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[razerdave]

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Man, the seeds have their work cut out this year :S HM and Venom, former champs, out in R1.

I really want MORD to win, being as Richard WAS my tag partner (we should do that again sometime).

[velociraptor]

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Im up for it at the next oppotunity, Dave!

[pcbore]

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Welcome to the Heat E final! In round one, Die-Ceratops Invertus won a flipping good showdown with ninth seed Venom, while MORD saw off 360 in double quick time. Now they play Russian Roulette, NSBFL style

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MORD rushes Die-Ceratops, avoiding two pits as it does so, while Chris keeps his distance and waits for MORD to come to him! The two meet head on, and MORD proves the winner, flipping Die-Ceratops over then leaving the scoop raised and using the disc on the back of Die-Ceratops bouncing it up a bit! Die-Ceratops moves away but MORD puts the scoop down, gets under the rear of Die-Ceratops and pushes it into the PPZ where Flipup awaits!

The house robot fires Die-Ceratops over MORDs head, and to Chris€™ horror bounces over a pit which fails to open! Die-Ceratops charges the rear of MORD, while MORD spins around to stop this attack! Die-Ceratops gets under the side of MORD though and tosses it into the PPZ and straight onto the flipper of Flipup, and MORD is sent the same way as Die-Ceratops, bounces onto a pit and rolls straight off and into the arena centre!

Die-Ceratops follows MORD while Richard is working out which way up his machine is and lunges for the side again, but MORD dodges, runs away and spins on the spot to face Die-Ceratops again, and manages to get under the turning Die-Ceratops€™ side, flipping it over and striking the other side with the disc a couple of times before Die-Ceratops manages to turn around and get under the disc with the wedge and flipping MORD over, taking a blow to the flipper plate while doing so!

MORD takes another flipping, this time from the rear and almost goes over a pit! Die-Ceratops moves forwards to push MORD over the pit, but MORD€™s scoop is down now and manages to get under the front of Die-Ceratops and begins pushing back! Die-Ceratops is forced backwards and over another pit, but ironically it€™s the one MORD avoided being pushed over that opens! MORD flips Die-Ceratops over the pit, and then rushes around to the other side to meet it, but Die-Ceratops has turned by this point and flips MORD into the PPZ!

MORD immediately rushes out of the PPZ, narrowly avoiding taking a bash from The Militant, and scoops under Die-Ceratops€™ side and pushing it into the wall, propping it against it for good measure before backing off hurriedly! Die-Ceratops flips itself off the wall, but Uncle Tomahawk smashes into it and bashes down a couple of times with the axe! Die-Ceratops flips Uncle-Tomahawk away, but not quite over and gets out of the PPZ just before Bane arrives on the scene! However MORD scoops it up as it flees and flips it up once with the scoop and then strikes again with the flywheel, bouncing Die-Ceratops over a pit, which opens, casting Die-Ceratops into what Steve would call the screaming void, but is in fact only trying to sing!

Die-Ceratops Invertus is now extinct. MORD masters one robotic dino!

[pcbore]

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Next time is Heat F, and the line-up is:

Battle Raptor 3 (11) vs Hacked off Ha-Ka - Classic
Crush 2 vs Ankle Biter EVO - Last bot standing

[Guest]

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*Insert Woot here*

My predictions

Battle Raptor 3 to win
Ankle Biter Evo to get a KO, Crush 2 would win if it wasnt in the arena of death, soz Last bot standing

[matty_haka]

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Rrmatch Anyone? Smack and try to pit is all I can do really.

[velociraptor]

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Go for HOHKs sides and rear, trying to keep away from the front, shove it around and try to get underneath and flip it around, or try axing it from behind.

[pcbore]

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Velcome€¦ To your doom! Mwahahaha€¦ha€¦ha€¦..ha. Sorry, wrong script. Welcome to heat F. Battling to the death today for your sadistic amusement are:

Battle Raptor 3 is the 11th seed. Unchanged since series 6, it still sports a flipper/axe and front scoop. It prefers to self right, but if the weapon breaks it can run inverted instead. It€™s got decent armour, but the weapon won€™t work inverted. In series 6 in got knocked out in round 1 by Hell Machine, but got seeded thanks to winning the tag team event.

Hacked off Ha-Ka is the latest version of an NSBFL veteran. It€™s got decent enough armour and pushing power, but the axe is now pant-wettingly powerful, making this a tough contender. A Ha-Ka machine was last seen all the way back in series 4 but I can€™t remember who beat it so I won€™t tell you It was also seen in NSBFL X in a grudge match with Molten Massacre, which it won.

Ankle Biter EVO was originally made by Aaron Knight, but bought on Vapour €˜bot Ebay by Matt Robinson. It boasts 4-wheel drive, good armour and a Tornado style drum which can be retracted into the body to prevent it being stalled. However no skirts and a flat boxy shape mean flippers could toss this machine around all day.

Crush 2 is a powerful crushing machine from Chris Mason€™s camp. The crusher is as powerful as Razer€™s, meaning enough to send most machines packing, and the rollover shape and crusher can self right the machine efficiently. However no base panel means that axe/flipper combos could attack the very innards with few problems.

Battle 1

Battle Raptor 3 vs Hacked Off Ha-Ka in the Classic arena.

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The fight starts slowly as Battle Raptor and Ha-Ka edge towards each other, before Matty decides top make the first move and slams into the front of Battle Raptor, trying to get under it. The two wedges stalemate and Ha-Ka responds by smashing into the top of Battle Raptor with the axe causing a fearsome dent! Battle Raptor reverses away from another attack, and slips around to the side of Ha-Ka.

Ha-Ka drives away from the attack though, and both machines avoid one another for a couple of seconds while both Richard and Matty try to attack without getting attacked. After thirty seconds of dodging around, Battle Raptor manages to slide under the side of Ha-Ka and toss it onto its back! Ha-Ka self rights with the axe, but Battle Raptor is able to get under again and throw it over! Battle Raptor shoves Ha-Ka across the arena now, as Ha-Ka tries to self right!

Battle Raptor pops the up-ended Ha-Ka into The Militant€™s CPZ, and the self righting Ha-Ka takes a hit on the side as it flies up, resulting in it spinning out of the CPZ while in mid air which looks totally cool and is a real shame you only have to read about it! Anyway, the end result is Ha-Ka is back on its wheels and out for revenge, and gets an axe attack on the top of Battle Raptor! Battle Raptor replies with its own axe, and the two axe into each other for a couple of seconds.

Richard, seeing Battle Raptor taking more damage than Ha-Ka moves Battle Raptor away from the scene, and evades another lunge by Ha-Ka! Battle Raptor spins around and gets under Ha-Ka€™s side again, and flips it onto the huge flipping plate of Flipup! Flipup fires Ha-Ka across the arena, where it smashes into the floor, bounces and lands in The Militants CPZ again, and takes a hit on the rear before it can escape!

Battle Raptor follows Ha-Ka down the arena as a siren wails and the pit descends. Ha-Ka avoids the push, but isn€™t in a position to counterattack, so runs off to get enough distance for a better attack. Battle Raptor turns on the spot and follows, but Ha-Ka dodges and the two machines end up side by side, unable to attack each other! Both spin around to try and get to grips with the other, and the proceeds gets taped and sold as a dance video!

Ha-Ka reverses to break out of the pattern, and is rewarded almost immediately as Battle Raptor gets broad-sided, and Ha-Ka happily smashes the axe into the top, penetrating the armour! Ha-Ka keeps the axe lodged in, and pushes Battle Raptor 3 into the wall and hits it another couple of times, denting and holing the armour before Battle Raptor reverses out of the pin, and immediately goes forwards to get under Ha-Ka€™s side again!

Battle Raptor flips Ha-Ka over, only to get under it again as it self rights! Ha-Ka starts waving the axe around trying to dislodge itself as Richard lines Battle Raptor up with the pit! Battle Raptor takes Ha-Ka over to the pit, but Ha-ka ends up half over it! Battle Raptor reverses a little to get a better angle to finish Ha-Ka off, but Ha-Ka isn€™t giving up and gets off the pit! Battle Raptor comes in again and flips Ha-Ka towards the pit! Now half of Ha-Ka is over, and Battle Raptor comes in one more time, sending Ha-Ka into the hole!

It€™s a shock result, as a seed survives a fight! Ha-Ka very Hacked Off!

Battle 2

Ankle Biter EVO vs Crush 2 in Last €˜Bot Standing.

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Ankle Biter starts off the fastest, easily getting around to Crush 2€™s side and then pushing the crusher while extending the drum to do some damage! Crush 2 is bounced up slightly, but not overturned while Ankle Biter pushes Crush 2 into the wall, and backing off for a slam which Crush 2 avoids!

Crush 2 spins around on the spot, and clamps down onto the front of Ankle Biter and starts to crush, bending the Titanium but not breaking it! Ankle Biter reverses, but only succeeds in dragging Crush 2 along with it before Chris disengages the crusher and Ankle Biter shoots back! The armour on Ankle Biter may have only been dented, but that dent€™s gone straight over the opening for the drum and now it looks like the drum is trapped inside Ankle Biter!

Crush 2 comes in again before Ankle Biter can get away and gets under the side! The claw comes down and bends the armour even more but still not managing to break though! Ankle Biter is in pretty bad shape though as Crush 2 withdraws the claw to get a better purchase, and crushes straight through one of the wheels! Crush 2 is forced to back away due to the thirty second pinning rule, but Ankle Biter is moving in circles only! As Ankle Biter has no effective drive and a disabled weapon, the fight is stopped on a technical knockout!

Another shock result. A quick Last €˜bot standing match! Ankle Biter bit off more than it can chew, and goes home with Crush 2 nipping at its heels!

Next up, the heat F final where Battle Raptor 3 takes on Crush 2 in the Moat. Will Richard make it 2-0 on Chris, or will revenge be on the cards?

[velociraptor]

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I suppose Ill just try to get to Crush 2s sides and shove him into the moat.

[pcbore]

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It€™s November the 8th, and we all know what that means. It€™s the 8th of November! Oh yeah, it€™s also the final of Heat F. In round 1, Battle Raptor 3 managed to push Hacked off Ha-Ka into the pit after sustaining damage, while Crush 2 disabled the weapon and half the drive on Ankle Biter EVO to win on a technical knock-out. Will Battle Raptor crush Chris Mason€™s dreams, or will Crush 2 battle forwards? We€™ll see shortly as they head into the Moat.

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Richards whole game plan is to quickly get Crush 2 into the moat, and Battle Raptor starts forwards with the intention of doing just that! Chris keeps the front of Crush 2 facing Battle Raptor, and moves to try and get under the front! Battle Raptor backs away, not wanting to risk a head on battle in the moat, but Crush 2 keeps coming forwards and Battle Raptor is being edged towards the uh€¦ Edge. However, Battle Raptor manages to turn away, and Crush 2 goes forwards a bit before Chris can compensate!

This is all Richard needs though, as Battle Raptor is facing Crush 2€™s side, and a quick drive forward and flip sends Crush 2 over, but back onto its wheels thanks to the roll bar! Crush 2 moves forwards to avoid another flip from Battle Raptor, then reverses into Battle Raptor€™s side in an effort to push it into the moat! Battle Raptor reverses, and Crush 2 again gets caught on the side and flipped towards the moat, and almost goes over it!

Crush 2 goes forwards at full throttle to avoid Battle Raptors next charge, and moves towards the safety of the arena centre, with Battle Raptor in hot pursuit! Crush 2 swings around to bring the crusher towards Battle Raptor, but is caught as it turns and flipped towards the moat again! It doesn€™t quite roll over properly, and so the lifter is used but this gives Battle Raptor time to come in and push the inverted Crush 2 towards the edge, and with a final flip sends it into the moat!

Crush 2 too crushed to continue, Battle Raptor 3 becomes only the second seed to survive its heat!

[pcbore]

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Next time its Heat G, and the line-up is:

VGer (13) vs Circuit Breaker - Roulette
Got Bot vs GeForce - Unimmediate peril

[andrewj]

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Got Bot vs GeForce

Just try to get the flipper under, push it towards a wall and eject it out as soon as possible.

[parassyte]

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For Circuit Breaker, attack wedge-first to scoop under the spinning... things and flip it over, or push it into a wall failing that. It might tear the omniwheel off, but the lifting bars themselves are rather tight and should hold together fine. If I ever stop the weapon, Id be obliged to mark it up with my own.

No other strategies really, other than keeping the lifter facing it at all times at first, and keeping near it once the weapons stopped.

[pcbore]

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This tourney is on hold for the next week. Long story short, I got really stressed and punched a door which ws 80% glass. Its now around 70% glass, and my right hand, while not being out of comission, isnt exactly flexible enough for typing long-ish fights.

[Guest]

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Lets see, what stressed you out?
*takes out long roll of paper and a pen*