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| allies = [[G.K.]], [[Jonzu95]], [[Badnik96]], [[GoldenFox93]], [[martymidget]], [[Gazea2]], [[Thyrus]], [[Scorpion]], [[J24]], [[Vertigo]], [[J]], [[Naryar]], possibly [[JoeBlo]] and [[Sage]]. Generally gets along well with everyone.
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| allies = [[GoldenFox93]], [[G.K.]], [[Thyrus (User)|Thyrus]], [[SKBT]], [[martymidget]], [[Conraaa]], [[Fracture (User)|Fracture]], [[Vertigo]], [[Jack Daniels]], [[Reier]], [[madman3]], [[ty4er]], [[Sonny_Resetti]], [[JoeBlo]], possibly [[Naryar]] and [[Sage]]. Generally gets along well with everyone.
| rivals = [[GoldenFox93]] (Friendly)
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| rivals = [[GoldenFox93]] (Friendly), [[JoeBlo]] (BOTM)
 
| fear = 25
 
| fear = 25
| respect = 34
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| respect = 45
| rank = [[Post Rank|Advanced User]]
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| rank = [[Post Rank|Advanced User]] / Semi Moderator
| stance = [[Informationalist]], slight [[Peacekeeper]]
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| stance = [[Innovationalist]], [[Informationalist]], [[Peacekeeper]], [[Post King]]
| trivia = NFX is one of the few Scottish members of Gametechmods, others being [[System32]] and [[Scourge of teh Galaxy]].
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| trivia = NFX is one of the few Scottish members of Gametechmods, others being [[System32]], [[Kurt Wylde]] and [[Scourge of teh Galaxy]].
 
| quote = "I see what u did there"  
 
| quote = "I see what u did there"  
 
"PMbomb'd"
 
"PMbomb'd"
"Awesomeness in a box"
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"Schweet"
 
}}
 
}}
  
'''NFX''' is a relative newcomer to the Gametechmods community, having first downloaded Robot Arena 2 in August 2009, and joining the GTM Forums just two days after. Following a brief departure from the forums for unknown reasons, he returned in April 2010, and started to become one of the forum regulars, reveicing Advanced User status in December 2010.
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'''NFX''' is a relative newcomer to the Robot Arena 2 community, having first downloaded Robot Arena 2 in August 2009, and joining the Gametechmods Forums just two days after. Following a brief departure from the forums for unknown reasons, he returned in April 2010, and started to become one of the forum regulars, receiving Advanced User status in December 2010. Recently promoted to Moderator of the Tournament section, alongside G.K. He took another hiatus in the first half of 2013 due to a number of real life issues, but has recently returned again. Disappeared from GTM in March 2014, but is still very much active on ARC, where he is an admin.
  
Currently, he tends to offer insights into the newer members' bots, covering most of the simpler aspects, such as chassis management and basic glitching, leaving the more experienced members, such as [[Naryar]] and [[Pwnator]] to go into more detail about things like efficiency.
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His Stock showcase can be found [http://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=2322.0 here]and his DSL showcase [http://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=3750.0 here]. R0B0SH4RK once described him as "possibly the most underrated builder on the forums". NFX is also a strong Bot Of The Month contender.
 
 
Still doesn't completely understand the rules for batteries.
 
 
 
He has a Stock showcase [https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=2322.0 here] and a DSL showcase [https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=3750.0 here]. He was recently described by R0B0SH4RK as "possibly the most underrated builder on the forums". He occasionally builds replicas to quite a good standard (see his Shunt and Dead Metal replicas in the Replica Showcase for some good examples), and some more humorous robots when Builder's Block sets in. Recently, he emerged as a strong Bot Of The Month contender, having become only the third member to win back-to-back BOTM polls.
 
 
 
In the more off-topic sections of the forum, he has become known for both his skilful use of the image editing program Paint.NET, with which he created both his signature and his avatar, as well as his slightly sharper sense of humour. He has also made a number of 'MS Paint Bots', which were well-received by others.
 
  
 
==Skill==
 
==Skill==
'''Stock''' - Knows almost all of the glitches, and can build some reasonably competitive bots, though has a slightly more experimental style. Tends to build popups and HS bots only, but has recently branched out with a number of hybrids.
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'''Stock''' - Knows almost all of the glitches, and can build some very effective bots. Tends to build [[popup]] and [[HS]] bots only, but has some trouble building effective wedges. Was voted the 3rd best Stock builder on the forums in the 2012 Ranks.
 
 
'''DSL''' - Has reached a reasonable level. Likes to experiment, but tends to make bots more for looks, or proof of concept, rather than combat efficiency. Doesn't really build any specific type of bot, but likes rammers, and has some trouble building effective wedges.
 
 
 
'''Modding''' - Has finally managed to crack AI'ing, and reskin an arena for Gazea2's Stock mod [[RA2INBOW]]. He has also recently learned to reskin components, and has 'absolute minimal knowledge' of [[BFE]]
 
 
 
==Tournament Entries==
 
'''[[BBEANS 6]] - [[Zombie Pirate Ninja]]''' - Lost to [[Urjak]] in the first round. Beat [[Scorpio]] in the first round of the Loser's Bracket. Lost to [[R0B0SH4RK]] in the second round of the Loser's Bracket. (2-7)
 
 
 
'''[[Wild Robots Live 2]] - Snap!Happy''' - Beat [[Ashman12]] and Byebot in heats. Lost to [[Jack Daniels]] in round 2. (2-1)
 
 
 
'''[[Metal Mayhem]] - Insecticide''' - Lost to [[Stagfish]] in first round. (0-1)
 
 
 
'''[[ROBONOVA 2]] - Blizzard 2''' - Teamed with Badnik96's [[Arcade]]. Lost to [[090901]] and [[Vertigo]] in first round. (0-1)
 
 
 
'''[[Back To The Beginnings]] - [[Tribute To Tribute To Mayhem]]''' - Beat Jonzu95 in first round. Lost to Pwnator in round 2. Lost to Sage in round 2 of Loser's Bracket. (2-4)
 
 
 
'''[[Back To The Beginnings 2]] - Whiplash Recoil''' - Lost to R0B0SH4RK in the first round. Beat [[Doomkiller]] in the first round of Loser's Bracket. Lost again to R0B0SH4RK in the second round of Loser's Bracket. (4-4)
 
 
 
'''[[Back To The Beginnings 3]] - [[c3:++]]''' - Beat Clickbeetle in first round. Lost to [[The Ounce]] in round 2. Beat Gazea2, Stagfish and Sage in Loser's Bracket, before losing to JoeBlo in Round 5. Also participated in the Rumble. (8-4)
 
 
 
'''[[Back To The Beginnings 4]] - As If I Give A Flying Melon''' - Beat [[Scrap Daddy]] in Round 1. Lost to [[Pwnator]] in Round 2. Beat Badnik96 and lost to Somebody in Loser's Bracket. (6-5)
 
 
 
'''[[Total Annihilation]] - [[Valid Query 2]]''' - Beat [[GroudonRobotWars]], [[powerrave]] and [[DG]] in heats. Beat Vertigo, martymidget and [[Craaig]] in final. (6-0)
 
 
 
'''Combat Clusters - Mantis 7''' - Teamed with [[Squirrel_Monkey]]'s [[Purple-Xed]]. Beat FOTEPX and TeamXtreemer in the first round, before the tournament was abandoned. (1-0)
 
 
 
'''[[RA2 Trials 2]] - [[Wheels Are Tasty]]''' - Beat [[S.T.C.]] in first round. Lost to Vertigo in heat final. (1-1)
 
 
 
'''[[RA2 Trials 3]] - [[Puncture III]]''' - Beat Pwnator in first round. Beat [[MikeNCR]] in heat final. (2-0)
 
 
 
'''[[Rust In Pieces 2]] - F.O.R.C.E.''' - Lost to Craaig in first round (0-1)
 
 
 
'''NAR AI Wars - Valid Query 3''' - Lost to Clickbeetle in first round. (1-2)
 
 
 
'''[[Replica Wars 2]] - 360''' - Beat [[Zog]] in first round. Beat [[027 LB]], Jonzu95 and [[Somebody]] in rumbles. Lost to [[123savethewhales]], MikeNCR and Squirrel_Monkey in final. 4th place overall. (2-1)
 
 
 
'''[[Replica Wars 3]] - Corkscrew Two''' - Beat [[Sonny_Resetti]] in first round. Beat Badnik96, 027 LB and russian roulette in rumbles. Lost to [[WhammetNuht]] and Pwnator in final. 3rd place overall. (2-1)
 
 
 
'''[[RA2 Team Championships]] - Wheels Are Tasty 4''' - Representing Naryar's Not Quite Evil Council. Beat Craaig in preliminary rounds. Lost to Squirrel_Monkey in Grand Final. Picked up 1st place with the team. (1-1)
 
 
 
'''[[RA2 Team Championships 2]] - Extenders Are Delicious 3''' - Representing Naryar's Not Quite Evil Council. Beat Stagfish in preliminary rounds. Lost to 090901 in Grand Final. Picked up 1st place with the team. (1-1)
 
 
 
'''[[RA2 Team Championships 3]] - Toss Salad''' - Captained Team 4TW at Scrap Daddy'd request. Beat [[ty4er]] in first tound and Ben Purse in Final. Picked up 1st place with the team. (2-0)
 
 
 
'''[[Clash Of The Titans]] - Runtime Error''' - Lost to SKBT in first round. (0-1)
 
 
 
'''[[Micro Mayhem Reincarnated]] - Puncture II''' - Qualified from first round against powerrave, Natef and GroudonRobotWars. Lost to powerrave and martymidget in Round 2. (1-1)
 
 
 
'''[[Clash Cubes IV]] - Wheels Are Tasty 4 1/2''' - Lost to Naryar in Round 1. Beat R1885 in Loser's Bracket. (4-2)
 
 
 
'''[[Chinese Whispers 2]] - Stampede''' - Teamed with Vertigo, [[russian roulette]] and 090901. Finished in 2nd place. (5-4)
 
 
 
'''[[Our Replicas Are Different]] - Lapshade Of Doom''' - Beat Somebody, Wolfsbane and Badnik96 in Wildcard rumble. Beat Ogre in Round 1. Lost to [[kill343gs]] in Round 2. Beat Clickbeetle, Pwnator, MikeNCR and 090901 in Loser's Bracket. Lost to Dragonfire in Loser's Bracket Final. (14-5)
 
 
 
'''[[Dominator Of Dragons]] - Death By Purple 3''' - Lost to [[Wacky Bob]], but beat Scrap Daddy and [[Hard Bot]] in first round. Lost to [[freeziez]] and Squirrel_Monkey in Round 2. (2-3)
 
 
 
'''[[BattleBots]] - Freezerburn''' - Beat Badnik96 and Vertigo. Lost to Thyrus in Semi-Final. Beat Scrap Daddy for 3rd place. (3-1)
 
 
 
'''[[RoboLeague]] - False Popup & Obvious Pseudonym''' - Beat Squirrel_Monkey, Pwnator and That Robot Is A Spy!, but lost to The Ounce, Clickbeetle and R0B0SH4RK in qualifiers. (1-2)
 
 
 
'''GTM Home Nations Tournament - The Highlander''' - Represented Scotland. Beat GoldenFox93, lost to G.K. and lloopp d lloopp. (1-2)
 
  
'''Overall Tournament Record: 71-51 (59%)'''
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'''DSL''' - Has reached a strong level. Doesn't really build any specific type of bot, but likes rammers and IRL designs. He was also voted the 9th best DSL builder, and joint 3rd best IRL builder on the forums in the 2012 Ranks.
  
==Challenge Board==
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'''Modding''' - Reskinned an arena for Gazea2's (possibly cancelled) Stock mod [[RA2INBOW]], along with a few components, and has a decent knowledge of [[BFE]]. Recently learned both UI and more complex component [[GMF]] modification.
  
'''6WD Popup Challenge''' (Orange Blue Orange Yellow 1.3) vs. Somebody vs. Vertigo - LOSS
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==Notable Tournament Entries==
 
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{| border="1"
'''IRL Challenge''' (Taur 2) vs. Thyrus vs. dragonsteincole - LOSS
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!Tournament
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!Robot
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!Position
 +
!Awards
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!Notes
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|-
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|[[Wild Robots Live 2]]
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|Snap! Happy
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|Second Round
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|None
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|NFX's first ever tournament entry.
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|-
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|[[BBEANS 6]]
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|[[Zombie Pirate Ninja]]
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|Loser's Bracket, Round 2
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|None
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|NFX's first ever DSL bot.
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|-
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|[[Back To The Beginnings]]
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|[[Tribute To Tribute To Mayhem]]
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|Loser's Braket, Round 2
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|Best Match (vs. Pwnator)
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|Voted joint Favourite Tournament entry in 2010 GTM Awards.
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|-
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|[[Back To The Beginnings 2]]
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|Whiplash Recoil
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|Loser's Bracket, Round 2
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|None
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|Knocked out of both brackets by the same robot - R0B0SH4RK's Bear Cube.
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|-
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|[[Back To The Beginnings 3]]
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|[[c3:++]]
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|Loser's Bracket, Round 5
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|Rumble Participant
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|One of the first robots to use the 140cm Square Extender effectively.
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|-
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|[[Back To The Beginnings 4]]
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|As If I Give A Flying Melon
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|Loser's Bracket, Round 4
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|Rumble Champion
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|Scored the same amount of KO's as c3:++ (8).
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|-
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|[[Total Annihilation]]
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|[[Valid Query 2]]
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|Grand Champion
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|Most Promising
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|NFX's first individual tournament championship.
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|-
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|[[RA2 Trials 2]]
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|[[Wheels Are Tasty]]
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|Heat Final
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|Most Creative Entry
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|Originally designed as a Clash Cubes IV prototype.
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|-
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|[[RA2 Trials 3]]
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|[[Puncture III]]
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|Runner-Up
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|None
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|Threw itself from the Tabletop in the final match.
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|-
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|[[Replica Wars 2]]
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|360
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|Fourth Place
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|Best Match (Grand Final)
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|Voted joint Favourite Tournament entry in 2010 GTM Awards.
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|-
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|[[Replica Wars 3]]
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|Corkscrew Two
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|Third Place
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|Warmonger Award (Most Damaging)
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|Lost its entire weaponry in one hit in the final.
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|-
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|[[RA2 Team Championships]]
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|Wheels Are Tasty 4
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|Grand Champion
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|None
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|Coined the team name, "Naryar's Not Quite Evil Council".
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|-
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|[[RA2 Team Championships 2]]
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|Extenders Are Delicious 3
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|Grand Champion
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|SFTW (Team 1)
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|NFX is the only member to have won all three RA2 Team Championships.
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|-
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|[[RA2 Team Championships 3]]
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|Toss Salad
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|Grand Champion
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|Best Bot (Team 4), Best Overall Bot
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|Captained Team 4 at Scrap Daddy's request.
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|-
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|[[Clash Cubes IV]]
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|Wheels Are Tasty 4 1/2
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|Loser's Bracket, Round 7
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|Rumble Participant
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|Finished the tournament ranked in fourth place overall.
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|-
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|[[Our Replicas Are Different]]
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|Lapshade Of Doom
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|Third Place
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|None
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|N/A
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|-
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|[[Pot Luck]]
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|Urjak's Folly
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|Loser's Bracket, Round 2
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|Unluckiest Robot, Most Surprising Moment
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|Finished third in the Byebot Qualifying matches.
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|-
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|[[2 Legit 2 Quit]]
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|Implosion 2.0
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|First Round
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|BTRSHDBBDDTBL
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|Eliminated by the same bot in this tournament and Robotic International Wars 2.
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|-
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|[[Battlebots]]
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|[[Freezerburn]]
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|Third Place
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|Best Match (vs. Thyrus)
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|Originally designed in Rhinoceros 2.0.
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|-
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|[[Battlebots Season 2]]
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|[[Revolutions Per Minute]]
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|Fourth Place
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|None
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|Built for the abandoned Blades Of Fury Tournament.
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|-
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|[[Battlebots Season 3]]
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|[[SWARM]]
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|Round 1
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|Unluckiest Bot
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|Originally entered as a Heavyweight multibot.
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|-
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|[[B4ttlebots]]
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|(LW) [[Watch Your Step!]], (MW) [[Cage of Mirrors]], (HW) The Highlander 2
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|(LW) Quarter-Finals, (MW) Round 1, (HW) Runner-Up
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|Best Skin (The Highlander)
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|The Highlander was originally entered into the SHW Bracket.
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|-
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|[[Battlebots Season 5]]
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|(LW) 360, (MW) Taur 2, (HW) The Highlander 2, (SHW) Tritium
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|(LW) Quarter-Finals, (MW) Round 1, (HW) Quarter-Finals, (SHW) Grand Finalist
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|N/A
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|The tournament was abandoned following the SHW Semi-Finals.
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|-
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|[[Home And Away]]
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|Fatal Exception
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|Runner-Up
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|Most KO's, Most Home Wins, Most Away Wins
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|Fatal Exception was not KO'd once in all its 42 matches.
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|-
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|[[Steel Warzone]]
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|[[Ion]]
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|Grand Champion
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|None
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|The only bot to have won an AI Tournament and a BOTM Poll.
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|-
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|[[Not Quite Replica Wars 2]]
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|Swift Justice
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|Fourth Place
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|Champion's Rumble Runner-Up
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|Lost to the Byebot in the Preliminary Rounds.
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|-
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|[[Robotic International Wars 2]]
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|Implosion 2.0
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|Fourth Place
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|Brawler Award
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|Previously entered into 2 Legit 2 Quit.
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|-
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|[[Robotic International Wars 3]]
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|Hairline Fracture
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|Third Place
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|Rumble Winner, Coolest Entry
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|N/A
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|-
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|[[Annihilator]]
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|Schizophrenia
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|Runner-Up
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|Most Fearsome
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|Possibly the first 36HS to use 3 Nifty batteries.
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|-
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|[[BroBots]]
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|Xenophobia & Agrophobia
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|Loser's Bracket, Round 1
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|Rumble Winner, Coolest Entrant (Xenophobia)
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|N/A
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|-
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|[[Two To Tango]]
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|(w/ SKBT) Fire and The Other One (Implosion III & False Popup)
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|Grand Champion
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|N/A
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|Also reached Round 4 of the Loser's Bracket with MikeNCR.
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|-
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|[[RA2 Olympics]]
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|Braveheart
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|Third Place
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|Coolest Bot, Best Skin
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|One of only two bots to represent Scotland.
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|-
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|[[RA2 Olympics: London]]
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|Above All (LW), The Highlander 2 (HW)
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|Fourth Place (LW), Runner-Up (HW)
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|Best Skin (The Highlander 2)
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|Above All was originally a concept for the abandoned Summer Sumo tournament.
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|-
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|[[Robot Wars Series 8]]
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|Iron Oxide
 +
|Round 2
 +
|King Of The Hill Champion, Best Design
 +
|N/A
 +
|-
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|[[Robo Zone 2]]
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|XOR
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|5th Place
 +
|Best Skinned
 +
|N/A
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|-
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|[[Box Of Nightmares]]
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|Snap!Happy 6.3
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|Third Place
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|N/A
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|Knocked out of both brackets by the same bot - G.K.'s Gicquel.
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|-
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|GTM Home Nations Tournament
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|The Highlander
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|Joint Second Place (with lloopp d lloopp and Goldenfox93)
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|N/A
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|Represented Scotland
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|-
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|}
  
 
==Other Notable Robots==
 
==Other Notable Robots==
  
'''Halestorm''' - A Stock HW Popup series, which has gradually improved over its seven incarnations, specifically with SnapperII work and extender setups.
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'''Halestorm''' - A Stock HW Popup series, which has gradually improved over its eight incarnations, specifically with SnapperII work and extender setups.
  
 
'''Present Of Doom''' - His BOTM Entry for December 2010, coming second to Clickbeetle. It featured his first public showing of reskinned components: a red DSL Disc which read "To ACAMS. Merry Xmas!"
 
'''Present Of Doom''' - His BOTM Entry for December 2010, coming second to Clickbeetle. It featured his first public showing of reskinned components: a red DSL Disc which read "To ACAMS. Merry Xmas!"
  
'''Crab Salad 2''' - A LW Rammer that utilises the Trov Chassis glitch, known for its unique weapon setup. Its potency was displayed in a screenshot showing a KO victory over the fearsome [[Mako]].  
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'''Crab Salad''' - A DSL LW Rammer that utilises the Trov Chassis glitch, known for its unique weapon setup. Its potency was displayed in a screenshot showing a KO victory over the fearsome [[Mako]]. It is available in NAR AI 2.7 as Rat Trap.
  
 
'''Pyramid Scheme''' - A pyramid-shaped Stock HW Flipper with a smiley face on the front. Liked for its humour, and there is also footage of it upending [[Hammer Of Justice]].
 
'''Pyramid Scheme''' - A pyramid-shaped Stock HW Flipper with a smiley face on the front. Liked for its humour, and there is also footage of it upending [[Hammer Of Justice]].
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'''Sundancer''' - A pair of DSL LW HS, each one identical to the other, apart from one being effectively upside-down. Similar in principle to [[The Iron Outlaws]], NFX can choose which way up to begin the match.
  
 
==Hosting==
 
==Hosting==
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*Favourite Tournament Match (vs. Pwnator, Back To The Beginnings Round 2)
 
*Favourite Tournament Match (vs. Pwnator, Back To The Beginnings Round 2)
  
'''Back To The Beginnings'''
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'''GTM Awards 2011'''
*Best Match (vs. Pwnator)
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*Best Signature [Tied with J and Mr. Awesumsauce]
 
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*Best Personal Text
'''Back To The Beginnings 3'''
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*Most Optimistic [Tied with JoeBlo]
*Rumble Participant (w/Naryar, J24 & SKBT)
 
 
 
'''Total Annihilation'''
 
*Grand Champion
 
*Most Promising
 
 
 
'''RA2 Team Championships'''
 
*Team Championship (w/Naryar, G.K, SKBT, martymidget & trumpetguy)
 
  
'''RA2 Team Championships 2'''
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'''GTM Awards 2012'''
*Team Championship (w/Naryar, G.K, SKBT, martymidget & Vertigo)
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*Best Signature
*SFTW (Team 1)
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*Best Advice [Tied with Pwnator]
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*Most Likely To Stay On Topic
  
'''RA2 Team Championships 3'''
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'''Bot Of The Month x9'''
*Team Championship (w/Scrap Daddy, 090901, Conraaa, dragonsteincole & Wolfsbane)
 
*Best Bot - Team 4
 
*Best Bot - Overall
 
 
 
'''RA2 Trials 2'''
 
*Most Creative Entry
 
 
 
'''Replica Wars 2'''
 
*Best Match (Grand Final)
 
 
 
'''Replica Wars 3'''
 
*Third Place
 
*Best Moment (Grand Final)
 
*Warmonger Award (Most Damaging)
 
 
 
'''Our Replicas Are Different'''
 
*Loser's Bracket Runner-Up
 
 
 
'''Battlebots'''
 
*Third Place
 
*Best Match (vs. Thyrus)
 
 
 
'''Bot Of The Month'''
 
 
*October 2010 (Flash Bang)
 
*October 2010 (Flash Bang)
 
*January 2011 (Viral Sweep)
 
*January 2011 (Viral Sweep)
 
*February 2011 (Ion)
 
*February 2011 (Ion)
 
*June 2011 (Enterprise)
 
*June 2011 (Enterprise)
*July 2010 (Kart)
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*July 2011 (Kart)
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*March 2012 (Minor Miner)
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*April 2012 (Shelley)
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*August 2012 (Mutant Tricycle)
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*September 2012 (Quark)
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[[Category:Forum Members]]
 
[[Category:Forum Members]]
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[[Category:Forum Staff]]

Latest revision as of 05:14, 27 April 2017

NFX
NFX.png
Rank Advanced User / Semi Moderator
Political Stance Innovationalist, Informationalist, Peacekeeper, Post King
Grudge / Ally Status
Allies With GoldenFox93, G.K., Thyrus, SKBT, martymidget, Conraaa, Fracture, Vertigo, Jack Daniels, Reier, madman3, ty4er, Sonny_Resetti, JoeBlo, possibly Naryar and Sage. Generally gets along well with everyone.
Rivals With GoldenFox93 (Friendly), JoeBlo (BOTM)
Grudges With None
Fear Rating Rating 2.gif 25/100
Respect Rating Rating 3.gif 45/100
Trivia
NFX is one of the few Scottish members of Gametechmods, others being System32, Kurt Wylde and Scourge of teh Galaxy.
Memorable Quote
"I see what u did there"

"PMbomb'd" "Schweet"


NFX is a relative newcomer to the Robot Arena 2 community, having first downloaded Robot Arena 2 in August 2009, and joining the Gametechmods Forums just two days after. Following a brief departure from the forums for unknown reasons, he returned in April 2010, and started to become one of the forum regulars, receiving Advanced User status in December 2010. Recently promoted to Moderator of the Tournament section, alongside G.K. He took another hiatus in the first half of 2013 due to a number of real life issues, but has recently returned again. Disappeared from GTM in March 2014, but is still very much active on ARC, where he is an admin.

His Stock showcase can be found here, and his DSL showcase here. R0B0SH4RK once described him as "possibly the most underrated builder on the forums". NFX is also a strong Bot Of The Month contender.

Skill

Stock - Knows almost all of the glitches, and can build some very effective bots. Tends to build popup and HS bots only, but has some trouble building effective wedges. Was voted the 3rd best Stock builder on the forums in the 2012 Ranks.

DSL - Has reached a strong level. Doesn't really build any specific type of bot, but likes rammers and IRL designs. He was also voted the 9th best DSL builder, and joint 3rd best IRL builder on the forums in the 2012 Ranks.

Modding - Reskinned an arena for Gazea2's (possibly cancelled) Stock mod RA2INBOW, along with a few components, and has a decent knowledge of BFE. Recently learned both UI and more complex component GMF modification.

Notable Tournament Entries

Tournament Robot Position Awards Notes
Wild Robots Live 2 Snap! Happy Second Round None NFX's first ever tournament entry.
BBEANS 6 Zombie Pirate Ninja Loser's Bracket, Round 2 None NFX's first ever DSL bot.
Back To The Beginnings Tribute To Tribute To Mayhem Loser's Braket, Round 2 Best Match (vs. Pwnator) Voted joint Favourite Tournament entry in 2010 GTM Awards.
Back To The Beginnings 2 Whiplash Recoil Loser's Bracket, Round 2 None Knocked out of both brackets by the same robot - R0B0SH4RK's Bear Cube.
Back To The Beginnings 3 c3:++ Loser's Bracket, Round 5 Rumble Participant One of the first robots to use the 140cm Square Extender effectively.
Back To The Beginnings 4 As If I Give A Flying Melon Loser's Bracket, Round 4 Rumble Champion Scored the same amount of KO's as c3:++ (8).
Total Annihilation Valid Query 2 Grand Champion Most Promising NFX's first individual tournament championship.
RA2 Trials 2 Wheels Are Tasty Heat Final Most Creative Entry Originally designed as a Clash Cubes IV prototype.
RA2 Trials 3 Puncture III Runner-Up None Threw itself from the Tabletop in the final match.
Replica Wars 2 360 Fourth Place Best Match (Grand Final) Voted joint Favourite Tournament entry in 2010 GTM Awards.
Replica Wars 3 Corkscrew Two Third Place Warmonger Award (Most Damaging) Lost its entire weaponry in one hit in the final.
RA2 Team Championships Wheels Are Tasty 4 Grand Champion None Coined the team name, "Naryar's Not Quite Evil Council".
RA2 Team Championships 2 Extenders Are Delicious 3 Grand Champion SFTW (Team 1) NFX is the only member to have won all three RA2 Team Championships.
RA2 Team Championships 3 Toss Salad Grand Champion Best Bot (Team 4), Best Overall Bot Captained Team 4 at Scrap Daddy's request.
Clash Cubes IV Wheels Are Tasty 4 1/2 Loser's Bracket, Round 7 Rumble Participant Finished the tournament ranked in fourth place overall.
Our Replicas Are Different Lapshade Of Doom Third Place None N/A
Pot Luck Urjak's Folly Loser's Bracket, Round 2 Unluckiest Robot, Most Surprising Moment Finished third in the Byebot Qualifying matches.
2 Legit 2 Quit Implosion 2.0 First Round BTRSHDBBDDTBL Eliminated by the same bot in this tournament and Robotic International Wars 2.
Battlebots Freezerburn Third Place Best Match (vs. Thyrus) Originally designed in Rhinoceros 2.0.
Battlebots Season 2 Revolutions Per Minute Fourth Place None Built for the abandoned Blades Of Fury Tournament.
Battlebots Season 3 SWARM Round 1 Unluckiest Bot Originally entered as a Heavyweight multibot.
B4ttlebots (LW) Watch Your Step!, (MW) Cage of Mirrors, (HW) The Highlander 2 (LW) Quarter-Finals, (MW) Round 1, (HW) Runner-Up Best Skin (The Highlander) The Highlander was originally entered into the SHW Bracket.
Battlebots Season 5 (LW) 360, (MW) Taur 2, (HW) The Highlander 2, (SHW) Tritium (LW) Quarter-Finals, (MW) Round 1, (HW) Quarter-Finals, (SHW) Grand Finalist N/A The tournament was abandoned following the SHW Semi-Finals.
Home And Away Fatal Exception Runner-Up Most KO's, Most Home Wins, Most Away Wins Fatal Exception was not KO'd once in all its 42 matches.
Steel Warzone Ion Grand Champion None The only bot to have won an AI Tournament and a BOTM Poll.
Not Quite Replica Wars 2 Swift Justice Fourth Place Champion's Rumble Runner-Up Lost to the Byebot in the Preliminary Rounds.
Robotic International Wars 2 Implosion 2.0 Fourth Place Brawler Award Previously entered into 2 Legit 2 Quit.
Robotic International Wars 3 Hairline Fracture Third Place Rumble Winner, Coolest Entry N/A
Annihilator Schizophrenia Runner-Up Most Fearsome Possibly the first 36HS to use 3 Nifty batteries.
BroBots Xenophobia & Agrophobia Loser's Bracket, Round 1 Rumble Winner, Coolest Entrant (Xenophobia) N/A
Two To Tango (w/ SKBT) Fire and The Other One (Implosion III & False Popup) Grand Champion N/A Also reached Round 4 of the Loser's Bracket with MikeNCR.
RA2 Olympics Braveheart Third Place Coolest Bot, Best Skin One of only two bots to represent Scotland.
RA2 Olympics: London Above All (LW), The Highlander 2 (HW) Fourth Place (LW), Runner-Up (HW) Best Skin (The Highlander 2) Above All was originally a concept for the abandoned Summer Sumo tournament.
Robot Wars Series 8 Iron Oxide Round 2 King Of The Hill Champion, Best Design N/A
Robo Zone 2 XOR 5th Place Best Skinned N/A
Box Of Nightmares Snap!Happy 6.3 Third Place N/A Knocked out of both brackets by the same bot - G.K.'s Gicquel.
GTM Home Nations Tournament The Highlander Joint Second Place (with lloopp d lloopp and Goldenfox93) N/A Represented Scotland

Other Notable Robots

Halestorm - A Stock HW Popup series, which has gradually improved over its eight incarnations, specifically with SnapperII work and extender setups.

Present Of Doom - His BOTM Entry for December 2010, coming second to Clickbeetle. It featured his first public showing of reskinned components: a red DSL Disc which read "To ACAMS. Merry Xmas!"

Crab Salad - A DSL LW Rammer that utilises the Trov Chassis glitch, known for its unique weapon setup. Its potency was displayed in a screenshot showing a KO victory over the fearsome Mako. It is available in NAR AI 2.7 as Rat Trap.

Pyramid Scheme - A pyramid-shaped Stock HW Flipper with a smiley face on the front. Liked for its humour, and there is also footage of it upending Hammer Of Justice.

Sundancer - A pair of DSL LW HS, each one identical to the other, apart from one being effectively upside-down. Similar in principle to The Iron Outlaws, NFX can choose which way up to begin the match.

Hosting

So far, NFX has only attempted to host one official tournament, Mechapocalypse. However, due to university work and time constraints, he was unable to continue with it.

He has also hosted the Home Nations Tournament, an unofficial tournament between himself, Goldenfox93, G.K. and lloopp d lloopp, on the basis that each of the four countries of the United Kingdom would be represented.

Achievements/Awards

GTM Awards 2010

  • Best Personal Text
  • Favourite Champion Bot (Valid Query 2) [Tied with Somebody (Ripper Of Guts 3.7)]
  • Favourite Tournament Entry (Valid Query 2, Tribute To Tribute To Mayhem, 360)
  • Favourite Tournament Match (vs. Pwnator, Back To The Beginnings Round 2)

GTM Awards 2011

  • Best Signature [Tied with J and Mr. Awesumsauce]
  • Best Personal Text
  • Most Optimistic [Tied with JoeBlo]

GTM Awards 2012

  • Best Signature
  • Best Advice [Tied with Pwnator]
  • Most Likely To Stay On Topic

Bot Of The Month x9

  • October 2010 (Flash Bang)
  • January 2011 (Viral Sweep)
  • February 2011 (Ion)
  • June 2011 (Enterprise)
  • July 2011 (Kart)
  • March 2012 (Minor Miner)
  • April 2012 (Shelley)
  • August 2012 (Mutant Tricycle)
  • September 2012 (Quark)