Predictions

[Guest]

well, seeing as the world championships will be on very soon indeed, i decided to write what i think wil happen to each robot.
i wrote the predictions only for the robots that i know well.


SUPERNOVA
well, there is a good side of it and the bad side: the good one is as that supernova is a very destructive robot and can cause frightening mount of damage. the bad side is that it beaks down too much beause of the impacts it causes when it collides.
chance of doing good: 7/10

STORM 2:
i almost think that storm 2 can win WC but due to it having quite high ground clearance so it might struggle against tornado for the second time.
chance of doing good 9/10

HARD:
its just an ordinary flipper so it cant really do much against all the other pushers and spinners or crushers even.
chance of doing good: 5/10

CRUSTACIAN:
it basicly depends on the driver: if the driver drives crustacian badly then it can have some trouble with all the other robots because of the high ground clearance it has. on the other hand, if it can sink its claws into a spare bit of a robot and push the robot in the pit it has a chance of doning good.
chance of doing good: 7/10

ANSGAR:
its slow (well for a walker it is really fast), its steady, its destructive. i think that it has quite a chance of beating certain robots.
chance of doing good: 7/10

TORNADO:
i think that tornado cant survive all the punishment: its speed is only 10/11 mph and can strugle against storm 2 and the flippers (for example: tornado is shoving ARD when suddenly ANSGAR comes and rips something from tornado)
chance of doing good: 8/10

Ivan_

[Guest]

Predictions

Dont forget tough as nails ivan, its a definite contender, and with no bulldog breed to beat it, it should win.

[Guest]

Predictions

sorry! forgot about TAN, i think it can cope very well, and seeing as it has really good armour it can stand a chance against other robots.
chance of doing good: 8/10

[Guest]

Predictions

Ansgar from Germany, Storm from England and Tornado from England.
I dont think Ansgar will survive very long. My guess is either Storm or Tornado.

Typhoon from England, Tough As Nails from Holland and Rawbot from Sweden.
Typhoon is already out, but the armour on Rawbot wont stand up to Tough As Nails.

Spartacus from USA, Supernova from Sri Lanca and Hard from Belgium.
Ill go for Supernova in this fight, without any doubt.

Crushtacian from South Africa, Snakebite from Switzerland and Pulverizer from Holland.
Im not sure about this one, but Pulverizer is likely to be the winner.

[dinowarrior]

Predictions

Is that the confirmed line up? Is it gonna be another one of those Terrorhurtz/Thunderpants/Flippa things?

[Guest]

Predictions

I think so, but Im not 100% sure.

[storm]

Predictions

Those lineups look familiar to me - think theyre all correct.

Ed
http://www.teamstorm.comhttp://www.teamstorm.com

[tom_b]

Predictions

Ansgar 3 Vs Storm 2 Vs Tornado
Storm 2, Im gonna say. Go on Ed, you may have lost the UK championship, go for the big 1!!!

Rawbot Vs Tough As Nails
With no Typhoon 2 about, Im gonna say TAN

Hard Vs Spartacus Vs Super Nova
Super Nova easily, unless they TKO themselves

Crushtacean Vs Pulveriser Vs Snake Bite
Im gonna say Crushtacean will claw through this 1 easily.

HOT TIPS: Crushatcean, Storm 2, Super Nova & Tough As Nails

Storm 2 to win

[steve_c]

Predictions

If those are the lineups, its Storm 2, Tough as Nails (why only 2 robots here? Why not bring in a replacement like X-Terminator?), Supernova and Pulveriser.

And out of those four, regardless of the draw, its Storm 2 for me. All the way.

(btw, were doing well - only 5 Brits in this years world championship. Thats less than half...)

[Guest]

Predictions

Typhoon is Scottish not English - just to let you know.

[martyn]

Predictions

yes it is classed as the uk not england. Even though scottland is great

[babeth]

Predictions

I like Scots, at least they are proud to wear something else than trousers. Gives uw women something to look at. (And admire...)

[martyn]

Predictions

unless u couldnt tell in my last post im Scottish, even though i live in england. its long and strange story witch involes moving

[matty_haka]

Predictions

Fight 1- Well Ansgar and Storm 2 are so different, that Tornado wont know what weapon to choose and Ansgar even if he is a full 200kg will prove light work for the 18hp of Storm 2. For me theyll both outwork Tornado from the fight, before Storm 2 get away from the weapon and shoving them down the large hole that is the pit of oblivion.

Fight 2- Controversially perhaps, but Im going to go for the upset here. Bulldog Breed entirely outpushed TAN in the main series and seeing as Rawbot is a full body rammer and chances are manouvreable and almost certainyl faster, I believe hell just shove them around the arena. However should TAN get one good grab then I think it might be all over

Fight 3- Spartacus wont last 2 seconds in that arena, as it struggled to even dispose of a full immobilised robot. Hard has always looked like it has tough armour and I just have a funny feeling that theyll end up damaging themselves in the process of decapitating Hard just like they did against Ming and Supernova in Series 6. However, Supernova should take it and purely because of the crap reputation of Belgian robots in WCs (Im not saying theyre crap, Ive just never seen a particularly good one) that we may well end up with bits of armour resembling Belgium all over the floor of the arena.

Fight 4- Snake Bites going home early. It struggled to get through about 2mm fibre glass on Terror Turtle in the World Championship qualifiers and with an axelbot and Crushtacean with what looks like extremely fine armour, I see them being destroyed, grabbed and pitted. On the other side of the arena, however, youve got an axelbot (*Axel* being the key syllable) with a vertical crusher who can do damage and who shouldnt be damaged by a disc. Volia, much to my delight (I think theyre representing us) we have a South African robot in the semis! Yay! Cmon Crushtacean

[steve_c]

Predictions

I hate to disappoint you, but Crushtacean is a British robot that is posing as a foreign robot (like so many have done in the world championships before). Its much better now than it was (how the 1st championship could be called world Ill never know) but IMO the problem really stems from the rather pointless exclusivity contracts (or whatever theyre called) that stop the Battlebots from competing over here and vice versa (if they didnt exist wed see some classic world battles). It should get better though once roboteering is better developed in other countries (as its still catching on, really).

As for Tornado, you can bet theyll put the wedge on, as Storm 2 is in there (Im surprised they didnt keep the Brits apart) and Ansgar is a spinner, so protection is needed. Unless they choose to unleash that mysterious 4th weapon. (what is it, btw?)