NSBFL 7

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NSBFL 7

In our second featherweight fight, we see the number of real to vapour robots inverted. Let€™s meet who€™ll be fighting in the moat.

Storm Vortex is the real robot in today€™s rumble, and possibly the most infamous featherweight in the running, as people have often said running a magmotor in a featherweight weapon is just overkill. But then in order to compete with vapour €˜bots, maybe overkill is just what€™s needed. However, Storm€™s lack of a srimech could really put the over in overkill€¦

If TREADTHAL stands for anything, Steve€™s keeping quiet about it, and knowing his puns I for one am grateful. Kyle O€™Meters indeed. Weapons wise it sports an axe-lifter combo, and for armour it sports some nice Ti armour. But if anyone can get to the tracks, TREADTHAL will be truly drea€¦ No, wait. I€™ll save that pun for later.

Lastly is Micro Monsoon. We€™ve seen big daddy Monsoon in the main wars, and now the baby is here to avenge the father. What its mother thinks of all this is unknown, as she ran off with the milk €˜bot when Micro was just a baby, causing it to grow up resentful and€¦ Err€¦ Wait, sorry. Got the script mixed with tonight€™s soaps.

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TREADTHAL and Micro are off the fastest, but Vortex is no slouch either, and the disk is spinning fully when the three meet in the centre of the arena! Micro is in with the first attack, ramming under Vortex€™s side and shoving it moatwards, but TREADTHAL comes in and lifts Micro over! Micro is flipped again when the disk of Vortext hits it on the wedge, knocking it up and over!

Vortext moves in on Micro again and hits it in the rear, bouncing it up a bit, but Ed has overlooked TREADTHAL, who gets under the side and lifts Vortex over! With no srimech, Vortex is gone in the first minute of the match! While Vortex is being counted out, TREADTHAL and Micro are stalking one another, each looking to end the fight quickly and get through without having to repair much.

Micro goes in for an attack on TREADTHAL€™s side, but Steve manages to get TREADTHAL turned around so Micro goes onto the lifter! Dan slams on the reverse before Steve can get the lifter running, so escapes unflipped! TREADTHAL gives chase though, and the two circle, with TREADTHAL eventually getting the better and lifting Micro over from the side! Micro tries using its rear to push TREADTHAL, but Steve turns TREADTHAL around, and just pushes Micro into the moat!

Storm got sucked into its own Vortex. Micro Monsoon? You€™re more like Baby Squall! Go home, you horrible shower! TREADTHAL just walks all over the opposition and gets into the final!

[steven_mcg]

NSBFL 7

...well...that wasnt expected...um...WOO!

BTW Franky, TREDTHAL does stand for something - Tracked Robot Especially Designed to Hammer and Lift. Catchy, eh?

[razerdave]

NSBFL 7

Yay ! That was a cool set of fights.

Ok, from what I understand, TREDTHAL is an axe and lifter combo. The lifter wont bother me too much as Hells Angel has a low Center of Gravity (tried turning the real one over, quite hard to do because all the weights in the base and in the center). The axe, my armour should be ok with, but may strain under repeated hits in the same place. His Ti armour, I can get through, itll just take a few repeated hits (73j is about how much I can get out in theory, but I can knock out a bit more)

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NSBFL 7

Dave therere two more feather melees before the final :P

[razerdave]

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oops :P

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NSBFL 7

First up, sorry for the big gap in fights. Unlike most vapour writers, I don€™t get summer holidays€¦ That€™s probably an indication I need to grow up

Anyway, the third featherweight melee will be in the dreaded-ish Last €˜Bot Standing arena. Let€™s meet todays fighters.

Overdrive sort of classes as a real robot here, as it€™s semi completed right now, representing Team Andy. There€™s probably a real team name but I€™m too lazy to look for it. It€™s Storm 2 in shape, and Storm 2 in nature, using its front wedge and drill motors to push the opponents around. Will Andy€™s machine kick into Overdrive, or splutter and die in third gear?

Sparkstorm is a featherweight version of the famous nearly-€˜bot Firestorm, with a similar flipper, capable of theoretically tipping over 30 KGs. It can€™t be beached on its side either thanks to the shape, but it€™s not a great pusher and Chris is a little worried about the strength of the armour.

Finally we have€¦ Maximum Velocity?! Scott, this thing is about 88 KG€™s overweight! It€™s ban€¦ What, it€™s been on a diet? Oh, OK then. Like it used to be before that bastard Scott put it through Supermodel School, Maximum Velocity is well armoured and quick with a powerful flipper, and with 1 CM polycarb armour, could this speed away with the title?

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With Andy and Chris in the same fight, what do you think happened at the start? Overdrive and Sparkstorm charge each other, with Maximum Velocity hanging around for a moment. Overdrive gets under Sparkstorm€™s side and takes it into the arena wall, the Storm 2 clone taking over where Storm 2 left off against the Firestorm clone! But not for long though, as Sparkstorm gets under the side of Overdrive and flips it! Overdrive rolls over a couple of times and lands with the wedge down.

Overdrive has the advantage for the moment though, and drives after Overdrive. Overdrive swivulates though, and the two wedges meet in a stalemate, before Sparkstorm is gradually edged back! Then Maximum Velocity enters the fray, getting under Sparkstorm€™s side and showing it what a flipper can really do by hurling it a couple of feet in the air, where it rolls around a couple of times and smashes down on its flipper! While Sparkstorm self rights, Overdrive charges into Maximum Velocity and pushes it away, but soon goes back after Sparkstorm!

Maximum Velocity comes up behind Overdrive though and throws it over Sparkstorm€™s head though! Maximum Velocity keeps going, getting under the front of Overdrive and flipping it over Overdrive, then flipping Overdrive over Sparkstorm again before it can get away! Sparkstorm self rights away from Maximum Velocity though, much to the crowd€™s disapproval as they were enjoying this. Maximum Velocity keeps on going anyway though, and throws Overdrive against the wall, stacking it!

Chris sees that Overdrive seems out of the fight, so Overdrive goes for Maximum Velocity now, getting under the side and tossing the king of tossers! Maximum Velocity self rights though. Sparkstorm turns to attack Maximum Velocity again, but the two meet wedge to wedge. They stalemate like Sparkstorm did with Overdrive, but Maximum Velocity pushes forwards and manages to grind under, flipping Overdrive up and over immediately! Overdrive self rights, but lands right on Maximum Velocity€™s flipper and is thrown up again, landing with a crash on its wheels!

Sparkstorm is moving sluggishly now, so Scott can pretty much pick his spot on Sparkstorm, get under it and flip it with ease! Chris isn€™t giving up though, telling Scott to bring it by self righting again! Scott brings it indeed, and Sparkstorm is over again! Maximum velocity doesn€™t wait for Sparkstorm to self right again, and flips it around a good five or six times! Sparkstorm lands roughly each time, and finally Maximum Velocity backs off to see if the job is done. Sparkstorm self rights, but isn€™t moving apart from the flipper, so counted out it is!

Overdrive stalled, Sparkstorm shocked. Maximum Velocity was the ball both took their eyes off, and it rolls through!

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In our last featherweight melee, we have two real robots taking on a vapour. Classic match, maybe, so into the classic arena it goes!

Alpha may be small, it may only be an invertible wedge, but it has an unnerving win record over larger and more dangerous opponents. The good armour is perhaps a large factor in this, and its small compact frame means extra manoeuvrabilityness. However, the simple design can also lead to its downfall, as Rampage proved at the 2004 Stoke Smash. Great event, by the way.

Another competitor at that event was Blue, a erm€¦ Blue robot with a fearsome hammer, rack and pinion powered to make it a feather equivalent of Terrorhurtz. The armour is also tough, and the pushing power decent, but anyone who can get past the axe and under the high-ish ground clearance can see to it that this feather is beaten Black and Blue, turns into a cluster €˜bot and gets beaten up in round one of series seven.

Our vapour for this fight is Combat Raptor. This Jurassic menace has broken out of the park, and into the warzone, where it hopes to rip all to shreds with its€¦ Erm€¦ Electric lifter. This sounded a lot better in my head Oh yeah. Good armour, drive, etc. Look, a distraction! *runs*

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Blue heads after Alpha, obviously hoping to avenge their loss at the Stoke Smash! Alpha is having none of it though, and plows under the front of Blue, taking a hit on the top from the hammer as it does so, pushing Blue backwards into the wall! Conbat Raptor us eager to get in with the veterans, and chat about wars gone by over a cup of€¦ Oh wait. It actually wants to turn Alpha over, because that€™s what it does. Blue gets into the fight now, by hammering away at the top of Conbat Raptor!

Combat Raptor reverses from this painful attention, but Alpha comes in, and even upside down manages to shunt Blue from the side! Combat Raptor comes in for some more flippage, this time targeting Blue and turning it over onto its back! Blue self rights, and Alpha goes over to Combat Raptor, but is unable to get under, and is once more lifted over! Combat Raptor stays on Alpha, and turns it onto its side against the wall!

Blue comes up behind combat Raptor and starts smashing away! Combat Raptor flees, knocking Alpha off the wall as it does so! Alpha comes down the right way up, and pushes Blue into Flipupabit! Blue is thrown up by the house robot, and once more Combat Raptor gets Alpha with a cheap shot, lifting it up and over into the CPZ! Alpha escapes though, and pushes Combat Raptor from the side and pins it again the arena wall!

Blue self rights while this is going on, and goes straight after Combat Raptor while Alpha holds it in place! After the thirty seconds are up, the Alpha team are told to back off or be disqualified, which they do so, although Blue continues to pressurise Combat Raptor, but Combat Raptor turns around under the hammer blows, gets under Blue and€¦ Not much. Looks like the lifter€™s broken under the punishment!

Seeing this, Alpha drives into Flipupabit€™s bucket scoop, getting itself turned over right way around, and drives into Blue€™s side, knocking it off Combat Raptor€™s wedge and onto its side! Blue flails around with the hammer, but can€™t get off its side! Alpha backs away from Combat Raptor now! The lifter isn€™t working, but the wedge is still dangerous, and Combat Raptor is coming after Alpha with a vengeance! Alpha twists and turns and manages to get under Combat Raptor€™s side, driving it into Mini-Militant!

Blue meanwhile has been counted out! The pit opens early as Micro Bane comes out of the CPZ to pit it, but instead pushes it onto the floor flipper! As Alpha shoves Combat Raptor against a wall, and then under the axe of Baby Tomahawk, Blue is thrown through the air! Blue lands with a bang back on its wheels, and runs away from Micro Bane! Flipupabit and Mini Militant leave their CPZs to help Micro Bane close down on Blue, but meanwhile Alpha gets under Combat Raptor as it escapes Baby Tomahawk and opportunistically shoves it into the still open pit! Blue is caught by Flipupabit and shoved down on top!

Blue got the chop, Combat Raptor is extinct and I know I did this for every other Dinosaur themed robot. Shut up. Alpha is the alpha robot around here, and moves through to the featherweight final!

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NSBFL 7

Coming up next on the NOT DEAD NSBFL 7 *glares at Dave S*, the eagerly awaited, much carnagious event that debuted in this tourney, recently mimicked by others... Fifth place playoff!

Seggy the 3rd vs Sonic Boom vs The Deer vs Star 69 - Unimmediate Peril

After that, the semi finals.

MORD vs Going Crunch - The Moat
ABR 2 vs Wedga Revo - Unimmediate Peril

[mrdaves]

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How much dust did you blow off the thread Franky

Wooty Fights as usual

I wont use the skirts, throw away the wheel guards, and hit the armour back into shape, using the passive wedge at the start to dodge attacks by using the drive system, then as soon as the house robot comes in, attack it

*hears a whisper that it isnt a house robot revolt*

Meh

[darkguru]

NSBFL 7

See last post for tictacs...tactics too.

[martyn]

NSBFL 7

Did u do the first 5th place play off? i though i did in mrws 1 (aka patt)

Any way
Seggy the 3rd vs Sonic Boom vs The Deer (me) vs Star 69 (also me)

Humm both my robots will go for sonic boom hopfuly by star 69 smacking into it or the deer crushing its wheels sonic boom will become immbolised and easy to pit.

Then with sonic boom desposded of its onto seggy star 69 will disorintate it and try and knock it out by smacking into it and then the deer will grab seggy and pit it.

If both opponets are dead and counted out star 69 will pit it self

[scott]

NSBFL 7

Awesome dude! All that plastic surgery and months of Atkins induced starvation paid off! Max didnt do too badly either...

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NSBFL 7

Welcome to that new NSBFL tradition, the 5th place playoff! Rules are dead simple. The four loosing quarter finalists duke it out in a four way melee to see who becomes the 5th to 8th seeds for NSBFL 8. The seedings are awarded by order of elimination, so the first to be eliminated will be the 8th seed, and so on until only one robot remains. If two robots are eliminated at once, or if the fight goes to the judges, then the judges will chose between them judging how well they did in the fight. The fight takes place in Unimmediate Peril, now let€™s meet our contestants.

Star 69 is a newcomer this year, but has already had some great victories. In the heat it beat out Hell Machine and Son of Ripper, albeit closely in both cases. It then destroyed Tiger Shark with relative ease, but came unstuck against Annoying Box Rush. Despite tearing off the anti spinner lead plate, it was stacked in the Last €˜Bot Standing arena.

The Deer has been here before, as Crusher Chaos. In fact it was in last year€™s melee, and was the last to be eliminated, making it the 6th seed. This year, it beat PRP fairly easily, but then had two damaging matches against Hefty Kick in the Balls and V€™Ger, before losing in quite sad fashion to this year€™s surprise package, Going Crunch.

Seggy the 3rd was also in last year€™s melee, but was first to be knocked out, so Dave will want to do better this time around. In the heat it beat Flipping Hell easily, and The Doomsday Project suffered weapon failure. Battle Raptor 3 was next, dropped into a Roulette hole. However, Wedga Revo proved too tough, and Seggy was thrown from the arena in seconds. Seggy is using the passive wedge for this fight.

Last, we have Sonic Boom. Sonic Boom hammered and tonged€¦ Err€¦ Smashed Call Out Hook into submission, before setting the standard for the entire series by dethroning Achilles, the defending champion! Revenge of the Revenge of the Whatsit was its round 2 opponent, and didn€™t have an answer. MORD did though, making use of the old mathematical formulae: Axle €˜Bot + pit = win.

Enough of that. Let€™s get to the fighting.

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Only The Deer is left standing as the other three rush off the blocks! Star 69 heads after Sonic Boom, and Seggy is left alone for now. Star 69 smashes into Sonic Boom, spinning the axle €˜bot around with its weapon! Fazed is something that Sonic Boom isn€™t though, and is quickly back on the attack with a couple of overhead slams on Star 69! Star 69 has been stalled, but pushes Sonic Boom backwards into the waiting pinchers of The Deer. The crushers close, but can€™t get a grip on the slippery shape of Sonic Boom, which backs out of there, slamming the top of The Deer as it does so though!

Team Martyn, however, have decided to double team Sonic Boom, and the two robots are hemming Sonic Boom in, preventing it from gaining much needed momentum. Seggy meanwhile is hanging back, perhaps avoiding the fight until the others have taken damage. Either way, Sonic Boom has found a gap between The Deer and Star 69, and manages to get through it, bringing Seggy into the fight violently as it runs in to overhead slam it! Seggy pushes Sonic Boom back towards Martyn€™s robots, but Sonic Boom swings around, slipping off the wedge and putting Seggy between itself and team Martyn!

Star 69 tries to get around Seggy to get at Sonic Boom, but is denied by Seggy itself! Dave isn€™t part of the pact, and Star 69 is broadsided and pushed sideways into the arena wall! Sonic Boom runs straight at The Deer, going between the pinchers and slamming it, then reversing before the claws can close in to get a grip! Sonic Boom turns and gets to The Deer€™s side, but the momentum is spilt when The Deer turns and pushes Sonic Boom sideways as it does so with the claws! Still, Sonic Boom is out of The Deer€™s reach for now, so The Deer reverses to try and get a better attack in.

On the other side of the arena, Star 69 has managed to push Seggy out of the way, and is spinning up! Seggy comes in to halt this, but Star 69 dodges and Seggy crashes into the wall! Star 69 has an easy opportunity to attack Seggy€™s side now. Seggy starts to reverse, but isn€™t quick enough and is spun around with a large dent appearing in the side! Sonic Boom meanwhile has put a couple of cracks in The Deer€™s top with repeated slams, but Martyn finally gets Sonic Boom caught between the claws! Although Sonic Booms wheels aren€™t trapped, it is nonetheless caught in an inescapable bear hug.

The Deer pushes Sonic Boom along to meet Star 69, who is spun up again, but again Dave is having none of it, and slams Seggy into Star 69, stalling the spinner and bouncing both machines away from each other! Seggy quickly regains control though, turns and slams under both Sonic Boom and The Deer, pushing them both backwards! Sonic boom is bounced to the top of Seggy, and escapes by running over Seggys back as The Deer is taken backwards, and goes to attack Star 69, who is busy spinning up again!

Star 69 hits the wheel of Sonic Boom, sending it around in a spin again, but Sonic Boom is back on the attack as soon as Dan regains control, and a couple of dents are put in the top of Star 69! Star 69 attacks again though, knocking Sonic Boom away! Sonic Boom goes into a spin of its own accord now, and Star 69 smashes straight into the spinning mace as it tries to get at the wheels! Both robots are spun away, and Sonic Boom ends up being flipped over by the impact!

The Deer meanwhile is trying to get an attack in on Seggy, having given up on teaming up on Sonic Boom for now. This is proving hard though, as Seggy is constantly getting under The Deer and pushing it around! Although the skirts technically prevent this, Seggy is getting around this by getting under the claws, which bounces The Deer up, skirts and all. Star 69 abandons its attack on Sonic Boom and crashes into the rear of Seggy instead, spinning it away from The Deer!

Immediately, The Deer gets a grip on the sides of Seggy and starts to crush, warping the side panels of Seggy! Seggy twists around trying to get away, but ends up just pulling The Deer with it! Star 69 goes back to attack Sonic Boom, but Sonic Boom rushes past it and starts slamming on top of The Deer! Star 69 gives chase, but Sonic Boom swivels out of the way, and Star 69 accidentally hits The Deer! Seggy is released as Star 69 and The Deer go back to attacking Sonic Boom, and the first of the sirens wails! The house robot is coming and it€™s€¦ Flipup!

Flipup heads for the tangle of Sonic Boom, The Deer and Star 69, but never gets there as Seggy slams under the side and smashes it into the wall! Flipup is taken for a ride along the arena, and away from where The Deer has managed to snag one of Snoic Boom€™s wheels, and is holding it still so Star 69 can spin up fully, then carefully approach Sonic Boom so it doesn€™t hit its team mate again! Sonic Boom is hit, and smashed out of The Deers grip, but to team Martyn€™s dismay, they haven€™t made any impression in the 1 CM thick hardox!

Sonic Boom ignores Star 69, and goes back to work on The Deer, but when Flipup is shoved into the wall near to the three, Dan decides that Dave shouldn€™t get all the fun, and starts slamming at the top of Flipup! Seggy pins the house robot against the wall for Sonic Boom, but then The Deer gets its pinchers into Flipup, and although it can€™t damage the house robot, holds it still while Star 69 starts to attack the wheel pods! The flipper fires on Flipup as the drive gets frustrated, but it doesn€™t help Flipup escape as Seggy takes it from The Deer again and rams it hard into the wall!

Sonic Boom follows the action and starts to slam on the top of Flipup, but standing next to Dan in the control booth, Dave gives him some instructions. Sonic Boom away a bit and starts spinning on the spot! Seggy waits for it to reach full pelt, and shoves Flipup right into the whirling Sonic Boom, smashing the house robot away! Before it can even move, Star 69 crashes into the side again, and then The Deer grips it once more! Sonic Boom comes in for another attack, but Flipup manages to catch it on the flipper plate, and finally showcases its power by launching Sonic Boom across the arena! Sonic Boom lands with a large bounce and hits the far wall!

The second siren is heard now, and the pit descends! The Deer releases Flipup as Seggy starts to push it, but Dave is more interested in the house robot, and pushes it straight into the pit! Then Star 69 comes in and shoves Seggy in straight after! Star 69 starts to spin up as Sonic boom comes in behind it and starts overhead slamming! Star 69 reverses into Sonic boom, bouncing it away, but also bouncing itself into the pit! Within ten seconds, we€™ve lost two fighters! Three, if you count Flipup!

Sonic Boom reverses past The Deer as it comes in for an attempted pitting, and starts spinning on the spot! This doesn€™t work too well, as The Deer takes the blow on its pincher, which makes Sonic Boom skip upwards, and almost gets caught by the pinchers! Sonic Boom just wriggles free at the last instant though, and the claws start opening again! Meanwhile, Sonic Boom rushes to The Deers side and starts smashing away, and the armour of The Deer starts to crack! The Deer spins around, knocking Sonic Boom away, and reverses before driving forwards and catching Sonic Boom!

Martyn isn€™t going for heroics here. The Deer takes Sonic Boom right to the pit and dumps it in! The Deer spins on the spot as Martyn thinks he€™s won, but the pit is too full and Sonic Boom just rides over Star 69 and escapes the pit! Sonic Boom drives around the pit and smashes into the top of The Deer again! Once again The Deer catches Sonic Boom and pushes it into the pit, but Sonic Boom isn€™t staying down, and just drives back out! Sonic Boom smashes into the side of The Deer with a side swipe, and avoids the pinchers for another while, until The Deer finally catches up with it again!

Rather than push Sonic Boom into the pit again, The Deer holds onto it, effectively pinning it as it tries to swing around and escape! The Deer holds on for as long as it can without being disqualified, but Sonic Boom immediately goes back on the attack! The mace slams onto the top of The Deer a couple of times, and now it looks like The Deer is having mobility problems as it is sluggish to give chase! Sensing victory, Sonic Boom keeps on the side of The Deer and away from the claws as it smashes down time and time again! With twenty seconds left on the clock, The Deer is finally immobilised and knocked out!

Seggy the 3rd repeated its performance of last year, but took out Flipup, which was probably Dave€™s higher priority. Star 69 is€¦ No, I don€™t think I€™d get away with that joke again. The Deer also repeats its performance, and Sonic Boom is series 8€™s 5th seed! Now I just hope Dan doesn€™t refuse to re-enter it and screw up my seedings NICK!

[team_britespark]

NSBFL 7

w00t!

[mrdaves]

NSBFL 7

Woot

R.I.P. Seggy The 3rd

Taken out many of a house robot including the ilfamous Flipup

PCC might return to destroy some more house robot scum in season 8, so in the words of The Who:
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss