Robo Rally Recap

Challengers: Dan, Greg, Kim, Scott M, Scott Mc

Robo Rally was the first game of the night. Dan and Scott Mc picked the map and they chose "Island Hop". Island Hop is a pretty interesting map because it had good placement of the flags, and plenty of pits and walls to mess your registers up. There was multiple times when people didn't see a wall and their turn was going to be a mess because of it. 

On to the game. Kim was the first victim of the night, a mess up with calculating the conveyer belt meant a move directly into the pit... oops. Greg decided to start off shooting Scott Mc on every turn, and since that wasn't killing him fast enough he eventually was able to get into position to push him off the board. Scott Mc probably would have complained, except for the fact he had 5 damage in the first couple of turns and it saved him a power down. Dan and Scott M chose to go straight for the #1 flag, who would have thought that was a good strategy! Dan was the first person to the #1 flag, but on his next turn he had some register issues and drove himself into the pit, this was one of the few opportunities to catch Dan because he brought his Robo Rally "A" game this month and was on a mission to win. 

After Dan was on his way to the #2 flag, the rest of the crew were bunching up on the #1 flag, there were a lot of laser shots and bots getting pushed around. Greg did some fine register programming and was able to archive at the #1 flag next. Scott M had a very lucky moment and after getting pushed around like a pinball bumper, he received the very helpful push from Kim to the #1 flag! But Scott M's luck would end there as Greg committed suicide and pushed both himself and Scott M off the board which left a clear path for Kim to archive on the #1 flag. This caused a pause in the game as we went back to the rules to determine what happens when someone is on the #1 flag and their are two bots that need to use that archive marker to get back in the game. 

After the rules were cleared up, everyone started their progression to the #2 flag, which Dan had already touched and was moving to the final #3 flag. Scott Mc who had had the very rough start showed up late to the action and had an easier time getting the #1 flag...finally. Greg, Kim and Scott M had been charging to the #2 flag and pushing and fighting all the way. Scott M and Greg finally had some pushes and registers not go well for them, and Kim charged in and got to the #2 flag. 

Dan who had dominated the game reached the #3 flag on the same register that Scott Mc sneaked in and got to the #2 flag. Good job Dan!

The final standings were: Dan, Kim, Scott Mc, Greg, Scott M

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