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Heat B
Feb 17, 2009 15:34:17 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:34:17 GMT -5
Round 1
Orka MK4 (3) vs. Liar vs. Voltronic The Disc 5 vs. Novastorm 2 vs. Mass Disctruction Revolution
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Heat B
Feb 17, 2009 15:34:25 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:34:25 GMT -5
One heat is finished. The champion has won it and is looking to defend his title. Who will join him? Someone in one of our next two battles, of course.
Orka MK4 (3) vs. Liar vs. Voltronic
Orka MK4 (3) is the bronze-medal winner of the last tournament. But Christopher Mason isn't happy enough with bronze! Orka will compete again, with his extremely powerful scoop-and-claw combo, and dorsal fin self-righter. Also has 7mm titanium and a very low ground clearance at 2mm (that's without the scoop). Let's see if he can pay Salamander III back! C&BT1: Defeated La Machine, Metal Sonic Spin Dash and Wedga Revo 2.0 in Heat C, and Enter the May Tracks in the Grand Final Eliminators before meeting his defeat at the claw of Clawdius Decimus Murderous in the Semis. He did triumph over Aneurysm afterwards and took 3rd place.
Liar is an awkward vapourbot, but that doesn't mean Martijn Benschop made him to be ineffective! He's very effective, with a WBC-style flipper and 18mph speed. However, the thing that does make Liar a little strange are the little spiked wedges at the sides. the flipper extends to these side wedges and can flip opponents who land on them! However, he's not a good pusher, and has a ground clearance of 7mm. C&BT1: Did not enter.
Voltronic is a real robot entered by Alexander MacWillaims but is built by Stephen Felk. It's basically a wide wedge with a lifting arm. Unfortunately, that arm doesn't self-right it, so Voltronic better be careful of the flipperbots in this match-up. On another note, he has a low ground clearance and decent armour. This is a very successful (but not as popular) robot. C&BT1: Did not enter.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: Voltronic, Liar Booth 2: Orka MK4
Why, how delightful...NOT! Entering for the house bots are Asterix Heroicus and Double Whamlet.
3... 2... 1... ACTIVATE!
So it begins again! Voltronic and Liar have agreed to gang up on the big bad Orka! But the 3rd seed doesn't take kindly to this treacherous team-up and barrels into the nearest bot right off the bat: Voltronic! The scoop penetrates the wedge, but Liar shoots in and, sliding under the 2mm ground clearance of Orka, sends him for a loop! FLIP! Voltronic is also tipped up but thankfully lands back onto his wheels. Chris hits the srimech button and the fin tips Orka back onto its own wheels but is rammed by Liar again, and FLIP! again! Orka pulls a 360 and Chris can almost feel the ground bump beneath Orka as he comes down on it. It's far away from Liar, but Liar himself is coming in again for another flip! Orka jets away, and Voltronic is on the chase as well! Orka turns around quite suddenly, and Voltronic bashes into him...and slides under the scoop! The arm raises! Orka is snagged! Liar gets around to the other side of Orka while Voltronic's arm rotates degree by degree. Chris is hammering all the buttons to try and escape. The scoop lifts, the claw grips, and the wheels grind, but nothing's happening! Liar has come at the rear, and finally... TOSS! The floor flipper would be envious of that catapult! Orka is hurled across the arena by the powerful flipper of Liar and crashes against the arena wall...AT THE OTHER END OF THE ARENA!!! A little tumble, and Orka is on its wheels, but badly shaken! Chris mops his brow, but he can't relax yet! Voltronic is already in his face! Orka turns away to get at the side but Voltronic again slides the wedge under the corner of the scoop. However Voltronic didn't count on Orka driving off before the arm could come up. Orka tumbles off, and Voltronic hits the wall. Orka spins around, and finds Voltronic's side! The scoop lifts! FLIP! Voltronic is inverted! This looks bad for Alex, but Martijn pops in with a friendly 'hello' with Liar sidling in and FLIP!s Voltronic. Voltronic flies into the air and come down hard on a croner of the wedge, and crashes down, right-side-up. Orka turns and drives at Liar in wrath, but Martijn, thinking fast, turns Liar around and around, and now Liar is a spinning dervish! Orka halts, apprehensive. He doesn't want to get tossed again, and so sets his sights on Voltronic again, who's just opened the pit. Martijn ceases with the spinning of his bot, but isn't fast enough to help Alex. Making a beeline for the realie, Orka collides with him, but Voltronic speeds away from danger. Orka follows his prey across the arena, but out of nowhere Liar slams against Orka's side, too late though to flip as Orka's rear escapes the flipping zone. Orka spins at that and finding Liar's side lifts it up! FLIP! Liar is ivnerted now, and Orka shoves him into the wall! Voltronic does an about-face and heads for Orka's rear but Orka spins around. Voltronic hits the scoop with astounding force but reverses away quickly. Orka turns his attention back to Liar...who's just righted himself! Orka gets under the side quickly and lifts...and clamps! And Voltronic attempts to rush at Orka again! Orka turns too late, and the wedge gets under! The arm pops, and Orka is lifted, and tipped onto his side! Chris is surprised by this, and maybe because he is, he's released Liar, who topples onto his back and rights himself. Orka tries to do the like but is held back by Voltronic's upraised lifting arm against his underbelly. And now Voltronic's got him against the wall! Liar is in the house now, and Voltronic backs away to give him some berth. Orka finally rights himself...right onto Liar's wedge! FLIP! Orka is flung over the wall, and what a disappointing end for the 3rd seed!
CEASE!
Orka gets harpooned right in the heart and pride. Liar and Voltronic advance to Round 2!
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Heat B
Feb 17, 2009 15:34:37 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:34:37 GMT -5
The Disc 5 vs. Novastorm 2 vs. Mass Disctruction Revolution
The Disc 5 is Frank Goacher's barbell shaped bot we've all come to know and...know. It's got a disc with the teeth carved into the disc, and a spinning axle with teeth on it. The axle spins with the disc to help prevent vertyical clampers getting a hold. It also has 6WD, but uses 4WD only due to its wheels being in a triangular fashion. It's got giant hubs to protect them. C&BT1: Defeated Slammer V in Heat F Round 1 before getting pitted by Warrior SKF in Round 2.
Novastorm 2 is a tall bot. But that's not the important part. Anthony Politzi adjusted the spinning bar on this bugger so that it's diagonal, like Trimangle's weapon. It's square-shaped, has fixed wedges all around, and has decent armour. Also has a lifter at the back, but what are the chance that it will actually self-right it? C&BT1: Did not enter.
Mass Disctruction Revolution, designed by Aaron Knight, is a full-body spinner, and an invertible one at that. Its spinning shell is very potent, and although it has no teeth (from looking at the stats) its giant kJ factor can really shock opponents to death if it hits dead center. Not a bot to be taken lightly at all. C&BT1: Did not enter.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: Mass Disctruction Revolution, Novastorm 2 Booth 2: The Disc 5
Exa-Gore-Ic: AI and Obelix Bulguous await the competitors in the arena.
3... 2... 1... ACTIVATE!
And it's on! Both The Disc 5's and MDR's first priorities are to take out Novastorm 2, but it's no team up! Novastorm decides to vent out his anger on The Disc, but finds that The Disc has suddenly displayed some cowardice and fled! Novastorm goes after him but finds MDR right in the way! MDR collides with Novastorm's side...and instead of a big crash, thanks to Novastorm's side wedges and MDR's 10mm ground clearance, MDR goes flying up and onto Novastorm! Tony is surprised and indeed delighted by this result but decides to take out The Disc anyway. Speaking of The Disc, Frank seems to have shaken off his moment of cowardice and bores right into Novastorm, disc spinning wildly! CRASH!! MDR tips off of Novastorm as both Novastorm and The Disc go flying in opposite directions across the arena! Novastorm is buckled, the spinning bar stationary, and The Disc appears to be not affected by the hit at all! MDR has spun up again, and seeing his nearest opponent charges right into The Disc's left wheel hub! WHAM! No teeth, no problem! The Disc has been smacked about 180 degrees by that hit! Novastorm takes advantage of MDR's aggression on The Disc and plows into MDR. MDR is pushed into the bar and...off of it. Novastorm turns to get him back, and the bar is spinning again! The Disc spins around and gives MDR a nice hit on the shell! CRASH! MDR is sent spinning away, and pulls a Mauler, dancing out of control, and finally with a plop onto its back! Now MDR is invertible, but how effective is he going to be? He's spinning up, but he doesn't look very stable right now, teetering and tottering, and here's Novastorm with a hit on MDR! CRASH!! Ooh...what a hit. MDR does the Mauler dance again, and again...and falls right-side-up...and The Disc hits Novastorm full-force! CRASH!!! Novastorm is tilted, up, up, and...falls back down onto his wheels, but The Disc ain't finished. As Tony gapes at the sizeable gash in Novastorm's side, The Disc comes in with another hit! CRASH!!! Novastorm is thrown up onto his back, another grievous mark given to the side! The Disc doesn't care about MDR, who's getting nearer and nearer, and continues to smash up Novastorm! CRASH!!! Another huge hit! Novastorm is re-inverted, and gets away before The Disc can resume his attack! And MDR collides with the right side hub! WHAM! The Disc pulls a 270 now, and uh oh...MDR is exposed! He has The Disc's attention, but it's not the attention he wants! The Disc comes right into the hardly-spinning shell of MDR! CRASH!!! MDR is thrown up, and topples, inverted again! The Disc is just causing so much damage out here, it's no wonder so many bots want to have a go at him! Novastorm comes back in and collides with the hub of The Disc! CRASH!! The Disc is thrown for a loop, spiralling away, but Novastorm is relentless, and disregarding the weapon completely piles The Disc's other hub into the wall. MDR comes at Novastorm and actually gets a hit in this time! WHAM! Novastorm is spiralled away towards the CPZ! Exa-Gore-Ic comes forward with the claws but Novastorm is away already. The Disc barrels into MDR again...from the back! CRASH!!! WHOA! The Disc just went flying, and OH MY GOODNESS! The Disc's right wheel hub is hanging over the arena wall! But...it looks like the same blow disabled MDR, because the shell is spinning...and nothing else! Novastorm shoves right into The Disc and frees him from the wall, and The Watcher approaches MDR and starts the inevitable countdown...when Novastorm rears into him! WHAM! The shell catches the corner of the wedge, and Novastorm is thrown aside, as MDR flings himself across the arena too! The Watcher goes after MDR and starts the countdown again. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
CEASE!
Mass Disctruction Revolution better remember to bring teeth next time, because he lost his bite! The Disc 5 and Novastorm 2 advance to Round 2!
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Heat B
Feb 17, 2009 15:34:49 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:34:49 GMT -5
Round 2
Liar vs. Novastorm 2 Voltronic vs. The Disc 5
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Heat B
Feb 17, 2009 15:34:58 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:34:58 GMT -5
Liar vs. Novastorm 2
Liar, with the help of Voltronic, disposed of the third seed Orka MK4.
Novastorm 2 surprisingly went through after Mass Disctruction Revolution was KO'd by The Disc 5.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: Liar Booth 2: Novastorm 2
Taki-san and Ancalagon the Black are here to take you down!
3... 2... 1... ACTIVATE!!
Time for mayhem! And mayhem we shall see as it's Liar who comes out first whilst Novastorm is spinning up his bar. As Liar comes in for his first attack, Novastorm reverses right into the arena wall to avoid a collision, and now the bar is at maximum speed! Martijn is indeed alarmed and Liar is the one going backwards as Novastorm comes flying at him! What's Martijn looking so happy for? Suddenly Liar spins backwards, and Novastorm drives right in front of him! What a tactic! And Liar penetrates the wedge! FLIP! Novastorm is upended! Liar, not one to let an opponent get back into the match, waits nearby and watches the rear lifter on Novastorm attempt to self-right. Tilting...tilting...TILTING...CRASH. It works! Novastorm is back on its wheels...and back in Liar's face as Liar slides under him again! FLIP! Novastorm is again upended. But Liar isn't waiting around anymore! He pushes Novastorm towards Ancalagon's CPZ! FLIP! Novastorm goes flying above Ancalagon's massive head and right into the corner, still inverted! Taki flies out to aid in disaster and Liar backs away to sit back and enjoy this reckless assault. The great dragonbot Ancalagon spins around slowly and rams Novastorm with his head, interrupting the srimech process. A burst of flame from the jaws signifies that we just might see a rotisserie (or however it's spelt ) Novastorm by the end of this match, which may not be far off! Taki rears in. CRASH!! The spinning cutter tears into the rear wedge, shredding the armour! Anthony hammers the lifter button in panic but the lifting process is still slow. Liar, almost absent-mindedly, backs into the pit release button, opening the unforgiveable pit. But Ancalagon doesn't have any plans of pitting! Into play comes one of the twin vertical discs! CRASH!!! Um, wow. Novastorm is sent reeling into the air by that hit, his side wedge almost completely destroyed by that, and hitting the railing comes back in...to get smashed again! CRASH!!! See ya, Novastorm! The spinning bar took the hit that time, crumpling, and Novastorm gets a taste of air, soaring over the wall before slamming down hard onto the track. Liar shoots in and immediately getting under Taki turns around and dumps her in the pit, falling in himself.
CEASE!
Novastorm 2 is no maelstrom. Liar advances to the Heat B Final!
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Heat B
Feb 17, 2009 15:35:08 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:35:08 GMT -5
Voltronic vs. The Disc 5
Voltronic and his buddy Liar made short of Orka MK4, and then Liar tossed him OOTA.
The Disc 5 immobilized Mass Disctruction Revolution with a gigantic hit on the spinning ring.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: Voltronic Booth 2: The Disc 5
Here's Obelix Bulguous with the hammer and wedge, and Double Whamlet with the quadruple axe combo and lifting arm on his plow.
3... 2... 1... ACTIVATE!
It's The Disc who starts off first, trundling off towards Voltronic, who attacks The Disc's wheel hubs, keen to avoid that disc. However The Disc isn't too worried about a wedge attack on the axles due to his excellent maneouverability, and simply turns on the spot. Voltronic keeps on going, putting plenty of space between him and The Disc, but The Disc is after him! Voltronic suddenly pulls a 180 and heads for the wheels again. Again The Disc turns and his flywheel nicks the side of Voltronic! CRASH! Voltronic is thrown up, but not by a lot, and he comes back down. The Disc tries to hold him up with the flywheel but Voltronic drives forward and dislodges himself from the flywheel, and heads off in the direction of the pit release button. WHAM. A siren wails through the arena as we all know now that the gate of robot hell has dropped down. And The Disc comes in for another disc attack but Voltronic reverses from the incoming tackle and is now facing the wheel again! Desperately he attacks but The Disc again repeats his spin, barely missing the side of Voltronic. Voltronic turns around to find The Disc a mere foot from him and decides to box rush him, just to get something, anything, done. CRASH!!! Unfortunately for Voltronic something bad has really been done to him, as he sails chassis over teakettle, a gash ripped into his face, to land dead on his back. Can Voltronic self-right? NO, and Frank is going to keep it that way. The Disc rears away to the middle of the arena as The Watcher approaches Voltronic, trying to lift himself up and over but it's no use. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! It's all over for Voltronic now, and the house bots seem to think so too, for they're coming at Voltronic deadly fast! With a bang Whamlet smashes into Voltronic and begins to mercilessly thwack him with his double axes and side axes. Obelix isn't going to let Whamlet have all the fun and getting to the Season 5 heavyweight runner-up's side pounds him with the menhir hammer! Do you think Frank is going to sit by and watch? NO! The Disc without warning blasts from his spot and hammers Whamlet in the rear, nearly inverting him but tilting him up enough for The Disc to drive underneath him and try to topple him! Obelix isn't paying attention to this, and has his mind set on beating Voltronic to a "wire-laced pulp", so sayeth Steve-O. The Watcher comes in to give The Disc the yellow card but Frank dismissively waves a hand from his control booth and continues to shove Whamlet into Voltronic. Voltronic? VOLTRONIC? Well...it seems that Voltronic isn't really himself anymore. In fact he's not much of anything anymore, with armour and mechanics smushed into the ground. The Watcher bumps The Disc to make him let go of Whamlet but then he doesn't need to, for Whamlet topples inverted onto Voltronic's comatose chassis. Obelix finally comes to his senses and pushing Voltronic tackles The Disc before the flywheel gets up to speed, and dumps The Disc down the pit, but way too late to save Voltronic.
CEASE!
It's not Voltronic anymore. It's dead. The Disc 5 advances to the Heat B Final!!
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Heat B
Feb 17, 2009 15:35:22 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:35:22 GMT -5
Heat B Final
Liar vs. The Disc 5
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Heat B
Feb 17, 2009 15:35:30 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 15:35:30 GMT -5
Liar vs. The Disc 5
Liar got rid of the third seed Orka MK4 in a collaborative effort before taking down Novastorm 2, who got tossed OOTA by one of Ancalagon's discs.
The Disc 5 surprisingly defeated the feared Mass Disctruction Revolution before trying to take out Voltronic AND Double Whamlet, defeating the former but getting pitted by Whamlet's buddy, Obelix Bulguous, shortly after.
Roboteers, stand by...
Booth 1: Liar Booth 2: The Disc 5
House fighters? Why, Tira-san and Asterix Heroicus, of course.
3... 2... 1... ACTIVATE!!!
It's the big fat Liar versus the really agitating The Disc 5, and they immediately blast towards each other in a classic rush. WHAM! Liar hammers The Disc and prevents the weapon from reaching its deadly speeds! FLIP! Oh my! The Disc is inverted! And you know what? It doesn't look like that makes any difference, for he's the exact same any way up...and The Disc retaliates with a disc blow to the side of Liar. CRASH! Liar shudders violently, and pieces of armour are sliced off and flung across the arena! Other than that, he seems to be okay, but The Disc isn't going to have that for long! Another charge at the side Frank attempts, but Liar is reversing away...and charges forward, right into The Disc! Too late, though, to stop the flywheel. CRASH! FLIP! WOW! What a collision! The Disc has been sent back quite a bit by that greeting of the flipper, but Liar is definitely the worse off here, as the flipper is slightly bent, and it doesn't look like it'll be as effective now. Seeing this Frank goes for the death blow but Martijn isn't keen on letting this battle slip away and Liar wheels around, causing The Disc to drive one of its hubs right up onto the battered flipper! FLIP! The Disc is launched and spun right into the air, coming down and bouncing almost the entire length of the arena, and settling down near the flame pit! Aha! Finally, the arena saws come into the play for the first time in this tournament as Liar gets struck by them, sending a shower of sparks streaming through his underbelly. The Disc seems to be in a daze; Frank is working the controls extremely quickly but his beloved barbell bot is moving very sluggishly. Sensing weakness, Liar comes forward with a reverse ram to the wheel hub. The Disc does a pirouette, whacking Liar in the side with his other hub. Liar turns and flips...air! Inverted flipperbot! The Disc advances slowly, and hits the inverted Liar in the back. CRASH!! That blow nearly turned Liar right back over, but the wedge prevented this and tossed Liar right back into The Disc. Martijn rams the flipper button with his fist just as Liar rolls forward, and the audience is silenced as Liar somersaults over The Disc...to land on his back again. Not too good for Martijn! The Disc reverses, spinning weapon back at its deadly potential, though spinning down, and Liar tries to right himself, but another obstacle is in his path: the arena wall! CRASH! The Disc's disc comes down upon Liar with almost the force of a falling tower, and it bounces Liar into the air about a few inches. Liar activates the flipper, but no good. The Watcher senses an end to the match and comes over to bring it to Liar! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
CEASE!
Liar, Liar, parts on fire! The Disc 5 advances to the Series Semi-Finals!!
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