Velociraptor's Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

[matt_macdonald]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

LOL to Chriss comments!

And YOU shut up Matt, Im not changing anybodys tactics, Im just making suggestions!

[andrewj]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Anyways, Juggerbee 3.0 will slot his flipper under the robot with the highest ground clearance, then flip, ram and pit.

I beleive that may be SOR, flip, ram and pit me at your peril!

And sorry Matt, SOR isnt friendly with full body spinners, so Im still going to try and take you out of the heat as early as possible.

[matt_macdonald]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Fine then, Im only in this tourney because somebody wouldnt stop bothering me to enter it until I entered it.

[dinowarrior]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

OK AJ, Ill attack the robot with the SECOND highest ground clearance.

[matt_macdonald]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

That would probably be BOTCG.

[matty_haka]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Actually, that would be ripoff, 4mm to 2mm

[matt_macdonald]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Doesnt matter, as that spinner will probably send Juggerbee 3.0 into shreds.

[dinowarrior]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

OK, Mr confident-who-always-tells-other-people-not-to-be-so-confident-then-acts-all-con fident-and-has-done-for-several-rounds-now-which-usually-results-in-him-losing.

[matty_haka]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Are you talking to me or Matt?:wink:

[matt_macdonald]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Hmm, not only is that not true Chris, but Im expecting Ripoff Yet Again! to lose (THAT doesnt mean make it lose because I said that Rich!), its my worst design built.

[Guest]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

quote:

its my worst design built

Did you build it then?

[matt_macdonald]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Sorry, not built, designed.

[velociraptor]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Please dont start arguing.

Welcome to VFT6 - were a quarter of the way through the heats, and weve seen seeded robots Manic Monsoon, Tempest Evil-er-ution and Psyclone win through their heats, as well as unseeded Orka Mk3! Wholl be the winner of Heat E?

Ninth seed SOR 4.0, the VFT1 champion, only made it to its heat final in VFT5 where despite aggressive tactics, it lost a 35-25 judges decision to WOSS 1.5 on Damage! Again, SOR has changed to try and put another VFT trophy next to its current one - its body is now a taller version of Storm 2s, with its two wheels now safe inside! Its front flipping arm is rear hinged and acts as a srimech, and its rear spinner is now a horizontal disc! SOR has a skid steer system to aid manouverability, but its still not the quickest robot at 13mph and its pushing power isnt great either, although it does boast almost instant accleration - will it accelerate through this heat?

25th seed Achilles was also a heat finalist in the last VFT - Monsoons Back defeated it with superior speed and ramming ability, to send it down the pit! Achilles is a box with a curved back, and its weapon remains a hydraulic lifting arm, able to get under anything with its low plate, and a hook mechanism to grip victims and render them helpless! It can also replace its hydraulics with pneumatics for speedy lifting, and the hook with a T shaped bar at the back for selfrighting! This robot is fast at 18mph, and its 4mm armour should hold up OK, along with 5mm rubber on top, but in a judges decision, it could lose points by not being able to cause Damage!

Back On The Chain Gang only reached Round 2 in VFT5, and faced a painful death at the hands of Parasite, who ripped through its armour and immobilised its wheels! Back then, Chain Gang was a Nightmare-esque robot - now its an invertable box with a low wedge on either side, and embedded in the front wedge is a 12.5kg spinning drum, which produces 28kj and should do no good to opponents wheels when BOTCG is underneath! This robot has good pushing power, but can a flipper exploit the unskirted sides?

Chip seems to be a constantly changing robot, or different robots with the same name - we saw it in Techno Games as a pusher with a plow, and I saw it in a live event as a lifter. But in RW, its a low invertable robot with a horizontal disc at the front! Unfortunately, weve never seen the potential of this disc due to Chip breaking down or being sent OOTA, but you cant get an OOTA in VFT - will Chip make a fry-up of its opponents?

Hefty Kick In The Balls could be just as painful to other robots as its name is to humans - its shaped a bit like Cerberus, with front scoops and a tapered rear, but at the front is a vertical spinning disc, spinning at 2000rpm, which should cause a fair amount of destruction! Its scoops should help shove other robots, although with 2 wheels, it wont be doing that too powerfully! Hefty Kick In The Balls also has skirts to repel flippers, and pretty thick 5mm titanium armour, so it should be resistant to getting kicked in the balls itself!

Juggerbee 3.0 - if you think this robot will be similar to Juggerbot 3.0 from Robotica, youre right! This invertable box has a wedge on the front, and on the rear is an electrically powered flipper that can flip 200kg and works either way up! Juggerbee 3.0 can push twice its own weight, and is one of VFT6s fastest robots with a top speed of 30mph, but that will give it problems with control!

Rippoff Yet Again is a ring spinner - its invertable, and its 900rpm outer ring is covered with spikes to hit other robots all over for max damage! When its spinning, its difficult for a flipper to get underneath, but if its ever not spinning, it wont be able to do much with a 2 wheel drive and no other weaponry!

And Surgeon General comes to its second VFT - it reached Round 2 in VFT4, where it was destroyed by no less than the champ, Mass Disctruction Ultimate! This Battlebots heavyweight has a very powerful horizontal spinning disc, which annihilated robots like Frostbite, Killerhurtz and Hexadecimator in Battlebots! Surgeon General is invertable, but it also has questionable reliability - an accident in surgery, perhaps?

The first melee - flipper/spinner SOR 4.0, spinner Back On The Chain Gang, rammer/flipper Juggerbee 3.0 and spinner Rippoff Yet Again!

3, 2, 1 - ACTIVATE!
SOR 4.0 quickly went for Rippoff Yet Again, who backed off to allow itself spin up time, while BOTCG and Juggerbee 3.0 went for each other! Rippoff Yet Again tried to dodge past SOR 4.0 to attack Juggerbee 3.0, but failed - SOR 4.0 made contact and fired its flipper, and both robots skimmed in different directions! Bouncing wildly, Rippoff hit the wall and flew back into SOR, who reacted quickly by flipping the slowed spinner! Rippoff bounced towards the pit release corner, landing on its side before it reached it. It quickly fell back onto its wheels, but before it could spin up, the ninth seed came speeding in to give it the extra nudge! Rippoff was knocked and ended up resting on SORs side, but couldnt take advantage, as SOR 4.0 was able to swing round while still trapping it, and carry it to a fatal destination - the pit! Meanwhile, BOTCG and Juggerbee 3.0 had immediately to get under each other, and it was Juggerbee 3.0 that had succeeded, before turning on the speed and slamming BOTCG into the west wall, making it go flying! BOTCG aimed to get under Juggerbee 3.0s sides, but Juggerbee had reversed out of the way and then ran back in! However, BOTCG had turned, and just got into Juggerbees side as it advanced, and Juggerbee ran up its wedge into the drum, which knocked it upwards! But it carried on going, tilting onto its side and over! Before it could run, BOTCG was underneath again and whacking away at the armour with its drum, bouncing Juggerbee 3.0 up and down against the wall!
At this point, having got rid of Rippoff Yet Again, SOR 4.0 came to join in the assault on Juggerbee 3.0 - it hit the rear flipper with its disc, but ended up hitting BOTCG as well, a knock which allowed Juggerbee 3.0 to escape, then run back into BOTCGs sides and toss it straight upwards with the flipper! But this exposed it to SOR 4.0, who came into its side and brought it against the wall, the disc making a dent in the titanium! Juggerbee started manouvering out, only for BOTCG to run into its side and lift its wheels off the ground! Juggerbee 3.0 was left stranded, with two spinners slowly eroding its armour! But after a while, the disc and drum slowed down, but that didnt make things better for Juggerbee - SOR 4.0 and BOTCG just turned their other wedges into it, spun up again and continued, BOTCG now slowly bending the flipper! The attack ended when the 30 second time limit on the pin was up, and the two attackers were forced to back off, while Juggerbee 3.0 made good its escape! SOR 4.0 and BOTCG quickly began coming towards it, but Juggerbee 3.0 ran round the ninth seed into the side of BOTCG, ramming it slower into the pit corner and flipping it again!
BOTCG bounced off Juggerbee 3.0s top just as SOR 4.0 came in to help, but again Juggerbee 3.0 got out of the way, getting under BOTCGs side again and running into the pit release! Unfortunately, BOTCG was knocked enough to escape, and it aimed to bring its rear wedge under Juggerbee 3.0, who managed to react quickly and begin a waltz with BOTCG, which quickly ended with Juggerbee 3.0 winning out and getting under! Turning around, it began a run towards the pit, which was rudely interrupted by SOR 4.0! The ninth seed came under Juggerbee 3.0s side and flipped it, tilting it forwards and causing BOTCG to tilt as well! Both robots landed on their backs, Juggerbee 3.0 resting up on BOTCGs side, but with two tyres on the ground, it was able to run off! Inverted, BOTCG tried running, but Juggerbee 3.0 quickly caught it with its flipper - avoiding SOR 4.0, it turned around and dumped BOTCG on top of Rippoff Yet Again!
CEASE!

Back On The Chain Gang and Rippoff Yet Again are eliminated!
SOR 4.0 AND JUGGERBEE 3.0 GO THROUGH TO ROUND 2!

Next into the arena are Achilles, Chip, Hefty Kick In The Balls and Surgeon General!

3, 2, 1 - ACTIVATE!
Achilles and Surgeon General both moved towards Hefty Kick In The Balls, who went for Chip, who went for Surgeon General! Achilles reached its destination first, but HKITB dodged it and made it run past - this allowed HKITB to attack Surgeon General, hitting it in the side and knocking it away! Surgeon General had to respond quickly to Chips advance, striking it in the side while taking a blow in the wheel itself! Meanwhile, as HKITB advanced on Chip, Achilles attacked from behind! HKITB turned, but Achilles still managed to get round to the side, run HKITB into the wall (allowing Chip to hit in the process, and then having to reverse away from Surgeon General) and struggle to get under the skirts! Eventually, it succeeded, and began lifting HKITB! Having to go around Achilles and its victim to avoid the vertical disc, Surgeon General hit HKITB in the behind, turning both Achilles and HKITB around as HKITB was snagged on Achilless hook, and allowing Surgeon General a bite in the side, just before Chip ran into its own side, spun it into the wall and slashed the right wheel some more! Having fully lifted HKITB, Achilles rammed it into the wall, giving enough umph to overturn HKITB, and without a srimech, Hefty Kick In The Balls was left to be counted out! While Chip and Surgeon General were dancing around, Achilles ran into Chips side, and before it could run it into the arena disc, Surgeon General took it across the side and spun it around into the wall, also releasing Chip!
Chip took advantage by hitting Achilles in the side as well, making a scratch in the 4mm titanium! But this left it exposed to Surgeon General, who hit it in the side and sheared the top panel, peeling it up a little! Surgeon General then suddenly found itself being rammed and lifted by Achilles - avoiding the still mobile Chip, the 25th seed rushed Surgeon General right into the wall and bounced off! Fully lifting the American, Achilles charged it into the wall again - the invertable Surgeon General was turned over and its disc made it bounce backwards, knocking the advancing Chip! Chip quickly hit the right wheel again, leaving Surgeon General a little wobbly! But Chip was to be the next target for Achilles, and it was shoved all the way across the arena, until they met the wall and it was overturned! Turning, Achilles caught Chip in the rear end and slammed it mercilessly into the arena disc! The strike of the disc along with the damage caused by Surgeon General worked to immobilise Chip, who was not left to rest in peace, but stacked next to Hefty Kick In The Balls by Achilles, while Surgeon General was more polite and hit the still living Achilles! While Chip was being counted out, Achilles retaliated, ramming Surgeon General into a corner and pinning it there until the buzzer!
CEASE!

Chip and Hefty Kick In The Balls are eliminated!
ACHILLES AND SURGEON GENERAL GO THROUGH TO ROUND 2!

Heat E, Round 2:
SOR 4.0 (9) vs Surgeon General
Achilles (25) vs Juggerbee 3.0

[steven_mcg]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

HEAT E
ROUND 2
1) SoR 4.0 (9) VS Surgeon General
Ill take the seed to throw the General around and win by either KOing with the blade or by a JD

2) Achilles (25) VS Juggerbee 3.0
Achilles to overturn the Bee before buzzing off to the Pit

Keep up the good work, Mr S :wink:

*600th POST*

[andrewj]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

SOR 4.0 (9) vs Surgeon General

First of all, my armour should stand up to the Generals spinner fairly well, plus should cause some nice sparks.
My tactics, race in and toss it over the ring while spinning up my disc, have a few shots at the wheels and then start flipping again. Eventually after tossing it all around the ring and slicing up its wheels I should have it immobilised. failing this Ill use my 6hp drive train to push it into the pit.

Awesome fights as always Richard! Keep up the good work.