Post by lewis on Dec 30, 2010 18:41:02 GMT -5
Well it’s been a very long break, but we’re finally back on Mechanical Maelstrom!
Annihilator 2
Gabriel V [#5] vs. Liar 2 vs. Minesweep3r vs. O.I.D vs. Gehenna vs. Bloody Frigid
From Pontefract in West Yorkshire, representing Team Picus and currently ranked #5, Gabriel V!
This upgraded version of Gabriel IV is the one to watch in this annihilator, with large ears set at the top end of the machine to prevent robots driving up and over the powerful flipper, which is front hinged and contstructed from 5mm stainless steel, capable of 30 full pressure flips, which should be more than enough to get it through each round. Don’t forget the thwackbot style spikes either, as they helped Gabriel III reach the final of Mechanical Maelstrom Season 1.0 where it lost to Sheer Heart Attack 2. In Season 2.0 Gabriel IV was ranked #2 and proved it’s worth again, reaching the quarter-finals before it was outclassed by the eventual champion Dantu.
From Enschede in the Netherlands, representing Team Varying Everyday, Liar 2!
This WBC-style flipper robot is a newcomer to Mechanical Maelstrom, although it’s team has experienced success with Season 1.0 champion Sheer Heart Attack 2. Like Gabriel V, this machine has side-mounted spikes allowing it to act as a thwackbot and a hugely powerful flipper, but this one is rear hinged, so we’re more likely to see robots flying out of the arena due to this machine. However, it has a very narrow area of attack so it may not be the most aggressive robot in this match.
From Richmond Upon Thames in Scotland, representing Team Orr, O.I.D!
This equilateral triangle-shaped machine has a nasty horizontal spinning disc built in which is constructed from 8mm hardox with 6mm teeth. Spinning at speeds of 2000rpm and weighing in at 20kg this is one deadly weapon, plus the robot can run inverted! What more could you want? Well this robot has hardox armour all around, LEM-130 lynch motors in the drive and a 5mm hardox hinged wedge to boot! However, the high ground clearance could see it suffering in this annihilator with 3 flippers and it’s untested in battle.
From Lincolnshire in England, representing Team , Gehenna!
This robot is the latest in a long line of SOR robots, but a newcomer to Mechanical Maelstrom. It’s certainly a force to be reckoned, with titanium armour all around and a hardox flipper at 145psi. It also features a horizontal spinning blade at the rear, capable of dishing out a mean 22Kj per hit when spinning at 2450rpm. The bot is driven by S28-400 mags for good power and control and with the grippy tyres I doubt we’ll be seeing this guy slipping all over the place, but with two working weapons are they as powerful as they could be?
From Patricia in Canada, representing Team Alt, Bloody Frigid!
This Razer-esque crushing robot is armoured in an 8mm titanium monocoque, meaning it’ll take minimum punishment from spinners. The aforementioned crushing beak itself has a meaty 7.5 tonnes of force at the tip to really crunch into opponents, and the self-righting wings mean flippers won’t worry this guy, but it might actually struggle against a particularly tall opponent as with it’s crusher raised the machine is just 40cm high, not very tall by crusher-standards.
Roboteers, standby!
Booth Red: Team Picus, Team Varying Everyday, Team
Booth Blue: Team Orr, Team Alt
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
All five machines get off to a swift start as this match begins, all looking around for Minesweep3r, but it would seem Mark was kicked off the boards and isn’t here to drive the bot, so instead they advance on each other. Unsure who to attack they all circle the perimeter of the arena until Liar 2 sees an opening and charges at Bloody Frigid, breaching the 8mm side ground clearance and firing it’s hugely powerful flipper, sending Tracy’s machine high into the air before it comes crashing down squarely on it’s back.
It struggles to self-right from this position for a moment, but then OID comes rushing in on the vulnerable bot and smashes into it’s side with the powerful spinning disc, not really causing any damage to the thick titanium armour of Bloody Frigid, but sending the overturned robot spinning away onto it’s side, from where it swiftly self-rights.
Meanwhile, Gabriel V has noticed an opening to attack on Gehenna and is managed to sneak it’s nose cone under the corner of Gehenna’s wedge as the two collided, and now Joey pushes in underneath his opponent and fires Gabriel’s powerful flipper, toppling the conventional wedge shaped adversary onto it’s back, from where it self-rights and reverses into Gabriel V in retaliation, and the spinning blade immediately mangles the stainless steel flipping arm of the ranked machine!
Joey panics and reverses away from Gehenna, retracting his twisted flipper arm as he backs into the pit release button. Gehenna follows, wanting to make Gabriel pay even more for that initial onslaught, but Bloody Frigid comes crashing out of nowhere having just self-righted and catches Gehenna unawares from behind before the spinning blade could get back up to speed, bringing it’s crushing arm into play on the rear of Gehenna and pinning it in place just as the pit descends!
For Tracy it would seem the timing couldn’t be more perfect, but OID was already on a beeline for the side of Bloody Frigid with that 20kg disc spinning at top speed and with huge crash the weapon collides with the side of the crusher robot, knocking it for six and loosening it’s grip on Gehenna, who promptly escapes and turns on it’s captor, driving underneath the momentarily dazed robot and flipping it over with a quick thrust from the forward hinged flipper.
Bloody Frigid is now on it’s back against the arena side wall and as it struggles to self-right Liar 2 approaches, acting as the finisher and drives it’s flipper underneatht the side of Bloody Frigid. Martijn activates the ram and Team Alt’s second entry into Annihilation sails over the barrier and lands on the camera tracks, where it will rest until the crew removes it’s carcass.
CEASE!
Bloody Frigid flipped out of the arena and is first out of the second annihilator!
Battle Board
Gabriel V [#5] vs. Liar 2 vs.Minesweep3r vs. O.I.D vs. Gehenna vs. Bloody Frigid
Annihilator 2
Gabriel V [#5] vs. Liar 2 vs. Minesweep3r vs. O.I.D vs. Gehenna vs. Bloody Frigid
From Pontefract in West Yorkshire, representing Team Picus and currently ranked #5, Gabriel V!
This upgraded version of Gabriel IV is the one to watch in this annihilator, with large ears set at the top end of the machine to prevent robots driving up and over the powerful flipper, which is front hinged and contstructed from 5mm stainless steel, capable of 30 full pressure flips, which should be more than enough to get it through each round. Don’t forget the thwackbot style spikes either, as they helped Gabriel III reach the final of Mechanical Maelstrom Season 1.0 where it lost to Sheer Heart Attack 2. In Season 2.0 Gabriel IV was ranked #2 and proved it’s worth again, reaching the quarter-finals before it was outclassed by the eventual champion Dantu.
From Enschede in the Netherlands, representing Team Varying Everyday, Liar 2!
This WBC-style flipper robot is a newcomer to Mechanical Maelstrom, although it’s team has experienced success with Season 1.0 champion Sheer Heart Attack 2. Like Gabriel V, this machine has side-mounted spikes allowing it to act as a thwackbot and a hugely powerful flipper, but this one is rear hinged, so we’re more likely to see robots flying out of the arena due to this machine. However, it has a very narrow area of attack so it may not be the most aggressive robot in this match.
From Richmond Upon Thames in Scotland, representing Team Orr, O.I.D!
This equilateral triangle-shaped machine has a nasty horizontal spinning disc built in which is constructed from 8mm hardox with 6mm teeth. Spinning at speeds of 2000rpm and weighing in at 20kg this is one deadly weapon, plus the robot can run inverted! What more could you want? Well this robot has hardox armour all around, LEM-130 lynch motors in the drive and a 5mm hardox hinged wedge to boot! However, the high ground clearance could see it suffering in this annihilator with 3 flippers and it’s untested in battle.
From Lincolnshire in England, representing Team , Gehenna!
This robot is the latest in a long line of SOR robots, but a newcomer to Mechanical Maelstrom. It’s certainly a force to be reckoned, with titanium armour all around and a hardox flipper at 145psi. It also features a horizontal spinning blade at the rear, capable of dishing out a mean 22Kj per hit when spinning at 2450rpm. The bot is driven by S28-400 mags for good power and control and with the grippy tyres I doubt we’ll be seeing this guy slipping all over the place, but with two working weapons are they as powerful as they could be?
From Patricia in Canada, representing Team Alt, Bloody Frigid!
This Razer-esque crushing robot is armoured in an 8mm titanium monocoque, meaning it’ll take minimum punishment from spinners. The aforementioned crushing beak itself has a meaty 7.5 tonnes of force at the tip to really crunch into opponents, and the self-righting wings mean flippers won’t worry this guy, but it might actually struggle against a particularly tall opponent as with it’s crusher raised the machine is just 40cm high, not very tall by crusher-standards.
Roboteers, standby!
Booth Red: Team Picus, Team Varying Everyday, Team
Booth Blue: Team Orr, Team Alt
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
All five machines get off to a swift start as this match begins, all looking around for Minesweep3r, but it would seem Mark was kicked off the boards and isn’t here to drive the bot, so instead they advance on each other. Unsure who to attack they all circle the perimeter of the arena until Liar 2 sees an opening and charges at Bloody Frigid, breaching the 8mm side ground clearance and firing it’s hugely powerful flipper, sending Tracy’s machine high into the air before it comes crashing down squarely on it’s back.
It struggles to self-right from this position for a moment, but then OID comes rushing in on the vulnerable bot and smashes into it’s side with the powerful spinning disc, not really causing any damage to the thick titanium armour of Bloody Frigid, but sending the overturned robot spinning away onto it’s side, from where it swiftly self-rights.
Meanwhile, Gabriel V has noticed an opening to attack on Gehenna and is managed to sneak it’s nose cone under the corner of Gehenna’s wedge as the two collided, and now Joey pushes in underneath his opponent and fires Gabriel’s powerful flipper, toppling the conventional wedge shaped adversary onto it’s back, from where it self-rights and reverses into Gabriel V in retaliation, and the spinning blade immediately mangles the stainless steel flipping arm of the ranked machine!
Joey panics and reverses away from Gehenna, retracting his twisted flipper arm as he backs into the pit release button. Gehenna follows, wanting to make Gabriel pay even more for that initial onslaught, but Bloody Frigid comes crashing out of nowhere having just self-righted and catches Gehenna unawares from behind before the spinning blade could get back up to speed, bringing it’s crushing arm into play on the rear of Gehenna and pinning it in place just as the pit descends!
For Tracy it would seem the timing couldn’t be more perfect, but OID was already on a beeline for the side of Bloody Frigid with that 20kg disc spinning at top speed and with huge crash the weapon collides with the side of the crusher robot, knocking it for six and loosening it’s grip on Gehenna, who promptly escapes and turns on it’s captor, driving underneath the momentarily dazed robot and flipping it over with a quick thrust from the forward hinged flipper.
Bloody Frigid is now on it’s back against the arena side wall and as it struggles to self-right Liar 2 approaches, acting as the finisher and drives it’s flipper underneatht the side of Bloody Frigid. Martijn activates the ram and Team Alt’s second entry into Annihilation sails over the barrier and lands on the camera tracks, where it will rest until the crew removes it’s carcass.
CEASE!
Bloody Frigid flipped out of the arena and is first out of the second annihilator!
Battle Board
Gabriel V [#5] vs. Liar 2 vs.