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Heat C
Feb 17, 2009 15:35:59 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:35:59 GMT -5
Round 1
Aquarius (5) vs. Flipping Mad vs. Leprosy Infection Breed vs. Rogue vs. Firestorm V
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Heat C
Feb 17, 2009 15:36:32 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:36:32 GMT -5
All right, let's get down to business! Here's Heat C!
Aquarius (5) vs. Flipping Mad vs. Leprosy Infection
Aquarius} is the fifth seed of C&Bt, and he well earned it, with that awesome 340 degree flipping arm. It's powered by dual 5kg CO2 tanks and can flip at 3000PSI. The body shape is like BB middleweight Psychotron, except the wheels aren't as exposed. It's powered by 2 LEM130s: at 25mph, this is one of the fastest 2WD bots in this tournament. It also has 12mm titanium armour too! Can it achieve a status higher than No. 5? C&BT1: Beat Kali, Y4, and Axeon in Heat A, before losing to the champion, Salamander III, in the finals.
Flipping Mad may have been named because Dave Sheppard was flipping mad when making this bot, but that doesn't mean it's all gone to seed! This veteran is a skirted box with a scoop-like front, on which rests a gigantic flipper, though powered by a single CO2 tank. Sports 4WD and 6mm titanium, half as much as Aquarius. Older than life itself, will Flipping Mad surprise everyone? C&BT1: Did not enter.
Leprosy Infection, by Christopher Mason, is unchanged from last season. It's still got its Tetanus Booster-like shape, its front plough, its EXTREMELY dangerous spinning drum, and its 7mm titanium. It also retains its wheel flap, its curved teeth on the drum, its 4wd invertibility, and its vomit-inducing lime green colour. Ready to be sick? C&BT1: Lost to Wedge Devolution in Heat B.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: Leprosy Infection, Aquarius Booth 2: Flipping Mad
Double Big Mac isn't the one you'd want to take out of this match, especially when he's accompanied by none other than Exa-Gore-Ic: AI.
3... 2... 1... ACTIVATE!}
The team-up against Flipping Mad is on! And to be quite honest, it doesn't look like Flipping Mad can do much...we'll see. In comes Aquarius with his own and more powerful flipping arm. He and Flipping Mad crash into each other, neither able to get underneath the other, when Leprosy Infection enters the fray. CRASH! A nasty hit to the side of Flipping Mad leaves the right side skirt 25 feet away from its owner! Flipping Mad is more worried about what's happened to himself: he's been flung upwards and onto Leprosy's drum! And that allows Aquarius to slide under the now slightly tilted front flipper of Flipping Mad! FLIP! Flipping Mad not only crashes down onto its back, but its rear end raises up a little too! Good force on Aquarius' flipper there! Leprosy, thankful that Flipping Mad is off his drum, backs away to rev up that deadly force of metal-tearing viciousness and strike with it once more, only to find Flipping Mad has wisely retreated away. Aquarius is regrouping and taking an aggressive stance to Flipping Mad. Flipping Mad meets the charge head-on and BAM! both bots are jolted again! Uh oh, here comes Leprosy again, but Flipping Mad has slipped out of the way, and Leprosy better watch out for the arena wall! Thankfully he does. Meanwhile Aquarius is chasing Flipping Mad down, and Flipping Mad turns around: BANG! The fronts meet again and cancel out, but this time Aquarius is knocked onto Flipping Mad's scoop by the jolt, and FLIP! Aquarius is inverted...and that makes no difference because Aquarius is the same either way up! But Flipping Mad is coming in for another attack, and Aquarius now is the one to turn...BANG! Flipping MAd barrels onto Aquarius and the wedges are again unable to penetrate the other. In comes Leprosy Infection again with the drum, and Flipping Mad tries to reverse away. No good. CRASH! The 6mm titanium didn't take too well to THAT hit: shards of titanium litter the floor! That is one powerful drum! Aquarius took advantage of the interruption and is now under Flipping Mad. FLIP! Flipping Mad gets a taste of his own medicine, now inverted! Aquarius shoves him against the wall as the latter tries to self-right, and does so: right back onto Aquarius, that is. FLIP! Again Flipping Mad is inverted. CRASH! Leprosy crashes into Flipping's left side, tearing off the skirt! This hit shunts the crippled Flipping Mad off of Aquarius, but Tony wants to see that bot dead. FLIP! Aquarius' flipper finds Flipping Mad's left side and tosses him over. Flipping Mad rights himself, but is too late to stop an incoming charge from the seemingly persistant Leprosy Infection. CRASH!!! And the flipper has taken MAJOR damage! It's all bent up at the front, and some small pieces have been removed from the edge! Leprosy Infection is the one to watch in this fight! But Aquarius isn't too keen on letting Leprosy have all the fun, and sliding the arm under Dave's broken bot tosses him! FLIP! Flipping Mad is thrown across the arena and almost into a CPZ but thankfully just out of reach of Exa-Gore-Ic's claws. It's about to get in reach though as Aquarius shoves him right in there! Double Big Mac instantly leaves his CPZ and we've got a melee! Ooh, Leprosy Infection has taken a shot from the arena saws there, and some sparks have flown, but he's resilient to the hit! Flipping Mad however is not so resilient. Exa-Gore-Ic has clamped upon his sides and begun to squeeze squeeze SQUEEZE the life out of him. CRASH! WHOA! Aquarius has just taken a shot from Double Big Mac's hammers, and a panel off the back has been removed! But this also means that DBM is now completely out of control, and goes all gyroscope city until he crashes onto his head. Aquarius seems to be okay, and now he's all AWOL on Flipping Mad's rear end. FLIP! Flipping Mad AND Exa-Gore-Ic are tossed up a bit, but come back down. Hey! Leprosy Infection charges into Exa-Gore-Ic's side! CRASH!!! Ouch! That hadda hurt! Yes it did, especially if Exa-Gore-Ic is suddenly streaming smoke! The big house bot releases Flipping Mad, who (FLIP!) is tossed onto him by Aquarius. Leprosy charges Exa-Gore-Ic again, no drumming action visible. Exa-Gore-Ic is pinned by Leprosy, Aquarius AND Flipping Mad, and can't move! Aquarius lets out a mighty steam snort (FLIP!) sending Exa-Gore-Ic keeling up, almost onto his side, and Aquarius races under him. The Watcher comes over to try and put a stop to this madness but it's no use. Aquarius finally tosses the big guy over (FLIP!) but Flipping Mad is rolled over and stuck in the CPZ between his two evil enemies. Not that he can do much, for Aquarius slides under the bent flipper and...you guessed it. FLIP!
CEASE!
Flipping Mad needs to see a physician. Aquarius (5) and Leprosy Infection advance to Round 2!
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Heat C
Feb 17, 2009 15:36:52 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:36:52 GMT -5
Breed vs. Rogue vs. Firestorm V
Breed is a clusterbot by Andrew Jackson. Interestly it's named after a song by Nirvana. Even the names of the clusters themselves refer to that song. You Can Plant A House (YCPAH) has a rear spinning drum powered by a Mag, while its twin, You Can Build A Tree (YCBAT) has a linear-actuated lifting arm. They both have that wedge shape with rounded rear and sides, a 3.25mm hardox monocoque chassis, and LEM130 drive! Each cluster weighs 50kg, so it's pretty easy to throw these guys, though. C&BT1: Beaten by Shovearound 2 in the first round of Heat F.
Rogue, a newcomer to the C&BT, was made by Aaron Knight. It has a extremely intimidating horizontal disc, tilted down slightly. This is because it is powered by a chainsaw and an Astroflight motor! Using those, it gains a 2500rpm spinning speed, a 273km/h tip speed, and 32kJ of force on every full blow! Its chassis is 8mm of titanium/vanadium monocoque alloy and its drive speed is 12mph, but it doesn't look like it can self-right properly... C&BT1: Did not enter.
Firestorm V is one of the most revered and respected combat robots in the history of the sport since Series 3 of Robot Wars, where he debuted. It mimicks Rogue's speed of 12mph, though slightly faster, and it has a front-hinged penumatic flipper. Its armour is composed of aluminum and it is quite nippy thanks to its go-kart wheels. If you wish to defeat Firestorm, you had better take advantage of its poor pushing power. Its rear is also prone to assault. Martijn M Benschop was the one who entered Firestorm V in this tournament. C&BT1: Did not enter.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: Firestorm V, Rogue Booth 2: Breed
It's time for another house bot appearance as the big bad boys Ancalagon the Black and Exa-Gore-Ic: AI are set to go.
3... 2... 1... ACTIVATE!
There goes Firestorm V right after Breed, who has immediately split and the twins are looking to do some damage. Rogue is out and about too, not really caring what its disc runs into. Speaking of running into things, here's YCBAT with a brave charge at Firestorm, but no go! In fact, it was Firestorm who got under YCBAT, and threw him a good way across the arena! And that signals YCPAH to ram Firestorm's side with the wedge, but another no go as the RW7 2nd seed drives right over the front wedge and rams YCBAT. YCBAT just avoids the charge but is too late to avoid a hit...from Rogue! CRASH!!! Ooh, that just had to leave a mark. YCBAT is knocked right over Firestorm wedge and right into an empty CPZ! ...what?! There is no mark?! Well then, that 3.25mm hardox sure stood up to that, but here's what it won't stand up to: a house bot weighing about 15 times as much cornering you and trying to grab you with its gigantic jaws! With YCBAT busy, Firestorm searches for the other Breed twin, YCPAH, and realizes that he doesn't need to, for YCPAH has found him! A slam to the rear, and Firestorm's wheels leave the ground! WHAM! Into the wall goes the fiery bot, but Rogue doesn't want to be left out, and just nicks the pit release button so as to avoid ripping it completely out, but unfortunately the power of that spinning blade has caused damage to it. Oi, we are NOT allowing you to destroy the arena! And Ancalagon comes out of the CPZ to deal out the bill of punishment! This means YCBAT is freed from that CPZ but has sustained some damage to the side from one of the discs next to those jaws, and OH WHAT'S THIS?! YCPAH HAS BEEN THROWN OUT OF THE ARENA!!! Look at this: Firestorm recovering from that earlier ram, getting straight in underneath the side, and tossing them right over the wall! They knew about the weight disadvantage and they performed perfectly! This means that Breed is out of the picture, since one of the clusters has been taken out. Oh, and there goes YCBAT, straight into the pit because there's nothing better to do.
CEASE!
The weight disadvantage comes back to bite the Breed right in the...well I'd rather not say where. Rogue and Firestorm V advance to Round 2!
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Heat C
Feb 17, 2009 15:37:01 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:37:01 GMT -5
Round 2
Aquarius (5) vs. Rogue Leprosy Infection vs. Firestorm V
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Heat C
Feb 17, 2009 15:37:29 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:37:29 GMT -5
Aquarius (5) vs. Rogue
Aquarius (5) disposed of Flipping Mad alongside Leprosy Infection.
Rogue has a chance to show its full potential unlike last fight.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: Aquarius Booth 2: Rogue
Look for Taki-san and Tira-san to cook up some mayhem as they play the house bot role this time around.
3... 2... 1... ACTIVATE!!
And straight from the start it's Aquarius, right in on the attack with a deadly charge but it's evaded by the surprisingly agile Rogue, and that has allowed that flywheel to reach deadly speeds already! But Aquarius doesn’t intend to let the battle slip away, and reaching Rogue’s side slides under it and heaves it into the air! Rogue however is saved thanks to the gyroscopic forces at work and lands back on his wheels. Aquarius rams him again, none too pleased with the result but he’ll be more displeased now that Rogue has turned right around to face him! CRASH! Aquarius takes a bit of a bump there, the disc hitting the wedge but causing Rogue to bounce off and spin in the opposite direction! This is bad news for Aaron, and Tony takes advantage of it, flipping Rogue over before it has a chance to spin up its weapon! Unfortunately for Aquarius, Rogue is indeed flipped, but way too much, and it almost ends up doing a 540, but crashing off its side has the joy of continuing to be on its wheels! Aquarius is quite cheesed now, and seems to be in an all-out attack mode, again attacking the side of Rogue, who is going nowhere fast! Aquarius crashes Rogue into the wall and goes for the OOTA! FLIP! NO! Rogue bounces off the railing and is held up by Aquarius’ flipper! Rogue’s tires spin furiously but nothing doing, as Aquarius is in complete control of the situation! The arm lowers, and Rogue topples onto Aquarius and tries to ride off of him but being stacked against the wall doesn’t help much! FLIP! Rogue is tossed over Aquarius and craters into the floor with a heavy CRASH! Has new life been given to Rogue? Tony doesn’t want anybody to think that, and Aquarius wheels around to punish Rogue some more, to find that he’s not there! In fact, he’s rammed the pit release button! And just like that Taki-san has lost control! The house bot plows right into Rogue with the front wedge! Rogue is shunted but regains balance as Taki retreats back into her zone. Aaron is trying to get back into the game but Aquarius is coming at him fast! CRASH! Aquarius is smacked away by the disc, which has regained its speed, but the front armour of Aquarius has withstood the hit again! And Rogue has also been spun away by that hit! Aquarius gets his bearings back and zooms in on the recoiling Rogue, but again that disc is reaching dangerous speeds! Aquarius rams him head-on, caring nothing for the flywheel. CRASH! There is some damage now! Aquarius is spun away again, the front wedge dented and bruised, but Rogue has been pushes backwards into the wall disc-first, and unable get away without making himself vulnerable! And that’s just what Tony wants. Aquarius has the upper hand again, and rams Rogue in the rear and slams him hard into the wall! That slam jolts Rogue backwards and very nearly into the pit! Rogue escapes but another shove from Aquarius sends Rogue right into the waiting wedge of Taki-san and Tira-san immediately leaves her CPZ looking for some tasty victims! FLIP! Rogue is thrown into the corner by Aquarius’ powerful arm! Taki buries the cutting blade into Rogue’s side! CRASH! No damage really done to the monocoque armour other than a small dent, but that’s not going to last seeing as Tira advances into the CPZ, and Aquarius is out of the way allowing the housies to have their fun! CRASH!!! Tira’s flywheel hammers Rogue along the side, scoring it but not ripping it open. Rogue can’t get away from the attack, and now Aquarius seeing that this is going to take awhile gets in, pushing Taki aside, and tosses Rogue! FLIP! Rogue is tipped against the wall! But Taki doesn’t like being pushed around and shunts Aquarius in the side, lifting him up and slamming him right into the wall! CRASH!!! Another dreadful hit from Tira and now Rogue has taken much damage! The corner of Rogue has been ripped from the side, slightly exposing the mechanics! That, and it tipped him right onto his back. The Watcher is having a look, and Aquarius isn’t happy about the situation he’s gotten himself into, as Taki gives him another smash into the wall, and pins him there. The Watcher is convinced that Rogue is now good-bye, and starts that countdown we know too well! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
CEASE!
Rogue gets booked for unrough play. Aquarius advances to the Heat C Final!
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Heat C
Feb 17, 2009 15:37:47 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:37:47 GMT -5
Leprosy Infection vs. Firestorm V
Leprosy Infection gave Flipping Mad a dose of pure insanity and advanced with Aquarius.
Firestorm V was all over the place, resulting in Breed getting annihalated.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: Leprosy Infection Booth 2: Firestorm V
Double Big Mac bounces in for a house bot place, and joining him is none other than Double Whamlet.
3... 2... 1... ACTIVATE!!
Leprosy Infection is away immediately and Firestorm is off too. It looks like it's a head-on collision! At the last second though Firestorm swerves off to the right, missing Leprosy by a fraction. Then he wheels around before Leprosy can recover and slides the wedge under the side! FLIP! Leprosy is inverted! Ooh, not a good start for Chris. Leprosy is still mobile however and looking to be righted, so what does he do? Go straight for Firestorm! Firestorm has other ideas however and reverses from the charge and straight into the pit release button. But Leprosy has turned and is coming right at him, and there's nowhere to go! CRASH!!! OH GOODNESS ME!!! Firestorm has been mutilated! The front aluminum armour has been shredded and gouged, tatters lay on the arena floor! This is major damage, MAJOR damage! Chris seems to have gotten back his swagger, it definitey seems, but Leprosy is now on top of Firestorm, but I don't see any movement from Firestorm...oh wait, there we are. Firestorm is carrying Leprosy towards the arena wall, past the pit for some reason...I wonder if Firestorm's drive has been altered by that devilish blow from Leprosy? Leprosy, speaking of which, is now piled against the wall by Firestorm. FLIP! Leprosy is mashed against the wall by the flipper and could be stuck! Firestorm backs away, and Leprosy tips back onto its back. Before Firestorm can attack, Leprosy jolts away towards the CPZ, and halts before Double Whamlet, ooh stay out of there, you don't want to mess with a house robot. And Firestorm is now in trouble here! He is only able to go forwards, or backwards, and can't turn at all! Firestorm backs all the way across the arena back into the pit release button. Leprosy turns around and comes full throttle into Firestorm's tortured wedge! CRASH!!! That about does it! The wedge blade is gone, and more chunks of armour have been broken off and strewn far across the arena! What a mighty robot is this, ladies and gentlemen, Leprosy Infection, and he's going at Firestorm again! The drumnot yet at full speed, and he bounces up onto Firestorm's flipper, which seems to be undamaged as of yet. Firestorm, however...is not moving at all. But there is some life left in our little flaming friend. Up goes the flipper...and Leprosy is now fully righted, and looking to do some more damage! The house robots come near, as The Watcher makes some room to begin the countdown on what was once a brave, working Firestorm. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! Firestorm is out of the competition, and now the house robots are in the spotlight! Ah, Whamlet is in for a quadruple axe special! DBM is nearing the spot where they all are - CRASH!!! WHAT'S THIS?! Leprosy has tackled DBM with the drum! Thanks to that, DBM has bounced right into the pit! You naughty boy, you! Whamlet isn't too concerned, and is still happily hacking Firestorm to miniscule pieces. Leprosy retreats into one of the CPZs, his job done, and the drum grinds to a halt. The Watcher gives Whamlet a nudge at this point, and accidentally runs over one of the arena saws. Whamlet gets the message, and grappling Firestorm wheels round and drops him into the pit to end the match.
CEASE!
The Firestorm fades to fallen ashes. Leprosy Infection advances to the Heat C Final!
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Heat C
Feb 17, 2009 15:38:04 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:38:04 GMT -5
Heat C Final
Leprosy Infection vs. Aquarius (5)
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Heat C
Feb 17, 2009 15:38:23 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:38:23 GMT -5
Leprosy Infection vs. Aquarius (5)
Leprosy Infection disposed of Flipping Mad earlier before absolutely shredding Firestorm V into miniscule particles that were fed to the house bots.
Aquarius (5) went through with Leprosy Infection, and then after a struggle put Rogue into a CPZ and Tira-san destroyed him. [/i]
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: Leprosy Infection Booth 2: Aquarius
Asterix Heroicus and Obelix Bulguous wait patiently for their chance to attack.
3... 2... 1... ACTIVATE!!!
It's Aquarius, zooming right out to meet Leprosy Infection's drum, which has already gotten to full speed! CRASH!!! WHOA! Aquarius took quite a hit there, but it's Leprosy who's just been sent into the air by his own hit! Aquarius, a little scratched, moves forward: FLIP! Leprosy is inverted! But since he's invertible, this only means that the drum spins downwards now! Aquarius however is again in all-out attack mode, and has rammed the rear of Leprosy before he can even do anything. No flipping however, just a straight push and ram into the wall! CRASH! Leprosy's drum hits the wall and his rear end gets some huge air, which re-inverts him! However he's still stuck on Aquarius' wedge! FLIP! Leprosy is tossed, but overtop of Aquarius and lands right-side-up. That said and done Leprosy gets the drum back up to speed, only to find Aquarius coming at him again! Leprosy backs away, none too eager for another air trip but it's out of his hands as Aquarius barrels right into the drum! CRASH!!! The front end again buckles and goes skyward, landing smoothly, though. Aquarius however has taken a bad hit, and the wedge has been dented greatly on the left side. Aquarius advances on Leprosy again, whose drum is stationary, that's not good. FLIP! Leprosy finds himself on his head again, and desperately tries to get away from his attacker. Aquarius being the quicker of the two catches up to him fairly easily, but out of excitement Tony hits the weapon button. FLIP! Leprosy is righted. Aquarius goes for another flip, but Leprosy has neatly slid off of the wedge and, oh boy that drum is spinning wildly! Aquarius turns right around to face Leprosy, and finds that Leprosy is gone! He backs away looking for the drumbot, but he doesn't have to -Leprosy's found him! CRASH!!! Aquarius takes the hit on the side, and gets thrown for a loop, landing on his back, his side buckled! Tony's plans of victory are being marred right now by this new-found aggression of Leprosy Infection, and Chris isn't letting up! CRASH!!! Aquarius takes another massive blow to the side, and the whole side panel is stripped off completely, exposing all the mechanics! This however has righted Aquarius and he's not about to let victory slip away from his fingertips! Aquarius scoots away as Leprosy comes in with the spinning drum and turning sharply, almost too sharply he makes an attempt for the side. He gets the side, however he hits it on an angle and thus only throws Leprosy right around to face him! Leprosy comes at him again, but Aquarius is still too fast and jets away in reverse before any more drum conflict results. Leprosy follows after him, but Aquarius again goes in reverse, right past Leprosy, and before he can recover Aquarius goes at the side again. FLIP! Leprosy is again inverted! And Aquarius, arm still raised, is heading right for the arena wall! WHAM! Leprosy is pounded against the wall hard, but stays in place thanks to the flipping arm. Aquarius holds him there, until The Watcher comes by and shunts him in the rear, telling him it's time to let Leprosy go. He does so, arm lowering in the process, but is back in again, and Leprosy can't get away fast enough. Aquarius hits the side on an angle again, but turns around and bores right into the drum! CRASH!!! Leprosy flies back, but it's Aquarius who is in trouble now, the left side of the wedge that was previous dented now is scored with a dreadful gash from the drum, and the rest of the wedge isn't looking too good either! Aquarius is also now moving rather sluggishly, but still fast enough to catch Leprosy without the drum spinning...in fact, the drum is not spinning at all. Something might have happened to the drum during that last hit, but that's for later. WHAM! Leprosy is crushed against the wall again! FLIP! Aquarius goes for the OOTA but Leprosy goes almost linear that time, straight up into the air and crashing back down onto Aquarius, whose arm is upraised still.
10...9...8...7...
Aquarius lowers the arm and tries to turn, allowing Leprosy to slide off of the wedge.
6...5...4...
Aquarius chases after Chris' retreating drummer, and catching up to Leprosy (FLIP!) puts him on his back again.
3...2...1...
Leprosy reverses right into Aquarius' arm and tries to push him back...
CEASE!
What a battle that was, but three minutes couldn't solve anything! It's all on the judges now!
Leprosy Infection - Aquarius
Style = 4/5 - 1/5 Control = 2/5 - 3/5 Damage = 4/5 - 1/5 Aggression = 1/5 - 4/5 Strategy = 1/5 - 4/5
Total = 12/25 - 13/25
A tight decision, but it's Leprosy Infection who takes the long road home. Aquarius (5) advances to the Series Semi-Finals!!!
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