Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships!

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

Just out of interest, how strictly is the 'clear your pit table for the next day's competitors' rule going to be enforced?

I remember last year that those who arrived on the Saturday really struggled to get a space due to a lot of the Friday robots still being there. Not to sound moany and self-interested, but with two robots to run on Saturday, I don't really fancy doing what the likes of Calum and Jonny had to do last year and use my toolbox as a pit bench.

[Eventorizon]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

Ditto... David was very kind and shunted up for us last year (were were basically sharing the same slot) but with a second machine that won't be possible this time.

At the rate we are gaining entries were are going to need a bigger venue next year! Or we will just have to ditch the bloke selling drills and Gazebos and pinch his spot

[calumco]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

yeah last year was a bit of a squeeze pits wise, wouldnt taped out pit zones help? 1 per robot sorta thing to keep peoples stuff in equally sized bays

[Bodge Job]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

20m / 50 robots... 40cm, nice, robots can be packed side to side :P

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

Won't make a difference if people don't move their robots after Friday :P

We've got two robots so based on half a table per robot, that's one table we'll be using up. If it makes anything easier, I'm happy to form a 'tag-team' with another 2-robot team qualifying on the Friday and just let you keep your stuff stored under that particular table on the Saturday. Tempted to make a wooden shelf/stand for the table as well, just something that can sit over the robots and provide a bit of extra space, pimped out with LEDs of course.

[Eventorizon]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

20m / 50 robots... 40cm, nice, robots can be packed side to side :P

20m between about 25 robots as we are not all in on the same day... gives 0.8M per robot! More than enough!

[typhoon_driver]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

Oh man up you bunch of jessys

[grant_ploughbot]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

This year we have added more pit space and increased the number of tables from 12 to 16. This should give everyone half a table per robot with a lot of room spare. It is VERY important not to just take up a full bench or two like a number if people did last year, and even more so to remove your robots after your competition day. It's not fair on others who are tight for space when they are competing. We will be very strict on this! We have allocated extra tables to allow for whiteboard robots etc, but please be aware that we still need to be careful with these things.

[PJ-27]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

We got their late last year and found all the pit space was gone on Sat, there should be enough for each team! Don't make me put my name on it!

[james...venom]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

There's was plenty of space allocated to each team last year, 3ft. The issue was people leaving their tools/robots there which will not happen this year. Any team that does will be deducted points. A big difference is we have had teams with multiple robots qualify on the same day with both machines where possible. This way people won't have Fridays robot under the bench while competing with their sat robot. This was fair and understandable however did take up more space.

[teamstorm]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

All, really sorry but work commitments mean that Vortex is going to have to stand down - a real shame, but those of you who know me know I have a fairly hectic work life these days ! Really disappointed (as had been looking forward to being a roboteer for a change not a commentator, and also seeing GSL which I've not been to before)

Did already warn Grant some time ago that this was a risk..... another time - I know from James/Grant there is a waiting list of teams/robots wanting to take part as space was limited.

Have hotel room booked at Holiday Inn Express at NEC, PM me if anyone's in need of a room !

Was lovely to see the excitement that Vortex making a return after 10 years created, you might just have to wait one more year. Hope that someone deserving can benefit from the place.

[razerdave]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

That's a real shame Ed, I was genuinely looking forward to fighting it .

How many spare spaces are there ? I was not sure if Grabberer's place had been filled or if anyone else had dropped out.

Quick question whilst you're here Ed; were you planning to use those purple skirts for Vortex? I saw them in a video and just wondered if it still had them.

[teamstorm]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

No-one is more frustrated with me given the draw that I got

Yes it still has the skirts - sometimes run with them and sometimes without depending on what it's fighting. We're actually looking at bringing them back for Storm II to try to deal with all these pesky flippers.

Hopefully a disappointment for mean will be a positive for someone else who can now attend !

[razerdave]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

No-one is more frustrated with me given the draw that I got

Cheeky!

[cliveb]

Re: Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships

No-one is more frustrated with me given the draw that I got

Cheeky!

Oh how Vortex was so going to get it from 4 4 Toon as well