12th to 14th of January 2012 -Mechatrons RoD Dublin, Ireland

[craig_colliass]

Puck is a fine machine, born out of tangential thinking, unique and well constructed.
I'm a fan

[jonny]

puck is the coolest of them allest.

[pressure]

So I'm a tangentalist eh!
Or is that another way of saying going off on one?
Puck claimed another victim at the RDS, Iron Awe5, sorry Rob (not!).
Plans are afoot for Son of Puck, be afraid, be very afraid!

[terry]

here are the 1st 3 vids, they take 1hr each so have to do some more tomorrow, ive got 8 more inc all
the finals, not the last driver swap as i was using johns phone for that.

kronic v ia6

[craig_colliass]

Can I be a tangentalist too?

[razerdave]

I know all this, you know this, but fact is they had to keep a show going and they would not make much of a show if only half the drive worked or the weapons were kaput. I can totally see where the organisers are coming from even if I am not too fond of the idea.

[terry]

a few more vids, still the finals to upload later or tomorrow.

ripper v bigger brother (start missed a little)

[pressure]

For those that didn't get invited to Dublin I would just like to say that it's mostly a simple matter of econonoics.
The ferry alone costs 380 Euros per vehicle (then there's the hotel etc as well), if someone wants to enter one bot it costs all that to have just that one machine.
If someone else can bring two, three, or even four robots the cost per machine goes down dramatically, they are much more likely to get selected.
It also has to be said that robot track record and reliability probably make a difference too.
Moral: bulid more bots, try again!
Mike.

[terry]

all the last videos, the semis and final.

beast v pressure


ripper v beast (start missed)


kronic v ia6


ia6 v beast


the final
ripper v kronic


the last 1 is still uploading and should be done about 10.30 - 11pm, sorry.

[terry]

all 3.7gb now uploaded !