self right is slammed into the arena wall by Roobarb. Roobarb tries to get another flip in on Hot Sauce to get it OOTA, but fails to do so, and aids Hot Sauce in its self righting. Hot Sauce quickly turns and gets underneath Roobarb€™s high ground clearance, but instead of flipping it, Chezza drives it towards Matilda€™s CPZ. Roobarb is thwacked by the spinning flywheel of Matilda - the side armour sliced and buckled by that devastating attack by the House Robot. Hot Sauce backs away, leaving Roobarb tussling with Tildy. Josh Pinto manages to get out of the CPZ, and immediately crashes into Hot Sauce, flipping the robot over. Chezza tries to self right, but Roobarb cunningly uses the flipping arm to pin Hot Sauce down, and push it around the arena floor before slamming it into the pit release tyre. Hot Sauce finally manages to self right, and comes in on a slam against Roobarb, getting underneath the ground clearance. A flip and a quick self right later, Roobarb is back on its wheels and drives towards Hot Sauce, who is keeping the front wedge facing its opponent. Chezza pushes the controls on the remote control, and Hot Sauce speeds towards Roobarb and flips it over once again. Roobarb lands precariously near the open pit, and self rights, just missing the pit by mere millimetres. Hot Sauce slams into the side of Roobarb, pushing it nearer and nearer towards the pit. Roobarb manages to get enough traction on the arena floor, however to dodge the open canyon, with Hot Sauce nearly driving itself in! Roobarb once again comes in on the attack, but drives up Hot Sauce€™s front wedge once again. Chezza fires the flipper, sending Roobarb over onto its back once again. Roobarb self rights again, but only for Hot Sauce to flip it straight back over and drive it towards the arena side wall. Roobarb, once again, self rights, and drives towards Hot Sauce. Hot Sauce gets underneath the front flipper of Roobarb, but doesn€™t flip its opponent over. Is there a problem with the flipper? Hot Sauce gives Roobarb a piggyback around the arena floor before getting nearer and nearer the open pit. A quick fired flip from Hot Sauce sends Roobarb down and out of the competition.

Roobarb pitted.
Hot Sauce goes through to the Heat A final!!

HEAT A: FINAL

Hot Sauce VS Vader

Tactics? Predictions?

[joey_picus]

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Hot Sauce...straight in, straight up, straight over. Easy win for Chez here.

[Guest]

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Just to get Hot Sauce to flip like hes never flipped before. XD

[kodster]

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Hot Sauce VS Vader

Vaders going doowwwn!

[majinb]

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quote:

Hot Sauce VS Vader

Vaders going doowwwn!

I believe Vader will be going up actually

[kodster]

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Naw, down the pit

[andrewj]

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Hot Sauce FTW. Nice battle again, Dan.

[steven_mcg]

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Methinks well be getting our first vapourbot Semi-Finalist.

[team_britespark]

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Its time for our first Heat Final, but before we let the robot combat begin lets see how out heat finalists got this far...

In round 1, Pussycat stormed through the first melee, knocking out the ponderous Brutus Maximus and Twister, with Roobarb getting a good few flips in to sneak that second place. In the other melee, M2 was pitted by Tiberius 3, who was then flipped over by Vaders spinning disc, causing the hydraulic crusher and srimech to break: allowing Hot Sauce into round 2.

In round 2, Vader managed to beat Pussycat on a close Judges Decision, whilst Hot Sauce pitted Roobarb in a flipping fantastic battle.

HEAT A: HEAT FINAL

Hot Sauce VS Vader

Booth One: Simon Latham (Vader)
Booth Two: Chezza

House Robots: Cassius Chrome and Dead Metal.

3...2...1...ACTIVATE!

Vaders ferocious vertical disc begins to spin, but not before Hot Sauce can come in for a front slam into its opponent - the front wedge nearly getting underneath the front of Vader and dodging the ramming spikes. Hot Sauce doesnt give up hope, and uses its pushing ability to slam Vader, disc first, into the arena side wall. The wall shudders on impact, but more importantly the deadly disc on Vader has been stalled. Hot Sauce tries desperately to wriggle underneath the ground clearance of Vader, but the superb driving capabilities of Simon Latham allows Vader to drive away from danger and into the centre of the arena, allowing the disc to spin up once again. Hot Sauce gives chase, and this time manages to get underneath Vader. The front hinged flipper fires, but the flipper wasnt underneath Vader enough and Vader is merely pushed to the side. Vader spins quickly, and wallops the Hardox side armouring of Hot Sauce. The whack sends Hot Sauce over onto its back, but Chezza quickly self rights his robot before Vader can come in on another attack. Hot Sauce manoeuvres to the side of Vader, nipping underneath the high side ground clearance. A fearsome flip by Hot Sauce sends Vader tumbling over onto its side. The disc frantically spining, but doing nothing as Vader, without a srimech, is left stranded and unable to move. Hot Sauce spins a little dance of delight, as it flips its way into the series Semi Finals!!

Vader flipped and unable to self right.
Hot Sauce is through to the Series Semi Finals!

Next time, on Vapourbot Vengeance...

HEAT B

Flick of the Wrist VS Grim Reaper VS Barbaric Response VS Big Nipper
Terrorhurtz (3) VS Killer Kat VS Jackson Wallop VS Gyrobot

Tactics? Predictions? Anything?

[joey_picus]

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Good fight, even if we all really knew what the outcome would be

I predict Flick, Big Nipper, Gyrobot, and Jackson Wallop to go through here.

[paulc]

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Flick is certainately through, along with Big Nipper, who has very good MagMotors which that others dont have.
Also, Terrorhurtz had better move - its disqualification for a stupid reason was a great dissapointment, and I want to read it battle.

Good battles, but the intros were bad - just some advice

[joey_picus]

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Well, if not having your robot finished by the time the event comes around is a stupid reason, I hate to think what a sensible one is...

[dinowarrior]

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It wasnt so much the disqualification of Terrorhurtz that annoyed me, it was the combination of the fact it WAS a disqualification (come on, you cant say Onslaught was disqualified from Series 4, so why Terrorhurtz?), AND the fact it went through the same introduction, which was just embarrasing for them. Why not do the red-letter thing theyd later use on Typhoon 2?