Anticide

**Anticide** is a rear-hinged flipper-user that competed from AWS 14 all the way to AWS 60. It became champion in its first, sixth, eighth, ninth, twelfth, fifteenth and twentieth year, and runner-up in AWS 39.

## Robot History

### AWS 14

Anticide's first ever fight begins with Anty B and Duff. Anticide was unable to do much and got pushed off the arena by Duff.

Its first opponent for the main tournament was Cannon Fodder. Cannon Fodder attacks, but is scooped and pushed off the arena, so Anticide won.

Next was Resurrected. Anticide had the lower ramp and forces Resurrected into the wall, tipping it over. Resurrected escapes and grabs hold right in front of Anticide's right-wheel, then pushes it off the arena. Anticide lost and was now in the loser's bracket.

Now it had Zenith. Zenith lands one hit, but Anticide forces it off the arena, so Anticide stays in contention.

Next up was Rampant. Anticide scoops Rampant and immediately gets it off the arena, winning in quick time.

The next opponent was Antrax. Anticide was able to scoop Antrax several times and pinned it at the wall, before forcing it over and beating it and moving to the quarterfinals.

Next comes Mutant. Immediately Anticide pushes Mutant off the arena, winning and moving itself to the semifinals.

Now it had Psycho Ant. At first they mostly drove around each other, but Psycho Ant tried to push Anticide toward the arena's edge, but Anticide escapes. Psycho Ant pins Anticide and almost grabs it, but Anticide escapes again. Psycho Ant scoops up and again pins Anticide and this time grabs hold, then tries to take Anticide to the arena's edge, but Anticide escapes again. After some driving, Psycho Ant flips Anticide but drives off the arena, so Anticide won and was in the finals.

Only Chicken Porsche remained in the way now. The two drove around and Chicken Porsche flips Anticide upside-down, not that it had any effect. Chicken Porsche tries to flip again but missed and Anticide wedges itself under the flipper while pushing Chicken Porsche off the arena, so Anticide was the champion of Series 14.

Anticide wasn't done though and participated in a mega melee with Anticide Kick, Chronotrigger and Duff, plus opponents it had just beaten in the series: Zenith, Rampant, Cannon Fodder and Chicken Porsche. Anticide went for Chicken Porsche and already outlives Cannon Fodder and Duff. It then tries to attack Zenith but switches to Anticide Kick, only to flip itself. It then got flipped around by Chicken Porsche, and pushes Rampant off the arena, then found Anticide Kick the last opponent left. Anticide flips Anticide Kick and then pushes it off the arena, winning the melee.

### AWS 16

   Anticide's first opponent this year was Flippt!. Anticide charged into Flippt! pushing it back against the arena side wall, however Flippt! pushed back and attempted to flip Anticide out of the arena, failing to do so. Anticide then gained the upper hand and pushed Flippt! towards the arena edge, but once more Flippt! pushed back. Both robots pushed against each other and circled around one another before Flippt! rammed Anticide against the side wall and flipped Anticide out.

Next was Devil's Advocate. Devil's Advocate hardly got going as Anticide charged in and pushed Devil's Advocate against the side wall. Anticide circled around before getting underneath and eventually flipping Devil's Advocate over onto its side. Slowly, Anticide began to push and eventually succeeded to push Devil's Advocate off.

Next was the new DBA Evo. Anticide scoops DBA Evo and sends it into the wall, but DBA Evo flips Anticide. DBA Evo continues to attack, flipping Anticide repetitively until chucking it out of the arena, so Anticide lost and was eliminated.

Anticide wasn't done though and participates in the tag team with Zenith, and their first opponents were Anto-X and again DBA Evo. Anticide quickly homes in on the latter for payback, but Anto-X attacks and Zenith had been flipped and is left stuck, leaving Anticide to battle alone. Even so Anticide fights hard and sends DBA Evo off the arena. Anto-X tries to attack, but Anticide sends it over the wall, winning the fight.

Next were Eggman and the familiar Chicken. Anticide was having torque trouble but attacks Eggman and sends it packing, only to fall with it. Luckily Chicken died while Zenith remained functional, so Zenith and Anticide win.

Now they had Voodoo and Smartant 1. Anticide attacks Smartant 1, but decides to switch to Voodoo. Unfortunately Zenith gets outed by Smartant 1, but Anticide immediately avenges its teammate by sending Smartant 1 down right after, leaving it with only Voodoo. While driving around Voodoo accidentally reversed off the arena, making Anticide and Zenith the tag team champions.

Both robots also fought in the red-nose melee with R.O.N.N.Y. and Pants, plus the familiar faces of Chicken, Rampant, Antrax, Duff, Cannon Fodder and Anto-X. Anticide attacks Duff, then Anto-X. It gets attacked itself by Duff who forces it off the arena. It lost to Chicken in the end.

Anticide joined in the second red-nose melee with all from the first, though this also had DBA Evo, Smartant 1 and Voodoo too. Anticide receives a small jab from Zenith and gets flipped by DBA Evo. It then attacks Antrax and pushes Cannon Fodder on the arena's edge where it got stuck, then did the same to Duff and goes after Zenith. It's unknown who won the melee.

### AWS 18

The first opponent this year was TNT. Anticide scoops TNT and pins it at the wall beside the arena-tire. TNT escapes and the two mostly drive around each other, with Anticide winning the ground-game, though TNT could scoop it from behind. In one clash Anticide flips TNT, then pushes it off the arena, winning the fight.

Next was MYB. This was rather easy as even though MYB was a full-body spinner Anticide scoops it and sends it off the arena, getting another win.

Now it had Fast Dalek. Anticide scoops Fast Dalek, flips it, then sends it in a trench, wining again.

The next opponent was the familiar Duff. Anticide pushes Duff into an arena-tire, but Duff escapes. Anticide then scoops Duff and forces it off the arena, claiming another win.

Next was the familiar DBA Evo. Anticide was able to scoop DBA Evo and force it into the arena-tire. DBA Evo escapes and outflanks Anticide who got itself stuck under the arena-tire, then hits it, sending Anticide into the trench, so Anticide loses.

For Third Place Anticide once again faced TNT. Anticide however seems to be having trouble with its wheels as it wasn't moving, allowing TNT to push to the trench, but Anticide moves at the last second, albeit sporadically. Nevertheless TNT pushes it off the arena, leaving it to be Fourth of Series 18.

### AWS 20

After skipping a year and donning a new look, Anticide returns and starts with the non-spinner tournament, with the first opponent being Halo. Anticide hammers away at Halo but Halo flips it. Anticide self-rights and tries to attack again, only to get flipped again. Anticide self-rights again, but Halo lifts it against the wall. Anticide escapes and drives into Halo, who had its lifter raised and immediately clamps it on Anticide, resulting in a dance with Anticide sometimes hammering. Upon separating, Anticide attacks and forces Halo off the arena, claiming victory.

Next was again Duff. The two drive around and Anticide missed an attack, but Duff drives too close to the arena's edge and Anticide shoved it off, winning again.

For the semifinals it had Defiant. Anticide scoops and pounds Defiant while they're in a pushing contest. Upon releasing, Defiant gets at the flanks and pins Anticide to the wall, then pushes it around the arena. Anticide flails its hammer to escape, but fails and Defiant pushes it off the arena, defeating it.

Anticide's first opponents in the main tournament were Dominant, Merge and the familiar Dynamite. Anticide attacks Dominant and Dynamite and falls off the arena with them, but along with Dominant and Merge who sat back and did nothing, qualified.

Next in line was Sub. Anticide charged towards Sub, who didn't seem to be moving freely, as a result, Anticide rammed it multiple times with it going up Sub's wedge, with the minimal movement of Sub managing to keep Anticide at bay. Anticide managed to push Sub towards an open area of the arena, but what immediately pushed back with the two robots struggling to get one another out. However, Sub let its guard down and Anticide took advantage by shunting it from the side and pushing Sub out.

Now it had Combatant. Anticide was wary, but scoops Combatant and tips it onto its flank, where it began gyrating madly. Anticide moves in and sends Combatant tumbling off the arena, winning again.

For the quarterfinals, it had Hinge. Hinge rams Anticide and flips it, but Anticide self-rights but Hinge pushes it and almost forces it off the arena, but Anticide escapes. Anticide then scoops Hinge and clamps with its hammer, then shoves it off the arena, keeping itself alive.

Now in the semifinals, it faced Bump. In seconds Anticide pushes Bump off the arena, falling with it but wins.

Once again in the final, it had Chronotrigger left to fight. Both robots approached each other with Anticide getting under Chronotrigger and shunting it across the arena. Chronotrigger attempted to back away and get a flip on Anticide but fails to do so and as it reverses, it accidentally drove off the arena, giving Anticide an easy championship win.

Anticide also entered the tag team tournament with Void, and their first opponents were The Pin and once again Chronotrigger. Anticide immediately attacks Chronotrigger and initially pins it until The Pin intervenes, and tragically Chronotrigger disposes of Void, leaving Anticide to fight alone. Chronotrigger flips Anticide and gets it over a wall and out of the arena, defeating their side.

Now in the loser's bracket, they had Rollie and the familiar Halo. Anticide aimed for Rollie and pins it while Void already took care of Halo. Anticide didn't need any help and eventually gets Rollie off the arena, getting them a win.

Next were the familiar Dominant and Anticlimax. Immediately Anticide was flipped onto its rear by Dominant, but then knocked onto its back, which allowed it to self-right. Even so Dominant kept attacking and strands Anticide on its on the wall, but was saved by Void who chucks Dominant out, and Anticide gets down. Anticide then went to finish Anticlimax who self-righted after Void flipped it, and Anticide scoops and pushes it off the arena, falling itself but Anticide and Void win.

Next were Bump and Sub again. Anticide went for Bump as both their teammates fall off the arena, and Bump proved lower except at the flanks. After some driving Bump got too close to the arena's edge and fell off, handing the win to Anticide and Void.

Next were Flippt! and Defiant again. Anticide aims for Defiant and both scoops and hammers it, clamping too, however all robots fall off the arena, and Anticide and Void were the losers.

### AWS 28

Anticide also competes in the non-spinner tournament, first meeting General Mayhem. Anticide attacks but was higher than General Mayhem who flings Anticide about and into a trench, so Anticide lost.

For the loser's bracket, it had the familiar Dynamite. Dynamite seems to have drive-trouble as it refused to drive straight, allowing Anticide to easily approach and catapult Dynamite clear of the arena, so it won.

Next came Anto 3. As Anto 3 stayed put and waited for Anticide to come to it, Anto 3 zooms around. Anticide follows and Anto 3 tries to ram it, but drives up the flipper and Anticide immediately launches Anto 3 clear of the arena, winning the fight.

Now it had Bash. Anticide immediately flips Bash the second it got to, and Bash unwittingly drives off the arena, giving Anticide the win.

Next was General Mayhem again. Anticide approaches cautiously and this time managed to scoop General Mayhem, and flip it, then gave another, which left General Mayhem stuck over the trench. General Mayhem tries to self-right but fails and Anticide tries to get it in, but decides to flip it out the arena and does, so Anticide won.

Next was the familiar Dominant. Anticide was able to deliver one flip, resulting in Dominant staying away, but Anticide catches it and chucks it to the trench, defeating it.

However, Dominant was still in contention as it hadn't lost before this, so Anticide had to fight it again. This was quick as Anticide flips Dominant and Dominant accidentally drives off the arena, making Anticide the non-spinner champion.

The first opponent this year was the familiar Combatant. As Combatant spins up its vertical bar and approaches, Anticide tries to circle and scoops Combatant, sending it off the arena.

Next came Valliant. In no time Anticide scoops Valliant and flips it upward, where Valliant bounces on the arena and down a trench, so Anticide wins.

Now it had Terrior. Terrior proved faster, but carelessly drove near the arena's edge and fell off, giving Anticide another win.

Next was Anto 3 again. This was a fast fight as Anticide immediately scoops Anto 3 and chucks it out the arena, so Anticide wins again.

Once again in the finals, it only had the familiar Dynamite left. Anticide almost flips Dynamite and succeeds and another try, then Anticide flips Dynamite again where it landed on the wall and gest stuck. Dynamite gets down, but Anticide attacks and chucks it out the arena, becoming champion of series 28.

Anticide then entered the tag team tournament with Defiant, facing Pants again and Private Iron. Anticide starts on Pants and flips it and itself, but Anticide self-rights after two tries. As it attacks Private Iron, both their teammates fall off the arena. Anticide harasses Private Iron and gives it a launch, where Private Iron accidentally drives off the arena, so Anticide's side wins.

Next were Discordant and Stewie. Anticide goes for the latter and flips it, but Stewie self-rights, only for Anticide to flick it out the arena. It then turned to Discordant and flips it. Discordant self-rights and Anticide pins it with Defiant, and Anticide tries to flip again, but ends up ripping Defiant's right-track off, though Discordant was flipped as well. Anticide siezes it and chucks it out the arena, getting their side another win.

Now they had Dead Meat 2 and the familiar Dominant. Anticide found itself pushes into the wall by Dominant, then shoved off the arena, leaving Defiant to fight alone, but Dominant fell too. Luckily Dead Meat 2 fell as well, so Anticide stays in contention.

In the final, they had to fight Dead Meat 2 and Dominant again, plus Anto 3, Valliant, Fast Dalek and Bash. Dominant Immediately drove into Anticide but retreats and Anticide tackles Valliant, flipping it out the arena. Next it attacks Anto 3 and flips it out too, but gets attacked itself by Bash, and Anticide found it and Bash were alone in the arena, and dominates by flicking Bash about. Bash fought on but accidentally drives off the arena, making Anticide and Defiant the Tag Team Champs.

Anticide also joins Bash, Fast Dalek, Pants, Private Iron, Terrior and Stewie in the flipper melee. Anticide attacks Stewie first but fails, and after narrowly escaping Discordant tackles Bash and boots it out, then Anticide gets lifted against the wall by Private Iron and placed on its right-flank. Anticide escapes and chases Private Iron, flipping it over. Private Iron self-rights and Anticide chases it more until Private Iron falls off the arena, leaving Anticide with a crippled Discordant and stuck Pants. Anticide flips Discordant and pushes Pants off the arena, then flips Discordant again, only for Discordant to self-right. Anticide nudges it toward the arena's edge and Discordant gets hung over the trench, but it was clear Anticide won.

Anticide then participates another flipper melee with Pants, Bash and Stewie. Anticide attacks Stewie and flips it, but gets flipped by Bash and falls off the arena. Even when put back in Anticide ended up going off the arena again. It was helped out again and sends Pants down this time, leaving it with only Bash. The two drove around each other but it's unknown which won.

Anticide also wins the Best Engineered Award.

### AWS 30

Anticide's first opponent here was old foe Fast Dalek. The two mostly drove around each other, but Anticide gets in a flip that sends Fast Dalek upward and land upside-down. Fast Dalek self-rights and attacks again, only to be flipped again twice. After scooping it again, Anticide flings it out the arena and wins.

Next came Anticide's tag team partner from ten years ago: Void. Void got the first hit by scooping and lifting Anticide. After some driving around Anticide scoops Void and launches it to the wall but fails to get Void ringed out, it also flipped itself, and when trying to self-right flung itself out of the arena, so Anticide lost.

For the loser's bracket it had to fight Tempest. As they meet, Anticide sends Tempest flying and itself upside-down, but self-rights and pushes Tempest off the arena, getting another win.

Now it had Thugant. In no time Anticide scoops Thugant and launches it clear of the arena, winning again.

Next was Fast Dalek all over again. Once again Anticide dominates and launches Fast Dalek, then attacks it and flips it again. Fast Dalek self-rights and Anticide almost drives off the arena, then backs into Fast Dalek's clutches who rams it into the wall and almost gets it off the arena, but Anticide escapes and flips Fast Dalek upside-down along with itself. While attempting to self-right Anticide accidentally launches itself into the trench, costing the fight and eliminating itself.

### AWS 33

Anticide only competed in the annihilator this year, being with Pingu, Ant Stare, Antisocial Ant, FrANTic, El Chupacabra, Shadow, Whirlwolf, Adder, Meat IV, Dynamite, Robot of the Opera and Arcus, plus the familiar Defiant. Anticide started on Shadow but switches to Pingu, but has trouble scooping it and gets scooped and flipped by Shadow, but self-rights. Anticide then attacks random robots when El Chupacabra got pushed off the arena by Dynamite, so Anticide survived to round two.

In the next round, it went for Ant Stare and clamps it, then pushes it when Meat broke free. At the same time Whirldwolf fell off the arena, so Anticide survives to the next round.

In the next round, Anticide attacks Adder when Shadow got forced off the arena, so Anticide reaches round four.

In this round, Anticide tries to attack Pingu and almost fell off the arena, then attacks Adder, then suddenly drives off the arena. Luckily Robot of the Opera went down first, so Anticide remains in contention.

In the next round, Anticide hardly got to move when FrANTic pushed Pingu off the arena, so Anticide gets to progress.

This time, Anticide drives around and got close to the arena's edge but retreats, then gets attacked by the rear-hinged flipper user when Meat IV was pushed off the arena, so Anticide survives again.

In the next round Anticide tries to attack Antisocial Ant when Arcus went off the arena, so Anticide progresses.

This time, Anticide moves around and gets attacked by Defiant while Adder was sent out by Ant Stare, so Anticide survives again.

In the next round Anticide failed to start. Its driver immediately announced it was dead, so it was eliminated.

### AWS 35

Anticide was turned into a grappler and the first opponent this year was Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal!. As they meet, C.Y.S.B.I.B. gets caught in Anticide's grip but pushes Anticide into the wall. Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal! backs off, only to try pinning Anticide who grabs hold and takes C.Y.S.B.I.B. toward the arena's edge and drops it, winning.

Next came Berserker. Berserker circles Anticide who attacks at the left-flank. Upon separating Berserker attacks the front, but this became a mistake as Anticide scoops and flips Berserker on its right-flank, then pushes it off the arena and wins again.

Now it had Complexity. Anticide rushes in as Complexity spins up, shoving Complexity into the wall that briefly affects the bar. Complexity recovers though, but Anticide pushes from right-side until Complexity escapes and gives a small hit. Complexity then gives another hit, and this sends both bots into each trench, with Anticide being the loser.

For the loser's bracket, it had Black Box. Anticide scoops Black Box but fails to grab it. After some driving Anticide was able to push Black Box off the arena, and so won.

Next came A Little Bit Of Fail. A.L.B.O.F. immediately scoops Anticide, topples it, and sends it off the arena, eliminating it.

### AWS 36

Once again a flipper-user, Anticide's first opponent this year was If it Ain't Broke, Break it. Immediately Anticide moves in and flips I.I.A.B.B.I. and pushes it off the arena, winning.

Next was the familiar Dynamite. Dynamite scoops Anticide and rams it into the wall. Anticide escapes and was able to lift Dynamite but had little effect. Then Anticide was able to flip Dynamite and itself over, self-righting right after, but Dynamite attacks and pins Anticide to the wall. Anticide escapes and after some driving Dynamite went too close to the arena's edge and got stuck, then fell off, giving Anticide another win.

Now it had Inertia 3. Immediately Anticide scoops Inertia and flicks it off the arena, so Anticide wins again.

Next came Morbo. Anticide immediately flips Morbo into a wall, but Morbo self-rights, circles Anticide and shoves it off the arena, so Anticide lost.

Now in the loser's bracket, it had Ever Since The Lake Caught Fire. Anticide drives around but ended up going on the arena's edge and getting stuck, but escapes and attacks the minibot. After some driving Anticide catches E.S.T.L.C.F. and flips it, then grabs it. Ever Since The Lake Caught Fire still fought back and both bots kept moving around until they fell off the arena, which resulted in a tie.

For the second fight, they mostly drove around until Anticide flicks E.S.T.L.C.F. near the arena's edge and it fell off, so Anticide remains in contention.

Next was Truant. Anticide zooms in and Truant claws with its disc, which flicks Anticide away and flips it. Anticide self-rights and attacks again, but the flipper wasn't fully retracting, rendering it mostly useless, even so Anticide was able to push Truant off the arena and win.

It now had a rematch with Morbo. Morbo was playing hard to get as Anticide chases it, however Anticide gets behind Morbo and flicks it into a trench, getting revenge and staying in contention.

Now in the finals, it only had Quake left. In an instant Anticide lifts Quake and positions it on the wall, where Quake was stuck on its rear. As soon as Quake was counted out Anticide finished it off by shoving off the arena, claiming its fifth championship.

### AWS 37

Anticide's first opponent this year was Spyro. As soon as they meet Spyro flips Anticide and it has trouble self-righting. Spyro sat back and watched as Anticide was counted out, and it lost the first fight of the series.

Now in the loser's bracket, it had MLR. MLR was lower and corrals Anticide toward the arena's edge where it fell off, losing again and eliminating itself early.

Despite losing twice it got to fight the familiar Defiant. Anticide was lower but Defiant was easily able to escape every scooping, and after some driving Anticide falls off the arena, losing for the third time in a row in the series.

Anticide also attends a rumble with Flippertron 2, Ant Clank, Wanted, Death Adder, MLR (again), Kat, Little Doris, Anti-Gravity 2, Thrust, a golden-plow-user and a wedgebot. Anticide got attacked by Death Adder and Ant Clank but both suddenly leave it, and Anticide settled for Little Doris, who scoops it, but Anticide escapes. It then got pushed by the plow-user and Kat and ended up driving off the arena. It was put back in the fight, but seemed unsure on who to attack until MLR attacks it and shoves it into Little Doris, which Anticide flicks. It then wrestles Kat, only to be shoved off the arena by it.

Anticide then participated in another rumble with MLR, Ant Clank, Little Doris, Anti-Gravity 2, Thrust, Kat and the plow-user again, but also had a black octagonal-robot, a lifting-spike-user and white wedgebot. Immediately Anticide was attacked by Ant Clank and sent off the arena, and while it was put back in, it got pushed out immediately again by MLR. After being put back in a third time it attacks the wedgebot, then unwittingly drives off the arena.

Anticide took part in one more rumble with several others from the last rumble as well as Death Adder and Flippertron. Immediately it was sent off the arena by Kat and was left there.

### AWS 39

Anticide's first opponent this year was Tantrum. Immediately Anticide scoops Tantrum and catapults it up, and Tantrum lands on its back. It self-rights but Anticide attacks again and chucks Tantrum out of the arena, so Anticide won.

Next came Malevolant. The two drive around each other, and Anticide gets the first attacks in by flipping Malevolant away and upside-down, and another flip sends it off the arena, making Anticide winner again.

Now it had Implosion. Anticide was lower as Implosion tries to find a way to scoop it, Anticide scoops Implosion and launches it clear of the arena, winning again.

The next opponent was Intrusion. Anticide attacks and flips Intrusion upside-down, rendering it now defenseless. Intrusion still tries to fight, but with its wedge upside-down it was only up or over Anticide, who gave another flip. Then Anticide pushes Intrusion toward the arena's edge and flicks it there, flipping itself in the process, but Intrusion only landed on the edge itself. Anticide strangely didn't self-right immediately and it looked as though a double knock-out would happen, but Anticide managed to self-right and therefore win.

Next up was Ripto. Anticide approaches warily as Ripto spin and rushes, launching Anticide. Anticide tries to circle Ripto, but when this didn't work aimed for the front and scoops it, then launches Ripto out the arena, winning again.

Now in the quarterfinals, it had Kellog's Corn Snake. Anticide attacks but misses a flip. Kellog's Corn Snake briefly scoops Anticide and Anticide misses again, though also flips itself. It self-rights and attacks again, but Kellog's Corn Snake pushes it off the arena, so Anticide lost and was now in the loser's bracket.

For the semifinals it had Frantic. Anticide drives around and scoops Frantic, then launches it out the arena in one flip and quick time.

Now in the finals it had to fight Kellog's Corn Snake all over again. Anticide gets a flip in, but Kellog's Corn Snake scoops it and sends it off the arena yet again, leaving it to be runner-up.

### AWS 40

Anticide's first opponent this year was Variant. Anticide approaches but backs away when Variant's bar spins and began chasing Anticide back where it came from, eventually slashing it. Anticide holds out though and tries to circle around Variant who was having none of it, so Anticide tanks the bar while attacking Variant and scoops it, then catapults it out the arena, winning.

Next came Svengali. As soon as they meet Anticide scoops Svengali and catapults it clear of the arena, winning already.

Now it had Baby Hell. Anticide immediately flips Baby Hell who lands on its rear but self-rights, only for Anticide to barrage it more by pushing it and catapulting it out the arena, so Anticide wins again.

Next was V.S.C., however this opponent was its teammate and it was decided V.S.C. forfeit, so Anticide wins by default.

Now coming was the familiar Ripto. Anticide comes over and flips Ripto where it lands on its face, then sends it out the arena and wins.

Next was DBA Evo. Anticide rushes in but gets flipped by DBA Evo, forcing it to self-right, which it does and then scoops DBA Evo and flicks it up but not overturning it. Anticide then pushes DBA EVo off the arena, winning.

It had to fight Ripto again. Anticide zooms in and flips it upward and itself upside-down. Ripto lands upside-down while Anticide self-rights, but Ripto does too. Anticide attacks and flicks it away where it lands in the trench, so Anticide wins and becomes the champ for the fifth time.

### AWS 41

Anticide's first opponent this year was Good and Evil. Anticide rushes in and pushes the spinner member into the barrier, where it bounced away and off the arena. With that bot neutralized Anticide turned to the remaining member and chucks it over the barrier and into the trench too, so Anticide won in quick time.

It is unknown who else Anticide fought, but it failed to defend its title as Void would be champion.

### AWS 42

Anticide's first opponent here was Egg Eater. Both bots approach each other with Anticide missing a flip. It repositions itself and lifts Egg Eater when it came, then Anticide finally scoops and Egg Eater, rendering its plow useless, then tries to chase it but ends up off the arena, losing and now going to the loser's bracket.

Next up was MANtis. Anticide wins the ground game but the two mostly drive around each other with MANtis almost grabbing Anticide, then Anticide flips MANtis who self-rights. Anticide starts corralling MANtis near the arena's edge and flicks it there, toppling MANtis too, but MANtis escapes and self-rights. After some driving around they near the arena's edge again and MANtis gets its forks hung over the trench, taking its wheels off the ground, and Anticide flicks it down, so it wins.

Now it had a horizontal-crusher. Anticide pushes its opponent around and lifts it, but the horizontal-crusher later gets under Anticide and pushes it into the wall, then off the arena, defeating and eliminating Anticide.

Anticide wins the Best Flipper award.

### AWS 43

The first opponent this year was The Mole. The Mole rushes in but missed Anticide and tries to get away, but Anticide intercepts it and chucks it away toward to the arena's edge, but The Mole avoids falling in and escapes as Anticide tries to attack again. The Mole could not fight now due to being upside-down as it wasn't parallelogram-shaped and drives around looking for a miracle, but then drives off the arena by accident, so Anticide wins.

Now it had Defiant Cluster. Anticide aims for the parallelogram-member and corrals it off the arena, then flings the small ramp-shaped member. The ramp-shaped member tries to stay away from Anticide and could do little to turn the tables, but unwittingly reverses off the arena, giving Anticide the win.

Next was the familiar Mantis. As they meet Mantis drives over Anticide, then Mantis scoops Anticide and grabs it, but Anticide escapes and scoops Mantis and chucks it away into the wall, where it lands upside-down. Anticide then pushes it off the arena and wins.

Next came Disobediant. Anticide rushes in and briefly scoops Disobediant, but when they face each other Disobediant was lower and scoops Anticide and flips it at the arena's edge. Anticide tries to self-right bit in doing so falls off the arena, losing and placing itself in the loser's bracket.

Now it had Dark Matter. Dark Matter claws at Anticide who tries to scoop it, only to get sent into the wall and be stuck there. Anticide frees itself by firing its flipper, then self-rights while being grazed by Dark Matter. Dark Matter continues to barrage Anticide and launches it out of the arena. so Anticide lost and was eliminated.

Anticide then entered the tag team with old friend Void, and their first opponents were Ant Ratchet and Cosmos. Anticide rams Cosmos and caused it to drive off the arena, then gets scooped by Ant Ratchet. Anticide escapes and Void quickly takes over and boots Ant Ratchet with flip, getting them a win. Anticide then got flipped by Void but self-rights.

Next were Mini E and Stewie. Anticide went for Min E and chucks it upside-down, then out the arena, then helps Void by pushing Stewie into the other trench, claiming a win for them, although Void rushes in and sends Anticide off the arena too.

Now they had Ant2D2 and EPQ 2. Anticide aims for the former and flips it and itself. While Anticide self-rights Void attacks Ant2D2 and pushes it out. Anticide suddenly zooms into Void sends both of themselves off the arena too, but they win.

Only Stanley and Lionel were left now. Anticide attacks the former and overturns it, but while attacking Lionel Stanley takes out Void. Anticide misses scooping Lionel and accidentally drives off the arena, costing them the fight and becoming the runner-ups.

### AWS 44

Anticide's first opponent this year was Mini E. As they make contact, Anticide scoops Mini E and flicks it away. Mini E remains right side up and Anticide scoops and pins it to the wall, then rams it into the other wall and flips it upward, overturning it. Anticide gives another launch and then flicks Mini E out the arena.

Next came a lifter-user. The opponent rushes in drives up Anticide, flipping itself. Anticide gets behind and pushes the other robot into the wall, then toward the arena's edge and flips it, righting the opponent but then flicking it out.

Now it had Giant. Anticide immediately approaches Giant and then scoops and catapults it out the arena, winning.

Next was Thunder Strike. Thunder Strike tries to get around Anticide who was lower to the ground as Thunder Strike kept driving over Anticide. This continued for a while until eventually Anticide got a flip on Thunder Strike and catapulted it to the arena-barrier on its left-flank. Thunder Strike tries to self-right but falls onto the barrier and Anticde quickly flicks it out, so it won.

Now it had the familiar Ant Clank and its pal Zoni. Anticide scoops and topples Ant Clank, then flicks it away, then turns to Zoni and launches it along with flipping itself while Ant Clank self-rights, then strangely drives off the arena. Anticide self-rights and chases Zoni who kept away, but was eventually pushed out as well.

Next came the runner-up Stanley. Both robots approach slowly with Stanley scooping Anticide and then ramming it into the wall, then pushing it into the arena-barrier before getting it off the arena, so Anticide lost and now was in the loser's bracket.

Now in the quarterfinals, it had a wedge-user. Anticide was scooped and pushed into the wall but let go. Anticide gives chase and missed a flip, then missed another and flipped itself. It self-rights, but gets scooped though gets away, then gets pushed off the arena, so it lost and was eliminated.

### AWS 45

The first opponent this time was a green clusterbot. Anticide starts on the ramp-shaped member and on one collision flips the opponent by driving under it. Anticide quickly corners the ramp-shaped member, scoops it and flicks it out the arena, then turns to the crescent-wedge member and chucks it, but it lands in the arena. Anticide comes and gives more flips but none remove the crescent-wedge member at first, so Anticide needed to angle it correctly and when it did successfully booted the rest of the clusterbot and won.

Next was Giant Evo 2 (the new version of the familiar Giant). Anticide comes in and pushes Giant toward the arena's edge and flicks it out, so Anticide wins.

Now it had a lifter-user. They both drive to each other and Anticide suddenly gets scooped and flung across the arena, and the opponent follows it to finish it, but Anticide flips itself away and self-rights. After some driving the opponent went too close to the arena's edge and Anticide immediately comes and flicks it off, so it wins.

Next came ANT2-D2. Anticide scoops Ant2D2 and catapults it away, overturning it, then runs in and launched it out, winning.

Now it had Baby Metal, the successor to the familiar Baby Hell. Already Anticide scoops and flips Baby Metal into the corner, but Baby Metal self-rights, right onto Anticide but escapes. Baby Metal scoops Anticide but lost grip and ended up driving itself off the arena, giving Anticide the win.

For the quarterfinals was the familiar Stanley. Stanley proved lower and pushed Anticide off the arena, so Anticide lost and went to the loser's bracket.

In the semifinals it had BullyDozer. Anticide flicks BullyDozer and and tosses it out the arena, so Anticide wins.

Anticide wins the Best Engineered award for the second time.

## Outside AWS

The team also competed with heavyweights **Rapid** and **Formula** in the new *Robot Wars* and *King of Bots* respectively.