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Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: JoeBlo on June 09, 2009, 06:05:50 AM
not another thread on your favorite robots this is about the best matches in robot wars, I was watching some of my robot wars seasons and just was thinking some were really ahead of others, nominate yours

10.  Tornado vs Dominator 2  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5497EjZ_Jcw)
9.  Typhoon 2 vs Storm 2  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko0yM5eTdiY)
8.  13 Black vs Razer vs Chaos 2  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMuxy3vwUeI)
7.  Terrorhurtz vs Panic Attack 24k  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzc-N_v2duo)
6.  X-terminator vs Bulldog Breed  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2eNC6uj8Mw)
5.  Hypnodisc vs Bigger Brother  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mafkz13arHQ)
4.  Razer vs Techno-Lease  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtjF6zcx7k8)
4.  X-terminator vs Typhoon 2  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf2L56oIAPQ)
3.  Wheely Big Cheese vs Axe Awe  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jYTotkRN5g)
2.  Typhoon 2 vs Iron Awe 2.1  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SogQV3T9sts)
1.  Hypnodisc vs Splinter  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhKB0bzmvb4)

Edit: Now Clickable :D
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: cephalopod on June 09, 2009, 09:54:04 AM
Can't think of a top 10, but my favourite two were Hypnodisc's first bout, against Robogeddon, and also Razer vs Onslaught in that Annihilator, when Razer dismantled Matilda. :D
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: Reier on June 09, 2009, 09:58:29 AM
One of the best was when Chaos2 flipped Firestrom OOTA.
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: JoeBlo on June 09, 2009, 10:05:08 AM
btw has anyone watched the Tornado vs Dominator 2 match ? the ending is really good, just think of what may have happened in series 6 had tornado gone down that pit

@ Craaig: I was nearly going to add the southern annihilator
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: R0B0SH4RK on June 10, 2009, 12:25:56 AM
I remember Gravity flipping Matilda after it had won or something... That was a good fight.
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: JoeBlo on June 10, 2009, 01:25:25 AM
I don't believe Matilda was flipped since getting the flywheel Gravity vs Lightning, Gravity took out Shunt and Dead Metal after the match
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: Condor33 on June 10, 2009, 07:23:48 AM
How much would you say that flywheel weighed? The spin would keep Matilda from tipping over if the wheel was going fast enough
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: JoeBlo on June 10, 2009, 07:46:24 AM
as far as I know I heard 27 kg (60 lb) with weight distributed to the outside of the disc, Defiantly destructive way better then a 30kg hammer *wink wink* :-D
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: H@zm47 on June 10, 2009, 08:26:46 AM
Quote from: JoeBlo;43314
btw has anyone watched the Tornado vs Dominator 2 match ? the ending is really good, just think of what may have happened in series 6 had tornado gone down that pit


Razer wouldn't have been robbed of the Series 6 Grand Final (https://gametechmods.com/forums/images/smilies/angry.gif)
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: JoeBlo on June 10, 2009, 08:33:44 AM
exactly :-D *sigh* why does Matilda have to be such an incompetent worker lol, there are rumors that the tornado frame lead to the breaking up of team Razer but its exactly that ...rumors not really facts  

I personally just don't like pushers (that is really what tornado was) in competition like this, I mean destruction is the aim of the game pushing is just to boring (with one exception ... storm 2 was an awesome rammer, even got steel avenger out of the arena)

Edit: Happy Middleweight H@zm47 :D
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: Condor33 on June 10, 2009, 11:13:54 AM
The anti-pit-frame? That one really ticks me off. I suppose it shouldn't, though, because my CC entry does the exact same thing.:|

Also, Terrorhurtz vs Panic Attack: Seems like an unfair ending.
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: Scrap Daddy on June 10, 2009, 03:21:29 PM
Har, I hated Razor. I thought it was smart of Tornado's team to put the frame around it.

My favorite match from RW was Hypnodisc VS Bigger Brother.
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: RedSawn on June 10, 2009, 04:32:57 PM
Quote from: Scrap Daddy;43567
Har, I hated Razor. I thought it was smart of Tornado's team to put the frame around it.

My favorite match from RW was Hypnodisc VS Bigger Brother.


Well, as long as Tornado said they had the frame and got it officially weighed in and such, they could use it. Don't remember WHEN they made it but it was a risk, and it paid off.

Both are great robots, but Tornado has the very customizable design and the team smarts to back it up.
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: JoeBlo on June 10, 2009, 06:50:24 PM
the second version of the frame with the flywheel was ok but the first it just seemed so stupid beating a robot by pushing it around
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: trumpetguy on June 10, 2009, 06:51:00 PM
Wheely Big Cheese vs. Axe-Awe, but I also like House Robot Rebellions.
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: JoeBlo on June 10, 2009, 07:36:45 PM
gravity & behemoth vs Psycho, Growler & Cassius was one of the better ones with technically all house robots got defeated, also the first round melee of the series 7 veterans/all stars tournament with Firestorm, Panic Attack, Cat 3 and Bigger Brother was good.... Shunt was over in the first 5 seconds lol
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: trumpetguy on June 10, 2009, 07:44:35 PM
I forgot the commonwealth challenge, firestorm vs. panic attack, firestorm toppled mr. pyscho.
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: Natef on June 10, 2009, 07:46:15 PM
Here are mine.
10. Gravity VS. 13 Black
9. Hypno-Disc vs Splinter
8. X-Terminator vs Immortalis
7. Iron Awe 2.1 vs Bigger Brother
6. Raging Knightmare vs Spawn Again
5. X-Terminator vs Tsunami
4. Storm 2 vs The Steel Avenger
3. Hypno Disc vs Atomic
2. Dominator 2 vs Corkscrew
1. Chaos 2 vs Firestorm
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: lloopp D lloopp on November 23, 2009, 02:52:12 PM
10.Anything with Flensburg Power.
9.Series 7 Featherweight Rumble.
8.Fluffy vs Pussycat
7.Beef Cake vs RC Warrior
6.Hypnodisc vs Stealth
5.Bigger Brother vs Hypnodisc
4.Diotoir vs Tornado
3.X-Terminator vs Killer Carrot 2
2.Gravity vs Dantomkia
1.WBC vs Axe awe
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: Natef on November 23, 2009, 04:54:54 PM
BUMP! But it's okay.
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: Badnik96 on November 23, 2009, 05:16:47 PM
Where's Hypnodisc vs Splinter?
Title: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: nicsan2009 on November 23, 2009, 06:16:35 PM
i agree with 1
Title: Re: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: Stagfish on December 24, 2009, 02:32:45 PM
watch onslaught vs razer

i nearly cried seeing my fav house robot matilda got OWNED!
Title: Re: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: FOTEPX on April 13, 2010, 12:06:22 PM
Seriously, guys!?

HAVE NONE OF YOU WATCH HYPNO-DISC VS. STEALTH!?
Title: Re: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: lloopp D lloopp on April 13, 2010, 12:37:00 PM
I have.

:3
Title: Re: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: NFX on April 14, 2010, 05:34:31 AM
Lolbump.

By the way, Tornado's frame wasn't intended to stop it going down the pit, it was built so that Razer's beak wouldn't reach the actual machine itself. More of an anti-crusher assembly than an anti-pit.

I'm really not that sure about the top ten, but one of the matches in mine would definitely be Hypno-Disc vs. Firestorm III, UK Series 5 Play-Off for third place. Firestorm had gone through more matches than anyone in the series, having to fight its way back from the loser's melee, both machines were pretty beat up, the fight barely lasted a minute, but it was fast and completely mental in that match. Firestorm even had a crack at Sir Killalot at one point.
Title: Re: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: CPA23 on April 15, 2010, 12:00:25 AM
10. Razer vs Aggrobot
9. Chaos 2 vs Firestorm
8. Razer vs Milly Ann Bug
7. Black Hole vs Zeus
6. Chaos 2 vs Crocodilatron
5. Big Cheese vs Shrapnel
4. Wheely Big Cheese vs Axe Awe
3. Steg-O-Saw-Us vs Napalm
2. Gravity vs Dantomkia
1. Storm 2 vs Steel Avenger

Title: Re: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: JoeBlo on April 15, 2010, 09:05:35 PM
also the fact the house robots weren't made to take damage really

they had strong weapons but Matilda, Sgt Bash and Shunt all have fiberglass bodywork which isnt going to do much in the defense department
Title: Re: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: Naryar on April 16, 2010, 04:12:08 AM
The house robots were the gayest thing ever really.
Title: Re: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: JoeBlo on April 16, 2010, 04:19:15 AM
I loved the house robots myself but having them involved in matches was ok in one way but it wasn't a fair playing field...

the pit would always react the same, the flame pits would, the saws would but the house robots did what they liked

great entertainment value at the conclusion for matches but a little unfair as a arena hazard...
Title: Re: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: Naryar on April 16, 2010, 04:22:12 AM
but a little unfair as a arena hazard...

That's why i hate them.

RW was more about show and entertainment than real fighting with over 9000 flames and lights and etc.
Title: Re: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: JoeBlo on April 16, 2010, 04:27:26 AM
RW was more about show and entertainment than real fighting with over 9000 flames and lights and etc.

it was an entertainment program... Battlebots was more of a sporting event (boxing like intros, drag racing countdown lights, sports style commentary, etc)
Title: Re: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: SKBT on April 16, 2010, 04:50:55 AM
From a competitor stand point house robot were not good. They had the potental to tear apart the competitors. I know it's a given that your bot could get destroyed but to know if you lose your bot gets completly destroyed and or fried. (kiss your speed controllers good bye) Or to know that your fight could be meddled with and the outcome affected.
Just some things to look at:

How many times were matches outcomes affected by House Robots?
How many times did RefBot get in the way? 

Also take a look at battlebots.

How many times did the sledge hammers kill a bot
Killsaws disable a bot
Hell raisers affect a fight(Nightmare vs SOW comes to mind)

In my mind the best fights occur in empty boxs. Hazards and house robots were there to make it interesting for TV to keep viewers because Wedge vs Wedge gets boring after about the first minute. 
Title: Re: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: Naryar on April 16, 2010, 04:55:22 AM
In my mind the best fights occur in empty boxs.

Agreed
Title: Re: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: S.T.C. on April 16, 2010, 07:49:11 PM
10. Stinger vs Chaos 2
9. Firestorm vs Bigger Brother
8. Prizephita Mk 2 vs Wheelosaurus vs Wheely Big Cheese
7. Mortis vs Ming
6. Bigger Brother vs Hypno-Disc
5. Disc-O-Inferno vs Spirit Of Knightmare
4. Chaos 2 vs Crocodilatron
3. Dantomkia vs Chaos 2
2. Tornado vs Katerkiller vs Gemini
1. Panic Attack vs Firestorm
Title: Re: 10 Best Robot Wars Matches
Post by: ty4er on November 28, 2010, 05:14:42 AM
hmm...


10. chaos 2 vs firestorm S-3
9. diotor vs tornado S-5
8. inquisitor vs razer S-2
7. storm 2 vs typhoon S-7 grand final
6.pussycat vs razer (all of them)
5. hypnodisc vs bigger brother S-5
4. storm 2 vs steel avenger S-7
3. hypno disc vs wheely big cheese vs ming 3 EXTREME 1
2. wheely big cheese vs axe awe S-5
1. gravity vs dantomkia