9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

[George_TeamZog]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

Gd gd we will be running the Battle Ratz competition once again... A chance to grab hold of the trophy until the next event :-)

John

There's a trophy for the Ratz?!

I should have had it at Nottingham then!! :sad:

[robotwars]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

We built one for Brentwood so the winner gets to keep it until the next event :-)

[team_orr]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

well, can i be the first to say that i really enjoyed today, the event was fantastic, the roboteers were fantastic and the weather...well it didnt rain! good to meet some people for the first time, including george, jordan and alex, all very nice people and looking forward to seeing more of you in the future! orrion had motor problems that we tracked down to a broken wire inside the motor housing...quick fix but getting to it was very time consuming still we got to look at some interesting bits of the robot learning experiance! had a slight scare with dad and some c02...lost his lenses but his glasses flew hiiigh which dave weston seemed to find funny orrion fought merlin right at the end...gas leak meant nowt weapons and we lost the dodgy motor halfway through...new motors me thinks merlin shoved us down the pit in the end good one alan big thank you to dave weston, pete lale, alex marler, and matt and steve hunt and a HUGE thank you to ed wallace, without who we would have got nowhere! got myself some 120 mm blue wheels and a big ass sheet of polycarb so im happy thanks to RR for another awsome event!

jack

[George_TeamZog]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

well, can i be the first to say that i really enjoyed today, the event was fantastic, the roboteers were fantastic and the weather...well it didnt rain! good to meet some people for the first time, including george, jordan and alex, all very nice people and looking forward to seeing more of you in the future! orrion had motor problems that we tracked down to a broken wire inside the motor housing...quick fix but getting to it was very time consuming still we got to look at some interesting bits of the robot learning experiance! had a slight scare with dad and some c02...lost his lenses but his glasses flew hiiigh which dave weston seemed to find funny orrion fought merlin right at the end...gas leak meant nowt weapons and we lost the dodgy motor halfway through...new motors me thinks merlin shoved us down the pit in the end good one alan big thank you to dave weston, pete lale, alex marler, and matt and steve hunt and a HUGE thank you to ed wallace, without who we would have got nowhere! got myself some 120 mm blue wheels and a big ass sheet of polycarb so im happy thanks to RR for another awsome event!

jack

wat


Was very good to meet you, got to drive the Ratz in the big arena, coming second in the whole event, right until the annihilator when I drove into the pit (thanks to my driving), and I got to drive SMIDSY!!!!! I lost, because I was against Scorpion, but it was a good fight, but I think Andy's annoyed about the dents... Also got the Rat an upgrade as well, new metal caster!!! Met some new people, including Matt, Jack and Alan! I sooooo want a heavy now!

[daliad100]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

Had a great time at my first event even though I lost most of my fights.

Met a lot of great people with special thanks to Simon Windisch for lending me a battery when mine ran out.

[George_TeamZog]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

I may have caught a glimpse of you...

too busy fixing Smidsy, which I can now classify as my own.

that's be the day.... lol cheers andy

[widow_twanky]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

I think you'll find Andy isn't bothered about the dents, mainly because there aren't any. The scratches to the paint now that's a different matter. SMIDSY makes a fantastic noise when it's hit with an axe (and even better when it only has four bolts in the top so it rattles) and I did find the 10 - whack, 9 - whack, 8 - whack....................countdown quite funny.

It was a good event for us, hydras flipper worked well and the axe buried itself in the floor good and proper. Just needs a bit more work to get it to come back up.

DTK's new motor worked just fine. Got a good test when one half of the Roboteq blew and set it running full pelt.

And WE WON THE BATTLERATZ!!! Dead chuffed with the upgrades and now don't need to charge them after every fight so all good.

Anyway, a great big thankyou to Alan, Dave and Mr Hunter (who's name I can't remember) for helping Paul lug the heavies around all day, hopefully the back will be ok for the next event.

Andy

PS: I haven't missed that bit about classifying SMIDSY as your own!!

[George_TeamZog]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

I think you'll find Andy isn't bothered about the dents, mainly because there aren't any. Well, the scratches to the paintwork then. Put it this way, it still looks like SMIDSY...

And WE WON THE BATTLERATZ!!! Me no likey

PS: I haven't missed that bit about classifying SMIDSY as your own!! I did some work on it, and I got to drive it... I think I just need more practice, and fix the scoop as well...

[craig_colliass]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

Many thanks to RR team for a fun day St Hammer went well no problems at all, I was happy that it could fight Stinger, as it has been one of my favourite machines from the Robot Wars days.
Seraphim won a couple of fights as well even when it had stopped The Wotty needs some modification Ian is going to fix it next time our paths cross at one of the shows, I am looking forward to the next event.
Many thanks again

Team


Saint

[George_TeamZog]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

Also met you for the first time (briefly). How could I forget?

Still wished stinger could have beaten you, but jonno was driving....

[craig_colliass]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

Also met you for the first time (briefly). How could I forget?

Still wished stinger could have beaten you, but jonno was driving....

I would not have worried if Stinger had won either but jonno had some technical problems

[robotwars]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

Hi Guys,

A huge thank you to all that attended !!, Also a big thank you from Diana, the Town Centre Manager.
The event was one to remember with a few €œ technical €œ issues, but easily overcome with a bit of inspiration.

A successful day of robot battles, I only realised on the way home that we didn€™t have a break like we normally do€¦. Mainly due to the fact we had such a good attendance of robots and people wanting to play in the arena.

The Battle Ratz had a brilliant day, actually taking centre stage in the main arena for the first time. I hope you enjoyed taking the limelight for once boys !! Well done to Luke for taking the trophy€¦ don€™t forget to bring it to Guildford so they can try and get it back !!

There was a lot of interest in the Battle Ratz kits€¦ and the Pay to drive was as popular as ever as we had it on offer for free !!

Diana has already booked us to return in 2011, that will be our 8th visit to Aylesbury .. WOW.

Thanks to Craig for letting me drive St Hammer twice€¦.. Brilliant FUN !!! Will get Stinger working as good€¦ that€™s a promise !! Wasn€™t so good on 12v€¦. back up to 24v for Norwich !!

John
Roaming Robots


An Email I recieved Yesterday.
Hi Roaming Robots

Just wanted to thank you for organising this event, which me and my family along with everyone else really enjoyed!

Having watched the series on TV, I was suprised at just how big the heavyweight robots are, and you can't help but come away thinking of building one yourself! especially after my son really enjoyed operating the Rat bots?

Well, I also wanted to let you know that I took some pictures and video of the event which I've created a small Robot Wars page for, this has been added to my website, http://www.DavesVideoArcade.co.uk/robotwars.html
Please Feel free to link to my robot wars page for your visitors and fans to view.

Once again, thanks for such a great event, I look forward to next year!

Regards
Dave

[stu]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

Was a nice relaxed event and time to get to speak to people and have a laugh...
enjoied driving a battle ratz.. shame about dead battery ... jonno fixed it so i lost. booo hahaha!

Great day.. some funny battles, the locals loved it...

Cheers again see you at the next main show.

Also big thanks to Dave Weston for the Pizza from Pizza Hut for the 'Crew'.

[psycho_fling]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

i echo the pizza praise

cheers dave

[razerdave]

Re: 9th May 2010 - Aylesbury Town Centre - Roaming Robots

I really enjoyed this event, even if I didn't get to use cabrakan, but TBH I was glad to just play with the ants and watch the fights for a change.

I might have to get 3 pizzas next time :P

Dunno if anyone noticed a comment on one of the photo's Jonno linked to, the writer seems to think the Ratz are a little overpriced. They're still cool for their money though