Roadblock

## Overview

Roadblock is an antweight counterpart to the champion of Robot Wars: The First War. Roadblock is a simple wedge robot with a yellow, rear sawblade spinning vertically. Its body is painted like a traffic sign and its wedging scoop resembling a countdown marker.

It participated in Battle of the Builders 3, fighting for OrangeDoseOverJuice; defeating King Buxton. Roadblock performed decently in Tinsel Torment, defeating 2 newcomers in its Mayhem group battle and was the runner-up in the Annihilator Rumble. It also lost to Beast of Bodmin, its successor antweight, in the Vengeance event.

## Fight History

### Battle of the Builders 3

#### Roadblock vs King Buxton

House Robot: Matilda

Representing OrangeDoseOverJuice, it fought against King Buxton from twopennymilk's team. The size difference was very apparent. Unsurprisingly, King B was quickly overpowered by Roadblock at the beginning of the match. They then started pushing each other with their sides. Roadblock pushed King B into the Corner Patrol Zone and Matilda went to attack it with her tusks. King B was trapped between Roadblock and Matilda next to the pit release tire, which the huge wedge bot activated. King B struggled to drive properly. Meanwhile, Roadblock was immobile momentarily. King Buxton seized the opportunity and tried to pit the larger machine. Roadblock luckily regained movement and easily shoved it away once it was pushed. Roadblock lead them back to the same Corner Patrol Zone, letting Matilda pick on it. Matilda came in but became very close to the pit. King Buxton swiftly outmaneuvered Roadblock but it was managed to deliver the box robot onto the floor flipper. The floor flipper tossed it over but King Buxton still landed on its original side. King B and Roadblock continued their pushing match with Roadblock dominating. King Buxton successfully got Roadblock snared on the arena grill soon after. Matilda then pushed Roadblock out of the grill with her rear. King Buxton was backed into the other corner before being double-teamed by Matilda and Roadblock. Roadblock began cutting King Buxton with its thin vertical spinner on its back. King Buxton was then flipped by Matilda.

As Roadblock tried to move out the corner, it accidentally removed its own slightly peeled side panel against the side gate. King Buxton was now free and Roadblock almost drove itself itself into the pit. Roadblock and King Buxton returned back into Matilda's corner again. Roadblock tried to guide King Buxton into the pit but King Buxton's nimbleness quickly overcame it. Roadblock then baited King Buxton into pushing it, resulting in King B getting tossed over by the floor flipper on its back. King Buxton could not self-right or move and Roadblock quickly pitted them. Roadblock won the battle, repeating the result from their heavyweights' Robot Wars fight.

Score: twopennymilk 5 - 3 OrangeDoseOverJuice

### Tinsel Torment: Vengeance

#### Roadblock vs Beast of Bodmin

To decide who is the better robot, the original or the successor, Roadblock and Beast of Bodmin fought in Vengeance. Both robots started circling each other before Beast ofBodmin got stuck on the floor flipper (which broke the floor flipper). This was followed by Roadblock staying idle in the corner before Beast of Bodmin shoved it around. The shoving contest was sluggish with Beast of Bodmin slightly outperforming. The feline antweight was only able to lift Roadblock gently but failed to take advantage. The tussle continued with more plodding movement, with Roadblock getting a decent scoop under the other robot. Shortly after, Beast of Bodmin pitted its predecessor, that was about to move away, with a flip.

### Tinsel Torment: Mayhem

#### Roadblock vs Thunder Wing Doom Slayer vs Ruf Ruf Dougal

House Robot: Matilda

Thunder Wing Doom Slayer almost instantaneously clung onto Roadblock. The road sign wedgebot got under Ruf Ruf Dougal before pushing both robots to a corner. As soon as Roadblock put pressure on Thunder Wing Doom Slayer, Ruf Ruf Dougal intercepted and caught one of the axlebot's wheel in its hole. Ruf Ruf Dougal continued to tussle with the thwackbot while Roadblock was nearly immobile. Matilda lifted Roadblock and it allowed it to escape from the snaring grid. Using its saw to cut Thunder WIng Doom Slayer, Roadblock shoved it to Matilda to be overturned. Ruf Ruf Dougal then resumed its conflict with Thunder Wing Doom Slayer. The triceratops had enough of Roadblock and decided to just shove it off the corner to attack the other two robots. Finally, all three robots collided before Roadblock seemingly went inactive at the side gate. Matilda came to give the wedgebot more lifts.

Thunder Wing Doom Slayer continued struggling with its difficult controls and activated the pit. Despite being immobile for more than seconds, it was not eliminated. Ruf Ruf Dougal and Thunder Wing Doom Slayer bashed each other for a while before Roadblock eventually regained mobility. Another few hits by the wedge and the thwackbot immobilise Ruf Ruf Dougal and it got counted out. Thunder Wing Doom Slayer made the mistake of driving into Matilda and Roadblock seized the opportunity to pit it. This gave Roadblock the victory to advance to the Annihilator.

### Tinsel Torment: Annihilator Rumble

#### Roadblock vs Smidsy vs Jester 2 vs Nexus vs Liv 2 Riott vs Fluffy

Most of the robots closed in on each other, but the spinners stayed remained still to rev up their weapon. Roadblock pinned Jester onto the wall. In a corner, all of the robots clashed with one another. Nexus flipped Fluffy next before trying to force Roadblock into the pit. The traffic sign robot escaped. The mean red flipper continued to deliver a flip on Roadblock, overturning it cleanly. Jester swerved into a wall and was the next to be flipped. Smidsy slid under both Jester and Roadblock. Nexus broke the pile up with another flip. The road sign wedge got overturned again while Smidsy was inverted. Roadblock would be immobilised for around 20 seconds before being miraculously righted by Nexus from a stray flip.

Roadblock got under Nexus, trapping it between itself and a disabled Liv 2 Riott. Smidsy took the opportunity to attack the big wedgebot, allowing Nexus to flee from the corner and retaliate with another flip, Nexus intervened the battle between Roadblock and Jester to do its thing. Nexus helped the toppled Roadblock back onto its wheels after the rest of the robots were pitted. Roadblock was unable to show movement and was eliminated at 2nd place.

## Fight Record

 Tinsel Torment: Vengeance
 Tinsel Torment: Mayhem
 Tinsel Torment: Annihilator
(2nd)

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 2
* Losses: 2