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[steven_mcg]

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HEAT I
ROUND 2
1) Hacked-Off Ha-ka (2 VS Ringwraith
Mattys axe to give Ringwraith a real ringing in its ears . Possibly a KO or a pitting with the greater pushiness

2) Gravity 4.5 (5) VS Hector
Being unable to find a pic of Gravity, its hard to say here. Perhaps Alex could pull off a surprise here...

[mrdaves]

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Da Picture for Steve:

http://members.chello.nl/~wj.dijkstra/robotics/g412/g41209.jpghttp://members.chello.nl/~wj.dijkstr...412/g41209.jpg

Gives the basic idea

[velociraptor]

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Keep well away from Ha-kas front, focus on its sides and aim to smash it or flip it. If I flip it, chase it if it runs and try to damage the axe as its selfrighting.

[alex_holt]

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Ooh! Lovely exposed wheels for me to much upon!

[matty_haka]

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Keep the front. He is an axlebot and therefore will be slow to manouvre. This mean I will keep the fornt acing, so if he comes anywhere near either of the wedges then Ill slam down the axe and either trap or puncture, refusing to let it go.

[martyn]

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POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Gravity will go for hectros rear and try to flip it out of the arena or into the pit.

[mrdaves]

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If anyone has noticed the lack of fights for the week, I have a bullet-prove result for it...

...revision.

[alex_holt]

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Thankfully my shape means Im very difficult to flip anywhere particularly, out the arena will be all night impossible as Im too broad to get voer it in one flip, im supremly un-aerodynamic

[alex_holt]

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Thankfully my shape means Im very difficult to flip anywhere particularly, out the arena will be all night impossible as Im too broad to get voer it in one flip, im supremly un-aerodynamic

[mrdaves]

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You can try to calm the waters, but youll never control the storm

Like I once said, I am forever delayed.

Heat I, Round 2

Fight 1

Gravity 4.5 (5) vs. Hector

In round 1, Gravity flipped out Aquarius via the side wall. Whereas Hector removed the wheel on Tazbot to get though on a KO.

Both robots are in the arena, Martyn is wearing a pretty cool pair of sunglasses, who did he nick those off?

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The power from Gravity 4.5 accelerate it away from the starting square, the wheels are protected from spinners and are outside the main robot so that only a good aim with a crusher can stop then turning, Hector is waiting, as Martyn comes straight into the attack, ramming underneath the front itself of Hector. The claws start to come in, but can€™t break the tough titanium, as Gravity 4.5 fires the flipper sending Hector up into the sky.

Alex€™s robot lands, but Martyn has come onto to play with it and flips it over the side with a hop from the power, has Gravity put on yet more power? Alex turns around on the spot to get the claws into play, but Gravity 4.5 has rammed into it once more and is pushing Hector backwards, the claws are holding onto the titanium for dear life, as Gravity flips it high up again. The claws can€™t get a grip on the titanium to crush, as it comes back down to earth.

Once more, Martyn is onto the attack, as he gets the front flipper underneath Hector, and lifting up the front, so that the wheels are off the ground, pushes backwards, as the wheels on Hector are spinning as Alex is trying to get grip on the steel surface, as Gravity 4.5 is getting nearer the arena wall, lining up the attack quickly and firing the flipper, as Hector is lifted up, the width not helping but another quick fire from Gravity 4.5 as Hector finally exits the arena via the fence.

Cease

Hector, walked all over nobody and is fired from the boardroom, Gravity 4.5 adds another robot to it€™s flipping success and moves into it€™s heat final

Fight 2
Hacked off Ha-ka (2 vs. Ringwraith

In round 1, Hacked off Ha-ka axed Tazbot to death, where Ringwraith got lucky. Both robots are in the arena, with Richard in Ringwraith€™s control booth, but Tony is standing in for Matt who is currently banned from the pc for some reason or another. Will Tony get revenge?

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Ringwraith has reversed against the wall to get the drum up to full speed, as Hacked off Ha-ka starts to drive forward, Tony doesn€™t know how to control Hacked off Ha-ka, as it has a South African control system, as Hacked off Ha-ka comes around the corner to meet the awful Ringwraith, with it€™s red devil eyes looking across with the drum of doom and destruction awaiting some food, as Hacked off Ha-ka comes flying into attack.

Richard moves forward, as the axe fires to get a hit onto the drum itself, but the axe bounces away as Ringwraith rams straight into the front panel of Hacked off Ha-ka, the wedge takes the impact well, but another impact sends the 4WD robot onto it€™s back, another attack from Ringwraith, as Hacked off Ha-ka is flown into the air with the attack. Hacked off Ha-ka lands on it€™s side before rolling onto it€™s top, it is invertible, so it doesn€™t matter, but the axe is now out of action, as Tony drives Hacked off Ha-ka into the pit release.

Ringwraith cuts off Hacked off Ha-ka and hits into it once more, flipping it against the wall, the side armour has started to pull away at the edge, and another attack, and the lithium cardboard has come away, damage to the robot, as Ringwraith comes in onto another attack, flipping Hacked off Ha-ka over onto the pit release button itself, the axe fires, self-righting Hacked off Ha-ka as it lands on it€™s wheels the bottom side down, and runs before Ringwraith can attack again.

Tony turns and gets his bearings, as he sees Ringwraith heading straight for it, he waits and fires the axe, into the spinning drum, and pushes forward, but once more, Hacked off Ha-ka is flipped over, and another attack from Ringwraith sends the 28th seed packing over the arena fence and down into the mush pit.

Cease

Hacked off Ha-ka hacked off and exits the arena via the camera track with several million scars on it€™s armour. Ringwraith spins to the heat final

Heat Final Draw
??? vs.???

Tactics, Predictions, thoughts?

[velociraptor]

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Hey, an OOTA! Nice one!

Ringwraith will keep at Gravity 4.5s sides, away from the flipper, and just try to flip it (then attack the flipper as it selfrights) or smash it up.

[martyn]

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Gravity will try going side onto ringwraith and flip it and pray it will go over the wall after awhile. Or i will try and get it down the pit

[mrdaves]

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Thank you for the good times, don€™t let the good times fly away

Hello, Bonjour, Ciao, and welcome to the heat final of Heat I, which is odd, very odd, and odder than the number 1.

Heat I Final

Gravity 4.5 (5) vs. Ringwraith

In round 1, Gravity flipped out Aquarius, before moving onto flipping out Hector onto the camera tracks. Ringwraith qualified though the same melee, but managed to use it€™s weapon to hit Hacked-Off Ha-Ha over the fence and onto the camera itself.

The flipper against the vertical drum, a classic class of battle, but which way will the arm go, as we head over to the arena for the fight.

Richard is standing in control booth number 1, overlooking the red square, as Martyn is standing in the booth number 2, wearing sunglasses and a Scottish flag behind him, Gravity 4.5 is in the blue square.

And with the world€™s most longest and pointless introduction over:
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Unlike the first two matches, Ringwraith comes forward and out of the square, as Gravity 4.5 comes accelerating out of the red square, as Ringwraith turns it€™s drum around to face the front of Gravity 4.5, as both robots go towards each other, Martyn flicks the controls to the right, and Richard does the same, as both robots avoid hitting each other.

Gravity 4.5 turns on the spot and attacks Ringwraith, and the first blood of the game, as Ringwraith is lifted up, but because of the crap angle and it€™s length, no massive flip from Martyn€™s realie today. Quick as a fast, Gravity 4.5 is underneath the front of Ringwraith and fires the flipper. Ringwraith goes up, so does Gravity 4.5, as it lands on it€™s back. Ringwraith lands with a bump, bouncing twice, as Gravity 4.5 self-rights from it€™s back, just in time, as Ringwraith attacks the side, flipping Gravity 4.5 though 360 degree, as Martyn puts on the power and leads Gravity to safety, by pressing the pit release.

Ladies and Gentlemen please, my internet connection once more has messed up, but let€™s not let that be a problem, as we return to the action, to see that Ref has moved away from the square to release Gravity 4.5, which has been hit against the wall, where it can€™t get out of. Ringwraith is holding back to be a sportsperson (we got to be PC here), as Ref removes Gravity 4.5 away, and drops it down. Martyn turns and escapes away, hiding behind Ref, as he moves back to his square. Ringwraith is on the other side of the Ref, as Gravity 4.5 breaks free first and launches into Ringwraith€™s front.

The impact sends both robots away, Gravity 4.5 doing a little hop, but Ringwraith is on a roll, as the wheels are spinning trying to get traction on the arena surface. The spike fires, as Ringwraith turns and regains traction, but not before Gravity 4.5 comes onto the attack and lobs Ringwraith over, side-ways, just because he can, in a nova. Richard drives Ringwraith away from trouble, as Gravity 4.5 misses the target and almost takes an early bath, as Martyn turns on the spot as quick in a flash, and rams into the rear end of Ringwraith. The blade hits the flipping blade of Gravity 4.5 and sends itself away, leaving a mess of the arena floor, as the blade has a lovely cut in it now.

It€™s a game of cat and mouse, as Ringwraith and Gravity 4.5 share one thing in common, and that€™s their speed, as Richard spins on the spot in more than one way having just found out that he has managed to get 100% on a module, as Gravity 4.5 rams straight into Ringwraith, and fires the flipper before the blades hit. Ringwraith is sent, in a spin back towards the starting wall, as Martyn is sending him the wrong way, as Richard€™s machine lands on it€™s 2 wheels, something goes bang inside, as the drum is making an awful grinding noise as it spins up to speed. The windows scatter with the noise, as Gravity 4.5 moves into play. Ringwraith€™s noise is getting worse and worse, as it€™s started to make people run from the building, to get a hot dog from the randomly placed hot dog vehicle outside the building

Meanwhile in the fighting, the judges have ear muffs on, as Ringwraith gets Gravity 4.5 onto it€™s back, as Richard rams into it once more, rolling it over. Gravity 4.5 self-rights from the position it lands in, and rams into Ringwraith, and both robots are sent away, Ringwraith getting the better attack, as the front flipper plate of Gravity 4.5 is sent away from Gravity 4.5 and up into the sky, with Lucy and the diamonds. Ringwraith lands from the attack, the noise has disappeared, as a strong smell of burning rubber is coming from Ringwraith, are the bearings off the drum burning under the pressure?

Even though smoke is now coming from Ringwraith, Richard is on the attack once more, as Martyn reverses into Ringwraith getting underneath, and being forced into the ground before firing it€™s flipper, sending Ringwraith into the wall. We have flames, as Ringwraith has started to go on fire, but still Richard isn€™t giving up, as he uses his smoke advantage to ram into Gravity 4.5, once, twice, as Ref is behind, sticking carbon dioxide onto the flames, as Gravity 4.5 self-rights and disappears from view.

Cease

Ref finally puts out the flames on Ringwraith, which looks like it€™s been to Hell and Back in a handcart, but Gravity 4.5 is down the pit, as it self-righted down the pit by mistake. Gravity 4.5 pulled under by Gravity, as Ringwraith moves forward into the semi-finals, needing some nice new bearings, which got knocked loose, letting metal rub against metal, causing enough heat to start to burn the rubber, where it went out of control.

If you hurt your ears and can€™t work for any reason, call Bob on a no-win no-fee basis so he can claim you a lot of money from the health and safety person, pushing up the insurance, so that everybody who enters has to pay 10 grand

Next time:
Parachutes at the ready as the VCL 05 runner-up comes flipping right back, bringing along the Far 6 runner-up and the Far 1 runner-up from the glory days.

Heat J
Disco Dancer 2.5 (25) vs. Battle Raptor 3 vs. Panic Attack
Panicking ( vs. Leprosy Infection vs. Stratos-Fear

Tactics, Predictions, Thoughts, Telephones?

[martyn]

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Panicking ((me) vs. Leprosy Infection vs. Stratos-Fear
See if scott wants to team up on leprosy. I will try and pit it and if he wants to ping it out of the arena thats fine .

[mr_matt]

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Disco Dancer 2.5 (25) vs. Battle Raptor 3 vs. Panic Attack

DD will team up with Battle Raptor and will go for PA, aiming for the sides and rear and hopefully ripping off some of them skirts!