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[swiss_tony]

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Yes, I do.
shazamshazam@hotmail.com

[kodster]

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Cool. Im currently busy ATM, though.

And Frank, no need. Im creating my own HBs.

[kodster]

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And so begins our next battle in the heat. The two competitors who are looking to rip each other to subatomic pieces are€¦

KNIGHTROUS WEDGE, a Slam Job-shaped wedge with a flat top, an insanely powerful flipper powered by a unique hydraulics system, and invertibility. The speed! The pushability! The strength! But is the emphasis on those three words great enough to overcome€¦

TOBY THE T-RAM ENGINE? Rather larger than his opponent, Old Toby sports skirts all around and rams opponents with his front plough. Also sporting 15mm Lexan armour and rollbars to prevent being stuck on his back, this little engine is rougher than he looks.

Roboteers, stand by€¦

The house robots for today are Shunt and Mr. Psycho.

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ACTIVATE!

And here we go again! Knightrous Wedge, with its 40MPH speed, zooms right into an oncoming Toby, and the resulting crash even makes the house robots tremble in their little footies! Unfortunately, neither is able to get underneath the other, and so they back up and try again. But Toby has barely started going when Knightrous Wedge plows into him again! To Aarons consternation, Knightrous Wedge forgot to notice that Toby pulled off an old trick: the power dive. So Toby stopped, driving his plough almost right into the ground, and Knightrous Wedge, as a result, drives right into the plough and up sideways, onto his rear! Without wasting a moment, Toby bores straight into Mr. Psychos CPZ, and slams the Slam Job look-a-like into the house robot. The crazed antagonist gets ready to bring the hammer, but Knightrous Wedge, using his quick thinking, fires the flipper, which is in contact with Mr. Psycho, and flings himself across the arena, landing right onto his back. And so Mr. Psycho does bring down the hammer€¦onto Tobys plough! Luckily, the blow glanced off of Toby, and so no visible damage seems to be€¦visible . Knightrous Wedge rights himself ala T-Minus, with a 540 degree flip that awes the crowd, and is backed into by Toby. Back skirt meets side skirt, and they are stopped again. Knightrous Wedge wheels himself towards Tobys side, hoping to get a shot, but Toby keeps reversing. Aaron, however, wants to see a flying robot show and chases right after him. Toby stops€¦and Aaron has once again fallen for the power dive trick€¦no! Knightrous Wedge has stopped right in front of Toby. It looks like a real Mexican stand-off€¦only we aint got no Mexicans . Neither are moving. Refbot comes over and slightly nudges Knightrous Wedge, who turns to drive him off. Bingo! Toby rams into Knightrous Wedge, and this time the reverse happens: Toby flies right on top of Knightrous Wedge, but onto the side. Aaron, in his delight, hits the flipper button too soon: the flipper hits Toby and gently nudges him over. This, however, has saved Knightrous Wedge from flipping itself, and as Toby rolls over, Knightrous Wedge catches him before the skirts hit the floor. Fasten your seatbelts, gents! Whoosh! With the flick of a button, the flipper of Knightrous Wedge activates again, with Toby on top. The 120 degree angle of the flipper means that not only has Toby been flung high into the air, but over top of Knightrous Wedge as well! He lands just inside of the arena, but the rollbars look very bent after that landing, and Toby just makes it onto his wheels, only to be rammed again by Knightrous Wedge, who turned around just in time. Skirt meets skirt again, and again the two stop completely; Knightrous Wedge reverses and goes for the rammer again, but finds that he is gone. Then he sees that Toby has rammed into the pit release, opening the dreaded pit! Aaron laughs in the control booth, figuring that that is a cheap way to win, and so Knightrous Wedge advances on Toby - WATCH OUT! Knightrous Wedge has again run over the plough of Toby, and nearly threw himself into the pit! Toby rushes forward, eager to punt the Australian bot into the pit, but Knightrous Wedge reverses away€¦

10€¦9€¦8€¦7€¦

Toby spins around, and reverses at Knightrous Wedge, but Knightrous spins around and around to glance the blow away€¦

6€¦5€¦4€¦

Knightrous Wedge hurtles into a CPZ, and tosses a very surprised Shunt into one of the cameras€¦

3€¦2€¦1€¦

Mr. Psycho advances, but is rammed by Toby€¦

CEASE!

Well, this will go to the judges, then.

Knightrous Wedge - Toby the T-Ram Engine

Categories will be marked out of 5€¦

Aggression = (4 - 1)
Style = (2 - 3)
Control = (3 - 2)
Damage = (3 - 2)
Strategy = (3 - 2)

Total = (15 - 10)

By a 15-10 judges decision, Old Toby might be better off smoking Pipe-Weed and not steam.
KNIGHTROUS WEDGE ADVANCES TO ROUND 2!

Coming up: NSBFR-X VS. Y4

[dogbot4000]

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I have an msn address called tim1107@blueyonder.co.uk

[mrdaves]

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*nicks Tims email address and sends lots of spam to it*

Rule 1 on public forums: Never display your email address without any gaps in it (for example using Timmys there: tim1107 at blueyonder dot co dot uk) to avoid automatic crawlers coming around, and stealing your email address and selling it to companies who wish to give you a degree or sell you cheap drugs.

Is it just me or cant we edit our profiles?

(Message edited by MrDaveS on March 31, 2006)

[kodster]

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quote:

Is it just me or cant we edit our profiles?

What do you mean? :S

[mrdaves]

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like change your display name etc.

Anyhow, it seems like its working now

[kodster]

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Cool. Check out my new mini-tourney, folks. :wink:

[kodster]

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Agh! Youre still here?! Well this is the third fight, so lets just get through this. Our two monsters today are€¦

NSBFR-X, an invertible box wedge with 5mm grade 5 titanium armour, side and rear skirts, and many weapon attachments. For this battle NSBFR-X will use the drum. However, this robot has never seen before a fic robot like€¦

Y4, with its T-Minus shape and high-powered flipper. It also has 5mm titanium, whether it is grade 5 remains to be seen. However, semi-exposed wheels may be a problem.

Roboteers, stand by€¦

The house robots today are Sir Killalot and Matlida.

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ACTIVATE!

Its NSBFR-X who begins the fight off, careening off at Y4, who casually slips aside as NSBFR-X goes sailing by. Frank turns NSBFR-X 90 degrees, and waits for Y4 to come near. But Y4 is not that stupid. Nor is NSBFR-X, as he keeps his drum facing Y4, who is trying to get rush at NSBFR-Xs sides. But with those skirts, whats the point? NSBFR-X advances, and Y4 slips aside again, this time reversing, and now driving right NSBFR-Xs side! NSBFR-X turns, Y4 stops - too late, as NSBFR-X advances yet again and the drum connects with the front flipper. Y4 is sent violently backwards as Chris hits the flipper button, but again too late, and Y4 goes sailing into the air on his own accord. The flipper does not look after that collision, bent a little sideways. NSBFR-X waits for him to fall, and advances again, burying the drum into the side. It doesnt damage Y4, but it does tip him up. Y4 fires the flipper, and is sent flying off of NSBFR-X. The multi-weapon bot follows the T-Minus look-a-like around the arena again, as Y4 looks for something that might be able to help him€¦Matilda, perhaps? At least, thats what Chris thinks as Y4 advances on Matilda, but its Matlida who gets under Y4 and lifts him up. Matilda wheels around to put Y4 against the wall, and something going at 20MPH slams right into her flywheel! A burst of sparks, a horrible crashing noise, and a very miserable looking Matilda, with the flywheel immobilized, wheels back into the CPZ; Y4 escapes, looking for NSBFR-X. NSBFR-X, however, does not look too good himself after the collision; the armour covering the bottom of NSBFR-X has been bent up, immobilizing the drum. New life has been given to Y4 as he rams NSBFR-X head on. Frank, however, is not one to give up in this silly little scuffle, and NSBFR-X pushes Y4 backwards. Y4 fires the flipper, and NSBFR-X is sent flying into the air, coming down rear-first on top of Y4, who drives backwards, and rams the multiweaponed bot against the wall. NSBFR-X goes flying off of Y4, and lands on his back. Incredibly and suddenly, the drum is working again! It seems that the pressure that bent up the base armour of the wedge into the drum after the horrid collision with Matilda has now been released, and the drum is freed from its metal hindrance, spinning wildly! Y4 is alarmed, and so decides to stop that drum again. He turns around and backs into NSBFR-X with the hope of ramming NSBFR-Xs weapon into submission, but that hope is dispelled as the drum, now spinning the opposite way, drives Y4 into the ground, and giving NSBFR-X a little bit of air€¦and the drum is still working. Y4 again backs into NSBFR-X and catches the drum going a bit more slowly, brushing the second blow off, but driving right onto the wedge of NSBFR-X, who bores towards Sir Killalots CPZ. The metal knight gets the Jaws of Life ready, but Y4 bounces off of Killalot and lands behind NSBFR-X, flipper facing NSBFR-X. And so Franks Never Seen Before Fic Robot is now caught between the hammer and the anvil: Killalots Jaws of Life, and Y4s flipper. Matilda comes trundling over, but NSBFR-X has made its move; towards Y4. But Y4s flipper catches the wedge and gets underneath it. Chris, bearing an inexplicable smirk, drives Y4, with NSBFR-X in front, towards the wall, and fires the flipper button, just as Matilda reaches the CPZ where they are, and slams her flywheel into Y4s backside. The back panel is ripped clean off, and Y4 halts, clearly immobilized, but had NSBFR-X not gone sailing onto the camera track 2 seconds before, Y4 wouldve lost. Matilda seems in a right state, and goes to smash more of Y4, but Refbot pushes her back into her CPZ.

CEASE!

NSBFR-X will now not be seen for another tournament or so.
Y4 ADVANCES TO ROUND 2!!!

Coming up: Aquarius VS. Kali

[pcbore]

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Actually its seen a few robots like Y4. It lost to all of em though

Good fight anyway

[kodster]

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No,IdidnotstealyourcoffeeAJ.Nowletusgetonwiththefights.

The contendahs today are€¦

AQUARIUS, with its Voltronic-style shape, front flipper, 25mph speed and 2-wheel invertibility. Its ground clearance of 5mm around the sides and back is not so good, but with 12mm titanium armouring, it is a good bet that it wont take much damage. However, its armour will probably be useless against€¦

KALI, who also has a speed of 25mph, plus sporting a Biohazard-style lifting arm, pneumatically powered. It sports boron carbide armour; 10mm in front, 5mm at sides and rear. On top it has 14mm polycarbonate. But it is not invertible, and having a Biohazard-style lifting arm, Im not sure if it can self-right probably€¦

Roboteers, stand by€¦

Oooh! Our final two house bots are Sgt. Bash and Cassius Chrome. Shocker.

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ACTIVATE!

Both bots slam head-first into each other, looking for an advantage, but its Kali who gets underneath Aquarius and throws it into the air with the pneumatic power. Aquarius lands upside-down but slams into Kali again, sailing over the lifting arm and over Kali into the wall€¦? Whats this? Theres smoke in the CPZ? OH MY GOODNESS!!! SERGEANT BASH HAS PUT HIMSELF ON FIRE!!! :sad: Dont know how that happened€¦and theres Refbot, putting him out. Back to the real fight, Aquarius rights himself and is at Kalis rear. She turns, but is flipped by Aquarius; luckily, she tips off of her side and lands right side up. This does not please Tony, or Aquarius, who flies straight at Kalis rear again. Kali reverses, expecting to try the same trick€¦nope, Aquarius got the time right, and Kali is tipped over onto her back. Aquarius wheels around and, seeing Bash out of the way, tries to have his way with Cassius Chrome, who is waiting in the CPZ. And so getting under the plow of the idiotic-looking monster, Aquarius activates his flipper€¦to no avail. Cassius Chrome is merely tipped up a little bit and comes down. Meanwhile, Kali has righted herself, and twists round, flying at Aquarius who is underneath Cassius Chrome. Aquarius again drives forward, but Kali is too quick, and slides the arm under Aquarius, hoping to get an OOTA! That thought is dashed as Aquarius merely tips onto his back, and scuttles away, Cassius Chrome screaming after him after also coming back down. Kali chases them both€¦and cheekily stops and hits the pit release, opening the pit if push comes to shove. Aquarius rights himself€¦right into Cassius Chrome! Not good for Tony, as Cassius Chrome shoves Aquarius into the side wall, and up onto his rear. Kali drives right into Cassius Chromes rear and begins lifting. The house robot is suddenly finding himself in a difficult situation, with only his plow on the ground, and his head to the wall. Against the wall and underneath Cassius Chrome, but not out, Aquarius fires the flipper, and pushes himself into Cassius Chrome. Cassius Chrome is shoved back into Kali, who again lifts the house robot. Aquarius backs into Kali, and fires the flipper. Cassius Chrome is tipped€¦and out! You saw it here! Cassius Chrome: over the fence and out of the arena! Refbot does not look too pleased. Time is running out, as Aquarius shoves himself backwards into Kali, who has the lifting up and so cant use it on Aquarius. Kali reverses, trying to separate Aquarius from her, but Aquarius keeps backing into her, and eventually€¦POW! Kali is shoved into the wall, and Aquarius scuttles away again. Oh dear! Kalis lifting arm is stuck! After that collision, no wonder!

10€¦9€¦8€¦7€¦

Aquarius wheels around and runs right into Kali, getting under her and throwing her into the air.

6€¦5€¦4€¦

Kali lands upside-down and cant right herself. Sgt. Bash is smoking ominously in the CPZ.

3€¦2€¦1€¦

Aquarius does a little victory spin€¦

CEASE!

Well, that was brutal! Sgt. Bash on fire, Cassius Chrome gone out of the arena; a true flipping frenzy! Lets hear from the judges.

Aquarius VS. Kali

Aggression = (3 - 2)
Style = (2 - 3)
Control = (2 - 3)
Damage = (4 - 1)
Strategy = (2 - 3)

Total = (13 - 12)

A very tight judges decision; but nonetheless, Kali walks down the Hall of Shame.
AQUARIUS ADVANCES TO ROUND 2!

Heat A semi-finals

Knightrous Wedge VS. Axeon
Aquarius VS. Y4

Tactics? Predictions? Tic-tacs? :P

[swiss_tony]

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Hm...
Y4 has to self right before it can do anything again, so just flip it once to get it into a good position, then flip it OOTA right after. If I can do this quickly, Y4 will be completley helpless. Im pretty manuverable, so I think I can.

[pcbore]

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I think the heat final will be Knightrous Wedge vs Aquarius.

[alex_holt]

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Err... Im a tad hypocritical for saying it but it is invertible, but it doesnt say it in the stats so Im not going to make a fuss about it as Im in the wrong, Ill ammend that shortly for future.

However, biohzard flippers do self right without any problem, though it doesnt affect the otucome of the fight in any way, again however, good fight, keep up the good work.

[kodster]

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@ Alex - Ill be sure to get the most recent version of Kali if you enter it in my next tournament.

@ Frank - Thanks for the pre-diddly-iction

Well, we have two mighty behemoths today, fighting like rabid dogs over the heat final. Heres how they got here.

Knightrous Wedge pulled off a judges decision after catapulting Toby the T-Ram Engine around the arena.

Axeon KOd Jim Struts after repeatedly whacking the living hell out of it with the axe.

Roboteers, stand by...

The house robots today are Matilda and Sgt. Bash, who has been repaired.

3...
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ACTIVATE!

Both bots zoom at each other again, but its Aaron who draws first blood with Knightrous Wedge, who gets under the wedge of Axeon and rockets it high into the air! Axeon comes down hard but lands on its wheels and manuvers away as if nothing happened. This does nothing to ease Knightrous Wedges temper, and so the Slam Job-shaped bot advances on Axeon, and again they slam into each other. Knightrous Wedge again gets under Axeon but fires the flipper too soon, just as Axeon is on the tip, and Axeon is gently turned over, righting itself with the axe. Unfortunately, the time it took to right itself cost Axeon the chance of moving a move as Knightrous Wedge gets under Axeon again, and throws the axebot into the air once again. Axeon again comes down hard, and rights itself once more.Before Knightrous Wedge can try his tactic again, Axeon reverses away and unwittingly hits the pit release, opening the pit! Aaron again laughs, knowing that Toby the T-Ram Engine pulled off this tactic before, and also laughing then: Knightrous Wedge flies straight at Axeon, who goes flying over the wedge before the flipper can launch him, lands behind Knightrous Wedge, and backs into him, but again drives up onto Knightrous Wedges rear slope. Aarons monster backs towards the wall with every intent on slamming Axeon against it, but Axeon scuttles off the wedge and makes a 180 turn off of one wheel into Knightrous Wedges side! The wedge of Axeon gets underneath the side skirt, and Knightrous Wedge finds himself slanted at an angle! Down comes the axe into the 8mm titanium top armour! A tiny hole can be seen in the titanium. Knightrous Wedge is trying to get away, but it seems that his movement has been hindered since he is off the ground. A grin unfurls on AJs face as he drives Aarons flipbot towards the pit of doom. Suddenly, the flipper activates on Knightrous Wedge, but AJ saw that coming, and Knightrous Wedgelands right back on Axeons wedge, but the line-up with the pit has been broken. Axeon turns and hammers Knightrous Wedge once more with the axe, and then dumps the proud bot down the hole.

CEASE!

Knightrous Wedge has blown out.
AXEON ADVANCES TO THE HEAT FINAL!!

Coming up: Aquarius VS. Y4