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flow v aftershock;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR_mOR4s ... ature=plcp
cobalt v ripoff;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5kge5wl ... sgQNir8%3D
annihiliator?;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOMSrWxi ... tIcSOA4%3D
cobalt v drumroll;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJiG1wNs ... MCuTkT0%3D
Had hoped to be in bed by now, but waiting for the caffeine effects of numerous fizzy drinks to wear off, so just time for a quick message.
Congratulations to Sam for a well deserved win with NST. Even at its first event, when it was the product of quite a rushed build, its levels of reliability were and have been phenomenal, especially considering the forces involved in all its impacts! And it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Also glad to have a spinner finally win it; hopefully we can push on from here and get them in the top tier more regularly.
Well done to Michael with Explosion and Grant driving Little Hitter for 2nd and 3rd respectively. Unlucky Michael for falling just short again, but at least you weren't a victim of the arena this time. And not forgetting Kenny with Cobalt, a great result for a new robot. It's a bloomin' evil machine and I look forward to seeing it in action again :)
Also, congrats to David on winning the Annihilator. Hope you enjoy it! Loved the insanity of the first round too.
Nice to see so many newcomers to the event this year, but my best newcomer choice would have to be Galactus without a doubt. A formidable weapon and some excellent fights. Even though the teeth were breaking off and were almost non-existent at the end, Guilherme kept it going and got many battles with it. Would be great to see it at a competition again at some time in the future.
And finally, a huge thanks to James, Grant and the rest of the Robo Challenge crew for hosting such a fantastic event! I'm knackered after just three days so god only knows how you guys are still functioning after two events in as many weeks and several days of GSL demos. Your efforts are appreciated by everyone in the community I'm sure, and I can't wait for the next one :)
Pictures are up now: http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/ ... ps%202012/
Will sort out videos within the next week. But now it's time for bed :)
It was raining Beautys on the way to the car last night :)
We had a great weekend! Although the robots were pants!
Thanks to Kenny, Jamie, Mouldy and Dave in helping us getting Bitza moving. I'll update the build diary with an event break down but one of these years we'll turn up with a robot that can actually move......
Congratulations to Sam for winning, finally a spinner! Most impressed though that you managed to swap back to the old system the night before and then went on to win! Just goes to show how valuable reliability, driving skill and luck of the draw is.
Beaten by the washing machine though.... Although I'm pretty sure it lost drive on one side, judges? :uhoh:
Well done to Explosion for maintaining 2nd and being the only robot from last years top 10 to qualify, to Grant for not only coming 3rd with someone else bot, but also controlling the weapon on the bot that won it! And finally to Kenny for building an awesome new machine and achieving 4th!
Thank you to everybody for such an awesome experience. Mr. Weston, you've been a great laugh and a great help. Your generosity is off the scale. Congratulations on the win, too, you deserve it. James and Grant for being equally brilliant; the whole event went brilliantly smoothly, I'm sure that was no accident. And thanks for the aid with our robot, we wouldn't have managed half of what we did without your help. Thanks Paul, for being generally hilarious! Sam for being impossibly friendly and generous (and for despite having potentially the most damaging machine thus far, not showing even a hint of arrogance), and the thanks list goes on. Everybody was lovely, we felt 100% welcome. I feel I've known some of you for years!
Sadly, Tormenta will be retired. After 10 battles we think Tormented would be a more suitable name! Nah, we had great fun, we learned a TON, and getting completely mashed by the later found champ is fine by us.
We will be back next year, hopefully stronger, scarier, and without even so much as a hint of chopping boards! :lol:
Thank you!
Edit: we have quite a lot of footage; we will upload over the coming weeks. Anyone who has our fight with NST on video, please link us!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRwgkHO1tN4Quote:
Originally Posted by Relentless
Anyone got the video of centrifuge vs ts2 vs kaizer?
Keep checking my channel, all competition fights will be uploaded soon enough...
Thank You Robo challenge for such a great event, Cobalt performed better than i ever thought getting to 4th place, it was a real shame NST damaged my motors so i couldn't really move in the 3rd/4th play off, I would like to congratulate sam smith with NST on winning the championship all the years work making it more reliable really payed off! and also dave weston of winning the annihilator championship well done!, Roll on to the next one!
Best angle I've got:Quote:
Originally Posted by razerdave
http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/...m/DSC01046.jpg
Videos:
Cobalt v NST:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWsZG...YAOtd685A5ipw=
Explosion v Little Hitter:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmxQR...W5NFjrB8hwCC0=
Cobalt v Little Hitter:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lKcP...DZpmJ8uSif4_c=
Explosion v NST:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igogs...8MBNE=#t=2m10s