General Carnage

Not to be confused with The General or General Chompsalot

General Carnage
Participation Information
UK Series	3, 5
Other Names	General Carnage 2 (Series 5)
Team Information
Team	Team Carnage
Team Members	Nigel Sealey Sarah Burton Nik Sealey (Series 5)
From	Hull (Series 3) Lothian Way, Hull (Series 5)
Other Entries	Prometheus (Series 2)
Robot Statistics
Weight	100kg
Dimensions	0.38m x 1.20m x 0.90m
Top Speed	10mph
Power	24V electric motor
Weapons	Flipper & spike
Statistics correct as of its most recent show/competition appearance, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

General Carnage was the name given to a pair of competitor robots that fought in Series 3 and 5 of Robot Wars. Both robots were entered by Team Carnage, who had previously competed in Series 2 with Prometheus. Whilst neither version of General Carnage was able to progress beyond the second round in either of the team's appearances, General Carnage 2 earned fame through becoming the fifth robot to throw another out of the arena, doing so in its first round battle in Series 5.

Versions of General Carnage

General Carnage

General Carnage

Team Carnage spent around £500 upgrading the armour and weaponry of their previous entry Prometheus, renaming the robot General Carnage. Like Prometheus, General Carnage was a large four-wheel drive box-wedge robot, though General Carnage's design was a cut-off wedge, as opposed to the front wedge of Prometheus. It was armed with windscreen wiper motors powering a slicing cutter at the tip of a long lifting arm. The robot's armour was fibreglass, and the robot was powered by two Sinclair C5 motors, which drove four wheels via skid-steer. The robot had no srimech, which led to its defeat in Round 2 to Behemoth.

General Carnage 2

General Carnage 2 with its flipper raised

Official photo for Series 5

General Carnage 2 was much improved, a large gold wedge with a powerful flipper with a series of hooked spikes on top, including one large one in the middle to allow the robot to self-right. It also had "shark teeth", similar to the fashion in which Reactor 2's 'flamp' clamped on opponents. Like the original General Carnage, the robot had Sinclair C5 motors, running on 24 volts. The fibreglass armour of the original was replaced with 2mm aluminium checker-plate.

"we have decided to use 2mm aluminium chequer plating as our cover. This is due to the power of other robots axes and Razer's awesome crushing abilities, and of course not forgetting Hypno-Disc`s spinning terror. We thought there was no point in using any fancy expensive carbon fibre materials as they all seem to be destroyable. So we are relying on my `superb driving skills` (ha)."

— General Carnage website on the new armour (edited)

At the Series 5 qualifiers, the team found the flipper wasn't strong enough, so they added an extra gas bottle. As a result, General Carnage 2 became the fifth robot to flip another robot out of the arena, doing so to Guzunderbot in Round 1 of Series 5. The new General Carnage fell in Round 2, just as its predecessor had, to previous Grand Finalist Stinger.

Qualification

General Carnage 2 after its qualifier battle with Mute

The original General Carnage successfully qualified for the Third Wars after attending the auditions.

Armed with a flipper only powered by one gas bottle, General Carnage 2 attended the qualifiers for the Fifth Wars, and was drawn in a battle against Mute. The fight was declared a draw, however only General Carnage 2 received a place in the main competition.

Robot History

Series 3

In Heat B of the Third Wars, General Carnage was drawn up against newcomer Robocow in the first round.

General Carnage engages in some Cow-Tipping

General Carnage lifts Robocow up near the flying sparks

It began by pushing Robocow, before slipping its pincers underneath and raising Robocow off the ground. It pushed it into Sgt. Bash, and then into the side wall, into an angle grinder. Robocow's spike was caught in the pincer of General Carnage, before being pushed into House Robots. Sir Killalot flipped Robocow, securing General Carnage's place in the next round of the heat.

However, General Carnage then had to face the previous Semi-Finalist Behemoth in the second round which did not prove to be a fortunate draw for General Carnage.

Behemoth quickly overturns General Carnage

Behemoth lifts Dead Metal while General Carnage lays upless on its back

Sir Killalot drops General Carnage into the pit

It took just sixteen seconds of fighting for Behemoth to overturn General Carnage in this battle, General Carnage couldn't self-right because it had no srimech, and was deemed immobilised, eliminating it from the competition. The small rear axes of Behemoth then struck at the defeated machine. After getting sliced by Dead Metal, General Carnage was righted by Shunt and quickly attempted to pit house robot Sergeant Bash who got stuck on the edge of the pit, but was attacked by Shunt, who made a deep hole on the shell, and then ultimately pitted by Sir Killalot himself.

"I thought we weren't going to win the battle, so I saw Bash on the edge of that pit, so I thought maybe I could just give him a nudge and say hello."

— Nigel Sealey

Series 5

In the first round of the Fifth Wars, a new version of General Carnage was placed up against newcomer Guzunderbot.

General Carnage 2 turns Guzunderbot over

General Carnage 2 hurls Guzunderbot over the wall

General Carnage 2 made its way over to Guzunderbot, which moved backwards and forwards near its starting position next to the Pit. After Guzunderbot spun around on the spot, General Carnage 2 slipped underneath Guzunderbot, which fired its weapon in response. This did little to halt General Carnage 2's attack though, as Guzunderbot was toppled after General Carnage 2 used its flipper and then followed through with a drive. With Guzunderbot using its weaponry in vain to attempt to self-right, General Carnage 2 came in with another flip which turned Guzunderbot over the sidewall and out of the arena, securing its place in the next round.

"Peter Ellis, a train driver by profession, needs to get Guzunderbot back on the rails...No chance! You're over and out Mr. Ellis! The signal, green for go for General Carnage!"

— Jonathan Pearce as General Carnage 2 lifts Guzunderbot over the arena wall

In the second round General Carnage 2 was placed up against the number five seed Stinger.

General Carnage 2 flips Stinger

Stinger watches on as General Carnage sits motionless

Both machines cautiously edged towards each other after activate was called, before General Carnage 2 turned Stinger over with its flipper. Stinger responded by connecting with two blows to the side and top of General Carnage 2, but the unseeded machine held its own as it flipped Stinger once more. In the following moments, both machines connected with attacks from their weapons, before General Carnage 2 came to a halt after one of Stinger's spinning attacks.

"It can get up to 10 miles per hour, they tell me - by the next millennium it looks like."

— Jonathan Pearce as General Carnage stops moving

Refbot carries out his countdown of General Carnage 2

Sir Killalot carries General Carnage 2 to its doom

Stinger had managed to knock loose the power link of General Carnage 2. Unable to show any movement, General Carnage 2 was counted out by Refbot, as Stinger continued to hit General Carnage with its mace. Once the count was complete, punishment duties were handed over to the House Robots, and General Carnage 2 saw itself axed by Shunt and then thrown by the Floor Flipper. Sir Killalot then carried out the finishing touches on General Carnage 2, as it dumped it down into the Pit of Oblivion, leaving General Carnage 2 eliminated at the heat semi-final stage once more.

Results

Wins/Losses

• Wins: 2
• Losses: 2

Series Record

Series	General Carnage Series Record
The First Wars	Did not enter
The Second Wars	Entered with Prometheus
The Third Wars	Heat, Round 2
The Fourth Wars	Did not enter
The Fifth Wars	Heat, Round 2
The Sixth Wars	Did not enter
The Seventh Wars	Did not enter
Series 8	Did not enter
Series 9	Did not enter
Series 10	Did not enter

Gallery

Team Carnage show the insides of General Carnage

The insides of General Carnage 2

The insides of General Carnage 2 (rear)

General Carnage 2 before being painted

General Carnage 2 in the arena

Team Carnage in Series 5

Trivia

Official Series 3 photo

• General Carnage 2 is one of four robots to throw a robot out of the arena but not make the Heat Final in that series, alongside Big Nipper, Eruption and Behemoth.
  • General Carnage 2 is the only one of the four never to reach a Heat Final in any series.
• General Carnage is the only robot from the East Riding of Yorkshire to win a battle.
• Both of General Carnage's victories saw it face a newcomer and both of its defeats saw it face a veteran and semi-finalist from the previous series.
  • Both robots that beat General Carnage (Behemoth and Stinger) then lost their next battle to the heat winner, and also fought each other in Robot Wars Extreme twice.
• General Carnage 2 has the highest proportion of out of the Arena flips to how many battles it fought in, at 50% (though this is largely because it fought in two battles and flipped out its opponent in one).