FRA UK Featherweight Championship 2014 hosted by RoboChallenge

[PJ-27]

My prediction is that >=12 points will secure a place in the main comp.
10-11 points will put you in contention for the main comp (potential play-off to make the top 1
<11 and you'll not qualify.

That means if you lose one Qualifying round you'll have to get at least two knock outs and a win by judge to guarantee a place.

I reckon a couple of robots will get 4 knock outs. Majority will get 4 wins by judge (perhaps 1 or 2 knock outs).

[geeza]

I came to pretty much the same conclusions regarding points. But only one robot will get 4 wins by ko!

[PJ-27]

Mathematically how many robots can potentially get 4 KOs?

[geeza]

Don't know, but looking at the draw the only one I'm confident will get 4 kos is explosion. Ohh that was hard to say! - sorry Michael :-)

[Max]

I think 4 robots can get KOs, assuming no robot fights the same robot twice which I know isn't the case but its an estimate.
My logic is that a bot which wins all 4 by KO has beat 8 other robots so they can't get all all KOs. So of the 36 robots 1 in 9 can get all KOs so 4 robots.
I can't quite get my head fully round it so that logic could easily be wrong!

[overkill]

Have those point calculations allowed for a few bots dropping out of the qualifying rounds? I'm sure that with the destructive power of the new & upgraded spinners this year that there will be some early retirements and a smaller number of finishing bots means a lower cut-off score.

[razerdave]

Usually if a robot drops out, the fights continue as they would have, but only 2nd place and winner up for grabs. There was some debate as to whether robots have lost both opponents get 3 points or 4 points.

[razerdave]

We've had our predictions for the fights, and most people have a good idea of who is going to qualify easily, but what I want to know is, who's your wild card? A robot that may not seem like much but could cause an upset to the more experienced/the heavy hitters.

I'd pick Richochet, Scruffy, and a shout from the new boys, Hardwired II.

[Revsmin]

I'd pick Richochet, Scruffy, and a shout from the new boys, Hardwired II.

Thanks Dave
I'd say Defector, Scruffy & Endeavour.
Looks like my top picks for 2014 are Satanix, Tiny Toon & DB10

[james...venom]

Yes I definitely think Jamie is right. I think team work in the pits will be critical. Who can repair their machine quickly and effectively. I think the pits are going to be much more lively this year so I'm looking forward to seeing more input from the teams and how that will play out. That makes is much more important to keep gangways clear, sharp edges covered and robots on cradles.

[Revsmin]

Sooo I got bored, and I did the math (plz don't judge), I think (this is a horribly complex probability equation) that 9 or 10 points should be enough to make round 2. Seems about right, means if you win all your fights by any means you're guaranteed through.

[Team Invade]

Don't know, but looking at the draw the only one I'm confident will get 4 kos is explosion. Ohh that was hard to say! - sorry Michael :-)

No pressure then?

[james...venom]

I am going to try and get the roboteers info out to you today. Please do take note of all pages as there are changes this year.

On another note Predator is almost fully upgraded and ready to go on the reserves in case someone pulls out

[plargen]

will they let us through if we park up and bring the bot through the main entrance without tickets or a pass

[geeza]

will they let us through if we park up and bring the bot through the main entrance without tickets or a pass

Highly unlikely.