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We're heading off to a new venue for our last big show of the year.
Show Times:
Sat 6pm
Sun 12 & 3pm
Venue Details:
Glades Arena
Wyre Forest Glades Leisure Centre,
Bromsgrove Street,
Kidderminster,
Worcestershire,
DY10 1PP
Sign ups available here: http://www.robotslive.co.uk/signup2010.htm
Robots Live!
www.robotslive.co.uk
we will be there ! where are you going to stay alan,
birmingham dudley travelodge is cheapest ive found 8.9 miles away
Oh wow, this is about a street away from where I used to live! I lived in Kiddie for 3 or 4 years (from the age 4 to going on 8 ), then I moved to Spain in '03.
Ah well, make sure you get some pics of the streets, not just the event! :)
hadn't got as far as booking hotels yet, but that looks like a good deal.
I might be able to make this event :)
Though i have to find out if my mum is doing anything on them days and if we've got the money.
Hope to be there though :)
we've thought about maybe doing a couple of the games during the shows at this one (not as teams or anything, just instead of a fight) any preferences to games, or ideas for new ones?
tug of war?
Bot ball.
its like football but 2 robots have 1 minute to gather as many balls in their goal on an elevated platform. Whoever gets
the most wins :P
British Bulldog or Tag :lol:
sumo, no wepon fight on a platform
Robo-gymnastics. Just for something different :P
I think were booking ours 11 minutes away from the location :)Quote:
Originally Posted by terry
king of the castle as an event
I know most people have said they are coming, but can you please sign up here; http://www.robotslive.co.uk/signup2010.htm so i've got an idea of numbers and email addys.
Cheers
Signed up - much to everyone's relief I don't think I'll have anything on 40mhz this time :P
King of the hill game type, a zone where you can score points if you are the only robot in that pit you score points every 10 or so seconds you are in there by yourself (Like the robot arena2 event)
It will be good to see you again Joey, thats if i can make it as we cant decide what day to come :uhoh:Quote:
Originally Posted by joeychevron
anybody up for bowling on the saturday night?
I probably would be, haven't done it in about eight years though XD so if nothing else I could be relied upon to make everyone else look good...
I will be up for that, might have to try my slightly cack-handed approach again (I got 2 strikes by passing the ball down the alley with my foot and another throwing it left-handed)
We'll come bowlingQuote:
Originally Posted by blazerbotics
we will make one or 3 of us ....lol
also looking at running a tag team competition on the sunday (for those who get knocked out, you might be able to do both, but would mean quick turn arounds). Email should be going out sunday night, make sure your signed up to get it! http://www.robotslive.co.uk/signup2010.htm
email gone out, let us know if you haven't got it.
Hi All
Unfortunately, as Alan already knows Scorpion cant be at the event, we were planning on coming anyway but I'm still in too much pain to sit in a car for the 2 - 3 hour journey so unfortunately we wont be with you. However we have a room booked & paid for that cannot be refunded at the Travelodge Birmingham Dudley, so if anybody can use give me a call & we'll give you the details. It's free
My phone number is: 07917 102409
John
Just got back in from this - I had a great time all things considered (one blown servo for one and a half days' semi-continuous battling isn't bad at all) and many thanks to Alan, Mike, Dave, Dave, Dave, and everyone else for putting it on. Well done to Clive for winning the feathers and Rob and Gilbert for winning everything else :P
Hope Mike gets better soon if he's reading.
Many thanks to Robots Live crew as always for a great weekend, Zack came 3rd with Seraph (we were robbed :mrgreen: )
but seriously well done Zack, and well done to Team Toon, and Team Iron Awe for winning almost everything else :shock:
Our thoughts,prayers and best wishes, go to Mike for a speedy recovery from his injuries. get well very soon mate.
From all at Team Saint
just got home, very tired after helping with the arena (dont know how u do it so often :wink: ) thanks to all the robots live crew for a great event and the roboteers for making it fun to watch, the atmosphere was buzzing, hopefully have the old knightmare up and running soon.
get well soon mike!! their was alot of concerned people hoping you make a speedy recovery.
Thanks to all the crew for putting on a great event, and to everyone I met for welcoming me in. :) Well done to Team Toon and the Iron Awe guys for their wins, and I wish Mike a speedy recovery.
What happend to mike ???????
What happend to mike ???????
And get better soon
Thanks to Robots Live and the crew for a good event really enjoyed being a roboteer again ....
Nice to be with you guys again ......lol
Was a good test for Tilly Evo Prior to the UK CHAMPS FINALS get all the hicups out the way ...lol
Yes we had a couple and better here than at the finals .......
We now know were to go in terms of sorting them out ..lol
And on another note :: I Have Spoken to Mike This Morning He Is now still waiting for the opperation to sort out his injury but he is now at his local hospital waiting and will hopefully be delt with today ...
He asked me to thank you all for the get well soon wishes and the card and realises that he will be the but of alot of jokes still to come but says he will take them all in his stride and not give anyone the FINGER !!!! over it ....
(sorry mike just had too ) .....
Anyway get well soon mike and see you all at MAIDSTONE !!!!!!
I've just heard about Mike's mishap, hope he gets better soon.
From all at Team Bud
Mike phoned me earlier today to say that he was still at the hospital and can move the lower part of his finger so hopefully will still be able to play the instruments.
Didn't say who dialled the number for him though :lol:
Well thats for the year, were already about set for next year as well. Thanks to all that came, well done to the Iron Awe pair for coming 1st and 2nd in the competition and winning the tag team. Well done to Tiny Hurtz in the feathers, not bad for a first outing. Thanks to all the crew for the hard work, thanks to Adrian and Terry for helping with the arena, i would have been in bed for midnight if it wasn't for dad doing his usual trick of loosing his keys and phone, found the keys this morning but if anybody happens to find a PDA let me knoe :P . Best wishes to Mike, get well soon old man, and a big thanks to those that helped out, especially Tim for driving his van back.
We'll be at the NEC in March and will kick off next year back at Whitwick in February.
Hope you all enjoyed it. I unfortunately didn't make it
Get well soon Mike
ok good news
Mike has had the nessasary opperation
and i have been told he should be leaving hospital tonight
which means he is now on the road to recovery
i have also been asked to thank you all for all the well wishes
.... best of luck Mike ...
from my iphone
Hi everybody, first off thanks for all your concern, good wishs, texts, e-mails and dark humour (you know who you are!).
For those that don't know I had about 20mm of my left ring finger cut off when Pressure's flipper dropped whilst loading it into the arena.
I was being assisted in the loading and, despite a warning not to, the flipper was pushed up in the effort to get the bot in.
This made the locking bar drop out and the rest is history.
The irony is I was watching and warning him to mind his fingers as he had his hand under the front of the machine at the time.
Weapon locks are often the subject of debate as some are ineffective and/or risky to remove, the committee are on it at the moment.
One of the main problems is that the variety of robots makes a standard difficult to establish.
Hopefully we can set a guidline with a testing system for weapon locks and make it part of the tech check.
Finally (almost) I would like to say a special thanks to Tim and Meryl for getting me and my van home, for Ian, Richie, John and jake (and anyone else that helped) for loading it.
To Clive and assistants for, in true, professional police standards, conducting a fingertip search of the incident site.
Mike.
PS The committee has decided that, to stay in line with descimination laws, the robot fight end countdown will be changed.
It will now be:
9and3/4, 8and3/4, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Cease.
glad to see your making a good recovery mike you will need good use of a few other fingers soon with all the jokes that will be coming your way soon ! propably allready started i imagine.
We had a great weekend thanks to robots live for the event and I was chuffed with a 3rd place aswell.