FRA UK Featherweight Championship 2014 hosted by RoboChallenge

[cliveb]

Navigating the NEC is daunting regardless. Hoping this year, 3rd time, we'll start to understand it. Though in previous years the (often useless) car park "officials" have consistently found ways to contradict each other. Generally more info about it all comes up closer to the time.

Also, 2/3rds in 5 hours is nuts!

Just be carefull of reversing hire vans

[mrsam]

Hatchet

Least like to face: Nst or LS4 as I can't really damage them and they could me
Most like to face: Explosion, they're the champs, go straight for the best
Best fight: No Toy, have a proper axe slugging match

[PJ-27]

Least Like to Face: LH3, always get drawn against them and always out drives me and gives my bot a headache :S

Most Like to Face: Massacre! That thing looks like it could be vicious.

Best Fight: Inertia vs LS4 is always good, but doesn't look like Will will get it finished in time = sad face :-(

[mrsam]

@james I put down on the sign up form that it was just me coming however now my brother ihas decided to come is that okay?

[RobotExtreme]

-Galactus-
Least Like to Face: Beauty 2/7 or any other good flipper; obvious!
Most like to face: 720 or NST; sharps w(m)ould fly!!
Best fight: LH3 again (would be the 3rd year); it's always a good fight

-Heimdall M8-
Least Like to Face: NST; could hit the claw.
Most like to face: Beauty 2/7, nice points to hold.
Best fight: [...Predator...] any robot.




Guilherme Ferreira

[mattsdragons]

By the looks of things I am driving Ricochet in GSL 2014, this will be interesting

[james...venom]

Hi Sam Yes thats no problem Il alter your form for you.

[overkill]

Hi James, I know its early to be asking, but can you give us a rough size for each team's pit area? Just a rough estimate will really help me with packing all the tools and accessories. Also, what's security like? Do we need to totally clear out all our gear at the end of each day?

[james...venom]

Each robot is allocated half a trestle table. Space is always a premium but is not a problem so long as people keep to their own area. Over night there are security people in the halls but if there is anything of specific value we do allow people to put certain bit in the arena which is kept locked alternatively take valuables with you.

[Mouldy]

Least Like to Face: no one, don't care lol
Most like to face: Galactus, it'd be like taking candy from a baby...
Best fight: Explosion v 720, I think it would be a close one.

[psychostorm]

with 4 qualifying battles each we are hoping to spread the points out more as last year if you didn't win a couple by knockout you would be pushed to get through. Also with 4 qualifiers thats 8 opponents which means everyone should get a better blend of opponents.

4 qualifiers 8 opponents? Is the round one still melee this year then?

Always wondered wondered how I'd do head to head. Never get through to those.

[Flag Captured]

Least like to face: any of the flippers, definitely a quick KO if I mess things up
Most like to face: LS4/NST/720 - I'd like to think my machine will be set up to stand against the tougher spinners, so there's nothing like a trial by fire!
Best fight: Going slightly off topic, I'd like to see Venom vs 360. You know, sort out the age old Razer vs Hypnodisc debate and all that!
Other than that, I'd say Massacre vs Little Spinner 4 would be an interesting one. Could end up like Typhoon 2 vs Megabyte, however...

[grant_ploughbot]

New Axebot; (not come up with a name yet).

Least like to face - Explosion . It has bouncy armour which isn't the best for an axe to do damage!

Most like to face - NST. I think it would be the most exciting fight for me, knowing that if I fire the axe at the wrong time it could just tear the head straight off! I think I could out drive it but would be a very interesting and exciting fight.

Best Fight - 720. Its very well protected on the top and bottom, so even with a powerful axe isn't likely to do a lot of damage. Super fast drive so tricky to keep head on at but I think we would both keep going for a very long time.

[Mouldy]

James- on the new format during the initial 3 way fights, will the seeded robots be split up, preventing seeded robots clashing in the first round? Or do all robot names go into one hat regardless of ranking?

[PJ-27]

Do other sporting competitions split up seeds? I think RW used to do it, one seed per qualifier.