I left them
charging all night and they still didn’t perform. I’m not an IT expert. I just
tell them how to play. Stupid targeting computer glitch.
I was
confident when they stepped out onto the neodurium, their yellow and rose
chassis’ gleaming under the glare of the lights and the crowd. The klaxon
sounded and immediately the robots began to work in tandem, Epsilon Orange
pushing Jackal out of the way, allowing Delta Green a free strike for the
opening two points. Which he missed.
The robots
were pushed around allowing Swagger to swagger through the defence and open up
the scoring with a single point. Minor setback, I thought, as Gamma Red went on
a smashing spree and Sigma white set himself up for an easy three pointer.
Which he missed.
Bear then
began removing the Orbitals from the pitch with a round of exploding 6 smashing
that left the robots quite depleted and allowed Lucky to saunter through for
another two points.
This time it
was Omega Black’s turn to have a go at a strike, sprinting from the bench and
scooping up the ball whilst Gamma Red continued his limp pushing of the
Scrawpers, opening up a small gap that allowed Omega Black the freedom to miss
another strike for the Orbitals.
Another.
Seriously, the targeting computer was waaay off.
Fortunately
we didn’t have to rely on it again, as after the Scrawpers went 5 up, Delta
Green scooped up the ball, and despite 2 cards allowing 2 rerolls, still
managed to fall flat on his dumb robot face attempting a simple evade. The ball
scattered kindly for the corporation team, and they finished the match with
some aplomb, a cool 3-pointer from Lucky that had the crowd both cheering the
humans and booing the badly malfunctioning metal twerps.
They’re still under warranty. A man is coming out to fix them on Tuesday.