High-Noon Hoopla
High-Noon Hoopla is a robot that debuted in August 2023. It is a modified SSP kit.
Wins: Skim, Fe Fan, BeetleJuice, Kamino (Forfeit), Canterbury
Losses: Ratfish, Shreddit Bro, Chubby Unicorn
Fights Cole drove: Skim, BeetleJuice, Shreddit Bro, Chubby Unicorn
Fights Josh drove: Fe Fan, Ratfish, Canterbury
High-Noon Hoopla is an SSP kit that has fought later in the NHRL 2023 season. It is a collaboration between Cole Wilson and Josh Belanger of Nubert and Red Hawk fame respectively. The idea for this robot is to run the SSP as stock with little modifications for its first couple events before making it our own and eventually giving it new weapon modules, inspired by Silk. Despite us saying it's "modified", it's only modified to the thinnest extent - the only thing making it different from the stock SSP is that for side skirts it uses armor from Red Hawk as opposed to the side skirts that Seth sells (Sorry Seth we might use them in the future). The robot was originally intended to be painted orange, as depicted in the Hotkoin drawing that you see. So this is an important lesson to make your robot before you get someone to draw it! As hinted by the name, the robot is western themed. Cole and Josh take turns driving the bot and the 2 builders follow a ritual where the driver wears a "drivers hat" - a womens beach hat that looks slightly like a cowboy hat. The 2 characters that inspired the theme are Esther Winchester (Cuphead), the name coming from the character's boss level in the game, and the Hotkoin drawing was inspired by Zora Salazar (Epithet Erased).
At HNH's debut event it was first up against the drum bot Skim. It was quite the first opponent for this bot because we did some research and found out Skim has been fighting for over a decade. It was a close fight, as Cole was driving and he was getting used to the controls and hadn't drove the bot much. But it was a win for HNH. It's next opponent was the Bad Crew beater bar Fe Fan. This match was where all of HNH's damage from August came from. They chewed up the top plate, bent a shoulder bolt, and left various dents and scratches on the UHMW billet chassis, but they stopped moving in the last seconds of the match and somehow HNH pulled off the miracle victory. It was next up against BeetleJuice, which was a super scary match for us since at this point they had qualified for the finals. However BeetleJuice's weapon failed and the robot started smoking, so HNH capitalized the entire match and won a decision, giving Cole and Josh one of their most honorable wins in their careers. It was next up against Ratfish, another robot that had been fighting for a while. It was a very tactical control and driving match but Ratfish won, probably due to getting some good flips on HNH. However there was no shame in this loss as Ratfish went on to place 2nd that very event, so HNH left the August 2023 NHRL mostly victorious, placing 19th out of around 160 3lb robots.
Statistics
Info
- Rank: #178 in 3lb.
- Last 5 fights: WLLWL
- Current streak: L1 (0 KOs/KO'd)
- Longest winning streak: 3 (1 KOs)
- Longest losing streak: 2 (1 KO'd)
- Avg fight time (seconds): 191.0
Record
| Year | Events | Fights | W | L | % | KOs | KO'd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2023 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.571 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | |||||||
| All-Time | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.571 | 1 | 1 |
Events
| Date | Fought as | Reached | Place | Fights | W | L | KOs | KO'd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 12, 2023 | High-Noon Hoopla | Bracket Round 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| September 30, 2023 | High Noon Hoopla | Bracket Round 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Opponents
| Opponent | Fights | W | L | KOs | KO'd | Last Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | September 30, 2023 |
| Skim | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | August 12, 2023 |
| Fe Fan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | August 12, 2023 |
| BeetleJuice | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | August 12, 2023 |
| Shreddit Bro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | September 30, 2023 |
| Chubby Unicorn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | September 30, 2023 |
| Ratfish | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | August 12, 2023 |
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Full Fight History
| Date | Opponent | Round | Result | By | Points | Fight Length (s) | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 12, 2023 | Skim | Qualifier Round 1 | Win | Judges Decision | 1.00 | 180 | https://youtu.be/Y9twilXzDpA?t=3637 |
| August 12, 2023 | Fe Fan | Bracket Round 1 | Win | KO | 1.00 | 176 | https://www.youtube.com/live/nAXvrZdnceQ?feature=share&t=20080 |
| August 12, 2023 | BeetleJuice | Bracket Round 2 | Win | Judges Decision | 1.12 | 180 | https://youtu.be/Y9twilXzDpA?t=22156 |
| August 12, 2023 | Ratfish | Bracket Round 3 | Loss | Judges Decision | -1.29 | 299 | https://youtu.be/Y9twilXzDpA?t=27774 |
| September 30, 2023 | Kamino | Qualifier Round 1 | Win | Forfeit | 0.00 | ||
| September 30, 2023 | Shreddit Bro | Qualifier Round 2 | Loss | KO | -1.00 | 142 | https://youtu.be/51MPR4XDHWg?si=tteLpHtMhztgafJn&t=10455 |
| September 30, 2023 | Canterbury | Bracket Round 1 | Win | Judges Decision | 1.00 | 180 | https://youtu.be/Il7qrVYZd5U?si=bbjrg_9ihwXcIdli&t=21493 |
| September 30, 2023 | Chubby Unicorn | Bracket Round 2 | Loss | Judges Decision | -1.00 | 180 | https://www.youtube.com/live/HIjUP4GSCKQ?si=A61G1yXw1EEWFv1e&t=29245 |
* Forfeits before the 2024 season are not counted in a bot's W-L record. Forfeits from 2024 and on are counted in a bot's W-L record.
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