The Norman Sheppard Tribute Tournament

[razerdave]

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Its weapon is a tearere, which can double as pincirs. The idea is to puncture armour panels, and the edged blades seperate hydraulicly, creating a big-ass tear

[mrdaves]

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Heat F

Placed before Heat E due to confusion over multiple entries rules

Round 1

Fight 1

Typhoon 2 (9) vs. Tenderizers Revenge 2 vs. Jaws of Hell

From Scotland, the 9th seed and current robot wars champion, Typhoon 2. Entered by Andy, this real full bodied spinner needs no introduction, apart from it€™s 50kg spinning shell, powered by a chainsaw motor producing 20 KJ, which is enough to shock-kill pretty much anything that goes. 4 wheels and all drive comes as standard, as the speedy (16 mph) Scottish spinner hopes to repeat it€™s robot wars championship.
In Far 8: Made the final 16, beating No Damn Pushover, Ripper, and Eagle, before almost beating Son of Ripper before being flipped.

From England, Tenderizer€™s Revenge 2. Entered by Richard, this wedge has skirts all around which change with different areas, and an arm which can lift robots up. However the skirts can get damaged by spinning, so can the arm if hit hard enough, but the main body itself is as solid as a rock. Will the English tenderizer power it€™s way into semi final place?
In Far 8: Didn€™t enter

From Oxford, England, Jaws of Hell. Entered by the king of hell himself, Dave Weston. Dave hopes that the unique jaws will tear armour and the drive chain will push to victory. The jaws are strong, but against the current crop of Hardox clad anti-spinners, Dave could find it hard to use the claws against. In addition, control could be a problem
In Far 8: Didn€™t enter

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Jaws of Hell and Typhoon 2 drives away from the starting line, as Tenderizers Revenge 2 is hanging back for a while before coming onto the attack, as Jaws of Hell slams into the side of Tenderizers Revenge 2 and pushes Richard€™s wedge sideways, Andy drives Typhoon 2 away from danger and to get it€™s shell up to half-speed to attack the sides of both robots when they decide to come and play. Dave€™s jaw fails to get a grip onto Tenderizers Revenge 2 but the jaws manage to make a cut in the skirt, as Richard turns and runs for it away from Jaws of Hell, and still Typhoon 2 is spinning, before coming in onto the attack, onto the closest thing to crazy, as Jaws of Hell rams Tenderizers Revenge 2 into the pit release button. The pit opens as things are not looking good for Tenderizers Revenge 2, as Typhoon 2 makes it€™s attack on the rear off Jaws of Hell, spinning both robots away.

Quick as a jack flash, Tenderizers Revenge 2 is free and moves in onto the attack of Typhoon 2, as Jaws of Hell is following Tenderizers Revenge 2, as Richard forces Typhoon 2 towards the wall, Jaws of Hell comes in, slamming into the rear skirt of Tenderizers Revenge 2, but pushes Tenderizers Revenge 2 into Typhoon 2. Both robots shake, as Andy presses the petrol restart button, as the engine on Typhoon 2 springs into life, but Tenderizers Revenge 2 lifts it€™s arm, as Typhoon 2 is rolled onto it€™s side. Jaws of Hell reverses and goes away, as Tenderizers Revenge 2 leaves Typhoon 2 along, on it€™s side, the inside spinning around

Ref is coming over to count out the seeded champion, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and there goes the red card.

Cease

Result: Typhoon 2 flipped, the 9th seed crashes out at this early stage, as the two un-seeded machines go forward.

Fight 2

NSBFR-X (24) vs. Chaos 2 vs. Windiest Killer

From Gainsborough, England, and 24th seed, NSBFR-X. Entered by the kind of retired Frank, he returns with the 4WD interchangeable robot, with a choice of 4 weapons. It is quick and has some solid armour, but the major problem for Frank is that NSBFR-X doesn€™t do that well in melees; will this be the downfall of the pusher?
In Far 8: beat Spinny Thing Recharged and Pinser before coming unstuck against No Close Shave.

From England, double robot wars champion and king of the 80kg weight, Chaos 2. Entered by Steve, in the final version before it was retired, Chaos 2 has the flipper which can flip another robot out of the arena, the drive which is pin sharp and fast across the arena. However against spinners and rammers poor old chaos might suffer as the wheels are so close to the side that it could repeat what happened in extreme 2.
In far 8: Didn€™t enter

From South Africa, Windiest Killer. Entered by Matt, this rammer robot is designed to be different. It is fast and has 5 interchangeable weapons. The armour is strong, but however the speed could be it€™s downfall. The drive can push all day and all night long with it€™s backup batteries, but against some robots it could find itself a problem.
In Far 8: (As Windy Killer Mk 2) lost to Tornado in round 1.

NSBFR X€™s weapon of choice - Spinning Bar
Windiest Killer€™s weapon of choice (selected by Jamie McGarry on AOL) - Setup 5, the Hardox ramming spike.

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Windiest Killer is the first out of the zone and at once heads towards the weakness of the three robots, Chaos 2. Steve drives forward looking for a place where the flipper can get into play. Frank is waiting in the side lines with the spinning bar, ready to attack. Windiest Killer slams into Chaos 2€™s front, spiking the flipper, but Chaos 2 flips Windiest Killer over onto it€™s back, as NSBFR-X comes into play, hitting the sides of Chaos 2 with the bar.

Chaos 2 spins around, but look at the side, it€™s going around in a circle, as both robots are holding back, to give respect for the former robot wars champion, as Ref starts to come over, the two interchangeable robots spin, looking happy. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and there goes the red card.

Cease

Result: Chaos 2€™s left wheel got stuck and thus the champion falls. NSBFR-X and Windiest Killer moves onto round 2.

Round 2 Draw
Tenderizers Revenge 2 vs. Windiest Killer
NSBFR-X (24) vs. Jaws of Hell

Tactics, Predictions, did you like round 1?

[pcbore]

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Having actually done some research on the subject (I.e, asking people who know more than me) Ive found out Ti isnt as weak to carbon as some people believe. Anyway, use the scoop/latch combo and just shunt him around. I cant remember anything about the arena, but if any pits or hazards are present, I intend to make him greet them.

[velociraptor]

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TR2 will use the usual tactics of trying to ram Windiest Killer in the sides and getting under him, then carrying him around. If I cant get round to his sides, Ill try the front or rear, and if he tries to push me, Ill put the skirts down to make it harder.

[matty_haka]

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Torn between setups 1, 2 and 4...

OK, not 4.

OK, Ill take Setup 1.

The idea is, the positioning of them will make it a damn sight harder to push me from the sides. If he attacks at the back, I have enough speed and manouvreability to try and turn around and at the very least give him the side again. If he gets anywhere near the claws, then skirts up or down, he wont be able to get away without having something gripped, and as soon as weve done that, we have control of the fight.

[mrdaves]

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Official announcement from the NSTT team.

Due to the discovery that Clover is Kody is Devon is Clover etc, we have taken the action in disqualifying them from the competition on grounds of sportsmanship. Their real robots will remain in place and to counter-act the 3 in a heat area, I have asked Chris and Tony to enter 3 robots each and their robot stats will be going up onto the FAR forum soon.

Normal Heats will be back in action after heat F.

Dave

[darkguru]

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People know where to get hold of Natural Selection and Going Crunch stats.

The stats for Love Bite V 2.0 are as follows.

City/Town/Suburb Representing: Birmingham, England
Robot Name: Love Bite V 2.0
Length/Width/Height: 120/30/20
Weight: 100KG
Motivation: €œWheels/Legs/Shuffles€™ 4 inner wheels
Speed: KM/H: 52
Weapon: €œWeapon type and specs€ Hydraulic pincers at 2000 psi, can damage light-moderate armour. At the front is a Firestorm type flipping arm, CO2 powered, really just a SRIMECH but it will get other bots over, not really meant to be an OOTA flipper seeing as it€™s speed and the pincers do most of the damage.
Drive: €œMotors used and voltage, style of reduction€ Bosch motors at 36 volts, gear reduction
Power: €œBattery type and Voltage & Amps€ 2 x 36 volts at 3 amp NiCD packs
Armour: €œMaterials and thickness, method held on€ 4 mm hardox, welded.
Ground Clearance: 3MM
Turning Circle: 0M
Notes: It is a double wedge with skirts around the two sides. The paint job is black with Love the Bite in red down the skirts.

[Guest]

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120cm by 30cm?!? Thats one thin robot!!!

[darkguru]

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heh, thin robots can be cool

[knightrous]

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Did we enter Generator in here? If so, current status on my profile...

[Guest]

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YOU GOT DECOYED!



Take THAT, Scott!

[matty_haka]

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?!

[scott]

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What the fudge?

[Guest]

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My one was apparentely a decoy. *shrugs*

[knightrous]

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Decoy :P Not really, just my sudden liking with omni bots has dragged me into changing the drive over and taking a bit out of the weapon

Nothing really advantagous about the mods, we can now just run sideways more