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Re: The Easter Bunny Tribute Championships 2009
The Easter Bunny Tribute Championships 2009
Heat A, Round 1
N^3 vs. Jack in the Box vs. CrOokEd vs. Lethal Weapon
Representing Team Picus, N^3!
This wedge shaped robot has made its name in a few tournaments, perhaps most notably reaching the grand finals of Robot SMASH!!, Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged and PTT: Regeneration. Its interesting weapon synergy comprises of an overhead hydraulic crushing arm and a set of hydraulic lifting forks to clamp opponents, and the hydrostatic drive allows for immense speed, power and control. The self-righting issues from previous incarnations have been more or less fixed, and the titanium/polycarbonate armour is adequate, but the aluminium base armour is weak and could be bent out of shape easily, which could result in the robot being beached with its wheels off the ground.
2008: N/A
Representing Team Braveheart, Jack in the Box!
This box-shaped machine has skirts all around and tough 4mm hardox all over, which should keep the spinners, axes and crushers at bay. The main weapon is a flipper, it isn€™t the usual kind, as instead of being hinged at the front or rear like traditional flipping weapons it isn€™t hinged at all. The whole shell is propelled upwards by the powerful pneumatic rams to throw opponents up into the air. So the armour is strong and the weaponry powerful, but you can€™t guarantee the skirts getting under the lowest of robots, and there isn€™t any damaging weaponry.
2008: N/A
Representing Team Orr, CrOokEd!
This box wedge machine is powered by 2 mags running the go-kart wheels, allowing it decent manouevrability, but not a load of pushing power. The armour is strong at the front, as it is 6mm hardox, and the rest of the machine is pretty strong too as it is made of titanium. There is a traditional rear hinged flipper running up the machine, made of 8mm mild steel and powered by a single high pressure pneumatic ram. This has the potential to throw the other robots clean out of the arena, but can CrOokEd€™s simplicity defeat the other machines or will it end up crooked?
2008: N/A
Representing Team Berserked Robotics, Lethal Weapon!
This interesting robot is based on the Battlebots realie MechaVore, but Tony had been sure to make better of that robot, first and foremost by adding a Big Nipper style drive, with four wheels on top and four on the bottom, allowing it to run even when inverted. The spinning disc is powered by chainsaw engines and the drive by magmotors, so don€™t underestimate its power. However, the armour is undoubtedly the weakest in this round at just 3mm of titanium all round with no extra protection.
2008: N/A
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Joey McConnell (Team Picus) & Steven McGregor (Team Braveheart)
Booth 2: Jack Orr (Team Orr) & Anthony Politzi (Team Devil€™s Incarnate)
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The match begins and Nidhogg is first off, the hydrostatic drive allowing it to move swiftly across the arena towards Lethal Weapon, who dodges away to begin spinning up the horizontal disc before Nidhogg Cubed can get in on the attack. Tony is successful in evading the eye-catching crushing robot and turns to launch an attack of his own now with the spinning disc, charging at the front of Nidhogg and meeting Joey€™s machine head on! With a slam the two meet in the centre of the arena and both are flung away by the attack, and Nidhogg is left with a scar on the tough front wedge, but no real damage has been caused and so Joey goes on the attack himself now, ramming in underneath Lethal Weapon from behind and runs Tony into the pit release button!
The siren wails and the chasm descends, but Lethal Weapon isn€™t going anywhere as Nidhogg€™s hydraulic forks lift it off the ground and the crusher comes into play, squashing the titanium armour with ease and crumpling down into the workings of the machine.
Meanwhile Jack in the Box has driven straight at CrOokEd and has succeeded in getting underneath the front wedge of Jack€™s machine. Jack fights to get away, but Steven fires his flipper and sends CrOokEd up into the air, not flipping it over, but keeping it off the ground with repeated flips. However 98kg landing on you can€™t do too much good and Steven, worrying for damage caused by CrOokEd crashing down onto his machine drives away for a moment before crashing back in on the attack, but this time Jack is ready and comes forward to meet him, this time gaining the advantage and getting under the front skirt of Jack in the Box, ramming Steven back across the arena and flipping him up into the air! Steven lands on his wheels though and quickly drives back in underneath the momentarily exposed front ground clearance of CrOokEd, flipping it up and over sideways onto its back. The flipper resets, but Jack in the Box is still on the attack, ramming in underneath the up-turned CrOokEd and pushing it into the arena spike, getting underneath and flipping it again, this time knocking it up onto the rails that surround the arena! CrOokEd wobbles precariously before falling back into the arena and driving at Jack in the Box, once again gaining the advantage and this time Jack pushes the robot of his namesake back across the arena and into the rear of Nidhogg Cubed, who has a hold of Lethal Weapon but loses its grip as CrOokEd and Jack in the Box career into it from behind!
Tony€™s machine falls to the ground and speeds away, spinning around on the spot before running back in on the attack with the disc spinning, slamming into the side of CrOokEd just as Jack fires the flipper, sending Jack in the Box onto the top of N^3, who reacts by spinning to knock Jack in the Box away and in doing so fits the lifting forks under the rear of CrOokEd, who now as a small gash in the titanium side armour.
N^3 begins to lift CrOokEd off the ground and the crusher comes in from above, pinning Jack€™s machine in place as Joey heads towards the pit of oblivion, but Lethal Weapon is ramming on another attack and hits Jack in the Box, who is sent spinning into the rear of N^3 and knocks it around. However N^3 would have retained its grip, if not for Jack firing CrOokEd€™s flipper with impeccable timing creating just enough energy to free itself and Jack quickly reverses away to safety.
Lethal Weapon now decides to follow up its attack on Jack in the Box, who took that hit hard as one of the skirts was removed and it seems to be moving only in circles, perhaps one of the wires to the motor was knocked loose? It doesn€™t matter to Tony, and he rams into Jack in the Box again, ripping off another side skirt and sending it spinning onto the edge of the pit, just before N^3 spins around with expert driving to hit the forks under the front of Lethal Weapon, lifting it up again and ramming it to get the crusher over it. Meanwhile Jack in the Box hangs helplessly on the edge of the abyss, waiting for the apocalypse, which quickly arrives as CrOokEd nips over and maliciously knocks the edge of Jack in the Box, sending it tumbling down into the pit to disappear in a puff of smoke.
N^3 has a good grip on Lethal Weapon now though, furthering the damage it did earlier on and now reverses across the arena with the pit in mind, but the clock is ticking down and Lethal Weapon is saved by the bell.
CEASE!
Jack in the Box is in a different kind of box - the pit!
However three machines remain and so we must go to a judge€™s decision which 2 of those remaining 3 will progress to the second round.
Judge€™s Scorecard:
N^3: 17 points
Damage ~ 7/10 x 4 = 28/40
Aggression ~ 8/10 x 3 = 24/30
Control ~ 5/10 x 2 = 10/20
Dominance ~ 6/10 x 1 = 6/10
The Mean ~ 28 + 24 + 10 + 6 = 68/4 = 17
Jack in the Box: Eliminated
CrOokEd: 16.5 points
Damage ~ 4/10 x 4 = 16/40
Aggression ~ 9/10 x 3 = 27/30
Control ~ 9/10 x 2 = 18/20
Dominance ~ 5/10 x 1 = 5/10
The Mean ~ 16 + 27 + 18 + 5 = 66/4 = 16.5
Lethal Weapon: 18 points
Damage ~ 9/10 x 4 = 36/40
Aggression ~ 7/10 x 3 = 21/30
Control ~ 5/10 x 2 = 10/20
Dominance ~ 5/10 x 1 = 5/10
The Mean ~ 36 + 21 + 10 + 5 = 72/4 = 18
Judge€™s Scoreboard:
4th Jack in the Box ~ 0 points
3rd CrOokEd ~ 16.5 points
2nd N^3 ~ 17 points
1st Lethal Weapon ~ 18 points
So sadly at this stage we must bid farewell to Jack in the Box and CrOokEd;
N^3 & Lethal Weapon advance to the second round!
Seung Mina V [1] vs. PsycloniZer vs. Liar 2 vs. Neo-Mecha
Representing Team Zlayerz, seeded #1, the reigning champion Seung Mina V!
This box wedge shaped machine has it all - hardox armour strong enough to fend off all but the most powerful of hydraulic crushers. The rear hinged flipper is powered by 2 immensely powerful pneumatic rams, which when put together produce enough power to easily toss over 2000kg. The four wheels are powered by lynch motors run @ 36v, providing more than enough power to ram the other robots around the arena. Two generations on, can the champion retain her crown?
2008: Teamed up with Behemoth to flip Cat with Wheels out of the arena in the first round, then repeated that by itself in the second round by throwing Storm II onto the camera tracks. The heat final was quick and Seung Mina III was merciful, throwing her round 1 partner Behemoth over the fence. Then in the grand final emperor E Clawdius Unum posed the toughest challenge yet, but was eventually flipped into the pit.
Representing Team ???, PsycloniZer!
This invertible ring spinner has two wheels powered by S28-400 magmotors run @ 24v, providing 9HP. The outer ring spins courtesy of a LEM-200 lynch motor, but the keys are the three meaty hammers attached to the ring that are used to whack opponents. It is the champion of two major tournaments, Mechanical Noise and my own Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged, so has already proved its worth in the arena. It is capable of dishing out shed-loads of shock damage with the dangerous weaponry and the hardox armour should stand up to most attacks, but the wheels are exposed from above and below, and this could be taken advantage of by axes or crushers.
2008: N/A
Representing Team Varying Every Day, Liar 2!
This is another invertible robot, this time based on Wheely Big Cheese, with a huge rear hinged flipper powered by nitrogen @ 1000psi. The lynch motors in the drive provide the power and the spikes either side of the front point can be used for spinning on the spot and whacking into opponents. The armour is tough, and don€™t bother with the exposed wheels as they are made of thick hardox. It was a finalist in Robot SMASH!! , and is a widely respected vapourbot. However, the narrow area of attack could prove to be its downfall.
2008: N/A
Representing Team Coldstorm, Neo-Mecha!
This Anklebiter-shaped machine is one of Sam€™s finest, with the powerful vertical spinning disc and linear actuated srimech. The wedge can also be used to shove opponents around the arena, and it seems to be inspired by Kody€™s old house robot Tira. The drive motors are not very powerful in comparison to today€™s other competitors though, and that could prove to be Neo-Mecha€™s downfall.
2008: N/A
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Kody Kunz (Team Zlayerz) & Andrew Jackson (Team???)
Booth 2: Martijn M Benschop (Team Varying Every Day) & Samuel Park (Team Coldstorm)
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The second match of the 2009 tournament gets underway now with the first veteran machine, reigning champion Seung Mina V heading straight for Liar 2 while PsycloniZer spins up the powerful ring and speeds towards Neo-Mecha, which gets its own weapon up to speed, ready to face PsycloniZer.
Seung Mina V is the first to make contact, dodging the front of Liar 2 and running under the side of the front nose as Liar cumbersomely tries to turn and get underneath the side of the reigning champion, but Mina is too fast and flicks Liar 2 up and over, much of the flipper power wasted because it was only slightly under Liar 2, who runs inverted and now spins, slamming Mina€™s hardox armouring with the side spike and knocking the champion against the wall! Kody retaliates instantly and drives in underneath Liar 2 again, powering across the arena and firing the flipper, this time truly throwing Liar 2 high into the air for Martijn€™s machine to come crashing down in the centre of the arena, dazed as Mina runs in for a second attack, but unfortunately for Kody she runs straight up Liar€™s flipper this time! Martijn fires his own flipper, which has 1000kg of force, which is only half of Mina€™s power but still a lot when you consider the weight limit for these machines is 100kg, and Seung Mina V turns over in mid-air as she plummets back to earth and crashes down with a bump onto the closed arena pit.
Meanwhile PsycloniZer and Neo-Mecha are getting to ready to make an onslaught, but neither are too keen on clashing spinner against spinner, so hold back, but Andy decides to make the rush and Sam knows he has no choice but to follow suit, and the two crash together in a shower of sparks and perhaps even debris as they are both flung away across the arena in opposite directions. The results of this hit are catastrophic for both machines, especially Neo-Mecha it would seems, whose disc is bent and the robot lies apparently still in the CPZ, devoid of house robots for this round. Neo-Mecha struggles to move, and it simply goes around in a feeble circle, confirming that wiring inside the machine has taken a hard knock.
PsycloniZer has fared slightly better as it still has fine manouevrability as Andy proves by driving away from the arena spike he was knocked into and doing a quick lap of the arena before entering the CPZ where Neo-Mecha lies, nudging it to make sure there€™s no chance of his opponent making a comeback. However the spinning ring of PsycloniZer certainly isn€™t spinning, and you€™ve got to wonder how much damage the internals of PsycloniZer took from that hit, the combined of energy of both spinners certainly would have been more than enough to disconnect weapon motor to weapon... But it would seem Andy was just biding his time as the ring spins back up to speed and PsycloniZer lines up to give Neo-Mecha the death knell, speeding in with both ring and drive at full speed... Poor Neo-Mecha is slammed against the barrier and flipped up by the force of the hit and is left broken and beaten in the CPZ, the removable link lying forgotten on the arena floor next to its carcass.
On the other side of the arena the fight between Liar 2 and Seung Mina V rages on, both machines managing to flip each other numerous times, but Liar 2€™s Invertibility allows it to conserve gas when the seeded robot has to waste co2 self-righting. But now PsycloniZer comes to Mina€™s rescue, slamming into the rear of the distracted Liar 2 and sending it spinning into the arena spike, where the front end gets jammed under the rails! Seung Mina V senses a chance to get Liar while it€™s caught and runs in underneath the rear of the WBC-style machine, firing the flipper, and with 2000kg of force it€™s enough to free Liar 2 from the wall as well as get it up and over said wall. Martijn looks on sadly as Liar tips over the edge and lands on the camera tracks, out of the championships for this year.
CEASE!
Neo-Mecha bites the bullet and Liar 2 is not deceptive enough;
Seung Mina V [1] & PsycloniZer go through!
Heat A, Round 2
Lethal Weapon vs. PsycloniZer
The Mechavore-style machine tackles the ever-powerful ring spinner, who will progress to the heat final to meet either Nidhogg or Mina?
Seung Mina V [1] vs. N^3
A rematch of a Robot SMASH!! Series 1 quarter-final, where Nidhogg won over Seung Mina IV. Will the champion get her revenge?
The Easter Bunny Tribute Championships 2009
Heat A, Round 1
N^3 vs. Jack in the Box vs. CrOokEd vs. Lethal Weapon
Representing Team Picus, N^3!
This wedge shaped robot has made its name in a few tournaments, perhaps most notably reaching the grand finals of Robot SMASH!!, Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged and PTT: Regeneration. Its interesting weapon synergy comprises of an overhead hydraulic crushing arm and a set of hydraulic lifting forks to clamp opponents, and the hydrostatic drive allows for immense speed, power and control. The self-righting issues from previous incarnations have been more or less fixed, and the titanium/polycarbonate armour is adequate, but the aluminium base armour is weak and could be bent out of shape easily, which could result in the robot being beached with its wheels off the ground.
2008: N/A
Representing Team Braveheart, Jack in the Box!
This box-shaped machine has skirts all around and tough 4mm hardox all over, which should keep the spinners, axes and crushers at bay. The main weapon is a flipper, it isn€™t the usual kind, as instead of being hinged at the front or rear like traditional flipping weapons it isn€™t hinged at all. The whole shell is propelled upwards by the powerful pneumatic rams to throw opponents up into the air. So the armour is strong and the weaponry powerful, but you can€™t guarantee the skirts getting under the lowest of robots, and there isn€™t any damaging weaponry.
2008: N/A
Representing Team Orr, CrOokEd!
This box wedge machine is powered by 2 mags running the go-kart wheels, allowing it decent manouevrability, but not a load of pushing power. The armour is strong at the front, as it is 6mm hardox, and the rest of the machine is pretty strong too as it is made of titanium. There is a traditional rear hinged flipper running up the machine, made of 8mm mild steel and powered by a single high pressure pneumatic ram. This has the potential to throw the other robots clean out of the arena, but can CrOokEd€™s simplicity defeat the other machines or will it end up crooked?
2008: N/A
Representing Team Berserked Robotics, Lethal Weapon!
This interesting robot is based on the Battlebots realie MechaVore, but Tony had been sure to make better of that robot, first and foremost by adding a Big Nipper style drive, with four wheels on top and four on the bottom, allowing it to run even when inverted. The spinning disc is powered by chainsaw engines and the drive by magmotors, so don€™t underestimate its power. However, the armour is undoubtedly the weakest in this round at just 3mm of titanium all round with no extra protection.
2008: N/A
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Joey McConnell (Team Picus) & Steven McGregor (Team Braveheart)
Booth 2: Jack Orr (Team Orr) & Anthony Politzi (Team Devil€™s Incarnate)
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The match begins and Nidhogg is first off, the hydrostatic drive allowing it to move swiftly across the arena towards Lethal Weapon, who dodges away to begin spinning up the horizontal disc before Nidhogg Cubed can get in on the attack. Tony is successful in evading the eye-catching crushing robot and turns to launch an attack of his own now with the spinning disc, charging at the front of Nidhogg and meeting Joey€™s machine head on! With a slam the two meet in the centre of the arena and both are flung away by the attack, and Nidhogg is left with a scar on the tough front wedge, but no real damage has been caused and so Joey goes on the attack himself now, ramming in underneath Lethal Weapon from behind and runs Tony into the pit release button!
The siren wails and the chasm descends, but Lethal Weapon isn€™t going anywhere as Nidhogg€™s hydraulic forks lift it off the ground and the crusher comes into play, squashing the titanium armour with ease and crumpling down into the workings of the machine.
Meanwhile Jack in the Box has driven straight at CrOokEd and has succeeded in getting underneath the front wedge of Jack€™s machine. Jack fights to get away, but Steven fires his flipper and sends CrOokEd up into the air, not flipping it over, but keeping it off the ground with repeated flips. However 98kg landing on you can€™t do too much good and Steven, worrying for damage caused by CrOokEd crashing down onto his machine drives away for a moment before crashing back in on the attack, but this time Jack is ready and comes forward to meet him, this time gaining the advantage and getting under the front skirt of Jack in the Box, ramming Steven back across the arena and flipping him up into the air! Steven lands on his wheels though and quickly drives back in underneath the momentarily exposed front ground clearance of CrOokEd, flipping it up and over sideways onto its back. The flipper resets, but Jack in the Box is still on the attack, ramming in underneath the up-turned CrOokEd and pushing it into the arena spike, getting underneath and flipping it again, this time knocking it up onto the rails that surround the arena! CrOokEd wobbles precariously before falling back into the arena and driving at Jack in the Box, once again gaining the advantage and this time Jack pushes the robot of his namesake back across the arena and into the rear of Nidhogg Cubed, who has a hold of Lethal Weapon but loses its grip as CrOokEd and Jack in the Box career into it from behind!
Tony€™s machine falls to the ground and speeds away, spinning around on the spot before running back in on the attack with the disc spinning, slamming into the side of CrOokEd just as Jack fires the flipper, sending Jack in the Box onto the top of N^3, who reacts by spinning to knock Jack in the Box away and in doing so fits the lifting forks under the rear of CrOokEd, who now as a small gash in the titanium side armour.
N^3 begins to lift CrOokEd off the ground and the crusher comes in from above, pinning Jack€™s machine in place as Joey heads towards the pit of oblivion, but Lethal Weapon is ramming on another attack and hits Jack in the Box, who is sent spinning into the rear of N^3 and knocks it around. However N^3 would have retained its grip, if not for Jack firing CrOokEd€™s flipper with impeccable timing creating just enough energy to free itself and Jack quickly reverses away to safety.
Lethal Weapon now decides to follow up its attack on Jack in the Box, who took that hit hard as one of the skirts was removed and it seems to be moving only in circles, perhaps one of the wires to the motor was knocked loose? It doesn€™t matter to Tony, and he rams into Jack in the Box again, ripping off another side skirt and sending it spinning onto the edge of the pit, just before N^3 spins around with expert driving to hit the forks under the front of Lethal Weapon, lifting it up again and ramming it to get the crusher over it. Meanwhile Jack in the Box hangs helplessly on the edge of the abyss, waiting for the apocalypse, which quickly arrives as CrOokEd nips over and maliciously knocks the edge of Jack in the Box, sending it tumbling down into the pit to disappear in a puff of smoke.
N^3 has a good grip on Lethal Weapon now though, furthering the damage it did earlier on and now reverses across the arena with the pit in mind, but the clock is ticking down and Lethal Weapon is saved by the bell.
CEASE!
Jack in the Box is in a different kind of box - the pit!
However three machines remain and so we must go to a judge€™s decision which 2 of those remaining 3 will progress to the second round.
Judge€™s Scorecard:
N^3: 17 points
Damage ~ 7/10 x 4 = 28/40
Aggression ~ 8/10 x 3 = 24/30
Control ~ 5/10 x 2 = 10/20
Dominance ~ 6/10 x 1 = 6/10
The Mean ~ 28 + 24 + 10 + 6 = 68/4 = 17
Jack in the Box: Eliminated
CrOokEd: 16.5 points
Damage ~ 4/10 x 4 = 16/40
Aggression ~ 9/10 x 3 = 27/30
Control ~ 9/10 x 2 = 18/20
Dominance ~ 5/10 x 1 = 5/10
The Mean ~ 16 + 27 + 18 + 5 = 66/4 = 16.5
Lethal Weapon: 18 points
Damage ~ 9/10 x 4 = 36/40
Aggression ~ 7/10 x 3 = 21/30
Control ~ 5/10 x 2 = 10/20
Dominance ~ 5/10 x 1 = 5/10
The Mean ~ 36 + 21 + 10 + 5 = 72/4 = 18
Judge€™s Scoreboard:
4th Jack in the Box ~ 0 points
3rd CrOokEd ~ 16.5 points
2nd N^3 ~ 17 points
1st Lethal Weapon ~ 18 points
So sadly at this stage we must bid farewell to Jack in the Box and CrOokEd;
N^3 & Lethal Weapon advance to the second round!
Seung Mina V [1] vs. PsycloniZer vs. Liar 2 vs. Neo-Mecha
Representing Team Zlayerz, seeded #1, the reigning champion Seung Mina V!
This box wedge shaped machine has it all - hardox armour strong enough to fend off all but the most powerful of hydraulic crushers. The rear hinged flipper is powered by 2 immensely powerful pneumatic rams, which when put together produce enough power to easily toss over 2000kg. The four wheels are powered by lynch motors run @ 36v, providing more than enough power to ram the other robots around the arena. Two generations on, can the champion retain her crown?
2008: Teamed up with Behemoth to flip Cat with Wheels out of the arena in the first round, then repeated that by itself in the second round by throwing Storm II onto the camera tracks. The heat final was quick and Seung Mina III was merciful, throwing her round 1 partner Behemoth over the fence. Then in the grand final emperor E Clawdius Unum posed the toughest challenge yet, but was eventually flipped into the pit.
Representing Team ???, PsycloniZer!
This invertible ring spinner has two wheels powered by S28-400 magmotors run @ 24v, providing 9HP. The outer ring spins courtesy of a LEM-200 lynch motor, but the keys are the three meaty hammers attached to the ring that are used to whack opponents. It is the champion of two major tournaments, Mechanical Noise and my own Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged, so has already proved its worth in the arena. It is capable of dishing out shed-loads of shock damage with the dangerous weaponry and the hardox armour should stand up to most attacks, but the wheels are exposed from above and below, and this could be taken advantage of by axes or crushers.
2008: N/A
Representing Team Varying Every Day, Liar 2!
This is another invertible robot, this time based on Wheely Big Cheese, with a huge rear hinged flipper powered by nitrogen @ 1000psi. The lynch motors in the drive provide the power and the spikes either side of the front point can be used for spinning on the spot and whacking into opponents. The armour is tough, and don€™t bother with the exposed wheels as they are made of thick hardox. It was a finalist in Robot SMASH!! , and is a widely respected vapourbot. However, the narrow area of attack could prove to be its downfall.
2008: N/A
Representing Team Coldstorm, Neo-Mecha!
This Anklebiter-shaped machine is one of Sam€™s finest, with the powerful vertical spinning disc and linear actuated srimech. The wedge can also be used to shove opponents around the arena, and it seems to be inspired by Kody€™s old house robot Tira. The drive motors are not very powerful in comparison to today€™s other competitors though, and that could prove to be Neo-Mecha€™s downfall.
2008: N/A
Roboteers, standby!
Booth 1: Kody Kunz (Team Zlayerz) & Andrew Jackson (Team???)
Booth 2: Martijn M Benschop (Team Varying Every Day) & Samuel Park (Team Coldstorm)
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The second match of the 2009 tournament gets underway now with the first veteran machine, reigning champion Seung Mina V heading straight for Liar 2 while PsycloniZer spins up the powerful ring and speeds towards Neo-Mecha, which gets its own weapon up to speed, ready to face PsycloniZer.
Seung Mina V is the first to make contact, dodging the front of Liar 2 and running under the side of the front nose as Liar cumbersomely tries to turn and get underneath the side of the reigning champion, but Mina is too fast and flicks Liar 2 up and over, much of the flipper power wasted because it was only slightly under Liar 2, who runs inverted and now spins, slamming Mina€™s hardox armouring with the side spike and knocking the champion against the wall! Kody retaliates instantly and drives in underneath Liar 2 again, powering across the arena and firing the flipper, this time truly throwing Liar 2 high into the air for Martijn€™s machine to come crashing down in the centre of the arena, dazed as Mina runs in for a second attack, but unfortunately for Kody she runs straight up Liar€™s flipper this time! Martijn fires his own flipper, which has 1000kg of force, which is only half of Mina€™s power but still a lot when you consider the weight limit for these machines is 100kg, and Seung Mina V turns over in mid-air as she plummets back to earth and crashes down with a bump onto the closed arena pit.
Meanwhile PsycloniZer and Neo-Mecha are getting to ready to make an onslaught, but neither are too keen on clashing spinner against spinner, so hold back, but Andy decides to make the rush and Sam knows he has no choice but to follow suit, and the two crash together in a shower of sparks and perhaps even debris as they are both flung away across the arena in opposite directions. The results of this hit are catastrophic for both machines, especially Neo-Mecha it would seems, whose disc is bent and the robot lies apparently still in the CPZ, devoid of house robots for this round. Neo-Mecha struggles to move, and it simply goes around in a feeble circle, confirming that wiring inside the machine has taken a hard knock.
PsycloniZer has fared slightly better as it still has fine manouevrability as Andy proves by driving away from the arena spike he was knocked into and doing a quick lap of the arena before entering the CPZ where Neo-Mecha lies, nudging it to make sure there€™s no chance of his opponent making a comeback. However the spinning ring of PsycloniZer certainly isn€™t spinning, and you€™ve got to wonder how much damage the internals of PsycloniZer took from that hit, the combined of energy of both spinners certainly would have been more than enough to disconnect weapon motor to weapon... But it would seem Andy was just biding his time as the ring spins back up to speed and PsycloniZer lines up to give Neo-Mecha the death knell, speeding in with both ring and drive at full speed... Poor Neo-Mecha is slammed against the barrier and flipped up by the force of the hit and is left broken and beaten in the CPZ, the removable link lying forgotten on the arena floor next to its carcass.
On the other side of the arena the fight between Liar 2 and Seung Mina V rages on, both machines managing to flip each other numerous times, but Liar 2€™s Invertibility allows it to conserve gas when the seeded robot has to waste co2 self-righting. But now PsycloniZer comes to Mina€™s rescue, slamming into the rear of the distracted Liar 2 and sending it spinning into the arena spike, where the front end gets jammed under the rails! Seung Mina V senses a chance to get Liar while it€™s caught and runs in underneath the rear of the WBC-style machine, firing the flipper, and with 2000kg of force it€™s enough to free Liar 2 from the wall as well as get it up and over said wall. Martijn looks on sadly as Liar tips over the edge and lands on the camera tracks, out of the championships for this year.
CEASE!
Neo-Mecha bites the bullet and Liar 2 is not deceptive enough;
Seung Mina V [1] & PsycloniZer go through!
Heat A, Round 2
Lethal Weapon vs. PsycloniZer
The Mechavore-style machine tackles the ever-powerful ring spinner, who will progress to the heat final to meet either Nidhogg or Mina?
Seung Mina V [1] vs. N^3
A rematch of a Robot SMASH!! Series 1 quarter-final, where Nidhogg won over Seung Mina IV. Will the champion get her revenge?
in which case chase it, avoid the flipper, go for the sides and rear, catch it, fork it, crush it and pit it, wasting as little time as possible with each attempt.
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