Mechanical Maelstrom

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Mechanical Maelstrom

Semi-Final 1
Gabriel III vs Leprosy Infection

Red Platform: Joey McConnell
Blue Platform: Christopher Mason

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Gabriel III gets off the mark quickly as this fight gets underway, with Leprosy Infection also driving in on the attack as the spinning drum weapon designed to horrifically flake the armour of other robots rotates upwards, slowly at first but quickly gathering speed before it emits a petrifying whir as Gabriel III approaches the low-box machine, driving in underneath the front drum of Leprosy Infection, flipping it onto its back with a flick of the front hinged flipper and then driving in underneath the rear of the up-turned machine, powering forward and using those lynch motors in the drive to knock Leprosy Infection against the spike strip! Chris has bent one of the spikes with the drum, and now goes on the attack of Gabriel III, driving up against the side of the elongated pyramid shaped machine and chewing away at the side armour, pulling sections of the HDPE and titanium away, but certainly not damaging the thick hardox that protects the key areas and failing to even expose the slightest section of innards in any other part of the machine. Gabriel twists and turns Leprosy onto the floor spinner now, letting Chris go flying away across the arena to be slammed into the spike strip with a CRASH! Leprosy Infection has taken some hard knocks already in this first semi-final, and Gabriel III is most certainly on top at this point. Joey flaunts his authority by jauntily sneaking up behind Leprosy Infection again and swinging its front point around on the spot, slamming the side spike into the side of Leprosy Infection, knocking the spinning drum weapon away from Gabriel and therefore rescuing the armour of Gabriel from any further punishment, as we see now as Leprosy Infection was knocked away the drum seems to have stopped spinning! We don€™t know why yet, but the judges have confirmed now that that powerful hit from Gabriel III knocked a connection inside Leprosy Infection from the weapon motors to the drum and Leprosy Infection is dazed and weaponless now! With no weapon Chris is in real trouble now, while Joey is on top of the world and as he drives in underneath Leprosy Infection again, getting the vile green Tetanus Booster-alike robot stuck on the barbs of the flipper, now powering towards the corner and flipping Leprosy Infection onto the killsaws! And with a loud buzz Leprosy is flipped over in a shower of sparks, landing on its backside. But Chris€™ box-shaped machine has the ability to run inverted and does so now, driving around Gabriel and reversing at the rear to try and push the golden angel across the arena but failing as Joey€™s more powerful LEMCO-130 lynch motors overpower Leprosy Infection and push it across the arena, pinning Chris€™ disgustingly-coloured robot against the spike strip for a few moments before the arena pits open! Leprosy Infection senses a chance to try and deliver Gabriel to one of these pits, but it€™s no good and Joey gets underneath Leprosy Infection again, ramming it across the arena and flipping it against the arena wall hard, before reversing away and letting it fall back to the ground, allowing it to rest for a few seconds before charging in again and slamming it against the barrier, firing the flipper to let Leprosy Infection rebound off the barrier and bounce along the ground behind Gabriel III. Joey reverses after Chris and pushes him onto the killsaws again, and Leprosy Infection is stacked on the wall in the dying seconds of the battle, but really there are less than ten seconds left and so Leprosy Infection can€™t be counted out, instead we€™ll be going to the judges!

CEASE!

The judges will make a decision based on dominance, control, damage and aggression, awarding them marks out of 5 for each and multiplying them in order of importance.
Damage:
Gabriel III disabled Leprosy Infection€™s spinning drum, but Chris did do some minor damage to the outer armouring of Gabriel III.
Gabriel III- 4pts x 1= 4
Leprosy Infection- 2pts x 1= 2
Aggression:
Leprosy Infection had a good start, but Gabriel III did most of the work after that initial onslaught.
Gabriel III- 4pts x 0.75= 3
Leprosy Infection- 3pts x 0.75= 2.25
Dominance:
Gabriel III was in almost total control from the point Leprosy Infection lost its drum.
Gabriel III- 5pts x 0.5= 2.5
Leprosy Infection- 1pt x 0.5= 0.5
Control:
Gabriel III displayed good driving skills to shove Leprosy around the arena, Chris hit a lot of the hazards courtesy of Gabriel, but may have been able to steer clear of them a bit more often.
Gabriel III- 4pts x 0.25= 1
Leprosy Infection- 1 x 0.25= 0.25
Overall:
A good display from both machines, but Gabriel III scored the decisive hit when it disabled Leprosy Infection€™s spinning drum.
Gabriel III: 10.5-5: Leprosy Infection

Leprosy Infection is ex-communicated; Gabriel III stays in heaven!

Next up is Sheer Heart Attack 2 vs Spin Dash Unleashed

[joey_picus]

Mechanical Maelstrom

Fantastic - Gabriel seems to be doing well all of a sudden, picked up a few ideas for a redesign to hopefully improve on that for next year...w00t for winning and getting to the final, and as ever great quality fight from Lewis, not just because I won

[kodster]

Mechanical Maelstrom

w00ty battle Lewis.

[Guest]

Mechanical Maelstrom

Semi-Final 2
Sheer Heart Attack 2 vs Spin Dash Unleashed

Red Platform: Martijn Benschop
Blue Platform: Steven McGregor

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Spin Dash Unleashed and its tracked 110kg opponent move off out of the starting squares fairly quickly as this match gets underway, with Sheer Heart Attack 2 spinning up the drum to top speed courtesy of those magmotors powering it and the lynch motors in the drives of both machines power up and cause the two combatants to race towards each other. Both weapons are spun up as the two meet head on, but Sheer Heart Attack 2 gains advantage with the drum and flips Spin Dash up into the air, it teeters for a moment on its rear side before falling onto its back, inverted. This means that sadly for Steven the saw is virtually useless, and Martijn has gained the upper hand very early on here and now turning around to use the rear wedges, getting under the front of Spin Dash Unleashed, who€™s skirts now hang limply at the sides and rear and Martijn pushes the blue Scottish machine across the arena and into the spike strip, pinning him there for a few moments before driving forwards and freeing him. Spin Dash drives around and attacks Sheer Heart Attack 2€™s side, pushing the heavier robot onto the arena spinner, but it has little effect and Sheer Heart Attack 2 is thrown just a short way across the arena as opposed to some other robots earlier in the tournament that have been launched into orbit by the powerful disc. Sheer Heart Attack 2 goes quickly back on the attack now though and hits the front of Spin Dash with the drum, slightly dislodging the front panel! Steven reverses away, but Martijn follows up the attack and rams in again, hitting the front of Spin Dash Unleashed for a second time and this time the whole front 4mm hardox panel is torn off, flying high into the air and bouncing along the arena floor before it comes to rest on the killsaws. It is thrown into the air in a cascade of sparks, landing back on the arena floor in a crumpled pile of debris. Spin Dash is really feeling the pain now as Martijn follows up attack after attack with the powerful spinning drum, ripping out cables and what-knot from the inside of Spin Dash as well as flipping it over and over, now flipping onto its normal position and tearing off a side skirt! Spin Dash€™s saw-blade has topped completely, as it seems the connection from the magmotor that powers to the weapon itself has been severed by one of Sheer Heart Attack 2€™s attacks and now Steven is left weaponless, and now we see that Spin Dash can only move in circles, clearly indicating that Sheer Heart Attack 2 has also ripped out a connection from the lynch motor to the batteries, and with 50% of the drive eliminated Steven€™s Scottish battering ram is down and out!
10, 9,8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
The referees whistle sounds to signal that Spin Dash Unleashed is immobilised, and Sheer Heart Attack 2 moves onto the final!

CEASE!

Spin Dash Unleashed has a heart attack; Sheer Heart Attack 2 remains healthy!

Play-off:
Leprosy Infection vs Spin Dash Unleashed
Grand Final:
Gabriel III vs Sheer Heart Attack 2

[joey_picus]

Mechanical Maelstrom

Predictions...wrong. :P

PLAYOFF:

Leprosy Infection has more to get a hold of than SHA did, so Spin Dash might find it easier to cope with...gonna be close though, in fact with the skirts Spin Dash might be in danger of riding up the sides. Im not going to predict as it could be very interesting

FINAL:

Oh...ten thousand thundering typhoons. :P I dont think theres much I can do against SHA other than flip it a lot and hope the armour and chassis construction holds out, which is what I will be doing :P

LEave the skirts off, and try and ram it with the back as well. That might stop the drum and give me more of a chance.

Good luck Martijn, as if you need it

EDIT: I do believe this is my 2000th post on these boards...this calls for a celebration lasting 2000 milliseconds. *goes off to celebrate*

(Message edited by joeychevron on October 31, 200

[Guest]

Mechanical Maelstrom

Play-off
Leprosy Infection vs Spin Dash Unleashed

Red Platform: Christopher Mason
Blue Platform: Steven McGregor

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Both robots fighting for the bronze medal are of a simple box shape, with Leprosy Infection sporting that nasty vertical drum on the front whereas Spin Dash Unleashed is the battering ram with the bottom mounted saw blade designed specially to cut through tyres. Both are invertible. And it seems that€™s important for Spin Dash Unleashed as Leprosy Infection launches the first onslaught, dodging the front of Spin Dash Unleashed and bringing the drum around to bear on the side of the VFT1 runner-up. The paintwork is scratched and Spin Dash is turned turtle, but the entire six wheel drive is exposed from the top and the blue Scottish machine just keeps going, attacking Leprosy Infection front on and mounting the green machine, driving onto the top of the main body and over the back before using its superior drive to reverse against the box of Leprosy Infection, pushing it across the arena and into the spike strip! Leprosy Infection escapes and spins up the drum again, going back on the attack and knocking Spin Dash Unleashed over onto its front again, the rammer immediately retaliating and pushing against the side skirt of Leprosy Infection, chewing away at the hinge with the skirt and leaving it lying on the floor as Steven guns those lynch motors in the drive and pushes Leprosy Infection across the arena onto the arena floor spinner. The flaking-weaponry bot is tossed away into the spike strip, but recovers quickly and spins up the lynch motor powered drum for another attack, going on the assault to try and disable Spin Dash Unleashed, but again it hits the side as Spin Dash makes a last minute attempt to veer away, getting caught by the drum and being flipped onto its back again. The saw is far less effective when the robot is inverted and spins away at thin air, doing nothing at all. Leprosy Infection moves in on the attack again and hits the front of Spin Dash Unleashed, and suddenly the saw seems to have been broken loose by that attack! The chain is hanging out of the robot and the spinning weapon has halted, leaving Spin Dash Unleashed with only one option- ram! Steven obliges, pushing against the front of Leprosy Infection and forcing it backwards across the arena, spinning it against the wall for a second before the killsaws raise and sheer away another of Leprosy Infection€™s skirts! Although the drum is spinning again Spin Dash is holding Chris in the corner, all six wheels going at top speed to keep the vile green robot in the corner and stop it from getting that drum into play. However the 30 second pinning rule comes into play and Leprosy Infection is allowed to drive away as Spin Dash Unleashed finally (but involuntarily) relents. Chris turns to meet the oncoming and continually aggressive Spin Dash again, this time catching the useless saw and knocking it upwards, completely free of the robot itself! Time is ticking down and the arena pits appear, and it soon becomes apparent these are the targets of Spin Dash Unleashed. Steven powers into the front of Leprosy Infection, halting the drum and pushing the diseased robot backwards across the arena, just missing the pit and pinning Leprosy Infection against the wall just to the left of the chasm! The referees are beginning the thirty second pinning count, but it doesn€™t matter Steven as with less than half a minute left he€™s trying to nudge Leprosy Infection into the pit without releasing his grip and allowing Chris to escape! Unfortunately for Chris though he seems to be doing a pretty good job of it at the moment, turning Spin Dash slightly to move Leprosy Infection sideways and all of a sudden two of those wheels are over the wedge with less than ten seconds to go! Chris€™ heart is in his mouth as Leprosy Infection topples precariously and falls into the abyss just as the buzzer sounds!

CEASE!

The question is, did Leprosy Infection go in before or after the buzzer? As we watch the replay footage we can clearly see in slow motion that CEASE was called just BEFORE Leprosy Infection met its end, so we€™re going to the judges!
Damage:
Leprosy Infection- 4 x 1= 4
Spin Dash Unleashed- 3 x 1= 3
Aggression:
Leprosy Infection- 3 x 0.75= 2.25
Spin Dash Unleashed- 5 x 0.75= 3.75
Dominance:
Leprosy Infection- 2 x 0.5= 1
Spin Dash Unleashed- 4 x 0.5= 2
Control:
Leprosy Infection- 3 x 0.25= 0.75
Spin Dash Unleashed- 2 x 0.25= 0.5
Overall:
A good display of power from Leprosy Infection, but Spin Dash Unleashed was aggressive and dominant enough to take the win.
Leprosy Infection: 8-9.25: Spin Dash Unleashed

Leprosy Infection is knocked away from the podium; Spin Dash Unleashed gets the bronze medal!

Next up, the Final!
Gabriel III vs Sheer Heart Attack 2

[samuel3764]

Mechanical Maelstrom

Some more w00ty fights there, Lewis! Keep up the great work!

Prediction
Gabriel VS Sheer Heart Attack 2

Unless Gsbriel gets under the sides and flips them OOTA, SHA to win.

[Guest]

Mechanical Maelstrom

Grand Final
Gabriel III vs Sheer Heart Attack 2

In the Red Square we have Gabriel III, who defeated Do or Die and Leprosy Infection to reach this stage.

In the Blue Square we have Sheer Heart Attack 2, who defeated MeCannibal 3.0 and Spin Dash Unleashed to reach this stage.

Red Platform: Joey McConnell
Blue Platform: Martijn Benschop

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Eight robots started out, now only 2 remain here in Mechanical Maelstrom. They have battled harder than any other machines, and now one of them must be eliminated, but which one will it be? Gabriel III is immediately the aggressor, running straight at Sheer Heart Attack 2 and getting underneath the spinning drum to flip it over quickly, but the axlebot is unaffected by this and reverses, getting each side wedge under the clearance either side of Gabriel€™s front point and gunning those LEMCO-130 lynch motors in the drive to turn the tracks quickly and push the pyramid shaped machine backwards across the arena and into the spike strip! Gabriel fires its flipper, but Sheer Heart Attack 2 turns now with the drum spinning and strikes the weak base panel of Gabriel III, ripping in it a large gash and flipping the yellow bot against the cage. Gabriel III fires the flipper and self-rights, but the base armour is bent out of shape by the drum of Sheer Heart Attack 2 and Gabriel is barely moving! Joey struggles to make his way across the arena at Sheer Heart Attack 2, but the wheels aren€™t touching the floor enough and Gabriel III instead moves around in a circle. Sheer Heart Attack 2 backs away and spins up the drum while Gabriel makes the best attempts it can to drive in Martijn€™s general direction, but failing. Sheer Heart Attack 2 quickly drive sin on one last attack now and rips a gash in Gabriel III€™s HDPE outer armour, not getting near the internals but succeeding in flipping the angel of death again and now Martijn attacks the underside of Gabriel again, pushing against with the drum spinning and tearing that gash larger while keeping Gabriel III from self-righting! The internals are exposed from underneath now and Martijn drives in again just as Gabriel self-rights, but the oddly shaped machine lands right on top of the spinning drum and is thrown upwards, turning over in mid-air to reveal to the crowd below that the base panel is practically non-existent now, and only the edges remain to cover very little of Gabriel III€™s internal workings. Joey self-rights, but the edges of the baseplate are still bent and Gabriel can only just struggle across the arena, but isn€™t even allowed that privilege as Sheer Heart Attack 2 spins up the drum one final time and drives at Gabriel III, hitting the front and turning it up and over, and as it goes over suddenly gas seems to erupt from under Gabriel III€™s hood and out of the broken base. The supply of carbon dioxide gas that powers the flipper has been ruptured and it€™s all over for Gabriel III.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
This first season of Mechanical Maelstrom has come to an end, and now we have our champion and runner-up we can go the medal ceremony!

CEASE!

Gabriel III is sent to hell; Sheer Heart Attack 2 is the winner of Mechanical Maelstrom!

Final Standings:
03. Spin Dash Unleashed, Steven McGregor (BRONZE MEDAL)
02. Gabriel III, Joey McConnell (SILVER MEDAL)
01. Sheer Heart Attack 2, Martijn Benschop (GOLD MEDAL)

Thank you to everyone who competed, and I hope you will all enter Season 2.0, which will open pretty soon.

[joey_picus]

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Oh...bollocks. Well done to Marti for winning anyway, great job

Great first tourney Lewis, even if at times I felt like the only person posting tactics :P You can consider me reserved for the next one, looking forward to it very much.

*goes off to design Gabriel IV and polish nice shiny silver medal*

(Message edited by joeychevron on November 09, 200

[kodster]

Mechanical Maelstrom

Well now thats two tournaments SHA2s won, lmao

Good job to Martijn, Joey, and of course Lewis for completing the tournament. I wont hold the previous error against you at all.

[majinb]

Mechanical Maelstrom

serves you right G4briel!!! Sheer Heart Attack won and Lewis spelled my name right!!!

ur an impressive writer Lewis and I feel I didnt say that often enough throughout this tournament, its been of great quality!

and well done to u 2 Joey, we had a great match :wink: