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[dinowarrior]

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Likewise.

[swimm3r]

SMASH!! Returns!!

Just to let everyone know Im attempting to do at least 1 heat a week, more if I feel motivated.

Obviously you can gather I dont, but I have already done the intros for Heat B, so the first round will be up soon, hopefully later today, if not some time in the coming week.

[swimm3r]

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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 back to the Robotagon for the second heat of Robot SMASH!! 3.
Henry: Last time number #1 seed PsycloniZer saw off 5 other machines including ranked #17 Razer and newcomer Assegai in the final.
JP: This time we have 6 new robots waiting in the wings.
Henry: All of them will battle in the warzone at some point tonight.
JP: But only one of them can make it to the series semi-finals.
Henry: Tonight€™s seeded machines are Nidhogg Evo, a new version of Nidhogg.
JP: And another hydraulic crusher, E Clawdius Unum.
Henry: Both robots are very experienced.
JP: Let€™s get going.

*Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby appear in the pits, where Paul is working on Blast in the background*
Fearne: Welcome back SMASH-Fans!
Holly: Tonight 6 more machines enter the Robotagon, let€™s meet them.
Fearne: Here is Blast, a new entry from Team Insanity with a powerful rear hinged flipper and strong armour. This could be a very tough contender indeed, but there isn€™t any real damaging weaponry.
Holly: This tough looking robot is Leprosy Infection, back from previous wars with absolutely no changes! It still has the powerful drum and runs inverted.
Fearne: This T-shaped machine is Heliosa Xtreme, who like Blast has a powerful flipping arm. Unlike Blast it as LEM-170s in the drive that can be used to shove the other robots around, but it has a narrow area of attack.
Holly: This is a full body drum like last series€™ semi-finalist Dervish V. It€™s called Delirium Tremors, and as you can see there are 6 wheels, but only four on the floor at one time due to these triangular pods. The drum is very powerful, but the armour is weak.
Fearne: Welcome back E Clawdius Unum, seeded number #19 this time. It€™s the same as before, a wedge with mute-style barbs on top and a powerful hydraulic crusher. It€™s very experienced, but simple and has always lost to Killobite 5.0.
Holly: And one of our favourite machines here at Robot SMASH!! , the all new Nidhogg Evo! Seeded number #3 this time around this machine has finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in the last 2 series of Robot SMASH!! This new version has a hydraulic lifter to replace the forks and a rear Rollcage to stop the problems previously caused by slow self-righting, which caused it to lose the series 1 final.
Fearne: So we have the 6 machines.
Holly: All we need now is to see the Battleboard!

Battleboard:
Nidhogg Evo (3) vs. Heliosa Xtreme vs. Blast
E Clawdius Unum (19) vs. Delirium Tremors vs. Leprosy Infection

*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 round 1 match-up!
In the Red Corner, seeded number #3, Nidhogg Evo!
In the Blue Corner, Heliosa Xtreme & Blast!

Nidhogg Evo (3):
RS!!1 (as Nidhogg) ~ Crunched the wheels of The Curse in round 1 to move onto round 2, where it beat the impressive clusterbot Doorstops on a judge€™s decision. In the heat final it met up with WORCK, who hit the bottom of the pit and was expelled from the competition. In the quarter-finals Nidhogg drew hot favourites Seung Mina IV, who was also lifted and pitted. The semi-finals saw Nidhogg fighting Supreme Glory Omega, who caused plenty of damage but had its lexan armour perforated with ease by Nidhogg€™s powerful crusher. So it wasn€™t until the final that Nidhogg met Wedge Devolution, and the fight was close, but Nidhogg€™s self-righting spines were damaged and when it was flipped against the wall it was truly down and out.
RS!!2 (as Nidhogg) (SEEDED #2) ~ Teamed up with Under Pressure to pit Leprosy Infection in the eliminator, then grappled and pitted Drum Boy in the second round. In the heat final it met promising realie Envy, who also was grabbed and pitted by the second seed. In the first round of the semi-finals Nidhogg met Achilles, a famous vapourbot, but newcomer to Robot SMASH!! . The box wedge flipper/rammer was grappled by the crusher/forks weapon synergy and confined to the pit. In the second round of the semi-finals though Nidhogg met a similar machine, Killobite 5.0 - who also employed a forks/crusher synergy. But the aluminium armour of the 10th seed was no match for Nidhogg€™s crusher and the match was over quickly. And so Nidhogg was in the final again, but eventual champion PsycloniZer was too strong for the previous runner-up. And in the play-off for third place Nidhogg struck back by pitting Back to Rock III to get the bronze medal.
Overall Record ~ 11/2

Heliosa Xtreme:
RS!!1 ~ N/A
RS!!2 ~ N/A
Overall Record ~ 0/0

Blast:
RS!!1 ~ N/A
RS!!2 ~ N/A
Overall Record ~ 0/0

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Joey McConnell
Booth Blue: Ben Read, Paul Cuomo

House Robot: Shunt

#5...
#4...
#3...
#2...
#1...
#SMASH!!

The 3 machines all start quickly, with the two flippers turning to face each other without even leaving the starting square while the seeded robot trundles across the arena towards Heliosa Xtreme, who has managed to push Blast backwards across the arena as both their ground clearances cancel each other out, but Blast reverses away before driving back on the attack and managing to swerve ever so slightly and get one of the low spikes under the side of Heliosa Xtreme, and Paul fires the full pressure flipper, flipping the T-shaped robot up onto the horizontal end, where it balances for a moment before crashing down onto its back! Blast resets the flipper and goes on the attack again, but Heliosa is invertible and so drives away before self-righting, but Nidhogg Evo follows and slides in underneath the side of the inverted newcomer, lifting it with the hydraulic weaponry and then bringing the crusher into play onto one of the exposed wheels of Heliosa, crumpling the tyre and pinning Team Manglo-Saxons€™ second entry in place! And with the robot held in place Joey turns and heads across the arena to the CPZ, dumping Heliosa in there for Shunt to go on the attack as he drives in underneath the flipped machine and brings his axe down with a thwack, sounding good but causing no damage. Heliosa self-rights though, only to have its wheels lifted by Shunt to remove the traction for the Robot Wars house robot to ram it across the arena and onto the flame pit! Shunt is not safe though, and Blast comes racing across the arena, getting the scoop under Shunt€™s side ground clearance and again firing the flipper and for the second time in the fight succeeding in turning the target turtle! And as we all remember from Robot Wars Shunt has an inability to self-right, as his once damaging axe fires to no avail and Heliosa Xtreme drives away, only to be attacked again by Nidhogg Evo, who removes its traction before bringing the dreaded crusher into play and this time crunching into the other wheel of Heliosa Xtreme, keeping Ben€™s robot aloft to prevent any resistance as the crusher does its job, mincing the tyres menacingly before Paul heads across the arena and hits the pit release button specially for his buddy Joey, allowing Nidhogg to head across the arena and release both weapons, dumping Heliosa Xtreme into the pit and out of the competition in a puff of smoke.
But still Paul hasn€™t finished with Shunt and heads back across the arena with a sly grin on his face, sliding underneath the side of the upturned house robot and ramming it against the spike strip before firing the powerful weaponry for the final time to send the house robot up and over the fence to come tumbling down onto the camera tracks!

CEASE!

Heliosa Xtreme is extremely in need of help;
Nidhogg Evo (3) & Blast progress to the second round!

*Fearne walks up to Ben in the pits*
Fearne: That didn€™t go well at all, did it?
Ben: No, I never got the flipper into play and was bullied around by the other two.
Fearne: They seemed to team up on you.
Ben: Yes, both I and Joey offered Paul a team-up, but naturally he chose the seeded robot.
Fearne: Do you think that was why you lost?
Ben: Partly, yes, I think if me and Blast had teamed up we have been able to flip the seeded robot over the fence.
Fearne: Really?
Ben: Yes, Nidhogg is a good robot but it has been vulnerable to flippers in the past.
Fearne: This is a new version though, Joey says the self-righting problems that hindered the last edition have been fixed.
Ben: It still can be flipped against a wall though, which wasn€™t a problem before because then it had the spines.
Fearne: Maybe it still can self-right from anywhere with the centre of gravity?
Ben: We€™ll see if it meets Blast again later on.
Fearne: Thanks for competing.

Battleboard:
Nidhogg Evo (3) vs. Heliosa Xtreme vs. Blast
E Clawdius Unum (19) vs. Delirium Tremors vs. Leprosy Infection

*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 round 1 match-up!
In the Red Corner, seeded number #19, E Clawdius Unum!
In the Blue Corner, Delirium Tremors & Leprosy Infection!

E Clawdius Unum (19):
RS!!1 ~ Crunched and pitted by Killobite 5.0 in round 1.
RS!!2 ~ Pitted the Paramagnetic LOX Box in round 1 despite being repeatedly attacked by tenth seed Killobite 5.0, then met and pitted Exertion in round 2. Met up with Killobite 5.0 for the third time in the heat final, and again fell victim to the weapon synergy of the less-successful crushing machine.
Overall Record ~ 2/2

Delirium Tremors:
RS!!1 ~ N/A
RS!!2 ~ N/A
Overall Record ~ 0/0

Leprosy Infection:
RS!!1 ~ N/A
RS!!2 ~ Teamed up on by second seeds Nidhogg and Under Pressure in round 1.
Overall Record ~ 0/1

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Steven McGregor
Booth Blue: Will Harrison, Christopher Mason

House Robot: Dead Metal

#5...
#4...
#3...
#2...
#1...
#SMASH!!

All three machines move off into the centre of the arena as the match gets underway, with the seeded robot heading towards the box shaped Leprosy Infection and rather easily sliding underneath the drum as it spins up, getting Chris stuck on the barbs for the crusher to come into play on the top of Leprosy, compressing the top armour slightly and pinning the machine in place. But Delirium Tremors refuses to be left out and moves in on the attack with the drum spinning, slamming into E Clawdius Unum and flipping it over, ripping off one of the srimech arms in the process!
The seeded robot is on its back with Leprosy Infection still in its grip, but thankfully for Steven it has landed on the side that still has a linear actuated arm and he uses it now to put the green wedge back onto its wheels, but it still holds onto Leprosy Infection, who is still pinned in place and Steven reverses into the pit release button. The siren wails and the pit descends, the green emperor heads towards the chasm again, but for the second time Delirium Tremors moves in and slams into E Clawdius Unum with the powerful drum, flipping over and attacking again to slam the seeded robot against the spike strip! Leprosy Infection is freed from Clawdius€™ grip and drives away, but Delirium Tremors drives in on the attack of the seed again, giving it some scars on the side panel and flipping against the spike strip!
Steven seems to be OK though and drives on the attack of Leprosy Infection again, but Chris dodges the front of E Clawdius Unum and slams into the side of the wedge shaped seed, flipping it over and then ramming the base plate to push the number #19 seed into the CPZ, where Dead Metal closes his claws around it and brings the useless saw into play on the base panel of Clawdius, doing no real damage but providing a pleasing shower of sparks for the audience. Dead Metal keeps his claws around the seed and drives over to the flame pit where he deposits the upturned robot and returns to his CPZ. Clawdius self-rights with the remaining arm and drives at Leprosy Infection again, this time getting caught by the drum, which bends up one of the front spears, but the seed drives on undeterred and gets underneath the other green machine, bringing the crusher into play on the wheels this time and biting down on the tyres as it gets up to the pit, dumping Leprosy Infection on the side before spinning and knocking the invertible box into the abyss with a puff of smoke to signal the end of the match!

CEASE!

Leprosy Infection is infected;
E Clawdius Unum (19) & Delirium Tremors move on to round 2!

*Holly walks up to Chris in the pits*
Holly: How do you feel about that battle?
Chris: Not too good.
Holly: That was a stupid question really, but you did get a good attack on Clawdius once.
Chris: Yeah, once I flipped him and pushed him into the CPZ. Dead Metal did the rest, but it did give him a few scratches I guess.
Holly: And you bent one of his front spears.
Chris: Yes, but sadly it didn€™t stop him getting under me with the other one.
Holly: Is it frustrating to come up against designs that counter your own, like crushers against your exposed wheels?
Chris: Definitely. Plus it€™s happened 2 series€™ running now, which is pretty annoying.
Holly: Thanks for competing.

Battleboard:
Nidhogg Evo (3) vs. Delirium Tremors
E Clawdius Unum (19) vs. Blast

JP: Don€™t go anywhere.
Henry: We€™ll be back after the break.

[kodster]

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Good fights there.

Nidhogg Evo (3) vs. Delirium Tremors

Good concept, but a little exposed wheelage. Nidhogg for the clamp and pit.

E Clawdius Unum (19) vs. Blast

Another clamp and pit, this time from Steve-O.

And in the battle of the seeds, I see the 19th seed performing an upset with...you guessed it: clamp and pit.

[paulc]

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AWESOME return to Robot SMASH!! Liam. This is why I voted you best new writer last year - the battles are simply awesome.
Now for tactics and predictions.

Nidhogg Evo (3) vs. Delirium Tremors
Looking at Delirium Tremors, it could be a match for any other robot, but the way the crusher of Nidhogg works, I believe Joey can get a clamp around the wheels, never let go, until theyre at the pit, and then DT will fall in, allowing Joey to advance.

E Clawdius Unum (19) vs. Blast
This is quite a bad match-up, but its by not means IMPOSSIBLE to win.
There are four advantages that I have over Clawdius:
1: Im lower to the ground than him, because in order for him to get the crusher to work, he needs to be tall, which makes him more unstable, and easier to get under than me, and easy to flip.
2: I have the 2 narrow, sharp spikes built into the flipper, making the flipper more able to get under things. So, in a head-on clash, I should come out on top.
3: Im not invertible like most of my other robots, which makes me better for facing crushers than Nitro-Gene. Although the top is 5mm Ti, it should cope fine unless he grabs me
4: Im faster than him, and can get away quite easily if he gets me into danger.

Tactics are to hit him in the side (although I may get under his front, he has 3 times my power, and could still push) As soon as I get under, flip him over, and because his self-righting is really slow, I can push him into the house robot, into the wall or just go for an OOTA. I favour either the OOTA or house robots

Good luck Steven :wink:

Good luck with these battles Liam.

[joey_picus]

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I was going to post some tactics but Paul made some good suggestions with his predictions so going for Delirium Tremors wheels is my main priority. Grapple and pit basically

Best of luck to Matty, and as ever great fights from Der Liameister.

[matty_haka]

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right, well I actually think that Ive got a pretty good chance here. The shape of the wheels are designed to make the bottom 2 very hard to get hold of, as theyre slippery and will find it easier to slip off wedges as its unlikely anything can trap 2. Nidhogg is also too short to be able to reach the top wheels whatsoever, so theres no chance of that. so basically, run around, and probably try and hit the rear. Why?

Well one its the furthest away from the crusher, so there should be no risk of hitting the front as the sides should be the only other thing well hit. Also 3.2mm hardox should be damageable by the drum pelting out that much force, and thirdly, its the angle that will take longest for it to fall to the ground and self right meaning we can attack the weak base plate and try and rip into the internals. If he ever ends up getting stuck on the drum, just drive fowards til he goes over and spin the drum up whilst getting round the back for the next battle.

Good luck Joey, this should be a close one

[samuel3764]

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Not to bump this thread or be rude, but is this being continued?

[swimm3r]

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Well technically you have bumped it now

Im really sorry for the delays, and I will try and get a mvoe on soon but Ive rally had no motivation to write

[steven_mcg]

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Whoops, really should slip in some tactics.

Guess theres not much to do against Blast but get round the sides with my superior control, scrape under the skirts, grapple and dump it ASAP. If Im very lucky, I might be able to coax the flipper open and crunch up the insides.

Ill also predict Nidhogg to blaze through to the Heat Final.

Gripping stuff, Liam (Pun entirely intended)!

[swimm3r]

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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 back to Robot SMASH!!
Henry: Before the (very long) break third seeds Nidhogg Evo got rid of Heliosa Xtreme with help from Blast.
JP: And ranked #19 E Clawdius Unum pitted Leprosy Infection to advance along with Delirium Tremors.
Henry: Now we have Nidhogg Evo facing off against Delirium Tremors.
JP: And E Clawdius Unum ready to battle Blast.
Henry: Only 2 can make the heat final.
JP: Will the heat final be clash of two seeded robots?
Henry: Or will round 2 wield a double shocker?
Harry Hill: There€™s only one way to find out...
Audience: FIGHT!

*Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby appear in the pits, where Will is working on Delirium Tremors in the background*
Fearne: So it€™s round 2 again.
Holly: Nidhogg is the third seed this series, down from number two last series.
Fearne: It has always lost to the eventual champion, Wedge Devolution in series 1 and PsycloniZer last series.
Holly: Delirium Tremors is a newcomer.
Fearne: The spinning drum is powerful, but the armour is weak and the drive is very slow.
Holly: It moves, but not fast.
Fearne: E Clawdius Unum is seeded nineteenth this series.
Holly: It has lost to Killobite 5.0 twice now.
Fearne: But can it beat Blast?
Holly: We€™ll find out after this next fight!

Battleboard:
Nidhogg Evo (3) vs. Delirium Tremors
E Clawdius Unum (19) vs. Blast

*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 round 2 match-up!
In the Red Corner, seeded number #3, Nidhogg Evo!
In the Blue Corner, Delirium Tremors!

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Joey McConnell
Booth Blue: Will Harrison

House Robot: Cassius Chrome

#5...
#4...
#3...
#2...
#1...
#SMASH!!

The match begins and Nidhogg immediately moves across the arena towards Delirium Tremors, which is spinning up the drum weapon as Nidhogg moves to meet it. Delirium Tremors tries to swerve away from the front of Nidhogg, but it€™s too slow and the wedge front of the seeded machine gets under the left wheel of Matty€™s full body drum, lifting and bringing the crusher into play, but DT slips off the lifter before the crusher gets in there and turns into the side of Nidhogg, bashing it with the drum and flicking it over rapidly! Will moves in for a second attack and knocks against Nidhogg again, this time hitting it when the drum is at a slower speed and rolling Nidhogg over, trying to rush in against the base panel to rip through the aluminium, but Joey is desperate to get away and does so quickly the moment a Nidhogg wheel touches the arena floor, turning around to meet the oncoming assault from Delirium Tremors.
However the 6 drill motors inside Delirium Tremors are not powerful enough to move the robot anywhere fast and even as it trundles towards Nidhogg the seed turns away and uses its superior speed to attack the side of the newcomer, this time succeeding in lifting one side of the drive off the floor and bringing the crusher into play, but the four wheels of Delirium Tremors still off the ground spin and Delirium spins away before Nidhogg€™s crusher gets in on those bottom wheels! Joey gnashes his teeth in frustration, but Delirium Tremors is on the attack again and he is forced to focus his concentration on reversing away from the spinning machine, just escaping with a slight bump from the drum which scratches the paintwork and does a little superficial damage, but has no real effect on the match.
And so Nidhogg Evo drives back in on the attack again, dodging the drum as it did before and lifting Delirium Tremors, this time pushing forward to pin Will€™s machine against the wall as he does so, and this stops the other set of wheels giving Delirium Tremors an easy get away as the crusher finally comes into play, sinking through the rear bottom wheel on the right and giving Nidhogg Evo a good hold on DT, so Joey reverses across the arena and hits the pit release button. The chasm descends, but the impact loosens Nidhogg€™s grip on his opponent and Delirium Tremors falls to the ground, and unluckily for Nidhogg it falls forwards and so the wheels being used changes, so that the damaged wheel is in the air and the working ones are on the ground! This means Delirium Tremor€™s manouevrability is not at all weakened by Nidhogg€™s attack, and Will goes on another onslaught, driving into the side of Nidhogg Evo and throwing it over onto its side, and this time he manages to catch the aluminium baseplate and rips a gash in it before ploughing again and slamming Nidhogg Evo against the barrier, driving in just to pin Joey against the spike strip as the drum finally grounds to halt after the series of influentially damaging hits on Nidhogg.
Will reverses away to spin up again, but Nidhogg doesn€™t seem to be moving anyway! Then we see now that the base is bent and ripped so badly that Nidhogg€™s wheels aren€™t touching the ground, so the match is over!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

CEASE!

Nidhogg Evo (3) is delirious;
Delirium Tremors advances!

*Fearne walks up to Joey in the pits*
Fearne: OMFG! OMFG! OMFG!
Joey: WTF?!!?!?!?
Fearne: OMFG! OMFG! OMFG!
Joey: WTH!?!?!?!??!
Fearne: OMFG! OMFG! OMFG!
Joey: ...
Fearne: Sorry I have to act completely out of character from time to time. OMFG! Nidhogg is out!
Joey: ... I did notice.
Fearne: Sorry I have to act completely out of character from time to time. What went wrong?
Joey: The base panel was just too weak, and Delirium Tremors has a very powerful spinning weapon that can also flip... Not a good combination.
Fearne: I see.
Joey: ...You do?
Fearne: Indeed.
Joey: Then you€™ve won pit reporter of the year... Your opponent was Carmen Electra, so don€™t get too big headed.
Fearne: What happened to Phillippa, Julia, Jayne, whoever else presented Battlebots, that blonde woman off Extreme Warriors II and the rest?
Joey: ...Liam, were you bored and completely devoid of any sensible conversation topics when writing this post match interview?
Liam: Yes, extremely.

Battleboard:
Nidhogg Evo (3) vs. Delirium Tremors
E Clawdius Unum (19) vs. Blast

*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 round 2 match-up!
In the Red Corner, seeded number #19, E Clawdius Unum!
In the Blue Corner, Blast!

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Steven McGregor
Booth Blue: Paul Cuomo

House Robot: Mr. Psycho

#5...
#4...
#3...
#2...
#1...
#SMASH!!

The match begins, with Clawdius zooming out of the starting square to meet Blast. Both try to dodge each other€™s wedged fronts with little success, Steven trying to manoeuvre around Blast again to get the spears underneath while Paul dodges Clawdius€™ onslaught to try and get the spikes on Blast€™s scoop underneath again.
The green wedge of Clawdius spins again though, this time bumping up the side of Blas and ramming in underneath with those magmotors in the drive going at full throttle, allowing Steven to wedge Blast and pin it against the spike strip as the hydraulic crusher comes into play, depressing the titanium top armour of Blast and hooking onto it before lifting the wheels off the ground and reversing back across the arena, proudly holding Blast aloft for all to see!
Paul panics and fires the flipper of Blast, but Clawdius€™ grip is strong and Steven reverses into the pit release button, hitting it just as Paul fires Blast€™s flipper again, and the simultaneous actions allow Blast to shake loose the seeded machine€™s grip, and Paul quickly darts away from the E Clawdius Unum, who follows quickly as Paul runs away across the arena.
Blast turns to meet Clawdius again though, and this time Blast gains the advantage, sliding the flipper in underneath the front of the rank #19 robot and firing it, sending E Clawdius Unum over onto its back with a snort of co2 and a driving in quickly to capitalise on the attack, ramming the upturned emperor across the arena and into the CPZ! Mr. Psycho brings the hammer down on Clawdius, who was self-righting halfway through the attack and is knocked back down onto its wheels, reversing out of the CPZ quickly and ramming into the side of Blast, but Paul turns quickly and gets underneath the side skirt of E Clawdius Unum this time, throwing it over with another flick from the flipper, the seeded robot landing noisily on its back, perhaps taking damage just from the power of these flips!
Still the newcomer isn€™t content though and as Steven self-rights using the linear actuated side arms Blast runs in underneath again, ramming Clawdius against the spike strip and firing the flipper, and in a huge shock Clawdius lands on the rails, toppling precariously for a moment before it falls over the edge and comes crashing down onto the camera tracks, where it lies broken, beaten and defeated, in a battle with a premature end.

CEASE!

E Clawdius Unum (19) is on the camera tracks;
Blast advances!

*Holly walks up to Steven in the pits*
Holly: This round has been a seed massacre!
Steven: It seems so, yes.
Holly: What went wrong in that round?
Steven: Nothing at first, I was in control and did some damage to the top armour of Blast, but it€™s a good machine and fought back strongly.
Holly: I thought you had it at the start, but that flipper is certainly a dangerous force to be reckoned with, wouldn€™t you agree?
Steven: Indeed, it€™s a very interesting setup, as instead of a bog-standard wedge it€™s a scoop with those two front spikes that could prove very potent in getting under the other robots.
Holly: Your front spears didn€™t seem to work against it.
Steven: They did, but every impact is different because of everything, where the arena is uneven or how fast the robots are going.
Holly: Who do you think will win the heat final, Delirium Tremors or Blast?
Steven: I honestly don€™t know, they€™re both impressive machines and I think it could go either way.
Holly: Thanks for competing.

Battleboard:
Delirium Tremors vs. Blast

JP: We€™ll return for the heat final.
Henry: Right after the break.

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BTW, 1st battles of ETC09 up tommorrow, since it's Easter Sunday

[joey_picus]

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I'm forgiving the fact that I lost because that interview was bloody brilliant Seriously, great fight and I'm glad I went out to such a good machine, especially compared to some others whose names I...read.

I'll go for Tremors to win in the final as well...well, I lost to it so I would :P but if the drum beat me then it'll take out Blast as well.

[samuel3764]

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@ the post game interview with Fearne and Joey. =P

I'll go for (insert robot name here) to win this one. It's a unique design, and its axlebot like shape might be a pest to Blast. So...

Heat B Winner: Delirium Tremors :P

Very good fights, there, I must say.

[kodster]

Re: SMASH!! Returns!!

Nidhogg was robbed But the interview more than made up for it, lmao

I'll go for the bot that robbed Nidhogg to win.

[andrewj]

Re: SMASH!! Returns!!

Here are Paul's tactics for Blast vs. Delirium Tremors:

Blast's tactics are to drive STRAIGHT INTO THE DRUM! Because my front is a scoop and not a flat wedge, it'll be perfect for stopping the drum, and once on the scoop, I just have to push him to the side and flip him out, because the drum contains a lot of weight, and it should work similar to WORCK vs. SHA2 in RS!!1
If that fails, open the drum and push him from the sides down the pit.

Nice stuff as always, Liam, well done.