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**chris** · 7 March 2004, 20:07

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no no wat i was saying that in the morning it was very hectic and there were lots of clashes
it was better in the afternoon.
saying it was tx control is not true. it was the fact that in the morning session alot of the antweight (who had feathers) were fighting and there were lots of clashes.
i can understand that in the morning all the mellees etc happend so alot of freq were taken.
i was very manic and half awake in the morning and didnt really know wat was goign on which was probally why i thought it was bad.
looking back at it wasnt tx controls fault but jus the vast number of robots :P
anyway im sorry if i was getting at people.

but back to wat geoff was saying
all antweights follow that rule but there wasnt
and yes i did check the freqs off the site and did extra emails to the antweight roboteers to conferm there freqs i then did ant clash sheet which was fine.
the thing is like you said

Please note that FRA rule 4.6 very clearly states that all teams MUST have AT LEAST 3 altenitive RX & TX crystal sets available

yes people did chaneg there frequencies which affected the frequencie tables so it was harder.
but freq were very good its just it was quite frustrating in the morning session when we couldnt have any battles.
however it didnt spoil the day and the ants finished in good time with the feathers.

again sorry

**chris** · 7 March 2004, 20:10

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oo jus read wat ian said
me and my dad had that exact same discussion in the car and thought it would be a very good idea

**stu** · 7 March 2004, 20:24

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We had a sort of the same idea, just i didint continue with it as i didnt think i had the right to say Ant Weights you can use the freqs between so and so and so and so for our event thought id treat everyone equally. But as we found out, something a bit more major needs to be done.

And above sounds all cool.

Mr Stu

**geoff** · 7 March 2004, 20:29

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And peace returns to the ant/feather commnities

Ian, I like that idea, may be worth some further thought. Try posting it in FRA safety and lets see what responce it gets.

**stu** · 7 March 2004, 20:43

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Yeah good idea. Something is being mentioned at the FRA meeting about Ants and TX Control i have herd, so we will see what has to be said and whats donea bout it at the next meeting.

Mr Stu
FeatherWeights.org Crew

**team_ireland** · 7 March 2004, 20:54

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I like the surgestion Ian but if i could just make a surgestion. I sugest 40.665 be one of the antweight frequencies as 99.9% of antweight builders have this frequency and as most starter sets come with 40.665/40.675/40.685 i think that these frequencies would be most suited to ants.

Having said that i really should say that from an antweight point of view At alot of events we are really knocked around. Admittedly people pay the money to see the Big boys fight but we should not just be a side show.

When I ran my event in Ireland i held the AWS and i also had Big Brother on demo. People have not stopped asking me about antweights since. They are becommign more and more popular over here as we can travel to england with them easily. If antweights were used to their fullest potential then between each featherweight/heavyweight fight (while robots are taken out and new ones put in) antweights could be used to fill this void.

I dont know what other people think but thats my surgestion

Regards
Ian

**ewan** · 7 March 2004, 20:56

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Just dont pick 40.685,40.695,40.705,40.715... They all happen to be the crystals Ive got! :sad:

**robotwars** · 7 March 2004, 22:00

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Firstly, WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS !!! RIP RULZ !! Ã†â€™Âº

Big thanks, and well done to Stu and co, superb event, great atmosphere, some nice ideas, great tactical fights, and ermmm, loads of food yummy !!!

For me to install the arena and become a roboteer, was just superb, made a nice change to let someone else have the stress for once.

Something that we are seriously working on, is incorporating the ant weights into our events, primarily into our winter tour to run throughout the day in-between the other battles.

I have looked into the possibility of allocating certain frequencies to certain weight classes. And now I have all the information about which roboteers use which frequencies I will be able to suggest a solution.

Jonno
http://www.roamingrobots.co.ukwww.roamingrobots.co.uk

**stu** · 7 March 2004, 22:16

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There we go, lease Feather Weight Smash 2004 helped you then for future events, and our future events.

Champions - hmmm your winning too much, i think i need new judges.

For me to install the arena and become a roboteer, was just superb, made a nice change to let someone else have the stress for once.

Yeah Thanks - i love stress. EEEK!! Mega stressful in the morning. And that talk to all the roboteers in the morning - god i wanted to just crawl under a rock and hide.

Mr Stu

**Guest** · 7 March 2004, 22:22

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I think we have to look at the video again stu there must have been some colusion with the judges and how much did it cost to win

Jonno

well done Stu and the gang and jonno
we are the champs my !!!!

**grafix** · 7 March 2004, 22:54

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I would love to see the Semi Final fight with DTK again.

Mike.

**stu** · 7 March 2004, 22:58

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Im sure someone has it on video for you to watch, but if you can wait - there will be CD of all fights coming out soon, with most fights being mixed between 3 camera angles. And i can 100% say the Semi Final Fights do have 3 angles on them. Should be decent.

Mr Stu

**ewe2** · 7 March 2004, 23:12

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Cant wait to see the 3 camera angles of Alpha running away from Cutlet for most of the fight.

Nice driving Alan....but lets have a fight next time!

Ian
(Noooooooooooooo Im not bitter!)

**Guest** · 8 March 2004, 09:46

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Well done Jonno - flip-arama!!
(Afraid i dont do yellow t-shirts though)
Had great fun at this event, and was kept well busy. Thanks Adam with the hammer help - got a bit carried away there didnt you mate.
A good fun day :-)
Cheers
PK

**blazerbotics** · 8 March 2004, 10:37

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Running away, not much else i can do!

I would like to see the DTK/Pimp Semi again as well, i could of beat a 3 wheeled PIMP in the playoff!

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