Wedga meanwhile is being given a taste of the flame pit...that won't do too much, hopefully, but because the robot is so compact, components might get hotter quicker! Several seconds of house robot fun encompass the two helpless competitors...then Mr. Psycho's claw raises, up...up...up...and opens, sending Wedga plummeting to the ground onto its flipper! It's not that great of a fall, but Mr. Psycho turns a bit and brings the hammer down before Wedga can try and right itself, landing a solid blow on the underside! But the monocoque holds up fairly well, and the resulting toss over from Wedga, righting it, clearly displays a lack of weakness! Concurrently, Sir Killalot has viewed 15 seconds worth of the bright white fragments of light, and now spins about with the claw raised, whirling Harraz around before letting go and sending the Team Insanity robot sprawling across the floor where the arena spike pops Harraz, but doesn't quite manage to turn it over! Paul guides his robot off the hazard, as Wedga seeks the middle of the arena. Only this time, the outcome is far different and Wedga successfully sneaks past the lifter and underneath Harraz! Panicking, Paul tries to back off...not a chance! An absolutely massive toss results from Andy pressing the flipper button, and amid a cloud of CO2 Harraz lands a perfect 540, on his back! None too pleased about this, Paul tries to self-right on the spot, but here comes Wedga! None too soon does the lifter raise Harraz off the ground, though, as Wedga barges in a fraction of a second too late and the charges merely shoves Harraz aside, sending Wedga off-course! Wedga twirls, but Harraz manages to self-right successfully! Not as successful however is the attempt to escape, as Wedga crashes into the side of Harraz as it tries to get away, and the skirt is penetrated! Rather than an immediate assault, Wedga takes Harraz to the wall...oh how dreadful! The toss was almost exactly terminal, and Harraz crashes directly down onto the upraised flipper of Wedga, forcibly closing it! Wedga flips him again, but the same result occurs...with an altered end as Harraz slides off the back! On his wheels now, Harraz spins about quicker and gets the lifter under Wedga before Andy can do anything about it, and turns Wedga over! Wedga immediately self-rights, but only onto the lifter to be tipped over again! With his rear to the wall again and nowhere near a CPZ, Wedga is in dire straits! Another flick pushes him further into the wall...and bounces onto his arse, then onto the flipper! There's some space to self-right now, but Harraz is already there and shoves Wedga back into the wall...but Wedga fires the flipper just as Harraz comes into contact with him! ...oh dear!!! That was horrible!!! Wedga Ennea has effectively thrown itself out of the arena!!! It appears both drivers are confused to the result...Andy shakes his head after a while and accepts it, but Paul is in hysterics! Harraz moves on!
Generally, go for the usual EoR II tactics - spin up, avoid weapons, kill Liar 2 and Blast in that order. Also...
I'm impressed with that fight Kody, but not with the way Killalot handled me 
Never mind, I'll get him back for it.
Blast however self-rights quickly with a CO2 snort, and goodness me the self-right was magnificent as well, a true 540 degree over-overturn, quite the overturn overture! Paul's complacance is short-lived, however, because Liar is on his case again. Blast moves forward at him again, but Liar moves about and slams one of the spikes into the side of Blast's scoop, thwackbot-style as ever. Blast is thrown aside and this lets Liar come in again, but before he can do so, Exertion makes an appearance by shoving Eye of Ran straight into him! Saved by the distraction, Blast turns again and gets under one of Liar's thwacking spikes, and powers under the Dutch flipper, and activates his own flipper on his opponent...goodness me, what height! The stats must have lied, for Liar flew quite higher than 5 feet! A maddened Exertion isn't letting anybody go, though, as he now shoves under Blast, under one of the skirts, and lifts him over with another great SMASH into the arena wall! Eye of Ran, finally free of the bricky lifter, spins his blade up and heads for Liar 2 as per his plan. Martijn however isn't concerned about Joey and is looking for some sweet revenge against Paul, as Blast self-rights stylishly again. Exertion penetrates the damaged skirt and starts to lift Blast over again, presenting Liar with the perfect opportunity! Quickly Martijn heads over, but Joey is quite close and Eye of Ran intercepts Liar with a gargantuan CRASH against the previously hit wheel! Liar gets pounded against the wall and Eye of Ran turns about to protect his blade,...well Martijn isn't going to let THAT go! Liar rams straight into Eye of Ran, the hit wheel still fine, and sneaks the flipper in. Joey pushes forward to try and ward away the flipper, but Liar spins the other way and thwacks the side of Eye of Ran...and is in for a shock as the thwack has penetrated the polycarb! It's not too deep, but the spike is slightly embedded in the side armour of Eye of Ran, and that's absolutely no good for Joey! Liar now begins to drag Eye of Ran backwards, as further away Blast has been flipped over and against the wall side-on. Exertion now tries to lift him OOTA, but the flipper saves Blast once again as it rights the Team Insanity robot at the side of Exertion, but with the rear pointed at Exertion! - and I came first in the JD. I feel proud. Well done AJ for making it through with me.
got under the ramming wonder; if it's many, then I predict Cobalt to wina JD on damage/strategy, and if not, he will be pitted. I really like this match-up. For many reasons. Firstly, Blast is designed to fight skirted machine, hence the scoop designed to pierce skirts with the spikes built in, secondly, I am 8mph (roughly) faster than the opponent, which while it may worsen control 
it also means that his weapon may be useless, as whenever he'll rear up for a run, I can just ram in before he has momentum. On the subject of the weapon, as a concept I love in I mean that; I love the originality of it, and also the way it can affect the opponent. However, if Blast can take being hit by House Robots and the destructive Eye Of Ran II with minimal damage, I think that weapon won't trouble me TOO much. shunt him to the edge and get rid via OOTA. If I can't get him over the fence, give him to the house robots to damage him.
WHAT HAS THE WORLD COME TO, WHEN I'M IN THE FINAL
WHAT HAS THE WORLD COME TO, WHEN I'M IN THE FINAL
Cobalt bounces...but is now on the wedge of Exertion, and definitely not a good place to be now! Exertion goes up with the lifter, all while driving Cobalt forward, and manages to roll Cobalt onto its back! Frank's there with the srimech, but the pit is so near - NO!! Cobalt rights itself and barely escapes a pitting!! But Andy's not done yet!! Exertion turns and catches Cobalt's side as the latter tries to get away!! Up with the lifter, and Cobalt's on its side!! Now Exertion pushes Cobalt onto its back, right in front of the pit!! But already the srimech is - aaah!!! That's it!! Cobalt pitted!! What a finisher that was! Frank just could not escape the pit and his robot ended up down in it! Goodness me! Well done, Exertion.
!!WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!! Well done to Matty for making an interesting robot that people shall rip off for years to come.
you should head over to MM3.0 and give tactics btw, fights will be written soon.
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