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Dark Ripper

Dark Ripper as it appeared for Robogames 2018.

"30 Pound weapon? We have a 100 pound shell on Doomba, get on my level Russ."
— Adam Wrigley of Bots FC playfully taunting Russ Barrow on their robots similar weapon to weight mass.

Dark Ripper is a Lightweight robot built by Team Dark Forces for Robogames 2018. It was a scaled-up version of Russ's two time Antweight Silver Medalist Dark Pounder. As a result, it was a two-wheeled, silver, wedge-shaped robot, and it was armed with a powerful 25lb vertical flywheel.

Unfortunately despite being considered as a strong contender for the Gold in 2018, Dark Ripper suffered severe mechanical issues in its first fight, and was unable to be repaired in time afterwards.

Robot History[]

Robogames 2018[]

Dark Ripper is slammed into the wall by Mrs Plow

Dark Ripper gets slammed into the wall by Mrs. Plow

Dark Ripper's first match was against Mrs. Plow, this match started with Mrs. Plow charging out of the red square as Dark Ripper struggled to get up to speed. Mrs. Plow then slammed into the blade of Dark Ripper, which was barely moving, and pinning it against the wall. Dark Ripper got free, and attempted to spin up, barely getting to a good speed but then the flywheel stopped, and it started emitting smoke.

"Yeah looks like Dark Ripper is having trouble with its drive it looks like. He can drive without spinning the weapon, but once it tries to spin up the weapon its not moving anywhere."
— Scott Robinson

It became clear at this point that Dark Ripper was having issues driving, and spinning at the same time so Russ either turned the weapon off, to try to outwedge Mrs. Plow. However Mrs. Plow got behind Dark Ripper, and slammed it into the wall where it got stuck, and was counted out, and sent to the loser's bracket where it was supposed to face Wurst Nightmare. However the mechanical problems proved too large, and Dark Ripper was forced to forfeit the match, eliminating it from the competition.

Wins/Losses[]

Competition Event Opponent(s) Round Results
Robogames 2018 60lb Combat Mrs. Plow Round of 24 Lost
bye bye
Wurst Nightmare Lost (forfeit)
  • Wins: 0
  • Losses: 2
  • Byes: 1

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