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Ah, NHRL. Despite being the source of so much robot related pain and the worst asskickings of my entire career, it holds a soft spot in my heart because it is where I made my official robot combat debut. Without further ado, let's see how my robot combat debut went with Luma's Weed Whacker 3.

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Going into this, I was absolutely nervous. One could say that I was falling apart at the seams. But ready or not, my debut fight was coming and I would have to face fellow rookie and near direct counter to my own bot, Obliterator.

The fight started with both bots spinning up and their builders getting used to the controls. The two charged at each other and exchanged a weapon to weapon hit that had one of Obliterator's drive motors sniped by Luma's Weed Whacker. They shared another hit that flipped Obliterator. Obliterator couldn't self right and tapped out.

Needless to say, I was absolutely riding the high of winning my very first fight and by what is basically a knockout, no less. However, my next opponent would quickly slap the cockiness out of me as I was fighting future finalist, Blackbird.

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Blackbird throwing Luma's Weed Whacker into Brett. Blackbird then got a series of hits on Luma's Weed Whacker that ended with Blackbird shooting Luma's Weed Whacker into the ceiling and Luma's Weed Whacker landing on the corner camera which broke it. The two kept going at each other and Blackbird got stuck on its side. Brett quickly fixed that and the two went at each other with a vengeance. Eventually, Blackbird got stuck on its weapon rails, but shook itself free. Luma's Weed Whacker's battery then gave out and its drive died from a lack of power. Brett slammed Luma's Weed Whacker into the wall in an attempt to get it moving again, but failed. Brett tried again and ejected its top onto Luma's Weed Whacker. Having seen enough, Luma's Weed Whacker tapped out and the win went to Blackbird.

Despite the fact that I brutally got my ass kicked, this is my favorite fight of my career so far purely because of how much fun I had fighting Blackbird. I managed to hit through his wheel guard and nearly killed both of his drive motors, and this damage stuck around long enough for fellow Vector kit Red Hawk to take out Blackbird later.

My next fight would be up against first time competitor and Viper kit, Sacrificer. Due to the fact that Sacrificer was fighting well outside of his weight class, I decided to make use of NHRL's 1lb weight bonus for clusterbots and throw my Candy_Wasp kit Luma's Plow 1, into the ring alongside Luma's Weed Whacker 3. Hobby friend, William Sonia, would be driving Luma's Plow 1 for this match while I held back to see what he could do.

The fight started with Luma's Plow 1 missing the charge while Sacrificer and Luma's Weed Whacker spun up. Luma's Plow then backed off as Sacrificer went to Luma's Weed Whacker who tore off its feeder wedge and shot it to the center of the arena. Luma's Plow then went in again to run interference while Luma's Weed Whacker gathered its bearings. Luma's Plow then backed off so Luma's Weed Whacker could finish the job. Luma's Weed Whacker tore off Sacrificer's main wedge and Sacrificer tapped out.

After that euthenization of Sacrificer, I prepared to face my next opponent, Envoy, but first, Theo Hummel had some parting words to say to me. He had been eliminated earlier in the tournament and since I was still in, we couldn't have that grudge match we've wanted since we met back at MASSdestruction 18. Now without further ado, let's see what Envoy had in store.

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Luma's Weed Whacker tearing off one of Envoy's wheels. Envoy then destroyed a camera as it started hockey pucking to get away from Luma's Weed Whacker. The rest of the fight was Luma's Weed Whacker chasing down Envoy and eventually removing its other wheel. Envoy tapped out and the win went to Luma's Weed Whacker.

I fucking embarassed myself in this fight. Sure, I won and drove what was probably the best fight of my life with the precision I clipped Envoy's wheels with, but I was screeching my head off like a banshee while badly trying to taunt my opponent. To whoever drove Envoy at that event, if you're reading this, I apologize for my ringside behavior. Anyway, up next I was fighting future NHRL 2021 Grand Finalist, Voxel.

The fight started with both bots spinning up and exchanging weapon to weapon hits. Voxel's drive was crippled on one side, but Luma's Weed Whacker's belt snapped. The rest of the fight was Luma's Weed Whacker trying to push Voxel and Voxel trying to finish off Luma's Weed Whacker. Eventually the two got stuck together and Bert had to separate them. Voxel couldn't move and was counted out and the win went to Luma's Weed Whacker 3.

So... Starchild REALLY fucked up Voxel in the last round. For all intents and purposes, I should not have won that fight. The only reason I did is because I didn't take any significant damage the entire tournament while Voxel had to tangle with Starchild, a robot who singlehandedly carried a team of four championship caliber beetleweights to victory in the 12lb hobbyweight bracket. With that aside, I somehow won another fight and by luck of the draw, I was up against Doomkid with his brand new beater bot, Dread Hades.

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Dread Hades throwing Luma's Weed Whacker in the air. Dread Hades quickly took off Luma's Weed Whacker's belt and got to work. The entire fight was Dread Hades throwing Luma's Weed Whacker around the arena while Luma's Weed Whacker tried to push back against Dread Hades. The fight went to a judges decision where Dread Hades won.

And with that loss, I was out of the tournament. Probably for the better as I had snapped my last weapon belt during the fight which means that I would have had to forfeit anyway due to not having a weapon to comply with the active weapon requirement.

Until next time, Lumakid100 signing off.

Event Fight Record: 4-2

Overall Record: 6-7

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