Alcoholic Stepfather

**Alcoholic Stepfather** was a super heavyweight robot built by **Team Kahuna**, which competed at the 2004 RFL Nationals, RoboGames 2005 and Seasons 4.0 and 5.0 of Comedy Central's Battlebots. Despite failing to win a fight in Battlebots, Alcoholic Stepfather picked up statement wins over Super Megabyte and Tombstone in its debut year on the live scene.
For Seasons 4.0 and 5.0 of Battlebots, Alcoholic Stepfather was rather boxy in shape, featuring two swinging hammers, very similar to Diesector. It did not achieve any success however, losing judges' decisions to both New Cruelty and RoboLoco.

   As Battlebots came to a close on Comedy Central, Alcoholic Stepfather evolved into an invertible, four-wheeled wedge with a flamethrower. Its name derived from its unique method of locomotion in the form of bespoke mecanum wheels, which allowed the robot to "drift" in any direction and move in a weird and disorientated manner.

Alcoholic Stepfather is widely regarded as the pioneer for mecanum wheels in robot combat, something that has since been used in Bots FC's heavyweight Mega Melvin, which now competes in Battlebots under the name Shatter!.

According to a member of the team on Reddit, Alcoholic Stepfather cost approximately $75,000 throughout its time on the US live scene. Much of this cost came down to to the custom mecanum wheels which cost $4,000 each, titanium armour and repair costs.

   Alcoholic Stepfather was also redesigned to compete in Season 2 of ABC's Battlebots in 2016. It would have retained its mecanum wheels and flamethrower, but added a vertical spinner, however this never came to be due to financial uncertainty within the team, combined with the revelation that Alcoholic Stepfather's name wouldn't be allowed for ABC Television.

## Robot History

### BattleBots Comedy Central Season 4.0

Alcoholic Stepfather's first match was against New Cruelty. Both robots went straight at each other and New Cruelty managed to remove something on Alcoholic Stepfather's front. Alcoholic Stepfather started hitting New Cruelty with it's hammers and New Cruelty started pushing Alcoholic Stepfather around the arena. As Alcoholic Stepfather tries to run away, New Cruelty repositions itself and charges straight at Alcoholic Stepfather. This shove from New Cruelty caused one of Alcoholic Stepfather's wheels to come off. New Cruelty pushed Alcoholic Stepfather against the spikestrip and Alcoholic Stepfather was hitting New Cruelty with it's hammers. For the rest of the match, New Cruelty kept pushing Alcoholic Stepfather against the spikestrip. The time ran out and New Cruelty won on a 26-19 judge's decision.

### BattleBots Comedy Central Season 5.0

Alcoholic Stepfather's first match was against RoboLoco. The match was a fairly close one, with RoboLoco tearing off a wheel and one of the axes on Alcoholic Stepfather. However, RoboLoco's weapon belt broke apart and came off, disabling the bar and leading to a pushing match with Alcoholic Stepfather losing the other axe on its own, but gaining the upper hand by pushing RoboLoco with its wedge. Nevertheless, RoboLoco came out on top with a 25-20 judges' decision due to the damage it caused early on, eliminating Alcoholic Stepfather from the tournament.

## Combat Record

* **Wins:** 5 (minimum)
* **Losses:** 7 (minimum)

Tombstone
OUCH!!
Super Megabyte
 RoboGames 2005 | None
Star Hawk 3.0

## References

1. ↑ Alcoholic Stepfather showing off its unique drive versus Tombstone
2. ↑ Team member Krellsteel explains the costs of Alcoholic Stepfather
3. ↑ Alcoholic Stepfather's plans for ABC Battlebots Season 2