Brighton Model World 05

Hey guys, just a thread for any good pics/videos from this weekends event. My first live viewing of bots - and im very impressed. Ill capture some video I shot of hassockshog being flipped out of the arena soon!

James

http://www.digital-car.co.uk/attv/lastfight.wmvwww.digital-car.co.uk/attv/lastfight.wmv

last fight of the saturday with a robot coming out of the arena - somebody fill me in as regards the name !

James

the one what went out is thoark

Thoark, yep lol ive just been trying to think of it for the last half an hour i kept thinking its T something but couldnt remember. Yes I can be that sad and bored to spend that much time on it.

Chris - http://www.featherweights.org/forum

yup sorry - i was thinking of hassock as its flipper got entwined with the can opener type one

James

I guess this wasnt an FRA approved event since its not on the FRAs Events list.

not sure who organised it - whats the problem with that ?
James

Many people come to this forum to look for events, If they are not here then how do people find out about them. This was the first event we went to (as spectators) a few years ago and decided that we would build a robot, It would have been nice to go back with a robot if someone could have been bothered to tell us it was on this year. Never mind its their loss.

If the Event is not mentioned here then I must assume that the FRA has no knowledge of the event and that it does not come upto their standards, I dont mean to be offensive but the organisers, who ever they are, should have made a point for it to be listed as approved by the FRA on their events page otherwise it gives the impression that the organisers think FRA is meaningless and need not be involved.

I for one dont know anything to do with the event, who organised (is organising) it?

The FRA does not necessarily need to be involved! Bear in mind that the FRA is an only an association as its title suggests, it is a group of individuals that have chosen to form a club. Any individual or event organiser can choose to associate with the FRA or not, it isnt compulsory and the FRA standards are not the only way to organise and run an event. As long as an event organiser takes the time to consider the risks and undertakes a risk assessment to protect both themselves and the public, they are quite free to run an event.

There is no legislation to force affiliation to the FRA anymore than there is for the FA, BCU, BMC, MLTB, FSB, NFU, NSA or any other trade or sporting federation you can think of. This is quite correct IMHO, no-one organistaion should be able to take total control of any sport or industry.

regards

Tim Jones

Mark, it wasnt listed for the reasons you think - was more invite only this year due to lack of budget, space etc..... Mike and co decided not to list it.

Thats what I understand anyway.

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

have i opened a can of worms here ! Im sorry - thought the event was common knowledge

James

all i have to say is oops, yes thorak did get thrown out the arena and yes my stomache did churn as i saw where it was going. it was very unfortunate and luckily no-one was hurt

all good footage james :)

you werent the only one - another bot also got flipped there and yet another very nearly did !

While a couple of robots did go out of the arena, they did not escape the fencing and were deactivated immediately.

Some more edited footage:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/heartstone/other/robotwarsedit-nomusic.wmvhttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/heartst...it-nomusic.wmv

James

Id like to say thanks to those people at Brighton who gave feedback on my new feather.

Have now got the speed control so i should have it running this week.
Sheffield is a bit of a trek for me but i hope to be out to play soon.

yes glen i really liked the look of your new feather, its a shame you couldnt made it into the arena to play. i did enjoy putting the football robot in to play with the feathers @ only 6KG it was bouncing off everything :)especially G3 if ive the name right it was a good laugh

Are you going to be going to Magna? It looks great in the picture.

Hi Mark.

It was I and the Robodome mob that organised the Brighton Model World event as usual. This is no secret and most roboteers know this.

Ed is again correct. Its an invite only event. This is due to Robodome being given very limited resources from the overall shows budget so I have a list from past attendees that I draw upon who I know their costs etc.

I am sorry that you feel left out. It is not intentional in anyway. I have to say no to many very well deserved and respected teams due to costs. Its a dirty and hateful job but it does have to be done so that the show can go ahead.

Yes, there were two OOTAs that happened. As Kane stated, the fence did its job and the robots were immediatly deactivated. At no point was the audience in danger. The only reason that we didnt want any OOTAs was due to the floor between the arena and the first fence ( yep, we do have two fences ) was totally unprotected and we didnt fancy getting the repair bill.

PS, I would like to say a HUGE thanks to all teams who attended and helped. I now have my very own lost property office so if your missing any items from cloths, tools and unusual toys then please contact me and we can come to a deal for me not to disclose information regarding the unusual toys.


Cheers.

Mike.

Unusual toys? Thats nothing compared to the unusual activity I was accused of doing on Saturday night. Even I was shocked! :)

Mike,
If you have a hat with the word billabong on it in lost property, it belongs to tom (billabong) kane.

Thanks for having us.

see the picture on my profile

any idea what Ians upto, answers on a postcard....

I answers on forum......
Ian Lockhart does his famous Scott Tracy from Thunderbirds impersonation to the amusement of bystanders who look suitably impressed by the impromtu performance :)

I had been hypnotised by a Witch shortly after she changed Simon into a boxer!

Ian

Nah I reckon Ian your getting ready to take the beating of your life from that boxer, By the looks of things its punching hight is right at a vulnerable area shall we say!

sorry to those unable to view video its moved:

http://www.digital-car.co.uk/attv/robotwarsedit-nomusic.wmvhttp://www.digital-car.co.uk/attv/ro...it-nomusic.wmv

Our video...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.a.young/brighton05.wmvhttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.a.young/brighton05.wmv

Will get report and pics up over weekend.

http://www.temmad.co.ukwww.temmad.co.uk http://www.blazerbotics.co.ukwww.blazerbotics.co.uk

Ian says You have stopped filming havnt you? :proud:

what was crap though ????
ewe 2 loosing again :)

My post contained the quote that WAS cut :proud:

cool vid alan, have you got any from last years brighton up online ?

i have all of our fights from brighton04 on video, which i can put onto the computer, you want me to have a look for Thorak on them?

if you could that would be brilliant, thank you