Beta

## Overview

Beta is a stock Hexbug Beta toy. Beta is a low teir bot in Hexbug Hell, being eliminated early in season 1 and placing last in the sportsman tourney. It has never done too well in competition. In Hexbug Hell season 1 it went 1-2 with its only win being against the BYOB Axe. It returned for the Hexbug Hell sportsman tourney where it lost every single fight it was in including against the BYOB Axe. It didn't do any better in Hexbug Hell Quarantine Edition where it lost both of its fights. Beta's best appearance was the Hexbug Hell Quarantine Annihilator where it placed 7th in a field of 18 robots.

## Fight History

### **Hexbug Hell season 1**

#### Beta vs Minotaur

Minotaur started fast out of the gate and spent the first few seconds getting it's bearings. It then knocked off it's own panel and pinned Beta to the wall. Beta then pushed Minotaur while hammering away at it. Minotaur and Beta then traded shots for a while before Minotaur got all of Beta's panels off. The rest of the fight progressed with Minotaur and Beta trading shots while Beta took off Minotaur's top panel. The fight then went to a judges decision where Minotaur won.

#### Beta vs BYOB Axe

The fight started with the axe firing away The entire fight was both robots hitting each other and the axe pushing Beta into the walls. 3 minutes passed and Beta won the judges decision because damage is weighted and Beta took off the axe's panels. The axe was now eliminated.

#### Beta vs Lumaside

Lumaside didn't even spin up this time before losing the blade. It still had the pushing power over Beta. A good chunk of the fight was Beta hammering Lumaside while it was pushing Beta. The fight went to a judges decision where Lumaside won. Beta was out.

### **Hexbug Hell sportsman tourney**

#### Beta vs BYOB Axe

The fight started with both robots charging at each other and the axe wailing on Beta. While the axe was wailing on Beta, Beta was more tactical, not firing the hammer until it was certain that it would hit a panel. This kept going for the entire match which went to a judges decision where the Axe won. Because this tourney is a round robin, no one was UFE.

#### Beta vs Blacksmith

When the fight started, Blacksmith came out swinging and took off Beta's front panel. Blacksmith then quickly took off one of Beta's side panels. The rest of the fight consisted of Blacksmith hammering away at Beta and Beta trying to defend itself. The fight went to a judges decision where Blacksmith won a unanimous decision.

#### Beta vs BYOB Flipper

The fight started with the flipper charging at Beta and missing. Beta capitalized and started whacking it with the hammer. The flipper then got under the front of Beta and tried to flip it, but failed. Then Beta and the flipper both lost pieces trying to come in for an attack. The flipper then pinned Beta against the corner and flipped it out of the arena.

### **Hexbug Hell Quarantine Edition**

#### Rumble 4

Number of robots: 7

The fight started with everyone priming their weapons. Mr. Shellshock made the mistake of trying to rush Bronco head on and was flipped in its debeut fight. The BYOB Axe went after Blacksmith while Bronco tried to flip SOKhaos. Bronco then flipped the BYOB Flipper which then self righted. Both the BYOB Axe and Bronco went after SOKhaos which was flipped, but able to drive inverted. Blacksmith then got under Bronco, but didn't fire the hammer. Bronco then got in position to throw Mr. Shellshock out. Mr. Shellshock was then thrown out of the arena in its debeut fight. Bronco then tried to flip the BYOB Flipper again, but missed and changed its target to SOKhaos and tried to throw it out but failed due to mistiming the flip. While this was happening, Blacksmith was lifted by the BYOB Flipper and reversed into Mr. Shellshock's corpse. Blacksmith hooked its hammer into Mr. Shellshock's cup which detached it from the chassis while simultaneously getting stuck on the wall of the arena. Bronco then went after the BYOB Axe, but failed to flip it and went after the BYOB Axe instead. Bronco almost managed to flip the Golden Nut holder out of the arena, getting it stuck on top of the wall, but it managed to escape due to the axe swinging. Bronco then flipped Blacksmith who instantly self righted and continued fighting. It was the final 10 seconds and everyone got desperate. Bronco decided to pull a double and flip SOKhaos out of the arena in its debeut fight. The fight went to a judges decision where Bronco won due to the amount of KOs it got during the fight.

#### Rumble 6

Number of robots: 18 (19 if you count Thunder and Lightning seperately)

The fight started with every spinner spinning up and every flipper and hammer priming their weapon. When everyone met in the middle, Bronco tried to flip Witch Doctor V1, but failed. A fairly large group continued to harass Bronco for some time. Bronco then escaped and flipped the BYOB FBS. After that Bronco went after the BYOB Disc who wasn't keen on letting history repeat itself. Bite Force then redirected Bronco into the wall while it was having small drive problems. While this was happening, Mr. Shellshock was being targeted by Witch Doctor V1, The Berg, and SOKhaos. Meanwhile, the BYOB Axe targeted Bronco and made the fatal mistake of driving in front of it. The BYOB Axe was flipped, had trouble self righting, and Bronco threw it out of the arena. Bronco went after Lumaside next and quickly dispatched it by throwing it out of the arena. Bronco then tried to throw Supernova out of the arena, but Minotaur drove under it as it was being flipped. Bronco then flipped Minotaur and that managed to get Supernova off of it and out of the arena. Bronco then went after the BYOB FBS which was long gone at this point and was pushed over to Bronco's wall. Bronco quickly threw out the BYOB FBS, then flipped Tombstone. Bronco then went after Bite Force who was boxed in, and threw it out too. The fight went to a judges decision where Bronco won due to having the highest KO count.

### **Hexbug Hell Quarantine Annihilator**

#### Round 1

(18 robots)

The fight started with everyone either spinning up or priming their weapon. When they met in the middle, panels flew everywhere from multiple weapons hitting them at the same time. When the group split, Thunder and Lightning were pressurizing Minotaur and Lumaside while Thunder was rammed from behind by Witch Doctor V3. While this was happening, The Berg's side panel was compromised and hanging by a thread. When the groups split, Bronco flipped Beta who then self righted. Tombstone then attacked Bronco as its flipper was retracting from a flip attempt on Mr. Shellshock, this resulted in Bronco clamping down onto Tombstone's bar which prompted an unstick. After the unstick, Blacksmith started Targeting Bronco. Bronco was then boxed into the wall by Witch Doctor V1 who Bronco then targeted. Witch Doctor V3 tried to save Witch Doctor V1 by ramming Bronco as it was flipping Witch Doctor V1, but it was too late as Bronco had already pinned Witch Doctor V1 on top of the wall. Bronco then flipped Witch Doctor V1 onto its back as it was being pushed away by Witch Doctor V3. The now immobile Witch Doctor V1 was then targeted by the BYOB Flipper in an attempt to throw it out of the arena. While this was happening, Bronco then targeted and flipped Mr. Shellshock as time ran out. The fight went to a judges decision where Witch Doctor V1 was eliminated due to being immobilized first. Witch Doctor V1 was now out.

#### Round 2

(17 robots)

When everyone met in the middle, Bronco flipped Tombstone away. Bronco then started targeting the BYOB Silver drum while a large group was slugging it out by the red square. Soon after that, Bronco tried and failed to flip the BYOB Flipper and the BYOB Orange drum in succession. Bronco and Bite Force then preformed a tag team attack on Gigabyte. After that, Bronco targeted and flipped the BYOB Silver drum. Bronco then threw the BYOB Silver drum out of the arena to seal the deal. The BYOB Silver Drum was now out.

#### Round 3

(16 robots)

The fight started with everyone trying to get in position for the ideal strike. Bite Force easily took off the BYOB Orange drum's weapon which reduced the BYOB Orange Drum to nothing more than a pusher. Bronco then tried to target Witch Doctor V3, but Minotaur got in the way and pushed Bronco aside. Lumaside's bar then fell off while it was attacking Gigabyte. Bronco then flipped The Berg where it was hung up on its top panel and couldn't self right. The Berg was counted out and eliminated from the competition.

#### Round 4

(15 robots)

The fight started with Blacksmith losing their front wedge and Bronco trying to pick a target. Bronco then pinned and flipped Witch Doctor V3. That wasn't enough for Bronco as it promptly threw Witch Doctor V3 out of the arena. Witch Doctor V3 was now eliminated.

#### Round 5

(14 robots)

The fight started with Bronco targeting the BYOB Orange drum. Bronco then managed to flip the BYOB Orange drum within 10 seconds. Bronco also flipped Minotaur because Minotaur was in Bronco's way. Bronco then flipped the BYOB Orange drum out of the arena to add insult to injury. The BYOB Orange drum was now eliminated.

#### Round 6

(13 robots)

The fight began with everyone being a little tentative, but Bronco had already chosen its target. Bronco flipped Bite Force and left to take on Gigabyte whose weapon functionality was long gone at this point. Bronco and SOKhaos then teamed up in trying to push back Gigabyte who wasn't having any of it. Bronco then targeted Bite Force and threw it out of the arena. The season 1 champ has been eliminated.

#### Round 7

(12 robots)

The fight started with Bronco flipping Tombstone away and Supernova running on top of Gigabyte's shell. Bronco decided to target Lumaside and take out one of the heavy hitters. Bronco then flipped Lumaside over with help from Thunder, Beta, and Blacksmith. Bronco then decided to try and take on Gigabyte again to try and flip it, but it failed to do anything except drive it into the walls. Bronco then switched targets back to the immobile Lumaside and attempted to throw it out of the arena. With some assistance from other bots to keep Lumaside from spinning up, Bronco was successful in throwing Lumaside out of the arena. Lumaside was now eliminated.

#### Round 8

(11 robots)

The fight started with Bronco missing a flip attempt on Tombstone, and then backing into Gigabyte. Bronco then unsuccessfully tried to flip Gigabyte before switching targets to Mr. Shellshock. Tombstone then decided to fight Beta, but it wasn't very effective. Lightning then took off Thunder's top panel in a bit of friendly fire, which enabled Bronco to ram into Thunder. By this point, Thunder lost drive completely. Bronco then started targeting Tombstone, but eventually targeted Thunder and threw it out of the arena, however the fight didn't stop because Lightning was still in the arena. Bronco then flipped Supernova on top of Tombstone in the final 10 seconds. The fight went to a judges decision where Thunder and Lightning were eliminated due to Thunder being thrown out.

####  Round 9

(10 robots)

The fight started with Bronco struggling to pick a target. The camera cut out a small chunk of the fight, but it came back in time to see Bronco throwing Tombstone onto the wall, pinning it. Bronco then flipped the BYOB Flipper who then self righted. Bronco then tried to throw out Tombstone, but failed and freed it instead. Bronco then flipped SOKhaos onto Gigabyte. Supernova was flipped being sandwiched in between Mr. Shellshock and Gigabyte while Bronco went after Tombstone again. After a few attempts, Bronco switched targets back to SOKhaos. Bronco flipped Supernova out of the way, then threw SOKhaos out of the arena. Khaotic Robotics was now out.

#### Round 10

(9 robots)

The fight started with Bronco flipping Supernova onto the wall. Bronco then flipped Supernova so the spinner was outside the arena, then pushed Supernova out of the arena. Supernova was now eliminated.

#### Round 11

(8 robots)

The fight started with everyone being tentative. Bronco then flipped Minotaur out of the way as it was going after Tombstone. The BYOB Flipper then tried to lift Bronco while it was going after Gigabyte. Bronco then went after and flipped the BYOB Flipper for some time. After targeting the BYOB Flipper, Bronco then switched targets to Mr. Shellshock and flipped it on its back. Bronco then tried to throw Mr. Shellshock out of the arena, but its shape proved to be too awkward and was righted when it was pushed against the wall. Bronco then re-flipped Mr. Shellshock, but Gigabyte righted it again. Bronco then flipped it onto the wall and got greedy, thinking it was an easy ejection flip. Minotaur saved Mr. Shellshock from being thrown out, then the fight ended. The fight went to a judges decision where Mr. Shellshock was eliminated due to being constantly flipped by Bronco.

#### Round 12

(7 robots)

The fight started with everyone being a little tentative. Bronco then started trying to flip Beta while the BYOB Flipper and Blacksmith were fighting each other. Soon, Bronco flipped Beta out of the arena.