28th January 2007 Roaming Robots - Swindon

28th January 2007 Roaming Robots - Swindon

Address:
Oasis Leisure Centre
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1EP

Show Times:
2pm
5pm

Join Roaming Robots as they kick off the 2007 UK Tour.

2007 will not only see the improved arena evolve through the early events as new changes are implemented, the show will travel to new venues and new cities around the UK making 2007 bigger and better then any previous year.

Dust off your robots after the Christmas period, and try out those winter changes.

For more information about this show, and for roboteers to sign up, visit the website.

John
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

jason and i will be at swindon to see thors first outing. i do hope it doesnt destroy itself.

A friend of mine is going to the event to get his featherweight his first combat experience. Its called Plofbox 2 and is a vertical spinner.

Oh and I will be there to with Hannibalito. Not version 2 yet im afraid, still version 1.

Whos attending this event (other than Thor and the two feathers above) ?

Speak now or forever hold your peace :P

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

i am woo

so does that mean you are going ed?

Possibly Shane - was just trying to find out who else was going but it seems everyone bar you, Craig and Leo are keeping schtum !

... so does Thor fancy a One-on-One with its arch nemesis Storm II ;)

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

thats because were not affraid Ed, as those in the final melees in ireland can vouch Tanto is working properly :D

Ill take ya both on ;)

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

Id love to see that :) Ill be in the pits with Leo

And Ridouan (the friend I mentioned) will keep schtum anyway because he is deaf and mute. Not silent though mind you. :)

I can speak a little sign language because I work with a deaf mute guy called Ryan

thor will have a fight with storm 2 ed but i am racing to build mine in time. i will of course fight storm 2 at every chance we could. i have got to beat you 1 day.

i can speak a little sign language haha LIKE IT! :proud:

(Message edited by bex on January 17, 2007)

so mr ed are you going to this event or not, speak now of forever hold your peace. would be nice to have an interesting little chat in your ear hole. :)

Certainly am Mr S :)

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

Ridouan will be competing in the shows with his disk motors disabled but the disk still freewheeling. Is that ok?

He needs the disk in freewheel because of selfrighting.

no problem leo.

john

there will now be a fruit machine to smash to pieces to a lot of peoples delight. :)

How rude of you to describe our robot thus Shane :sad:

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

how rude of you to assume that i meant your robot when i actually meant you ed. :)

Guys,

Well it looks like we will be starting the year as we mean to carry on, with both shows looking like they will be quite possibly sold out by Sunday !!

An email has gone to the teams who have signed up to attend.

John
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

Replacement chain for Storm II hasnt arrived :sad: for the one that failed at the last event so we wont be running.... shes drivable at the end of a fight down one chain, but not for an entire event.....

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

What a great event. We had a full house for both shows, and everyone gave it their all and the crowd loved it. Its a great venue and as usual John and his crew put on a fantastic show. Well done everybody.:proud:

That was a great event, I thoroughly enjoyed it, paticularly the fruit machine smashing in the second show, and Hanibalito getting serious hang-time :)

Nice one Jonno

I finally got home @ 5am this morning and went back to work @ 9 am.

Still, it was a lot of fun, and I might have broken Little Hitters record of maximum airtime. :)

Airtime...You shoud have got AIRMILES for that one Leo!! :)

A Good event and nice to see both shows with standing room only...I hope this is the shape of thing to come for the rest of 2007.
Well done Jonno and crew.

Sounds like a good event. Shame I couldnt make it (was moving house). All moved now and ready to roll again!

Dave

yeah Great event, loads of public and a very flat floor things are looking up :)

so i need 2 drill moters every feather fight carnt be right lol

I have yet to burn out a motor or lock up a gearbox in my feather. The only problem i had was my motors vibtrating loose, so we finally decided to weld them on the robot. :)

Guys,

Just a quick note to say thank you for your hard work yesterday, there was a real sense of community spirit, all working together to put on the best show possible, something which has been slightly lacking of late !!

The event was a complete sell out, even after adding the extra chairs, and for the first time ever, we had to turn people away. :sad:

Although I didn€™t manage to get the major upgrades to the arena done due to other commitments, we did, as you know have two brand new layers of floor. Nice and FLAT !!!!

Lets hope 2007 brings more of the same, roll on Brighton, Wigan, and then Magna, where the upgrades will be put in place bit by bit !!

Pictures, event report, and video will be on the site soon€¦ especially the disappearing act of the fruit machine !!!!! :)

See you all soon.

John
Roaming Robots.co.uk

we did, as you know have two brand new layers of floor. Nice and FLAT !!!!

At least we DID until that bloody Reid fellow and his axe got hold of it!! :wink:

jason and i got to the event about 1 ish with about an hour to spare. we unloaded thor and did some last checks and tech check. in the arena thor was without its hammer and giving the drive a good test and it was very powerful, sharp and fast. all went well till jason slammed the arena wall and pop went the speedo. end of event for thor. thanks to john reid for all the posative information about electric hammers jason will now spend all his time perfecting it and hope to have a fully working thor for wigan. i will get my ass in gear and will also have Envy ready for wigan. we sat back and watched the rest of the show and how it has changed. not changed as in robots smashing each other to bits but the WHOLE atmosphere. all the roboteers seemed to be really friendly and a closeness in the community was definatley there. it felt warm and welcoming. attitudes have changed all for the better and all good as far as i am concerned. how mighty mouse still manages to keep us entertained is a credit to its owner. same to terrorhurtz and its owner, hats off to you guys. after the first show we had a break and my adopted mum bless her came up trumps with trays of sandwiches for all the roboteers. of course i over filled my plate and went into the arena to spend a moment with jonno and andy cane. something got their attention and i was left sitting alone in the arena scoffing my tea. it was then i began to realise how much hard work all the roaming robots crew actually do for us roboteers to come and play with our boys toys. that arena is a big arena to put up and take down, to put all the sound equipment out and about, all the polycarb around the arena, clear up mess after every fight, unload that van and load it up again, the house robot, i could go on all night but all i want to say is THANKYOU ROAMING ROBOTS for keeping the sport alive and kicking. you are a dedicated hard working team who deserves an applause. a special note to mum, you are a star on your own, you keep the crowd entertained and all i wanted to do was come and join in the fun because that is what the atmosphere felt like and i wanted i piece of it. you are pulling all the right strings with the crowd so just you keep it up and i will join you with my own microphone. just once more guys WELL DONE and keep it up your all just ace. i will bring another machine to wigan for robots to smash up. well done to everyone else involved at swindon and i hope to be just as involved at wigan. :) shame you missed such a good show ed. i missed you very much indeedee doo. mabee you should get storm ready for wigan and come and see all your roboteer friends. :)

For those who missed the event and dunno what the whole Airtime thing with Leos FWs about, check out the profile for a pic:

Yep,... It went up... 5 mins later... It came down!!

What airline did it fly with? :proud:

MrStu Airlines

Ah... the Flying Dutchman.

Oh dear Babeth... did you have to?... That was sad!... Very apt though! :wink: