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[knightrous]

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Going Great Steven! I cannot wait till MDU battles again, and Im hoping that it is CrankShafted that it fights Im seaking massive revenge against this Clone for the fact that it is a clone. Time to show them that the original is always the best.

[team_britespark]

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Do I HAVE to beat 2 of Martyns bots in the same heat?

Only kidding, I am really scared about this fight. For this fight, Supreme Glory Beta will use the Beta axe once again and I will try to break something lose inside, as I previously did against Panic Attack. SGB and Razer are roughly the same speeds, so my main tactic for the fight would be to stay away from the pit and get as many hammer blows in as possible. Hopefully, a few well aimed hits on the crusher or the bodywork of Razer could break the weaponry or leave it immobile.

[martyn]

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crush it then pit it

[steven_mcg]

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Two rounds in one day?! You unlucky people

Well, Supreme Glory Beta will challenge our No.4 seed in a few minutes€™ time, but, for today€™s classic encounter, we€™re going to stick with the Daniel Stickler theme and travel back to the PTT2 Semi-Finals - where one of his finest machines, Pure Evil, collided with the then reigning champion, Beta.

PUSSYCAT TRIBUTE TOURNAMENT 2
SEMI-FINAL 1
ROUND 1
BATTLE 4
BETA(1) Vs PURE EVIL

Beta was entered by Mike Jeffries and is armed with a powerful double-headed 36V Etek driven electric axe. It has a wedge at the front, back and sides and was created by UK competitors Team Hurtz for Battlebots.
IN PTT1: it became the champ, pitting Hypno Disc in the Final!
SEEDING: 1st
ROAD TO VICTORY:
In Heat A, Beta began its defense of the title by immobilizing Chris Thorleys TANK and surviving with Alex Holts Slammer.
In Round 2, the champ took on the disc of Evan McGuigans Slash and successfully pitted it.
In Round 3, it took on the unusual Slammer again and after taking a long time to get hold of it, pitted it as well!
SUMMARY: Get in the way of the PTT king and Beta will beat ya!

Pure Evil was entered by Daniel and is armed with a large front flipper and a rear vertical disc. Its similar to Wheely Big Cheese (I think!) and came 3rd in Fantasy Robot Wars 5.
IN PTT1: did not enter
ROAD TO VICTORY:
In Heat G, newbie Pure Evil went past Round 1 with Harry Patrick Nolans Agitator after impressively throwing Alistair Patons wedge-clad Series 6 Tornado out of the arena!
In Round 2, PE pulled off a bigger shock by tossing Firestorm 4(13) out of the arena as well!
In Round 3, it faced Alistair Patons horrible Warhead and after some very good throws, beat it on a judges decision, 31/40 to 23/40!
SUMMARY: Pure Evil- does exactly what it says on the tin!

House Robots- Dead Metal, Matilda, Mr. Psycho, Sgt. Bash

Roboteers Stand By......
3...2...1...
ACTIVATE!!!!!!!!!!

Right away, Beta charges under at Pure Evil and begins its ferocious axe of doom!! But PE quickly backs away and turns, sinking its disc into the champs side!! As Beta turns to get its axe into play, PE darts away to the arena centre!! Beta follows and tries to get under PEs rear...only to get another taste of the disc!! PE quickly turns and goes wedge to wedge with Betas side!! PE starts to push and sends the champ into the arena wall!! As Beta meets the wall, the force makes it jump a bit off the ground!! Taking advantage, PE drives under it and fires its mighty flipper!! Beta flies upward, nearly 5ft off the ground!!! Luckily, it soars over PE instead of going out of the arena and lands behind its foe on its back!! As PE nudges the champ and prepares for another throw, Beta quickly self-rights with its axe and charges at PE!! It drives underneath and the axe starts to pound the shell of the axlebot!!! But once again, PE backs off and rams Beta side-on, this time into the Pit Release Thingy!! On collision, Beta turns and manages to hit PE a few more times as it backs away again!! As Beta follows it again, PE turns and hits the champ with its disc again!! As it stops on impact, PE pushes Beta into the arena wall again!! PE backs off and as the champ tries to get away (hammering all the while), PE charges disc-first towards the hammer...and hits the axe head!!! The rear flywheel has bent one of the axe heads!!! Taking its chance, PE pushes the stunned Beta into Mr. Psycho!! But as it does so, the hammer starts again, creating more dents in the flipper of PE!! Once in the CPZ, PE backs away and lets Beta fend for itself!! The axe flails madly as Mr. P looms over the champ, but it stops when it gets stuck on the arena wall!!! Mr. P picks it up by the fearsome axe and PE quickly drives under it!! The champ is released and lands on top of PE!! The flipper fires and Beta flies across the arena, landing back on its wheels!! As PE trundles towards it, Beta charges and starts the axe...but it wont start!!! The flip must have knocked something loose!!! Wanting to hold onto its crown, Beta shoves PE towards Mr. P!!! But as it sends PE into the corner, the axlebot drives past Mr. P, just missing a blow from the mighty hammer!!! As Beta charges again, PE head for it disc-first again!! Parts of the laminate armour seem weaker than before now!!!
10...9...8...7...
PE hits the champ again!!!
6...5...4...
Beta drives straight under PE!!!
3...2...1...

CEASE!!!!!

As PE hits Beta again, Cease is called! With both machines still going, we need a judges decision! Will the PTT king keep his crown? Or will the PTT newcomer take it off him, slice it up and Drop Zone it? Lets find out...

Style (/10): B(1)=7 PE=8
Control (/10): B(1)=7 PE=7
Damage (/10): B(1)=9 PE=8
Aggression (/10): B(1)=7 PE=8
TOTAL (/40): B(1)=30 PE=31

The decision is in! Theres one point in it and the result is...that Beta loses his crown!!! THE WINNER IS PURE EVIL!!!

PURE EVIL GOES THROUGH TO ROUND 2!!!

I must admit I was getting better. A little better all the time. (£0 to anyone who can say which song that line is from )

Anyways, back we go to the present day for tonight€™s Heat Final!
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Our penultimate Heat is drawing to a close and what a treat we have for you - the former British champ, World champ and No.4 seed against the mighty walking box with a hammer to die for (literally!) Who will prevail and gain the last but one place in the PTT Semi-Finals? Let€™s go find out...

HEAT O
ROUND 3
HEAT FINAL
RAZER (4) Vs SUPREME GLORY BETA

Once again, Danny will be sticking with the Beta axehead...yawn

House Robots- Sgt Bash and Sir Killalot

Roboteers Stand By......
3...2...1...
ACTIVATE!!!!!!!!!!

With similar speeds, both robots reach the arena centre together!! Being the more manoeuvrable of the two machines, Razer nips around to the side of Supreme Glory Beta...and manages to scrape the wedge underneath the skirt!!! Quickly noticing this, Danny whirls the top turret round to face the No.4 seed and activates the axe!! The Beta-style hammer thumps down onto Razer€™s crushing arm as it slowly lowers towards the cube-like body of the hefty walker!! As the axe retracts for another shot, the claw finally reaches SGB€™s body and very slowly sinks into the thick rubber coating, protecting the polycarbonate!! At 50mm thick, the No.4 seed is finding it difficult to carve its way through the rubbery covering!! Suddenly, the axe fires a second time and another blow is dealt to the former World Champ, this time on the wedge itself!! Realising he could be facing defeat by continuing the fight this way, Marty gets Razer to push the grappled SGB down the arena and right into the Pit Release Button (taking another bash from the hammer in the process)!! With just what he didn€™t want happening actually happening, Danny fire the axe again...and again...and again!!! Either it€™s trying to shake loose or it€™s trying to kill Razer before it can reach the Pit!!! Whatever the motive, the No.4 seed is taking more damage by the second, and Marty feels he has little choice but to remove the claw from the rubbery outer shell!! With the crusher extracted, SGB suddenly scuttles off the front wedge and nips back up to the arena centre, with the former World Champ in hot pursuit!! Noticing its advisory chasing after it, SGB swiftly shifts into reverse and whirls the turret round for another pot-shot!! The hammer fires, but the more manoeuvrable Razer swings round into SGB€™s side!! Keeping calm, Danny decides to retract the axe and swing the turret round for another go...but nothing is happening!!! And quickly, Danny finds out why...Razer has managed to grapple onto the axe!!! The PTT newcomer tries to swing the axe free using the turret, but, as we all know, the No.4 seed has a VERY good grip...the end of the hammer is even starting to bend a bit!!! Instead, Danny tries firing the axe to try and get free...but the pressure from the claw is too great for the hammer to challenge!!! Suddenly, Razer releases its grip on SGB€™s mallet and trundles round to the side of the walker, just as the turret starts spinning round again!! Seeing Razer slip under the side-skirt for a second time, Danny fires the hammer...but the No.4 seed fails to get hit!!! How? The axe-head has been bent out of position by Razer€™s previous attack!!! SGB fires again and again, as the former World Champ slowly sinks its claw into the PTT newcomer€™s protective rubber coating, but to no avail!!! Not one of the blows could hit the ex-UK champ!!! Now with a firm grip on the walker with the crusher, Razer slowly turns to the Pit and starts trundling over!!! The hammer continues firing, again and again and again, but every blow is failing to make an impact on the No.4 seed!!! With the lip of the Pit closer than Danny would have liked, Razer gradually retracts the claw and, with a little shove, sends Supreme Glory Beta down and out of its first PTT!!!

CEASE!!!!!

Supreme Glory Beta receives a supremely gory bereavement!
RAZER (4) GOES THROUGH TO THE SERIES SEMI-FINALS!!!

Congratulations to Martyn Forsyth!!!

LATER ON:
HEAT P
FINAL HEAT!!!
Charybdis Vs SpunOut 3.0 (2) Vs The Team That Wasn€™t There
Bigger Brother (1 Vs Falchion Vs Hammerer 2.0

Thoughts? Tactics? How was Heat O?

Thank you!

[Guest]

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What is Falchion and Hammerer 2 like Steve?

[andrewj]

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Bigger Brother (1 Vs Falchion Vs Hammerer 2.0

Here I think Ill go for Bigger Brother, fancy teaming up Franky? Same tactics as in the stats

[Guest]

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Tactics -
As both robots have trouble self-righting, Hammerer 2 is slow to self-right and we all know what happens to roll-over designs, dont we Franky

Flip Hammerer 2.0 out of the arena
Avoid Franks sword
Normal armour settings
does anyone like lord of the ring or new blood?

[pcbore]

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Thats why the sword can go up AND down Davey-Boy... You roll me against the wall, Ill just roll myself right off :wink:

BBs wheels are quite easy to reach for the sword so Ill slide under and try to spear them, then roll him over. BB only has about 15 flipper fires IIRC, so it shouldnt take too long before he runs out. Also, Hammerer is a walker IIRC, so flipping it out will be a big no-no for BB.

[team_britespark]

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Congratulations Martyn, Platinum Pure Evil will get my revenge!

Pre-diddly-dictions:

Charybdis Vs SpunOut 3.0 (2) Vs The Team That Wasn€™t There
Bigger Brother (1 Vs Falchion Vs Hammerer 2.0

I think Charybdis will be beaten by Tom and Hector.
In the other fight, I think that Hammerer 2.0 will be flipped into the pit by BB

[martyn]

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Charybdis Vs SpunOut 3.0 (2) Vs The Team That Wasn€™t There
I think that tttwt is a cluster bot and i think char has a verticaal fly wheel if so i think it will be charybdis and spun out 3.0 to go through

Bigger Brother (1 Vs Falchion Vs Hammerer 2.0
with bigger brother been teamed up on i have to say falchion and hammerer 2.0

[Guest]

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The Team That Wasnt There, I think is Cians famous 5 way clusterbot, and these things can push a heavyweight and can cope with a lot of pressure.

[pcbore]

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Hector made them. However each piece has to be about 20 KGs so I doubt they can take much damage.

[hector_gilbert]

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Hector made them. However each piece has to be about 20 KGs so I doubt they can take much damage.

It doesnt really matter. If one goes dead, it can act as a still obstacle for the opponent of the remaining segments. This is especially effective against spinners without much in the way of agility. It can attack wedges and flippers pretty well as well, seeing as theyre generally meant to attack in one direction rather than five.

It can take one to nudge the pit release button on, two to coax a spinner, and two more to try to shove the other robot towards the pit because it has a wicked drive train for its weight. The plate is minimal but the frame is solid.

[pcbore]

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No disrespect Hector but a decent spinner would knock your robots around like nobodies business, with a chance of instant KO on each piece. Youd probably lose at least half of your team in order to beat one.

[alex_holt]

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against spinners without much in the way of agility

Hmm, seems to me that that seems to fit charybdis, however clusterbot or no a 50kg flywheel is almost always going to get a 1 hit knockout on anything but the most armoured.