User blog:BizarroKing/Series 7 Redux: Heat A

The seventh wars are officially underway! The question is, who among the 128 eligible robots will make a name for themselves and claim the title this year? Here we go with Heat A!

Firestorm 5 (1) vs Shell Shock vs B.O.D. vs Rick
House Robots: Mr. Psycho and Growler

The Seventh Wars is underway and the reigning champs look to start strong by driving right into B.O.D. and overturns them easily. Rick drives around and nearly gets underneath Shell Shock to flip them over as well, but the robot gets away and drives into the pit release. Firestorm 5 pushes the overturned B.O.D into the CPZ of Mr. Psycho where the house robot delivers a blow from it's massive hammer while Refbot begins to count them out. Shell Shock ends up getting flipped over by Rick, who drives too close to Firestorm and overturned as well; Thankfully they are able to self-right themselves, but Shell Shock wasn't as lucky and is slowly counted out by Refbot just like B.O.D was. The fight ends with Growler pushing immobilized B.O.D into the pit with Rick pushing Shell Shock on top of them.

Qualified: Firestorm 5 and Rick

Trax vs Niterider vs Infernal Contraption vs The Grim Reaper
House Robots: Sgt. Bash and Sir Killalot

Trax tries to get under Infernal Contraption and flip it but misses and the spinning drum attacks their side. The Grim Reaper gets under Niterider and flips them over, but the invertible design allows them to fight on and rams into the wheel of Infernal Contraption. Trax attempts another attack and ends up getting attacked by Infernal Contraption again, apparently causing their flipping arm to stop working. It would be evident when The Grim Reaper flips Trax over and they are unable to self-right themselves. Niterider slams into Reaper while trying to activate their 'disemboweling' spike to little avail. Trax ends up getting counted out by Refbot, leaving them out and the remaining three continue on with Infernal Contraption getting flipped around a bit by GR and Niterider activates the pit release. They ram into Infernal Contraption, hoping to pit them, but fail and are flipped by the Reaper once more, allowing IC to get away and do some damage to the side of Niterider nearly pushes them into the pit. However, CEASE is called with the remaining three robots still mobile so the judges make their decision to who advances. They rule that Niterider was the least aggressive of the remaining three so they are voted out.

Qualified: Infernal Contraption and The Grim Reaper

Firestorm 5 (1) vs Infernal Contraption
House Robots: Shunt and Dead Metal

Team Firestorm actually seem a bit concerned about facing a robot like Infernal Contraption with it's spinning drum and invertible design, but nonetheless they start with a bang by immediately driving underneath IC and flips it around a bit. The drum on Infernal Contraption seems to only be working at half the speed as it slams into the champs, not doing a whole lot of damage and looks to be trying to push them into one of the CPZs. Firestorm gets under them again with incredible speed and pushes them into the wall. With one flip, Infernal Contraption is sent over and out.

Winner: Firestorm 5

The Grim Reaper vs Rick
House Robots: Matilda and Dead Metal

Both robots slam into each other upon ACTIVATE! In a interesting choice of strategy, Rick apparently decides to use it's spinning blade instead of the flipper on the Reaper, who nearly overturns it on the first flip. Rick gets back onto it's wheels and pushes into the GR and flips it over, only to have the Reaper self-right itself and back into Rick, pushing them towards Matilda. Said house robot flicks Rick around with her tusks and pushes them around, nearly leaving the CPZ in the process, but Refbot stops her and Rick goes back over to The Grim Reaper, only to get flipped right over. Rick tries to right themselves over but have some trouble doing so; the first flip fails but the second one successfully gets Rick over and back to GR. The match ends before a decisive winner is made, so the judges have to vote (with The Grim Reaper's mascot watching them carefully). Perhaps said mascot intimidated the judges a bit because they ultimately go for the Grim Reaper.

Winner: The Grim Reaper

Firestorm 5 (1) vs The Grim Reaper
House Robots: Matilda and Shunt

Firestorm swerves around as The Grim Reaper drives towards it, dodging it and nearly getting underneath of it to flip. Reaper gets away nearly gets under the back of Firestorm but just misses flipping it as the seeds get away and pushes it's foe towards Shunt, flipping it onto it's back in the process. Shunt nails GR with it's axe a few times before they self-right and go after Firestorm again, slamming into the pit release possibly as a attempt to pit the champions. Firestorm gets under The Grim Reaper again and flips them over once more. As they try to self-right again, Firestorm apparently tries to get them Out of the arena like they did in the last two fights, but fail to do so; instead they push the Reaper into Matilda who gets a good blow with it's flywheel before CEASE! Since The Grim Reaper was never deemed immobilized, the Judges once again vote; unanimously, the champions get the victory and are the 1st ones off to the series semi finals.

Heat Winner: Firestorm 5