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Mechanical Maelstrom Season 2.0
Eliminator 6
Dendroaspis vs Tira V vs Black Panther vs Holepunch 2.0
Representing Team Killa Vapourbots, Dendroaspis!
This invertible wedge shaped machine seems to be styled on CUAD the Crusher, the Battlebots Superheavyweight. It has a lifting arm on top and another on the bottom to allow it to lift no matter what side up it is and it has side spikes to allow it to act as a thwackbot, plus the height of the spikes can be altered by moving the lifting arm. The armour is very thick and tough, but the lifters don€™t make for very potent weapons.
Representing Team Zlayerz, Tira V!
The fifth robot in the Tira series of vertical spinners also packs a low pressure flipper mostly for righting the robot plus top guards to stop the disc smacking against the arena floor if it€™s flipped. The spinner is petrol powered and could do some nasty damage as well as flip opponents around as it spins upwards, purposely to do just that.
Representing Team Doomforall, Black Panther!
This oddly shaped semi-UFO robot has dual weaponry, a Terrorhurtz style pneumatic axe and a weak electric flipper, but it isn€™t meant to do any damage, just help Black Panther to employ the hit and run tactics that have made the series so successful over the years.
Representing RCC, Holepunch 2.0!
This wedge shaped robot has a top pneumatic crusher and a roll-cage on top to aid in self-righting, but it could get stacked against the wall still. The crusher comes down though with over 11 tonnes of force, and being pneumatic it€™s also fast. Without a doubt this is one of the most dangerous weapons in the competition. However, with wheelchair motors in the drive it isn€™t the best pusher.
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Richard Southworth, Leo Van Miert
Booth 2: Kody Kunz, Alex Holt
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
All four robots go flying off the mark as the match gets underway, with Tira V spinning up that vertical flywheel as the dangerous sounding noise of the spinning weapon fills the arena. Alex is at the controls of Black Panther, the flipper/axe combo and together with Kody they aim in at Holepunch 2.0, with Tira V running in on the attack and thwacking Holepunch€™s HDPE armour, ripping out a chunk, but since the plates are each 4cm thick the innards are not exposed and Holepunch ploughs into the front of Tira V while the disc is static, crunching down onto the polycarbonate covering on the disc and down through the hardox armour as well! Black Panther appears to be teaming up with Tira as Alex drives in to help out, but suddenly Dendroaspis appears from nowhere and rams in underneath the rear of Black Panther, ramming it across the arena and activating the bottom lifter arm to flip Black Panther against the spike strip!
Meanwhile Kody is in Leo€™s grasp as the crusher of Holepunch 2.0 holds on in there, now pulling the reverse wedge shaped machine of Tira V across the arena and Leo reverses into the pit release button. This however loosens his grip on Kody€™s machine and it slides off the tip of the crusher before reversing away to spin up the disc, but the flywheel weapon doesn€™t begin to rotate, and as Tira reverses away with no weapon we can accurately guess that the engine that drives the spinning weapon was been crushed by Holepunch 2.0, who now goes on the attack of the once great looking Tira V, who now looks a bit of a mess. Kody turns and manages to slip the rear wedge under the side of Holepunch 2.0, firing the low pressure flipper and rolling Holepunch 2.0 over away from itself.
On the other side of the arena Black Panther has self-righted and is now repeatedly whacking Dendroaspis with the Terrorhurtz-style axe, but the thick hardox armour of Dendroaspis is holding up well and Richard drives in under the front of Black Panther this time, gaining the advantage because of the wedge shape and lifting again, this time not flipping Black Panther, but taking the wheels off the floor and powering across the arena to roll Black Panther across the floor and into the pit! No one expected that attack from Dendroaspis, who now turns to attack one of the other two machines, driving under the side of Holepunch 2.0 and using the bottom lifting arm to again roll it over, but Holepunch is still intent on destroying Tira V, driving underneath the side this time and buckling the hardox armour as the crusher comes down, digging into the robot and all of a sudden Tira V is venting gas- the co2 supply has been pierced by Holepunch 2.0€™s powerful weaponry and now Tira V is entirely weaponless!
And now despite having attacked Holepunch 2.0 earlier on Richard Southworth at the controls of Dendroaspis drives in underneath the front of Tira V just as Holepunch releases the victim and reverses away, and Richard activates the bottom lifting arm again to flip Tira V onto her back, and without the flipper she can€™t self-right!
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
Tira V is over and out, and with that the battle is over as Black Panther lies in the pit and Tira V remains turtle.
CEASE!
Black Panther is hunted down and Tira V is booted from the next edition of Soul Calibur;
Dendroaspis and Holepunch 2.0 go marching onto the second round!
Eliminator 6
Dendroaspis vs Tira V vs Black Panther vs Holepunch 2.0
Representing Team Killa Vapourbots, Dendroaspis!
This invertible wedge shaped machine seems to be styled on CUAD the Crusher, the Battlebots Superheavyweight. It has a lifting arm on top and another on the bottom to allow it to lift no matter what side up it is and it has side spikes to allow it to act as a thwackbot, plus the height of the spikes can be altered by moving the lifting arm. The armour is very thick and tough, but the lifters don€™t make for very potent weapons.
Representing Team Zlayerz, Tira V!
The fifth robot in the Tira series of vertical spinners also packs a low pressure flipper mostly for righting the robot plus top guards to stop the disc smacking against the arena floor if it€™s flipped. The spinner is petrol powered and could do some nasty damage as well as flip opponents around as it spins upwards, purposely to do just that.
Representing Team Doomforall, Black Panther!
This oddly shaped semi-UFO robot has dual weaponry, a Terrorhurtz style pneumatic axe and a weak electric flipper, but it isn€™t meant to do any damage, just help Black Panther to employ the hit and run tactics that have made the series so successful over the years.
Representing RCC, Holepunch 2.0!
This wedge shaped robot has a top pneumatic crusher and a roll-cage on top to aid in self-righting, but it could get stacked against the wall still. The crusher comes down though with over 11 tonnes of force, and being pneumatic it€™s also fast. Without a doubt this is one of the most dangerous weapons in the competition. However, with wheelchair motors in the drive it isn€™t the best pusher.
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Richard Southworth, Leo Van Miert
Booth 2: Kody Kunz, Alex Holt
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
All four robots go flying off the mark as the match gets underway, with Tira V spinning up that vertical flywheel as the dangerous sounding noise of the spinning weapon fills the arena. Alex is at the controls of Black Panther, the flipper/axe combo and together with Kody they aim in at Holepunch 2.0, with Tira V running in on the attack and thwacking Holepunch€™s HDPE armour, ripping out a chunk, but since the plates are each 4cm thick the innards are not exposed and Holepunch ploughs into the front of Tira V while the disc is static, crunching down onto the polycarbonate covering on the disc and down through the hardox armour as well! Black Panther appears to be teaming up with Tira as Alex drives in to help out, but suddenly Dendroaspis appears from nowhere and rams in underneath the rear of Black Panther, ramming it across the arena and activating the bottom lifter arm to flip Black Panther against the spike strip!
Meanwhile Kody is in Leo€™s grasp as the crusher of Holepunch 2.0 holds on in there, now pulling the reverse wedge shaped machine of Tira V across the arena and Leo reverses into the pit release button. This however loosens his grip on Kody€™s machine and it slides off the tip of the crusher before reversing away to spin up the disc, but the flywheel weapon doesn€™t begin to rotate, and as Tira reverses away with no weapon we can accurately guess that the engine that drives the spinning weapon was been crushed by Holepunch 2.0, who now goes on the attack of the once great looking Tira V, who now looks a bit of a mess. Kody turns and manages to slip the rear wedge under the side of Holepunch 2.0, firing the low pressure flipper and rolling Holepunch 2.0 over away from itself.
On the other side of the arena Black Panther has self-righted and is now repeatedly whacking Dendroaspis with the Terrorhurtz-style axe, but the thick hardox armour of Dendroaspis is holding up well and Richard drives in under the front of Black Panther this time, gaining the advantage because of the wedge shape and lifting again, this time not flipping Black Panther, but taking the wheels off the floor and powering across the arena to roll Black Panther across the floor and into the pit! No one expected that attack from Dendroaspis, who now turns to attack one of the other two machines, driving under the side of Holepunch 2.0 and using the bottom lifting arm to again roll it over, but Holepunch is still intent on destroying Tira V, driving underneath the side this time and buckling the hardox armour as the crusher comes down, digging into the robot and all of a sudden Tira V is venting gas- the co2 supply has been pierced by Holepunch 2.0€™s powerful weaponry and now Tira V is entirely weaponless!
And now despite having attacked Holepunch 2.0 earlier on Richard Southworth at the controls of Dendroaspis drives in underneath the front of Tira V just as Holepunch releases the victim and reverses away, and Richard activates the bottom lifting arm again to flip Tira V onto her back, and without the flipper she can€™t self-right!
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
Tira V is over and out, and with that the battle is over as Black Panther lies in the pit and Tira V remains turtle.
CEASE!
Black Panther is hunted down and Tira V is booted from the next edition of Soul Calibur;
Dendroaspis and Holepunch 2.0 go marching onto the second round!
Still, good battles Lewis - reserve me a spot in Mechanical Maelstrom 3 please 
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