Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

[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: And so we here now at the heat A final.
Henry: The two seeded robots of Heat A have made it here, reigning champion PsycloniZer and seventeenth seed ISDSFA.
JP: In round 1 the champion teamed up with Eye of Ran to take out With or Without You, but Storm II pitted Eye of Ran to go through.
Henry: In the other eliminator ISDSFA flipped Robo-Sheep out of the arena before confining Ramminator 1 ½ to the pit.
JP: In round 2 PsycloniZer took out newcomer Agro 3.5.
Henry: And ISDSFA pitted former grand finalist Storm II.
JP: Now both machines are here at the final, I€™m betting PsycloniZer will win through.
Henry: I think the surprise and ISDSFA will prevail.
JP: Let€™s get down to the Robotagon and see!

Battleboard
PsycloniZer (1) vs. ISDSFA (17)

*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 3 match-up!
In the Red Corner, seeded number #1, PsycloniZer!
In the Blue Corner, seeded number #17, ISDSFA!

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Andrew Jackson
Booth Blue: Frank Goacher

House Robot: Shunt (Robot Wars)

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#1...
#SMASH!!

Both seeded robots get off the mark relatively quickly as the green light is shown, with PsycloniZer€™s two wheel drive allowing it the mobility it needs to dodge away from ISDSFA€™s opening onslaught which is a dangerous box-rush right at the start of the match and get that dangerous ring up to full speed, but the hardox front scoop of ISDSFA is virtually un-damageable and Frank follows the champion, bashing it with the scoop and causing one of the hammers to hit the ground, stopping the ring in its tracks and knocking PsycloniZer away across the arena floor. The seventeenth seed follows up the attack, driving in underneath the ground clearance of PsycloniZer and pushing it across the arena floor and up against the arena wall, lifting it up onto the barrier only for Andy to quickly drive back down and away across the arena floor before the three hammers become a dangerous blur once more, but still the lynch motors in ISDSFA€™s drive are powerful and fast and are gunning the Behemoth-shaped machine across the arena at the reigning champion, who once again has it€™s weaponry stopped in its tracks and is knocked into the spike strip! ISDSFA follows up the attack and drives in underneath PsycloniZer again, pushing Andy across the Robotagon and into the CPZ! Shunt attacks, bringing the diamond-edged axe down onto the top of PsycloniZer, snagging a wheel hole! The scoop lifts PsycloniZer and Shunt holds the champion in mid-air, reversing across the arena before turning on the spot to suspend PsycloniZer over the pit for a few moments before dumping it onto the flame pit and reversing back into his CPZ. PsycloniZer is undamaged by the flames, but ISDSFA comes in again and making good use of the linear actuators flips PsycloniZer up and over and brings the flywheel into play, the 8 Kj€™s not damaging the underside of PsycloniZer and missing the tyres completely, but throwing Andy a little away from ISDSFSA and onto the closed pit. Frank makes a beeline for the release button, hoping to quickly confine the number #1 seed to the depths of the chasm and although the release button is pressed PsycloniZer is away from the pit and has the spinning ring up to a violent pace courtesy of the lynch motor that drives it. Frank comes on another thundering box rush, but Andy side steps him this and slams into the side of the hardox machine, knocking off the side panel completely and sending Frank flying across the arena and into the spike strip! CRASH! PsycloniZer runs in behind the dazed ISDSFA now and before Frank can put his motors in reverse and push Andy away nudges the seventeenth seed into the CPZ! Shunt whacks the top of ISDSFA with his axe and Frank drives forward, getting his own scoop under Shunt€™s and lifting the lightweight house robot up and over onto his back! Shunt is out of the equation, but PsycloniZer has been given time to spin up again while ISDSFA defended itself from Shunt and now slams into the rear of the series 1 bronze medallist, knocking off another panel (the rear one this time) and sending ISDSFA flying into the spike strip again! CRASH! And this time when Frank tries to get ISDSFA back on the attack there is no response down there in the arena, it seems ISDSFA isn€™t moving for some reason! Refbot moves in and nudges the Behemoth-shaped robot, pushing it against the spike strip to see if ISDSFA makes an attempt to escape, but not even the weaponry is moving and so Refbot begins the count.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
ISDSFA is down and out of the competition, although with Shunt on its back there is now house robot to deliver any more pain and ISDSFA is saved by the bell.

CEASE!

ISDSFA (17) doesn€™t stand at all anymore; PsycloniZer (1) storms on through to the heat final!

Heat B:
Nidhogg Evo (3) vs. 259 vs. Exertion vs. Masamune
Sheer Heart Attack 2 (19) vs. GBOD vs. Lethal Execution vs. Supernova

JP: We€™ll be back...
Henry: Next time!

[team_britespark]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Very good battle, Liam, looks like the champ is the one to beat!

Predictions: Nidhogg, Exertion, GBOD and Supernova to go through.

[matty_haka]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Tactics: Face frontwards only to flippers, anything else, slam.

[pcbore]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Plan is to go for Nidhogg here, keeping the blade fairly short to allow better control. If I roll him over so the crusher is facing away from the wall, he can be easily stacked and left to be counted out.

Assuming Exertion hasnt killed off 259 by then Ill either try to use the sword to tear out his wepaon belt, or just tip him over.

Fancy making it a team-up AJ?

[joey_picus]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Tactics: Somewhere above here

Good fights Liam, as is the status quo form you...or something. Miscellaneous term of praise anyway

EDIT: If Franks going for me, I might not go for him oddly enough :P Focus on getting Exertion out if thats the case, and then hope Frank goes for the easy victory (259) as opposed to taking me on. Or something like that, anyway.

(Message edited by joeychevron on October 05, 200

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Just a reminder I will need Lethal Executions setup before the next battles can be written

[tacoman]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Ill use the crushing jaws here. Ill go for Sheer Heart Attack, try and get at the tracks, and if I can, get it in the pit. If one of the other two hasnt killed the other yet, Ill go for Supernova and try to get it in the pit aswell. Stay away from GBOD!

[pcbore]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Sorry Joey, but since if Im reading Nidhoggs stats right, my barrel shape and hardox armour will make it very hard for the crusher/lifter to do much to me. Therefor I actually consider Nidhogg to be the easy victory

[joey_picus]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

I dont need to do much to you, just pick you up and submit you as a deposit to the Bank Of Pit

My tactics final revision is to after (hopefully) pitting Exertion, and assuming 259 is still in play, get the thing over fast, but if Frank shows any unwelcome attention then get him down that pit :P

Seriously, good luck to everyone

[pcbore]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Now how exactly do you grip something round using a sharp point? :P Not saying you cant just use the lifter, but the crusher is going to have chocolate teapot syndrome

[joey_picus]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

If the crusher gets onto the robot at a point where the outside of the robot is more than perpendicular to the ground, gripping should come fairly naturally, the crusher can also probably be able to compress 4mm Hardox enough to hold it in place as well - Tiberius is capable of penetrating thin Hardox if I recall correctly, largely because all the pressure is focused onto said sharp point.

[andrewj]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Great battle again Liam.

Nidhogg Evo vs. 259 vs. Exertion vs. Masamune

Ill go for the team-up with Masamune. 259 seems to be my target. Hopefully the disc cant cause too much damage to my armour. Its pretty much a case of box rushing it and keeping the disc speed slow. If I can get under, Ill try and use the scoop to tip it over. Then go after Nidhogg if its still running by then. The crusher doesnt worry me too much. Again, keep ramming it around, down the pit if I can.

[samuel3764]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Predictions

Nidhogg Evo (3) vs. 259 vs. Exertion vs. Masamune: Joey deffo through no matter what, and either Frank or AJ will follow with him.

Sheer Heart Attack 2 (19) vs. GBOD vs. Lethal Execution vs. Supernova: GBOD and SHA2 through.


Tactics: Read more of Liams wooterific battles.

[Guest]

Robot SMASH!! III: Lock3d and Load3d

Sorry there havent been fights for a while, I have a lot going on, but I may be able to get Heat B round 1 up today

[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: Welcome to the second heat of Robot SMASH!! Series III: Lock3d and Load3d.
Henry: Last time the number #1 seed PsycloniZer defeated the number #17 seed ISDSFA in the heat final and moved onto the series semi-finals.
JP: 8 more robots want to join PsycloniZer there, but only 1 can.
Henry: Will it be the third seed Nidhogg Evo?
JP: Or the 19th seed Sheer Heart Attack 2?
Henry: Or one of the other six machines?
JP: We€™ll soon find out.
Henry: I can€™t wait!
JP: Let€™s head over to the pits!

*Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby appear in the pits surrounded by lots of metal munching machines, Masamune is in the background with Frank working on it*
Fearne: Welcome to the pits. I€™m Fearne Cotton and this is Holly Willoughby.
Holly: Today sees 8 robots fighting it out for a place in the series semi-finals, let€™s see these robots.
Fearne: Here we have 259, one of two realies in this heat. It has a powerful vertical flywheel and almost beat Wild Thing2 in RW6, but has no srimech, exposed weapon chains and lost out in the first round of RS!!1.
Holly: Next up here is Exertion, another veteran. It has four S28-400 magmotors for excellent pushability and controllability plus an electric scoop that can work both ways up, powered by an S28-150 motor.
Fearne: Here is one of only two newcomers in this heat, Masamune. This is its first time in RS!! , but it is very experienced in other competitions. It€™s an interesting barrel-shaped design with front wedge and retractable sword lifter. The hardox armour is tough, but the weaponry could be ineffective.
Holly: Here we have GBOD, who did OK last season. It€™s a full body spinner with a kinetic energy powered srimech, and is shaped like a giant bell (hence the name Giant Bell Of Death). However it must spin up before it can self-right.
Fearne: This is Lethal Execution, an update of last season€™s Lethal Injection. Unlike the former it isn€™t an axlebot and packs powerful B42-500 magmotors in the drive as well as some interchangeable weaponry to do some real damage.
Holly: The last newcomer and the last realie of the heat is Supernova, the RW6 Heat H finalist with a powerful horizontal spinning disc and the ability to run inverted. It€™s quick around the arena and dangerously powerful, but lost out in round 1 of RW7.
Fearne: The lower seed of the heat is Sheer Heart Attack 2, this full body drum with tracks and rear wedges. There are powerful lynch motors in the drive and the weaponry can deliver a good hit, knocking out robots the entire round.
Holly: And here it is, the moment you€™ve all been waiting for, the update of series 1 runner-up and series 2 bronze medallist, the number #3 seed Nidhogg Evo! Previously Nidhogg, this successful machine no longer has electric forks, but a new hydraulic lifting mechanism and a roll-cage device to solve the self-righting problem that cost it the series 1 trophy.

Battleboard
Nidhogg Evo (3) vs. 259 vs. Exertion vs. Masamune
Sheer Heart Attack 2 (19) vs. GBOD vs. Lethal Execution vs. Supernova

*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 B round 1 match-up!
In the Red Corner, seeded number #3 Nidhogg Evo and 259!
In the Blue Corner, Exertion and Masamune!
Nidhogg Evo:
RS!!1: (as Nidhogg) Lifted and pitted The Curse, Doorstops and WORCK to make it through the heat, then pitted Seung Mina IV in the quarters to reach the semis, where Supreme Glory Omega bit the dust, but in the final Wedge Devolution flipped it against the wall and out of the competition.
RS!!2: (as Nidhogg) Teamed up with Under Pressure to get rid of Leprosy Infection in round 1, then disposed of Drum Boy in round 2 and Envy in the heat final. In the semi-finals Achilles and Killobite 5.0 (10) were eliminated before Nidhogg was thrashed by PsycloniZer in the Grand Final. However the loss was compensated for in the play-off when Back to Rock III was knocked out of contention for that podium finish.
259:
RS!!1: Was immediately flipped by ISDSFA in round 1.
RS!!2: Didn€™t enter
Exertion:
RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
RS!!2: Helped Revenge of Black Death to dispose of Dennis the Menace in round 1, but was then finished off by E Clawdius Unum in round 2.
Masamune:
RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
RS!!2: Didn€™t enter

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Joey McConnell, Will Harrison
Booth Blue: Andrew Jackson, Frank Goacher

House Robot: Tranquiliser (Team Animatronic Animals)

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#SMASH!!

The green light is shown as all four robots move into the centre of the arena and begin the tussle, with the 3rd seed Nidhogg Evo clearly making a beeline for Exertion, scooping it up on the wedge and lifting it into the air, holding it up while the crusher comes down, but it never makes contact with the top of Exertion as Masamune attacks Joey mid-attack, sliding in the sword lifter underneath and tipping Nidhogg Evo up and over! The seeded robot rolls over and lands on its wheels, reversing away from Masamune to line up another attack on Exertion, who rams in using all four magmotors in the drive to get that front scoop underneath the front of Nidhogg and use the S28-150 motor to lift last season€™s bronze medallist into the air, ramming it for the full length of the Robotagon and into the spike strip! CRASH! Nidhogg is flung away, but immediately goes back on the attack of Exertion and slides underneath the side again, pinning Andy against the spike strip and using the hydraulic lifter to raise the rammer€™s wheels from the ground while the crusher comes down from above! Masamune makes a ploy to halt this attack as well, but when Frank is just short of the 3rd seed 259 intercepts the barrel shaped machine, not damaging the hardox armour but rolling Masamune away across the arena and quickly following up that attack, ramming in with the flywheel and knocking Masamune into the spike strip! Meanwhile Nidhogg Evo has brought that crusher into play on the front right tyre of Exertion and pierced it, digging in deep before lifting Exertion into the air and reversing into the pit release button! Luckily for Exertion though this loosens the seed€™s grip and Exertion is knocked back to the ground, where it races away from Nidhogg before turning to meet Joey€™s oncoming onslaught, which never reaches Exertion because Masamune has recovered from 259€™s assault and comes thundering across the arena to penetrate the side of Nidhogg Evo€™s ground clearance and tip it over again! Masamune tries to follow up the attack and continue rolling Joey across the arena to the wall, but the lifter isn€™t fast enough to get flush to the floor again and Nidhogg Evo is quickly away, dodging around Masamune again to attack Exertion, who has been knocked around by 259 during Masamune€™s attack on Nidhogg. Joey lifts Exertion into the air and brings that crusher down on top again, holding the controlled rammer in place as it makes its way across the arena to the pit! Masamune follows to try and foil to the defeat of its team-mate, but is intercepted again by 259, who rolls it back around the arena and into the CPZ! Tranquiliser slams into Masamune with a CRASH! , but does little damage and Frank just rolls away out of the CPZ, back into the centre of the arena just as Nidhogg lowers Exertion into the pit! A puff of smoke signals the end of Exertion€™s run in this season of Robot SMASH!! , and as Masamune attempts to at least finish the seed by nudging it into the pit Joey reverses from the pit for Frank to almost drive in, but he reverses away only to be hit from behind by 259€™s spinning flywheel, which knocks it up into the air for it to come crashing down onto its wheels, but it doesn€™t land on its wheels as Nidhogg has run in underneath and so Frank lands on Nidhogg€™s lifter! Joey hoists Masamune into the air again, and doesn€™t even bother using the crusher as they are so close to the pit!

CEASE!

Exertion is exerted and Masamune joins it in the pit; Nidhogg Evo (3) and 259 go through to round 2!

*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 B round 1 match-up!
In the Red Corner, seeded number #19 Sheer Heart Attack 2 and GBOD!
In the Blue Corner, Lethal Execution and Supernova!
Sheer Heart Attack 2:
RS!!1: Knocked Turbo Tails around and out of the competition in round 1, but was flipped out of the arena by WORCK in round 2.
RS!!2: Teamed up on reigning champion Wedge Devolution with The Curse in round 1, but The Curse was pitted. In round 2 Y4€™s gas supply was ruptured and the robot flipped, and in the heat final Sheer Heart Attack 2 was flipped out of the competition by the champion.
GBOD:
RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
RS!!2: Supreme Glory Omega (3) dealt with Shrederator in round 1, then GBOD was knocked out by Knyfe in round 2.
Lethal Execution:
RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
RS!!2 (as Lethal Injection): Pitted by Axeon 3.0 in round 1.
Supernova:
RS!!1: Didn€™t enter
RS!!2: Didn€™t enter

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Martijn M Benschop, Leo Van Miert
Booth Blue: Danny Bailey, Alex Holt

House Robot: Ziggy (USA SHW)

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#SMASH!!

Lethal Execution is using the hydraulic claw setup for this match, and flexes those powerful muscles in the magmotors that power that six wheel drive at a high voltage to move quickly across the arena towards the seeded robot Sheer Heart Attack 2, who ploughs on to meet the attack with the drum spinning upwards at full speed! Danny tries to veer away from the drum and attack the tracks, but Martijn ploughs on forwards into the side of Lethal Execution and throws it up and over, in doing so putting a large gash in the titanium armour! Meanwhile GBOD has spun up alongside Supernova and is contemplating an attack on the RW6 Heat H finalist, who has its own spinning disc running at full potency and decides to run in on the attack of the full body spinner shaped like a giant bell of death! CRASH! Both robots are flung across the arena on impact, with GBOD hitting the spike strip, but taking much less punishment from that hit than Supernova, who bounces away across the arena and lands in the CPZ for Ziggy to ram in underneath and fire the 4-bar flipper and send him sky high across the arena to come crashing down in the centre! Meanwhile Lethal Execution has recovered from its earlier damage and attacks Sheer Heart Attack 2 again, this time managing to tackle the C&BT2 champion side on and sink that claw into the both the top and bottom parts of the left track! Martijn looks worried up there in the control booth, even more so now as GBOD pushes Supernova back into the CPZ for Ziggy to give Alex some more air time, but the flight of Supernova is cut short by the pit release button which is depressed by the comparatively small bodywork of Supernova! The pit descends and Danny senses opportunity, gunning that six wheel drive over to the chasm and slowly but painfully releasing Sheer Heart Attack 2, the seeded robot of this battle as it slides from his grip and into the pit in a puff of smoke! Amidst this massive shocker of an event GBOD has spun up to full speed again and has its sights set on Supernova once more, slamming into the helpless realie and sending it spinning away across the arena to land broken and beaten on the flame pit, although now it seems it isn€™t quite beaten yet as the wheels spin to get it moving again, but the disc seems to be hanging loose and is motionless. Meanwhile though Lethal Execution (the surprise star so far of this four way melee) has taken advantage of GBOD€™s momentary stillness and breached the ground clearance with the bottom half of the jaw and pinned Leo against the spike strip before activating the hydraulic weaponry and gripping the bell shaped machine hard, stopping the shell from spinning again and holding on tight as Danny reverses away from the wall now with the promising GBOD in tow, turning towards the chasm and driving up right next to it before releasing GBOD and dumping the second defeated vapour spinner of this match on top of the seeded Sheer Heart Attack 2 to signal the first big shocker of the series so far!

CEASE!

Sheer Heart Attack 2 (19) has a sheer heart attack and GBOD is a dead giant bell; Lethal Execution and Supernova explode on through to round 2!

Battle Board:
Nidhogg Evo (3) vs. Lethal Execution
Supernova vs. 259

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