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Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!
Sorry Dave, but it must be the old version.
Welcome to VFT6 - so far, we have no seeded robots in the second semifinal, but will one get through in Heat L, or will it turn out like NSBFL7 currently is?
Tenth seed NSBFR-X, who came 4th in VFT4, reached the semis of VFT5 but was cut up by SD IV once there - it survived to a judges decision, but lost 21-39! NSBFR-X has changed to become an invertable box wedge with rounded sides, and its put together some new interchangable weaponry as well - the old Hardox scoop, a horizontal spinning bar, pincers and an electric lifting plate, now slotted into the wedge so the wedge itself is stronger! The robot is faster at 20mph and is skirted - will NSBFR-X be seen in the finals again?
26th seed Black Chalkie Beard was just Chalkie last time - it was a heat finalist who fell foul of Killotine Evos axe, and then the pit! Now its a two part clusterbot - the parts, Black and Beard, are invertable boxes with slightly rounded sides and rear, and are armed with lifting swords that lie low to the ground and will hopefully keep other flippers at bay! Hopefully spinners wont do much better, with the clusterbots 2cm Hardox armour, and suspension that allows the innards to move, and flippers are also repelled by the skirts that work either way up! But Black Chalkie Beard isnt a great pusher, or very fast at 12mph, and could find itself in double trouble!
Forklifts Revenges predecessor made it to VFT5 Round 2, where it was spun into the pit by Tempest Evil-oution - it met Tempest again in the VFT5 Annihilator, but survived long enough to come 3rd! The robot isnt so much a forklift anymore, as a flipper - the low box has a Toro-like flipping arm, with forklift-like prongs to get under low robots and flip them pretty high! Forklifts Revenge has a good 18mph top speed, and can use the flipper to selfright, and also has sprung skirts, but will it fail to get revenge if the CO2 runs out?
Gyrate is designed for nothing more than to hurt other robots very, very badly - it has a 27kg spinning bar, spinning at 8000rpm, to produce 1.45 mega joules, which will hopefully cause some one hit KOs! Gyrate isnt particularly strong in other areas - no srimech, 2mm polycarbonate armour, and a top speed of 5mph, but Aaron hopes that wont matter with his mighty weaponry!
Hassocks Hog 2 comes to VFT6 after a poor performance in RW, where it went out in Round 1 twice. But this pig has no intention of being butchered here - its a compact, boxy wedge robot armed with a flipping arm and a picture of pants on the underbelly, to shock opponents if it gets flipped! With furry ears, Hassocks Hog 2 is lucky theres no flames here, but its flipper has proved unreliable in RW, and it needs it to selfright!
Insecticide has a rounded main body with exterior sidepods containing the wheels - rather than a can of Raid, its armed with a horizontal spinning disc! Its invertable, manouverable and agile, but can be flipped - will Insecticide just be another bug in the system?
Roo 2 is a Gyrobot-like spinner - a low cylinder with a spinning ring, that produces 166kj as it spins, so hopefully other robots wont feel so good when it hits them! Its tyres are stuffed to avoid puncturing, and it has thick titanium/polypropylene layered armour, but it also has a high ground clearance for any tough flippers that pass by!
And Sonic Boom hopes it will attract some loud cheers from the audience - this Stinger-like axlebot has a momentum powered axe, which comes down with 800kg of force! Sonic Boom has all its components inside its thick Hardox wheel hubs, and it should be hard for opponents to attack, with its manouverability, tough armour, slippery design and 28mph top speed! But Sonic Boom also has iffy control and poor pushing power - will it make an impact?
In the first melee, NSBFR-X fits a spinning bar to meet flippers Forklifts Revenge and Hassocks Hog 2, and spinner Roo 2!
3, 2, 1 - ACTIVATE!
NSBFR-X moved towards Hassocks Hog 2, who went to greet it. Roo 2 also went for the Hog, followed by Forklifts Revenge! NSBFR-X caught HH2 as it was moving into its sides, and the bar ripped into its armour! NSBFR-X moved after HH2 as it spun off, missing the flipper and whacking it in the side again! Roo 2 failed to reach the carnage before Forklifts Revenge caught up with it and hit it - both robots skimmed away from each other! Recovering, Roo 2 went after the injured HH2, hitting it in the front and accidentally running into NSBFR-Xs bar as well! HH2s arm was left bent and broken, and even more so when NSBFR-X hit it a second later! Forklifts Revenge reappeared and moved towards Roo 2 - its prongs slipped under the ground clearance and flipped from underneath! Like a UFO, Roo 2 whizzed through the air, skimming as it landed, hitting the wall and bouncing off, going right between HH2 and Forklifts Revenge! NSBFR-X was continuing to attack HH2, hitting the wounded right side again and reaching the wheel, slicing it! It struck again, leaving HH2 with restricted movement!
Roo 2 advanced on NSBFR-X and Hassocks Hog 2 - Forklifts Revenge went to attack but glanced off, a tear in its left skirt! Roo 2 hit HH2 in a front corner, sending it away from NSBFR-X, with two panels parted! NSBFR-X and Roo 2 both went in to deliver killing blows, but Roo 2 fell foul of Forklifts Revenge again, and was flipped towards the closed pit - it hit the floor, bounced into the wall and off! Going for the pit release at the time, Forklifts Revenge came back towards the slowed Roo 2, while NSBFR-X was aiming its spinning bar into the hole in HH2! With a hard strike, smoke began to waft out of the hole, and Hassocks Hog 2 was no more! Once sure HH2 was dead, NSBFR-X went for Forklifts Revenge, who had given Roo 2 another ram and knock into the wall to slow it as it was spinning up! It now had Roo 2 on its flipper and was taking it towards the pit release! Once they were there, NSBFR-X pinned Forklifts Revenge from behind, not getting under the skirts but holding it there while the pit was open, and then closed! Forklifts Revenge, still holding Roo 2, began edging out, reversing into the pit release only for NSBFR-X to pin it in the side! Edging out again, Forklifts Revenge pushed past Hassocks Hog 2, and this dislodged Roo 2, who began running to spin up! Going after it, Forklifts Revenge got underneath and flipped, just before NSBFR-X gave it a shove in the rear!
Forklifts Revenge tried following Roo 2 as it bounced, but NSBFR-X kept it from doing so by ramming it into the wall and pinning it once again! Roo 2, once it had spun up again, excitedly came in and hit the side, but the Hardox held up! The impact allowed Forklifts Revenge to wriggle away from NSBFR-X and attack Roo 2 as it was coming in again, but NSBFR-X hit it in the side again and caused it to miss the flip, although it also made Roo 2 hit NSBFR-X in the side and give it a dent! Escaping, Forklifts Revenge chased down Roo 2, and they came together with a crash, Forklifts Revenge spinning away and Roo 2 being flipped! Running into the nearby pit release, Forklifts Revenge went after Roo 2 again, only to be caught again by the 10th seed! NSBFR-X shoved Forklifts Revenge towards the pit, but they went on a curved path away from it! Roo 2 came in to help, hitting Forklifts Revenge in the rear so it spun towards the pit, but it bounced off the wall and away! NSBFR-X and Forklifts Revenge now met head on, and both struggled to get under each other! Still in play, Roo 2 aimed to whack Forklifts Revenge into the pit again, but Forklifts Revenge swerved so Roo 2s blow just smashed it against the wall! Roo 2 then found itself being flipped again, bouncing off NSBFR-Xs top and missing the pit, which soon closed! NSBFR-X continued attacking Forklifts Revenge, going into its front and pushing it backwards, but Forklifts Revenge swerved again and went straight into Roo 2, and went skimming into the body of Hassocks Hog 2! Flipping it out of the way, Forklifts Revenge hit the pit release again, and a moment later, NSBFR-X had it pinned against the wall again, and Roo 2 took the oppotunity to hit it in the side once again! Just as Forklifts Revenge escaped the pin, time ran out and the judges began making their decision!
CEASE!
Aggression: NSBFR-X - 4, FR - 3, Roo 2 - 3 (NSBFR was the most aggressive, with both FR and Roo 2 having non aggressive moments)
Damage: NSBFR-X - 3, FR - 0, Roo 2 - 7 (Roo 2 caused the most damage, followed by NSBFR, while FR didnt do any)
Strategy: NSBFR-X - 4, FR - 2, Roo 2 - 4 (NSBFR and Roo 2 had the most strategy with their team up)
Control: NSBFR-X - 4, FR - 3, Roo 2 - 3 (all robots had mainly equal control, but FR and Roo 2 missed some attacks so they lose marks)
Style: NSBFR-X - 1, FR - 5, Roo 2 - 4 (NSBFR-X got in a few spinner attacks and rams which werent that stylish, Roo 2 had more style with its spinner, and FR had the most with its flipper)
Dominance: NSBFR-X - 5, FR - 3, Roo 2 - 2 (NSBFR had dominance over its opponents throughout the fight, while FR had more dominance than Roo 2)
Final Score: NSBFR-X - 21, Forklifts Revenge - 16, Roo 2 - 23
Forklifts Revenge and Hassocks Hog 2 are eliminated!
NSBFR-X AND ROO 2 GO THROUGH TO ROUND 2!
Melee 2 has clusterbot Black Chalkie Beard, explosive Gyrate, poisonous Insecticide and deafening Sonic Boom!
3, 2, 1 - ACTIVATE!
Black Chalkie Beard split and both parts headed for the beginning-to-spin Gyrate, while Insecticide went for Sonic Boom, who cam eot meet it! Black and Beard came in on Gyrate - and with their low bodies, slipped under the deadly blade! Immediately they shoved it towards the pit release, but when they did, the flybar touched the wall! The arena shook violently, Gyrate was launched backwards, pushing past the twins and flying across the arena floor! Bouncing off the south wall, it flew towards the tussling Insecticide and Sonic Boom, and the still spinning flybar hit them both! A long gash in its front and top, Insecticide wasnt moving at all, while Sonic Booms thick Hardox wheel hubs were cracked, and while slowed, it was still mobile! Landing on the centre of the arena, Gyrate began spinning again and came towards Sonic Boom, but Black and Beard had caught up with it, ran under the blade again, and this time decided to lift with their swords! This they did, and while Gyrates blade didnt touch the floor, the forces caused it to tilt back, and the blade hit the tops of Black and Beard, smashing the 4mm Hardox on top! Gyrate flew away from the twins again, bouncing and going straight into the south wall, this time missing Sonic Boom and the 26th seed, and managing to stabilise! With their top armour now cracked and their wheels also hit, Black and Beard were both motionless, as was Insecticide, and with Gyrate and Sonic Boom still mobile from that destructive and chaotic battle, they were going through!
CEASE!
Black Chalkie Beard and Insecticide are eliminated!
GYRATE AND SONIC BOOM GO THROUGH TO ROUND 2!
Heat L, Round 2:
NSBFR-X (10) vs Sonic Boom
Gyrate vs Roo 2
Please let me know if that last fight was unrealistic - with such a powerful spinner, and Hardox armoured robots (irresistable force and immovable objects!) its hard to tell.
Sorry Dave, but it must be the old version.
Welcome to VFT6 - so far, we have no seeded robots in the second semifinal, but will one get through in Heat L, or will it turn out like NSBFL7 currently is?
Tenth seed NSBFR-X, who came 4th in VFT4, reached the semis of VFT5 but was cut up by SD IV once there - it survived to a judges decision, but lost 21-39! NSBFR-X has changed to become an invertable box wedge with rounded sides, and its put together some new interchangable weaponry as well - the old Hardox scoop, a horizontal spinning bar, pincers and an electric lifting plate, now slotted into the wedge so the wedge itself is stronger! The robot is faster at 20mph and is skirted - will NSBFR-X be seen in the finals again?
26th seed Black Chalkie Beard was just Chalkie last time - it was a heat finalist who fell foul of Killotine Evos axe, and then the pit! Now its a two part clusterbot - the parts, Black and Beard, are invertable boxes with slightly rounded sides and rear, and are armed with lifting swords that lie low to the ground and will hopefully keep other flippers at bay! Hopefully spinners wont do much better, with the clusterbots 2cm Hardox armour, and suspension that allows the innards to move, and flippers are also repelled by the skirts that work either way up! But Black Chalkie Beard isnt a great pusher, or very fast at 12mph, and could find itself in double trouble!
Forklifts Revenges predecessor made it to VFT5 Round 2, where it was spun into the pit by Tempest Evil-oution - it met Tempest again in the VFT5 Annihilator, but survived long enough to come 3rd! The robot isnt so much a forklift anymore, as a flipper - the low box has a Toro-like flipping arm, with forklift-like prongs to get under low robots and flip them pretty high! Forklifts Revenge has a good 18mph top speed, and can use the flipper to selfright, and also has sprung skirts, but will it fail to get revenge if the CO2 runs out?
Gyrate is designed for nothing more than to hurt other robots very, very badly - it has a 27kg spinning bar, spinning at 8000rpm, to produce 1.45 mega joules, which will hopefully cause some one hit KOs! Gyrate isnt particularly strong in other areas - no srimech, 2mm polycarbonate armour, and a top speed of 5mph, but Aaron hopes that wont matter with his mighty weaponry!
Hassocks Hog 2 comes to VFT6 after a poor performance in RW, where it went out in Round 1 twice. But this pig has no intention of being butchered here - its a compact, boxy wedge robot armed with a flipping arm and a picture of pants on the underbelly, to shock opponents if it gets flipped! With furry ears, Hassocks Hog 2 is lucky theres no flames here, but its flipper has proved unreliable in RW, and it needs it to selfright!
Insecticide has a rounded main body with exterior sidepods containing the wheels - rather than a can of Raid, its armed with a horizontal spinning disc! Its invertable, manouverable and agile, but can be flipped - will Insecticide just be another bug in the system?
Roo 2 is a Gyrobot-like spinner - a low cylinder with a spinning ring, that produces 166kj as it spins, so hopefully other robots wont feel so good when it hits them! Its tyres are stuffed to avoid puncturing, and it has thick titanium/polypropylene layered armour, but it also has a high ground clearance for any tough flippers that pass by!
And Sonic Boom hopes it will attract some loud cheers from the audience - this Stinger-like axlebot has a momentum powered axe, which comes down with 800kg of force! Sonic Boom has all its components inside its thick Hardox wheel hubs, and it should be hard for opponents to attack, with its manouverability, tough armour, slippery design and 28mph top speed! But Sonic Boom also has iffy control and poor pushing power - will it make an impact?
In the first melee, NSBFR-X fits a spinning bar to meet flippers Forklifts Revenge and Hassocks Hog 2, and spinner Roo 2!
3, 2, 1 - ACTIVATE!
NSBFR-X moved towards Hassocks Hog 2, who went to greet it. Roo 2 also went for the Hog, followed by Forklifts Revenge! NSBFR-X caught HH2 as it was moving into its sides, and the bar ripped into its armour! NSBFR-X moved after HH2 as it spun off, missing the flipper and whacking it in the side again! Roo 2 failed to reach the carnage before Forklifts Revenge caught up with it and hit it - both robots skimmed away from each other! Recovering, Roo 2 went after the injured HH2, hitting it in the front and accidentally running into NSBFR-Xs bar as well! HH2s arm was left bent and broken, and even more so when NSBFR-X hit it a second later! Forklifts Revenge reappeared and moved towards Roo 2 - its prongs slipped under the ground clearance and flipped from underneath! Like a UFO, Roo 2 whizzed through the air, skimming as it landed, hitting the wall and bouncing off, going right between HH2 and Forklifts Revenge! NSBFR-X was continuing to attack HH2, hitting the wounded right side again and reaching the wheel, slicing it! It struck again, leaving HH2 with restricted movement!
Roo 2 advanced on NSBFR-X and Hassocks Hog 2 - Forklifts Revenge went to attack but glanced off, a tear in its left skirt! Roo 2 hit HH2 in a front corner, sending it away from NSBFR-X, with two panels parted! NSBFR-X and Roo 2 both went in to deliver killing blows, but Roo 2 fell foul of Forklifts Revenge again, and was flipped towards the closed pit - it hit the floor, bounced into the wall and off! Going for the pit release at the time, Forklifts Revenge came back towards the slowed Roo 2, while NSBFR-X was aiming its spinning bar into the hole in HH2! With a hard strike, smoke began to waft out of the hole, and Hassocks Hog 2 was no more! Once sure HH2 was dead, NSBFR-X went for Forklifts Revenge, who had given Roo 2 another ram and knock into the wall to slow it as it was spinning up! It now had Roo 2 on its flipper and was taking it towards the pit release! Once they were there, NSBFR-X pinned Forklifts Revenge from behind, not getting under the skirts but holding it there while the pit was open, and then closed! Forklifts Revenge, still holding Roo 2, began edging out, reversing into the pit release only for NSBFR-X to pin it in the side! Edging out again, Forklifts Revenge pushed past Hassocks Hog 2, and this dislodged Roo 2, who began running to spin up! Going after it, Forklifts Revenge got underneath and flipped, just before NSBFR-X gave it a shove in the rear!
Forklifts Revenge tried following Roo 2 as it bounced, but NSBFR-X kept it from doing so by ramming it into the wall and pinning it once again! Roo 2, once it had spun up again, excitedly came in and hit the side, but the Hardox held up! The impact allowed Forklifts Revenge to wriggle away from NSBFR-X and attack Roo 2 as it was coming in again, but NSBFR-X hit it in the side again and caused it to miss the flip, although it also made Roo 2 hit NSBFR-X in the side and give it a dent! Escaping, Forklifts Revenge chased down Roo 2, and they came together with a crash, Forklifts Revenge spinning away and Roo 2 being flipped! Running into the nearby pit release, Forklifts Revenge went after Roo 2 again, only to be caught again by the 10th seed! NSBFR-X shoved Forklifts Revenge towards the pit, but they went on a curved path away from it! Roo 2 came in to help, hitting Forklifts Revenge in the rear so it spun towards the pit, but it bounced off the wall and away! NSBFR-X and Forklifts Revenge now met head on, and both struggled to get under each other! Still in play, Roo 2 aimed to whack Forklifts Revenge into the pit again, but Forklifts Revenge swerved so Roo 2s blow just smashed it against the wall! Roo 2 then found itself being flipped again, bouncing off NSBFR-Xs top and missing the pit, which soon closed! NSBFR-X continued attacking Forklifts Revenge, going into its front and pushing it backwards, but Forklifts Revenge swerved again and went straight into Roo 2, and went skimming into the body of Hassocks Hog 2! Flipping it out of the way, Forklifts Revenge hit the pit release again, and a moment later, NSBFR-X had it pinned against the wall again, and Roo 2 took the oppotunity to hit it in the side once again! Just as Forklifts Revenge escaped the pin, time ran out and the judges began making their decision!
CEASE!
Aggression: NSBFR-X - 4, FR - 3, Roo 2 - 3 (NSBFR was the most aggressive, with both FR and Roo 2 having non aggressive moments)
Damage: NSBFR-X - 3, FR - 0, Roo 2 - 7 (Roo 2 caused the most damage, followed by NSBFR, while FR didnt do any)
Strategy: NSBFR-X - 4, FR - 2, Roo 2 - 4 (NSBFR and Roo 2 had the most strategy with their team up)
Control: NSBFR-X - 4, FR - 3, Roo 2 - 3 (all robots had mainly equal control, but FR and Roo 2 missed some attacks so they lose marks)
Style: NSBFR-X - 1, FR - 5, Roo 2 - 4 (NSBFR-X got in a few spinner attacks and rams which werent that stylish, Roo 2 had more style with its spinner, and FR had the most with its flipper)
Dominance: NSBFR-X - 5, FR - 3, Roo 2 - 2 (NSBFR had dominance over its opponents throughout the fight, while FR had more dominance than Roo 2)
Final Score: NSBFR-X - 21, Forklifts Revenge - 16, Roo 2 - 23
Forklifts Revenge and Hassocks Hog 2 are eliminated!
NSBFR-X AND ROO 2 GO THROUGH TO ROUND 2!
Melee 2 has clusterbot Black Chalkie Beard, explosive Gyrate, poisonous Insecticide and deafening Sonic Boom!
3, 2, 1 - ACTIVATE!
Black Chalkie Beard split and both parts headed for the beginning-to-spin Gyrate, while Insecticide went for Sonic Boom, who cam eot meet it! Black and Beard came in on Gyrate - and with their low bodies, slipped under the deadly blade! Immediately they shoved it towards the pit release, but when they did, the flybar touched the wall! The arena shook violently, Gyrate was launched backwards, pushing past the twins and flying across the arena floor! Bouncing off the south wall, it flew towards the tussling Insecticide and Sonic Boom, and the still spinning flybar hit them both! A long gash in its front and top, Insecticide wasnt moving at all, while Sonic Booms thick Hardox wheel hubs were cracked, and while slowed, it was still mobile! Landing on the centre of the arena, Gyrate began spinning again and came towards Sonic Boom, but Black and Beard had caught up with it, ran under the blade again, and this time decided to lift with their swords! This they did, and while Gyrates blade didnt touch the floor, the forces caused it to tilt back, and the blade hit the tops of Black and Beard, smashing the 4mm Hardox on top! Gyrate flew away from the twins again, bouncing and going straight into the south wall, this time missing Sonic Boom and the 26th seed, and managing to stabilise! With their top armour now cracked and their wheels also hit, Black and Beard were both motionless, as was Insecticide, and with Gyrate and Sonic Boom still mobile from that destructive and chaotic battle, they were going through!
CEASE!
Black Chalkie Beard and Insecticide are eliminated!
GYRATE AND SONIC BOOM GO THROUGH TO ROUND 2!
Heat L, Round 2:
NSBFR-X (10) vs Sonic Boom
Gyrate vs Roo 2
Please let me know if that last fight was unrealistic - with such a powerful spinner, and Hardox armoured robots (irresistable force and immovable objects!) its hard to tell.
) but looking through the stats, it doesnt seem that Gyrates bar bends at the end. It only seems to be a straight bar. Roo 2 = 17.5cm high, Gyrate = 20cm high. All ot this = Lovely
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