Saturday, July 16, 2022

Story Post: Bout #6: Hard Hat vs Annoy-o-Tron [SingularByte vs Trapdoorspyder]

Iiiiiiiin position 4, the yellow dome with the steamtrain nose, sporting a new loadout based on its brand new Cattle Catcher attachment: it’s HARD HAT! In the pit there we can see operator SingularByte, waving and smiling at fans.

OPPOSING HIM! Fresh from being plunged out of bounds by the current top seed Sunrise, and similarly reworked - now spinning under a domed shell to prevent flipping - it’s ANNOY-O-TRON! Team Trapdoorspyder gives a brief salute to the crowd before turning back to the arena, perfectly focused.

A hush descends, and then: ACTION!

Hard Hat leaps forward first, closing in on its enemy nine spaces to position 13! But this is a tactical error as it brings the yellow dome right into the range of Annoy-o-Tron’s axe, WHICH IS BROUGHT DOWN WITH A SICKENING CRASH! A huge crack can be seen in Hard Hat’s high-viz exterior but the safety equipment with the most is still spinning!

Now SingularByte makes his play - gearing up to ramming speed with its Cattle Catcher it slams into Annoy-o-Tron! Trapdoorspyder jams forward on its control stick but even after having been slightly damaged by Annoy-o-Tron’s axe the superior output of Hard Hat’s big hydrolic engine simply overpowers Annoy-o-Tron’s smaller motor! Oh - Hard Hat is shoving its opponent to the gutters at the edge of the arena! He’s going for the big ring out! Does Annoy-o-Tron have no answer to this? It doesn’t look like he does! Annoy-o-Tron is teetering on the edge! Nothing can save it - over it goes!

But no! Hard Hat has over-egged it! The sudden release of tension jolts Hard Hat forward - and over it goes as well! It’s a double-KO by Out of Bounds!

The judges confer in the booth. In this situation the resolution is clear - you have to look at the overall condition of the Bot post-bout. Hard Hat has an average Condition of 88% after taking that big axe hit, and while both bots were scratched in their push-battle, Annoy-o-Tron is otherwise unscathed - despite being made from second-hand components, it is evaluated at an impressive 95% Condition.

After an examination, the judges call it:

Annoy-o-Tron wins on TKO!

The viewership for this Bout was 1 to Hard Hat vs 3 to Annoy-o-Tron

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