The Fights

Tin Lizzie Borden fought against 2 opponents in the individual competitions. We against both, resulting in the winning of the 50 pound title. The first opponent was Simon Arthur's Stingray II. This was the first fight of the new design and I was confident that I had fixed most of the previous year's performance issues. It was a close fight and I nearly lost it off the edge at least once. The lightening holes I had cut in the skirts last year were a liability when I became impaled on Stingray's spikes. The axe worked beautifully, punching numerous holes in the aluminum armor of Stingray. One of those holes actually pierced through the armor and into his battery. It made a small hole in the case, but did not cause a leak or affect battery performance. I proceded to punch numerous holes in his armor until I finally ran out of CO2. Then I called upon the power of the 6 drive motors and pushed Stingray off of the stage.

The second opponent was Chris Richer's Heap. This was a solidly built wood frame with multiple drive motors and wheels, as well as a sawblade. The first hit of the axe broke the joints holding his sawmotor in place. This did not disable it completely, but did make it less effective as it was not able to apply the needed pressure. I took a few scrapes from the saw, but no serious damage. In the end, it was a pushing match between us. My locking gearboxes and my frame digging into the stage gave me enough resistance to being pushed, that I was able to eventually push him off the stage.

In the Melee, I finally lost enough drive motors to be incapacitated. I was never pushed off the stage, but since I couldn't show motion, I forfeited.

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