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Towering inferno SF2002

Towering Inferno's Season 5.0 appearance.

"The audience and judges love noise, speed, originality, and carnage potential. Towering Inferno is an attempt to combine all of those qualities in a package unlike any other previously seen in a competition."
— Jason Bardis, on his choice of design for Towering Inferno

Towering Inferno was a robot designed to be a pair of wheels with two small hammers attached to the ends. It was a heavyweight built by Inferno Labs. It never got far but was a very memorable design. It was named so because it was 29 inches in height, much taller than most of the other heavyweights.

Towering Inferno was originally going to compete in Robotica, but the team decided otherwise and entered Mini Inferno instead. Towering Inferno was designed to tackle robots that won any season: Biohazard, Vlad, Voltarc etc. Towering Inferno was "unpinnable, unflippable" and designed to hammer down on the robots it was designed for.

Robot History

Season 3.0

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Towering Inferno's Season 3.0 appearance

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Towering Inferno gets it's axe on top of Nerd Killer.

Towering Inferno's first match was against Nerd Killer. Both robots went straight at each other and Towering Inferno started hitting the top of Nerd Killer with it's hammers. Towering Inferno was then pushed against the corner of the arena by Nerd Killer and Nerd Killer tried to lift Towering Inferno. Nerd Killer pushed Towering Inferno against the arena wall again and Towering Inferno got it's right axe on the top of Nerd Killer. However, the axe was stuck on Nerd Killer and was dragged around the arena by Nerd Killer. About 30 seconds left into the match, Towering Inferno finally got it's axe free and both robots were having control issues before the time ran out. Towering Inferno won on a close 23-22 judge's decision and advanced to the TV rounds, where it faced Bad Dog.

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Bad Dog gets stuck on the entrance ramp while fighting Towering Inferno.

Both robots went straight at each other and Towering Inferno started hitting the top of Bad Dog with it's hammers. Bad Dog tried to push Towering Inferno to the killsaws and the pulverizer, but Towering Inferno barely missed both arena hazards. Bad Dog then accidentally got itself stuck on the entrance ramp and Towering Inferno hits Bad Dog once before it was counted out. Towering Inferno won by KO and advanced to the round of 32, where it faced frenZy

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FrenZy and Towering Inferno exchange blows.

Both robots went straight at each other and frenZy started hitting Towering Inferno with it's hammer, as Towering Inferno was hitting frenZy with it's hammers. frenZy later pushed Towering Inferno against the spikestrip and Towering Inferno stopped moving as its custom welds failed, dislodging the drive train. Towering Inferno was counted out and frenZy won by KO. This meant that Towering Inferno was eliminated.

Towering Inferno wasn't finished, however, as it participated the heavyweight consolation rumble at the end of the tournament. It was one of few robots still moving in the end, but it lost overall to Little Sister and Kill-O-Amp.

Season 4.0

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Towering Inferno's Season 4.0 appearance.

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Towering Inferno hits MechaVore.

Due to previously competing in Season 3.0, Towering Inferno was allowed to skip the preliminary rounds of Season 4.0, where it faced MechaVore. The first hit from MechaVore caused a shower of sparks and tore the head of one of Towering Inferno's hammers clean off. It attacked again, throwing Towering Inferno across the BattleBox and taking a huge part of one of its wheels out. With Towering Inferno all but immobile, MechaVore went after the decapitated part of the wheel, sending it flying. It then rendered Towering Inferno's other hammer useless, stopping its blade in the process, but the battle was already won and Towering Inferno was counted out. MechaVore won by KO and Towering Inferno was eliminated.

Towering Inferno wasn't finished, however, as it participated the heavyweight consolation rumble at the end of the tournament.

Season 5.0

Towering Inferno, unfortunately, was no longer seeded for this tournament and therefore had to go through the preliminary rounds again. It's first and only match in Season 5.0 was against Ripkin. After it took multiple hits from Ripkin, the time ran out and Ripkin won on a 27-18 judge's decision. This meant that Towering Inferno was eliminated again.

Wins/Losses

  • Wins: 2
  • Losses: 3
Wins Losses
Season 3.0

Nerd Killer

Bad Dog

frenZy
Season 4.0 None MechaVore
Season 5.0 None Ripkin
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