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[swiss_tony]

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Yay! Thats one worry out of the way, that I was going to have to fight one of Aarons superbots.
Now just to win my fight...the one robot I was most scared of fighting in this heat is out. Then to beat Axeon if I get past Y4..that oughta be intresting.

[pcbore]

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I dont get why youre happy... Instead of fighting one of Aarons super bots, youve got to fight a robot capable of beating one of Aarons super bots

[knightrous]

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Yeah, what Frank said. If Knightrous Wedge was a super bot, that means Axeon is even better But as we allllll know.... Axeon is just a clone of Dureon

Which, Ill have to show AJ how its done with Dureons evolution called Opteron

[kodster]

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Mini-tournament fights set up. The fight between Aquarius and Y4 will be done later.

[andrewj]

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Axeon is just a clone of Dureon

Gah! Stop finding me out!

Nice fights, Kody.

[kodster]

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@ AJ - Yer thanked very much, suh.

Well now! Were back to the fights, and back for more mayhem for our 2nd Round 2 fight!

Y4 tossed NSBFR-X OOTA before getting his back panel ripped clean off by Matilda.

Aquarius pulled off a controversial judges decision over Kali based on damage.

Roboteers, stand by...

The house robots messing with da foos are Sir Killalot and Dead Metal.

3...
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ACTIVATE!!

And Y4 starts off good, ramming straight into Aquarius, and getting under the lifting arm, tossing Aquarius high into the air! Aquarius comes back down but races off straight away before Y4 gets another chance. But the Dinowarrior doesnt give up a chase that asily and so Y4 follows Aquarius around the arena, hoping to get in a shot before his prey eludes him. But thats just what happens as Aquarius turns 135 degrees and zooms by Y4 before Chris flipbot can blink. Y4 turns, and Aquarius goes right into Y4, backing into him. Y4 gleefully launches the flipper, sending Aquarius into orbit. Aquarius comes right down and lands upside-down, but being invertible rams Y4 again, and is again launched high, but this time over-top of Y4. Aquarius lands right-side-up and AGAIN rams Y4, getting the flipper underneath the T-Minus look-a-like and this time uses its own weapon to launch Y4 this time. Y4 spins through the air and lands right-side-up, only to land on Aquarius flipping arm and gets sent into orbit again! Now the tide has turned as Aquarius follows the motion of Y4s movement and positions himself to get close enough to get another flip (Y4 lands on the arena wall and just makes it back in)...and another (Y4 is sent straight up this time; Aquarius does a 180)...and another (Chris looks right cheesed off )! Y4 lands right-side-up again but dodges another flip from Aquarius and hits the pit release button in panic, and the pit descends, but Y4 is now way too near the arena wall and Aquarius getting under Y4 activates his flipping arm and Y4 is shot into the air...to land on the arena camera track!

CEASE!

Y4 is now TER-MIN-8-ED
AQUARIUS ADVANCES TO THE HEAT A FINAL!!

Heat A Final
Axeon VS. Aquarius

Tactics? Predicitons? A thousand pounds?}

[kodster]

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@ Tony - ye posted yer tactics in the wrong place! :wink:

Anyway, this is the first heat final of this tournament, so lets kick it off!

Axeon took part Jim Struts piece by piece, earning a well-deserved KO, and then went on to beat Knightrous Wedge via pitting, earning another KO and a huge upset.

Aquarius beat Kali in a tight judges decision with damage being the main factor, and then tossed Y4 over the fence to earn his way into this heat final.

Roboteers, stand by...

Teh house robots are Shunt and Sgt. Bash.

3...
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1...
ACTIVATE!!!

Off we go! Axeon has slammed into Aquarius and brought down the hammer already! Oops, my bad, its an axe. Anyway, a very tiny hole has been made in the 12mm titanium, but nothing else seems to have been done. And now Aquarius has gotten under Axeon - WHOA-HO! Aquarius activates the flipper, and Axeon is sent flying across the arena, landing on his back! Aquarius follows Axeon and gets under the hacker again, tossing him several feet, and finally into the wall. But AJ wont let this fight go to the dogs as Axeon rights itself; Aquarius hits Axeons wedge and goes sailing over! Axeon fires the axe, just as Aquarius is almost right over him, and the point catches the underside; Aquarius rotates forward and hits the ground wedge-first! However, it does not affect the shape: Aquarius being made of strong material. Axeon goes in for another attack, and again finds himself flying through the air, to land on his back again, but fires the axe and rights himself...to find himself on the flipper of Aquarius and again gets launched! Axeon lands right-side-up and prepares for a counter-attack...AND AGAIN GETS FLIPPED! AJs face is now a shade of red darker than the Canadian flag. Axeon has had enough abuse and decides to take action; he dodges another charge from Aquarius and slams the axe down, right into the slot below the flipper, which has not been lowered yet! Somehow, things have turned the other, nastier, and crueller way as Axeon drags Aquarius around the arena and straight into Sgt. Bashs CPZ. The military sergeant bot grapples Aquarius in his claw, and scrunches down, but that 12mm titanium is proving resilient! Suddenly, Axeon is shoved into Aquarius as Shunt flies in and sticks his own axe into Axeons top. Aquarius is released from both Bash and Axeon, gets to Bashs side, and FLIP! The sergeant be-eth inverted! Shunt, however, has managed to put Axeon against the wall on his side, and is hacking away with his own axe, yet the blows arent doing that much damage. Tony seems to think that he should get all the glory and not Shunt, and so Aquarius backs into Shunt, buffetting him out of the way to get at Axeon. Axeon uses the axe to push himself...onto Aquarius wedge. TOSS! Bye bye, Axeon, youve just landed yourself a one-way ticket OOTA! Shunt is in a fury and flips over Aquarius with his scoop, hammering the 12mm titanium wedge and not doing a damn thing to it. Aquarius slips to Shunts side, and tosses the other HB over. Then he carries Shunt over to the wall, and FLIP! Shunt lands right on top of Axeon. Bad luck, Andy!

CEASE!

Axeon doesnt have the axe effect.
AQUARIUS MOVES ON TO THE SERIES SEMI-FINALS!!!

Series semi-finalists

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Coming up: Heat B
Leprosy Infection VS. Wedge Devolution
Son of Ripper 5.0 VS. Enter the May Tracks
Ripper VS. Terrorhurtz
Terror Gear 3 VS. Mother Of All Bricks IE

[majinb]

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with no bots in this tournament, all thats left to do for me is giving my lovely predictions

Leprosy Infection VS. Wedge Devolution

I think Steves Wedge-bot has the best chances here, given its good armour and OOTA-ing ability

Son of Ripper 5.0 VS. Enter the May Tracks

SoR 5.0 to live up to its good reputation and beat his nemesis

Ripper VS. Terrorhurtz

I dont know much about Ripper, but I do know Terrorhurtz is my all-time favourite realie so Ill be cheering for the axebot

Terror Gear 3 VS. Mother Of All Bricks IE

hmz, if I have to put my money on one of these, itd probably be MOABIE, although I have to say Terror Gear stands a fair chance of drumming and pitting Aarons brick

[dinowarrior]

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Another variation of what I said earlier...

WEDGE DEVOLUTION?!
Im gonna kill you Kody! Im gonna strangle you, and bury you, then dig you up and clone you, and kill all your clones! Then, Im never talking to you again!!!

(prays that Kody has seen Madagascar)

OK, just hit it and hope for the best.

[kodster]

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quote:

Im gonna kill you Kody! Im gonna strangle you, and bury you, then dig you up and clone you, and kill all your clones! Then, Im never talking to you again!!!

Strange, seeing as how you stuck up for me earlier in the NSBFL-X 2 thread. :wink:

[dinowarrior]

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Ooh, sorry about that. Forgot that you didnt want to think about those days anymore.

Still, the joking comment still stands.

[andrewj]

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Son of Ripper 5.0 VS. Enter the May Tracks

Hax0r the May Tracks! Avoiding Infusion would probably help around now too.

[pcbore]

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OK, SOR 5 seems to be a very powerful flipper and not much else. Well, hes got the saw but attacking hardox with it is a nice excercise in futility so I doubt Andy will use it.

Not sure how powerful those lorry windscreen wiper motors are, but Im pretty sure Ive got the better drive. My tracks give me better traction for an all in all better pusher.

If any damaging house robots are chosen, Ill keep flipping him into CPZs to try and kill him off that way. Failing that, Ill either try to flip him OOTA, or flip him into a CPZ, open the pit while hes escaping, or just plain flip him until he runs out of gas.

[andrewj]

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5.0, Frank! Not the old retro version...

[pcbore]

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I thought the stats looked surpisingly basic

Tactics are pretty much the same, except for killing via house robots which I now wont be trying. If I flip him, hell need to self right in order to attack effectively.