30th April/1st May - XFM FW Challenge, Cambridge

XFM Featherweight Series - Cambridgeshire

The first May bank holiday weekend sees the kick-off of the XFM Featherweight Challenge, a series of featherweight/educational shows touring around with this first date hosted in the center of Cambridge, the science and technology capital of the UK !

Each show itself is a self contained event for the audience attending and will feature the new XFM Featherweight arena - fully polycarbed to 4m in height Battlebox style, and packed with effects this arena has been designed from the ground up to show the featherweight class at its best - and yes you can throw people OOTA !

This series of events is fully sponsored and underwritten, meaning that each event will carry a £250 first prize - as well as a prize for the overall series winner with no reliance on an attending audience (though therell be one there of course!) - there will also be 2nd and 3rd prizes as well as trophies ! Food will be provided for attending teams, as will discounted accomodation and an organised Sat night social.

Further public and Roboteer information will be posted over the coming weeks, but we wanted to let the roboteers know about this series of events as soon as we were in a position to confidently announce it.

If youre interested in coming, please feel free to post in the thread below, and well update you with news as it comes.

Ed - XFM

Great news! Ill try to get to most of the events

sounds like fun
I have been promising the boys that there will be an event they can drive their featherweight at for ages... only problem is there isnt a 31st April, only a 30th...
Cheers Rob

Were creating a new day just for the event Rob.

.... getting that changed now !

Ed

Hopefully Ill be able to get to this one.

Ah ! just the incentive I need to get working on the
new feather.

:)GORD

Please add microCHIP and BlacknBlue to your entry list.
Rob

count DB5 in also, will be finished by then, if not ive given up.

Hi Ed, add me to the list please, dont know what with yet but itll be 12kg

Ed
Add rampage to your list

Ed could you please add little flipper
and little hitter to the list.

Put TeamDragon down Ed

Can you put PloughBot and Venom down for this one.

Please add the Terror Turtle team to your list with two feathers.

Ive just noticed the website, http://www.extremefightingmachines.comwww.extremefightingmachines.com, is looking brilliant with a little makeover

Ed

Please could you confirm the format of these weekends for me. It appears that there will be a single 2 hour show each day. Will there be a chance for some decent battles outside the shows and will it be possible to take a meaningful part in the competition if I can only make it for one day?

Im very interested in the concept of another feather comp, but am very concerned that it looks as if it could be necessary to present at the venues from 11am Saturday to 4pm Sunday for very little return in the way of arena time.

Thanks

Tim Jones

Thanks Ewan, just took a look at thier website and it looks great, lots of work gone into it.

Will it be online Applications like RR or will listing here on the forum still work.

Apologies for my mistake above. Ed has just corrected me, its 2x2 hour shows a day;)

I think it may be time for me to consider a pair of glasses ;)

I subscribed to the XFM newsletter and wondered why I didnt get a confirmation, but found this in my junk mail:

You have requested a subscription to the XFM Newsletter. Please confirm your request by clicking on the link below. You MUST follow the link below to confirm the subscription you requested.

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Registration for the XFM Events is now open at http://www.extremefightingmachines.comwww.extremefightingmachines.com

If youre registered above priority will be given to you, but please make sure you get to the XFM website and register for your place at the events as soon as possible !

Ed
http://www.xfmtickets.comhttp://www.xfmtickets.com

Weve registered our new and unfinished as yet, featherweight.
Should be something special its a walker :)

A walker.... ooh :)

any lists of competitors for this event yet?

Grant... give it more than 2 days for people to get their registrations in !

Well be posting lists of robots competing etc shortly.

Just to let people know - tickets have now gone on sale for these events, plus it looks like were going to be full of bots, so if theres anyone else deliberating, Id apply sooner rather than later.

Ed

Ed
Your publicity machine must be working we just had a visit from the photographer of our local paper.

Ian

Been doing some work on the arena this weekend

http://www.extremefightingmachines.com/arena.htmlhttp://www.extremefightingmachines.com/arena.html

Put a page up on the site about it with a pic of what we were up to this weekend.

Ed

*URGENT*

Is anyone going up past Bristol on the way to Cambridge?

Thanks, Ewan

Ewan, I think your closest fellow competitor is Gordon with Stiff Breeze, it might be worth trying to get hold of him if youre looking for a lift.

Ed

yes its me.

If anyones staying at a travel lodge/inn, what one are you staying at so I dont end up at the bar on my own :)

Jas

Ticket Update

As stated on the XFM website, both the Saturday shows are now totally sold out with only limited availability for Sundays 1:30 and 4:30pm shows despite there being over a week to go before the event !

Weve spoken to the teams involved, plus the venue and well shortly be announcing additional shows on the Bank Holiday Monday to meet the level of demand for tickets !

Ed
http://www.xfmtickets.comhttp://www.xfmtickets.com

Just another quick update - seems weve totally sold out tickets now for Saturday and Sunday, and theres only limited space left for the Monday shows.... looks like its going to be a great weekend.

Ed
http://www.xfmtickets.comhttp://www.xfmtickets.com

Gona have to Pull KR2 out of the event sadly, just had a few problems with the front motors, and there buggered from pratting around. So KR2 in bits and 2 duff motors and running out of time so no KR2 this weekend, maybe next time.

Though ill still be there as im working part of the XFM crew. Event looking great, list of bots going should be great fun, would have liked to fight feathers in 1v1 instead of big melees.

Good luck to everyone and see you this weekend.

Mr Stu

Is the championships one on one fights?

All tickets for all XFM Shows have now totally sold out with a day to go before the event. This includes tickets for the extra shows that we added on the Monday. There may be some limited tickets available on the door on a first-come first-served basis due to cancellations etc.

James : Yes, other than a starting 3 way mele.

Ed

All sounding good, and it seems KR2 may still be able to compete. Stus bringing the bot in kit form on saturday morning so he can pop a couple of new drills in. (stu - email sent)

I have managed to get hold of Two 12v Motors today and fitted them in KR2, and playied around with the electronics to limit the current on the motors, so i shouldnt be pushing them as hard as i normaly do. Though the motors i get off you Ewan wil come in as Spare as im sure ill bugger a motor up, its Kr2s way at an event. LOL!
So Kr2 will arrive at the event 90% built and ready to burn - litually! Ekkk.
Thanks Ewan, and see you tomorrow morning to take you, least we wont be fitting the motors into KR2 at the Services. LOL!!!

Cya all Tomorrow.

Mr Stu

Stu,
Just to let you know, seeing as I now have nothing to do on Sunday, Ive decided to bring Pillow Torque for a little exercise! :wink:

So i herd Geoff - and you still owe me a free go of it! hehe. And also if you want a rematch in a real arena between me and you - go for it :)
(If i still have motors by then. LOL!)

Mr Stu

Ok, Ill go for a little one on one if you like!
I dont mind you having a drive either, but are you quite sure you are ready for a drive of a proper grown-up feather??!!! :proud:
(No drill motors here you know!!) :wink: