The Vapourbot Awards: X

[andrewj]

The Vapourbot Awards: X

Ten years ago today we were invited to move from the old Robot Wars discussion boards to our new home right here on the FRA forum. To mark this anniversary, I thought that we should celebrate by having a special edition of The Vapourbot Awards. Rather than voting for your favourites from the past year, this time you are invited to choose who you think has been the best from the past decade of destruction.

For each category below, please select your top three:

Your #1 choice will receive 5 points.
Your #2 choice will receive 3 points.
Your #3 choice will receive 1 point.

• Please try to vote in as many categories as you can.
• Please do not vote for yourself, your vapourbots or any tournaments that you wrote battles for.
• Please note that for these awards you are voting for a series of vapourbots rather than individual versions. For example, voting for "Firestorm III" or "Firestorm IV" would both be considered a vote for the "Firestorm" family of robots. Please do not vote for a series of vapourbots more than once per category.
• Listed below are the previous winners of each category. This is for guidance only - you may vote for something that is not listed if you prefer.
• Voting is open to anyone, whether you have been involved for the whole ten years or just ten minutes.

Voting closes on Friday 28th February at 23:00 GMT.

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Most Original Design: Assegai / BIACS-LE / Blizzard / The Plothole / Venus Fly Trap II

Best Design: Acid Burn / Automatic Schmuck / BIACS-LE / Gabriel V / Infusion / N³ / SOR / Tengu VII / The Crashing Bore / The Disc / V'Ger / Wedge Devolution

Most Original Designer: Aaron Knight / Alex Holt / Joey McConnell / Steven McGregor / Zarte Siempre

Best Designer: Andrew Jackson / Joey McConnell / Kody Kunz

Best Sportsman: Joey McConnell / Martijn Benschop / Steven McGregor

Best Clusterbot: Door Stops / Double Killa / Going Crunch / Mass Confuzzlement / The Alexandra Sisters: Judgement

Best Interchangeable Vapourbot: Macduff the 5th / NSBFR-X / Slammer VI / WX 6.0

Best Rammer: Flick of the Wrist / ForcePower 5.0 / System Shock 5.1

Best Walker: Absolution 2.0 / ArchAngel of the Abyss / Hex Appeal / Walk Away

Best Shuffler: Metallic Doom / MORD 2 / Whirligig 4.5

Best Tracked: Darkestar / Macduff the 5th / Magnitude / Sheer Heart Attack 2

Best Front-Hinged Flipper: Disco 5 / Gabriel V / Gehenna / Tails

Best Rear-Hinged Flipper: Achilles / Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus / Stratos Fear / The Servant's Assistant / Wedga Triton / Wedge Devolution

Best Axe: Axeon 4.0 / Black Panther / Intriguer / Killotine: EVO / Mobile Failure 2.5

Best Horizontal Spinner: Aneurysm / Automatic Schmuck / Eye of Ran II / Fragmentor / Parasite / Salamander III

Best Vertical Spinner: 9.9 On The Richter Scale / Delirium Tremors / Disco 5 / Exotherm / The Disc / Tira VI

Best Full Body Spinner: Mass Disctruction Ultimate / Propane Nightmare / PsycloniZer / S.O.T.A.R. / Tengu VII

Best Horizontal Crusher: Flank Attack DT / GigaByte / Super Gore Revo / Under Pressure

Best Vertical Crusher: Clawdius Decimus Murderous / N³

Best Uncategorised Weapon: Assegai / Cobalt / The Crashing Bore 2 / Venus Fly Trap II

Best Writer: Kody Kunz / Lewis Matthews / Martijn Benschop / Steven McGregor

Best Minor Tournament: AJWars: Christmas Rumble / Here We Go Again / House Robot Rebellion 2 / Mechanical Maelstrom: Annihilation / PTT – Regeneration / The Genesis Tournament / The Vapourbot Grand Prix 2010 / VFT: The Comeback

Best Major Tournament: Mechanical Maelstrom Series 3.0 / Mechanical Noise Series 1 / RoboBash! / RoboBash! Series 2 / The Crash & Burn Tournament / The Crash & Burn Tournament 3 / The Pussycat Tribute Tournament 4 / Velociraptor's FanFic Tournament 6

Best Team: Team Bored / Team Destructive Technologies / Team DoomForAll / Team Picus / Team Varying Every Day / Team Zlayerz

Best Vapourboteer: Aaron Knight / Andrew Jackson / Frank Goacher / Joey McConnell / Kody Kunz / Martijn Benschop / Steven McGregor

Best Vapourbot: Back to Rock III / Clawdius Decimus Murderous / Gehenna / Intriguous / Mass Disctruction Ultimate / Mobile Failure 2.5 / PsycloniZer / Tails / Wedge Devolution

[playzooki]

I hope this brings some life to this section...

[kodster]

Most Original Design
1) Venus Fly Trap II
2) Assegai
3) Blizzard

Best Design
1) N³
2) Wedge Devolution
3) The Disc

Most Original Designer
1) Alex Holt
2) Joey McConnell
3) Zarte Siempre

Best Designer
1) Joey McConnell
2) Andrew Jackson
3) Alex Holt

Best Sportsman
1) Martijn Benschop
2) Steven McGregor
3) Joey McConnell

Best Clusterbot
1) Going Crunch
2) Door Stops
3) Double Killa

Best Interchangeable Vapourbot
1) NSBFR-X
2) Slammer VI
3) Whirlitzer X 6.0

Best Rammer
1) Flick of the Wrist
2) ForcePower 5.0
3) System Shock 5.1

Best Walker
1) ArchAngel of the Abyss
2) Hex Appeal
3) Walk Away

Best Shuffler
1) Whirligig 4.5
2) M.O.R.D. 2
3) Metallic Doom

Best Tracked
1) Sheer Heart Attack
2) Darkestar
3) Magnitude

Best Front-Hinged Flipper
1) Gabriel V
2) Gehenna
3) Tails

Best Rear-Hinged Flipper
1) Wedge Devolution
2) Achilles
3) The Servant's Assistant

Best Axe
1) Mobile Failure 2.5
2) Killotine: EVO
3) Black Panther

Best Horizontal Spinner
1) Eye of Ran II
2) Parasite
3) Automatic Schmuck

Best Vertical Spinner
1) The Disc
2) Delirium Tremors
3) Exotherm

Best Full Body Spinner
1) Mass Disctruction Ultimate
2) Tengu VII
3) S.O.T.A.R.

Best Horizontal Crusher
1) Under Pressure
2) Flank Attack: DT
3) GigaByte

Best Vertical Crusher
1) N³
2) Clawdius Decimus Murderous
3) Holepunch 2.0

Best Uncategorised Weapon
1) Venus Fly Trap II
2) Assegai
3) The Crashing Bore II

Best Writer
1) Steven McGregor
2) Lewis Matthews
3) Martijn Benschop

Best Minor Tournament
1) PTT - Renegeration
2) VFT: The Comeback
3) Mechanical Maelstrom: Annihilation

Best Major Tournament
1) Mechanical Maelstrom Series 3.0
2) The Pussycat Tribute Tournament 3
3) Mechanical Noise Series 1

Best Team
1) Team Picus
2) Team DoomForAll
3) Team Destructive Technologies

Best Vapourboteer
1) Frank Goacher
2) Andrew Jackson
3) Joey McConnell

Best Vapourbot
1) Mass Disctruction Ultimate
2) Wedge Devolution
3) Back to Rock III

Good luck everyone.

[andrewj]

Thanks Kody!

Since activity has picked up again recently, I'm going to extend the deadline to Friday 28th March at 23:00 GMT.

[alex_holt]

This list proves without a doubt how little I remember of the past ten years - including bits I wrote :P

Most Original Design:
1. Parrasyte
2. The Disc

Best Design:
1. MDU
2. Passasyte

Most Original Designer:
1. Frank Goacher

Best Sportsman:
1. Steven McGregor
2. Martijn Benschop
3. Joey McConnell

Best Rear-Hinged Flipper:
1. Wedge Devolution

Best Axe:
1. Killotine: EVO

Best Horizontal Spinner:
1. Parasite

Best Vertical Spinner:
1. The Disc

Best Full Body Spinner:
1. Mass Disctruction Ultimate

Best Writer:
1. Steven McGregor
2. Kody Kunz

Best Minor Tournament:
1. The Vapourbot Grand Prix

Best Major Tournament:
1. The Pussycat Tribute Tournament 3
2. The Pussycat Tribute Tournament 4
3. The Crash & Burn Tournament 3

Best Team:
1. Team Bored
2. Team Destructive Technologies
3. Team Braveheart

Best Vapourboteer:
1. Frank Goacher
2. Aaron Knight
2. Andrew Jackson

Best Vapourbot:
1. Mass Disctruction Ultimate
2. Wedge Devolution
3. The Disc

[majinb]

Took me a while to decide for a winner on each category, but I think I have cherry picked the best of the best.

Most Original Design:
Sheer Heart Attack 2

Best Design:
Back to Rock III

Most Original Designer:
Martijn Benschop

Best Designer:
Martijn Benschop

Best Sportsman:
Martijn Benschop

Best Clusterbot:
With or Without you

Best Interchangeable Vapourbot:
Back to Rock III

Best Rammer:
Flick of the Wrist 2

Best Walker:
Martijn Benschop

Best Shuffler:
Another Night at the Bar with a limp

Best Tracked:
Sheer Heart Attack 2

Best Front-Hinged Flipper:
Back to Rock III observed from behind

Best Rear-Hinged Flipper:
Liar 2

Best Axe:
Axe to Fall 2

Best Horizontal Spinner:
Another Night at the Bar

Best Vertical Spinner:
Sheer Heart Attack 2

Best Full Body Spinner:
Without you (of With and Without you)

Best Horizontal Crusher:
Under Pressure

Best Vertical Crusher:
Under Pressure stacked against the wall

Best Uncategorised Weapon:
Martijn Benschop

Best Writer:
Martijn Benschop

Best Minor Tournament:
Use the Arena to your Advantage 1 - Bloody Low Walls

Best Major Tournament:
Mechanical Noise - Series 1

Best Team:
Team Varying Every Day

Best Vapourboteer:
Martijn Benschop

Best Vapourbot:
Back to Rock III

[playzooki]

xDDD

is that even allowed?

[majinb]

is what even allowed?

[playzooki]

voting for yourself in every category xD

[majinb]

Oh did I do that? I was just trying to go for what I thought was the best pick in each category.

[steven_mcg]

Last minute!

Most Original Design:
1. Blizzard
2. Assegai
3. SuckerPunch

Best Design:
1. The Disc
2. The Crashing Bore
3. Under Pressure

Most Original Designer:
1. Alex Holt
2. Zarte Siempre
3. Frank Goacher

Best Designer:
1. Kody Kunz
2. Joey McConnell
3. Andrew Jackson

Best Sportsman:
1. Andrew Jackson
2. Martijn Benschop
3. Joey McConnell

Best Clusterbot:
1. Double Killa
2. The Team That Wasn't There
3. Going Crunch

Best Interchangeable Vapourbot:
1. Slammer VI
2. N.S.B.F.R. X
3. W.X. 6.0

Best Rammer:
1. Flick of the Wrist
2. Scottishly Fictional
3. ForcePower 5.0

Best Walker:
1. Mass Disctruction Ultimate
2. ArchAngel of the Abyss
3. Supreme Glory Beta

Best Shuffler:
1. M.O.R.D. 2
2. Mother of All Bricks 2
2. Metallic Doom

Best Tracked:
1. Sheer Heart Attack 2
2. May Tracks Evolutions
3. Darkestar

Best Front-Hinged Flipper:
1. Son of Ripper 3.5
2. Gabriel V
3. Disco 5

Best Rear-Hinged Flipper:
1. SpinVerter 3
2. Achilles
3. StratosFear

Best Axe:
1. The Business Ends
2. Intriguous
3. Black Panther

Best Horizontal Spinner:
1. Parasite
2. SpunOut 3.0
3. Eye of Ran II

Best Vertical Spinner:
1. The Disc
2. Disco 5
3. Dishonourable Discharge

Best Full Body Spinner:
1. Tengu VII
2. Mass Disctruction Ultimate
3. Spinny Thing Recharged

Best Horizontal Crusher:
1. Under Pressure
2. Flank Attack D.T.
3. GigaByte

Best Vertical Crusher:
1. N³
2. Squish
3. Slaying Mantis E

Best Uncategorised Weapon:
1. The Crashing Bore 2
2. Assegai
3. The Deflesher

Best Writer:
1. Kody Kunz
2. Martijn Benschop
3. Lewis Matthews

Best Minor Tournament:
1. VFT: The Comeback
2. Mechanical Maesltrom: Annihilation
3. Crash & Burn Mini Tourn of Death

Best Major Tournament:
1. Velociraptor's Fanfic Tournament 6
2. The Crash & Burn Tournament
3. Never Seen Before Fic League 6

Best Team:
1. Team Doomforall
2. Team Varying Every Day
3. Team ???

Best Vapourboteer:
1. Frank Goacher
2. Aaron Knight
3. Hector Gilbert

Best Vapourbot:
1. Son of Ripper
2. Mass Disctruction Ultimate
3. Tengu VII

GOD, that was hard. XP

[majinb]

GOD, that was hard. XP

THAT. I have been working on a serious list for a few days now and I still am not satisfied, sorry, I damn sure hope I will finish this stuff before the next week starts xD.

[knightrous]

Reading some of the names on this list brings back memories!
Thumbs up to all the oldbies that are still here, repping the vaporbot world.