FRA UK Featherweight Championship 2014 hosted by RoboChallenge

[overkill]

I am still waiting anxiously for the welder to finish the frame - hopefully it will be later today (its only 9:40am over here). Once I have it back, there will be plenty of photos and videos. You can also keep a watch on my build log here: http://www.robowars.org/forum/viewto...=74&start=5205

[RobotExtreme]

VERY NICE!!

When you arrive on Birmingham, stay where?

haha, "this bot never seems to break in the videos"...yes, you can win, but never destroy me.

[overkill]

I am staying at the Novotel airport hotel - it seemed the closest one that wasn't booked out.

[RobotExtreme]

Hum....expensive hotel!!!!

No ETAP available?

Yes, very close, you can walk from gate of airport to hotel and from hotel do NEC. I did this way last 2 years, i can adivise, NOTHING to eat near of airport, all close nearly 8pm.

[RogueTwoRobots]

Phew, based on that and the frantic nature of the pits, we're all going to be absolutely knackered come Sunday!
Safe to say though, with a competition structure as comprehensive as that, whoever wins the championship will fully deserve it. In the past, a little bit of luck could help carry you through, but I don't think it will be enough this time. Strong fights and a Formula 1-esque pit efficiency will be key.

[PJ-27]

My prediction is that >=12 points will secure a place in the main comp.
10-11 points will put you in contention for the main comp (potential play-off to make the top 1
<11 and you'll not qualify.

That means if you lose one Qualifying round you'll have to get at least two knock outs and a win by judge to guarantee a place.

I reckon a couple of robots will get 4 knock outs. Majority will get 4 wins by judge (perhaps 1 or 2 knock outs).

[geeza]

I came to pretty much the same conclusions regarding points. But only one robot will get 4 wins by ko!

[PJ-27]

Mathematically how many robots can potentially get 4 KOs?

[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 :-)

[Max]

I think 4 robots can get KOs, assuming no robot fights the same robot twice which I know isn't the case but its an estimate.
My logic is that a bot which wins all 4 by KO has beat 8 other robots so they can't get all all KOs. So of the 36 robots 1 in 9 can get all KOs so 4 robots.
I can't quite get my head fully round it so that logic could easily be wrong!