GTM Robot Wars - SBV

[cephalopod]

This is Robot Wars!
And this tournament features robots maiming and dismantling each other, all to become the GTM Robot Wars Champion.

Battles will take place inside the bulletproof box of the Robot Wars Arena.

Featuring the Pit, the Flipper, the Spikes and the Fire.

Of course it wouldn't be Robot Wars without our House Robots!
Each fight will feature one of our House Robots - Havox, Stratton, Infrared, Megalodon, Corporal Punishment, Krocodil and Dead Metal!

The format is as follows. There will be 6 heats of 6 robots, for a total of 36 entrants.
The heat will consist of 2 3-way melees, followed by a round robin between the 4 that qualify - 3 points for a KO and 2 for a Judge's Decision. The 2 robots with the most points will go into the Heat Final.
The Heat Winners will progress to the Final episode, where the same format from the heats will take place.

As for the heats, let's check out their lineups! Melee Matchups at the bottom of each spoiler.

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MELEE MATCHUPS:
F30 vs Maelstrom vs Smaug
Agent Orange vs Fusion Reactor vs Ginger Step Child

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MELEE MATCHUPS
Billet 9 vs Reaper vs Witching Hour
Gadreel vs Hurt Sanwich vs Zlammer

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MELEE MATCHUPS
31V15 vs Industry 5 vs Metrocide
A Piece of Rake vs Darlene vs Phobos

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MELEE MATCHUPS
Cridine vs Scratch vs Terrazone
Duck Fury vs Galaxy vs Hypershocked

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MELEE MATCHUPS
Flood XL-C vs inVAsion vs Lobsteriffic
Toxic Slash 2 vs UnderCut vs VF-09 Walkure

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MELEE MATCHUPS
Bullet Bot vs Duke vs Gamma
Deathstalker vs Evil Art Project vs Hammatime.

VIDEOS

Want to read up on more about GTM:RW? Try the Wiki Page!

I'd love to hear your thoughts and predictions on the bots and heats! Really excited to get this underway! :D

Let the wars begin!

[Philippa]

I thought I might have fun in my heat, then I saw Coolrunner's bot, now I know it's basically gonna be liquefied lobster. Aside from Flood XL-C and Toxic Slash 2, I should at least be able to put up a decent performance against the others.

THOUGHTS

Ginger Step Child: I dunno, out in the first round, I think. The axes look pretty weak to me.

Smaug: Dislike.

Agent Orange: Nasty disc, but a big exposed chassis and exposed wheels looks dangerous.

Maelstrom: I guess it's powerful, but that poor wedge is going to make it difficult to really get stuck in.

F30: I like the look of this, and I'm going to enjoy all the weaker pieces getting ripped off it too.

Fusion Reactor: If this doesn't win Heat A, then colour me surprised.

Hurt Sandwich: Stale.

Zlammer: What a mess. At least it's protected from the big nasty spinners here.

Billet 9: Where did all the weight go? Could you not have made it bigger and jammed a more powerful motor in there? Or at least given it some sort of frame? I dunno.

Witching Hour: Gadreel could probably get some good hits in on the top of this before those big bars swat it away. Probably the Heat B winner here.

Reaper: In order for the weapon to hit the opponent, they need to be way up close and next to the exposed chassis. Hmm...

Gadreel: Well I guess that the chassis is out of harm, so that's something, although I kinda expect this just to slide around for days.

Darlene: But won't the teeth stop things from getting up the flipper?

Metrocide: I doubt it.

Industry 5: Looks pretty nice, but can it self right?

A Piece Of Rake: No drones here, buddy. Good luck.

Phobos: I think this one has the edge over Industry 5 and 31V15, so I'll call this the winner of Heat C.

31V15: As long as it doesn't fall on its face it should do well.

Galaxy: Four robots have central weapons that are going straight for that exposed motor. Unless the flipper can come into play, I don't see this doing very well.

Hypershocked: It's kinda cool looking, I guess.

Terrazone: If it can trap the opponents on those blades then it might stand a chance.

Cridine: It's a very weak heat, but I think this one might be able to win Heat D.

Duck Fury: My ex is Ducky. Stop trying to TRIGGER me. (Please win a match. Gotta have an underduck in this heat.)

Scratch: Man, I would've loved to have seen this getting dismantled by a big spinner. Shame.

Invasion: Just the perfect shape to allow me to get my hammer onto the chassis. Although to be in that position, the flywheels are gonna be tearing me two new front assholes, so...

Undercut: Looks pretty cool, actually, but the teeth seem awfully small.

Lobsteriffic!: Hell yeah. I'm set for an elimination in Round Two, unless Flood XL-C and Toxic Slash 2 are both taken out in the Group Battles.

Flood XL-C: Heat E winner, 'nuff said.

VF-09 Walkure: Very pretty looking. I doubt it's ability to battle, though.

Toxic Slash 2: Another very good looking robot. If Flood XL-C doesn't win Heat E, this one will.

Duke: Man, I hate the look of this robot.

Evil Art Project: Well someone had to make a spectrum robot with the new extenders, so why not. Looks very fragile to me, though.

Deathstalker: Doesn't look like this has much reach, really. I don't hold out much hope for it.

Hammatime: Yeah, this is a pretty dangerous robot, up until it loses a hammer.

Gamma: Nasty blade, sledgehammers for protection, Heat F winner.

Bullet Bot: Looks like the Black Ice of the tournament, and I hope it does well.

[Thrackerzod]

Boldly predicting Duck Fury to win.

Here's hoping Gadreel can get through its heat, or at least make it to the league section.

[Badnik96]

hey i actually have a chance in my heat cool

there actually aren't that many bad robots, props to craaig for skinning a bunch of them

[cephalopod]

there actually aren't that many bad robots, props to craaig for skinning a bunch of them

Can't take all the credit there man, 09, Rob and DSC have been absolute stars helping out with the skinning.

[Probably Rob]

Gadreel will do what Gabriel did! It's destiny! Gadreel will LIVE! Barely!

Finally, Deathstalker in its first official complete form. All thanks to that back wedge 

Good luck my fellow Heat Ds, and everyone else! Gonna be a fun one!

[Qo--]

I'm in love <3 great job with the skins!

[Thyrus]

Hammertime is still ugly

[Baconus_Yum]

Hammertime is still ugly

Anyways, good luck.

Edit: Ok, might not include what was here.

[Thyrus]

Heat A

Ginger Step Child - One of the not so pretty bots. Depending on how well it goes it could be a problem for the vertical spinners. I think it will not loose in the groupstage because we have
Smaug- looks better than GSC but it only has a flamethrower from what I can tell. Still not a really nice lookint bot.
Agent Orange - What happend to RedAce and his buldingskills? This must be the worst looking bot comming from you. Still the best build of those 3 and it will go to the head to head fights
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Maelstrom - I like the skin but something about the spinning weapon looks off.Depending on how the fight goes it's either this one loosing or
F30 - Designwise it's one of my two favorites in this heat. I'm concerned about the power of the flipper. there are quite alot of extenders on it.
Fusion Reactor - With the Mechavor Disc this one is propably goingt to win the melee and also the whole heat. I still like the design alot

so my predictions for the head to head fights:

GSC - Maelstrom: 0-1
Agent Orange - Fusion Reactor 0-1

GSC - Fusion Reactor 0-1
Agent Orange - Maelstrom 0-1 <- this right here will be the most interesting fight as it decides who goes to the heatfinal

GSC - Agent Orange 0-1
Maelstrom - Fusion Reactor 0-1

Heatfinal: Fusion Reactor - Maelstrom 1-0

[wakkydude]

God dammit, the dream is dead, I can't possibly beat Duck Fury

[COOLRUNNER87]

I thought I might have fun in my heat, then I saw Coolrunner's bot, now I know it's basically gonna be liquefied lobster.

I wouldn't say that so fast. That wedge in the front is nearly ornamental (AKA it don't wedge that well), and those wheel guards aren't particularly strong. Combine that with the exposed sides, and you've got a good chance to beat me.

As for my chances, I'd expect to get to the head-to-heads (if this operates the same way as the current UK RW) but not much further without some luck.

[cephalopod]

Thy as the post says the fight layout isn't given yet! The current order means nothing.

[F1Krazy]

Finally, Deathstalker in its first official complete form. All thanks to that back wedge 

Yep. Looking real neat :D

I'm up against four spinners and a rammer. Deathstalker has a pretty good track record against spinners so far, so that's not as bad a matchup as it might seem on paper. I'm pretty sure I can get to at least the league stage.

Evil Art Project looks so pretty with that rainbow-coloured extender frame. It'd be a shame if somebody... hit it with an axe...

[Asbestosstar]

Are sign up still open?

[Thyrus]

Heat B


Hurt Sanwich - It's a box with a spinning Disc and no protection. I thing this poor mans Supernova will loose in round one

Zlammer - it has protection wich will make it quite immune to the rather weak weapon of the sanwich. also the hammer can reach regions other bots might not be protectet at. I don't like the skin of it though

Billet 9 - There we go again with another entry in the Billet series. I'm wondering if there are any legal issues with a tournament run by MassimoV. Simple but good skin and a solid weapon. it will go to the head to head and depending on how stable it is it could win this heat
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Witching hour - another simple but good skin. the weapon looks strong as well. from the looks of it it could go to a heat final meeting billet there

Reaper - it loos either too wide or too high. I can't tell as the screenshot is quite dark. the weapon looks almost non existing. I assume there is so much decoration on it that it is not well armoured. so I guess that means this one will drop out in round 1

Gabriel - I don't care how it is called. it's gabriel. Die! please... Die! It will die I'm sure. Many times. In the head to head rounds.

Head to Head fights:

Billet 9 - Gabriel - 1-0 Die Gabe!
Witching Hour -  Zlammer 0 - 1 I hope I don't overastimate Zlammer here but it looks well protectet and can hit the unprotected top of WH

Billet - Witching Hour 0-1 WH has a better protection
Zlammer - Gabriel 1-0 Die again

Billet - Zlammer 1-0 it really comes down to protection but Zlammer could be a dark horse in this
Witching Hour - Gabriel 1-0 Stay dead!

Heat Final: Witching Hour - Zlammer 0-1 I'm writing this down without fixing the stuff I've written above so I'm actually supprised that it could come out this way


Edit;

Thy as the post says the fight layout isn't given yet! The current order means nothing.

you tell me this now? 

[Mecha]

Are sign up still open?

No.

[cephalopod]

you tell me this now? 

It was there the whole time :P

But just for you I've finalised the Round 1 Melee Matchups, they're at the bottom of each spoiler. Have fun everyone... :)

[Baconus_Yum]

I am against art :D
And an axe bot.

Good luck to all.

[Philippa]

Flood XL-C vs inVAsion vs Lobsteriffic

Hello darkness, my old friend...