Many thanks to everyone!
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A minor fire? It’s admirable how you simply take it all in your stride, but that is some immense mileage :uhoh:
If it helps the workload, you are more than welcome to use my arena for BotFest once it’s finished ( give me another week or so at this rate), might also give me a chance to learn a bit bout how these things are run 0:).
Looking forward to both the new branding, and the new mystery ant, exciting times!
Very much so. The fire was a result of pulling too much current through the radio wires when the main power disconnected. I've still got the crispy wires somewhere from that. Yeah, the mileage has been sky high. I'll hold you to that offer of the arena though :P
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That's quite the year you've had. I think it's a good decision to ease off the driving a bit, it can't be much fun spending so much time in the car for a couple of fights.
Yeah, for one or two fights, it isn't worth it, especially lugging around the MW on my own though to be fair, the number of folks who have help lift the thing with me is incredible.
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Speaking of highlights, a highlight for me this year was at Burgess Hill when us featherweights got to fight Jibril & Backflip, even though it wasn't quite what you guys were hoping for. If you ever do get a rematch against Earthquake do remind Will that Explosion managed to defeat Jibril quicker than he did.
Hahahahaha, yes, very true. Just wait until it can self right though. :P
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To be honest, if you're prioritizing MW's it might be best to ignore Robots Live since they don't seem interested in MW's anyway (except maybe Grantham since it's much closer).
The line we've had from Robots Live is that they want at least three or four before they'll give them their own slot I think, which makes sense. Part of the trouble is that we are in a bit of a odd situation because the reason why we can't fight FP flippers is the weight difference and the roof yet MWs can very easily get to the same power as a HW can. I have been told in the past that I can go in with non flipper HWs if I wanted but this is tricky because a considerable number, in my experience, of HWs that go are rear hinge flippers.
I am not ruling Robots Live out as a place to go with a MW, it is simply a numbers problem. I'll still go with a FW to them.
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When you say new arena for Botfest, would that be a new design or just a new version of the old one? Also if that new ant is the one you mentioned at the last Botfest I for one am really looking forward to it, as well as what else Team Kaizen has in store in the future.
The new arena I am thinking of it is a new build for bigger floor space with a better layout. I know people have criticized the small gap on one edge of the arena and I do see their point. I also know the height off of the floor to the arena floor isn't high enough really. I could address these in the current arena but you'll probably end up with even less arena space.
I seem to recall the Bristol Bot Builders arena being longer than BotFests but narrower from what I recall at S.T.E.M. Does anyone have the dimensions of that?
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PS I struggle just to get Parasite into my 107, it's a miracle how you get a MW, FW & equipment into a smart car. :)
Hahahaha, mine is a four door Smart at the moment but I am going back to the two door. I think it all fits vertically, I am pretty good at tetris when it comes to doing this sort of thing. 2HDF is transported in bits so it'll probably come down to doing that.