Spawn Again

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Spawn Again
Spawn Again from Series 7
Participation Information
UK Series	5-7, Extreme 1-2
US Series	1
Team Information
Team	Team Scutterbots
Team Members	Darren Hayden-Ball Luke Jackman Graham Warner (Series 5, Extreme 1)
Other Entries	Scutter's Revenge (Series 3) Spawn of Scutter (Series 4)
Robot Statistics
Weight	99kg
Dimensions	0.90m x 1.02m x 0.70m
Power	2 x 750w Electric Motors
Weapons	CO2 Flipper
Robot statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show

Spawn Again was a large black wedge-shaped robot with a powerful rear-hinged flipper. The flipper was enormously powerful, having the ability to throw opponents clean out of the arena, but often flipped itself over during stationary flips, due to the immense pressure released from the flipper. A rollcage was added to the back of the robot in Series 6. It competed in Series 5, 6 and 7, reaching the semi-finals of the earlier two series. Despite the success rate, the Spawn Again robot was well known for its lack of reliability; the robot often lost after breaking down or suffering mechanical problems. The team also competed in Series 3 with Scutter's Revenge, and in Series 4 with Spawn of Scutter.

Contents 1 Robot History 1.1 Extreme 1 1.2 Series 5 1.3 Series 6 1.4 Extreme 2 1.5 Series 7 1.6 US Season 1 2 Results 2.1 Wins/Losses 3 Series Record

[edit] Robot History

[edit] Extreme 1

Spawn Again fought in the Tag-Team Terror alongside Comengetorix, the sucessor to Vercingetorix who Team Scutterbots beat in Series 4 with their previous robot Spawn of Scutter. Spawn Again only managed to get one flip on Major Tom where its flipper jammed open for the rest of the fight after and Major Tom was righted by its teammate, but didn't move after that which allowed Spawn Again and Comengetorix through. In The Semi-Final, they faced Diotior & Pussycat (who replaced Diotior's team-mate Mega Morg due to technical problems). Spawn Again was the first out with Pussycat, Spawn Again couldn't catch up with Pussycat, it was too fast and missed the first flip on it. However, did manage to flip Pussycat into the CPZ with Matilda but Pussycat escaped. After all four of the robots were out in the arena fighting, Spawn Again unfortunatly broke down and was counted out eliminating the tag team from the competition.

[edit] Series 5

Spawn Again was seeded number 13, relatively low for a semi-finalist from last year. However, it was no underdog, as it soundly defeated Hydra, throwing it around repeatedly each time the other robot tried to self-right, until it finally broke down. Twenty seconds was all it took to defeat Evolution, and it flipped it over, before sliding under and tossing it out of the arena. Another convincing win saw it face Diotoir in the Heat Final. It flipped the Irish robot, and Diotoir's attempts to self-right were in vain. Spawn Again was through to the finals.

Spawn Again met Razer, who pierced its flipper and pitted it. It failed to redeem itself in the Loser's Melee, where it was immobilised and pitted. It was eliminated, along with Wild Thing, putting S3 back into the wars.

[edit] Series 6

This time around seeded number 10, the lowest ranked semi-finalist from the previous year, Spawn Again didn't set the arena ablaze in its first battle towards its Sixth Wars campaign. It threw Tiberius over but it was Supernova doing the bulk of the work in its first round (destroying Spawn Again in the process). In its second round it couldn't get its flipper to work but fortunatly its opponent Spam drove itself into the pit. Matched up Supernova again for the heat final Spawn Again's flipper finally found its form and it was able to overcome Supernova.

Despite beating Supernova it still seemed to be suffering problems from the two encounters in the Semi-Finals and failed to make any impression on Terrorhurtz, however in the losers melee it played a huge part in taking out favourite Hypno-Disc and almost flipped Bigger Brother out of the arena before its flipper jammed and its old problems seemed to set in giving the victory to Bigger Brother.

[edit] Extreme 2

Spawn Again competed in the All-Stars against Hypno-Disc and Dominator 2. It was seen as something of an underdog, due to its poor reliability rate throughout the sixth wars, but it held its own for the fight and flipped Hypno-Disc onto its back. Eventually, despite the robot's self righting arm, Hypno-Disc couldn't get back on its wheels and Spawn Again went through. Despite a valiant effort against Razer, the World Champions were just too much for Spawn Again to overcome and it sustained a lot of damage and was eliminated.

[edit] Series 7

This time seeded 6th Spawn Again made a very impressive start by throwing Chip out of the arena in the opening seconds of its first round from quite a way from the wall. In their second round against R.O.C.S. they couldn't quite match their success in the opening battle but won regardless when it flipped R.O.C.S. over enough times to stop their srimech functioning properly. In its Heat Final against Raging Knightmare (A rematch from Series 4) the robot leapt quickly out of the traps before a small screw was seen flying out of the ram and then the ram exploded spectacularly, sending CO2 gas everywhere. With no flipper and the ram hanging out the front of the robot Spawn Again dashed for the pit release but missed and got the end of the ram wedged underneath the arena wall leaving it as an open target for Raging Knightmare to attack. They failed at getting them out of the arena on their first attempt, leaving Spawn Again balancing on the arena wall, before being flipped out completely. This was the first time Spawn Again had failed to reach the series semi finals.

[edit] US Season 1

Spawn Again represented the UK in the War of Independence. However, it took one blow from US robot The Joker and lost all drive mobility, before being counted out.

[edit] Results

SPAWN AGAIN - RESULTS
UK Series
Extreme Series 1
Tag Team Terror Competing with Comengetorix, Semi-Final
Round 1	vs. Bigger Brother & Major Tom	Won
Semi-Final	vs. Pussycat & Diotoir	Lost
Series 5
The Fifth Wars - UK Championship 13th Seed, Semi-Final Round 1
Heat G, Eliminator	vs. Hydra	Won
Heat G, Semi-Final	vs. Evolution	Won
Heat G, Final	vs. Diotoir	Won
Semi-Final 1, Round 1	vs. Razer (4)	Lost
Semi-Final 1, Losers Melee	vs. S3, Wild Thing (9)	Lost
Series 6
The Sixth Wars - UK Championship 10th Seed, Semi-Final Round 1
Heat H, Round 1	vs. Supernova, Short Circuit, Tiberius 3	Qualified
Heat H, Round 2	vs. Spam	Won
Heat H, Final	vs. Supernova	Won
Semi-Final 1, Round 1	vs. Terrorhurtz	Lost
Semi Final 1, Losers Melee	vs. Hypno-Disc (4), Bigger Brother (2)	Lost
Extreme Series 2
All Stars Quarter Final
Round 1	vs. Dominator 2, Hypno-Disc	Qualified
Quarter Final	vs. Razer	Lost
Series 7
The Seventh Wars - UK Championship 6th Seed, Heat Final
Heat N, Round 1	vs. Chip, Neater Machine, Revenge of Trouble & Strife	Qualified
Heat N, Round 2	vs. R.O.C.S.	Won
Heat N, Final	vs. Raging Knightmare	Lost
US Series
Season 1
War of Independence Representing UK, First Round
Eliminator	vs. Joker (USA)	Lost

[edit] Wins/Losses

• UK Wins: 10
• UK Losses: 8
• US Wins: 0
• US Losses: 1

[edit] Series Record

• Series 1-2: Did not enter
• Series 3: Entered with Scutter's Revenge
• Series 4: Entered with Spawn of Scutter
• Series 5: Semi-Finals, Round 1
• Series 6: Semi-Finals, Round 1
• Series 7: Heat Final