Post by lewis on Dec 30, 2010 18:47:24 GMT -5
Annihilator 3
Sheer Heart Attack 2 [#6] vs. Jinx vs. Bandwagon 2 vs. CrOoKeD EvO vs. Spin Dash Unleashed vs. Leprosy Infection
From Enschede in the Netherlands, representing Team Varying Everyday, ranked #6, Sheer Heart Attack 2!
This innovative tracked machine is no stranger to Mechanical Maelstrom, having previously competed in both main seasons of the competition. Not only that, but this machine has experienced serious success on both occasions, mutilating MeCannibal 3.0, Spin Dash Unleashed and Gabriel III to become champion of Season 1.0. In Season 2.0 it began strongly, storming through both the eliminator and round 2 match against promising hammerbot Supreme to reach the quarter-finals, where it was defeated by the eventual runner-up Holepunch 2.0. Returning unchanged, can this former champion make it’s mark in Annihilation or has the grass grown beneath it’s, err... tracks?
From Etobicoke in Canada, representing Team Zlayerz, Jinx!
In serious contrast to Sheer Heart Attack 2 this machine is a complete newcomer to Mechanical Maelstrom, but on no terms should you underestimate it. It’s packing a seriously powerful pneumatic axe that has an optional flipper attachment, though that’s been removed for this match. This pink bot is well controlled and well armoured, as it’s coated in 7mm titanium/vanadium alloy with an extra 8mm protecting the front, so good luck trying to penetrate that! She’s also packing one hell of a theme tune, but Benjamin Burnley can’t help her in the arena, and neither will her low height. At just 15cm high, Jinx’s axe could have a hard time hitting some of the taller bots on the noggin.
From Richmond Upon Thames, representing Team Orr, CrOoKeD EvO!
Another newcomer to the competition is CrOoKeD EvO, who’s name is a real @!## to keep typing! Whatever, you know who I mean if I just say Crooked! Anyhow, like Jinx this newbie is nothing to sniff at. This bad boy is packing a full pressure pneumatic flipper, hinged at the rear of the robot and certainly well capable of tossing robots clean out of the arena! Good luck getting through it as well, the flipper arm is made of 6mm hardox and the wedge it rests on is 8mm of the same stuff! The rest of the armour is pretty tough too, but the most powerful of our spinners are capable of getting through 6mm titanium after a few shots. The rounded rear of the robot should help it to self-right quickly and easily, and the magmotors in the drive should provide decent power, but the outdated SLA batteries powering them are no help. Also the high top speed of 25mph coupled with the fact this bot is only 2WD isn’t going to help it’s controllability in the arena.
From Glasgow in Scotland, representing Team Braveheart, Spin Dash Unleashed!
Screw the new bots! It’s this old hand you want to watch out for in the arena. Spin Dash has competed in both previous seasons of Mechanical Maelstrom, clinching the bronze medal in Season 1.0 having fallen to Sheer Heart Attack 2 in the semi-final, but winning the play-off against Leprosy Infection afterward. However, it all went a bit pants in Season 2.0 when Steven found himself faced with the deadly power of Autism 3.0 and Back to Rock III in the first round eliminator. Still, SDU returns unchanged for another stab at a Mechanical Maelstrom title, with the deadly saw and ramming ability intact. However, it’s manouevrability isn’t the best and the saw blade is less effective upside down, meaning we could see Spin Dash on the leash if it gets flipped.
From Onehouse in Suffolk, representing Team Dinowarrior, Leprosy Infection!
And so the final bot to enter the arena for this annihilator is another veteran machine, coming fresh from it’s first round defeat in Mechanical Maelstrom 2.0 at the hands of newcomers Visioned and Dantu, although Dantu was in fact the eventual champion. Stripped of it’s ranking and placed in an annihilator with the bot that beat it out of 3rd place in Season 1.0, Leprosy Infection is back and ready for revenge. The front vertical spinning drum is designed to flake opponent’s armour off, but is slow and steady damage a good idea in an annihilator? We’ll soon see.
Roboteers, standby!
Booth Red: Team Varying Everyday, Team Zlayerz
Booth Blue: Team Orr, Team Braveheart, Team Dinowarrior
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
And they’re off! The newcomers are the ones that are straight off the mark, which is surprising given the history that’s brooding between the three returning competitors in this bout. As a quick reminder, Sheer Heart Attack 2 defeated Spin Dash Unleashed in the semi-final of Season 1.0. Spin Dash then went into the play-off against Leprosy Infection, which it won. However, not content with that victory SDU makes a beeline for Leprosy Infection, driving the saw blade into the side mini-skirt (teehee) of Chris’ machine and slamming it into the spike strip, the saw blade scraping away at the titanium armour all the while.
Meanwhile, Jinx has launched an attack on Crooked, ramming straight at Team Orr’s entry and getting under the front wedge with those long front spikes, pushing Jack back into onto the killsaws! BZZT! There’s a smattering of sparks on the titanium underside of Crooked’s body shell and it’s spun around, away from Jinx, giving it the perfect opportunity to go on the attack and it does so, driving under the side of Kody’s machine and firing the flipper to topple it’s fellow newcomer! However, Jinx is quick to self-right and turns around, using the rear hinged spikes to push underneath Crooked while the flipper is up and drive Jack backwards across the arena into the spike strip! No damage caused, but points for aggression scored for Jinx should this go to a judges decision.
On the other side of the arena Sheer Heart Attack 2 is moving in for an attack against SDU, who is still holding Leprosy Infection against the spike strip. Martijn catches Steven unawares and flips Spin Dash up and over with a smack of the drum, away from Leprosy Infection, who gratefully reverses away from the spike strip and to safety, but one of the skirts is trailing and it looks like it was gnawed away by the saw of SDU. This is dragging on the floor and making fluid movement a bit more difficult for Leprosy Infection, but all the same the drum is spinning and Chris moves in for a revenge attack on Spin Dash Unleashed, who’s just getting away from the arena wall. His drum makes contact with the side of Steven’s machine and bumps it up into the air slightly, allowing Chris to push in underneath and turn it slowly back over! There are scrapes all over one side of SDU from the onslaught now and also the other side panel is buckled slightly from Sheer Heart Attack 2’s onslaught earlier on, making Team Braveheart look worringly damaged already.
While this is going on Crooked has managed to turn the tide on Jinx slightly and by turning gently has eased away from the spike strip to go back on the attack, but again finds itself foiled by the long front spikes of Kody’s machine. There really isn’t much Jinx can to do to Crooked though has even though Kody drives in underneath Crooked has Jack turns, putting them side on to each other Crooked’s 55cm high frame makes it difficult for Jinx’s axe to get into play. Kody swings it furiously, but Jinx is too far underneath and the arm of the axe simply slams into the side of Crooked, doing no damage. To try and get an attack in with the axe Kody reverses out, but Jack sees his chance and drives off the spikes of Jinx, turning to get under the side of Jinx and Crooked pushes the pink machine across the arena before firing the flipper to topple it again! Once more though Kody swiftly self-rights and goes back on the attack, driving under the raised flipper of Crooked while Jinx’s axe resets and pushing Jack back across the arena again.
Meanwhile Spin Dash Unleashed has switched targets and is driving on the attack of Sheer Heart Attack 2, pushing under the side of the former champion and slicing away at the part of the tracks that is visible from behind the armour with the vigorous saw blade. However, the tracks have good grip on the floor and Steven is finding it difficult to push Martijn across the arena. He is moving, but certainly a lot slower than Team Braveheart would like. Seeing an opening to attack SDU again Leprosy Infection spins up it’s drum and goes on the attack, slamming into the side of Steven’s machine he previously attacked and the vertical weaponry begins to gnaw away at the amour again, eating up the paintwork but not making a lot of headway into the hardox armour itself. Sure there are dents and scratches, but the internals of the Scottish machine are safe for now.
Jinx’s axe has now reset, along with Crooked’s flipper, and Kody finally has the opportunity to give Jack’s machine a good session with his axe. He lets rip and the axe slams down onto the front wedge of Crooked, but the thick hardox holds up well. Clearly frustrated by the difficulty he’s having in damaging Crooked, Kody keeps up the axe fixed down on Crooked and drives it backwards across the arena, slamming it into the pit release button and retracting the axe, driving further underneath Crooked, causing it to drive up Jinx before falling off sideways! The height of the robot may have prevented Kody getting an attack in earlier on, but it also makes the machine less stable than it would be and Jack is dismayed as Crooked teeters precariously on its edge before falling onto its back. He hits the flipper button to self-right, but succeeds only in stacking himself against the arena side wall just next to the pit release button and thus leaving himself wide open to attack from Jinx, who lines up with the axe and swings it over, putting a massive dent in the titanium lid of Crooked!
On the other side of the arena Sheer Heart Attack has the drum back up to speed and has made it away from SDU, but with a slight limp in the one track where Steven has chewed into it with that infernal saw blade of his. Seeing an opportunity to attack the vulnerable Crooked, Martijn goes across the arena as quickly as he can and tackles the rear of Crooked with his spinning drum, knocking it up into the air and off the wall, but back down onto its wheels in the arena! Crooked is quick to drive away, but it seems to be having trouble as it just moves in a big circle, it’s rear end slamming into the side of Jinx! It would appear that either the attack by Jinx’s axe or SHA2’s drum has severed a connection between the motor and wheel of Crooked, or perhaps damaged the motor itself, because it’s going nowhere fast!
Meanwhile Spin Dash has gone back on the attack of Leprosy Infection and has slammed into the side of the robot that has that mangled side skirt. The collision is brutal as SDU’s blade is back up to speed, and so the skirt flies off completely as Steven begins to ram the Team Dinowarrior entry across the arena in the direction of the open pit! However, as Steven and Chris speed across the arena Crooked is put under attack from SHA2, who lurches forward and clips the front wedge of Jack’s machine with it’s drum, causing the Team Orr driver to panic and fire the flipper as well as quickly reversing to escape from more damage, but with the damaged drive reversing isn’t so simple and Crooked turns sideways into the path of SDU pushing Leprosy Infection towards the pit!
It’s a three bot pile-up as SDU’s 18HP drive manages to shift all 199kg of Crooked and Leprosy Infection into the pit of oblivion, but Steven can’t stop in time and Spin Dash takes the plunge too!
CEASE!
Three of the five competing robots in the pit, but Crooked was at the forefront of the bot anarchy and was thus the first robot into the pit. Therefore CrOokEd EvO is eliminated and the remaining four machines advance to the third round of this annihilator!
Battleboard
Sheer Heart Attack 2 [#6] vs. Jinx vs.Bandwagon 2 vs. CrOoKeD EvO vs. Spin Dash Unleashed vs. Leprosy Infection
Sheer Heart Attack 2 [#6] vs. Jinx vs. Bandwagon 2 vs. CrOoKeD EvO vs. Spin Dash Unleashed vs. Leprosy Infection
From Enschede in the Netherlands, representing Team Varying Everyday, ranked #6, Sheer Heart Attack 2!
This innovative tracked machine is no stranger to Mechanical Maelstrom, having previously competed in both main seasons of the competition. Not only that, but this machine has experienced serious success on both occasions, mutilating MeCannibal 3.0, Spin Dash Unleashed and Gabriel III to become champion of Season 1.0. In Season 2.0 it began strongly, storming through both the eliminator and round 2 match against promising hammerbot Supreme to reach the quarter-finals, where it was defeated by the eventual runner-up Holepunch 2.0. Returning unchanged, can this former champion make it’s mark in Annihilation or has the grass grown beneath it’s, err... tracks?
From Etobicoke in Canada, representing Team Zlayerz, Jinx!
In serious contrast to Sheer Heart Attack 2 this machine is a complete newcomer to Mechanical Maelstrom, but on no terms should you underestimate it. It’s packing a seriously powerful pneumatic axe that has an optional flipper attachment, though that’s been removed for this match. This pink bot is well controlled and well armoured, as it’s coated in 7mm titanium/vanadium alloy with an extra 8mm protecting the front, so good luck trying to penetrate that! She’s also packing one hell of a theme tune, but Benjamin Burnley can’t help her in the arena, and neither will her low height. At just 15cm high, Jinx’s axe could have a hard time hitting some of the taller bots on the noggin.
From Richmond Upon Thames, representing Team Orr, CrOoKeD EvO!
Another newcomer to the competition is CrOoKeD EvO, who’s name is a real @!## to keep typing! Whatever, you know who I mean if I just say Crooked! Anyhow, like Jinx this newbie is nothing to sniff at. This bad boy is packing a full pressure pneumatic flipper, hinged at the rear of the robot and certainly well capable of tossing robots clean out of the arena! Good luck getting through it as well, the flipper arm is made of 6mm hardox and the wedge it rests on is 8mm of the same stuff! The rest of the armour is pretty tough too, but the most powerful of our spinners are capable of getting through 6mm titanium after a few shots. The rounded rear of the robot should help it to self-right quickly and easily, and the magmotors in the drive should provide decent power, but the outdated SLA batteries powering them are no help. Also the high top speed of 25mph coupled with the fact this bot is only 2WD isn’t going to help it’s controllability in the arena.
From Glasgow in Scotland, representing Team Braveheart, Spin Dash Unleashed!
Screw the new bots! It’s this old hand you want to watch out for in the arena. Spin Dash has competed in both previous seasons of Mechanical Maelstrom, clinching the bronze medal in Season 1.0 having fallen to Sheer Heart Attack 2 in the semi-final, but winning the play-off against Leprosy Infection afterward. However, it all went a bit pants in Season 2.0 when Steven found himself faced with the deadly power of Autism 3.0 and Back to Rock III in the first round eliminator. Still, SDU returns unchanged for another stab at a Mechanical Maelstrom title, with the deadly saw and ramming ability intact. However, it’s manouevrability isn’t the best and the saw blade is less effective upside down, meaning we could see Spin Dash on the leash if it gets flipped.
From Onehouse in Suffolk, representing Team Dinowarrior, Leprosy Infection!
And so the final bot to enter the arena for this annihilator is another veteran machine, coming fresh from it’s first round defeat in Mechanical Maelstrom 2.0 at the hands of newcomers Visioned and Dantu, although Dantu was in fact the eventual champion. Stripped of it’s ranking and placed in an annihilator with the bot that beat it out of 3rd place in Season 1.0, Leprosy Infection is back and ready for revenge. The front vertical spinning drum is designed to flake opponent’s armour off, but is slow and steady damage a good idea in an annihilator? We’ll soon see.
Roboteers, standby!
Booth Red: Team Varying Everyday, Team Zlayerz
Booth Blue: Team Orr, Team Braveheart, Team Dinowarrior
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
And they’re off! The newcomers are the ones that are straight off the mark, which is surprising given the history that’s brooding between the three returning competitors in this bout. As a quick reminder, Sheer Heart Attack 2 defeated Spin Dash Unleashed in the semi-final of Season 1.0. Spin Dash then went into the play-off against Leprosy Infection, which it won. However, not content with that victory SDU makes a beeline for Leprosy Infection, driving the saw blade into the side mini-skirt (teehee) of Chris’ machine and slamming it into the spike strip, the saw blade scraping away at the titanium armour all the while.
Meanwhile, Jinx has launched an attack on Crooked, ramming straight at Team Orr’s entry and getting under the front wedge with those long front spikes, pushing Jack back into onto the killsaws! BZZT! There’s a smattering of sparks on the titanium underside of Crooked’s body shell and it’s spun around, away from Jinx, giving it the perfect opportunity to go on the attack and it does so, driving under the side of Kody’s machine and firing the flipper to topple it’s fellow newcomer! However, Jinx is quick to self-right and turns around, using the rear hinged spikes to push underneath Crooked while the flipper is up and drive Jack backwards across the arena into the spike strip! No damage caused, but points for aggression scored for Jinx should this go to a judges decision.
On the other side of the arena Sheer Heart Attack 2 is moving in for an attack against SDU, who is still holding Leprosy Infection against the spike strip. Martijn catches Steven unawares and flips Spin Dash up and over with a smack of the drum, away from Leprosy Infection, who gratefully reverses away from the spike strip and to safety, but one of the skirts is trailing and it looks like it was gnawed away by the saw of SDU. This is dragging on the floor and making fluid movement a bit more difficult for Leprosy Infection, but all the same the drum is spinning and Chris moves in for a revenge attack on Spin Dash Unleashed, who’s just getting away from the arena wall. His drum makes contact with the side of Steven’s machine and bumps it up into the air slightly, allowing Chris to push in underneath and turn it slowly back over! There are scrapes all over one side of SDU from the onslaught now and also the other side panel is buckled slightly from Sheer Heart Attack 2’s onslaught earlier on, making Team Braveheart look worringly damaged already.
While this is going on Crooked has managed to turn the tide on Jinx slightly and by turning gently has eased away from the spike strip to go back on the attack, but again finds itself foiled by the long front spikes of Kody’s machine. There really isn’t much Jinx can to do to Crooked though has even though Kody drives in underneath Crooked has Jack turns, putting them side on to each other Crooked’s 55cm high frame makes it difficult for Jinx’s axe to get into play. Kody swings it furiously, but Jinx is too far underneath and the arm of the axe simply slams into the side of Crooked, doing no damage. To try and get an attack in with the axe Kody reverses out, but Jack sees his chance and drives off the spikes of Jinx, turning to get under the side of Jinx and Crooked pushes the pink machine across the arena before firing the flipper to topple it again! Once more though Kody swiftly self-rights and goes back on the attack, driving under the raised flipper of Crooked while Jinx’s axe resets and pushing Jack back across the arena again.
Meanwhile Spin Dash Unleashed has switched targets and is driving on the attack of Sheer Heart Attack 2, pushing under the side of the former champion and slicing away at the part of the tracks that is visible from behind the armour with the vigorous saw blade. However, the tracks have good grip on the floor and Steven is finding it difficult to push Martijn across the arena. He is moving, but certainly a lot slower than Team Braveheart would like. Seeing an opening to attack SDU again Leprosy Infection spins up it’s drum and goes on the attack, slamming into the side of Steven’s machine he previously attacked and the vertical weaponry begins to gnaw away at the amour again, eating up the paintwork but not making a lot of headway into the hardox armour itself. Sure there are dents and scratches, but the internals of the Scottish machine are safe for now.
Jinx’s axe has now reset, along with Crooked’s flipper, and Kody finally has the opportunity to give Jack’s machine a good session with his axe. He lets rip and the axe slams down onto the front wedge of Crooked, but the thick hardox holds up well. Clearly frustrated by the difficulty he’s having in damaging Crooked, Kody keeps up the axe fixed down on Crooked and drives it backwards across the arena, slamming it into the pit release button and retracting the axe, driving further underneath Crooked, causing it to drive up Jinx before falling off sideways! The height of the robot may have prevented Kody getting an attack in earlier on, but it also makes the machine less stable than it would be and Jack is dismayed as Crooked teeters precariously on its edge before falling onto its back. He hits the flipper button to self-right, but succeeds only in stacking himself against the arena side wall just next to the pit release button and thus leaving himself wide open to attack from Jinx, who lines up with the axe and swings it over, putting a massive dent in the titanium lid of Crooked!
On the other side of the arena Sheer Heart Attack has the drum back up to speed and has made it away from SDU, but with a slight limp in the one track where Steven has chewed into it with that infernal saw blade of his. Seeing an opportunity to attack the vulnerable Crooked, Martijn goes across the arena as quickly as he can and tackles the rear of Crooked with his spinning drum, knocking it up into the air and off the wall, but back down onto its wheels in the arena! Crooked is quick to drive away, but it seems to be having trouble as it just moves in a big circle, it’s rear end slamming into the side of Jinx! It would appear that either the attack by Jinx’s axe or SHA2’s drum has severed a connection between the motor and wheel of Crooked, or perhaps damaged the motor itself, because it’s going nowhere fast!
Meanwhile Spin Dash has gone back on the attack of Leprosy Infection and has slammed into the side of the robot that has that mangled side skirt. The collision is brutal as SDU’s blade is back up to speed, and so the skirt flies off completely as Steven begins to ram the Team Dinowarrior entry across the arena in the direction of the open pit! However, as Steven and Chris speed across the arena Crooked is put under attack from SHA2, who lurches forward and clips the front wedge of Jack’s machine with it’s drum, causing the Team Orr driver to panic and fire the flipper as well as quickly reversing to escape from more damage, but with the damaged drive reversing isn’t so simple and Crooked turns sideways into the path of SDU pushing Leprosy Infection towards the pit!
It’s a three bot pile-up as SDU’s 18HP drive manages to shift all 199kg of Crooked and Leprosy Infection into the pit of oblivion, but Steven can’t stop in time and Spin Dash takes the plunge too!
CEASE!
Three of the five competing robots in the pit, but Crooked was at the forefront of the bot anarchy and was thus the first robot into the pit. Therefore CrOokEd EvO is eliminated and the remaining four machines advance to the third round of this annihilator!
Battleboard
Sheer Heart Attack 2 [#6] vs. Jinx vs.