Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

[andrewj]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

PsycloniZer vs. Eye of Ran vs. Storm II vs. With or Without You

Indeed I shall team up with Eye of Ran. If Typhoon 2 could cause damage to Storm II, Im pretty sure PsycloniZer can do the same. Spin up to full speed and try and knock those pannels off. There are quite a few edges to attack. Without You apparently only has 180o of protection against opponents under 200mm in height. Well it just so happens PsycloniZer is 175mm in height So if I can get to those unprotected areas, the 4mm Aluminium is at my mercy. And once one part is out, both parts are out.

Looks like another great tournament. Good luck to all.

[leorcc]

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Too chicken to take on the opponents yourself there Ben? :wink:

[pcbore]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

I cant find stats for Robo Sheep, are they in the how can I improve thread? ...Do I really have to trawl through that before I can make proper tactics? :sad:

[leorcc]

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Name: Robo-Sheep
Shape: Cylinder with hinged skirts
Colour: Black, but covered with white fur
Speed: 22MPH
Weight: 100KG
Armour: 7MM Titanium
Drive: 2 LEM200s @ 48V
Power: 10 NiCad Battlepacks @ 48V
Locomotion: 4 Vulkalon coated wheels
Ground Clearance: 0MM thanks to skirts
Turning circle: 0
Dimensions: 80X80X40 (Including skirts)
Weaponry: A pneumatic crushing jaw with two points which can exert a force of 10 tonnes, the claw is mounted on a turret capable of turning 360 degrees
Srimech: A linear actuated bar on the back of the claw
Strengths: Powerful weapons, 360 degree attack, Fast, Nice pyrotechnics show
Weaknesses: Slow to self-right, flammable

They are on the pt.2 thread, August 2nd.

[paulc]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

I agree that this should be great - heres my tictacs and predictions:


Heat A:
PsycloniZer (1) vs. Eye of Ran vs. Storm II vs. With or Without You: Im screwed here My only chance of survival here against three almighty spinners is to ram into one part of With Or Without You and slam him into PsycloniZer, killing him dead, and then stop Eye Of Rans spinner before pitting him - but Im doomed.

ISDSFA (17) vs. Ramminator 1 ½ vs. Robo-Sheep vs. Agro 3.5: The Robot SMASH!! 3rd place to deffo go through...with Richard and Agro 3.5

Heat Winner: Between the two seeds here...too close between them, but I think that maybe PSYCLONIZER has the edge.

Heat B:
Nidhogg Evo (3) vs. 259 vs. Exertion vs. Masamune: Nidhogg and Exertion have more experience than these two, which bring me to believe that theyll go through.

Sheer Heart Attack 2 (19) vs. GBOD vs. Lethal Execution vs. Supernova: Sheer Heart Attack, GBOD and Lethal Execution stand good chances here, but Ill go for the suprise prediction of the seed going out.

Heat Winner: I think that maybe GBOD stands good chances.

Heat C:
Black Panther (5) vs. Lights! Camera! Traction! vs. Heyght II vs. Hexa-Decimator: Unlike my first battle, I feel EXTREMELY confident here. HexaDecimator lacks an effective self-righter as its flipper doesnt have the right amount of leverage to self-right. Simple here - flick HexaDecimator over, or OOTA, it wont be too tricky to get under him with my 18hp drive or to OOTA him with my 1400kg-1700kg flipping force. Out of the other two, I would rather take out Black Panther NOW than to fight him later, so when his back is turn charge in, get under, push to the edge and score another OOTA, so me and Joey can go through.

SOR X (21) vs. Under Pressure vs. Battle Raptor 5 vs. Fatality: SOR X wont like going head-to-head with Under Pressure, so I believe the seed will go out here. Out of the others, Under Pressure to go out as well.

Heat Winner: I LOVE my chances here, but my main competition is FATALITY.

Heat D:
Killobite Hex (7) vs. Nightmare vs. Tsunami vs. Monolith: Monolith will be useless if flipped, but I believe that the two vapourbots will go through.

Knyfe (23) vs. Killotine: EVO vs. Leviathan vs. Gemini: YES! This is a GREAT draw for Knyfe - a clusterbot that will be made mincemeat of, Killotine: EVO who I believe I can pummel, and a Behemoth-esque opponent. I wish to team-up with Leviathan, so me and Danny can take out Killotine together. My weapon choice will be...

5: A 15mm Hardox wedge angled at 42* with an extension, perfect for deflecting vertical spinners and getting under other robots.

This weapon set-up will make my front end as heavy as possible, and allow me to get underneath Killotine each time, and just pummel him. Open the pit, and pit Killotine, or let Leviathan OOTA him. Gemini will be easy to beat, so thats fine.

Heat Winner: Again, I like my chances, but LEVIATHAN is my main rival in this heat - GO DANNY!

Heat E:
Flick of the Wrist 2 (9) vs. Hex Appeal vs. WORCK-ER vs. Symmetry: Balls! This is annoying - Hex Appeal I dont understand but it doesnt pose much of a threat to me, but the others do! Try and dispose of Symmetry as quickly as possible by OOTAing him, then get rid of Hex Appeal. If Flikc joins in, get under his high GC and stack him against the walls.

Tengu VII (25) vs. Boxed In vs. Sakura vs. Sithis: Tengu VII through for sure - gont know about the rest.

Heat Winner: Id say that in the Heat Final Flicks armour would let it down, so I say TENGU VII

Heat F:
Achilles (11) vs. Walk Don€™t Run 4 vs. Dead Horse Beater vs. Obsidian: Achilles through certainly, possibly with Dead Horse Beater.

Macduff the 4th (27) vs. MORD2 vs. Robo-Panda vs. 13 Black: Bye 13 Black. Bye Robo-Panda. MORD and MacDuff through.

Heat Winner: I pick ACHILLES.

Heat G:
Cat with Wheels (13) vs. Kracko vs. BIACS-LE vs. Mega Masher 2: Cat With Wheels has it tough, but if he takes out Mega Masher, it should be easy for him to just take out Kracko.

Sideswipe (29) vs. The May Tracks Has You vs. Robo-Bee vs. MeCannibal 3.0: You want to destroy me Ben? My weapon is a 10mm Hardox ring running the whole perimeter of my robot, made of 1 piece of Hardox, so hit my weapon as much as you wish - Ill destory you before you destroy me. His drum is a 25kg drum, but how fast is it - it doesnt say in the stats. My plan is to destroy the robot trying to destory me. Hit the drums supports, and break them so the drum will break off. Then pummel that 6mm Ti armour with my 2 large Hardox teeth desgined for shock damage so they can use all 155kj that spinner produces.Once Robo-Bee has been destoryed, go after one of the others if they havent finished each other off. Go after the seed and knock him off balance. If that doesnt work, just kill him :wink:

Heat Winner: I have to go with BIACS-LE here.

Heat H:
Dervish: The L337 Generation (15) vs. Nitro-Gene 5.0 vs. Axe-o-Lotl vs. Dendroaspis: Dont like the sound of Dendroapsis, so take him out first. Then move on to Axe-O-Lotl - Id rather take on Dervish later.

Intriguer (31) vs. Bubonic Plague vs. Robo-Mammoth vs. Baldur Gamma: Intriguer through certainly, and hell be joined by whoever survives

Heat Winner: One word here - INTRIGUER!!!

Heat I:
Axeon 3.0 (16) vs. Requiem vs. Whirligig 4.5 vs. Slammer VI: Axeon 3.0 and Whirligig to kick butt

Shredding Madness (32) vs. Robo-Platypus vs. Wedginator Devilution vs. Blue Sparks: The seed to die here, along with whoever Wedginator wants to kill.

Heat J:
Spin Dash Unleashed (14) vs. Axe Awe vs. Splinter vs. Firestorm V: The vapourbot certainately through, possibly with Firestorm V.

Die-Ceratops ReInvertus (30) vs. PTT5 vs. Pure Evil: Back to Basics vs. The Rock: I wish to team-up with Chris here, and take out PTT5 and Pure Evil. Ill go for PTT5 first, as I can go underneath the bar. Push into the sides, push against the wall, and then pummel the bar, mostly that the part where it spins so it breaks off. If this fails, pit him. If Die-Ceratops struggles to finish Pure Evil, join in taking out Daniel.

Heat Winner: I think that DIE-CERATOPS REINVERTUS will win here.

Heat K:
Cyclone Force 3 (12) vs. Drilla Killa VII vs. Stiltskin vs. Inferno: I like Stiltskin, and wish to team-up on the others with Joey. Go for Cyclone Force and try to rip some panels off by breaking bolts, then go for Drilla Killa if hes still alive.

Monsoon Magnus (2 vs. Axe to Fall 2 vs. Paralyzation 2 vs. Seung Mina V: Ohhhhhhh...not sure Axe To Fall will survive. Out of the three remaining, I go for the seed to advance, and for Seung Mina to return to greatness

Heat Winner: I like the look STILSKIN, so Joey FTW.

Heat L:
Orka MK.4 (10) vs. No Consequences vs. Liar 2 vs. SYNDOS: Orka may wish revenge upon Liar 2 for C&B2, so those two may fight a bit. Its betwen those two on who joins SYNDOS in the nest round.

Dante (26) vs. Macbeth vs. Traffic Warden vs. Chaos 2: Traffic Warden is unique, but not as effective as the others, so I go for Dante and Macbeth to go through.

Heat Winner: Go ORKA MK.4!!!

Heat M:
Mantis ( vs. Spring-BOK! vs. Terrorhurtz vs. Robo-Mosquito: Robo-Mosquito is out already - Both the realies through.

E Clawdius Unum (24) vs. Hypotension Mk.3 vs. Tornado vs. Darkestar: Torando is going to get OOTAed almost at the start. E Clawdius or Darkestar will follow - Hypertension is through already.

Heat Winner: Awesome flippers FTW - HYPERTENSION MK.3 through!

Heat N:
Supreme (6) vs. Holepunch 2.0 vs. Robo-Hedgehog vs. Roo 2: Supreme irritatingly will go through straight away, with Roo 2.

Razer (22) vs. Rupture vs. Eternia vs. The 6isc: Rupture and Eternia through, sending the others down the pit or OOTA.

Heat Winner: I say that ETERNIA will outclass everyone to win!

Heat O:
Back to Rock III (4) vs. X-Terminator vs. Deadbeat vs. Squish Reincarnated: Back To Rock III is certainately through, but I dont know who with.

Envy (20) vs. Turbo Tails vs. Crimson Thunder vs. Ha-Ka: Turbo Tails is out already, possibly with Ha-Ka.

Heat Winner: I go for the one, the only - CRIMSON THUNDER.

Heat P:
Wedge Devolution (2) vs. Cobalt vs. Heimlich vs. Tira IV: The ex-champ certainately through, with Tira IV in my opinion.

Gabriel III (1 vs. G5orce vs. Death Threat 0.2 vs. Leprosy Infection: Gabriel II and Ge5orce through here, by OOTAing everything.

Heat Winner: WEDGE DEVOLUTION - I dont think anyone, even Ge5orce has anything on it.

Good luck everyone - this should be fun!

[pcbore]

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Thanks Leo. If Robo Sheep is coming for me, Ill go for him. Flip him on the flame pit first to burn all that fur off so I can safely use the drum, then spend the rest of the fight trying to pit him.

If I get him pitted, attack Ramminator and put him on top of Robo-Sheep.

By the way Paul, Masamune has been around a lot longer than Exertion or Nidhog. Just under different names:wink:

[joey_picus]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Hex Appeal is a very large 120something kj full body spinner Paul, maybe you could reconsider it not posting a threat to you? :P

[paulc]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

It is a threat yes. Change of plan - stack Symmetry, then stack Flick. I dont want to get battered.

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Yes. sorry Chris it seems Mega Masher 2 is the missing robot

Heat G:
Cat with Wheels (13) vs. Kracko vs. BIACS-le vs. Mega Masher 2
Sideswipe (29) vs. The May Tracks Has You vs. Robo-Bee vs. MeCannibal 3.0

[neontetra23]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Sorry, Mistake: Robo-Bee: avoid everything, occasionally go for The May Tracks

[matty_haka]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Heat A:
PsycloniZer (1) vs. Eye of Ran vs. Storm II vs. With or Without You - Psyclonizer and Storm 2 through
ISDSFA (17) vs. Ramminator 1 ½ vs. Robo-Sheep vs. Agro 3.5 - IDSFA and Agro through

Heat Winner - Psyclonizer for me.

Heat B:
Nidhogg Evo (3) vs. 259 vs. Exertion vs. Masamune - Spin up, hit everything, stay away from flippers.
Sheer Heart Attack 2 (19) vs. GBOD vs. Lethal Execution vs. Supernova - GBOD and... Sheer Heart Attack by a JD

Heat C:
Black Panther (5) vs. Lights! Camera! Traction! vs. Heyght II vs. Hexa-Decimator - HexyD and Black Panther through
SOR X (21) vs. Under Pressure vs. Battle Raptor 5 vs. Fatality - SoR and Fatality through

Heat Winner - SoR

Heat D:
Killobite Hex (7) vs. Nightmare vs. Tsunami vs. Monolith - Killobite and Tsunami through
Knyfe (23) vs. Killotine: EVO vs. Leviathan vs. Gemini - Knyfe and Killy through

Heat Winner - Someone with Kill in their name.

Heat E:
Flick of the Wrist 2 (9) vs. Hex Appeal vs. WORCK-ER vs. Symmetry - Flick and Hex through
Tengu VII (25) vs. Boxed In vs. Sakura vs. Sithis - Anyone fancy teaming up on the seed? Reckon between us we box rush and kill him.

Heat F:
Achilles (11) vs. Walk Don€™t Run 4 vs. Dead Horse Beater vs. Obsidian - Achilles and DHB through
Macduff the 4th (27) vs. MORD2 vs. Robo-Panda vs. 13 Black - Macduff and MORD through

Heat Winner - Achilles

Heat G:
Cat with Wheels (13) vs. Super Gore Revo vs. BIACS-le vs Mega Masher 2 - Beat the sheet out of whatever, not worried by any of the other 3 really.
Sideswipe (29) vs. The May Tracks Has You vs. Robo-Bee vs. MeCannibal 3.0 - The seed and the bee out

Heat H:
Dervish: The L337 Generation (15) vs. Nitro-Gene 5.0 vs. Axe-o-Lotl vs. Dendroaspis - Dervish and Nitro through
Intriguer (31) vs. Bubonic Plague vs. Robo-Mammoth vs. Baldur Gamma - Intriguer and Baldur through

Heat Winner - Dervish

Heat I:
Axeon 3.0 (16) vs. Requiem vs. Whirligig 4.5 vs. Slammer VI - Axeon and Whirly through
Shredding Madness (32) vs. Robo-Platypus vs. Wedginator Devilution vs. Blue Sparks - Wedginator through... dunno out the other 3.

Heat winner - Whirly

Heat J:
Spin Dash Unleashed (14) vs. Axe Awe vs. Splinter vs. Firestorm V - Spin Dash and Splinter through
Die-ceratops Re-invertus (30) vs. PTT5 vs. Pure Evil: Back to Basics vs. The Rock - Spin up and attack, probably aim for the seed first, might leave pure evil alone

Heat K:
Cyclone Force 3 (12) vs. Drilla Killa VII vs. Stiltskin vs. Inferno - Drilla and Stiltskin through
Monsoon Magnus (2 vs. Axe to Fall 2 vs. Paralyzation 2 vs. Seung Mina V - Monsson and Seung Mina through

Heat Winner - Seung Mina

Heat L:
Orka MK.4 (10) vs. No Consequences vs. Liar 2 vs. SYNDOS - Orka and SYNDOS through
Dante (26) vs. Macbeth vs. Traffic Warden vs. Chaos 2 - Dante and Traffic Warden through

Heat Winner - Dante

Heat M:
Mantis ( vs. Spring-BOK! vs. Terrorhurtz vs. Robo-Mosquito - Mantis and Terrorhurtz through
E Clawdius Unum (24) vs. Hypo vs. Tornado vs. Darkestar - Erm, I think the easy thing to do will be to try and get Tornado out of the arena, and then possibly go after Clawdius as I dont think hed do anything that vicious to us.

Heat N:
Supreme (6) vs. Holepunch 2.0 vs. Robo-Hedgehog vs. Roo - Well the idiot who thinks he can smash up a spinning Roo is sorely mistaken, spin up, if a good opportunity presents itself, go on the kill, if not allow people to come to me.
Razer (22) vs. Rupture vs. Eternia vs. The 6isc - Eternia and 6isc through.

Heat O:
Back to Rock III (4) vs. X-Terminator vs. Deadbeat vs. Squish Reincarnated - X-Terminator and Squish through
Envy (20) vs. Turbo Tails vs. Crimson Thunder vs. Ha-Ka - Envy and Turbo both look damageable so I think Ill go after those 2, but I wont lose the axe unless I know Im in a prime position.

Heat P:
Wedge Devolution (2) vs. Cobalt vs. Heimlich vs. Tira IV - I think Ill choose to aim for high ground clearance areas and rather than trying to cause damage go for a grip and pit technique.
Gabriel III (1 vs. G5orce vs. Death Threat 0.2 vs. Leprosy Infection - G5orce and Leprosy through.

[velociraptor]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Agro 3.5 will try to keep away from Ramminator and Robo-Sheep and attack the sides of ISDSFA with the disc. If Ramminator attacks, Ill either shove or use the disc, whichevers more convenient at the time, but Ill try to keep the disc away from Robo-Sheeps fur.

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

We€™re the ones with the CRASH!!
We€™re the ones with the BASH!!
We are the ones that take out the TRASH!!
And you€™ll never escape from Robot SMASH!!

*Jonathan Pearce and Henry Rollins appear in the SMASH!! Box, suspended 10 feet above the Robotagon itself with screens behind them showing lists of robots and battles*
JP: Hello and welcome to a brand new series of Robot SMASH!! , entitled Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d.
Henry: We€™re your new hosts Jonathan Pearce and Henry Rollins, bringing the best action from the Robotagon to you live.
JP: Remember you at home can bet on the winners of each battle and the overall tournament winner at Ladbrokes and Betfred.
Henry: I€™ve already bet my house on the reigning champion PsycloniZer!
JP: And although Henry may be rich soon he also stands a 127-1 chance of becoming hopeless, with 127 other machines ready to take PsycloniZer down.
Henry: And this season there are 32 seeded robots in total double that of the 16 ranked machines last season.
JP: There are two seeds per heat, 1 in each four way melee which will see two robots head through into the next round.
Henry: From then on, it€™s dead simple knockout.
JP: So, let€™s see who€™s competing tonight!

*Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby appear in the pits surrounded by lots of metal munching machines, Eye of Ran is in the background with Joey working on it*
Fearne: We€™re your pit reporters Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby, and we€™ll be bringing you all the action from the pits.
Holly: Tonight is the night the reigning champion PsycloniZer returns, as well as the number #17 seed and 1st series bronze medallist ISDSFA, let€™s take a look around.
Fearne: This is Eye of Ran, a new robot that competed in the RS!! Mini-Tournament 1, it€™s a capital T-shaped machine with a spinning blade mounted on the underside of the machine and a wedge at the rear. It€™s got hardox armour but a high ground clearance.
Holly: A veteran here in the shape of Storm II, it was a finalist in series 1, but lost to Turbo Shredder in round 2 last season. It€™s the Robot Wars World Champion, packing 18 Horsepower of lynch motors in the drive, an electric lifter and an all-new srimech despite being able to run inverted.
Fearne: Here€™s another two-time veteran, the clusterbot With or Without You. It has a brick cluster and a cluster with a blade on the top, but both are ineffective when flipped and the new 50% clusterbot rule won€™t help these guys at all.
Holly: Here we have Agro 3.5, a low wedge shaped newcomer with a vertical spinning disc at the rear. It also as the potential to shove opponents around with the hinged wedge at the front as well, plus it can run inverted.
Fearne: This robot is Ramminator 1 ½ and it packs some punch, with drive motors equal to Storm II and a saw embedded in the ramming scoop. However it€™s certain to be less effective when inverted and it lacks any experience whatsoever.
Holly: Here we have Robo-Sheep, should be very common here in Wales. It€™s a cylinder-shaped machine with a pneumatic jaw that can move right around the robot due to the turret it€™s connected to. However its srimech is slow and the white fur that covers the black bodywork could be in for a roasting.
Fearne: And welcome back the number #17 seed ISDSFA, with the electric front scoop capable of lifting 250 kilograms and the flywheel hidden behind the scoop, used for attacking tyres and weak base armours.
Holly: And here is the reigning champion, the number #1 seed PsycloniZer, the powerful ring spinner with three whirling hammers of destruction connected to a dangerous ring spun horizontally around the robot by a LEM-200 lynch motor, capable of some serious hits.

Battleboard
PsycloniZer (1) vs. Eye of Ran vs. Storm II vs. With or Without You
ISDSFA (17) vs. Ramminator 1 ½ vs. Robo-Sheep vs. Agro 3.5

*Henry appears in the middle of the Robotagon with the robots in their starting squares and the Roboteers on either side of him*
Henry: This is a Robot SMASH!! Series 3: Lock3d and Load3d Heat A round 1 match-up!
In the Red Corner, the number #1 seed PsycloniZer and Eye of Ran!
Opposite them in the Blue corner, Storm II and With or Without You!
PsycloniZer (1):
RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
RS!!2: Sliced and diced Baldur Gamma, Bio-Hazard and Gabriel II (14) to reach the semi-finals, where it smashed up Flick of the Wrist (9) and Black Panther to make the grand final. In the eliminator it took out Nidhogg (2) and in the final defeated Wedge Devolution (1) to win the championship!
Eye of Ran:
RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
RS!!2: Didn€™t enter
Storm II:
RS!!1: Rolled Haardvark around and into the pit in round 1, surprisingly took out Tempest Evil-est-oution in round 2 and the same to Super Gore Evo in the heat final. In the quarters it was smashed in by Supreme Glory Omega, but came 2nd out of four in the play-off.
RS!!2: (5) Flipped Obsidian with help from Cyclone Force 3 in round 1, but was beaten by Turbo Shredder on a judge€™s decision in round 2.
With or Without You:
RS!!1: Shredded by Whirligig 4.5 in round 1.
RS!!2: Flipped and pushed around by Nitro-Gene 4.0 and Tough as Nails in round 1.

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Andrew Jackson, Joey McConnell
Booth Blue: Paul Cuomo, Martijn M Benschop

House Robot: Furnace (Team Welsh Darklords)

#5... (Red)
#4... (Red)
#3... (Red)
#2... (Amber)
#1... (Amber)
#SMASH!! (Green)

Four robots all get off the mark as the green light is displayed on the wall of the Robotagon and the crowd cheers wildly as PsycloniZer, Eye of Ran and Without You all start spinning up their weapons and moving into the centre of the arena, but Without You surprisingly shies away and let€™s its cluster team-mate With go in on the attack, breaching the front ground clearance of the former grand finalist Storm II and pushing it back across the arena and into the spike strip! With holds it pinned there, and meanwhile PsycloniZer and Eye of Ran move in on Without You, who tries to avoid them, but the reverses into the CPZ! The spinning blade hits Furnace, but doesn€™t penetrate the hardox armour and now PsycloniZer moves in on Without You while Furnace spins on the spot and belches fire madly, cloaking the three robots in flames. We can€™t see what€™s happening amidst the flames, so the camera turns now to watch as With finally releases Storm II, who manages to get around to the side of the 50kg cluster, easily ramming it across the arena and slamming it into the pit release button hard! The siren wails and the pit descends, and meanwhile Furnace€™s attack has ended to reveal Without You in pieces, as the aluminium armour was clearly chopped up by PsycloniZer and Eye of Ran, who seem to have teamed up on the 50kg cluster. And unfortunately for With or Without You it€™s the third round 1 loss in a row, as this season the 50% clusterbot rule has been introduced, and so realising this With just gives up completely and plunges straight into the pit of oblivion while the Refbot moves in to count With or Without You out of its third Robot SMASH!! .
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
And so with the cluster out of the match and Without You at the mercy of Furnace the match continues between the three remaining machines, PsycloniZer and Eye of Ran immediately turning their attention towards Storm II and this deadly alliance is immediately scary for the RW7 and VFT6 runner-up as the two spinners approach, but Paul guns the six wheel drive and avoids the two spinners, driving around to attack their rear ends! PsycloniZer isn€™t bothered about this as it has three hundred and sixty degrees of attack, but Eye of Ran only as a wedge at the rear and Joey€™s long machine just isn€™t agile enough to turn and face Storm II in time, and the ex-finalist slams into the rear wedge of Eye of Ran, driving up onto the top of the vapourbot! Joey is unsure what to do, so makes for the pit, reversing up to it to try and dump Storm II into the abyss, but amazingly Paul turns the tables and drives off the top of Eye of Ran just as Joey backs up to the pit, landing in front of the spinning blade and reversing into it! CRASH! Blade and armour panel collide, with Storm II€™s rear armour plating flying off across the arena and landing on the camera tracks, but the impact sends both robots flying away, with Storm II being spun away onto the flame pit and Eye of Ran being knocked backwards into the pit it so very nearly dumped Storm II into!

CEASE!

With or Without You is once again without a win and Eye of Ran is blinded; PsycloniZer (1) and Storm II fly through to round 2!

*Fearne walks up to Martijn in the pits*
Fearne: Unlucky there, another round 1 defeat for With or Without You.
Martijn: Yes, it isn€™t a robot designed for melees really, and when two of the others teamed up on me the aluminium on Without You didn€™t have a chance.
Fearne: Despite the three losses in a row will With or Without You be back?
Martijn: Maybe, it depends what the format of the next wars will be.
Fearne: Who are you backing to win the heat now then?
Martijn: The champion has the best chance I think.
Fearne: Thanks for competing.

*Holly walks up to Joey in the pits*
Holly: When you teamed up with PsycloniZer I thought you had it in the bag.
Joey: I had hoped to get through, yes.
Holly: What exactly went wrong?
Joey: Nothing really, I just didn€™t expect anyone to pull off a manoeuvre like Storm II just did in the Robotagon.
Holly: It made pretty good T.V viewing for the people at home.
Joey: That€™s something then.
Holly: Thanks for coming.

Battleboard:
PsycloniZer (1) vs. Eye of Ran vs. Storm II vs. With or Without You
ISDSFA (17) vs. Ramminator 1 ½ vs. Robo-Sheep vs. Agro 3.5

*Henry appears in the middle of the Robotagon with the robots in their starting squares and the Roboteers on either side of him*
Henry: This is a Robot SMASH!! Series 3: Lock3d and Load3d Heat A round 1 match-up!
In the Red Corner, the number #17 seed ISDSFA and Ramminator 1 ½!
Opposite them in the Blue Corner, Robo-Sheep and Agro 3.5!
ISDSFA (17):
RS!!1: Flipped and immobilised 259 in the first round, then tossed Pure Evil: Revenge of the Disc out in round 2. In the heat final Killobite 5.0 was flipped out of the competition, as was Whirligig 4.5 in the quarter-finals, but in the semi-finals Wedge Devolution flipped ISDSFA out of the competition as ISDSFA did to Supreme Glory Omega in the play-off.
RS!!2: Didn€™t enter
Ramminator 1 ½:
RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
RS!!2: Didn€™t enter
Robo-Sheep:
RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
RS!!2: Didn€™t enter
Agro 3.5:
RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
RS!!2: Didn€™t enter

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Frank Goacher, Samuel Park
Booth Blue: Ben Read, Richard Southworth

House Robot: Triple Whamlet (Team Dark Zlayerz)

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#SMASH!!

The seeded robot is first off the mark as this battle gets underway, with Frank driving ISDSFA towards Robo-Sheep, who moves off and heads for the seed! That€™s just as well, but Agro 3.5 spins up the flywheel pretty quickly and hovers around by ISDSFA, allowing Frank to get in underneath Robo-Sheep and lift into the air before moving in and preventing Frank using his own flywheel by smacking ISDSFA in the side, flipping it over and freeing Robo-Sheep! The seed self-rights, but Robo-Sheep has moved around to the side of season 1€™s bronze medallist and brings the jaw into play, gripping ISDSFA and dragging Frank across the arena and using the turret to stylishly swing ISDSFA into the pit release button! The siren wails and the pit descends, but the impact with the pit release button shakes ISDSFA out of Robo-Sheep€™s grip and Frank immediately rounds on his attacker, utilising the linear actuators powering ISDSFA€™s scoop to lift Ben into the air and slam him against the arena wall, bringing the flywheel (capable of 8Kj) into play on the tyres of Robo-Sheep! And as the camera zooms in we see that said tyres have become rather shredded, and Frank is very pleased with that, so now he gets the scoop back down and uses it to stop Robo-Sheep self-righting, now using the lynch motors in the drive to push Ben into the CPZ, where Triple Whamlet pushes in on the attack and brings all three axes down, causing even more damage to the tyres of Robo-Sheep! Ben uses the self-righting arm to get Robo-Sheep back onto its wheels now, but the tyres are so badly damaged that it can€™t get away from Triple Whamlet, who brings all three axes back down onto the sheep again, badly damaging the top armour! ISDSFA moves in now and drives in underneath the almost dead Robo-Sheep, pushing it to the arena wall and pushing the linear actuators as hard as they can go to lift Ben onto the rails, and now Frank delivers the final shove to knock Robo-Sheep onto the camera tracks and out of the competition! Meanwhile Agro 3.5 has been pushing Ramminator 1 ½ into the spike strip while dealing an occasional hit with the flywheel and taking a few rams, though the weaponry of Ramminator does nothing to the body work of Agro 3.5. Now that Robo-Sheep has been disposed of though ISDSFA comes back on the attack of the other two though and scoops Ramminator 1 ½ up, pushing Samuel against the arena wall and pinning him there for the full 30 seconds permitted by the judges. Agro however isn€™t just sitting there and lines up for an attack on the seeded robot with the flywheel going at full speed, reversing at good pace and slamming the hardox armour of ISDSFA once again, this time knocking it over onto its front! And Ramminator immediately comes in on the attack, pushing in underneath the flipped ISDSFA and driving Frank onto the flame pit! The scoop of ISDSFA activates though and Frank gets back down onto his wheels, now driving in on the attack of Ramminator 1 ½, breaching his opponent€™s front scoop this time and ramming Samuel into the spike strip! But once more Richard proves his vindictiveness and uses the hinged plate of Agro 3.5 to drive in under the side of ISDSFA and pushes both Samuel and Frank across the arena, delivering them to the edge of the pit! Richard makes it so that ISDSFA drops Ramminator 1 ½ onto the edge, with one side of the drive hanging over the abyss, but Frank himself is in no better position as Richard puts ISDSFA€™s front wheels over the edge of the pit! Both robots look to be teetering on the edge of oblivion, and although the match looks sure to have ended via pitting time runs out!

CEASE!

Judge€™s Decision:
Damage:
ISDSFA- 8 x 4= 32
Ramminator 1 ½- 3 x 4= 12
Agro 3.5- 6 x 4= 24
Aggression:
ISDSFA- 9 x 3= 27
Ramminator 1 ½- 6 x 3= 18
Agro 3.5- 8 x 3= 24
Control:
ISDSFA- 5 x 2= 10
Ramminator 1 ½- 7 x 2= 14
Agro 3.5- 9 x 2= 18
Dominance:
ISDSFA- 7 x 1= 7
Ramminator 1 ½- 4 x 1= 4
Agro 3.5- 8 x 1= 8
Overall:
ISDSFA- 32 + 27 + 10 + 7= 76pts
Ramminator 1 ½- 12 + 18 + 14 + 4= 48pts
Agro 3.5- 24 + 24 + 18 + 8= 74pts

Robo-Sheep is put on the menu and Ramminator 1 ½ isn€™t half rammed; ISDSFA (17) and Agro 3.5 go marching on!

*Fearne walks up to Ben in the pits*
Fearne: Unlucky match there.
Ben: Yes, it seems the flywheel of ISDSFA and Triple Whamlet damaged my tyres and stopped me getting around properly.
Fearne: I guess after that it was pretty frustrating?
Ben: Yes, not being able to get the robot where I wanted it to go was annoying.
Fearne: You did get a good attack on ISDSFA though.
Ben: Yes, that was good.
Fearne: Thanks for competing.

*Holly walks up to Samuel in the pits*
Holly: Hard luck.
Samuel: Yeah, it was going good at one point, but I guess I just didn€™t do enough.
Holly: How come you couldn€™t get Agro 3.5 down the pit?
Samuel: His hinged plate at the front kept me away and the disc gave me a few knocks as well.
Holly: What would you change for next time?
Samuel: More effective weaponry and more pushing power.
Holly: Thanks for coming.

Heat A Semi-Final Draw:
PsycloniZer (1) vs. Agro 3.5
ISDSFA (17) vs. Storm II

JP: We€™ll be back...
Henry: ... Right after the break!

[joey_picus]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

If, when I die and go to heaven (which is rather unlikely but thats a story for another time :P) I meet Sir Isaac Newton, I shall hit him with a big sharp thing for all the roboteers and vapourboteers who have fallen victim to his laws of physics.

Good opening fights though, even if I didnt do too well...liking the presentation, keep things up.

[paulc]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

WOOOOOO! x2 - one for the battle being blindingly great, and I managed to survive one of the worst draws Ive ever had!

Heat A Semi-Final Draw:
PsycloniZer (1) vs. Agro 3.5: PsycloniZer has this in the bag, just hitting and hitting and ripping Agro 3.5 into Agro 4.0

ISDSFA (17) vs. Storm II: Im going to pull out Storm IIs extra weapon - its new self-righter. You can see it in action here: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5ulDsRIMcJghttp://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5ulDsRIMcJg. Im going to equip it, and thatll mean that if flipped, I can self-right. Slam into ISDSFAs sides, ram him into a wall to get him on top of me, then reverse onto the pit release button, and dump him in. Just drive him to the edge of the pit, then activate the self-righter to get him off the top and let him slide in.

Good luck Frank :wink: