SEASON THREE FINALS!

Well here we are folks. What started out with eight deadly combat robots has come down to just two! Dissociative Identity will take on Snow Storm for the Fantasy Fury 3 championship! You'll see that tonight, but also our rumble, where all 8 robots are invited to step into a brutal free-for-all.

Without delay, we'll head down to the obstacle course for our first event. Dissociative Identity is up first.

Dissociative Identity, naked as usual for this event, comes out fast. DI winds through the serpentine and puts those big tires to work as he glides effortlessly over the speed bumps. The first spinner steers him off course but his momentum saves him and it's up and over the ramp, once again showing off the ground clearance that helped him get this far. The second spinner is not problem for DI, as Ryan seems to have really gotten the hang of driving over them. One of the pistons pops under the rear of DI, completely flipping him just as it did in his first run at this event, but he presses on upside down. Between the spikes with no issues, DI takes a quick trip over the final spinner but over shoots and hits the wall. He quickly recovers and slowly makes his way up the conveyor for a final time of 36 seconds!

Snow Storm comes out fast as always, juking through the serpentine with no loss of speed due to his automotive steering. He gets over the speed bumps with some minor clearance trouble and hits the first spinner, powering through an easy 90 degree turn and up the ramp. Snow Storm sails over the top and lands on the downward slope, hitting the next spinner at a bad angle and slamming into the wall. After some careful maneuvering he's back on track, with a near miss from two pistons no less. Through the spikes and onto the next spinner, Snow Storm nearly loses control as he quickly turns onto the conveyor, but Alex keeps it in check and rushes up the conveyor, but comes in second with 45 seconds.

Wow! Dissociative Identity shows that with the right design features, he can beat a much more powerful robot in the obstacle course, but why "road cone orange"?

"Through extensive scientific research, it was discovered that the previous paint scheme of 'red', 'charcoal', and 'silver' were conducive to fight forefits. 'Red' was singled out to be the primary cause of the FFs, so it has been replaced by the rather sexy road cone orange. The patent pending 'TE Diamond' team logo has been also been enacted as a safety measure to aid in the prevention of voodoo attacks." - Ryan

Well let's go down to the Botball court and see if Ryan's voodoo magic can hold up as both bots are ready to go!

As you can see, Snow Storm sporting his two spike set up on the red side, and Dissociative Identity with his lifting plow on the blue side. 3... 2... 1... Botball! Snow Storm moves out to the left, capturing a red ball between his spikes and rushing to the goal. Dissociative Identity meanwhile traps the center blue ball with his lifting plow and cruises to the goal, scoring seconds after Snow Storm. As DI moves down the ramp and after his second ball, Snow Storm scoops up the center red ball and starts toward the goal. With both bots having effective ways of controling the balls, Snow Storm's speed seems to be the deciding factor. Snow Storm once again scores before DI, this time by an even greater margin. Alex seems to be driving more carefully now, clearly not wanting a repeat of his first Botball. As DI starts moving toward the goal with his final ball, Snow Storm rushes up the ramp and sends the third red ball through for the win!

Looks like Snow Storm had the edge in that one. Both bots have great ways of controling the balls, so the only thing that really separated them (barring a driver error) was how fast they could move the balls to the goals. Snow Storm once again dominated via his absurdly powerful drivetrain.

Let's go ahead and go down to the gauntlet where Dissociative Identity is waiting to make his final run of the season.

Dissociative Identity is still sporting his V-Plow for this one, and rushes forward. The glass and blocks are no issue but the timbers nearly completely stop him. After getting through he hits the drums, again nearly stopping but manages to clear them away, knocking one into Zero's kill zone. Zero flips it seemingly out of principle... DI hits the sled and now slows to a crawl, pushing the sled across the line at 35 seconds.

Snow Storm lines up on the gauntlet with his V-Plow.

Once again Snow Storm makes a breathtaking run that is pretty much too fast to be described, coming across the line in a neckbreaking 3.7 seconds to eclipse his previous record.

That was absolutely amazing although I think we all expected it to go the way it did. Next up we have the Gross Display of Power, and if we can go by precedents on this one as well, I think we'll see this fight decided in the final battle.

First up is Dissociative Identity, who now has his self contained drum assembly mounted. DI immediately goes for the blocks, tossing the first couple along with some light debris, but once he gets closer to the center the real carnage begins!

White dust and debris fill the arena until Ryan decides that the blocks are sufficiently busted up and scattered. He turns to move on to his next inanimate victim, but the buzzer has other plans.

Snow Storm now has his three spikes in place, and slams violently into the crates, smashing three of them. He then turns and lines up for a ram on the drums. As he hits the drums, two of his spikes impale one of them, severely damaging it. Snow Storm backs up but it seems he's only taking the drum with him. Snow Storm rams the wall in an attempt to get free, but it is no use. Alex decides to just go with it and use the impaled drum to ram a crate, busting it before the buzzer ends his run.

Judges decide in favor of Dissociative Identity!

Well there you have it, a 2-2 tie as we go into the main event of this season! But we'll get to that in a moment. First, let's see how the rumble went.

The following match is scheduled for 5 minutes and will be a free-for-all! Introducing: Force Field, Novastorm, Dissociative Identity, Revolver Ocelot, Painkiller, Snow Storm, Diamond Jim, and special guest, Adrenaline! Due to damage suffered in the tournament, Pressurizer won't be competing in the rumble.

Revolver Ocelot quickly backs into a corner with his blade facing out. Force Field shoves Adrenaline to the wall but quickly backs away to avoid the axe. Diamond Jim rams Painkiller into the wall, taking a light shot from the disc. Novastorm shoves Dissociative Identity, but loses control of him and gets his side busted up by the drum. Force Field now scoops Diamond Jim and rams him into Revolver Ocelot's blade, sending a skirt flying.

Snow Storm slams Novastorm into the wall, and it looks like one side of his drive might be out. Snow Storm now targets Diamond Jim, but is cut off by Force Field's massive plow just as Adrenaline drives his axe into Dissociative Identity's top armor.

Dissociative Identity escapes and hits Snow Storm, but his drum seems to be getting weaker. Revolver Ocelot maintains his corner position as Diamond Jim rams him, but gets knocked away and is only moving in semi-circles now. Painkiller hits Force Field's wheels, but quickly finds retaliation from the plow, leaving his disc non-operational. Adrenaline goes for Revolver Ocelot, and loses an armor panel but still lands a shot with the axe, breaking the weapon drive.

Adrenaline backs away, but is now dragging his axe along the ground, seemingly out of power. As we pass four minutes, Novastorm, Diamond Jim, and Dissociative Identity are all incapacitated. Adrenaline, Painkiller, and Revolver Ocelot are weaponless, and Snow Storm and Force Field are moving sluggishly. Snow Storm slams Painkiller into the wall, and now he's no longer moving. Force Field shoves Revolver Ocelot over Adrenaline, flipping him. Revolver Ocelot moves only a few feet before he seems to just die. The buzzer sounds, and the carnage is astounding. The only bots left are Snow Storm, who's steering seems to have died and can only love in a straight line; Adrenaline, who can drive, but has a completely dead turret and weapon; and Force Field, driving rather slowly and with little control. By a vote of audience applause, your winner is... FORCE FIELD!

Wow, that rumble was brutal, and 5 minutes definitely seemed to play havoc on their batteries. Now we move on to the main event, where we will crown a champion. First, let's take a look at how each bot got here.

Dissociative Identity won a hard fought battle against equally versatile Painkiller in round one. Ryan then piloted him to a brutal victory over Pressurizer in the semifinals. Snow Storm upset Force Field in the first round, grabbing a gauntlet record of 3.8 seconds along the way. Then in the second round he defeated Diamond Jim early in the events. Here's how they stack up.

Ryan St.John
Trapp Engineering
Newark Ohio
Dissociative Identity
"I doubt i'll be knocking him out in the early events like ive luckily been able to do in my previous matches, so this fight will probably be critical"

Alex MacWilliams
Team Targeted
Suffolk, England
Snow Storm
"Just keep control of him and never let go. If I have the chance, sweep around to his sides to gain a better control. Be relentless and aggressive."

In the red square, expect to beat this plow when hell freezes over! Here is Snow Storm!

In the blue square, he's got multiple personalities and homicidal tendencies. Introducing Dissociative Identity!


Dissociative Identity turns to leave his square while spinning up, but is caught by a brutal box rush from Snow Storm.

Dissociative Identity escapes the pin, and quickly gets to Snow Storm's side as he tries to reorient. Several pieces of gray rubber fly as Dissociative Identity chews away at Snow Storm's tires. Snow Storm rushes away and tries to attack again, but Dissociative Identity out-maneuvers him and escapes. DI tries to turn, but this time Snow Storm has enough space to maneuver and slams him hard into the wall, stopping the drum. Snow Storm backs off and DI retreats to the side, his drum still silent. Snow Storm rams him again, but this time he slips off to the side before hitting the wall, and the drum starts spinning. Taking advantage of the situation, DI hits Snow Storm's tires. Snow Storm gets lifted off the ground and loses control, heading toward Zero.

Zero rushes forward and sends Snow Storm flying, only to meet DI's drum yet again shortly after landing. Snow Storm moves away and reorients, but the buzzer sounds. Both Alex and Ryan are yelling excitedly and pounding on the lexan.

Damage: 10-5 Dissociative Identity
Strategy: 8-7 Dissociative Identity
Aggression: 9-6 Snow Storm
Final Score: 24-21 Dissociative Identity

May we present, the Champion of Fantasy Fury Season 3: Dissociative Identity!