2008 UK championships

perhaps a charge should be considered going forward? if it is having a financial impact on organsiers, as you will only survive so long.

It has been discussed, and its something that i strongly agree on, only really for main championships though. Roboteers dont seem to be put off by a small entry fee when Ive asked, and those fees would be put towards something like prize money.
The other problem is roboteers signing up for major events with robots that arent built, or not likely to be comming - people get turned away and the others sometimes wont turn up. An entry fee would secure you a place and make you think twice if your robot is going to be ready.

there is 1 thing clear tho is that there is no entry fees for this uk champs and i personally think that this thread should be kept on topic about the uk champs. and if you want to post anything negative about me and my views then post in team bud thread not here.

Were not just talking about the Heavyweight UK champs shane...
Its not moaning - I know exactky what jonno is talking about and I back it 100%, remember we also lost ALOT of money at our European champs last year, and its that sort of thing that people seem to forget.

i think we should pay to enter competitions and then that money would then be put towards prize money - as i think this is sometimes a reason the EOs can lose money as it is alot of money - but when u win it its hard to turn away imo

or us roboteers could organise that ourselves if everyone was up for it

we also get our food free at events and theres always alot of it which saves id say about £5-10 each a day depending where u get food from as at venues its normally expensive - food ALWAYS tastes nice aswel - i love it

(Message edited by john on January 22, 2008)

i think an axe will win this yrs uk championship

I hope not, that would mean I lost.

i thought obsidian was an axe :P

It is, but we are not entering that one, unless its converted/updated by that time. We have the luxury of choosing what robot to take.

i would rather see the money go towards a hw spinner arena or arena upgrades instead of more prize money.
leo- hows mantis? any work started on it yet?

(Message edited by ady on January 22, 2008)