FRA UK Featherweight Championship 2014 hosted by RoboChallenge

**overkill** · 2nd April 2014, 11:00

Have those point calculations allowed for a few bots dropping out of the qualifying rounds? I'm sure that with the destructive power of the new & upgraded spinners this year that there will be some early retirements and a smaller number of finishing bots means a lower cut-off score.

**razerdave** · 2nd April 2014, 11:30

Usually if a robot drops out, the fights continue as they would have, but only 2nd place and winner up for grabs. There was some debate as to whether robots have lost both opponents get 3 points or 4 points.

**razerdave** · 2nd April 2014, 12:40

We've had our predictions for the fights, and most people have a good idea of who is going to qualify easily, but what I want to know is, who's your wild card? A robot that may not seem like much but could cause an upset to the more experienced/the heavy hitters.

I'd pick Richochet, Scruffy, and a shout from the new boys, Hardwired II.

**Revsmin** · 2nd April 2014, 13:06

Originally Posted by razerdave

I'd pick Richochet, Scruffy, and a shout from the new boys, Hardwired II.

Thanks Dave

I'd say Defector, Scruffy & Endeavour.
Looks like my top picks for 2014 are Satanix, Tiny Toon & DB10

**james...venom** · 2nd April 2014, 13:23

Yes I definitely think Jamie is right. I think team work in the pits will be critical. Who can repair their machine quickly and effectively. I think the pits are going to be much more lively this year so I'm looking forward to seeing more input from the teams and how that will play out. That makes is much more important to keep gangways clear, sharp edges covered and robots on cradles.

**Revsmin** · 2nd April 2014, 14:46

Sooo I got bored, and I did the math (plz don't judge), I think (this is a horribly complex probability equation) that 9 or 10 points should be enough to make round 2. Seems about right, means if you win all your fights by any means you're guaranteed through.

**Team Invade** · 2nd April 2014, 17:14

Originally Posted by geeza

Don't know, but looking at the draw the only one I'm confident will get 4 kos is explosion. Ohh that was hard to say! - sorry Michael :-)

No pressure then?

**james...venom** · 3rd April 2014, 11:59

I am going to try and get the roboteers info out to you today. Please do take note of all pages as there are changes this year.

On another note Predator is almost fully upgraded and ready to go on the reserves in case someone pulls out