User:CrashBash/Anniversary Rematch

I probably should have written this up sooner. Oh well, it only occurred to me recently, that the 20th of February was the anniversary of the very first episode of Robot Wars. To celebrate, and to drop an idea that's been going through my head for a little while now, I thought I'd do something to celebrate.

So, what better way to do it than to "redo" the very first series of Robot Wars, but with a more combat based fighting style AND the updated versions of the robots that competed.

Competiting Robots
Unchanged or Updated
 * Cruella
 * Dreadnaut XP1
 * Elvis
 * Killertron
 * Mortis
 * Plunderbird 5
 * Shogun
 * The Blob
 * Torque of the Devil
 * T.R.A.C.I.E.
 * Uglybot

Successors
 * 259
 * Beast of Bodmin
 * Cassius 2
 * Challenger 2
 * Chaos 2
 * Crusher
 * Diotoir
 * G.B.H. 2
 * Griffon
 * Leighviathan
 * Napalm 2
 * Pussycat
 * Rameses II
 * Sonic

Loanerbots
 * Bondi-Titch
 * Dynamite
 * Hoot
 * Humdrum
 * Rigby
 * Spike
 * Squirmin Vermin
 * Tiger Cat
 * Tut Tut
 * Vert-I-Go
 * Zanzara

Heat A
Robots Competing:
 * Beast of Bodmin (Roadblock) - Seed
 * Killertron
 * Sonic (Barry)
 * Shogun
 * Diotoir (Nemesis) - Seed
 * Zanzara (replacement for Grunt)

Round 1
 * Beast of Bodmin vs Sonic vs Zanzara - Actually a close call. I have no doubt Zanzara can slice through Beast of Bodmin's armour, but its high ground clearance and lack of a srimech could cost it. I suspect it could be flipped from the side, even if Bigger Brother didn't manage. Also, Sonic looks distinctly more stable
 * Diotoir vs Shogun vs Killertron - Yeah, I don't think I need to explain myself here

Round 2
 * Beast of Bodmin vs Killertron - Killertron may have a weight advantage this time, but its axe still falls short, and it has all the same problems it had when it faced Roadblock. Beast of Bodmin should be able to do the same
 * Diotoir vs Sonic - Not as humiliating as Chaos 2, but a similar story

Heat Final
 * Beast of Bodmin vs Diotoir - Hear me out here - I have my doubts that Diotoir will actually flip the wide Beast of Bodmin. However, it can lift it up and then push it around. Beast of Bodmin looked susceptable to being lifted up and pushed around, and Diotoir is a bit too wide to actually be flipped by means of wedge, and almost certainly by lifting arm too. It'll take a judges decision, with Diotoir only missing a few fur scraps.

To be continued, hopefully soon...if people like it, that is.