The Crash & Burn Tournament 4

[kodster]

Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4

Fight 2
Shovearound 2.5 vs. Gabriel V

From Oswego in the USA...Shovearound 2.5!
Missed the last Wars, but back for a third shot. Hasn't changed much, with Hardox armour, electric-powered lifting forks, and a very powerful 4WD. Basically a powerful compact, skirted box, but the said skirts don't seem too great inverted though.

C&B1: (as Shovearound 2) Destroyed by Warrior SKF in its Heat Final.
C&B2: (as Shovearound 2, seeded 16th) Flipped out early by Knightrous Wedge in a Round 1 shocker exit.
C&B3: Didn't compete.

From Pontefract...Gabriel V!
Now HERE'S something different...a triangular pyramid with a front hinged flipper. Has a front nose cone for getting in underneath opponents (with two spikes to serve as thwackers) and two large ears to stop robots driving over it. Also has Hardox armour, C40-300 MagMotors, and removable skirts under the ears, but control may be an issue.

C&B1: Didn't compete.
C&B2: Didn't compete.
C&B3: Didn't compete.

Roboteers, stand by...

House robots? Well Growler's here. And Count Bleck's here too! They're here...to make your life a living hell!

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And the robots charge straight at each other, what a surprise. What is surprising is Gabriel V getting under straight away and tossing Shovearound onto its back! Oh dear! Not a good start for a former Heat Finalist! Shovearound is now scurrying away with its more powerful drive and Gabriel is right after it! Shovearound hits the pit release button...how predictable. And Gabriel gets underneath from behind and slams it into the wall! Another flip and Shovearound is smushed against the wall! He falls back down after a little bit but is still inverted! Gabriel won't leave it alone and rams it again, getting underneath those skirts and tossing it against the wall again...Shovearound goes along the wall and into an empty CPZ! Growler zooms out! He...goes up the forks and into the corner? Growler, you funny little dog, you! Now we have Growler stuck on top of Shovearound and Gabriel backing away from the scene, wondering what to do! Shovearound can't exactly move because there's too much pressure on the wheels, not to mention Growler could be directly jamming a wheel with his body. Whatever the case The Watcher comes down and shunts Shovearound. No movement...The Watcher can't really count Shovearound out because this is the house robot's fault, so The Watcher tries to lift Growler. ...no luck, I'm afr - HAHA! The Watcher overbalances and falls on his face!! Oh dear! Hey now, what are you doing, sir?! Gabriel is shunting the ref...pushes him into Growler...um, no that's not going to work, Joey...Count Bleck is starting to come over now...Gabriel gets the message and flies outta there, but Count Bleck comes for him! Maybe it's because you attacked the ref, Joey! Whatever the case, Gabriel now drives around the arena trying to avoid the house robot...

CEASE!

And there it is, we have to pause the match because three robots are stuck...dear oh dear, come on, get off of Shovearound, you fat mongrel! At last, there we are. And The Watcher is re-righted. Thank you, reliable crewbots. Now, then, shall we resume?

ACTIVATE!

Count Bleck returns to his CPZ as Shovearound drives straight at Gabriel...oho! Shovearound actually gets under Gabriel this time! They're going for one of the CPZs! Here comes Growler again! WHAM!!! Ooh, Gabriel's ear! It's nearly caved in! What a massive smash! And now Shovearound tries lifting Gabriel over...not in such a position, my friend! Growler shoo's them out of the CPZ, and Gabriel gets away. Now rather cautious, Gabriel tries going after the sides. He doesn't quite achieve this and Shovearound gets under Gabriel's side! There's the lift, and there's a ram towards one of the discs of death!

CRASH!

Gabriel takes it on the other ear, which is gashed up now! Not to mention he gets spun away from that solid smash! Shovearound is right after him, now seemingly in control, but no! Gabriel turns and gets under the forks again! He pushes Shovearound...onto the arena saws...BZZT! Ooh, Gabriel gets a bit of a nick there, watch out. Gabriel goes for the wall...let's see if he can do it! NO! Shovearound is only flung into the wall, not high enough Joey! Shovearound however falls back onto Gabriel and now Gabriel has more leverage...there it is!! Shovearound is out of the arena! Score one o'er-the-fence for the front-hinged flipper!

CEASE!

You know it's a bad day when the other robot lives up to Shovearound's name, Tony!
Gabriel V advances to Round 2!

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Next up
Antweight Semi-Finals, Fight 1
MicroForce 3.0 vs. Bobcat

And later
Heat K Final
Symmetry vs. Gabriel V

[kodster]

Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4

And before I run out of steam, let's kick off Round 2 of the otherweights!

Antweight Semi-Final 1
MicroForce 3.0 vs. Bobcat

Roboteers, stand by.

Back to the antweight arena for this one, then.

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Bobcat circles MicroForce who just charges out. Neither come into contact with each other, but MicroForce hits the wall. Bobcat charges as well and...misses. MicroForce turns and shoves Bobcat into the corner and holds him there...for 30 seconds! How rare. Eventually MicroForce has to let go of him and...Bobcat goes after him. Bobcat actually gets to the side this time and tries to clamp MicroForce but Andy drives his antweight away quickly. Bobcat is after it but MicroForce turns...to see Bobcat go right by it! This actually favours Joey since now he can get close enough for a side clamp and does so! The crusher lowers, and...doesn't go very deep, but it's a grip on MicroForce nonetheless! MicroForce doesn't have any wheels on the ground now and Andy can only watch as Bobcat makes its way to the arena drop-out area/pit (slowly, though, Bobcat has to manoeuvre to get himself perpendicular to the edge of the pit) and drops...or tries to drop MicroForce in, but can't? The crusher won't raise? What's going on? Knowing nothing better to do, Bobcat just drives in, MicroForce shunted ahead first.

Cease!

MicroForce 3.0 becomes MediocreForce! The itty-bitty rambot is 'force'd out of the running!
Bobcat advances to the Antweight Final!

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Next battle: Symmetry vs. Gabriel V

[joey_picus]

Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4

A pair of most q00ty fights there (...yes...q00ty, it's one step up from w00ty and not a typo at all, hehe :P) and I don't just say that because I won either.

Tactics here...I shall leave the skirts off since they're not much use anyway against spinners, and try to manipulate Leo's machine into the house robots and/or the pit. I'll avoid the weapon where possible since both discs look quite dangerous, although I think the angled shape of Gabriel will reduce their impact a bit.
I should be able to outlast it if it comes down to attrition.

Best of luck Leo

[Guest]

Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4

Gabriel to go through via a pitting or a JD methinks. Should be a close one though :|

Great fights Kody

[kodster]

Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4

Ta, guys. Let's keep Fanfic busy, shall we?

Heat K Final
Symmetry vs. Gabriel V

Roboteers, stand by...

In the arena...for the house robots, we have...Dead Metal, with the pincers and the saw...and alongside him...Cassius Chrome...one-two, one-two, one-two...punch, that is.

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Gabriel is away...towards the pit release! Symmetry stays where it is, simply waiting for Gabriel to make its move. Apparently surprised Leo didn't follow him, Joey directs his machine now to attack Symmetry, and he...changes tactics again? He hides behind the arena saws. Symmetry...doesn't move? Um...The Watcher is indeed curious, he nudges Symmetry to make sure it's worki -

CRASH!

And THAT is what you get for your curiosity, ref! A nick on the front wedge! It's turned Symmetry aside slightly but hasn't stopped the bottom disc entirely, and it's back at full speed now. Gabriel hasn't tried to take advantage of this, it looks rather pensive...okay, Symmetry is actually moving now. Backwards? What are you trying to do...lure him in? Come into my parlour said the spider to the fly, after all...I don't exactly think this is the greatest fight we've seen yet, but we're only half a minute in. Gabriel suddenly rushes out behind the saws! Symmetry is on the move...oh for Pete's sake! Gabriel has put itself behind another pair of arena saws. Symmetry backs away, they're being very careful about this, this is a very tactical match...although you'd think Gabriel can withstand some shots from those discs with its Hardox shell...Gabriel is in pursuit now...oh hey! Symmetry is close now! Can Gabriel get away in time?

CRASH!!!

I think not! A nice hit on one of the spikes on the nose cone, but...really, no damage! And NOW Gabriel moves in, now he wedges Symmetry, and NOW the house robots can feast! Gabriel dumps Symmetry into Dead Metal's waiting grip, the sparks fly...oh dear. Cassius...hehehe...Chrome, oh dear. Do those fists do anything but move its prey backwards? I'm not too sure...what we are sure about however is that Gabriel is in control of this match...or is he? Dead Metal may have a grip on Symmetry but it's only from behind and the discs are spinning at full tilt! And...Cassius Chrome isn't afraid! Would you be?

CRASH!

I would! I really would! Look at the damage to Cassius Chrome! It's nearly sheared the scoop off! Look at that, a beautiful hit directly on the edge of the scoop...it's only as strong as what supports it, as we all know! And Cassius Chrome knows he is in deep trouble! Here's Gabriel underneath the house robot! He's turned turtle! Ganging up the house robots again, we will remember this! And Dead Metal will certainly remember this, he's let go of Symmetry, he's after Gabriel V! I don't think Joey is daunted by the silver scorpion, though! HEY! What's this!? Symmetry attacking Dead Metal from the rear? Not the best hit but quite a provocation! Symmetry is pushing into Dead Metal who's tried to turn around and retaliate...and here's quite an attack from Gabriel V! Right underneath the side of Dead Metal, it's balanced on there by Symmetry on the other end, up goes the flipper! Dead Metal is flipped! And the house robots, again, have been totally humiliated...Dead Metal closes and retracts his pincers pathetically...oh, and hey! Gabriel is right back into the actual fight! It's wedged Symmetry, and it's brought it to the arena wall! One flip later and Symmetry is on its rear end! No 'over the fence' for you, Leo! But that may not matter because I don't see any way Symmetry can get out of this! And...hehehe...this was great fun, oh, it still is. Gabriel is pushing Cassius Chrome across the arena...towards the pit. The Watcher just...ignores this sight...hehehe...over he goes to count out Symmetry! Gabriel's won!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

CEASE!

Symmetry's plans for total arena domination turn aysmmetrical! Houden aangepast voor de volgende keer, Leo!
Gabriel V advances to the Series Semi-Finals!!

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Next time on C&B4
Seasoned veterans Wedge Devolution (10) and The Deer fight it out to show the newbies how it's really done in the warzone!
Monsoon Season prepares itself for a downpour as the Next Stop is Jupiter!
And our featherweights scrap in Round 2; can Innis cook up a mirage enough to fool ye olde Rolling Pin FTW?

[joey_picus]

Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4

w00t, good fight Kody and sorry Leo

I'll go for the Wedge and the Monsoon to win, as for the feathers...not sure ;P

[steven_mcg]

Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4

What wootiness, Kody!

The Deer's claws are perfect for my flipper to play with. Get underneath 'em and flip it all over the place. Go for the OOTA or, if things get hairy, go passive for the pitting.

I'll get Rolling Pin FTW's tactics up closer to the fight.

[kodster]

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Excellent! That means we can begin the twelfth heat!

Heat L
Fight 1
Wedge Devolution (10) vs. The Deer

From Glasgow, Scotland, seeded number 10...Wedge Devolution!
It is your basic wedge...or is it? 4th time competing, it has Hardox armour, skirts at the sides and rear, above-average drivetrain which is good, a powerful rear-hinged flipper with frontal scoop, so a good all-rounder here. Last time it had its best run of the entire competition, can it go all the way here?

C&B1: Shocked out in Round 2 when, after flipping over the house robots, Terrorhurtz managed to outlast it and beat it in a judges decision.
C&B2: Went a step further but again got beaten in a judges decision, this time by semi-finalist Axeon 3.0.
C&B3: (seeded 19th) Another step above its previous foothold, however this time it lost by a pitting, courtesy of Paralyzation 2.

From Kelvedon...The Deer!
Unchanged from previous wars, an invertible box with 15mph top speed from 2 Magmotors powering 4 wheel drive, has Hardox armour and skirts at the sides and rear. Main weaponry comes from horizontal crushing arms shaped like deer antlers, curiously enough, giving out a maximum of 8 tonnes of pressure. It has no wedge protection from the front though, I'm afraid.

C&B1: Didn't compete.
C&B2: Pitted by eventual champion Sheer Heart Attack in Round 2.
C&B3: (seeded 28th) Damaged by DreamCatcher early on and immobilized in the first round.

Roboteers, stand by...

Let's have a look...ah! House robots! Shunt's in there, with the diamond-edged axe and bucket scoop! And repaired from the 'accident' we had earlier in the series, Sir Killalot, with the claw and lance.

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The 10th seeds are off to a quick start and why wouldn't they be? The Deer comes straight at them but they've been wedged already and tossed! Down comes The Deer and splats down inverted! Not the best start, but it's about to get a hell of a lot worse because Wedge Devolution is underneath them again, the rear skirt providing little protection as the 10th seeds get under and The Deer gets a lot of air! Steve isn't quick enough to lower the flipper, however, and as The Deer lands, it rushes forward and stops the flipper from going all the way down, ah...and now the pincers close, before the VFT6 champions can get away! But who has the more powerful drivetrain here? It is indeed the Braveheart machine, and The Deer's plan is not working at all, even when Martyn thinks it has! Wedge Devolution turns its adversary and is pushing it towards the pit release button, ooh...ah, The Deer lets go! It doesn't want to go down that pit! Unfortunately, Wedge Devolution shunts him into it anyway, and scoots off, the sides having taken little punishment from the claws there! The Deer has to make something happen here, because this has been pretty much all Wedge Devolution straight from the start! Martyn directs his machine at Wedge Devolution, but again can't seem to get anything going for it; Wedge Devolution is under those claws and under the body, and flips it over again! Before it can even turn around Wedge Devo is under it again from the rear, but thinks better of flipping it...until it gets to the wall, that is! And out goes The Deer in a spectacular flip that eliminates it from its third war! Wedge Devolution adds another OOTA to its scorecard, but finds that it's become rather bored, and decides to have a go at house robot Shunt!! What is the meaning with all of you, attacking the house robots?! Sir Killalot is immediately out of his CPZ, but Wedge Devolution has already found the side of Shunt and has flipped it! And before Shunt knows it, HE'S out of the arena too! Ref, stop this nonsense!

CEASE!!

That will do, too! Thank you!

Caught like The Deer in headlights, Mr. Forsyth's creation bids us good day and jumps the fence!
Wedge Devolution (10) advances to Round 2!

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Next battle: Monsoon Season vs. Next Stop, Jupiter

[kodster]

Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4

Yes, that's right, I'm on fiiiiyah

Fight 2
Monsoon Season vs. Next Stop, Jupiter

From Merthyr Tydfil in Wales...Monsoon Season!
Winner of one of our regional tournaments, this Atomic-a-like has a front 4mm Hardox ramming plate that can be used as a high-pressure flipper as well, with a 3cm HDPE shell also protecting it. LEM-drive, tracks, 15mph top speed, it's the stuff champions are made of. Or, well, this champion.

C&B1: Didn't compete.
C&B2: Didn't compete.
C&B3: (as Noo Monsoon) Pitted by Baldur Gamma in Round 1.

From Vancouver, Canada...Next Stop, Jupiter!
Cosmic name for sure, it's inspired by another machine. A spinning rim at the rear powers the rear-hinged flipper at the front. It can run inverted, yet if need be it can self-right, and it has strong armour and drivetrain...smells a little overweight to me. And if you stop the spinner, it's weaponless.

C&B1: Didn't compete.
C&B2: Didn't compete.
C&B3: Didn't compete.

Roboteers, stand by...

Exa-Gore-Ic Evo, how do you do? Time for some more fun alongside Damocles.

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Given Daniel's simple tactics of 'ram it', that's just what Monsoon is going to do! And indeed here's a good ram into the front flipper of NSJ, who can't get away in time, and is gotten under and flipped! And what air! NSJ is thrown about 10 feet into the air! It comes down HARD into the arena-floor...rim-first!!

CRASH!!!

And Samuel didn't like that collision one bit! Look at the damage done to the arena floor, it's carved a great slice into it! We WILL fine you for that! And NSJ bounces away, but it's clear that such an impact has impaired the weaponry already! The rim is not spinning at all! And Monsoon comes in to take advantage! He gets under the flipper again and WHAM! smacks NSJ straight into the wall with enough force to nearly and neatly break the arena wall itself! However he tries for the OOTA too late and ends up flipping himself! Thus, NSJ gets away, and gets under the side of Monsoon as he's righting himself, and begins pushing him towards the pit release button! Monsoon however is able to drive off quickly, and ironically this helps him get at NSJ's side and under it for another ram! There they go to the wall again...WHAM!!! That could have broken the sound barrier, mind our poor ears, Mr. Stickler! Monsoon calculates where NSJ will bounce away to, gets back under it, and shoves it towards Exa-Gore-Ic's CPZ! WHAM! Straight into those gargantuan pincers, and now NSJ is being squeezed into ghastly submission...all while Monsoon simply continues to ram into the spinning, er...ex-spinning end of it! Here comes Damocles...Exa-Gore-Ic's spike fires but doesn't seem to hit anything...actually it is, but it's glancing off the front flipper of NSJ, but not really achieving much! Monsoon is away as the other house robot comes in and moves to hit NSJ...

CRASH!!!

But it's not enough to dislodge NSJ from Exa-Gore-Ic's grip and the hit simply sends the combined 500kg weight upwards slightly! It has, however, made a huge dent in the ring, so there's no way that's going to spin up again! And now Exa-Gore-Ic lets NSJ go...who slowly moves away from the house robots, and into the waiting plate of Monsoon Season! A scoop-up and toss later and NSJ lands on top of Exa-Gore-Ic! That was rather cheeky, Monsoon. The house robot moves out and turn around and grab NSJ for more punishment, which he succeeds in doing because NSJ is moving much too slowly to get away. So Damocles sticks around, and Monsoon backs away from the 4-way drummer in order to survive! Exa-Gore-Ic moves NSJ into the waiting drum of Damocles again...

CRASH!!!

It's the front flipper that takes a blow now, and what a hit! It forced Exa-Gore-Ic himself back too, and flung them upward a bit! He lets go of NSJ, who is moving even slower now and can't seem to get away before a jubilant Monsoon Season roars in and pulverizes NSJ against the wall nearby! WHAM!!! NSJ bounces away and simply tries to get away from it all, but Dan isn't having any of it! He scoops up NSJ again and rams it against one of the retreating Damocles' drums!

CRASH!!!

And THAT sends NSJ flying! About 5 feet into the air and 6 feet across, I think! And...NSJ is no longer mobile! I don't think I would be after all that battering, really! Would you be? But Monsoon isn't merely content with even this! Here's another scoop-up and ram across the arena from our Welsh fiend! WHAM!!! The seemingly lifeless carcass of NSJ bounces away and is definitely and completely still! Monsoon still isn't done, and rams it towards another arena wall...aha! A toss! And that's it! NSJ totally overpowered and a final farewell boot from the arena seems fitting. Next Stop: the Camera Tracks!

CEASE!

Next Stop, Jupiter? I think not, there'll be no stops on your long road home, Samuel.
Monsoon Season advances to Round 2!

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Next up
Featherweight Semi-Finals, Fight 1
Innis vs. Rolling Pin FTW

And later
Heat L Final
Wedge Devolution (10) vs. Monsoon Season

[Guest]

Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4

I'll predict Monsoon Season to OOTA Wedge after a bit of a back-and-forth fight. Think Atomic vs. M2.

[steven_mcg]

Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4

Hooray for me!

ROLLING PIN F.T.W: When vertical and horizontal spinners meet, the result is never pretty. The plan here is to aim for the sides and simply bludgeon Innis to death. Don't give it a chance to recover or bring its own spinner into play. If for some reason Innis' disc is not spinning, like it needs rerevving or something and I have a clear shot, only then will I attack head-on. A few good blows ought to knock it loose and leave it useless, allowing me to continue bludgeoning away happily.

WEDGE DEVOLUTION: Monsoon Season is very similar to me, save for its tracks, and those may be its downfall. Use its lack of skirting to my advantage by attacking the sides (This should be achievable, since I think I'm technically the more manoueverable) and pushing it onto the Kill Saws. If I can keep feeding it to them often enough they should be able to cause some serious damage to the tracks. If this proves to be codswallop, focus instead on feeding it to the House Robots and/or throwing it out the arena altogether. My skirts should give its own flipper a hard time, but I'll avoid the front as much as I can regardless.

Loving the clashes thus far, Kody. Can't wait to see how badly I do. :P

[kodster]

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Let's keep going!

Featherweight Semi-Final 1
Innis vs. Rolling Pin FTW

Roboteers, stand by...

Regular arena, yep. Guest house robots, Anti-Virus 3.0 and Scarab, yep yep. Mercy...uh, nope nope nope.

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Once again, we go horizontal vs. vertical! With basically the same drives for both weapon and movement, the two spinners appear to go straight towards each other! At the last second Rolling Pin FTW makes a movement to the side, and Innis is a bit too slow to try and Rolling Pin's wheel, leaving Steve to attack!

CRASH!!!

Innis is flipped right over by the monumental power of Rolling Pin's full body drum and the aluminium already looks badly scarred! Innis drives off to try and recover from this but Rolling Pin is in hot pursuit! Eventually Innis has to turn around...but Rolling Pin anticipates this and moves around...but this time its control messes it up and it drives right by Innis. Trying to get his machine under control, Steve turns it around but overturns a bit, and Innis gets a direct smack on one of the wheels!

CRASH!

Oh dear!!! It looks like this battle just turned on its head! Rolling Pin's wheel has been smacked, not off, but out of place! The same hit has sent Innis flying away, and directly on top of the arena saws, which cut into Innis! BZZT! But I'm more worried about Rolling Pin FTW! It's wobbling around, completely unbalanced, the drum's gyroscopic tendencies coming to full light! Tracy directs her machine towards Rolling Pin, clearly intent on taking advantage! Steven is again trying to regain control of HIS machine, but Innis is easily able to manoeuvre around the wobbling drum of doom, and gets another direct hit in on the damaged wheel! WHAP! ...and that has to be it! NOW the wheel is off!

CRASH!

OH! And the drum hits the floor! And sends Steven's robot away...into the wall! He's not going to recover from that! Rolling Pin lamely spins around while Innis moves back in! Tracy isn't satisfied with merely amuputating her opponent's machine - she wants to make sure it stays down! Thing is, Rolling Pin is still moving...in an arc, and she can't catch it. The Watcher is over to count it out, but Innis doesn't want to wait for that! Unfortunately you're going to have to!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

And there it is! Innis moves on to the Finals, and Rolling Pin FTW...to the loser go the house robots! Scarab's eggbeater whirls menacingly as the beetle bot approaches! Innis wisely retreats as Scarab moves in...

CRASH!!!

The drum takes the huge hit, and there are great tears into the drum already! Anti-Virus has opened the pit - WHAP! Ooh, Innis has found the other wheel...but is unable to tear it completely off! Both spinners - Team Alt and house robot alike - back off now as Anti-Virus - WHAM! Oh goodness me! What a slam! Rolling Pin FTW actually flies overtop of Scarab and onto its rear end! Innis is still determined for the complete wheel-ectomy, but there's not enough time, m'lady.

CEASE!

Rolling Pin FTL! The hopes of Team Braveheart are spread into a paste thin enough to butter your auntie's homemade bread with!
Innis advances to the Featherweight Final!

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Next battle: Wedge Devolution (10) vs. Monsoon Season

[kodster]

Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4

Twelfth heat final! I must be mad to keep this going! But you knew that. :P

Heat L Final
Wedge Devolution (10) vs. Monsoon Season

Roboteers, stand by...

Let's have a look...oh! Growler's in the arena! Good dog! And across the arena from him, Sgt. Bash!

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Monsoon wants to get his opponent out...but the seeded machine isn't so keen to let this happen, easily at least! Wedge Devo races around his tracked counterpart, eager to see if he can get around the Welsh machine. This he indeed does, and penetrates the side, but Monsoon manages to get away and Wedge Devo nearly flips himself! The delay caused by this allows Daniel to get at Wedge Devo's own sides, but the same thing occurs as Wedge Devo backs off and Monsoon flips way too late, also nearly overturning himself! Wedge Devo moves back in but Monsoon turns to get the plate in and what we find is a head-to-head collision, precisely what neither of them wanted. After a little pushing by Monsoon, Dan is able to get Monsoon's flipping plate under Wedge Devo's flipping blade, but Wedge Devo backs off before any flippage can happen...but Monsoon is at its heels! Wedge Devo manages to get away as Monsoon tries to go after it, but its tracks do hinder it slightly here, as Wedge Devo's nippy four wheel drive allows it a quicker getaway! Steve McGregor returns to his original tactics, having found them work once before, and work they indeed do again! Only this time, Wedge Devo actually manages to flip Monsoon Season onto its back this time! It was nearly a 360 too, but Monsoon hit the other side and bounced off! Wedge Devo is under it again but - goodness me!! What a self-right! Monsoon Season activated its flipper and sent itself rocketing across the arena! Back on its tracks, it turns to find Wedge Devolution in its face again, but this time the 10th seed is lower! Monsoon however makes a quick back turn and Wedge Devo nearly ends up eating wall! However, its skirts help protect it against Monsoon's rough shovings, and Team Braveheart gets its nasty flipping beast out of danger. Monsoon gives chase now, but the position re-asserts itself as Wedge Devo dodges and makes for the sides again!

Daniel now tries a different approach, and as Wedge Devo circles around, Monsoon makes a spin in the other direction! This takes Steve completely off-guard, and Wedge Devo's side is exposed! Monsoon guns the motors and breaches the skirt for a second time, getting under the main body before the Wedge can retreat and tips it over! Wedge Devo immediately self-rights but Monsoon is quick enough to shove the plate in before Wedge Devo lands - oh! It's wedged on the plate! Monsoon roars towards the arena wall...and Wedge Devo fires its flipper! Monsoon also fires its own, but Wedge Devo fell off a bit, and thus Steve's machine, instead of being sent over the fence, is flung straight into it! Monsoon loses control and crashes right into the inverted 10th seed with its plate open, and it comes back down...weakly clamping it. What an odd turn of events. Wedge Devo again tries to self-right, but fails. This does dislodge it from Monsoon's clamp, and as Monsoon lowers the plate, Wedge Devo self-rights once more and gets the hell out of there! A scary moment for them there, and Dan is enraged! Monsoon is back on the attack, but Wedge Devo dodges the charge. Monsoon attempts its tricky spin again but Steve is ready and snakes in before Monsoon Season can complete its turn! Monsoon fires its flipper to try and lift itself off the plate...and does so! Wedge Devo fired the flipper and flipped itself! Had Wedge Devo not done that, they would have take Monsoon to the wall and that would have been it! But now Monsoon Season is in control! Wedge Devo self-rights, but onto the plate of Monsoon - oh dear! They bounced right off it and onto the side of the plate! Monsoon turns, but that causes Wedge Devo to fall right off the plate and onto its wheels! Monsoon pushes, but Wedge Devo backs off and Monsoon exposes its side again! Before it can recover, Wedge Devolution is under it and brings it to the arena wall! Monsoon tries its flipping trick like it did before, and is tossed into the wall rather than over it! But Wedge Devo lowers its flipper quickly, and as Monsoon tries to right itself, Wedge Devolution picks it up and a final flick...decides the match! Monsoon gone, it's over!

CEASE!

It was a rainy day in Merthyr Tydfil as Monsoon Season is washed away like dried jellyfish remains!
Wedge Devolution (10) advances to the Series Semi-Finals!!

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Next time on C&B4

The final quarter beckons; 8th seeded Gehenna and challenger Lime-y ask no quarter, I can tell you.
Two golden oldies rough each other up in the forms of The Crashing Bore 2 and M.O.R.D. 2!
And lightweight lunacy is on the cards as well. Two diabolical spinners, Ziggo and Ground Zero, take to the arena!

[steven_mcg]

Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4

EPIC.

Great job to both Kody and Dan. Helluva tight fight, that one.

[pcbore]

Re: The Crash & Burn Tournament 4

*sneaks in*

My best bet is to lift and control him so he can't push me around, but if I can get the drill into his camshafts that should screw things up.

*sneaks back out*

*sneaks back in*

Great fights, good to see it moving again

*sneaks out, pauses at the door and sneaks back in*

...i've missed this place