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Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4
Awesoime fights, and very nice renders - mind if I nick them for my official pics?
Awesoime fights, and very nice renders - mind if I nick them for my official pics?
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No problem Frank.
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Right, I'm back home, but even so this shall be resuming in a week or two. There are complications that have arisen so I won't be able to frequent this computer for a bit.
I will work on my other thing's line-ups instead.Comment
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*singing*
Mobile Failure vs
Dis-co 5~
It shouldn't be able to dance~
With no clearance~
It'll scrape on the floor if it moves at all~ 8D
And if it does move I'll still dance circles around
DIS-CO 5~
Because I'm FAAAASSSTTTTEEEERRRR~
*ahem*
Not driving onto it, of course. =D Axe as required!
And Axeing it is required!Comment
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*sirens blare*
Wooo-oooh Wooo-oooh Wooo-oooh
This is a subtle hint alert. This is a subtle hint alert.
*Neon sign lights up*Comment
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I'll get the next two fights up soon, I'm just focusing more on the mini-tourney for now. :PComment
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After over two months of no fights, I'm back, as promised! Here we go!
Series Semi-Final 1, Round 2
Fight 1
Sheer Heart Attack 2 (14) vs. Orka RV (6)
Roboteers, stand by...
House robots...Dead Metal with the pincers and sawblade, and King Leer with the pounding crescents and immense pushing power!
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Orka is off to the races, it seems, and Sheer Heart Attack barely has time to act, but act he does! ...by backing up! The robots meet, but Orka can't even wedge him and the drum starts to eat away at the front of Orka, scratching at the flipper and surrounding wedges! Scratching is really all that the drum is doing, though, and Martijn knows that if he wants to cause some good damage, he'll need to get around Orka's angled front! The problem is, Orka isn't having any of it and, enduring all the sparks, manages to get the former champ to the arena wall! Orka immediately fires its pneumatic flipper, but it caught the drum too late and Sheer Heart Attack is merely thrown terminal, not out of the arena! But though Sheer Heart Attack comes straight down on Orka, the drum isn't spinning...so neither are really able to take control of the situation. Obviously, to Martijn, the ideal thing would be to drive off to get the drum spinning again, but with a hungry Orka RV heading for the pit release, he'd better do it quickly! And he does so, reversing straight off the back of the higher-seeded machine and spinning the drum up again. But Mr. Mason definitely has his sights set on opening that pit, and there's no way for Sheer Heart Attack to hinder him now! With an unrelenting sweep, Orka jets into the button and at the same time comically thrusts it off the wall with its flipper, sending it flying out of the arena! That was a crowd pleaser, no doubt, but Orka has to win if he wants that first spot in the Grand Final! Chris turns his machine around and with a icy jolt sees the tracked drumbot bearing down on Orka! He's not far enough away for a built-up ram into Martijn's machine, but he's too close to the wall...AND Sheer Heart Attack as well! Knowing nothing else to do, Orka drives straight into Sheer Heart Attack and this time pays dearly for it! Sparks fly and so does Orka - 180 degrees and 5 feet away, to be precise! Not to mention there is a severe lack of quality in the flipper now, a number of tears in it showing that all too well! Such a hit, however, has indeed stopped the former champion's drum, and now Orka burns the gears in reverse, preventing any further Dutch progress by slamming into Sheer Heart Attack's stalled drum and...is not winning the pushing duel? Alas, not a good sign, for Sheer Heart Attack's drivetrain outdoes Orka's even without the tracks! Martijn's quite happy about this and now pushes Orka back towards Dead Metal's CPZ! Chris isn't game for being operated on my two robots and fires the flipper on Orka, sending Orka flying overtop of Sheer Heart Attack...almost! He landed directly on the wedges! And there's little else Chris can do now; the pit he opened is nearby, and...wait...not directly on the wedges...Orka is partially on top of the tracks of Sheer Heart Attack. And Sheer Heart Attack moves backward...and the motion of the tracks throws Orka off them, partially onto the wedges, and he has mobility on the ground now! He manages to turn just enough to get out of line of the pit, but it's a near thing - Sheer Heart Attack has him on the edge! ...but Orka proves the swifter! He just manages to get off the edge of the pit!!! Not only that, but he's found a path to Sheer Heart Attack's sides, and now it's the Dutch machine in peril as Orka tries to get it down the pit! But seemingly less peril; as stated, Martijn has more power in his machine and before Orka can even flip and push Sheer Heart Attack backs away, and out of danger - Orka's flip comes too late and he nearly throws himself over! This phenomenon has the Dutch machine turn around and solidly strike Orka in the side with its powerful drum!
Overturned, Orka lands on the pit edge!!! Martijn follows through with the hit as quick as he can, but not quick enough! Orka backs out of danger again, and Sheer Heart Attack nearly pits ITSELF! Both robots are toying with the grim reaper, here! But who will dance the dance of death first?! Orka self-rights, but he's back near the wall and there's miniscule breathing room available for him, not to mention a drum-bearing Dutch machine is coming straight at him! With another great CRASH, Sheer Heart Attack buries that damned drum into the side of Orka, not only tossing it over but denting the side up very badly! Before Orka even lands, however, the drum is spinning again, and Martijn presses the assault, flicking Orka up, who falls back onto the drum! Martijn can't quite seem to turn and pit his nemesis, however, and so shoves Orka into the nearby CPZ! Orka tries throwing himself off, but only achieves throwing himself against the wall! ...this looks suspect! Is Orka stacked against the wall?! Is he?! Hmm! King Leer comes into the CPZ, though; remember, the house robots can attack you in a CPZ, regardless if you're in an immobilized position or not! And King Leer shoves into Orka, bringing down the crescents on Orka's undamaged side! They are really made for internal pounding, to be honest, as Orka is barely receiving a scratch from that, but could face problems driving around from here on out! Dead Metal makes his way in as well, as the Crash & Burn 2 champ backs out of the house robots' fun time! King Leer is done and Dead Metal takes over, taking Orka off the wall and sawing down on the front flipper of Orka, who still remains on its side! But the flipper seems far more durable now than it was against Sheer Heart Attack's drum; the scars from the drum are still there, but the sawblade (while creating the sparks of ooooooh and ahhhhhhh fame) doesn't seem to be adding to them! Deciding that he's done for now as well, Dead Metal returns to his CPZ. Orka fires the flipper again and...he slowly tips back onto his wheels, no wall to impede him! Hang on...I see Orka's right side wheel set moving, but the left isn't - OHH!!! Sheer Heart Attack has capitalized again with another major SLAM with the drum against the side of Orka, and it is further dented up, with nice slashes to boot! And I think that the side has been dented too much; it's intercepted the mobility of Orka's left side! Therein lies the problem, but it's no longer exposed to Martijn, as Orka was tossed by that last blow as well! Orka self-rights once more, but by this time Sheer Heart Attack has spun up its drum an umpteenth time and brings it to bear on Orka's undamaged side, and now makes it quite damaged!!! More massive dents in the titanium armour are delved, and a high-profile toss pinions Orka against the wall again! This time it is with the flipper against the wall, so Orka tosses itself away from it...and back into the former champion's drum!!! More carnage from the 14th seed as Orka is forced back into the wall, but once again self-rights and is back on its wheels before Sheer Heart Attack can rev its drum back up again...but the same problem with the left side of its mobility is now mirrored! The right side armour has been pushed in too much, intercepting the wheels! It's moving...but barely! Martijn isn't letting up for anyone, though, and another drum blow a few seconds later sends Orka back into the wall, the right side now sporting a vast amount of slashes! It waits for Orka to toss itself off the wall, and then moves in again with another climactic CRASH, ripping away the rest of the right side armour as if it were paper and tearing into the chassis now! Orka doesn't seem to be moving its wheels at all, but the flipper is still working...and it shoves Orka off the wall. But I think the ghost has been given up here...the 6th seed is truly immobilized! Sheer Heart Attack is really on top of its game again, and it parades to the center of the arena to twirl about and celebrate its return to the Grand Final as The Watcher counts down the Crash & Burn 1 bronze medallist!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
CEASE!
It's back to SeaWorld for Orka RV, as the 6th seed is anchors aweigh...way WAY down under!
SHEER HEART ATTACK 2 (14) ADVANCES TO THE GRAND FINAL!!!
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Next battle: Ge5orce (4) vs. Achilles (2)Comment
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It's time to finish up the first Semi-Final!
Fight 2
Ge5orce (4) vs. Achilles (2)
Achilles will be using the hydraulics set-up today.
Roboteers, stand by...
Sgt. Bash would like to say hello...hopefully the pincer and flamethrower have their say here...and there's Matilda as well!
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A blazing Achilles is the first to move out of his spot, and Ge5orce BARELY manages to avoid the initial charge, Achilles bumping right into the wheelpod's rear end from the side! Ge5orce more manoeuvrable drive, however, manages to see it spin around quickly and get to Achilles' side, but unfortunately not under - the skirts are in the way and he can't get the wedge past without struggling, and by the time Andy drives even further forward, Achilles has backed away! But it's now charged into Ge5orce's side before the latter can spin about, and lifted it up off the ground wholly! Alex has the arena wall in his sights for a grand slam! Thinking fast, Andy fires the flipper to shake himself loose, and this manages to propel him off the lifter, landing on the other side of the runner-up! Achilles swiftly turns though, but not quick enough to take advantage of the situation because Ge5orce has backed out of trouble, but is heading back into it, gunning for Achilles' side! Thanks to his robot's manoeuvrability, Andy actually manages to get to it easily, and this time the flipper manages to get underneath the skirt! With more driving under, Ge5orce gets under the main body before Achilles can sneak away, and - whoa! Achilles almost managed to drive off the flipper, but Ge5orce followed up closely and got far under him from the rear! He's heading for the arena wall!! And Ge5orce heaves Achilles through the air with a hefty throw...!!!
AND OUT GOES ACHILLES!!! Straight over the fence and gone!!! Andrew Jackson returns to the Grand Final for the first time since the series began! Not one to rain on someone's parade, Alex Holt simply applauds Andy's victory as Ge5orce in the arena below (possibly drunk with joy?) tosses itself over...again and again!
CEASE!
Achilles got a good right heel stomping! The C&B3 runner-up staggers all the way back to Greece!
GE5ORCE (4) ADVANCES TO THE GRAND FINAL!!!
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Next up
Lightweight Semi-Final 2
Sergeant Slaughter vs. Minilith
And later
Series Semi-Final 2
Under Pressure (9) vs. Gabriel IV
Wedge Devolution (10) vs. Black Panther
Ringwraith vs. The Crashing Bore 2
Mobile Failure vs. Disco 5 (1)Comment
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Under Pressure (9) vs. Gabriel IV
(before diving into tactics... WOOT I WON! good stuff Kody)
... OK...
Gabriel IV, he has skirts, but my claws do scrape along the ground... I can penetrate those, but even if NOT, well, if not the claws will slide up the skirts, and close down upon Gabriel's body! maybe the hinges of Gabriel that bulk out ever so slightly will be a good holding on point for Under Pressure, but even if not, I will crush him down, hold him, and... pit him!
If he inverts me, well, then I have no chance to get under at all, but I can STILL crush and pit!Comment
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Who gets to fight Ground Zero in the Lightweight Final? Let's find out!
Lightweight Semi-Final 2
Sergeant Slaughter vs. Minilith
Roboteers, stand by...
Guest. house robots. Macduff is a house robot. Killobite is a house robot. Take them on at your own risk. :wink:
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Having humiliated the spinners in his melee, Andy guns straight at Liam's machine, but...the crushing machine prevails! Minilith drives right up the wedge and its extending blade meets the lower part of the crushing arm, which is quickly sinking down and, before Minilith can undo its charge, has touched down on the top armour! Sgt. Slaughter has a firm grip on its nemesis, but the pit isn't open yet! Rather than open it himself, Liam decides to have fun with the arena saws, and brings Minilith over them! BZZT! They slice the side, but apparently can do little but scratch the 4mm Hardox! But what can, though, is Sgt. Slaughter's beak itself, which has finally penetrated that tough armour and goes slowly in...but not too deep. What a powerful weapon! More saw abuse happens, and finally a cut is seen in the side of Minilith, very minor but still visible. But you can't have such an embrace going for too long, as The Watcher moves in to remind Liam. But he 'accidentally' shoves both of them onto the saws, which pop up and send them both flying across the arena! Sgt. Slaughter lands on its back...and then its side! And Minilith is trapped there! What on earth has the referee done!? Well, both robots can't move like that...in fact, neither robot can move at all! There seems to be a problem with Sgt. Slaughter, as it should be able to self-right from that position, but can't! Oh dear! Both robots still have their wheels spinning, though...but unfortunately we cannot let the house robots interfere, so we will have to go to a judges decision!
CEASE!
(guest judges decision was submitted by Joey McConnell)
Sgt. Slaughter - Minilith
Strategy = 4/5 - 1/5
Style = 6/10 - 4/10
Control = 8/15 - 7/15
Aggression = 14/20 - 6/20
Damage = 10/25 - 15/25
TOTAL = 42/75 - 33/75
Minilith loses its 'lith'e and a lot more besides!
Sergeant Slaughter advances to the Lightweight Final!
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Next battle: Under Pressure (9) vs. Gabriel IVComment
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Oh, yes, tactics XD those would help...
My tactics are to exploit the fact that Under PRessure can't grab me unless it goes pretty much straight on to the front point, as its claws are liable to just slide up the sides otherwise. What I intend on doing is not letting it get head to head, and focusing on scooping it up on to one of the sides in a side to side attack, before then getting it in the pit or out of the arena ASAP.
Good luck Marti
and some w00ty fights there Kody. (and in case anyone was wondering, Minilith won the damage category on the grounds that Sgt. Slaughter's entire crusher system broke while Minilith was perfectly working, cosmetic damage aside)
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GoOd LuCk Joey!Comment
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Right, the second set of Semi-Final match is going to start NOW!!!
Series Semi-Final 2
Eliminator 1
Under Pressure (9) vs. Gabriel IV
Roboteers, stand by...
In for the house robots we have Renegade and Damocles.
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The higher speed of Gabriel IV sees it have the quicker start, but as it tries to implement its tactics of finding Under Pressure's sides and rear, it finds the quirky crusher more than it bargained for already! Joey moves around the claws...but finds Under Pressure still facing his robot! It seems the Dutch machine can turn quite fast! But as the 9th seed cuts Gabriel off from another turn and closes in, Martijn has a big problem of his own! Under Pressure has instantly rode up the side skirt of Gabriel and onto the angular side, completely unable to get under it!! Of course, since Martijn activated the claws, this doesn't mean Gabriel is much better off, it can only push Under Pressure in a circle! Eventually Martijn has to let go and that's when Gabriel makes its move, getting directly under the front of Under Pressure and the front-hinged flipper greedily activates, toppling Under Pressure over onto its back! It seems the battle is now under Gabriel's total control and 30 seconds haven't even passed yet! Martijn has a go at Gabriel again, but the claws are completely ineffective now, sliding off the side of Gabriel and closing upon air! A smirking Joey pushes Under Pressure straight into Damocles' CPZ!
CRASH!!!
And the rear of Under Pressure takes one hell of a beating!! Both rear panels protecting the ram have been ripped straight off and Under Pressure goes catapulting off of Gabriel across the arena with several slashes into its rear, but unfortunately not landing right-side-up! Joey decides to nip this in the bud right now and starts to back his machine towards the pit release button! But Under Pressure is right after him, and as Gabriel hits the button, the 9th seed manages to...slide onto the front of Gabriel neatly, and then fall off to the side of it. Gabriel swings around and gets back under, then shoves him back into Damocles, and the resulting pummelling has the rear torn up more, and additional hits are given to the now exposed ram! But at long last it finally turns Under Pressure the right way up and over top of Gabriel! Both robots spin about, but Gabriel sticks its nose into the side of Under Pressure's claw, and gets under. The rounded edge of Under Pressure, and the weight distribution means Under Pressure tilts onto its damaged rear, but Gabriel is right in here and now shoves Under Pressure towards the pit! Under Pressure however grabs a hold of Gabriel, its claws sneaking around to the rear...and then tilt up as Under Pressure is fully wedged! It begins to slide off but Gabriel activates the flipper in the nick of time and Under Pressure bounces away...and is on the edge of the pit!! Martijn tries to move back but with one wheel over the gangway it's not going to happen, and a slight nudge from Gabriel IV is all that's needed to send the 9th seed plunging into the depths below!
CEASE!
Under Pressure couldn't take the pressure and found itself under...6ft, to be precise!
Gabriel IV advances to the next round!
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Next battle: Wedge Devolution (10) vs. Black PantherComment
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Well due to some discussion, I will get a fight over with right now, and it won't be Wedge Devo vs. Black Panther...
Eliminator 2
Mobile Failure vs. Disco 5 (1)
Roboteers, stand by...
House robots are Shunt and Asterix Anarchius.
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Off they go...apparently Disco 5 has a bit of a slower start, but in comes Mobile Failure quickly, and squarely striking the tip of the flipper! A large dent is made in it, but nothing more, I'm afraid. Mobile Failure backs off before Disco 5 can get under and flip...wait a second...hold on, our champion isn't moving? What is this? Mobile Failure now moves back in, but cautiously, afraid Disco 5 will come back to life...but it doesn't! The disc is spinning, though - POP! There goes the flipper, too! But the drive is suddenly gone?! Now Mobile Failure moves further in and lands blow after shattering blow as The Watcher also moves in...how could this happen to the champion?! Large-scale dents now plague Disco's flipper as our referee nudges Disco a bit to make sure it's actually dead...and then starts to count it out!!!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
And amazingly, that's it! The champion is gone and so is his crown...Tracy backs off now as - WHAM! Asterix rampages in, and the hit hammers Disco in the side! Disco bounces a bit, but the skirts prevented Asterix from getting underneath! Nonetheless, Shunt comes forth now, and both he and Asterix shove the now ex-champ towards the floor flipper, Shunt raining axe blows as he helps but not doing much in the way of damage. Eventually Disco 5 reaches its destination, the floor flipper activates, and sends Disco 5 onto its back - hey! The wheels ARE still spinning!! Wh...what is this?! Not to mention the flipper pops up and self-rights Disco 5! ...but he's not moving even now! Well, regardless, Disco 5 is out, as Mobile Failure reverses into the pit release, and Shunt shoves the Forsyth creation towards the hole, and finally into it!
CEASE!
King of the Dance Floor? Stuck to it, more like! Disco 5 moonwalks all the way back to Kelvedon!
Mobile Failure advances to the next round!
(after, it was learned that Disco 5's ground clearances at the front and rear were 0, with no skirting. So the first hit from Mobile Failure buckled the baseplate enough to pin it to the floor!)
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Next up
The Series Semi-Final 2 continues
Wedge Devolution (10) vs. Black Panther
Ringwraith vs. The Crashing Bore 2
And later
Middleweight Semi-Final 2
The Unnamed Feeling vs. HeroinComment
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Eliminator 3
Wedge Devo (10) vs. Black Panther
Roboteers, stand by...
In for the house robots we have Matilda with the tusks and the flywheel, and joining her is Dead Metal with the pincers and sawblade, but what a grudge match we have here today...!!
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And here we go...as both robots fly straight at each other...Wedge Devo going ever-so-slightly off course and dodging the lifter entirely! This has Black Panther travel partway up the wedge, hit the decorative siren (and smashing it off in the process ) and bounce off to the side! Given a perfect shot, Black Panther lets fly with a supermassive black shot on Wedge Devo's top armour...only to find the slippery wedge not there and its punishing blow hitting arena floor! A quick j-turn saw Wedge Devo immediately escape the danger and thrust itself into Black Panther's side, and an expulsion of CO2 later sees the DoomForAll machine tossed end over end in mid-air, landing directly on the side edge and unbalancing onto its back! But just as suddenly, another fresh burst of CO2 from Black Panther's axe sends the panther catapulting back onto its wheels! It didn't count of Wedge Devolution pursuing it as it landed, however, and the Scottish wedge slides straight back under the front (avoiding the lifter again) of Mr. Holt's hammerer and tosses it across the arena! Black Panther bounces end over end off the floor, and eventually into the clutches of Dead Metal! Grappling the panther securely before it can drive away, the silver scorpion's deadly sawblade revs right up and plunges into the 25mm HDPE rear...although the sawblade doesn't quite get through, there is a massive slice in it! And then the sawblade does get through, the 2nd time is the charm as Dead Metal completely slices through the 2.5cm thick plastic and possibly damaging the innards! Black Panther could have dragged Dead Metal out, possibly, but the evacuation of the CPZ is dashed away quickly as Wedge Devo sweeps under the 180 degree wedge of the panther and simply holds him there, rather than flipping! Dead Metal has another go, and indeed this go 'goes' deeper than before, as Dead Metal's sawblade gets really deep into the body of Black Panther...Alex hopefully believes this is superficial though! But as Dead Metal's claws retract, and as does the saw, Steve is trigger-ready and trigger-happy as the rear-hinged flipper makes another successful turnover, throwing Black Panther into the corner of the CPZ, inverted! But to Steve's slight chagrin, Dead Metal leaves the CPZ and heads for another, satisfied with the carnage he inflicted thus far. Nonchalant, Wedge Devo moves in as Black Panther attempts to self-right, but throws itself onto the wall! Steve keeps his distance, not wanting to get hit by the axe at all...which is rather strange considering the axe hasn't been retracted yet! Alex retracts the axe and this bounces Black Panther off the wall...and onto the incoming flipper of Wedge Devo! Another great thrust of the flipper...and...
...that's that! Once an Heir, the Black Panther has now been tossed from the floor and out of the arena! A real one-sider tonight as Black Panther never really got going at all and ends the match on the arena camera tracks, while the 10th seed progresses ever further!
CEASE!
Black Panther soared, but the feline didn't quite land on its feet this time!
Wedge Devolution (10) advances to the next round!!
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Next battle: Ringwraith vs. The Crashing BoreComment
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