NSBFL 7

[andrewj]

NSBFL 7

Nice fights, Frank!

Star 69 vs Son of Ripper 4.0

I dont think Star 69 is going to cause much damage to my armour here. My aim is to get the flipper under and flip Star 69 while it is spinning fast so it goes spinning out of control and has a good chance of shocking itself out. Then just push/flip it into the Moat while the spinning body is slow/stalled.

[darkguru]

NSBFL 7

hmm, the moat may be bad for Star 69, if it can last the fight and do some damage though, i think it has a chance.

[pcbore]

NSBFL 7

It€™s the final day of Heat D! In round 1, Star 69 surprisingly overcame Hell Machine in a judge€™s decision which let me tell you, was an absolute bugger to work out, while Son of Ripper 4.0 flipped NSA which killed itself trying to self right. Now they face each other in the Moat!

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Son of Ripper charges in at Star 69, who avoids the charge while starting to spin up! The weapon looks fully fixed! Star 69 heads to the centre of the arena where it€™s safe and it looks fully spun up now! Rather than exercise caution, Son of Ripper charges the spinning Star 69 flipper first! The wedge is under briefly, but Star 69 connects, bouncing Star 69 away and spinning Son of Ripper across the arena! Undaunted, Son of Ripper charges in again, but Star 69 dodges and goes to hit Son of Ripper€™s side!

Son of Ripper also dodges and tries to get the flipper under again, but is again batted away by the spinning ring before it can get anywhere near the main body! By the time Andy has regained control of Son of Ripper, Star 69 has backed off a bit and is spun up again, and is now coming in fast! Son of Ripper hasn€™t got time to dodge and takes a shot in the side which again knocks Son of Ripper a couple of feet away! Son of Ripper reverses away from another attack, but then tries getting under again, and is again rewarded for the trouble by being knocked away!

Star 69 tries to avoid another charge, but is just caught by the flipper on one of the points, and bounced up a little by the impact! Son of Ripper isn€™t knocked away so much this time! Star 69 hurriedly gets away from Son of Ripper before Andy can start flipping and begins to spin up! Once the ring reaches an acceptable speed, Star 69 changes course and lunges for Son of Ripper, who once more just charges in with the flipper regardless! Yet again Son of Ripper is swatted away by the spinner, and while the front wedge hasn€™t suffered more than a few dents one of the plates has been torn off!

Andy doesn€™t seem to let that concern him though, and Star 69 avoids another charge by Son of Ripper before striking in the side, spinning Son of Ripper around a few times and almost knocking it into the moat! Son of Ripper soon gets out of there, but Star 69 intercepts it and hits it in the side again! Son of Ripper is knocked along the arena and the fight is nearing the corner of the arena. Arguably the most dangerous part as the moat is on two sides!

Son of Ripper while externally looking more or less undamaged is having some mobility problems and doesn€™t look able to escape the corner! Star 69 spins up and hits Son of Ripper out of the arena, but the back force also sends Star 69 into the moat! The judges are called in to see who exited the arena first. It€™s hard to tell at first, but slow-mo view tells us the next person to leave the NSBFL house is€¦ Son of Ripper, please pack your things and go, you have been evicted!

SoR is now SoRe. Star 69 moves into a new position!

[pcbore]

NSBFL 7

I hope youll join us next time for:

Venom (9) vs Die Ceratops Invertus - Last Bot Standing
360 vs M.O.R.D - Unimmediate Peril

[velociraptor]

NSBFL 7

MORD will ram into 360 (who I assume is a full body spinner) with its plow, try to stop it spinning, tip it over and send it OOTA. If I cant, Ill keep pressurising it and wait for the House Robot or the pit to come into play so I can use them.

[steven_mcg]

NSBFL 7

HEAT E
ROUND 1
1) Die-Ceratops Invertus VS Venom (9)
Looks like a pretty close affair to me, but Ill pick the seed to run out of gas first and to be overturned by the dino

2) 3-6-0 VS M.O.R.D.
Letters beats numbers , as Richie stops the spinner and scoops it into the Pit

This really isnt the seeds War, is it? :P

[pcbore]

NSBFL 7

Tell me about it. I think so far one has survived its heat :s

[martyn]

NSBFL 7

Wooty fights, i didnt expect to get past the first round but i won the heat, comesartions to dave and andy you both put up a good fight

[Guest]

NSBFL 7

Frank, not complaning but:

quote:

Srimech - It uses a simple arm to self-right it other the left-hand
side. The arm is electric powered

not that Im complaning, cos NSA was a crap vapour.

[pcbore]

NSBFL 7

First off a big sorry to Dave for not reading that stats properly.

Second off, I have offered a rewrite to Dave via MSN and hes declined.

[Guest]

NSBFL 7

My reasons for declining the rewrite:
1 - I dont want to make Frank do anymore work
2 - Im not to fuss on winning everything, like some people
3 - Its not British to complan at everything.

Auto, because NSA was only a filler robot in my line-up, it doesnt matter if it went out.

[darkguru]

NSBFL 7

My only real concern is if the pit opens and i ping myself into it.

Tactics, ill try and do like Dori in Finding Nemo and Just keep spinning...meh, it was swimming back then, but now its spinning If i can keep spinning, i ought to be able to do a fair bit of damage, i have to keep away from that plow

[pcbore]

NSBFL 7

It€™s heat E of what has already been an upset filled NSBFL 7 with seeds crashing out early left right and centre! Our next four contestants are:

Venom is the series 4 champ and ninth seed, but only barely made it into this series thanks to numbers being down. It€™s a compact flipping machine with enough power to send an unwary opponent out of the ring, but as it€™s real it€™s got the disadvantage of having a budget! Will Venom end up poisoned by more advanced machines?

MORD is the self proclaimed Master of Robotic Destruction. It€™s got a scoop for pushing, but can lift that out of the way to reveal a fearsome flywheel for some mayhem or robot dissection. We€™ve seen it before in the NSBFL, where it reached the football final with Drilla Killa 7 and came within an inch of winning the cup. We€™ve seen what it can do on the pitch, now let€™s see what it can do in the arena!

360 is another machine we€™ve seen before. It€™s a fairly low-powered invertible full-body spinner, but the 360 degree attack and defence will still make it dangerous to approach. In NSBFL 6 it met sheer Hell in the first round and became unstuck very quickly.

Die-Ceratops Invertus is a veteran of other wars, but this is Chris Mason€™s first NSBFL and he€™s hoping to make it a good one here. Die-Ceratops Invertus boasts an invertible flipper mechanism and tough armour but control can be an issue.

Battle 1

Ex champ and real robot Venom is taking on Die-Ceratops Invertus in the Last €˜Bot Standing arena!

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Venom charges under Die-Ceratops straight away from the side and flips it twice! This doesn€™t worry Chris as Die-Ceratops is invertible, but venom takes Die-Ceratops into the wall and flips it again, staking it sideways! Die-Ceratops fires the flipper, freeing itself and this time it€™s Chris€™ turn to show off his weapon as Die-Ceratops gets under Venom and tips it over!

Venom self rights, but Die-Ceratops gets under again and once more the real robot is upended! Die-Ceratops comes in to try and stop Venom self righting but miss-times and Venom self rights and tosses Die-Ceratops through the air again! Upon landing, Die-Ceratops spins to attack Venom again, but Venom gets under the side of the spinning Die-Ceratops and stacks it again!

Once more Die-Ceratops flips itself off the wall, only to get shunted from the side and flipped by Venom, just missing being stacked again! Die-Ceratops is able to get under Venom again and throws it over, trying to use their own stacking tactic against them but just failing as Venom self rights away! The two collide head-on, but neither seems able to get under the other that way and a pushing match ensues!

Die-Ceratops slowly eases Venom backwards, but Venom reverses and turns away and Die-Ceratops shoots forwards and crashes into the wall! Venom gets under the rear of Die-Ceratops and tries to stack it on the flipper itself, but Die-Ceratops unbalances and crashes down onto its side, and fires the flipper to escape! Venom blocks this escape route however, and Die-Ceratops wastes another two flips before Venom has to back off or be disqualified, leaving Die-Ceratops to flip itself away from the wall in peace!

Venom comes in to stack Die-Ceratops again, but Die-Ceratops manages to get out of the way causing Venom to crash into the wall! Die-Ceratops then gets under Venom€™s side and throws the real machine over! Venom self rights, but immediately gets tossed onto its back again, and flipped once more into the arena wall! Venom tries to self right, but hits the wall and flops back down, before managing to self right on the second go thanks to spinning a bit after hitting the wall.

Venom then evades another charge by Die-Ceratops and flips it again! Die-Ceratops starts to escape, but Venom catches up and flips it once more, but only manages to bounce it up a little on the third try! Die-Ceratops twists around and manages to get under and flip Venom from the side! The flipper of Venom opens, but Venom isn€™t self righting and it looks like they€™re out of gas! The flipper of Venom is opening and closing but Venom isn€™t self-righting, so the seed is counted out!

Venom got sick, and that€™s another seed gone. Die-Ceratops Invertus goes through to the heat final!

Battle 2

MORD battles 360 in Unimmediate Peril!

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360 starts to spin up, but MORD comes in with the scoop, pinging 360 away! 360 starts spinning again, but MORD is able to get the scoop under before any great speed is reached, then takes it into the arena wall and tries to stack it! 360 just rolls away and clatters down, but MORD is under again quick as a flash and pushes it into the wall to keep it stalled, and once more tries to stack it, with the same result!

360 escapes and starts spinning up, but MORD reverses into the spinner, again stopping it reaching any serious spinning speed! 360 runs away, but MORD gives chases and flips 360 over a couple of times before leaving the scoop up and striking with the flywheel, bouncing 360 up a bit and denting the armour! MORD puts the scoop back down and pushes 360 along the arena, trying to flip it out of the ring!

360 bounces off the wall though and starts spinning momentarily before MORD smashes it into the wall again and succeeds in stacking it! Richard backs MORD off a bit, lines it up perfectly, gets under 360 and finally manages to eject the spinner from the arena!

360? We€™ve got your number! MORD mashes obliterates rips and destroys!

And so the heat final is:

Die-Ceratops Invertus vs MORD - Roulette

[steven_mcg]

NSBFL 7

*dun dun dun*
Another seed bites the dust

HEAT E
HEAT FINALE
Die-Ceratops Invertus VS M.O.R.D.

Again, I sense a pretty close clash, but Ill take MORD to slip around to the dinos side and dump it into Franks primordial soup

[velociraptor]

NSBFL 7

Nice play on MORDs acronym there, Frank! MORD will try shoving Dieceratops Invertus into the PPZ, attacking with plow and disc, and try to avoid the pits - or if I must touch a pit, I will only do so with a corner or edge so I dont fall in if it opens.