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Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4
Four heats to go!
Heat M
Fight 1
Gehenna (
vs. Lime-y
From Shrewsbury in Shropshire, seeded number 8, Gehenna!
Plight of the wicked indeed! Front-hinged flipper coupled with a 10kg spinning blade in the rear means trouble for the opponents! Pretty much impervious to everything and has decent 2 wheel drivetrain, but may run out of flipping power. Previously called Son of Ripper, Andrew Jackson's veteran is back for a fourth shot!
C&B1: (as Son of Ripper 5.0) Flipped OOTA by Enter the May Tracks in Round 1.
C&B2: (as Son of Ripper 5.0) Did much better this time around, but met a gruesome end in Round 5 as eventual runner-up Tempest Evil-er-oution tore it to shreds.
C&B3: (as Son of Ripper X) [seeded 4th] Fell in Round 4 when Nitro-Gene 5.0 got him inverted, and later on got under the wedge part to catapult him from the arena.
From Patricia, Canada...Lime-y!
B damnit! Wait...err, never mind. The jolly green flipper can toss you about for an entire bout. 4WD, Hardox armour, and a pair of side skirts help accordingly, and 15mph top speed keeps it under control, but the length of weaponry looks a bit much coupled with a narrow attack area. Will it be juiced lime for Tracy Farber?
C&B1: Didn't compete.
C&B2: Didn't compete.
C&B3: Didn't compete.
Roboteers, stand by...
Count Bleck returns from his disappointing run in ARC...to resume his role as house robot! Get that flamethrower back in there...ah! Joining him is his fire-breathing partner Sgt. Bash!
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
So we have two robots trying immediately to get to the other's sides...and in this Gehenna is more successful! Under the skirts it goes (naughty boy! =O) and under the main body! Everybody is waiting for the flip, but Andy denies the audience by merely shoving Lime-y into Sgt. Bash's CPZ! The drill sergeant, or rather, flame sergeant, torches the lime green paintwork of the long flipper as its claw digs in, but not getting that great of a grip on Lime-y. Andy tries to hurriedly turn and whack Lime-y with the spinner before Lime-y can get away, but Lime-y escapes both of them and what ends up happening is Gehenna smacking Sgt. Bash with the rear! Hardly CRASH worthy, but it's sent Bash aside a bit. The sergeant chases Gehenna away with a howl of flame, then returns to his CPZ with a snort. Lime-y again tries to get to Gehenna's sides but the 2 wheel drive of Gehenna deftly evades that and sets Gehenna up itself! This time, however, the side skirt does foil Gehenna's attempts, and in doing so Lime-y spins around and gets under Gehenna's side! Tracy activates the flipper immediately, and the 8th seed is launched across the arena in a great gust of smoke from Lime-y! Gehenna bounces off its side and lands on its back, and as it self-rights, Lime-y gets back under and promptly launches it again! This toss however is terminal, and Gehenna crashes directly down onto its rear, again tipping over, inverted! It self-rights and gets away before Lime-y can take further advantage, and guns for the sides again. We're back to square one, it seems! Faking a sudden turn, Gehenna slides directly through the side skirt and up under Lime-y's side again, and this time it's to Count Bleck's CPZ that they go!
CRASH!!!
And the hit is massive! Lime-y is bashed away, losing its right side skirt entirely and sporting a small dent in that same side! The playing field tipped in Gehenna's favour now, it chases Lime-y down. It now easily outmanoeuvres the green launchbot and sends it into Sgt. Bash's CPZ, but its spinner seems to not be working. Sgt. Bash tries clamping onto Lime-y again while torching it, and is marginally more successful this time. It has a better grip, but cannot penetrate the armour. Gehenna moves off to open the pit while Lime-y seems rather helpess in the grasp of Sgt. Bash, and things look worse because Bash is headed for the arena spike! Pop, pop, pop...there goes the small grip Bash had, but Lime-y can't be feeling good after those spears to the belly! Even worse, Gehenna is back in the game! However, Tracy is determined not to let Gehenna get at Lime-y side, and so carefully moves Lime-y backward. Gehenna tries to swing around and then fake a turn, but then Lime-y moves forward completely. Andy, expecting nothing of the sort, tries driving off in a panic but the flipper of Lime-y is already activated...uh...FA-LIP!!! Gehenna is launched across the arena again, and lands hard on its side, and tips onto its back. Lime-y's there under it again and tosses it before it can self-right, and Gehenna nearly jumps the fence from the middle of the arena! Thankfully, however, he doesn't pull an Axe Awe and bounces off the edge and back in, on its wheels! Did all that buffeting and those impacts damage the internals, though? We'll have to wait and see! Gehenna moves...yes, a bit sluggishly now! Lime-y however can't get to its sides by itself, though, having had to rely on Gehenna's daring! This opens up an opportunity for the British veteran, and it hits the side of Lime-y, the side that still has a skirt, and tries to dig its way fully under! Lime-y simply backs up and in its haste Gehenna drives forwards past, exposing its side again! Lime-y is under immediately and just as immediately, it flips! Gehenna is airborne and again nearly is OOTAed, but crashes back off the railing and...onto its back! It self-rights, but Lime-y's there! There's another flip...and a third dream is shot to hell for Team ???, as Gehenna crashes disappointingly on the other side of the fence after a well-fought fight!
CEASE!
A touch of the wicked, perhaps? Gehenna undergoes eternal damnation for that performance!
Lime-y advances to Round 2!
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Next battle: The Crashing Bore 2 vs. M.O.R.D. 2
Four heats to go!
Heat M
Fight 1
Gehenna (
vs. Lime-yFrom Shrewsbury in Shropshire, seeded number 8, Gehenna!
Plight of the wicked indeed! Front-hinged flipper coupled with a 10kg spinning blade in the rear means trouble for the opponents! Pretty much impervious to everything and has decent 2 wheel drivetrain, but may run out of flipping power. Previously called Son of Ripper, Andrew Jackson's veteran is back for a fourth shot!
C&B1: (as Son of Ripper 5.0) Flipped OOTA by Enter the May Tracks in Round 1.
C&B2: (as Son of Ripper 5.0) Did much better this time around, but met a gruesome end in Round 5 as eventual runner-up Tempest Evil-er-oution tore it to shreds.
C&B3: (as Son of Ripper X) [seeded 4th] Fell in Round 4 when Nitro-Gene 5.0 got him inverted, and later on got under the wedge part to catapult him from the arena.
From Patricia, Canada...Lime-y!
B damnit! Wait...err, never mind. The jolly green flipper can toss you about for an entire bout. 4WD, Hardox armour, and a pair of side skirts help accordingly, and 15mph top speed keeps it under control, but the length of weaponry looks a bit much coupled with a narrow attack area. Will it be juiced lime for Tracy Farber?
C&B1: Didn't compete.
C&B2: Didn't compete.
C&B3: Didn't compete.
Roboteers, stand by...
Count Bleck returns from his disappointing run in ARC...to resume his role as house robot! Get that flamethrower back in there...ah! Joining him is his fire-breathing partner Sgt. Bash!
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
So we have two robots trying immediately to get to the other's sides...and in this Gehenna is more successful! Under the skirts it goes (naughty boy! =O) and under the main body! Everybody is waiting for the flip, but Andy denies the audience by merely shoving Lime-y into Sgt. Bash's CPZ! The drill sergeant, or rather, flame sergeant, torches the lime green paintwork of the long flipper as its claw digs in, but not getting that great of a grip on Lime-y. Andy tries to hurriedly turn and whack Lime-y with the spinner before Lime-y can get away, but Lime-y escapes both of them and what ends up happening is Gehenna smacking Sgt. Bash with the rear! Hardly CRASH worthy, but it's sent Bash aside a bit. The sergeant chases Gehenna away with a howl of flame, then returns to his CPZ with a snort. Lime-y again tries to get to Gehenna's sides but the 2 wheel drive of Gehenna deftly evades that and sets Gehenna up itself! This time, however, the side skirt does foil Gehenna's attempts, and in doing so Lime-y spins around and gets under Gehenna's side! Tracy activates the flipper immediately, and the 8th seed is launched across the arena in a great gust of smoke from Lime-y! Gehenna bounces off its side and lands on its back, and as it self-rights, Lime-y gets back under and promptly launches it again! This toss however is terminal, and Gehenna crashes directly down onto its rear, again tipping over, inverted! It self-rights and gets away before Lime-y can take further advantage, and guns for the sides again. We're back to square one, it seems! Faking a sudden turn, Gehenna slides directly through the side skirt and up under Lime-y's side again, and this time it's to Count Bleck's CPZ that they go!
CRASH!!!
And the hit is massive! Lime-y is bashed away, losing its right side skirt entirely and sporting a small dent in that same side! The playing field tipped in Gehenna's favour now, it chases Lime-y down. It now easily outmanoeuvres the green launchbot and sends it into Sgt. Bash's CPZ, but its spinner seems to not be working. Sgt. Bash tries clamping onto Lime-y again while torching it, and is marginally more successful this time. It has a better grip, but cannot penetrate the armour. Gehenna moves off to open the pit while Lime-y seems rather helpess in the grasp of Sgt. Bash, and things look worse because Bash is headed for the arena spike! Pop, pop, pop...there goes the small grip Bash had, but Lime-y can't be feeling good after those spears to the belly! Even worse, Gehenna is back in the game! However, Tracy is determined not to let Gehenna get at Lime-y side, and so carefully moves Lime-y backward. Gehenna tries to swing around and then fake a turn, but then Lime-y moves forward completely. Andy, expecting nothing of the sort, tries driving off in a panic but the flipper of Lime-y is already activated...uh...FA-LIP!!! Gehenna is launched across the arena again, and lands hard on its side, and tips onto its back. Lime-y's there under it again and tosses it before it can self-right, and Gehenna nearly jumps the fence from the middle of the arena! Thankfully, however, he doesn't pull an Axe Awe and bounces off the edge and back in, on its wheels! Did all that buffeting and those impacts damage the internals, though? We'll have to wait and see! Gehenna moves...yes, a bit sluggishly now! Lime-y however can't get to its sides by itself, though, having had to rely on Gehenna's daring! This opens up an opportunity for the British veteran, and it hits the side of Lime-y, the side that still has a skirt, and tries to dig its way fully under! Lime-y simply backs up and in its haste Gehenna drives forwards past, exposing its side again! Lime-y is under immediately and just as immediately, it flips! Gehenna is airborne and again nearly is OOTAed, but crashes back off the railing and...onto its back! It self-rights, but Lime-y's there! There's another flip...and a third dream is shot to hell for Team ???, as Gehenna crashes disappointingly on the other side of the fence after a well-fought fight!
CEASE!
A touch of the wicked, perhaps? Gehenna undergoes eternal damnation for that performance!
Lime-y advances to Round 2!
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Next battle: The Crashing Bore 2 vs. M.O.R.D. 2
Blasting towards one of the occupied CPZs, The Crashing Bore is underneath Shunt already, and lifts him over! Matilda is already halfway across the arena with the flywheel, but The Crashing Bore moves awa - AAAAAGH!
), which happily I already wrote the fights for. It would be nice to have them, though, so if anybody can get a hold of Richard that would be nice. 
Knowing nothing else for it, Orka simply has to charge head-on...that's just fine for Alex, for Dantu speeds towards him as well and we have our first big collision of the fight!
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