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Off-Topic => Real Robotics => Real Robotics Discussion => Topic started by: Vertigo on September 28, 2010, 11:03:54 AM
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Well, who's going?
Me of course
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Yep, I'm Going. And I'm Taking Dantomkia And The Ants (my antweights and that Piece Of :realmad( :realmad( :realmad( :realmad()
See You in the pits, Vertigo
h8tr13
Luke "I Reject Your Reality And Subject My Own!!" Steels
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I can't, I live in America.
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Anyone going? I am (as usual)
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Anyone (other than me) going to Maidstone?
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Yep, I'm Going. And I'm Taking Dantomkia And The Ants...
Didn't know you'd come under ownership of Dantomkia ;)
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My Dad said he'll take me to Maidstone along with my ant.
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I'll be going. And (I think) that my Dad will be taking me, rather than my Mum.
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My bot is overweight (its about 240g) will it still be allowed?
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Mine's 300g. They may be alllowed if they're modified a little.
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Mine is just a wedge bot.
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Mine's a lifter.
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Good luck to everyone going!
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My bot is overweight (its about 240g) will it still be allowed?
Yeah, most people just bring antweights for a bit of fun ;)
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I'm actually going to be in the crowd watching. Good luck.
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Cheer for Explosion then!
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Sure does. Beat Aftershock for me if you face him.
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Why do you have a particular hate for aftershock?
Aftershocks broken after the UK Champs anyway, so I'll get wirlwind instead :P
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Do I have to sign up on roaming robots so i'm allowed to use it?
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I think so, not sure.
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Do I have to sign up on roaming robots so i'm allowed to use it?
YES! And sign up to the event, otherwise you won't get any event information (email) about how to get there, & what time to get there!
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Who are the finalists this year?
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Aw, my Dads just realised he's busy that day. I cant go guys :(
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Aw, Stag, I was looking forward to meeting you. You could try and get a taxi or something...
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Maidstone is about two hours away, I live south of London.
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wish i could go too. i've never been at an actual event before. problem is that it's all so far away from where i live.
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That was pretty awesome today. Good event, Explosion won the featherweights this time.
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Vertigo won again?
Woohoo!
You need to get a Gametechmods sticker on that thing.
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Cant go too far...
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yes we can. GTM stickers for on the robots of GTM members. sounds like a good idea if you ask me.
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yes we can. GTM stickers for on the robots of GTM members. sounds like a good idea if you ask me.
Yeah, it is a good idea, if you want a new audience for RA2, that's gonna be it!
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That was pretty awesome today. Good event, Explosion won the featherweights AGAIN.
:P
As for the sticker idea, I would, you just all need to win Wham over now :D
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lol, even if he isn't in for this, everyone who is up for it could.
problem... we need to have some actual GTM stickers.
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hahahahahahaha only for roboteers this time lol :laughing :laughing :laughing :laughing :laughing
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That was pretty awesome today. Good event, Explosion won the featherweights AGAIN.
:P
As for the sticker idea, I would, you just all need to win Wham over now :D
Why don't you go the whole hog and put a BIG RED BUTTON sticker on the chassis? ;)
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That was pretty awesome today. Good event, Explosion won the featherweights AGAIN.
:P
As for the sticker idea, I would, you just all need to win Wham over now :D
Why don't you go the whole hog and put a BIG RED BUTTON sticker on the chassis? ;)
i rofl'd ;)
Anyways, well done vertigo, and why don't you use those square stickers and put something like this on them:
G T M
Www.Gametechmods.com (http://Www.Gametechmods.com)
would that work?
(and yes, i'm bored of that "i am the bubbleman blahblahblah" crap.)
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That was pretty awesome today. Good event, Explosion won the featherweights AGAIN.
:P
As for the sticker idea, I would, you just all need to win Wham over now :D
You know I would but the only sticker I put on my bots is my teams one - I think extra stickers ruin Hunter's devilish good looks :P
Also Vert, sorry I couldnt go maidstone, first it was i was going to a ju-jitsu ko-budo (weapons training, nunchucks, katanas, ect.) Then when my dad couldnt do it i asked if i could go - turns out none of our robots are ready because we wasnt going to go because we had other plans :FFFUUU
So instead i ended up going to my cousins birthday meal.
I am really annoyed.
Hopefully I can do more events next year, and hopefully i'll have 3 finished FWs and 2 AWs to fight aswell :)
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Is there ever a Roaming Robots near Manchester?
Curios...
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Closest has been Wigan
Would be nice if there was one in Manchester though, would be a nice close one for me :P
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Anyone going to Barnsley? I will be
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I'll probabley go.
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I believe that's quite far down south, so no.
I'd actually like to go to one of these events at some point, what's the furthest north event may I ask?
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I thought it was in Yorkshire? Not so down south.
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I believe that's quite far down south, so no.
I'd actually like to go to one of these events at some point, what's the furthest north event may I ask?
No, Barnsley is in South Yorkshire :P
Most North event would be Edinburgh
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I believe that's quite far down south, so no.
I'd actually like to go to one of these events at some point, what's the furthest north event may I ask?
No, Barnsley is in South Yorkshire :P
Most North event would be Edinburgh
Oh, is there one hosted in..newcastle area for example?
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Yes, there was one last year, in the science museum
That was hosted by robochallenge
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Well i'll keep an eye on their website then, but don't be surprised if you see me go there ;)
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I don't belive that Robochallenge will go back there unfortunately, becausethey seemto be tied to Silverline & The Gadget Show atm
There are other events around the Newcastle area however, Nottingham?
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I'd go, but my grandparents don't have enough money for me to go to two robot combat events. :(
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I don't belive that Robochallenge will go back there unfortunately, becausethey seemto be tied to Silverline & The Gadget Show atm
There are other events around the Newcastle area however, Nottingham?
Perhaps, we'll see.
At any rate, i'd have to organise it with some other people who I think would like to come.
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Only a week off Barnsley now
Anyone coming (besides me)?
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When is it exactly?
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Next weekend, sunday
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Anyone going to Robots Live, Whitwick?
I am
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You know i am, booked my tickets in advance, i'll PM you who to look out for
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I'm watching, on the 26th. Will you be there Vert? Whitch bot do you have, I remember you saying you owned explosion???
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I'm watching, on the 26th.
Thats the same day as me :approve:
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I'm watching, on the 26th. Will you be there Vert? Whitch bot do you have, I remember you saying you owned explosion???
Yeah thats right, cheer won't you? :P
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I'm watching, on the 26th. Will you be there Vert? Whitch bot do you have, I remember you saying you owned explosion???
Yeah thats right, cheer won't you? :P
Sure will. I hope you do well. Do you know which other bots are entering? Any Robot Wars bots?
Good luck.
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Not really, but I presume that all the main roboteers are going
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Not really, but I presume that all the main roboteers are going
Great. All I remember from a couple years back was the punchbots, Mantis and Ordo?
Anyway, that was probably at Roaming Robots. Just ordered the tickets for his today.
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No the boxers are at robots live
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Hey Vertigo, are you putting that GTM sticker I heard about on Explosion?
Anyone else going? Anyone else bringing robots?
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1) No
2) Not from GTM
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Right, I'm leaving now, so I'll see you guys there!
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Great show. I'm not sure if I saw you Vert, did you play with the tiny robots at the stand for any amount of time?
Had loads of fun, although the rope climbing robot was a bit boring.
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Great show. I'm not sure if I saw you Vert, did you play with the tiny robots at the stand for any amount of time?
Had loads of fun, although the rope climbing robot was a bit boring.
Same here, great show, funny moment was when Joey tripped over the barrier and brought half of it down with him
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Anyone going to the above?
I am, as per usual
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Update, heres the qualifier rounds:
FRIDAY
Project- E
Daiska
Tiny Toon
Beauty 4
BuzzBar
Boner
Little Flipper 3
Seraph
540
Cicatrix
Aftershock
Wedgie
Inertia XL
Alpha
Basher!
Calum jones (no name)
Captain Scarlett
Ironside
SATURDAY
Bitza
Satanix 1.666
Beauty 2
4 4 Toon
Little Spinner 4
The toonimator
Carcinus
Explosion
Tron
Drumroll 2
Storm Vortex
Heatwave
Cyberon
NST
Asquard
Mini Mighty Mouse
Bonx
Bruiser
Kaizer
Block of wood
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Good luck! :D
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Thanks
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Will videos be released?
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Good luck! :D
Quoted for truth :approve:
EDIT: Also, for some reason, I've always referred to Mini Mighty Mouse as "Mini Mouse".
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It willbe filmed as part of the Gadget Show Live and put on the Gadget Show at some point
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Sounds good- even though Robot Wars has been long gone, I think it'll be nice to see a spiritual successor.
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When you say "On the gadget show" do you mean:
A) it'll have a significant portion dedicated to it.
B) It will be a 5 second fly by in the inevitable 2 minute "The Gadget Show Live was great" section?
I'm guessing the latter.
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There will be a whole show on the gadget show live, and we are one of the main features of it
But TBH, I'm not too sure, but I think there will be atleast 10 mins of robots on the show
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Ooh, nice. If I didn't procrastinate so much I might have started building a robot for this many months ago, but i'll be content watching.
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Give it a go!
Even if its just building an AW, its a very good place to start (thats how we started)
Saying that, some feathers can be quite simple to build
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I've already bought a couple of drill motors and some robochallenge wheels and started playing with them. So technically it's started :P. Part of me had this crazy idea to butcher some hanging basket brackets from wilkos to make sides for this bot. It's coming together, just very, very slowly.
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Sounds awesome. I might actually be able to catch the episode of The Gadget Show after the Live thing. I'll have to wish you good luck at the event, Vert. =]
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Thanks
The full draw will be announced on Monday
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And the draw is as follows...
Friday
Fight1
Project-E vs Tiny Toon vs Beauty 2
Little Flipper 3 vs Captain Scarlett vs Mini Mighty Mouse
Daiske vs Cicatrix vs BuzzBar
Boner vs Basher! vs Calum Jones
540 vs Wedgie vs Aftershock
Alpha vs Inertia XL vs Seraph
Fight 2
Alpha vs Daiske vs Aftershock
Wedgie vs Seraph vs Beauty 2
Inertia XL vs Calum Jones vs 540
Little Flipper 3 vs Cicatrix vs Tiny Toon
Basher! vs Project-E vs Mini Mighty Mouse
Captain Scarlett vs Boner vs BuzzBar
Fight 3
Beauty 2 vs Aftershock vs Cicatrix
Captain Scarlett vs Calum Jones vs Seraph
Project-E vs Alpha vs Wedgie
Basher! vs Inertia XL vs BuzzBar
Tiny Toon vs 540 vs Mini Mighty Mouse
Little Flipper 3 vs Boner vs Daiske
Saturday
Fight 1
Bruiser vs Beauty 4 vs Ironside
Satanix vs Bitza vs Cyberon
Block of Wood vs Vortex vs 4 4 Toon
Explosion vs Heatwave vs Bonx
NST vs Carcinus vs Drumroll 2
Little Spinner 4 vs Tron vs Kaizer
Asguard vs The Toonimator vs Kaizer
Fight 2
Tron vs Ironside vs Bonx
Beauty 4 vs 4 4 Toon vs NST
Little Spinner 4 vs Block of Wood vs Explosion
Heatwave vs Bitza vs Bruiser
Asquard vs Carcinus vs Vortex
Cyberon vs The Toonimator vs Drumroll
Fight 3
Cyberon vs Kaizer vs NST
Little Spinner 4 vs Bitza vs Vortex
Asguard vs Drumroll 2 vs Heatwave
Beauty 4 vs Tron vs The Toonimator
Carcinus vs Explosion vs Bruiser
4 4 Toon vs Satanix vs Ironside
Bonx vs Block of Wood vs Satanix
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lol Block of Wood
...what if it's an actual block of wood? :D
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...it kind of is, though. It was on The Gadget Show, and Satan's Mutt did reasonably well against it.
Hopefully Explosion should do fairly well here. =]
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Good luck, Vertigo.
@NFX - Haha, Satan's Mutt. I remember that.
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540?
Improved version of 360 i'm guessing?
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Satan's Mutt? I remember that one, too :P
Although I doubt Vertigo approved of it too much :D
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Satan's Mutt? I remember that one, too :P
Although I doubt Vertigo approved of it too much :D
I didn't know so many of you guys watched The Gadget Show.
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I watch it, it's mental. =D Hopefully I will be able to get myself to the Gadget Show Live at some point.
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I watch it, it's mental. =D Hopefully I will be able to get myself to the Gadget Show Live at some point.
You'd probably be testing an automatic Kilt Washer of some sort :trollface:
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I watch it, it's mental. =D Hopefully I will be able to get myself to the Gadget Show Live at some point.
You'd probably be testing an automatic Kilt Washer of some sort :trollface :
And you'll be testing a multi-functional Scone Maker. :P
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I watch it, it's mental. =D Hopefully I will be able to get myself to the Gadget Show Live at some point.
I think tickets are sold out, ut if you do manage to go, the robots are on Friday/Saturday/Sunday
And I'm sooooooo dreading LS4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j--gAed8FUI# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j--gAed8FUI#)
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I watch it, it's mental. =D Hopefully I will be able to get myself to the Gadget Show Live at some point.
You'd probably be testing an automatic Kilt Washer of some sort :trollface :
And you'll be testing a multi-functional Scone Maker. :P
As long as it has an extra attachment for Clotted Cream Tea, I'm good. What goes around comes around I guess :beer:
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I watch it, it's mental. =D Hopefully I will be able to get myself to the Gadget Show Live at some point.
You'd probably be testing an automatic Kilt Washer of some sort :trollface :
And you'll be testing a multi-functional Scone Maker. :P
As long as it has an extra attachment for Clotted Cream Tea, I'm good. What goes around comes around I guess :beer:
My older bro's friend has tickets and asked my older bro to go. He tried to buy a ticket for me so that we could all go together but they had sold out. D: *Jealous* :P
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Whereas I get free entry for Friday, Saturday & Sunday :P
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im going, dont know weather to take part or not
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signups are closed anyway
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(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/23349IMG_0130.JPG)
All ready for tomorrow now, Explosion fine as per usual
Wish me luck :P
And I've got to get up at 6:00 tomorrow morning D:
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I think you should have kept the rusty look on Annihilation, personally. But good luck to you anyway. =] Hopefully you'll do fairly well.
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Awww, what a cute little flippy bot.
Good luck anyway.
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Awww, what a cute little flippy bot.
Good luck anyway.
Its not a flipper, just a hardox box
Has a "flappy wedge" though (like an axle wedge in RA2)
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Side question:
How big is Annihilation and what's with that funky rear end? I'm just a little curious because I was able to cram two 18v drillmotors and a 2ah nimh battery into a 11x6" chasis.
Also good luck.
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http://www.teaminvade.co.uk/ (http://www.teaminvade.co.uk/)
^Should give you a fair idea of how crammed it is :P^
Roughly 40cm wide, 20cm long and 10cm high, but that is roughly
And why is the rear end funky?
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Awww, what a cute little flippy bot.
Good luck anyway.
Its not a flipper, just a hardox box
Has a "flappy wedge" though (like an axle wedge in RA2)
Aaaaah, I get ya.
Thanks for the RA2 example, it's the only way I can learn new things nowadays XD
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I wonder how things went? Last thing I heard was explosion did all right.
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I'm sure we'll hear something about it on The Gadget Show. Maybe Vertigo'll be on TV. =D
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I wonder how things went? Last thing I heard was explosion did all right.
How?
Yeah, second place :D (40 entrants)
I'm sure we'll hear something about it on The Gadget Show. Maybe Vertigo'll be on TV. =D
We don't knwo anything regarding that, as of for now
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Do you have videos of the event?
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Yeah, I'll try and get some on youtube ASAP
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Congrats!
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Check the team invade thread for proper description
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Here we go again
Guilford 2011, yeah I'm going
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yeah im going too, what feathers you bringing?
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The usual :P
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bugger
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We'll be off in a few hours, for a six hour long drive D:
So I'll see whoever's going there (I know Haz is), and someone said they bought tickets
See ya
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Ye.
I'm sleeping round my grandparents' house as my parents are away in a while and i shall be there with my grandfather.
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See you there then
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Good luck and i shall see you there :gawe:
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Which show have you booked?
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I honestly can't remember now :P
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come and have a chat, im normaly around the antweight area, got about 4 drive all days built :bigsmile:
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Well, we'll be going to Worthing, with the début for Eruption :gawe:
Anyone else coming?
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yep :laughing
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Just to confirm the events for the rest of this year and the first half of next year:
3rd & 4th September 2011 - Robots Live! - Worthing
9th October 2011 - Roaming Robots - Portsmouth
15th & 16th October 2011 - Robots Live! - Kidderminster
6th November 2011 - Roaming Robots - Maidstone
26th February 2012 - Roaming Robots - Barnsley
3rd & 4th March 2012 - Robots Live! - Whitwick
28th & 29th April 2012 - Robots Live! - Burgess Hill
13th May 2012 - Roaming Robots - Aylesbury
24th June 2012 - Roaming Robots - Guildford
We'll be going to, err, all of them :eek:
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Wish there were more events near Lincolnshire and Leicester :/
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Roaming Robots need a better arena IMO
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Roaming Robots need a better arena IMO
Or at least a deeper pit, like they used to have. Come to think of it, I think RR hates pits- it's very small and shallow, and even when a robot through some miracle goes in, Major Damage takes them out again immediately afterwards.
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13th May 2012 - Roaming Robots - Aylesbury
SM?
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Roaming Robots need a better arena IMO
Or at least a deeper pit, like they used to have. Come to think of it, I think RR hates pits- it's very small and shallow, and even when a robot through some miracle goes in, Major Damage takes them out again immediately afterwards.
If they want hazards, they could have the crappy ones from the first series of Robot Wars. Tank traps, corkscrew lances, things like that.
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The roaming robots arena is fine, any extra hazards means a lot of extra construction, which takes long enough as it is
Wish there were more events near Lincolnshire and Leicester :/
Whitwick, it's in Leicester
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The roaming robots arena is fine, any extra hazards means a lot of extra construction, which takes long enough as it is
Wish there were more events near Lincolnshire and Leicester :/
Whitwick, it's in Leicester
And in March 2012, eh? I'll be in Uni for then, so you never know, you might see me.
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13th May 2012 - Roaming Robots - Aylesbury
SM?
Sure thing.
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We're off to Worthing at midday (8 hour journey :dead:)
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and im off sunday morning, not and 8hr drive for me ;)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOBZE7T1ak&feature=youtube_gdata# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOBZE7T1ak&feature=youtube_gdata#)
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The usual quality camera work I see.
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indeed
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Who's going to Portsmouth?
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You are?
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me are
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You are?
Course
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might be.
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I'm just an hour out of Portsmouth
New Hampshire :trollface
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Right well we're off first thing tomorrow morning
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unlucky :laughing
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unlucky :laughing
You going?
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Got mah tickets for the 12:00 show :gawe:
pleasedontbeawkwardpleasedontbeakward
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im going yeah, just i leave sunday morning
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Kidderminster, yes of course we're going
Really fun event, if you're in-area pop down, you can nearly always get tickets on the door
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im going to "pop" down, its only a 3hr drive so what the hey
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im going to "pop" down, its only a 3hr drive so what the hey
Close one, at last, only one and a half for me
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I would go, but I am not sure I can justify a 2 hour drive there.
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Imma only going to Ayelsbury. Got no means to travel further.
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Maidstone, heck of a long way for us XD
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not for me though :yaya)
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We're off tomorrow morning, last time for the year
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last chance for you to OOTA me this year
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I'm sure that's quite achievable :P
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Robots Live is heading down to Snibston Discovery Park for a static display and I believe ant competition
Pretty sure we'll be heading down there :P
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im going, and im a team captin!
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how far is it from milton keynes?
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how far is it from milton keynes?
About 60-65 miles.
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how far is it from milton keynes?
About 60-65 miles.
that's good, i'll probably be able to talk a parent into taking me then
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how far is it from milton keynes?
About 60-65 miles.
that's good, i'll probably be able to talk a parent into taking me then
Getting directions on Google Maps is underrated :gawe:
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how far is it from milton keynes?
About 60-65 miles.
that's good, i'll probably be able to talk a parent into taking me then
Getting directions on Google Maps is underrated :gawe:
so, where exactly is the venue?
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how far is it from milton keynes?
About 60-65 miles.
that's good, i'll probably be able to talk a parent into taking me then
Getting directions on Google Maps is underrated :gawe:
so, where exactly is the venue?
See Vertigo's post
Snibtson Discovery Park, LE67 3LN. I could also give you an even more detailed idea on directions and time, but that would involve you giving your home address and noone wants that =P (that means me as well)
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That was pretty awesome today. Good event, Explosion won the featherweights AGAIN.
:P
As for the sticker idea, I would, you just all need to win Wham over now :D
Why don't you go the whole hog and put a BIG RED BUTTON sticker on the chassis? ;)
i rofl'd ;)
Anyways, well done vertigo, and why don't you use those square stickers and put something like this on them:
G T M
Www.Gametechmods.com (http://Www.Gametechmods.com)
would that work?
(and yes, i'm bored of that "i am the bubbleman blahblahblah" crap.)
i'm going to get some custom stickers printed after christmas and i'll get some gtm ones done, if anyone wants any I could send them some when I get them done
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how far is it from milton keynes?
About 60-65 miles.
that's good, i'll probably be able to talk a parent into taking me then
Getting directions on Google Maps is underrated :gawe:
so, where exactly is the venue?
See Vertigo's post
Snibtson Discovery Park, LE67 3LN. I could also give you an even more detailed idea on directions and time, but that would involve you giving your home address and noone wants that =P (that means me as well)
good, just one more detail: time of beggining, and time of end
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well its not really a competition for the bigger weightclasses so im asuming its an all day thing
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how far is it from milton keynes?
About 60-65 miles.
that's good, i'll probably be able to talk a parent into taking me then
Getting directions on Google Maps is underrated :gawe:
so, where exactly is the venue?
See Vertigo's post
Snibtson Discovery Park, LE67 3LN. I could also give you an even more detailed idea on directions and time, but that would involve you giving your home address and noone wants that =P (that means me as well)
good, just one more detail: time of beggining, and time of end
Just to make sure you know, the heavyweight and featherweight robots will NOT be fighting, and will simply be on display
The only active weightclass will be the ants
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here is the ATC assult course courtesy of David Weston
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f113/razerdave/photo5.jpg)
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Ok, that's cool. Part of me wants to make an antweight just to go through that.
Is there going to be other robots guarding the various routes?
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yes, the robots of an oposing team act as house robots i think
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here is the ATC assult course courtesy of David Weston
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f113/razerdave/photo5.jpg)
Sweet. Was the Series 2 Gauntlet an influence? Certain elements, like the brick walls in front of the ramp, the pit and the ramrig remind me of it :approve:
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probably, all i know is its bloody awesome!
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Here we go again...
Barnsley, start of the year, we'll be there for about the Gazzilionth time
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I was hoping to debut minor tom there but i won't have the esc's by then so i'm probably not going
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Ill be going whenever it comes to Glasgow or Edinburgh or wherever. I wanna see Stratos get smashed.
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ill be going to barnesly, maybe with hw
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Just seen this in my subscriptions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIv1flxVVWQ&lc=wC595JAgIbFZTXhSN9q6KezUsvKCfuE4oaobTuttXDw&context=G27b760aFAAAAAAAAHAA&feature=g-all-c#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIv1flxVVWQ&lc=wC595JAgIbFZTXhSN9q6KezUsvKCfuE4oaobTuttXDw&context=G27b760aFAAAAAAAAHAA&feature=g-all-c#ws)
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That is actually brilliant.
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So it's a flipper/hammer combo then? Awesome.
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how far is it from milton keynes?
Holy crap you live half an hour away from me!
Anyways Back on topic.
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So it's a flipper/hammer combo then? Awesome.
Frenzy, Stinger, Master and Tazbot have grandkids.
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We're just about to set off. See ya :P
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as it turns out, the new ML was sh*te
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Whitwick's this weekend, nice close one =)
We'll be going of course, for the 7th year running :ermm:
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I was there, Explosion was very impressive. You've got a gem there, Vert.
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Biggest event of the year, here we go again.
FRIDAY -
Q1
LF3 v Explosion v Laser 2
Lambda Delta v Beauty 2 v Dizzy Tilly
Conker v Inertia XL v 4 4 Toon
NST v Cyberon v 540
Satanix v Beauty 3 v Carnicus
Tiny Toon v Tormentia v Chuck
Captain Scarlett v Metal Beak
Q2
Satanix v Cyberon v Conker
LF3 v Metal Beak v Beauty 3
Laser 2 v Dizzy Tilly v Lambda Delta
Inertia XL v Tormentia v NST
Tiny Toon v Explosion v Captain Scarlett
Beauty 2 v 4 4 Toon v 540
Carnicus v Chuck
Q3
Dizzy Tilly v Metal Beak v Tiny Toon
Beauty 3 v Tormentia v 540
Satanix v NST v Conker
Lambda Delta v Chuck v Captian Scarlett
Beauty 2 v Laser 2 v LF3
Explosion v Cyberon v Inertia XL
4 4 Toon v Carnicus
SATURDAY
Q1
Dragonstike v Murphies Law v Galactus
Wedgie v Push n Shove v Drumroll
Ripoff v Doorstop v Omen
Aftershock v Cobalt v Bitza MK2
Trevor Wright Spinner v Bruiser 2 v LS4
Beauty 4 v Bruiser 1 v Invictus
Johnny 2x4 v Reavenger v Mini Mighty Mouse
Centrifuge v TS2 v Kaizer
Q2
Trevor Wright Spinner v Aftershock v Dragonstike
Mini Mighty Mouse v Drumroll v Bruiser 2
Omen v Beauty 4 v Cobalt
Invictus v Centrifuge v Murphies Law
Ripoff v Johnny 2x4 v LS4
Wedgie v Kaizer v Bruiser 1
Reavenger v Push n Shove v TS2
Galactus v Doorstop v Bitza MK2
Q3
Omen v Colbalt v Reavenger
Mini Mighty Mouse v Push n Shove v Aftershock
Drumroll v Galactus v Centrifuge
Wedgie v Johnny 2x4 v TS2
Bitza MK2 v Invictus v Kazier
Bruiser 1 v LS4 v Murphies Law
Bruiser 2 v Beauty 4 v Ripoff
Trevor Wright Spinner v Dragon Strike v Doorstop
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so many spinners in my fights, im screwed!
at least omen could do well
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so many spinners in my fights, im screwed!
at least omen could do well
Yeah, just noticed, your draw is pretty awful .
Not 100% pleased with what I've got, but I'll give it a go (been drawn up against the 1st & 3rd seed)
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My draws:
Johnny 2x4 v Reavenger v Mini Mighty Mouse
Ripoff v Johnny 2x4 v LS4 (Good lord.)
Wedgie v Johnny 2x4 v TS2
Match 1 i'm confident will be a good match regardless of who wins.
After match 2 Johnny 2x4 will be going home in a bin bag though, i'm pretty sure of it. :P
Also what is Ripoff? Haven't heard the name before. I'm hoping it's made out of Balsa wood so Ls4 goes for that first.
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Ohhh, that's yours?
Great to see you getting involved
And Ripoff is being built by Team Toon (Tiny Toon), out of the original Rip shell from Robot Wars, hence the name :P
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...so it's not made from balsa wood? :P
And yep, that's me. Pretty sure i'm screwed, but should be fun none the less. I'm trying to find some metal I can screw to the front or something for Ls4 so I can make it to the 3rd match!
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...so it's not made from balsa wood? :P
And yep, that's me. Pretty sure i'm screwed, but should be fun none the less. I'm trying to find some metal I can screw to the front or something for Ls4 so I can make it to the 3rd match!
You might want to adopt my tactic from last year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-UMAaQ8hg4# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-UMAaQ8hg4#)
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I can't see hiding in the pit as a good idea... :P
Rubber Sandwich Mounts (http://www.mcmaster.com/#vibration-damping-sandwich-mounts/=gmvblp) + hunk of 1/8" Steel and you could totally go 3 min with a spinner like LS4...
Even if you have to run with thinner armor in other places to add something like that I see it as worth it.
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Rubber sandwich mounts? That's not a bad idea SKBT. I'm going to have to look into that.
Failing that I'll run straight at Ripoff and hope it flips me oota before any real damage happens. :P
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I can't see hiding in the pit as a good idea... :P
Got me to second place
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Only to be foiled by the arena. :P
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Another option would be to wrap the bot with car tires or thick rubber. If you get a long continuous strip covering the front and sides it should help a fair bit. Just make sure to keep the edges of the rubber away from the weapon so it can't get a really good bite and pull the whole thing off.
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So, the FW Uk Champs start tommorow! Predictions, anybody?
Best of luck to Vertigo who is qualifying tommorow w/ Explosion. Have to admit, you seem to have some nice draws for the first round. Just don't get too battered, I want to face you in the whiteboards on the Saturday!
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Well Explosion's through
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Well Explosion's through
Wahey :approve:
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and i won a mother loving fight, wtf? that shouldn't happen.
i got 6 points and was ranked 28th
explosion got half a million points as per useual
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I did slightly less well and got 3.
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explosion got half a million points as per useual
Which is why when I get into IRL Robot Combat, I'm hoping to take on Explosion and win :approve:
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Explosion came second!
Always the bride's maid Very well done!
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(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f113/razerdave/photo23.jpg)
this makes me happy :laughing
well done, maybe next year eh?
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Ooft...at least it resembles a robot. Who was he fighting against there?
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nst?
any who:
from the first fight:
(http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad315/haz-teamcombatpenguin/005-54.jpg)
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Holy crap! That's some serious looking damage on both of the bots!
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So basically, all 3 GTM robots got nicely battered in some shape or form. :P
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Ooft...at least it resembles a robot. Who was he fighting against there?
Against NST in the final
Always the bride's maid
Atleast I didn't come last like you!
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(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f113/razerdave/photo23.jpg)
this makes me happy :laughing
well done, maybe next year eh?
Whoa, that's some pretty nasty damage- the whole side's just collapsed. What happened to it?
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Johnny 2x4 looks like it came out best to me. :bigsmile:
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(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f113/razerdave/photo23.jpg)
this makes me happy :laughing
well done, maybe next year eh?
Whoa, that's some pretty nasty damage- the whole side's just collapsed. What happened to it?
NST (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igogsfQNn8A#)
NST Happened to it. :P
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That is one hard-hitting blade. :ouch: Looks like it's made from Ferrari motors.
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Now I see why Vert doesn't like spinners...
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I must say I am absolutely gutted to come so close yet again and just miss out on the title, and this year have days worth of repairs to do. To make matter's even harsher, I broke NST's spinner on the hit that knocked out our link.
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Quite some damage in that fight. Damn.
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Hang on, how well did Drumroll do in this? That thing's a beast.
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Drumroll got 11 points out of a possible 12 and ended up coming eighth overall.
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Good news: voting for the awards for the UK FW Champs 2012 is up. The bad news? You have to be a FRA member to vote. That narrows it down to a handful of people here then. Me included.
Click Here (http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/news/2-uncategorised/65-the-fighting-robots-association-2012-featherweight-awards)
Here's a template you can use if you want to say who you would have voted for if you don't have FRA membership.
Best Design Award:
540
Carcinus
Explosion
Murphies Law
Best Engineered Robot Award
Cobalt
NST
LS4
Venom
Best Newcomer
Galactus
Flow
Cobalt
TS2
Best Driver Award
Grant Cooper (Little Hitter 2)
John Findlay (Beauty 3)
Trevor Wright (Mini Mighty Mouse)
Will Thomas (Intertia XL)
Most Innovative Robot Award
Flow (Most powerful featherweight flipper)
LF3 (First electric flipper)
Tormenta (Innovative use of materials)
Outstanding Achievement Award
Team Beast - The only team to reach the knockout stages in every UK Championships with an unrivalled achievement record.
Team Big Nipper - Always pushing the boundaries of what is possible to build in the FW category. Builders of incredible robots.
Team Tiberius - The first spinner to win the UK Championships since Robot Wars. Incredible engineering and reliability.
Here are my votes.
Best Design Award:
Explosion
Best Engineered Robot Award
Cobalt
Best Newcomer
Cobalt
Best Driver Award
Trevor Wright (Mini Mighty Mouse)
Most Innovative Robot Award
Flow (Most powerful featherweight flipper)
Outstanding Achievement Award
Team Big Nipper - Always pushing the boundaries of what is possible to build in the FW category. Builders of incredible robots.
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Whoops, bit late this time :P
Anyone going to Burgess Hill this weekend?
Best Design Award:
540
Carcinus
Explosion
Murphies Law
Here are my votes.
Best Design Award:
Explosion
Well, you were hardly going to vote Murphies Law were you! (Only joking Haz :P)
Guess who I'm voting for :P
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For once, I'm going with a (Hopefully) Working robot.
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uh i think that might be too far but i'll see
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wtf? how the bloody heck was Murphy's Law even in the best design catogory, its barely designed atall let alone best.
my vote has been cast, the robot i voted for has an "e" in its name
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Anyone going to Aylesbury this weekend? There was a fair few of you last year.
We've got to stick a regulator in Eruption for health and safety :P
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I would but my parents are in New York, so I can't get there...
Maybe if G.K. decides to go.
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yesh. of coursh i am going
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Sitting in a Premier Inn ATM =)
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This robot contest looks awesome, too bad i can't build though. :/
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thats never stopped me ;)
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If i ever do build robots it would probably be antweights. :D
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thats all i've built so far ( but i'm building a feathrweight ) and i've had fun doing it, its relatively simple to do as well.
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Nope can't go tomorrow, no transport.
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Update to this thread, and it's even better because I can moderate it now :P
Anyways, Guildford in a few weeks time. There's also Edinburgh a week before that, but due to the fact that it isn't a 'full' event and the fact that a lot of people can't go, I'm skipping it. FYI, you can now view all upcoming UK events on the frontpage of http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/ (http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/)
So we'll be at Guildford (again), last full event in Eruption's first year! Can't believe how quickly time flies. Pretty gutted that we can't go to Edinburgh, falls horribly in the middle of Maths GCSE's. Still there's an upcoming event in MANCHESTER, a holy 20 minutes from my house, and one in Leeds, and quite a few booked past September and *potentially* the UK champs over the summer. Gonna be a busy few months :P
Not that it's ever any different...
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If I get all the bits for Stratos fixed I'm going to Edinburgh.
Anybody else going?
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Edinburgh? Schweet, that's relatively near me. =) Nice to see robotic combat coming into Scotland.
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That event has been running for the past two years :P
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That event has been running for the past two years :P
I went to it last year too.
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Sitting in a Premier Inn.
We'll be there by nine tomorrow, last full event for Eruption's first year. Time goes fast :P
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Been a good year, hasn't it? Didn't you get Best Newcomer somewhere?
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Just wondering, is anyone going to the Robots Live in Deeside on October 20th-21st?
I literally live down the road from there, and yesterday, i was coming out (as i go to karate there) and saw a stand with UFO on it, nearly screamed with joy, and hauled dad in from the car to see it.
We might also be making a featherweight to participate (and also get free entry :P).
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Is anyone else here going to Maidstone?
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Is Swansea A Bit Far Then? (cos it flippn' well was for me)
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I'll be at maidstone too with a couple of ants.
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I'll be at maidstone too with a couple of ants.
Cool, see you @ maidstone. Look out for the guy who owns Dantomkia (me)!!!!
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This just popped up on my FB:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/383395_10151089174403506_1937657404_n.jpg)
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Hell yeah, nice to see that my favorite British robot is back in action!
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Disappointingly brief.
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NO WAY. PA <3
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Will you be bringing any ants ?
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Damn, I was hoping to fight spark at some point
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you have a great oportunity to beat me across 3 weightclasses this time, don't cock it up :laughing
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Even if Spark doesn't work I can still beat you with the others :P
We'll see 'bout that....
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my line up:
Blitzkreig Bot
4cell lipo powering 4 cheapy ebay knock off gearmotors. slightly fire damaged sabertooth esc :P
(http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad315/haz-teamcombatpenguin/012-16.jpg)
unnamed undercutter:
(http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad315/haz-teamcombatpenguin/010-28.jpg)
(http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad315/haz-teamcombatpenguin/013-16.jpg)
ML
(http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad315/haz-teamcombatpenguin/016-4.jpg)
i would be taking the new heavyweight, but the person taking it pulled out at the last minuete (so no Steel avenger or Mr nasty at this event) :(
i was hoping it could trundle round for a few seconds before being oblitorated
(http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad315/haz-teamcombatpenguin/Heavyweight/014.jpg)
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Holy herpaderp Haz you finally made a heavyweight!!
and that undercutter just looks so RA2ish for some reason.
Panic Attack being back = :DDDDDDDD
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Queensferry? That's somewhat near me. But I have college on the 21st, so damn. Should take me about an hour to get there on the bus. I did go to Glasgow a few weekends ago, that was two hours on the bus. Might be able to make it down if not much is happening.
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i should be going to gloucester
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Sweet! Might have to make Johnny 2.4 for the FW champs. That is, if you guys want me to come play again. I could feel the hate from certain members due to the fact I had a wooden bot that wasn't Block of Wood.
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Course we do, I personally would love to see a wooden robot in my qualifier :P
I can't think of many people that would dislike a certain robot because it wasn't up to a certain standard, we need all the robots/roboteers we can get! One thing to note is that your robot went home working and many others didn't.
Maybe it was just from the little spinner boys after LS4 didn't spin so much after our match :P
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I like to think I bested it. I hope this time I can beat Little Hitter 4 by it running out of gas and LF3 by it running into the pit.
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Dantomkia should be at Barnsley this year (again), but I've still got a lot of work to do. It's just a shell at present!!! (Should be working in time to be battered again)
I really want to fight Haz's HW...
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Sweet job by Vert at the Guildford event today.
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Unfortunately the next event I can get to is maidstone in october :(. Should have Minor Tom running at maidstone though.
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Number 8 what?
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8th UK champion IIRC.
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Are the RW House Robots (Sgt. Bash and Matilda) actually the ones we remember from TV? Or are they just reconstructed replicas? They seem to be higher off the chassis than the original House Robots.
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Only matilda still runs and that is a replica IIRC, the only other house robot RW have is Major Damage which is a Mr.Psycho style bot with flamethrower on the claw.
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Cool, so this really will be canon to Robot Wars! Please tell me Terrorhurtz is entering.
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Terrorhurtz isn't competing.
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John posted the final entrants list yesterday so I'm pretty sure.
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So who is competing? I can't seem to find the list...
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Who here is going to the Robots Live European Championships?
It’s taking place at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, Norfolk (the home for Thermidor II).
Saturday: 15:00 & 18:00
Sunday: 13:00 & 16:00
At the event you can expect to see robots from Robot Wars and all over Europe, the new house robot Goliath, boxing robots and Skeletron from Technogames. Even though I’m only going to the Saturday events I’ve got the feeling it’s going to be great!
For more information: Norwich 2013 - Robots Live (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robotslive.co.uk%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D26&ei=sZr7UeWIFM6ThgeruIGYBw&usg=AFQjCNEGzgOOaJmZX5xJqlNbr9W4SzAAJg&sig2=H-MZBq5Y7JC-dk482IOlgQ&bvm=bv.50165853,d.ZG4)
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I can't make it to this one, would love to get some time in the arena with Minor Tom but it's just too far away.
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Question, how many countries besides Britain typically show up for the European Championship?
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The Dutch turn up with Gravity and tomahawk at events occasionally. so I'm guessing they'll be going since I haven't seen the signups.
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The draw for the heats have been announced! The recording of the draw will be the Facebook event page sometime tomorrow.
Heat A
Big Nipper
Faux
Merlin
Heat B
Iron Awe 5
TMHWK2013
Bulldog Breed
Heat C
Eruption
Thor
Tilly
Head D
Terrorhurtz
Toon Raider
Dantomkia
Heat E
Ripper
Manta
Bullfrog
Heat F
Turbulence
Lucifer
Titan
Heat G
Kronic
Beast
Weird mAlice
Heat H
Storm II
Cherub
Air
Heat I
Behemoth
Mega Mouse
Iron Awe 7
Heat J
Tough as Nails
TR2
Dantomkia (DTK)
Heat K
Maelstrom
Dystopia
Tanto
Heat L
Toxic
The Saint
Tiberius
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A bunch new bots in there, and a bunch of old ones.
This is going to be great!
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The Whitley bay event finished a few hours ago. I Only saw one fight, and got to drive a battle rat.
Eruption vs Toon Raider: never happened. Unfortunately eruption did not work so instead a new robot which many of us thought was a bot that literally only had came that day with no previous experiance or name and simply was known as S due to it saying S on the flipper.
"S" vs Toon Raider
As soon as the match got under way S came out strongly flipping over Toon Raider. However Toon took full control and literrally flung him into the side, and unfortunately S got stuck with it's flipper ending up useless to get him back up. However S does show potential.
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Did anyone ever see Faux? I'm still curious as to what it looked like...
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Nope
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Hopefully it's an axe.
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0.o TORNADO
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Where do you see tornado?
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I shall attend the show in Deeside again, but without robot (as I haven't even started on it :P).
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Aw yeah Tornado!
Also Cherub's way of self-righting is pretty cool.
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:gunz: I love Dantomkia
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:ouch: :eek: :eek: tomahawk is german????
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Anyone (other than me) going to Maidstone?
You were at Maidstone 4 years ago??? Dude thats where I go every year!
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Anyone (other than me) going to Maidstone?
You were at Maidstone 4 years ago??? Dude thats where I go every year!
I've been there the past 3 years (maidstone is only down the road from me), as has haz although he doesn't really come here any more.
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Anyone (other than me) going to Maidstone?
You were at Maidstone 4 years ago??? Dude thats where I go every year!
I've been there the past 3 years (maidstone is only down the road from me), as has haz although he doesn't really come here any more.
15 mins away 4 me
edit: actually, 15 mins away from getting to Mote Park
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Anyone (other than me) going to Maidstone?
You were at Maidstone 4 years ago??? Dude thats where I go every year!
I've been there the past 3 years (maidstone is only down the road from me), as has haz although he doesn't really come here any more.
15 mins away 4 me
edit: actually, 15 mins away from getting to Mote Park
It's about the same for me, I'm on Sheppey if that means anything to you.
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Nope, sorry
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Nope, sorry
Hm, I thought the isle of sheppey was renowned in kent for being a horrible place.
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Nah, but when you said Sheppey I was thinking; "Theres an Isle of Sheppey, but I've never heard of this town:/"
Now: *Facepalm*
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Are any of you guys coming to the Museum of Flight this year?
Tony and Jamie might not be bringing the usual army of featherweights so numbers could be down a bit.