The Official Vapourboteer Awards 2005

[andrewj]

Yes my friends, it is that time of year again. Welcome to The Official Vapourboteer Awards 2005. Below are the categories that you can vote for, as well as a few €˜rules€™. Happy voting and good luck to everyone.

· You cannot vote for yourself (apart from Best Battle if you were in it)
· You can only have a maximum of two votes per category, although it is preferred if you can narrow it down to one. Should two votes be added, each nominee will receive half a vote.
· All votes (apart from the bottom award) should be posted here.

I think that€™s about it, so let€™s get on with it. Remember all votes count only from the beginning of this year.

First of all, some general awards€¦

Most Original Design

The vapourbot that stands out from the rest with originality.
2004 Winner: Blizzard

Most Original Designer

Which person comes up with the most original designs?
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Design

Which vapourbot has the best design all round (it can be unoriginal).
2004 Winners: The Crashing Bore/V€™Ger

Best Engineered

Which vapourbot has the best inner features?
2004 Winner: Killotine: EVO

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Who is the best new guy on the block?
2004 Winner: Matt Robinson

Best Stevesman€¦ I mean Sportsman

The peacekeeper and guy that never loses his temper.
2004 Winner: Have a guess€¦ Steven McGregor

Idiot Of The Year

This should be an interesting one€¦
2004 Winner: N/A


Now for the individual weapons categories€¦

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
2004 Winner: SOR 3.5

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
2004 Winner: Stratos-Fear

Best Axebot
2004 Winner: Killotine: EVO

Best Spinner (Horizontal)
2004 Winner: Parasite

Best Spinner (Vertical)
2004 Winner: The Disc

Best Sawbot
2004 Winner: SD IV

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
2004 Winners: Tengu/MDU 3.1

Best Translational Spinner
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Crusher (Horizontal)
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Crusher (Vertical)
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Clusterbot
2004 Winner: Double Killa

Best Interchangeable Robot
2004 Winners: Slammer/WX

Best Rammer/Pusher
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Other Weapon
2004 Winner: N/A

Most Effective Weapon
2004 Winner: N/A


Now time for some more general awards€¦

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

The most underrated vapourboteer, who should be achieving more
2004 Winner: N/A

Most Underrated Vapourbot

The most underrated vapourbot, who should be achieving more
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

Which new bot has been the most successful this year?
2004 Winner: Angel of the Abyss

Best Comedy Bot

The ones that make you cry robot-tears with laughter€¦
2004 Winner: Gyrate/Annoying Box Rush

Best Custom House Robot
2004 Winner:

Best Walker

The best true walking robot
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Shuffler

The best shufflebot
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Other Motivation

Flight, tracks, €¦pneumatic motors?
2004 Winner: N/A


Now some awards for the writers€¦

Best Extreme/Side Event

The side events or extreme tournaments
2004 Winner: NSBFL-X

Best Tournament (48-)

The best minor tournament (less than 48 robots)
2004 Winner: The Genesis Tournament

Best Tournament (48+)

The best major tournament (more than 48 robots)
2004 Winner: The Pussycat Tribute Tournament 4

Best Battle

The best battle of the year
2004 Winners: Scottishly Fictional vs. Wheely Pure Evil/Tengu vs. MDU

Best Custom Arena

Who has the best arena for their tournaments?
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Newcomer Writer

Which new guy writes the best battles?
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Writer

Who writes the best battles?
2004 Winner: N/A


Now for the big ones€¦


Best British Vapourboteer

For the best inside the UK.
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Continental Vapourboteer

For the bets outside the UK.
2004 Winner: N/A

Best Team

Who has the best squad of robots?
2004 Winner: Team Bored/Team Destructive Technologies

Best Vapourbot

Which vapourbot has been the best this year?
2004 Winner: Mass Disctruction Ultimate

Best Vapourboteer

Who has been the best vapourboteer this year? The top prize in the awards!
2004 Winner: Aaron Knight


And finally€¦

The Outstanding Contribution Award

Renamed from €œThe Lifetime Achievement Award€ of last year. It means pretty much the same thing and is self-explanatory. Who deserves a place in the vapourbotic hall of fame? This is a private vote only! If you wish to vote, either email me (addy on profile) or contact me on MSN.
2004 Winner: Frank Goacher

[andrewj]

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Its just been pointed out to me that tournaments with 48 robots fit in neither category. So the major section now includes tournaments 48 and above and minors 47 and below.

[swiss_tony]

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Most Original Design: I have no clue...but I have to say Blizzard.
Most Original Designer: Im almost certian very few people will disagree with me on this, Mr. Alex J. Holt.
Best Design: Andy will hate me for this, But I guess Ill say SOR.
Best Engineered: MDU amazes me, really, how it can deal such huge damage without much recoil.
Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer): I cant say me, so its either between Alex M or Martijn. I guess Ill go with Alex M, although its very close.
Best Stevesman: Theres only one Stevesman
But really, I dont have a clue here, so Ill vote for the current Stevesman.
Idiot Of The Year: For constant spam, horrible fights, and ignoring almost any adive people give him, the title of AKA IDIOT should be given to Timothy James Sillery.
Best Flipper (Front Hinged): Dunno
Best Flipper (Rear Hinged): Wedge Devo?
Best Axebot: Black Panther Queen.
Best Spinner (Horizontal) : Automatic Schmuck
Best Spinner (Vertical): MORD
Best Sawbot: Metal Sonic Spin Dash
Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner: MDU.
Best Translational Spinner: Dunno
Best Crusher (Horizontal): No Close Shave?
Best Crusher (Vertical): CDM
Best Clusterbot: I cant vote for myself, so i dunno
Best Interchangeable Robot: Slammer
Best Rammer/Pusher: Forcepower 5.0, hands down.
Best Other Weapon: Blizzard
Most Effective Weapon: Fragmentor.
Most Underrated Vapourboteer: Dunno.
Most Underrated Vapourbot: I personally always thought The Botles deserved more attention than it got...
Best Newcomer (Vapourbot): I see lots of good things in store for Flank Attack.
Best Comedy Bot: Toby the T-Ram Engine, of course.
Best Custom House Robot: Uncle Sam [Of course Id vote for it ]
Best Walker: Is MDU still a walker? If not, I dunno.
Best Shuffler: MORD
Best Other Motivation: Blizzard [Heh, third time ive voted for it]
Best Extreme/Side Event: NSBFLX is the only one I can think of[thats been finished]
Best Tournament (48-): Does Mechanical Noise count?
Best Tournament (48+): Its hard not to vote for PTT5, its been progressing along great, and it looks like the end for the amazing PTT series. If it is, I know Ill be missing it, along with virtually anyone else on the forum.
Best Battle: This has to go to the NSBFL7 final. How many new keyboards did Frank need to buy while writing this?
Best Custom Arena: The void in PTT5 alone makes it win my vote.
Best Newcomer Writer: Martijn.
Best Writer: Some say its Rich, but I say Steve.
Best British Vapourboteer: Proboblay a certian Andrew Jackson..yes the president. Lol just kidding, you all know which one I mean.
Best Continental Vapourboteer: Id have to say Alex M, he just barley edges Martijn out.
Best Team: Team Destructive Technologies. Housing MDU, MOABIE, Knightourus Wedge, Fragmentor, and many other powerhouses, its no contest here.
Best Vapourbot: Fragmentor. It completly destroyed 2cm titanium! How many robots can do that?
Best Vapourboteer: Eeny, Meenie, Miney, Moe...Andy Jackson.

[mrdaves]

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Andy, I sent my votes to you over msn, cos Im too lazy to copy and paste them in here.

VOTE DAVE FOR IDIOT OF THE YEAR

[alex_holt]

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One suggestion considerign that weve had soem this last year: Best RPG

Otherwise I shall be working this out, there are a lot to work here...

[andrewj]

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Yep, okay. Those of you that want to vote for Best RPG can do so too.

[team_britespark]

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Most Original Design: Can€™t call any of them €œoriginal€€¦ but the closest IMHO is Stratos-Fear

Most Original Designer: Alex Holt

Best Design: Tengu

Best Engineered: Ditto

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer): Martijn

Best Sportsman: There€™s only 1 person who thoroughly deserves this award€¦ Tony! (Just kidding, it€™s Steve)

Idiot Of The Year: Dave Shep

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged): StratosFear

Best Axebot: All Scoop and no Stab€¦

Best Spinner (Horizontal): Automatic Schmuck

Best Spinner (Vertical): The Disc, cos it€™s the only one I can think of at this present time.

Best Sawbot: Metal Sonic Spin Dash

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner: Tengu

Best Translational Spinner: Is MDU one? If not then pass.

Best Crusher (Horizontal): Gigabyte

Best Crusher (Vertical): Razer! /clipart{lame}

Best Clusterbot: Botles Reunited, basically because they are the only decent cluster bots around ATM.

Best Interchangeable Robot: Chameleon

Best Rammer/Pusher: Manic Monsoon€¦ or Forcepower, you decide

Best Other Weapon: What?! I dunno€¦. um€¦.. Crashing Bore, I guess

Most Effective Weapon: Tengu, I suppose€¦

Most Underrated Vapourboteer: ME! WHERE ARE MY BLINKIN€™ AWARDS??? Alex McW is quite underrated€¦

Most Underrated Vapourbot: Mine€¦ or maybe Die-Ceratops ReInvertus

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot): Martijn€™s weird axlebot/spinning bar one.

Best Comedy Bot: Tails

Best Custom House Robot: Any from Team ColdHeart

Best Walker: Me. PASS!

Best Shuffler: Whirligig 4.0

Best Other Motivation: Only one I can think of is Blizzard

Best Extreme/Side Event: NSBFL-X2 or whatever it€™s called

Best Tournament (48-): Dunno, never entered one I don€™t think

Best Tournament (48+): PTT or VFT

Best Battle: NSBFL final probably, although I obviously can€™t see why you should vote for anything I wasn€™t in€¦

Best Custom Arena: VFT arena cos it means no OOTAs in 10 seconds

Best Newcomer Writer: Martijn

Best Writer: Steve/Richard

Best British Vapourboteer: Alex Holt

Best Continental Vapourboteer: Aaron Knight

Best Team: BriteSpark€¦ or Team Alex Holt or whatever he€™s decided to call it nowadays

Best Vapourbot: Tengu

Best Vapourboteer: Alex Holt

Those are my votes.

[majinb]

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quote:

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot): Martijn€™s weird axlebot/spinning bar one.

Its called A Night at the Bar, and thanks Dan!

[andrewj]

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Heres how things are standing at this early stage...

Most Original Design

Blizzard -1
Tails - 1
Stratos-Fear - 1

Most Original Designer

Alex Holt - 3

Best Design

SOR - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1

Best Engineered

MDU - 1
Automatic Schumck - 1
Tengu - 1

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Alex MacWilliams - 2
Martijn Benschop - 1

Best Sportsman

Steve McGregor - 3

Idiot Of The Year

Dave S - 2
Tim - 1

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)

Tails - 1

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)

Wedge Devolution - 1
SOR - 1
Stratos Fear - 1

Best Axebot

Black Panther Queen - 1
Battle Raptor - 1
ASANSMSADB - 1

Best Spinner (Horizontal)

Automatic Schmuck - 3

Best Spinner (Vertical)

The Disc - 2
MORD - 1

Best Sawbot

MSSD - 2
SD IV - 1

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner

Tengu - 2
MDU - 1

Best Translational Spinner

MDU - 2

Best Crusher (Horizontal)

GigaByte - 2
No Close Shave 3 - 1

Best Crusher (Vertical)

CDM - 2

Best Clusterbot

4 Swords - 1
Botels Reunited - 1

Best Interchangeable Robot

Slammer - 1
WX6.0 - 1
Chameleon - 1

Best Rammer/Pusher

ForcePower 5.0 - 2
Wedga Revo 2.0 - 1

Best Other Weapon

The Crashing Bore - 1
Blizzard - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1

Most Effective Weapon

Fragmentor - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight - 1
Alex MacWilliams - 1

Most Underrated Vapourbot

Die Ceratops ReInvertus - 1
The Botels - 1
SOR - 1

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

A Night at the Bar - 1
Flank Attack - 1
Back to Rock II - 1

Best Comedy Bot

Toby The T-Ram Engine - 1
Chalkie 3G - 1
Tails - 1

Best Custom House Robot

Uncle Sam - 1
NSBFL House Robots - 1
PTT House Robots - 1

Best Walker

Walk Away - 1

Best Shuffler

Whirligig 4.0 - 2
MORD - 1

Best Other Motivation

Blizzard - 3

Best Extreme/Side Event

NSBFLX - 2
VFT Side Events - 1

Best Tournament (48-)

AJWars: Christmas Rumble - 1

Best Tournament (48+)

Pussycat Tribute Tournament 5 - 1.5
Velociraptor€™s FanFic Tournament 6 - 1.5

Best Battle

MORD vs. Wedga Revo - NSBFL - 3

Best Custom Arena

PTT Arena - 2
VFT Arena - 1

Best Newcomer Writer

Martijn Benschop - 3

Best Writer

Steve McGregor - 1.5
Frank Goacher - 1
Richard Southworth - 0.5

Best British Vapourboteer

Andrew Jackson - 1
Steve McGregor - 1
Alex Holt - 1

Best Continental Vapourboteer

Aaron Knight - 2
Alex MacWilliams - 1

Best Team

Team Distrcutive Technologies - 1
Team Aussie - 1
Team Doomforall - 1

Best Vapourbot

Fragmentor - 1
Automatic Schmuck - 1
Tengu - 1

Best Vapourboteer

Andrew Jackson - 1
Aaron Knight - 1
Alex Holt - 1

[dogbot4000]

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come on people vote for me for being an idiot.

[majinb]

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Battle of the year: Timmy vs Dave S for idiot of the year

[steven_mcg]

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MOST ORIGINAL DESIGN: The Red Knight, for its kickass shield
MOST ORIGINAL DESIGNER: No-one beats Alex Doomforall Holt here :wink:
BEST DESIGN: S.O.R. 4.0, just for being a great all-rounder
BEST ENGINEERING: The Ultimate Wedge. Check that HP, man.
BEST NEWCOMER: Alex MacWilliams
BEST SPORTSMAN: Martijns defused more than his share of rumbles
IDIOT OF THE YEAR: Theres only one name on this trophy - Mr Timothy James Sillary

BEST FRONT-HINGED FLIPPER: Hi-diddly-dee, its Disco 5 for me!
BEST REAR-HINGED FLIPPER: Achilles
BEST AXE: Glasgae Kiss
BEST HORIZONTAL SPINNER: Automatic Schmuck...though isnt it more angled than horizontal? :wink:
BEST VERTICAL SPINNER: The Disc remains top o the heap
BEST SAWBOT: ...um...are there any other ones still around?
BEST FULL-BODY SPINNER: Tengu rules the roost here
BEST TRANSLATIONAL SPINNER: it can only be M.D.U. 3
BEST HORIZONTAL CRUSHER: GigaByte V1.5. Tough as Nails on acid. :wink:
BEST VERTICAL CRUSHER: Squishiest. Even if some think it wouldnt work, its had a good run and I cant think of any others
BEST CLUSTERBOT: Going Crunch, especially after its N.S.B.F.L. 7 run
BEST INTERCHANGEABLE ROBOT: N.S.B.F.R. X.
BEST RAMMER / PUSHER: FooooorcePower! Waa-waaa-waaaa! [/Goldfinger theme]
BEST MISCELLANEOUS WEAPON: The Crashing Bore - still kickin ass after so many years
MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON: The Disc again. Have you tried avoiding that thing?

MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: David Weston, deffo.
MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOT: Die-Ceratops ReInvertus. Chrissys come a long way
BEST NEWCOMER: I gotta say, I like Shovearound 2
BEST COMEDYBOT: The Robotnik Twins. We hate that hedgehooooog!
BEST CUSTOM HOUSE ROBOT: MegaRaptor. Roar!
BEST WALKER: Cant think of many this year, but Mega Snakebite was pretty cool
BEST SHUFFLER: M.O.R.D. 2, no questions asked
BEST OTHER LOCOMOTION: Blizzard. No-ones crazy enough to try and replicate it.

BEST EXTREME / SIDE-EVENT: V.F.T.6s cavalcade of whimsy
BEST MINOR TOURNAMENT: The AJWars Christmas Rumble
BEST MAJOR TOURNAMENT: V.F.T. 6. Such a no-brainer.
BEST R.P.G.: Im not sure if it counts here, but The Wars Incarnate must deserve something. Failing that, the Oddestsey
BEST BATTLE: The N.S.B.F.L. 7 Final. Fingers healed yet, Franky?
BEST CUSTOM ARENA: Pretty much all of Franks, but Roulette if I had to pick one. Tony probably needs a mention for his monstrously large one
BEST NEW WRITER: Martijn Benschop, proving theres hope yet for us
BEST WRITER: Rich Southworth. Naturally. :wink:

BEST BRITISH VAPOURBOTEER: Andy Jackson, take a bow
BEST CONTINENTAL VAPOURBOTEER: Aaron Knight
BEST TEAM: For sheer variety, Team Doomforall (formerly Team Technowizard) take the biscuit
BEST VAPOURBOT: For its consistantly success throughout the past 12 months, I nominate Achilles
BEST VAPOURBOTEER: Aaron Knight does it again

[pcbore]

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MOST ORIGINAL DESIGN: Dante

MOST ORIGINAL DESIGNER: Have to agree with Steve here, no-one seems to think of oddness as a crucial design factor like Alex Holt.

BEST DESIGN: The Ultimate Wedge

BEST ENGINEERING: As usual, I refuse to vote for this seeing nothing gets engineered.

BEST NEWCOMER: Alex M

BEST SPORTSMAN: Split a vote between Steve and Martijn

IDIOT OF THE YEAR: Something else I refuse to vote for. Enough with the negativity, this is supposed to be an awards thread.

BEST FRONT-HINGED FLIPPER: Disco 5

BEST REAR-HINGED FLIPPER: Achilles

BEST AXE: Black Panther Queen

BEST HORIZONTAL SPINNER: Automatic Shmuck

BEST VERTICAL SPINNER: MORD

BEST SAWBOT: Metal Sonic Spin Dash or whatever the latest versions called. Meh, this award should be called Only sawbot

BEST FULL-BODY SPINNER: Tengu Whatever Number Alex Is Up To Now

BEST TRANSLATIONAL SPINNER: MDU 3. Are there any others?

BEST HORIZONTAL CRUSHER: Yet another catagory with few to chose from. Ill go with Andys GigaByte.

BEST VERTICAL CRUSHER: CDM.

BEST CLUSTERBOT: I cant think of many, but Ill go with Going Crunch.

BEST INTERCHANGEABLE ROBOT: W.X 6

BEST RAMMER / PUSHER: The Ultimate Wedge

BEST MISCELLANEOUS WEAPON: Blizzard

MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON: Not sure what you mean by effective.

MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOTEER: A tie for me between Dave W who hasnt won anything for ages, and Chris M.

MOST UNDERRATED VAPOURBOT: Im refusing to vote here, simply because there are so many I want to vote for

BEST NEWCOMER: Tied between Alex M and Tony.

BEST COMEDYBOT: Cant think of anything offhand.

BEST CUSTOM HOUSE ROBOT: Ill have a look through the various house machines later then vote on this.

BEST WALKER: Cant think of any this year.

BEST SHUFFLER: See above.

BEST OTHER LOCOMOTION: Blizzard. Possibly the only candidate for this

BEST EXTREME / SIDE-EVENT: VFTs side events.

BEST MINOR TOURNAMENT: The AJWars Christmas Rumble

BEST MAJOR TOURNAMENT: Tie between the last VFT and PTTs

BEST R.P.G.: Tales of Symphonia. No-one said it had to be a written RPG

BEST BATTLE: The VFT 6 final.

BEST CUSTOM ARENA: The PTT one

BEST NEW WRITER: Martijn

BEST WRITER: Writing in technical terms has come such a long way, its impossible to truly distinguish between the top writers. For creativity, namely the Oddesty and Wars Incarnate, Im voting for Alex H. Also, hes blackmailing me.

BEST BRITISH VAPOURBOTEER: Alex H again.

BEST CONTINENTAL VAPOURBOTEER: Nick. When hes around anyway :P

BEST TEAM: Alex H.

BEST VAPOURBOT: Gigabyte, which has been doing very well lately.

BEST VAPOURBOTEER: Whoever is willing to pay me the most money Seriously, I cant really decide.

[siphai]

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BEST NEWCOMER: Tied between Alex M and Tony.

Newcomer robot =P I didnt know that Tony and I were robots.

BEST R.P.G.: Tales of Symphonia. No-one said it had to be a written RPG

What about Paper Mario? =P

[pcbore]

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Because the people at my local GAME store are dicks and refuse to stock Gamecube games for more than a week after they come out, I havent played Paper Mario.