Another kit robot (this time on christmas, HO HO HO!!!), I finally entered my first event, GROCS PLAnts.
GROCS 5?
Fight 1: Smasher (Truly fight 1 amirite)
My first fight was against Smasher, a Hercules kit (can we call them kits now?). After some breif pre-battle spinning, Smasher pushed me half-into the pit, and I drove right in.
Sub-optimal situation
Worse, I somehow managed to mousetrap myself on the grabber, due to failing to realise it would close after disconnection.
Fight 2: Moo Moo (The beginning of the paper)
Thomas of Team Flippy had informed me of a loophole in the rules. Paper is fair game where ground game is concerned and acetate is banned.
Opponent 2 was another kitbot FROM THE SAME TEAM, being a SVRN kit named Moo Moo.
The battle started with a close call to the pit, and the paper being too short to work effectively.
Then, a dance began for some strange reason.
(insert classical music here)
After that, Moo Moo drove right down the pit.
(insert classical death here)
Opponent 3: Sir Googly 2: Eyelectric Boogaloo
A pose that strikes fear into the hearts of many.
Wasn’t filmed on stream, but I ended up in the pit somehow.
Opponent 4: Scoop Dog (whoop didi scoop)
My fourth opponent was Scoop Dog, a scoop lifter with eyes stuck on it. Sounds threatening right? What if I told you Whoop Didi Scoopitty (scoop dogg) had major drive issues throughout the event, and was driven using a phone app? For this, I stuck 3 sheets of card on.
Lord knows what it would’ve done with acetate…
It got flipped, and couldn’t drive upside down, then was pushed down the pit. (the only win it got was against another robot without a srimech)
Opponent 5: Firefox (where’s Chrome?)
This is where things get crazy. Firefox is a 90-degree servo flipper with massive forks. So, what did I do? Strap giant strips of card to my robot (to get under Firefox). They did work for a while.
yes
Until they pushed me down the pit.
Fight 6: Everyone Else In The PLAnts Competition (oh god what the hell)
Below is what Combustible Lemon looked like during the rumble.
why does this work
Horrible atrocity aside, I had to fight (no way) in order to stand my ground against many others. I made an entrance by flinging my robot into the arena.
but he said “chuck your robot in”!
It was absolute chaos watching the robots come in, and it hadn’t even started. But I had a plan.
Don’t target Skitterpuss, and for some reason attack High Five before the battle starts.
That was my plan.
As soon as the battle started, I had ended up in a pile-up of bots. After escaping said pile-up, Hercules 2 decided to give me a view of the OOTA zone. I managed to escape the grab because Fatal Deviant crashed into Hercules 2. I decided to grab High Five again because box, and Hercules 2 nearly did it again. I grabbed Huntsman, who stayed in my grip when Jungle Man flipped me. I knew something about High Five, though, because they would lead to my demise. (buried by robots in the pit).
Where to next?
Likely to the BBB Ant Social in March.
