A special Robot Wars Fan Fiction Anniversary

[eene]

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Welcome back!

HEAT FINAL

From Toronto, in Canada, Macduff the 4th!

From Hereford, in Herefordshire, the number 3 seeds, X-Terminator!

Roboteers, stand by!

B1: Macduff the 4th
B2: X-Terminator
House Robots: Matilda and Growler

3-2-1: Activate!

Macduff the 4th has the flipper for this fight, and if it can get under the ground clearance at the back of X-Terminator, then the number 3 seeds would certainly be out. X-Terminator is slow, but it has that disc. In comes Macduff the 4th, from the side. Under it goes and FLIPS! And X-Terminator, as most of us predicted, over it goes! The disc drags it along the arena floor, but no furthur as it crashes into an arena wall! What an attack by Macduff the 4th! They push X-Terminator away, towards the CPZ! In comes Growler, his jaws opened wide! Macduff the 4th backs away and wisely so! X-Terminator...well, what can they do. They can self-right on their sides, but not like this, I don't think. Growler grabs it and takes it over the flame pit! Leaving it there. Refbot has a look as Macduff the 4th comes in again and FLIPS X-Terminator once more. OH! And X-Terminator right way up again, but stuck on the wall! They were in a similar position in their first round fight, but got away. Can they do it here? I don't think so. Macduff the 4th waits its moment. If they leave X-Terminator, they'll be counted out. And I think thats whats going to happen. Macduff the 4th, laying off. Sportsmanship, a good thing to see as X-Terminator is counted out!
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10!
Macduff the 4th spins around in victory! They go through to the grand final. A turn up for the books! X-Terminator, number 3 seeds, and heading out. Matilda comes in! Her flywheel hits X-Terminator! The impact knocks X-Terminator off the wall! Growler comes in and gets his teeth into the side skirts. Dragging X-Terminator away to the pit! Refbot presses the button and Growler waits for the right moment...now! Down goes X-Terminator. Out of the competition.

Cease!

X-Terminator exterminated! The number 3 seeds go out!
Macduff the 4th go through to the grand final!

Join us next time, for Heat C!

Sorry if the fight was a bit short. I followed the rules this time, I'm sure I did. Tell me if I didn't

[kodster]

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A one-hit KO. Nice. Well since that said all about the fight, there's no need for me to nit-pick the length of it. Good job Elliot.

[eene]

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Tactics for Heat C by tonight, guys

[steven_mcg]

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Ooh, yay! My first trophy in a long while! Thanking you, Elliot!

HEAT C
ROUND 1
1. CroOkEd eVo VS Firestorm 5
Firestorm to fling its way to victory.

2. Pickaxe of Doom VS TRAFFIC WARDEN
This is the draw I was hoping for - a slow, boxy bot with poor traction. Checking its dimensions, Pickaxe of Doom should easily fit inside my crusher, so attack from the sides to avoid the axe, scoop it up, clamp it hard and dump it in the Pit ASAP.

[team_orr]

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well...

1: CrOoKeD: get firestorm from behind, then a: flip oota, b: into a hazard/cpz or c: push down pit

2: pickaxe-of-doom: oh arse :P well i might course a shock...:P urm, try to get it from behind, avoid crusher :P and axe like there is no tomorrow...which, having seen the opponent might be a possibility :P

[andrewj]

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CrOoKeD EvO vs. Firestorm V

Get under the 6mm ground clearance and try and stack it against the walls. If that doesn't work, try and feed it to the house robots.

Traffic Warden should win the other battle.

[eene]

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Welcome to Heat C of Robot Wars! So far, we have Typhoon II, the reigning champions, and newcomers Macduff the 4th in the Grand Final. Who will join them, though?

BATTLE ONE

From Richmond upon Thames, in London, Crooked Evo!

A box wedge with 25mph speeds and a powerful flipper. Its made from Hardox and Titanium, and powered by 2 24v Magmotors, but the Co2 supply is limited.

From Durham, in Durham, the number 4 seeds, Firestorm V!

Three times a grand finalist, knocked out in the semi final last time. The Co2 powered flipper can throw robots out of the arena, but with 2WD, its not the best pusher around.

Roboteers, stand by!

B1: Crooked Evo
B2: Firestorm V
House Robots: Sir Killalot and Shunt

3-2-1: Activate!

Firestorm V would be the crowd favourite here. They slide under the side of Crooked Evo but miss a chance there! Crooked Evo turns around but Firestorm V gets under again and FLIPS it over! Crooked Evo self-rights, but uses up one of its flips there. How many does it have? They pursue Firestorm V and now it gets under the back and flips! Firestorm V up but not over! A flipper frenzy out there in the arena! Firestorm V swings around, missing another flip by Crooked Evo and gets under the front this time, pushing towards the CPZ! Shunt is waiting and he brings the axe down onto the 8mm Hardox armour. Crooked Evo...OH, they flipped Shunt! Crooked Evo out of the way, but flipping Shunt over! Firestorm V finds its way under again! Flipping Crooked Evo over, but they self-right. Not too high a ground clearance on Crooked Evo, only 6mm at the back. Firestorm V can get under that easily though. Sliding under the side once again and pushing them into the side wall. Can they get Crooked Evo out!? Crooked Evo tries to flip itself free, but Firestorm V is relentless! It's on its side now, Crooked Evo, against the wall, but it self-rights from there. Firestorm V turns around and away, but Crooked Evo catches up and FLIPS them over now! Could the fight still be turned around? Firestorm V self-rights. Two evenly matched robots here. Firestorm V out of trouble now, heading towards the pit release button! Down goes the pit. In comes Crooked Evo to try and flip again, but Firestorm V gets there first and pushes them into Sir Killalot's CPZ! Crooked Evo can't flip him over! Sir Killalot's claws grab hold of the side of Crooked Evo, and crumples the titanium armour! Lifting it up. Firestorm V looks on. Killalot drops Crooked Evo back to earth. Firestorm V comes in but slides UP the front of Crooked Evo this time! Crooked Evo pushes across the arena, towards the wall and FLIPS! Firestorm V not out, but on its side! They self-right and turn to face Crooked Evo again. What a fantastic fight this is. Aggression by both robots. Firestorm V does slip under the side of Crooked Evo this time and flips it over again. It self-rights, and the flipper still works. The last ten seconds count down. Firestorm V chases by Crooked Evo. Firestorm V swings around but almost flipped there by Crooked Evo. Now THEY get underneath and towards the wall!

Cease!

Shunt flipped over! The house robots won't be happy! Both robots still mobile so the judge's will make their decision on who goes through.

Crooked Evo: S: 2 C: 2 D: 1 A: 3 Total: 8

Firestorm V: S: 3 C: 2 D: 1 A: 3 Total: 9

The judges have made their decision!
Firestorm V goes through to the heat final!

Hope you liked that fight. If you didn't like it, please say

[eene]

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While I wait for your reviews, I'll put a few fun facts about Robot Wars up that I've learned:

1: The Grannies Revenge team made Purple Predator in Series 3

2: Indefagitable wasn' the second robot to go out of the arena. According to my book, Atomic flipped Reactor out of the arena in the Series Four Qualifier (Probably more went as well)

3: The spring on Mousetrap's trap does not power it. It is just a piece of garden hose made to look like it powers the trap

4: Dome's stat sheet says it has experience. I went on Youtube and apparently they had a robot called Samuari that went to the Series Three Qualifier, but obviously didn't get in

5: The Victor team made The Kraken

All of these were from reliable sources

[eene]

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Welcome back.

BATTLE TWO

From Richmond upon Thames, in London, Pickaxe of Doom!

A box wedge made from Polycarbonate and Titanium. Its main feature is a Co2 powered axe that can cause some serious damage. It is the slowest in the heat, though, at 5mph.

From Glasgow, in Scotland, Traffic Warden!

An oddly shaped robot with two horizontal crushers that come together when the opponent is in its grasp. Invertible, the fastest in this fight at 15mph, but a 10mm ground clearance could leave it open to attack from flippers.

Roboteers, stand by!

B1: Pickaxe of Doom
B2: Traffic Warden
House Robots: Sgt Bash and Dead Metal

3-2-1: Activate!

Traffic Warden is a unique looking robot. It heads straight for Pickaxe of Doom and rams into the side of it! Pickaxe of Doom, slow, but down comes the axe onto the top of Traffic Warden! That doesn't stop Traffic Warden, with Steven McGregor at the controls. It pushes Pickaxe of Doom against the wall and starts to crush it! This is a weapon like none other I've ever seen. Pickaxe of Doom hits it again, but Traffic Warden isn't releasing its grip! Now it does, and Pickaxe of Doom is away, but Traffic Warden is right behind. They turn around, and Traffic Warden pushes them towards the pit release button. Pickaxe of Doom escapes again. Traffic Warden gives chase and shoves it into Sgt Bash's CPZ! Sgt Bash is waiting and he grabs hold of the front of Pickaxe of Doom with his claws and makes a horrible gash in the wedge! Pickaxe of Doom uses its axe to try and free itself, but Sgt Bash lets it go anyway. Traffic Warden is on top here. Pickaxe of Doom turns around and hits it again. If they can penetrate the 4mm Titanium armour on Traffic Warden, they could immobolise it. Traffic Warden isn't deterred and once again shoves Pickaxe of Doom against the wall. The crushing arms hold it in place, there is no escape, I'm afraid! Pulling it away, Traffic Warden, and turning towards the pit! Pickaxe of Doom hacks away at the top of Traffic Warden, but its not letting go. DOWN goes Pickaxe of Doom! Traffic Warden through to the heat final!

Cease!

Pickaxe of Doom gets stabbed in the back!
Traffic Warden goes through to the heat final!

So, this is the heat final lineup:

Firestorm V VS Traffic Warden

But before that, the second of our featherweight melees

Skink VS Flow VS Starfighter

See you then

[corsair_lightning]

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Tactics: Get on the flipper of Flow, then drive off and let him flip himself over. Then, get underneath him and flip him OOTA. If he self-rights before I can OOTA him, then repeat the process to flip him over, get him OOTA, etc. Then go after Skink's sides, get underneath, flip OOTA, enough said.

[kodster]

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Two problems wrong with that tactic:

1. Your wheels will most likely leave the ground when you get wedged onto the flipper.

2. The opponent will be driving forward even if you are able to escape the wedge.

:P

[corsair_lightning]

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Shhh... My plan is to simply cause him to flip himself over. That's all.

[kodster]

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Shhh... My plan is to simply cause him to flip himself over. That's all.

And I'm stating that it won't work because of aforementioned reasons. Not opinion, mind you, but fact. The only one who'll find himself inverted is you.

A greater ground clearance would remedy that. Too late to change stats now, though. :P

[corsair_lightning]

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Shh... If you're quiet, he won't notice...

[kodster]

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Shh... If you're quiet, he won't notice...

Meh, Elliot may write short fights, but he's not stupid by any accounts. I'm sure he'd notice, without my help. :P