Velociraptor's Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

[matty_haka]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Its working Rich

[Guest]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

WOOHOO! Great fights!

[steven_mcg]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Hallelujah! The Master has returned!

HEAT O
ROUND 3
Mother of All Bricks 2 VS KILLOTINE: EVO (4)

Little I can do here, really. All I can really try is to get under the sides, grapple the Hardox (or get the hammer jammed into the shuffler housing) and attempt to drag/shove it side-on into the Pit.

Wootiful stuff as ever, Richie-o

[mrdaves]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Prediction -
Mother of All Bricks 2 to push the 14th seed around, until Steve gets a good shot onto the top to knock something loose inside the brick building.

The Master, travels in time, in space and on trains.

[knightrous]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Im going to run around like a Tornado in a china shop. Main idea is to push him around from the side and back, facing the front is a stupid idea, but I have a tactic for that. If he grapples me by getting the axe into the shuffle wells, Im going to use his axe against him and drag his sorry ass around the arena until he lets go or goes into the pit. If i can hit him hard enough on the side and get under him, Im going to push him into the pit at the first chance.

He cant do much damage to me and I dont believe Killotine has the force of Typhoon, so Im not worried about anything inside coming loose or breaking.

[Guest]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

I know this says Team Hampshire Devils Code, but its me, Richard!

Just letting everyone know that Dave S has kindly offered to let me use the THDC account to post on the forum until I can use my account again. Thanks for that, Dave!

I dont know if you know, Matt or Andy, but if you have a problem with this, just say so.

[andrewj]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

All is fine with me, Dave asked me about it earlier so I knew.

[Guest]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Our penultimate heat final promises to be a good one - will the creator of the PTT demonstrate his power with Killotine Evo, or will Mother Of All Bricks 2 take another step to adding another award to his cabinet?

3, 2, 1 - ACTIVATE!
A familiar sight unfolded as Killotine Evo and Mother Of All Bricks 2 met in the arena centre and went for each others sides! There was a struggle, but MOAB2 reached the side of the 4th seed, and shoved! Both robots ended up at the arena disc, which sliced Killotine Evos front wedge and skimmed it so it was at the side of MOAB2! Rushing in, Killotine Evo pinned MOAB2 against the wall and sent the axe crashing down over its body! It began trying to drag, but MOAB2 proved too strong and wriggled out of the axes grip! Killotine Evo tried to grab the shuffler again but missed, and both robots came together in a spin which ended in MOAB2 again reaching Killotines side! Shoving Killotine Evo into the east wall, it quickly rammed its victim hard into the pit release, hard enough for its low front skirt to come under Killotine Evo and make it bounce a little! Firing its axe wasnt enough for Killotine Evo, who, a few seconds later, found itself down the pit and out of VFT6!
CEASE!

MOTHER OF ALL BRICKS 2 GOES THROUGH TO THE SEMI FINALS!

Next time on VFT6, second seed WX 6.0 wants gold instead of silver, but it needs to beat Little Sister, VGer and X Terminator first!
And 18th seed Heir To Black Panther IV will try biting and scratching Star 69, The Doomsday Project and Wedgie 5 into submission!

[mrdaves]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Steve, want to gang up on Alex?

If so, I will try to flip Star 69 around and hopefully down into the pit or against the wall before moving back and dodging to the side of the black panther and flip it over and over into the pit hopefully.

[martyn]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Star 69 will spin up and ram into who ever has the weakest armour, if anyone tries to push me i will push back.

[steven_mcg]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

I guess Im starting to regret giving MOAB such a nasty reputation now.

HEAT P
ROUND 1
1) Little Sister VS VGer VS WX 6.0 (2) VS X-Terminator
Whirlitzer should survive OK, and I have a feeling Nick will be accompanying him into the next Round

2) Heir to Black Panther IV (1 VS Star 69 VS THE DOOMSDAY PROJECT VS Wedgie 5
Last chance for more Semi glory! Alex and I have already agreed on a little team-up here, so while he slams and dumps 69 (*immature sniggers*), Ill slip under Wedgies high ground clearance and batter it all the way to Mobius and back!

Nice fight there, but lets hope you improve in the next Heat, Richie :wink:

[andrewj]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Little Sister VS VGer VS WX 6.0 (2) VS X-Terminator

Stick the scoop on and try to pit Little Sister and X-Terminator. I better stay away from VGer.

[knightrous]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Great Battle Stevo, shorter then I was thinking, but hey, I think this match should have been called Storm 2 VS Steel Avenger, except you ended up in the pit

w00t. MOAB is becoming one of my fav bots, time to work on MOABIE I think.

[Guest]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Welcome to VFT6, where weve finally reached the final heat, Heat P! The semi finals already have an impressive lineup of robots, and with the standard of competitors in this heat, thats not about to change!

Second seed WX 6.0 was the runnerup in VFT5 - its interchangable designs beat Dervish Quatro, Parasite, Tempest Evil-oution and Killotine Evo! It met The Disc 2 in the grand final, and put up a valiant effort, but succumbed to its opponents devastating weaponry! The silver medallist is still a low invertable box, and it still has interchangable weaponry - two scoops, Hardox jaws, sprung skirts, a Tornado-like anti crusher bar, a vertical drum, front forks and a concave scoop for spinners! WX 6.0 is a fairly good pusher, and uses skid steering to turn, but its speed has been dropped to 15mph!

Eighteenth seed Heir To Black Panther IV reached its second heat final in the last tournament - just like in VFT4, it was smashed by a spinner, Windyer Killer (the VFT4 one was Whirligig 3.0 in case youre wondering)! This Beta-shaped robot has gone through some changes - it now has skirts, side spikes, and is faster at 23mph! It has a double sided axe and a front lifter to attack with, and six canisters that can be assigned to the two weapons in different amounts! With improvements in armour and traction as well, could Heir To Black Panther IV finally become the king?

Little Sister is the version of Bigger Brother used for Battlebots, and its basically the same as Big Bro - armed with a spiked flipping arm, and able to do a cool victory spin, although it has a bright yellow paintjob with flowers! It hasnt done brilliantly in Battlebots, being beaten by Biohazard and Killerhurtz, but it did win the Heavyweight Rumble in BB4, so it could put up a good performance in the melees here!

Star 69 hopes to shine in the VFT sky - its shaped like a five point star, with the points spinning around the circular base, to cause as much damage as a solar flare! Star 69 is invertable, and can push with six Storm 2 like wheels, and its fast at 19mph - but it does have a high ground clearance, and will opponents take offence at its possibly rude name?

The Doomsday Project is shaped similar to La Machine or Tsunami - a scooped front, sloped sides and wedged rear! The front houses the weapon - a vertical disc that produces 149kj when spinning at 3000rpm, and could cause doomsday for someone unlucky enough to touch it! The Doomsday Project is well armoured with 4mm Hardox, skirted, and has a srimech on the rear which can also be used as a weapon, but its manouverability and speed could be better, and under those skirts is a high 10mm ground clearance!

VGer has almost entered two previous VFTs but had to pull out, but now its finally ready to compete! This robot with an indescribable shape has a 10kg flywheel at the front with adjustable height - it has a flipper/srimech at the back, good turning and good titanium armour for protection! But its not too good at pushing, its ground clearance is high, and could opponents take advantage of the fact that it hasnt used its full weight allowance?

Wedgie 5 recently came 2nd in PTT4, but weve yet to see how it can do in VFT! Its a low wedge (surprise surprise) with a rounded back and rollover bars, and its weapon is a rear hinged flipper, with a low spatula to get under spinners and skirts! Its two wheel drive allows it to spin on the spot and potentially hurt opponents a la Dantomkia, but it also reduces pushing ability! Wedgie 5 has good speed at 20mph, titanium armour with polycarbonate on top for carbon tipped spinners, but it has no skirts and a fast flipper could well get under!

And X Terminator failed to make it past Round 1 of VFT4, where it was eliminated by Thundershock and Forcepower 2.0, but it salvaged some pride by coming joint 2nd in the pinball! Its hoping to raise its pride even higher in VFT6, using its powerful vertical disc that caused serious pain to Killer Carrot, Tsunami, St Agro and Bulldog Breed in RW7, where it came 4th! X Terminator is fast and experienced, but has trouble selfrighting when thrown on its back!

The first melee has two Vapours - WX 6.0 (with scoop) and VGer - and two realies - Little Sister and X Terminator: which pair will go through, or will it be one of each?

3, 2, 1 - ACTIVATE!
WX 6.0 zipped towards Little Sister, who headed for X Terminator, who was already coming to meet it, allowing VGer to attack from the side! WX 6.0 rammed Little Sister in the side just as X Terminator whacked the Brit/American and turned it over! WX 6.0 began ramming Little Sister, but took a rear blow from X Terminator, which tipped it and allowed Little Sister to escape while selfrighting! At this point, VGer ran into the side of X Terminator and left its mark! But Little Sister proceeded to run into VGers side, flip it, and run it into the arena disc as it was selfrighting! Turning as VGer flew off, Little Sister faced a double attack from WX 6.0 and X Terminator - choosing X Terminator, it dodged the disc, shoved at the side and flipped X Terminator on its head! The RW7 fourth placer ran along the floor on its disc, coming to a stop against the wall!
WX 6.0 chose its moment to run into Little Sister with its scoop and run it along to the pit release - finding its back against the wall, Little Sister fired its arm and went up WX 6.0s scoop, then zipped itself off to find VGer approaching! WX 6.0 dodged Little Sisters attempted flip and got under its side, but ended up running into VGer, who struck along the 2nd seeds side with its flywheel! Unfortunately, Little Sister was not freed by this attack, and was run straight into the pit before it could close! Keeping away from VGer, WX 6.0 headed for X Terminator, who was being counted out for immobility due to invertedness! WX 6.0 began shoving X Terminator towards the pit, but the hole closed, and before WX 6.0 could reopen it, X Terminator was counted out and the match was ended!
CEASE!

Little Sister and X Terminator are eliminated!
WX 6.0 AND VGER GO THROUGH TO ROUND 2!

VFT6s final four robot melee (except for the Annihilator and possibly the All Stars) promises to be a good one, with Heir To Black Panther IV, Star 69, The Doomsday Project and Wedgie 5 ready to cause carnage!

3, 2, 1 - ACTIVATE!
Heir To Black Panther IV headed for Star 69, who backed off to begin spinning and then headed back towards it, while The Doomsday Project went for Wedgie 5, who was also after Star 69! The first contact was between HTBP4 and Star 69 - a lift which had spun HTBP4 away and sent Star 69 bouncing into the wall! Wedgie 5 came to meet it, slipping its spatula underneath and tossing Star 69 into the sky! As Star 69 returned to earth with a bang, another flip from Wedgie 5 left it propped against the wall of the pit! The Doomsday Project now sneaked in from behind, catching Wedgie 5 on the side as it tried to escape, and using the disc to turn it against the wall! Wedgie 5 used its flipper to get off, right back into the disc of TDP, which sent it off to one side and on its back again! It selfrighted, brushing the wall, and took another strike from TDP - using its flipper to get off the wall again, it finally reversed out of danger. Meanwhile, HTBP4 had opened the pit and sent Star 69 dropping out before it could slide back to the floor!
Heir To Black Panther IV now came to join The Doomsday Project against Wedgie 5, who had attacked TDP in the side and was pushing against the skirts with its spatula! It succeeded, and TDP flew through the air, almost hitting HTBP4! The 18th seed kept coming for Wedgie 5, and the two robots ended up parallel to each other, trying to reach the others side! The Doomsday Project returned to try and break the dance, running around to reach Wedgie 5, finally succeeding and overturning it against HTBP4, perfect for the 18th seed to use its axe on the underbelly! It fired the axe angrily, pummeling Wedgie 5 and shoving it back down when it tried to selfright! TDP decided to try another hit, which knocked up both Wedgie 5 and HTBP4 - HTBP4 was quickly freed when it released its axe, and Wedgie 5 was given room to selfright! Unfortunately, TDP hit it from the rear and almost overturned it again, and allowed HTBP4 to get under it and ram it into the wall, then continue its axing project!
While The Doomsday Project waited, Heir To Black Panther IV lifted Wedgie 5 up and over so it could attack the underbelly - Wedgie 5 fired its flipper and was hit by the axe, a blow which sent it to one side of HTBP4, allowing it to selfright and run, then come back as HTBP4 and TDP ran towards it! HTBP4 and Wedgie 5 just knocked each other as they went past, then Wedgie 5 went for TDP, getting to its side, slipping past the skirt and overturning it, before running it towards the pit release! TDP selfrighted off the flipper, so Wedgie 5 went for it again, but was suddenly attacked side on by HTBP4, who overturned it again and axed the underbelly before Wedgie 5 attempted to selfright again! TDP came in and hit Wedgie 5 in the front, causing another wound in its titanium armour and turning Wedgie 5 back over, but HTBP4 was able to catch it from behind and run it into the wall, where Wedgie 5 could not escape more axing!
After several strikes which the triangulated titanium on Wedgie 5 mainly withstood, Heir To Black Panther IV cleared the way for The Doomsday Project to cause more damage by overturning Wedgie 5 with its disc, and then again! The battered Wedgie 5 reversed away, and as HTBP4 came to attack, it managed to reach the side of the 18th seed! One end of the spatula had been bent by TDP, but the other end managed to get under HTBP4s skirt, allowing Wedgie 5 to turn in and flip! It gave HTBP4 another flip towards the pit release, and followed it there, but HTBP4 quickly selfrighted, and TDP attacked Wedgie 5, brushing it and almost turning it over! Another blow sent Wedgie 5 all the way over, and HTBP4 took advantage by bundling it into the pit release corner and beginning to axe the underbelly again! Wedgie 5 tried to selfright, pushing HTBP4 away and sending itself onto its wheels thanks to its rollover bars! HTBP4 and Wedgie 5 became parallel to each other again as they attacked, and again TDP chose its moment to attack, hitting Wedgie 5 in the rear! HTBP4 made its move - and was accidentally hit by TDPs disc, flying under Wedgie 5 and helping to turn it over! Wedgie 5 was able to selfright and went on the attack on HTBP4 again, but then time ran out! With Star 69 long gone, who would go through from the remaining three?
CEASE!

Aggression: HTBP4 - 4, TDP - 3, Wedgie 5 - 3 (HTBP4 was the most aggressive)
Damage: HTBP4 - 2, TDP - 8, Wedgie 5 - 0 (TDPs disc caused the most damage, and HTBP4 did some with its axe, while Wedgie 5 didnt damage anyone)
Strategy: HTBP4 - 4, TDP - 4, Wedgie 5 - 2 (all robots had fairly simple strategies, but HTBP4 and TDP get the most points for their teamup)
Control: HTBP4 - 3, TDP - 4, Wedgie 5 - 3 (all robots were pretty evenly controlled, but HTBP4 and Wedgie 5 missed an attack on each other at one point and HTBP4 was accidentally hit by TDP, so TDP gets the most points)
Style: HTBP4 - 2, TDP - 4, Wedgie 5 - 4 (TDPs disc attacks and Wedgie 5s flips were more stylish than HTBP4s axing and lifting)
Dominance: HTBP4 - 5, TDP - 3, Wedgie 5 - 2 (HTBP4 did the most attacking, while TDP got in less attacks but was still mainly dominant over Wedgie 5)
Final Score: Heir To Black Panther IV - 20, The Doomsday Project - 26, Wedgie 5 - 14

Star 69 and Wedgie 5 are eliminated!
HEIR TO BLACK PANTHER IV AND THE DOOMSDAY PROJECT GO THROUGH TO ROUND 2!

Heat P, Round 2:
WX 6.0 (2) vs The Doomsday Project
Heir To Black Panther IV (1 vs VGer

[matty_haka]

Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament - Series 6!

Predictions:

Doomsday to make mincemeat of the number 2 seeds.
HTBP to pull off an upset against the unseeded machine from the mind of Nick!