'The Fishstick From Guam (sometimes shortened to just Fishstick) was a featherweight that appeared in the 1997 US Championship where it performed well getting to the quarter finals after beating The Little Green and No Love before losing to Spike II.
Design[]
The Fishstick From Guam was two wheeled, armourless robot hexagonal robot. The robot featured three spikes at the back of the robot and its main weapon was an overhead flail featuring small hammers at the ends which could spin up to the speed of 180RPM. The robot also featured a small flag that could raise up and down during fights as an extra bit of entertainment.
Robot History[]
1997 US Championship[]
In the first round of the featherweight face-off, The Fishstick From Guam faced The Little Green. The Fishstick from Guam immediately spun up its overhead flails, but was momentarily destabilized when The Little Green approached and brushed past it. Colliding with the wall, The Little Green ponderously turned around and backed into Keith Gould's machine, recoiling into the bumper on impact. Though considerably slower than its opponent, The Fishstick from Guam proceeded to hit The Little Green multiple times, constantly disrupting the latter's ramming attempts.[1][2]
One such exchange resulted in The Little Green backing into an arena flipper. Multiple strikes from the hazard were enough to lift and dislodge the cooling fan inside David H.W. Koo's entry, which again backed into The Fishstick from Guam, then another flipper. Another head-to-head exchange between both competitors followed. On this occasion, The Fishstick from Guam smashed The Little Green and bent its diamond saw out of shape. A lack of on-off switch meant that the saw, while stalled, was still active, causing it to overheat. Smoke began pouring from inside The Little Green as it circled around and kept driving backwards into The Fishstick from Guam.[1][2]
Following another collision with The Fishstick From Guam, The Little Green stopped moving altogether and continued smoking, its electronics 'fried' as a direct result of the stalled saw. The Fishstick From Guam powered its weapon down and slowly drove around in circles, celebrating by waving its own 'victory flag'.[1][2]
In the Winner's Bracket, Second Round, The Fishstick From Guam faced No Love. No Love quickly drove under the flailing Fishstick from Guam, sending the latter shaking into the right wall. Kenneth C. Rose's machine backed out, spun around and retreated, before ramming its opponent a second time. The Fishstick from Guam kept hitting No Love in response, and followed it to the center. Though No Love kept ramming The Fishstick from Guam, it evidently started suffering control issues as it turned into the right-most flipper and walls.[3][4]
Following two collisions with Cambot - on the opposite side of the arena - No Love stopped and began smoking copiously. A spurt of forward movement lead to a thicker cloud of smoke, and No Love becoming completely immobilized. Powering its weapon down, The Fishstick from Guam was also suffering control issues of its own as it stood near the center. Blown speed controllers left Keith Gould's robot in 'an uncontrolled slow clockwise spin' as well as its own cloud of smoke. As Cambot recorded The Fishstick from Guam's movements, it became clear that neither robot was fully functional.[3][4]
Though No Love had been immobile for over the maximum 30 seconds, no decision was initially reached on the battle's outcome. Eventually, after some apparent confusion, all other teams in attendance were instructed to switch off their radio devices, to prove whether interference was affecting both robots. This did not improve the state of No Love or The Fishstick from Guam, and a Judges' decision was ultimately called. Since No Love had become immobilized first, The Fishstick from Guam was declared the winner.[3][4]

Spike II flips The Fishstick From Guam over
In the Quarter Finals, The Fishstick From Guam faced Spike II. Early on, Spike II became stranded on debris left behind from a previous battle and needed unsticking. A temporary pause was carried out to free Andrew Lindsey's machine, after which it began an aggressive driving strategy to try and turn The Fishstick from Guam over. In response, The Fishstick from Guam hit Spike II multiple times, denting and disrupting the movements of its much smaller opponent.[5][6]
As the battle ran its course, the sustained hits wore down the mechanism for The Fishstick from Guam's flails. With less than a minute remaining, Spike II finally drove underneath, lifted and pushed The Fishstick from Guam into the wall. Contact from a nearby arena flipper jolted Keith Gould's machine onto its back, where it was unable to self-right. Both robots took a battering from the flipper paddle, with Spike II - arm raised - pushing the inverted Fishstick from Guam out of the hazard's reach. The Fishstick from Guam spun around on its weapon assembly; a flash and a cloud of smoke rose from the machine as a wire shorted out and its batteries malfunctioned. Spike II, after taking another swipe from the flipper, spun around and whacked its defeated opponent in victory.[5][6]
Results[]
THE FISHSTICK FROM GUAM - RESULTS | ||
Robot Wars: 1997 Championship | ||
Featherweight Face-Off Quarter Finalist | ||
Round 1 | vs. The Little Green | Won |
Winner's Bracket Round 2 | vs. No Love | Won |
Quarter Finals | vs. Spike II | Lost |
Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 2
- Losses: 1
Series Record[]
Events | The Fishstick From Guam Event Record |
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1994 | Did Not Enter |
1995 | Did Not Enter |
1996 | Did not Enter |
1997 | Featherweight Quarter Finals |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 'Robot Wars 1997 Featherweight match: Fishstick from Guam versus Little Green', Andrew Lindsey (YouTube), uploaded April 15 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 'MATCH: THE FISHSTICK FROM GUAM VS THE LITTLE GREEN', Team Spike website (archived)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 'Robot Wars 1997 Featherweight match: Fishstick from Guam versus No Love', Andrew Lindsey (YouTube), April 19 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 'MATCH: THE FISHSTICK FROM GUAM VS NO LOVE', Team Spike website (archived)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 'MATCH: SPIKE II VS THE FISHSTICK FROM GUAM', Team Spike website (archived)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 'Robot Wars 1997 Featherweight match: Spike 2 versus The Fishstick from Guam', Andrew Lindsey (YouTube), uploaded May 6 2021
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