Heat C

[Apeman!]

Heat C
Flank Attack: DT (5) vs SOR 5.5 vs Snakebite IV

Tempest Evileroution vs Metal Sonic Spin Dash vs Star 69


SOR 5.5 vs Star 69

Metal Sonic Spin Dash vs Snakebite IV


SOR 5.5 vs Metal Sonic Spin Dash

[Apeman!]

Heat C
Round 1
Fight 1

Flank Attack: DT (5) vs SOR 5.5 vs Snakebite IV

Flank Attack: DT (5): Alex M’s excellent horizontal crusher. The mighty claws stopped Tengu in its tracks during the last series, so be warned!
In MN1: Has beaten Mega Masher 2, Love Bite V2.0 and Tengu VII, to lose against Psyclonised in the semies. Flank Attack then beat Die-Ceratops, Achilles and Clawdius to claim 5th place!

SOR 5.5: Andy’s most famous machine most likely. SOR has been around for many years and has had many successes, but how will this flipper&disc-combo do against the vapours of today?
In MN1: Has beaten Storm 2 with some help from Love Bite V2.0, but lost in round 2 against Tengu VII.

Snakebite IV: Veteran Richard made this shuffling-box. It has the advantage of weight, as well as a S.M.I.D.S.Y.-style lifter and a MOE-style blade, and is a fine robot really!
In MN1: Did not compete.

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Flank Attack is quick off the mark and looking for something to fight, fuelled by the knowledge that so far all seeds in the tournament managed to win their heats. SOR seems to be the first candidate as the wedgebot drives towards Flank Attack, bar-first. SOR is clearly going for Flank Attack wheels, but Alex uses his tank-style steering to protect his wheels and bring his claws into play!
CLANG!
SOR’s blade hits the seed’s front-scoop. The 1 cm of titanium gives in a bit before Flank Attack’s claws close in on SOR! The bar is stalled and SOR’s Hardox is well under pressure but doesn’t quite give in. Flank Attack accelerates with SOR in its claws. ENTER SNAKEBITE! Richard’s brick comes in, on Flank Attack, from the side! Flank Attack can’t defend himself!
CRASH!
The Flank Attack&SOR-combination is swept aside a few inches and Flank Attack does not maintain its grip on SOR. The freed SOR has its paint seriously scratched after Flank Attack’s grip, but Flank Attack is left with more worries on its mind. The plow is dented and one of the wheels has a nasty slice across its diameter after Snakebite’s attack. SOR goes after Flank Attack’s other wheel while Snakebite still resides damn near Flank Attack’s already damaged wheel. Alex’ fast machine goes backwards and retreats towards the walls. SOR is quick to turn and now heads for Flank Attack wedge-first. Flank Attack’s weapon is not the best flipper-defense in a long shot, and the crusher now tries a rather unorthodox tactic to save itself from SOR’s wrath. Surprised, Andy sees how Flank Attack drives straight towards his wedge, and over it. The experienced vapourboteer quickly fires his flipper, and Flank Attack moves STRAIGHT up into the air to land only slightly behind SOR. Flank Attack moves to attack SOR, when Snakebite comes in again!
CRASH!
ANOTHER ATTACK AT FLANK ATTACK’S WHEEL! The seed is outclassed in this unholy clash! SOR moves around Flank Attack while Alex takes a good look at his left wheel from his booth and sees the rubber around it is seriously mangled. SOR’s underneath Flank Attack’s side now and gives a good flip! Flank Attack moves up and over and Snakebite gives chase, wedges Flank Attack and lifts it off the ground. SOR comes marching in again, sees a gaping hole between Flank Attack and the ground (courtesy of Snakebite’s wedge) and gets underneath the seed. Andy moves his machine a bit closer to the wall, and LAUNCHES Flank Attack! The first seed to leave the tournament, goes out in round 1 already!

CEASE

Flank Attack (5) has hit the camera tracks
SOR 5.5 and Snakebite IV go through to round 2!






Heat C
Round 1
Fight 2

Tempest Evileroution vs Metal Sonic Spin Dash vs Star 69

Tempest Evileroution: The full-body spinner in Frank’s squad, and a special one. This invertible ring-spinner is made to bounce off opponents after a hit, basically taking hit and run to the extreme!
In MN1: Did not compete.

Metal Sonic Spin Dash: Steven’s pet . The most successful sawbot ever is back with a vengeance and an awesome drivetrain, but some say the hedgehog lost its glory.
In MN1: As S.D. IV, has beaten Natural Selection, with Judo Chop!, to be beaten by Yet Another Cut Above The Rest in round 2.

Star 69: Another full-body spinner, courtesy of Martyn. As the name suggests, this machine is shaped after a star, the points designed to take out opponents high and low. The drivetrain is excellent too!
In MN1: Did not compete.

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Star and Tempest start moving, but not with great speed mind you. Martyn and Frank both want to give their weapons time to spin up first, and by doing so, they give MSSD a the opportunity to move out of its square to do what it does best! The hedgehog has aimed its rear towards Tempest and now looks for a quick ram. Tempest reverses, but can’t deny the LEM-powered monstrosity that’s coming towards him…
CRASH!
CLANG!
Tempest’s weapon hits Spin Dash, but the ram had effect nonetheless! Tempest swings backwards and against the arena wall in a spectacular way! MSSD has its rear dented but still turns its face towards Tempest, Star 69 in turn closing in on MSSD! MSSD rams Tempest and gets underneath! Sparks fly from under Tempest’s belly, when Star 69 hits MSSD from behind!
CRASH!
MSSD is slammed away from Tempest’s underbelly, and has its rear-skirt ripped clean off! Steve isn’t all to pleased, though neither is Frank, who is unable to see the damage done to his aluminium belly by that dangerous sawblade. Tempest is up to speed again and drives towards MSSD, who in turn shows Tempest its rear, skirt or not. While driving, Frank shockingly discovers a loose piece of rubber around Tempest’s left wheel!
CRASH!
MSSD’s rear meets Tempest’s tooth, and the rear of the hedgehog starts looking damn ugly! Tempest on the other hand drifts backwards on impact, as the design is supposed to do… STRAIGHT INTO STAR 69!
CRASH!
The two mighty full-body spinners strike out at each other with a mind-blowing blow! Steven is quick to respond and again goes for Tempest, who’s ring doesn’t spin up as fast as it used to do.
CLANG!
Tempest’s maneuverability has dropped after MSSD’s attack on its tire, and the fbs couldn’t do quite defend itself from this attack by Sonic. Tempest is caught on top of the barbs, and MSSD reverses… towards the pit! Tempest spinning up loosens MSSD’s grip on it… but doesn’t quite free it yet. Standing on the edge of the pit, MSSD activates its srimech… AND TEMPEST SLIDES DOWN THE PIT!

CEASE

Tempest Evileroution meets the bottom of the pit.
Metal Sonic Spin Dash and Star 69 go through to round 2!

[Apeman!]

Heat C
Round 2
Fight 1

SOR 5.5 vs Star 69

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Two machines, both powered by LEM130’s at 36 V, move away from their starting squares. SOR shows off slightly more acceleration, but Star’s 19 mph top speed gives it an edge when Martyn’s machine gets going. Oddly, he doesn’t goes straight to SOR but rather steers away to get his ring going. SOR in the meantime has its rear facing Star and decided to ram Martyn’s star with its blade. 69 tries to dodge and does a good job, but SOR still drives straight against one of Star’s sticking out points!
CLANG!
Star’s weapon is not up to speed at this moment, unlike SOR’s small blade, which is hitting air because of Star’s odd shape. Star’s weapon is stalled completely, and SOR swiftly reverses, makes a tight U-turn, and wedges Star 69! Martyn discovers Star still has a small amount of grip on the floor and tries to reverse, but Andy is quicker on the buttons and fires his flipper!
FA-LIP!
Star is thrown into the air and onto its back, hardly a problem for an invertible machine . SOR moves in and Star moves away. The fbs’ top speed moves it out of the range of the flipper, and Martyn now found himself some time to spin up its weapon, and comes in at SOR! Andy turns SOR’s back to Star again as he really doesn’t want his flipper to feel the spinner’s wrath. Not scared for a confrontation, SOR comes in as determined as Star does, and the duo meets with a bang!
BANG!
Told you it was a bang . Star bounces off the Hardox armour and dances around uncontrollably for a second, whereas SOR makes a spin around its centre. When Andy turns SOR around, he sees the damage done to SOR’s rear. The Hardox’ plate is mostly intact, but that bar is looking pretty damn loose! Andy’s highest priority does not include that bar at all though, and he wedges Star who is only just regaining control. Andy’s plan isn’t performed perfectly as Star’s weapon slowed down only 50% or so rather than 100, and Andy fires his flipper quickly before receiving more blows! Star flies through the air yet again and initially lands on its side. Andy moves as Star starts to topple back on its wheels, and wedges the spinner again! The duo moves in forward-motion, one of Star’s teeth dragging along the ground stopping it from spinning up. The wall’s in sight!
FA-LIP!

CEASE

Star 69 has hit the camera tracks
SOR 5.5 goes through to the heat final!






Heat C
Round 2
Fight 2

Metal Sonic Spin Dash vs Snakebite IV

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And off they go! Looking at their basic shape these machines have a lot in common. Both are low, skirted boxes with a front wedge, and both rely on getting underneath their opposition… or do they? Richard doesn’t fancy MSSD’s skirts and bring Snakebite’s rear into play, where an 8 kg blade is spinning up viciously. Steve’s driving to Snakebite reveals he wants to attack that rear, but not quite where that blade is! The two vapourboteers don’t want to open up a gap for their opponent to attack, resulting in an odd status quo where the two machines drive (or shuffle, in Snakebite’s case ) around each other. Steve guesses his six wheels will make MSSD turn slightly better than Snakebite’s camshafts and the hedgehog has a go at the snake’s right corner! The box slides underneath, and sparks fly when its top receives a nudge from the blade! That nudge knocks MSSD aside slightly, and MSSD’s saw is positioned under the skirt rather than the main body! Sparks fly from under the skirt when MSSD drives Snakebite forwards and slams Snakebite against the wall!
CLANG!
MSSD reverses and reveals how messed up the joint of Snakebite’s side skirt looks now. Snakebite now drives towards Spin Dash using its superior speed and does time DOES get a hit in on the side with the blade!
CRASH!
Snakebite isn’t known as an uber-spinner but that knock still sounded pretty impressive! Sonic’s side-skirt was knocked upwards and the main body was knocked around, Snakebite standing firmly on the ground due to its superior weight. MSSD drives away from its nemesis to make a U-turn, and to attack Snakebite’s flank! Snakebite isn’t quick enough on it shafts to dodge this assault! Spin Dash doesn’t quite penetrate Snakebite’s skirt but does manage to shove it to the wall, and THERE penetrates the skirt . With a display of sparks and… sparks, the saw eats its way past the skirt underneath the body, where Snakebite’s underbelly is at the saw’s mercy! The shafts are trying to get a grip on SD’s wedge to shuffle away, but aren’t quite able to do so. For all Richard knows, Spin Dash might be sawing his shaft in halve right now! After several highly tense seconds, Snakebite manages to get a grip on MSSD’s saw of all places and shuffles away to safety. Doing so, however, Richard shockingly discovers several small slices across his left camshaft! Snakebite still moves, but can’t quite respond when MSSD comes in on its right side! With the traction on the left shaft decreased as it is, MSSD does a good job pushing Snakebite. The hedgehog turns left a little, where the pit is waiting! The grip left in Snakebite moves it forward a bit, but is it enough…?

CEASE

Snakebite IV meets the bottom of the pit
Metal Sonic Spin Dash goes through to the heat final!

[Apeman!]

Heat C
Heat Final

SOR 5.5 vs Metal Sonic Spin Dash

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This match takes us back to the days of Velociraptor’s Fanfic Tournament – Series 1, where SOR and SD fought for gold in the series’ final. SOR won all those years ago, and Steve is out to seek his revenge! Metal Sonic Spin Dash drives forward 18 mph and tries to attack SOR. SOR though steers better than its six-wheel driven nemesis and the blade now is at the sawbot’s side! There is nothing Steve can do to avoid the weapon now!
CLANG!
SOR’s small but vicious weapon unleashes its energy on Steve’s left skirt! Steve drives backwards but Andy can keep up and the bar strikes again! Its speed decreased a but after the first hit , but Steve still ain’t pleased being hit two times in a row! MSSD steadily reaches its 18 mph top speed again and is save now, the bar joint looking awfully… bad. SOR brings in its flipper now and MSSD goes out to meet him. The Son of Ripper has lined up its flipper but SD is coming at him as a raging bull! A small flick of Steve’s controller moves MSSD underneath SOR’s front-left corner! SPARKS! Saw-weapons often bring a spectacular sight but how effective are they against SOR’s Hardox armour? More dangerous than the saw however is MSSD’s position underneath SOR! Steve takes Andy’s notorious flipper for a ride that ends at the very boundary of my arena, against the wall!
CLANG!
The impact levers SOR over MSSD and a meter or so behind it! Our hedgehog turns around immediately and drives to the right flank of SOR, who can’t help being hit from the side by MSSD’s wedge! MSSD’s spatula works wonders now and the wedge is penetrated, and the saw is positioned against it! The sparks and buzzing sound prove the saw is doing its job, but a lifted skirt does not render SOR immobile by far! Away he drives, and MSSD’s left side where he the skirt was damaged not too long ago. SOR has no problem getting under that very skirt, MSSD tries to resist with all its six wheels, but SOR fires its flipper!
FA-LIP!
Everyone’s favourite sawbot is inverted. Steve invested in a good srimech though when he redesigned Spin Dash and before he, or Andy, knows it the machine is back on its wheels! Andy turns around to give SD another smack with the blade. A small clang is heard but the blade hits MSSD’s front-right corner rather than the Hardox, so the damage is almost non-existent. In fact Steve responses by putting his rambot in forward gear, only steering a small bit to get underneath SOR’s rear with the blade spinning safely above its head! Some more steering brings the duo in a perfect line to the pit, something Steve now abuses with all his might! SOR fires its flipper hoping to get off, but it’s no use!!! Spin Dash has its revenge!

CEASE

SOR 5.5 meets the bottom of the pit
Metal Sonic Spin Dash goes through to the semi-finals!