Beauty 4 v 360 v Tron
I would have preferred LS4 but 360 will do :mrgreen:
But that's after 360 has done a number on Beauty 4 :uhoh: :uhoh:
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Beauty 4 v 360 v Tron
I would have preferred LS4 but 360 will do :mrgreen:
But that's after 360 has done a number on Beauty 4 :uhoh: :uhoh:
Your second battles are now up! enjoy :D
B2 is going to have a hard time defending its title with probably the hardest draw.
Yet again.. another Beauty...yey :)
Any pictures or spec's on toonimator? Dont think ive seen it.
Toonimator is the the spinner John Bell bought along last year that cut some nice chunks out of our kickplates when it didnt fail safe :rofl: . I would feel sorry for most people in that fight - but it's beauty so its OK :mrgreen:
I think youll have to watch out in that battle dave, Toonimator looked really nasty!
Another fairly good draw for Aftershock 2 this time against Ironside and Tron. Quite funny really since this is the 3rd year in a row that I've drawn Ironside in the first round of the Championships- sorry Trev :rofl:
Just got to get the robot finished now- shouldn't take too long hopefully.
Also it's looking like Heatwave won't be competing since Matt can no longer make it- sorry guys!! Whirlpool should still be coming just needs a new motor and its good to go even if it is fighting Savage EVO and LS4 :?
4 4 Toon and Savage Evo HD. Looks like we've got a rematch Tom but of the new machines this time :)
Although I've seen some pics on Facebook, Evo HD is still a bit of an unknown quantity so going to be another interesting battle. 4 4 Toon's anti-spinner cage worked well last year and stood up well to 360 so it won't be a pushover. I'm kind of hoping to get Boner in the third round; not so much to get the chance to fight it, but just because it would be cool having old v new.
I think Christmas has just come early for Dave :lol:
Yipee, no flippers for me yet!
is anyone planning on filming the fights and putting them on youtube.
i hope so. Im sure with the line up and draw so far there will be some battles to remember.
Thats a better second round fight than my first, another rambot and an overhead sword. I see the problem being getting rid of seraphim because Satanix and Alpha will just pass underneath it. I think I have the slight advangta because I have the spikes on the back, and if I can get them through the spokes I can stop it rolling away. Alpha is another problem, its insanely fast even for Satanix.
Dave you have a good final battle to get through :rofl: have to wait til tomorrow to find out who
Adrian, I'm hoping to get as many battles on my camera as I can. I always aim to get at least the spinner battles on video, so there should hopefully be some good footage.
May have to go for a lower quality video setting to fit things in as my camera hard drive is filling up, but considering I'm currently on the highest setting, that probably shouldn't affect the picture quality too much.
EDIT: Just got the tent out the loft to check it was all okay and to remind myself how it went up. Last time it was packed up was at the end of the 2007 Eurochamps so it was in need of an airing! The good news is it's all fine and that I'm really looking forward to camping. The more important news is that I've now got a corner of my tent allocated for the coke and Jack Daniels bottles 8)
Grant, did you have any luck with the campsite about a discount?
Sorry to spoil the wait guys, but the 3rd draw is already on the website.
And I got probably the worst fight of the lot.
Savage Evo and 360.
God/Lucifer/Allah/Buddah/Spongebob help me :P
Well I've got another Toon (of the Tiny variety) and Asgard. Quite looking forward to this one; not sure what damage I can do to Tiny Toon but Asgard is quite large so I'm hoping there will be weaker areas that I can attack that aren't in the line of fire of the axe because, err, my top panel isn't very thick!
Thinking back to what happened the last time Drumroll on brushless and Tiny Toon were in the arena together.....Alex, let's smash some walls :D
Well I think I have been pretty lucky with this years draw since I'm only fighting one spinner so far still got some good opponents though.
Tanto and Weed could be tough, know the robots but have never seen them fight so could make for another interesting fight.
Managed to get some more work done on Aftershock today and it moves and just needs a couple of small bits finished before it's fully battle ready. Can't wait now- should be a great championships!!
Its been bought to my attention that theres a few fights where robots have to fight the same one twice, such as Beauty 2 having to fight Toonimator twice, Blitz Quattro has Savage Evo HD twice and Heatwave *would* have had Juggernaut twice. Any chance of this being rectified ? Just in the interest of fair play.
In the interest of fair play we can't sorry. The draw was completely out of a hat so the results must stay. A team has no Real advantage or disadvantage by being drawn against the same opponent. Sorry.
Well I have time to kill waiting for the dog to get out the shower so I can go in, so in the meantime I fancy myself some predictions. All based on the assumption that every machine is in full working order. Bold names are the ones I reckon will take 4/3 points, italics are who I reckon will take 2 points, and the remaining robot 1 point.
First Battle
Beauty 2 v Tiny Toon v The Toonimator
Aftershock v LS2 v Kaizer MK2
Savage Evo v Weed v Whirlpool
Beauty 4 v 360 v Tron
Alpha v Basher v Captain Scarlet
Drumroll 2 v Sam Smith v Seraph
Savage Evo HD v Ironside v Blitz Quattro
Heatwave v Juggernaut v 4 4 Toon
MMM v Tanto v Boner
LS4 v Asgard v Satanix
Second Battle
Savage Evo v Tanto v LS2
MMM v Captain Scarlet v Tiny Toon
Drumroll 2 v 4 4 Toon v Savage Evo HD
Aftershock v Ironside v Tron
Beauty 2 v 360 v The Toonimator
Beauty 4 v Boner v Weed
Alpha v Satanix v Seraph
Heatwave v Juggernaut v Asgard
Kaizer v Basher v Sam Smith
LS4 v Whirlpool v Blitz Quattro
Third Battle
Drumroll 2 v Asgard v Tiny Toon
Savage Evo v Satanix v 360
Beauty 4 v Kaizer v Seraph
Alpha v 4 4 Toon v Sam Smith
Basher v Ironside v Boner
LS4 v Captain Scarlet v Juggernaut
Aftershock v Tanto v Weed
MMM v Toonimator v Whirlpool
Beauty 2 v LS2 v Heatwave
Blitz Quattro v Tron v Savage Evo HD
Think I'm going to keep score this year of all the battles, just to have as a record and to see how bad a predictor I am :proud:
Who/what is weed?
Not too bad a draw for boner, few minor upgrades to the machine but essentially it will be the same as it was when it was fighting last year. Jamie we could always see if there's time for a grudge match at some point or just have it out in the car park old skool style! :)
Works for me :)
Weed is a pneumatic flipper, a scaled-down version of Kronic. I used to know where some pics of it were but it's been a while and I forget now :lame:
Looks like Tron and Seraph aren't expected to do well!! lets hope they can keep going For those 3 fights, I still want a fight Tron v LS4 :mrgreen:
Don't worry Craig, my predictions could be well off, and in most instances I've gone for who I consider to be capable of having the most impact. However history will show that this is often not the case and regularly the unexpected/lower-powered robot wins.
In other cases, I was maybe being a little biased towards my robot/robots I've previously competed with :uhoh: :)
But although I've put myself as winning my first battle, I honestly don't know how to tackle Seraph - pinning it down is going to be tricky and any front-on assault will just result in me driving right under you! :lol:
Ladies and Gentlemen I give you The Toonimator : (thanks Jamie).
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/ ... CN4888.jpg
Built for an outlay of £11.98 for 2 B&Q drills and bits scrounged or borrowed from other Roboteers or Robots:
Disc from Tony Booth
Car Fan Motor from Pete Lale
Pillar Drill Pulleys from John Bell
Batteries from Scorpion
Sidewinder from Stagefright
Wheels from Tiny Toon
Driver: John Bell
Weapon Operator Wendy Brown
yay
Can't wait dave!! It's what we have been after for ages lol
Looks good Clive, be interesting to see it run. I always get beaten by wooden robots lol how high of the floor does the disc run?
John I'll have to see if I can beat you for the 4th and 5th time in a row :p
Ah good, that means I don't have to worry about Tiny Toon moving and attacking me in my 3rd fight then :proud:Quote:
Wheels from Tiny Toon
Alan - I am just waiting to hear back from the campsite - It looks like they are trying to keep the whole campsite clear for us. As soon as I have heard back I will let you all know. :D
right beauty2 has just lost its ram buffer and c02 bottle :)
8mm ti all round then
theres always ways of cheating ;) lol
just thinking of tornadoey v razer its in the rules
OK guy's, I will put it out in an e-mail very shortly, but just to confirm we have now reserved the entire campsite for roboteers/dragster competitors.
I need to give them a list of how many tents/caravans are arriving, and how many people per tent etc.
You will then be allowed to book in and pay on arrival. I was unable to get a discount on the web price sadly.
We will be trying to hold a BBQ on the saturday night, and there's a pub over the road for the friday/sunday night aswell :) .
The schedule for the 3 days has been completed and will be sent in the e-mail shortly.
I hope everyones ready!
Nope :rofl:
Good job (and thanks) on reserving the whole campsite for us unruly lot! It's probably for the best as any other campers would probably get royally p****d off by the antics of drunken roboteers. After all.....'Ladies and gentlemen of the drinking circle.....'
Additionally, anyone for a game of Roxanne at some point? :)
My dad's staying in the Halfway House Country Inn on Friday/Saturday. I'm guessing that's the pub you're talking about? Damn handy for me scadging a lift to the event those mornings, and also if I want a decent shower if the campsite ones are rubbish/cold. No washing my nuts in a mug for me :lol:
Only if we play strathclyde university union rules and play with our trousers around our ankles :lol:Quote:
Additionally, anyone for a game of Roxanne at some point?
....Dare I ask what Roxanne is ?
http://www.barmeister.com/games/rules/350/
Although in my union we stand up with trousers around our ankles and you have to spin and drink :)
Ooh, nice addition. As fun as Roxanne was - it was one of the rounds at our union pub quiz - it lost a bit of its fun after a while because everyone knew when all the times to stand up were and no one got it wrong as often (anyone who stood up at the wrong time lost a point for their side of the split and the song was taken back to the start - it used to go on for aaaages!)
But with ankle trousers and spins it could be interesting! If anyone's got a battery-powered mp3 dock that we can play the song through, bring it along :)
(please note: memebers of the Fighting Robots Association always encourage...errr...'sensible drinking' :proud: )
Good stuff guys please put me down for camping one medium sized tent for me and Zack.
Thanks
Craig
I think I'll just sleep in the back of my hire van, warmer and comfier than a tent :)
One two man tent for me and a caravan requiring electric hook up for someone else i know.
Just the 2-man tent for me :)