Time for a rant

[cliveb]

Another weekend spent in my garage fixing robots that have been flipped out after cease (Tiny Hurtz) or attacked when immobilised and at the side of the arena ( 4 4 Toon). I do not mind repairing damage caused in battle but its about time people think about the cost in time and money from continuing to attack after cease or pounding on a dead robot, and no it wasn't a house robot in either case.

[psycho_fling]

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i'm very sorry if the sheer uncontrollable power of BOW caused extra damage to tiny hurtz in either situation

on a serious note i know what you mean, experienced it myself

[john_frizell]

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'but its about time people think about the cost in time and money from continuing to attack after cease or pounding on a dead robot,' Agreed. And this applies particularly to house robots, as well as to over enthusiastic contestants. We should have a convention that once a robot is dead it is left alone, or pushed to a side wall or into the pit.

[beast]

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LOL was thinking the same in last years champs clive

rember a fight with beauty2 LOL

[mattsdragons]

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i do think that is fair

accidental damage is ok since when i got flipped, battleaxe got me in his clawn and bent my armour but i know that was a total accident

[death robotics]

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i do think that is fair

accidental damage is ok since when i got flipped, battleaxe got me in his clawn and bent my armour but i know that was a total accident

and ive been spending the last week (Bar the 4 days in London) hammering it back into shape. Still no success

[mattsdragons]

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hahahahahahaha, that because that armour wasnt very good with him, took being flipped and hit by tinyhurtz though but its was free so dont complain

[death robotics]

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hahahahahahaha, that because that armour wasnt very good with him, took being flipped and hit by tinyhurtz though but its was free so dont complain

In not really complaining. Just a bit annoyed over the fact no matter how many times i hit the damn thing (And my also
my thumb for that matter) It wont bend back into shape

[mattsdragons]

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we can sort that, bring it round saturday?

[death robotics]

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We'll see. Also. Have you checked over the ReAvenger parts to see if they work?

[mattsdragons]

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ye, the whole system works, checked it earlier. now its just got to go into the shell which in doing saturday. and we should probably do this over PM instead

[death robotics]

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Good point.

I have a habit of driving things off-topic

[craig_colliass]

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I know I can sit back and relax my robots never hurt anything
I think when cease is called, the roboteers should stop attacking another robot. I think there should be a lighting signal at the same time E.G. turn off the lights in the arena for 2 seconds. Because sometimes deaf old people like me can't hear so well.
Attacking robots that are immobile this usually is because the other guy doesn't realise, also I have been asked to hit a robot to get it going again.
There is always going to be issues like this, when I am fixing my robots, usually courtesy of Thor!!!! I tell myself if I don't want it bust, don't put it in the arena with Thor :shock:
these days I tend to try to make the robots easier to fix at the design stage, saves time in the garage later,

[terry]

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I have been thrown out after cease thats annoying quite sure ive not caused damage after cease but maybe carried on for a few seconds. I have attacked immobilised robots, in most mellee's you might not notice a robot that's not been moving for a while and can easily start to attack it, then relising it was immobilised , well thats my excuise anyway

[terry]

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oh and as for fighting thor, yes he does inflict a bit of damage. luckily for me I only have to fight him in championship fights as we are both mighty reds which is the by far best team