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Round 2
Feb 25, 2010 22:33:07 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 25, 2010 22:33:07 GMT -5
Round 2
Gabriel V vs. Qwertyuiop Minesweeper 1.1 vs. Envy Mornington Crescent vs. Monsoon Season Apocalypse II vs. Under Pressure
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Round 2
Feb 25, 2010 22:36:07 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 25, 2010 22:36:07 GMT -5
Fight 1 Gabriel V vs. Qwertyuiop
Roboteers, stand by...
House robots: Renegade and Asterix Anarchius
3... 2... 1... ACTIVATE!
And off we go! It's a speedy start as both opponent come flying in, but Qwertyuiop makes a last split-second swerve, and Gabriel ends up ramming air. Before Joey can rectify his mistake, Navaha swerves his machine back around and under the rear of Gabriel! Not ready to flip Gabriel over just yet, Navaha implements his strategy and heads for Renegade's CPZ. Once he gets near enough, Qwertyuiop tosses Gabriel into the CPZ, directly on top of the big house robot! Almost coming into close quarters with Renegade himself, Qwertyuiop backs away to just beyond the edge of the CPZ and waits patiently as Gabriel, stuck upside-down on Renegade at an absurd angle, tries to right itself. It sort of works, as Gabriel is self-righted, but is now stuck on Renegade's side, the wheels unable to touch ground! Qwertyuiop hurries to cover that edge of the CPZ as Renegade turns and bullies Gabriel against the CPZ, bringing the axe into play...or trying to, but the shaft hits one of the ears and is stopped. Seeing this, Navaha directs Qwertyuiop into the CPZ and flips Gabriel, still high-centered, further back into the CPZ, again on its back now. A sudden WHAM tells us that Asterix Anrchius has left his own CPZ and has crashed into Qwertyuiop from behind! Sandwiched between the two house robots, Qwertyuiop tries to toss Renegade out of the way. It doesn't work, and now Renegade is turning its attention to Qwertyuiop, or trying to, but the flipper is in the way! None of these problems can compete with Gabriel's, however. Joey tries to self-right again and again but Gabriel's pegged unceremoniously against the wall and can't use the srimech properly! Finally Qwertyuiop escapes the plight and Renegade turns its attention back to Gabriel, but Asterix isn't quite done with Navaha's creation yet and goes after it! Not to be a killjoy or anything, Asterix, but you can't wander out of your CPZ to attack someone who's NOT currently in a CPZ!;D As to confirm this, The Watcher bumps Asterix and gives him...oh ho ho ho, a yellow card! Haven't seen one of those in a while! ;D You'd better get back to your CPZ, my Gaulish fiend!
Qwertyuiop, meanwhile, is continuing to prowl the edge of the CPZ that Gabriel is trapped in, and Joey's in a huge amount of trouble! Not only is Gabriel on its back, an axe has found its way into the underside thanks to Renegade! The claws of the mighty house robot, however, can't seem to find anything on Gabriel to grasp properly. Joey waits for Renegade's axe to retract, then tries self-righting again. It works, but again Gabriel is in the arms of the house robot, who brings the axe down once more! This time it hits the Hardox side, but doesn't do much to it. Qwertyuiop moves back into the CPZ slowly, Navaha expecting Joey to get free anytime now...and finally, Renegade backs off a bit, allowing Gabriel to slam back down onto the ground! Qwertyuiop rams it, but the nose cone, even after all that, is up to maximum capabilities, and Gabriel starts to shove Qwertyuiop out of the CPZ. Qwertyuiop's LEM's kick in and he pushes back. Renegade can't believe that Gabriel is still in the CPZ, and goes after him again. The shunt is all that Qwertyuiop needs, and it turns the nose cone aside, allowing Renegade to pin Gabriel to the wall. Only for the moment, however, as Renegade doesn't get fully under Gabriel and Joey is barely able to push the house robot away. Seemingly all for naught, however, as Navaha sees yet another golden opportunity and attacks Gabriel's side. He manages to slide under the side skirt and under the main body, but can't get a proper flip because Renegade is partly on top of Gabriel, so he keeps pushing. Down comes Renegade's axe again, but barely denting the armour and Qwertyuiop succeeds in pushing Gabriel out from under the house robot and...keeps pushing him? Strategy, perhaps? Yes indeed! Gabriel's being pushed straight towards one of the Discs of Death! Hold your breath, folks!
CRASH!!!
Oh how sad! One of the ears got it! And now it's nearly been torn right off! It's also nearly freed Gabriel from Qwertyuiop's flipper, but Navaha sees his control fading and decides to toss Gabriel over. Joey immediately self-rights but Navaha is right there as Gabriel lands and Qwertyuiop is under it again! He pushes Gabriel across the arena again...and back towards Renegade's CPZ! Dear me, the house robot must be a happy fellow today! ;D Qwertyuiop tosses Gabriel once more into the CPZ, and again on top of the house robot. Only this time, Qwertyuiop goes straight for the pit release afterwards. Gabriel self-rights but is again stuck in Renegade's clutches. The axe comes down as Renegade pins Gabriel to the wall and starts smacking away with the axe! By now, Qwertyuiop has opened the pit and returned to the scene of slaughter, and Renegade doesn't look like letting up...until now. Renegade backs off and allows Gabriel to go free, but the angled sides look a bit battered from all that axing and Gabriel jets out...only to be met by Qwertyuiop and brought to a halt! ...but look! Finally, Gabriel's nose cone defeats the flipper of Qwertyuiop and gets under it, allowing Gabriel to push Qwertyuiop about! Unfortunately, the awkward shape sends Qwertyuiop onto Gabriel's angled side, and Gabriel can't push him properly...seeing this, Joey tries firing the flipper. It works as Joey hoped; Qwertyuiop splats onto the floor inverted. It rights itself, but Gabriel coming in back gets under again and shoves it across the arena...towards the pit! But just as Joey ups the 'oomph' in Gabriel's motors, Qwertyuiop fires its own flipper and the force from this and from Gabriel's own charge sends Navaha's bot back over Joey's with a noisy clatter! Joey is so shocked at this he nearly drives into the pit himself! But Gabriel stops just short of the pit, and turns to face its opponent...which comes right at it, bumping into the nose cone and pushing with all its might...and succeeds in getting a very thunderstuck Gabriel V into the pit of oblivion! Last minute comeback denied...what a nearly one-sided upset this was!
CEASE!
Gabriel V is sent back to Hell as Joey wanders back home in polite disbelief. ;D Qwertyuiop advances to Round 3!
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Round 2
Feb 25, 2010 22:37:25 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 25, 2010 22:37:25 GMT -5
Fight 2 Minesweeper 1.1 vs. Envy
Roboteers, stand by...
House robots: Count Bleck, Damocles
3... 2... 1... ACTIVATE!
Envy is off the mark (oh ho ho) immediately, and Minesweeper comes out to greet him. Mark's tactic doesn't quite work out as well as he planned, as both robots bang into each other and come to a halt, and then Envy's leverage and front weight advantages get the better of Minesweeper; Envy easily gets under the front scoop of Minesweeper, beaching it on the wedge for a bit. Not wasting any time, Envy shoots straight into Damocles' CPZ and using the flipper flings Minesweeper straight into the house robot before Mark can drive off.
CRASH! CRASH!!!
Now that's a sight for sore eyes, and a rare sight indeed! Minesweeper, flung into the CPZ, almost went overtop of the house robot but the rear scoop caught the front drum of Damocles and nearly got torn right off; the blow did, however, send Minesweeper into one of the side drums, sending Minesweeper flying along the wall with several scratches running down the side! Mark gapes at the sight, but before he can make a move, Shane is right there, Envy collecting Minesweeper on the wedge and flinging it back into the CPZ, over top of the two unspinning drums but into the rear one!
CRASH!!!
And that's the match gone!!! Ah, the benefits of having four separate drums, eh Damocles? ;D The rear drum did indeed come into play here...only it sent Minesweeper straight over the fence and crashing onto the camera tracks, further scratched! Indeed, a drum dishing out over 150kJ can do that to you. ;D Sadly, the house robot has determined the entire fight and Shane, feeling robbed of a good fight, intends to make him pay! The English robot gets under the front immobile drum and sweeps under the house robot, signalling the rage of our very own Count Bleck, who spins over! The audience's boos at such a short fight now turn to cheers as Envy tries to flip Damocles, but no one can attack now...because:
CEASE!
Minesweeper gets bombed and swept away! Thankfully Mark can still take it home in one piece. ;D Envy advances to Round 3!
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Round 2
Feb 25, 2010 22:39:04 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 25, 2010 22:39:04 GMT -5
Fight 3 Mornington Crescent vs. Monsoon Season
Roboteers, stand by...
House robots: Hexadecimal, Asterix Anarchius
3... 2... 1... ACTIVATE!
And out comes Monsoon Season being the first to react, charging towards his opponent, guns a'blazin'! Mornington Crescent is quick to avoid it though and scoots out of the way, sending the Monsoon careening almost into the arena wall. However, Steve's not fully spun Mornington Crescent's rings up yet, so...he's in trouble. ;D Monsoon Season turns about swiftly and charges again, and this time just manages to clip the bottom ring of Mornington Crescent. The blow is mediocre in terms of quality, though, but nonetheless it turns Monsoon Season aside a bit and gives Mornington Crescent another chance to spin up. That he does, and is now at full speed...but with Monsoon Season's overall slanted shape, I'm afraid that the top spinning ring is about as useful as Darke Destroyer's chisel-like blades. ;D Daniel turns his machine about again and tries to stick his robot's ramming plate in, but that damned ring spinner of Steve's is just too swift to catch; thus, Monsoon Season ends up completely blowing by Mornington Crescent again in a Welsh blur! The Scotsman moves in to make a blur of his own!
CRASH!!!
It's not so much a blur as it is a bestial scarring, but there's absolutely no denying it's a mark of war, and the force of the attack smashes Monsoon Season across the arena and nearly into the arena wall, having a huge rip in its rear panel! The grip of its tracks manages to keep it steady, but so great was the shock of that blow that Monsoon Season is momentarily stunned! Mornington Crescent however has taken some recoil as well as it's sitting near the floor flipper now instead of the middle of the arena, but by the time Monsoon Season's able to get its positioning back, Mornington Crescent's off and spinning again. Furious, Monsoon Season shoots across the arena in a black/green jet of colour, barely avoiding the arena saws, but again Mornington Crescent's superior manoeuvrability and almost equal speed to his opponent's, gets the better of Monsoon Season, which results in Mornington Crescent scooting around the rampage fast as his 4WD can propel him, and Monsoon Season nearly driving into the wall once more! Before Daniel can rectify his mistake, Steve makes a trip to Monsoon Season's other side!
CRASH!!!
Well, you can't break HDPE, but you can certainly scar it up even with a thickness that vast, as Mornington Crescent has just proved! However the force of the blows has again sent BOTH robots flying, Mornington Crescent farther, across the arena, and that's against a slanted side...such power in a 100cm x 20cm package...shocking, innit? ;D Anyway, there's a massive gash down the side of Monsoon Season, to rival that of the one on his rear, but Mornington Crescent isn't able to fully cut through the armour, it being absurdly thick, so Daniel's much in the game still. He directs his robot across the arena, and it zooms over and smacks Mornington Crescent, hard, with the wedge. Steve was unable to get away that time and the resulting blow on Monsoon Season's ramming plate is wholly deflected away, sending the ring spinner flying across the arena in a flash of white! Thirsty for blood, the Welsh flipper pursues. Steve moves to evade again but forgets the arena saws are in the way and accidentally drives right over them...BZZT! Sparks litter the arena. Steve doesn't have time to recollect his wits before 110kg of massive black and green box wedge catapults into his precious ring spinner a second time, driving it fully onto the wedge, and takes it all the way to the arena wall! And hey! Would you look at that, the upper ring of Mornington Crescent is still spinning aimlessly! ;D Just before Monsoon Season reaches the wall, the flipper activates, tossing Mornington Crescent up, up, and...AND IT'S OVER! Mornington Crescent is out of the arena and HEY! Well...it flew out of the arena still spinning its upper ring, which immediately took out the polycarb wall beyond, on contact! You bet your arse that Steve'll be payin' for that later! Oh what an insult to injury! The house bots look on, forlorn. Such a shame, eh?
CEASE!
Mornington Crescent...take a detour, if you please. ;D Monsoon Season advances to Round 3!
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Round 2
Feb 25, 2010 22:40:25 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 25, 2010 22:40:25 GMT -5
Fight 4Apocalypse II vs. Under PressureRoboteers, stand by...House robots: Exa-Gore-Ic Evo, King Leer 3... 2... 1... ACTIVATE!Quite a start from both bots as they come flying straight at each other! The competitors' odds are even...quite the contradiction, no? ;D But it's Liam who strikes first, avoiding the claws, striking the middle of Under Pressure and tossing it! Unfortunately, it just sends the crusher flying, not quite flipping it. Under Pressure lands with a clatter but Apocalypse is back in its face, and takes it to the arena wall, pinning it on the wedge. Strangely stuck in a downward angle, Under Pressure tries closing the claws but they're not flush with the ground now and they merely go over Apocalypse's sides. Liam decides this is a perfect opportunity to strike and fires the flipper again; Martijn's bot flies almost terminal, ungraciously crashes onto the arena barrier and falls back in, only on top of Apocalypse! Well...not quite. One of the wheels is stuck on the barbs on the right side of Apocalypse, but the other is stuck in the air, the proportioned claw hugging the floor and keeping the wheel hovering. Under Pressure tries to get off the barbs, but it's way too late for that; Apocalypse turns and attacks, and is finally, finally able to get the right leverage to slide just under the crusher's front and send Under Pressure onto its back! With its weaponry largely nullified, Under Pressure plays the brave soldier and goes after Apocalypse, who returns the favour by smashing into him again, and starts pushing him towards the arena wall. But before Apocalypse can do this, he stops. ...aha! Under Pressure's claws have got him! But how? Well the finely pointed tips have slid under Apocalypse, trapping him! The tide seems to have turned! Liam never expected this, but tries to use the barbs-on-lifters to get away, but no go, I'm afraid! Martijn, wanting to get this over with quickly as possible, goes straight for the pit release button, and slams into it. With the pit opened, Liam panics a bit and fires the flipper...well hey, what do you know, he's free! The flipper was against the main body and pushing the flipper against it sent Apocalypse through the claws and back into play! Martijn isn't too happy about this and opens the claws in a heartbeat, but Apocalypse is already gunning around the über-crusher and trying to find an opening! Under Pressure spins about, trying to keep its claws facing its enemy but its manoeuvrability is inferior to that of Apocalypse, who eventually manages to sneak under the side of one of the claws and drive it into King Leer's CPZ. The blades of the vile house robot slam down, hardly doing any damage, but it's scored points for Liam should a judges decision await. Martijn doesn't intend it to go to a judges decision and gets away from the house robot, but only for Liam to slam him back in there! And this time, King Leer pins Under Pressure against the wall and hammers him! Well it doesn't do too much to 3.5mm Hardox, but it's aggravating at the very least! Apocalypse simply watches from outside of the CPZ as Under Pressure gets pounded and pounded, until finally the big king lets the crusher go...and Apocalypse shoves him right...oho! Not this time, Liam! Under Pressure was able to turn just in time to catch Apocalypse as it gunned towards the Dutch robot's side, and now the lower claws have gotten underneath Apocalypse and lifted him up again! And this time, Apocalypse's flipper isn't against the body of Under Pressure, so he can't throw himself out of the clutches! The barbs try to lift away but no good either, and so Under Pressure carries Apocalypse over to the pit...abandoning all pretence Liam fires the flipper again and manages to free himself, but far too late, he's halfway over the pit by now and Under Pressure's continued momentum is enough to get Liam's robot and all his hopes down into the pit. CEASE!Apocalypse? Maybe in another 2 years, Liam. Under Pressure advances to Round 3!
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