Havok Explosion

Not to be confused with the Havok game engine.

The dreaded Havok explosion (name comes from the Havok game engine), also called a "havok", happens often when you rip off an external powered component, as pistons or motors (look at The Boxer or Ripblade).

It creates an invisible anomaly that behaves like a landmine: when you come close to it, you have a big chance to be tossed randomly and apparently with no reason. Sometimes, the same component can create several havok explosions.

Havok explosions range from a small push that will unbalance your bot and raise one or your sides, like if you were flipping a heavyweight with a Snapper 2, to reaching the ceiling in the blink of an eye. I personally witnessed a bot getting thrown at something like 75 meters by second. But this is extremely rare.

As said before, extremely annoying (and unfair) because it can make you lose easily, or funny (but still unfair) if the other bot havoks.