2011 Roaming Robots FRA HW Champs @ the O2

[robotwars]

So, Robot World is going to have a fantastic April in 2011!!

Everybody loves a Heavy Weight knockout competition, well that€™s what you€™re getting for 2011.

Taking place in the Premier Plaza Event space at the O2 ( Yes O2 ), we will be holding this year€™s championships.

This event will be the dbut of the full brand new Roaming Robots Battle Arena which is currently being finished. We have now ploughed our way through the mass of red tape, artwork signed off, and tickets have now been passed on, and will go on sale in the next week or so.

Sign ups went live last week and we are full which is great !!!

Venue: O2 London Piazza Event Space
Date: Sat / Sun April 23/24th
Shows: 3shows per day
Times: 12pm, 3.30pm & 7pm
Capacity:1000 per show.

Next week we will be asking you to confirm your HW entry by paying your £60 deposit. It is £60 per robot entry. On receipt of this entry you will then be allocated a hotel room for both the Friday and Saturday night. When your robot completes its first fight, you will receive your money back.

Meals
We will be providing meal vouchers for a drink, sandwich, crisps, and chocolate bar for each person, priority will be given to heavyweight teams, but should be plenty to go around.

Feathers, Ants and Battle Ratz
We will be running a competition for the feather weight, Battle Ratz, and Ant weights throughout the event.

Trophies
The FRA will be providing the funding once again for the trophies for the champs.

This event is going to take Robotic events to a different level, this will be like no event we€™ve organised before.

New presenter, new arena, new show format, new everything€¦ there is a massive investment being introduced to not only fund the O2 event for Roaming Robots but as a whole company. So things are about to change for the better !!!

Due to the new show format, we will be asking you to please try and arrive on Friday lunchtime. The arena is being built Wednesday / Thursday and we would like to get photos, tech checks etc done and out of the way.
Plus we would also like to run a bit of a dress rehearsal of the new format to check logistics of how it will work. I can now reveal that one of the things is we will be having is loading pens, so you will drive your robot into the arena€¦ rather than arm it up inside€¦.. think Robot wars !!! Yes you need to be able to drive your robot through a tunnel€¦ get practicing !!

Filming has now been confirmed, and 4 teams have been contacted who we know are building robots, and will be being filmed in the run up to the event, There will also be a multi camera film crew at the event filming the whole thing.
We are producing a 30 minute documentary. We have a TV channel interested in seeing the finished product, however primarily we are producing it for a DVD.

With a maximum number of tickets over the whole event being 9000, we are looking for all the help we can get. Every team taking part will most probably be sent fliers and a few posters. Plus we will be looking for some teams who are willing to help do some promotional work with their robots at the O2 in the run up to the event.

For example, there is a Justin Beiber concert on at the O2 Mid March and we will be there with Major damage, a couple of extra teams would be great !! Any other help, always welcome.

Think that€™s it for now, got a big meeting at the O2 again on Saturday to discuss more, so more info to come soon.

Regards
John
Roaming Robots

[PJ-27]

Sign ups went live last week and we are full which is great !!!

I know it may be obvious, but just to confirm does that mean there can be no more sign ups of any category?

Thanks,

[simon_windisch]

Is the Friday tech check just for heavyweights?

[dgr]

I'm supposed to be working on the Friday til 7:30pm, we were planning on driving up through the night to be there for Saturday. Does this mean I can't do that, with tech checks etc being on the Friday? I'll try and get my shift covered, but that's proving difficult as is.

[robotwars]

We are still accepting entries for all weight classes.
I do expect a few hws to drop out when asked to put their money where their mouth is.

If you can't get there for Friday then it's not a big issue, we just want to get As much done on the Friday as possible.
Yes Friday is primarily for heavyweights however if others want to come early too then so much the better.

The first show on Saturday isn't until 12 so plenty of time.

John

[dgr]

Nice one, thanks Jonno. I'll see if I can get it covered but its nice to know its not essential.

[cliveb]

Best bit of news this year, can you really believe it ????
Justin Beiber is going to be at the O2

[leorcc]

We are still accepting entries for all weight classes.
I do expect a few hws to drop out when asked to put their money where their mouth is.

Regarding payment Jonno, can I paypal you or does it need to be a bank transfer?

[robotwars]

hi Leo,

Paypal will be fine.

Regards

John

[robotwars]

** Update **

Artwork has been rejected again..... now having to pay the O2 graphic design team to finish it which WILL be done on Monday!!!

However....

Tickets will go onsale on the following dates !!

O2 priority - 14th March
Roaming Robots / FRA members / followers - 15th March
General Sales - 16th March

Last minute.com website has now jumped on board and are taking 10% of our tickets to sell, which is great news !!!
O2 priority linking with us means our advert goes out to thousands who are registered with their phone for O2 prioity. you get a text message with a secret link to the tickets before everyone else.

More info next week.

John
www.RoamingRobots.co.uk