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Managed to hurt myself, so I couldnt work today. Also, with a nice four day weekend, expect some more fights along the Easter period.

[matty_haka]

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Well thats my interest out.

One less torunament for me to stay for.

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By the way. after heat P, well have the first round of the Middleweights. The house robots will be the same as for the heavies, but the weapons will be cranked down to half power. After the last 16, well have the first round of the lightweights, featuring half sized, half powered versions of the house robots and scaled down arenas, then after the qaurter finals well have the lightweights, which have the mini house robots with their weapon power halved.

[mrdaves]

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So we are having the lightweights twice then Franky

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No, were just having a tired author crisis. You make it sound like it isnt common :P

[mrdaves]

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If your tired...

...*Hands Frank a massive mug of coffee*

[alex_holt]

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i dont have any tired author cicise, i just have lazy author crisis. alot.

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Welcome to the final of Heat O! In round 1, The Deer used some tricky driving to drop PRP into the moat, while Hefty Kick In The Balls smashed both parts of Black Chalkie Beard into the moat as well, despite doing no damage to each piece. Now these two robotic gladiators meet each other in the Last €˜Bot Standing arena to determine which one we€™ll see more of in the future. Will Hefty cause another upset, or will The Deer€™s experience see it through?

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Hefty is off to the faster start in both weapon speed and acceleration stakes, as it moves towards The Deer, who reverses and dodges away so Hefty shoots past it! The Deer spins on the spot and drives up behind Hefty and grips it from behind! This is all going according to Martyn€™s plan as he shoves Hefty disc first into the arena wall, and would shatter it if I hadn€™t replaced the polycarb panels with hardox ones and sent the bill to the guy who made N3.

At any rate, sparks fly as Hefty is bounced backwards a bit by its own power! Hefty starts to push The Deer backwards now, but The Deer isn€™t letting go, and the pinchers are managing to crumple the armour a bit! Hefty isn€™t having it all its own way in the pushing stakes either, and is only managing to slowly edge The Deer backwards. As The Deer isn€™t technically pinning Hefty, Martyn is also under no obligation to let go. Hefty drives forwards dragging The Deer with it, and turns at the last moment, crashing the rear end of The Deer into the arena wall! This jars The Deer just enough so Hefty is able to get out of its grip!

The Deer chases after the rear of Hefty, but Hefty is able to get away and turn to face The Deer! The Deer tries to get around to the side of Hefty, but Hefty turns and catches the Deer on the side before it can get out of flywheel range! The Deer is bounced up, then thrown over as Hefty moves forwards for another attack! Two large cracks have appeared on The Deers armour, and a third is added as Hefty strikes the other side! The Deer is able to drive away from the next attack, but still takes a clip to the rear, and a small piece of armour goes flying off!

The Deer runs away from Hefty, but can€™t seem to escape as Hefty€™s acceleration is faster, but as Hefty drives forwards, The Deer suddenly turns and reverses and Hefty goes shooting past! The Deer slams into forward drive, and the wheels spin on the spot a little before The Deer moves forwards and manages to grapple the turning Hefty! The Deer pushes Hefty sideways into a wall, and sparks fly as once more the flywheel of Hefty hits the wall! This dislodges Hefty, and more sparks fly as the flywheel hits one of The Deer€™s claws, bouncing The Deer up a little!

The Deer turns so the two machines are side by side, and Hefty can€™t bring the flywheel into play, and both reverse along the wall! Hefty stops and drives forwards to try and turn to face The Deer, but The Deer once more uses this to grapple onto Hefty€™s rear and push it forwards into the wall! Sparks fly and both machines are bounced backwards, but The Deer pushes forwards again to shove the flywheel into the wall once more! Hefty now manages to start reversing and shoving The Deer backwards, but it looks like Martyn€™s plan has paid off. The flywheel isn€™t spinning!

The Deer pushes back, but is outclasses slightly by the higher voltage on Hefty, and so is shoved inexorably backwards. Hefty once more shoots forwards, but this time Martyn releases the claws so Hefty charges straight forwards and slams into the wall! The Deer chases after it and grabs it around the side as it turns and crumples the armour some more. Even though none of The Deer€™s attacks have pierced Hefty€™s side, the armour is looking very crumpled.

Both machines spin around as Hefty tries to break free, and The Deer increases its grip and tries to push it along! Hefty is the stronger pusher, but The Deer€™s contribution mean they€™re moving around in wide circles, with neither at a particular advantage! The Deer lets go, and Hefty spins around to push The Deer from the side into a wall! The Deer turns and catches Hefty by the front, and once more the two engage in a shoving match, until all of a sudden The Deer starts easily shoving Hefty backwards and into the far wall! The Deer backs off, and wee can see wisps of smoke are coming from underneath Hefty! It€™s not moving, and it looks like its motors have burnt out with the over-volting, so Hefty is counted out!

Hefty Kick In The Balls given a red card for foul play, The Deer defies all the odds of being a seed and moves through to the last 16!

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Coming up either in a couple of days or next week, depending on how I feel:

Wedge Devo (2) vs Annoying Box Rush - Classic
Ringwraith vs You Only Live Once - Unimmediate peril

[mrdaves]

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Wooty Fights Again Lord Goacher of England.

[velociraptor]

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Ringwraith will just attack YOLO with its drum, and try to hit it at the highest point of the angled spinner so Ill be less likely to go flying, and see if I can flip it and hope those strange gyroscopic forces do something.

[steven_mcg]

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HEAT P
ELIMINATORS
1) Annoying Box Rush VS WEDGE DEVOLUTION (2)
Nick. Goody. :S All I can really do is to stick to the sides, keep flipping ABR around and hopefully manage to prop it against the wall or chuck it oot the ring.

2) Ringwraith VS You Only Live Once
If Alex can get some good blows in on the wheels, then You Only Live Once may not live up to its name

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Well, we€™re here at last at heat P. The end of the road to the last 16, to which only the proven machines may aspire€¦ Meaning with only the toughest through, the carnage can really begin But I€™m getting ahead of myself. One place remains, and we€™ve got four contenders hoping to book a ticket. Shall we meet them?

Forget pretenders like MDU and SpinVerter. Steven McGregor€™s Wedge series are the most famous vapour €˜bots around, and with good reason. After narrowly missing the trophy twice with Wedge 1, Steve€™s back with Wedge Devo, the fourth in the series. With hardox armour, LEM motor drive and a flipper capable of tossing a tonne, this machine is always there or there abouts. Last time around it flipped its way past Ripoff, Double Killa, and Crusher Chaos, only to be out fought in the semis by Achilles. It ended on a high note though, flipping Dervish from the ring to claim third place, and with Maximum Velocity gone moves up to second. It then went on to win the NSBFL X all stars.

Annoying Box Rush 2 will be no push over for the seed though. With 8 wheel drive, a good lifter and the Lowest Wedge in the Competition (TM), Nick is planning on doing exactly what his machine says on the tin. Annoying Box Rush originally started life as a SpinVerter clone, but has since evolved into something like Minion. Even with heavy duty Ti armour and a steel chassis, this is still one of the lightest machines in the competition, allowing Nick to add extra armour for those spinners he really loves However, with no real knockout punch, this machine could have trouble in some arenas. Last time around it flipped ForcePower from the arena, but was then flipped out by SegV in the next round.

If Ringwraith looks familiar, that€™s because it went by the name Dervish before Richard Southworth bought it on Vapour €™bot Ebay. Whatever he spent must have been worth it, as its thick lexiguard armour could protect it from a lot of harm, and the spinning body could produce a lot of harm. Added to that is the fact that the tricky shape could make some designs struggle badly against it, not to mention the fact that Dervish has proved itself in these arenas time and again, this should really be no different.

Lastly is You Only Live Once, from Alex Holt who these days flat out refuses to make a normal design. Like its more widely known (and feared) older brother Archangel of the Abyss, it has a two tier spinning system designed to bring out a tear or two from his opponents. The difference is, they are designed to work in tandem rather than back each other up, as he€™s hoping one will knock a foe into the other, thus producing a one-two suckerpunch to floor the opposition in double quick time.

Battle 1

Wedge Devo vs Annoying Box Rush 2 in the Classic arena

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Both machines are off to a quick start, as Wedge Devo shoots to ABR€™s side and turns around to get under! ABR keeps driving forwards and swerves around though and the first attack is averted, and ABR charges Wedge Devo! Wedge Devo turns and reverses away, and ABR clips it on the corner sending it into a shot spin! Both machines turn to get and get at each others side and meet head to head instead. Despite the superior drive, it€™s Wedge Devo who is edged back as ABR gets under the front wedge and puts its eight wheels to good use. Wedge Devo starts to back off, but the lifter rises and the front end of Wedge Devo is taken off the floor!

ABR shoves Wedge Devo back along the arena and into the wall before lifting it over completely! Wedge Devo self rights away from the wall, only for ABR to slam into it again as it does so, and knock it back over, where it rests on its side momentarily before falling onto its back again. Wedge Devo self rights again, only for ABR to get straight back under and shunt it side ways, lifting it over and dropping it in The Militant€™s CPZ! Steve allows The Militant to attack, spinning the up-ended Wedge Devo away from ABR before self righting, but this only allows ABR to get under the rear of Wedge Devo and lift it over again.

ABR pushes the up ended Wedge Devo towards Flipup, but Steve isn€™t having any of that and self rights Wedge Devo! Wedge Devo bounces up and lands on ABR as it shoots underneath! The lifter of ABR rises again, tipping Wedge Devo off behind ABR, and ABR reverses and shoves the upended Wedge Devo into the wall! Wedge Devo self rights, only to have its base plate meet ABR€™s rear end (mind boggle, and ABR reverses Wedge Devo into the wall again! Once more the flipper fires, and the power bounces ABR away from the area while Wedge Devo self rights in peace, only to be rammed into the wall again by a reversing ABR coming in on the side!

Wedge Devo escapes along the arena wall, and ABR pauses a second before turning to follow. Wedge Devo€™s acceleration seems to be faster, so Steve is able to get some distance, and time to think. Something he€™s been lacking in while ABR was on its offensive. ABR soon catches up though, and Wedge Devo dodges away, turning around to try and get under the rear of ABR! ABR turns and reverses away though, but Steve manages to also turn Wedge Devo in time to get under ABR€™s side! The flipper fires and the lighter machine is sent spinning into the air, where it lands on its back!

Quick as a flash, Steve sees his chance and gets under ABR€™s side, taking it in the direction of the arena wall, his intention of ending the fight quickly clear. Nick has other plans though, and self rights ABR right off Wedge Devos flipping plate before getting near to the wall, and Wedge 1 goes shooting towards the wall a bit more before Steve slams on the brakes and turns Wedge devo around, lunging after the side of ABR again! ABR spins out of the way as the lifter returns to its position, just in time for a handy attack on Wedge Devo€™s side!

The lifter raises again, but Wedge Devo is able to escape and its skirt is briefly lifted up as ABR misses the main target. ABR gives chase on Wedge Devo, and the two spin around each other while looking for a weakness. ABR is able to get under a corner of Wedge Devo, and tries lifting up, only managing a small lift before Wedge Devo falls off again! ABR powers forwards some more and lifts Wedge Devo up properly, and once more the Scottish machine is inverted! ABR pushes Wedge Devo towards Bane€™s CPZ, but once more Wedge Devo self rights in mid push, and this time briefly ends up on top of Bane, before falling off and landing between Bane and the wall!

Wedge Devo tries to self right, but can€™t thanks to where it is in position to the wall! Bane helps matters by turning around trying to get to Wedge Devo, as it nudges Wedge Devo sideways as it does so! Quick as a flash, Wedge Devo self rights and gets out of the CPZ, only for ABR to slam under its side, and turn it over again, once more turning to shove it into Bane€™s grip, but Wedge Devo self rights away from ABR, and runs away a bit to get up some space! ABR turns and follows, as a wailing is heard and the pit descened! Wedge Devo brakes to avoid going down the pit as it descends, but ABR slams in underneath Wedge Devo and pushes it down anyway, falling after it in a cloud of smoke!

Wedge Devo never got into that fight. The Annoying Box Rushes into the heat final!

Battle 2

You Only Live Once vs Ringwraith in the Unimmediate Peril arena.

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In stark contrast to the last fight, both machines start off slowly as they get their spinning systems into gear, and start edging towards one another. It€™s Ringwraith who strikes first, slamming into the front of YOLO, being sent away from the scene of the crime by YOLO€™s own spinner! The front armour of YOLO looks a bit torn, and there€™s a crack in the spinning body of Ringwraith as well! It looks like this could turn into a ramming competition to see who breaks first.

ALEX has other ideas though, as YOLO gets the next chance to attack, and he aims straight at the wheel of Ringwraith! Richard tries to turn Ringwraith away from the attack, but the wheel is knocked upwards and Ringwraith does an extremely cool dance as it€™s spun around at the same time! The second blow Alex was hoping for doesn€™t materialise however as Ringwraith is knocked away from the damage zone! Ringwraith lands and tries to go back on the attack, but it€™s YOLO who gets the blow in, once more making Ringwraith dance like a Dervish!

Ringwraith attacks YOLO again, but all the spinning has confused poor Richard, and he ends up hitting YOLO with the downward spinning part of Ringwraith! Ringwraith is bounced into the air by both its own downward force and YOLO€™s uppercutting lower ring, and another crack has appeared on the spinning shell! YOLO drives in again and attacks the momentarily stationary spinning shell, bouncing Ringwraith up again! YOLO chases Ringwraith along the arena, bouncing the cylinder along in front of it and not giving Richard time to get away!

Ringwraith ends up by the arena wall, and Alex takes YOLO in for what he hopes will be a final slam, but YOLO can€™t get enough upwards momentum to throw Ringwraith out of the competition, and Ringwraith is bounced off the wall and into a CPZ where nothing painful happens to it due to lack of house robots. Ringwraith backs away from YOLO to get a decent spin up, and charges straight at YOLO! YOLO spins around to get the right side facing Ringwraith, who again is knocked upwards and around in an awesome piece of footage that could be shown on the highlight clips at the end of the series!

YOLO drives in after Ringwraith and hits the wheel again! Ringwraith looks in real trouble as the spinning shell doesn€™t seem to be€¦ Erm€¦ Spinning. It€™s covered in cracks from the countless bashes YOLO has taken at it, and now YOLO goes in even fiercer than before, sensing victory! Ringwraith takes two more shots to the wheels and bravely€¦ Runs away. It seems Richard€™s plan is to stall until the house robot appears and hope it disables YOLO for him. Alex isn€™t having any of it, and chases Ringwraith down again striking the wheels a few more times! The siren wails, but by that time it seems Ringwraith can only move in circles. Richard accepts defeat and turns off the remote control to immobilise Ringwraith, saving it from any more pain. The emerging Flipup does nothing in this fight but simply shove Ringwraith into the pit as soon as it€™s counted out.

Ringwraith met the Lord of the Ring€¦Spinner. You Only Live Once makes the most of its lifetime and moves through to the heat final!

Coming up next week:

Annoying Box Rush 2 vs You Only Live Once in the Last €˜Bot Standing arena.

[alex_holt]

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Go me!

However an annoying next match, however my angled spinner has the advantage in that i should be able to turn opponents over with it or at least throw them. Just go for it, not much else i can do.

My lance chance to hold onto my title...

[mrdaves]

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and another seed falls.

Lush fights mr Frank