FRA/ Robo Challenge International Featherweight Championships - 1st - 3rd April

[Giles]

Just curious, what is the norm for hotels etc? Do people try and stay in a particular area for ease of meeting up/going to venue or a favourite hotel? Just been browsing hotels but thought it would be an idea to ask to see if anybody has recommendations!

[Anttazz]

Think I speak for a lot of the Roboteers on this one, we spend too much money on robots and end up staying wherever is the cheapest!

[overkill]

Its a big advantage to stay close to the NEC and walk over but the closest hotels have really jacked up their prices this year. I stayed at one of the airport hotels but catching the train to the NEC while carrying anything was still a pain. This year I booked the Holiday Inn Express, which had about average prices and slightly better reviews than similar hotels. For some reason most hotels are charging substantially more for that weekend than I remember last year .

We get parking permits for the NEC, so it might save you money to stay a bit further away and drive to the NEC each day.

[Giles]

Looking at ones a couple of miles away now, I was hoping on premier inn (the one close by) but thats fully booked now. Serves me right for leaving it so late... but I wasn't really up for booking a hotel when I didn't even have a robot haha, atleast now I have half a bot!

[RogueTwoRobots]

You tried the Sutton Coldfield Premier Inn, Giles? That's where a good few of us are staying this year. It's a bit further out (~20 min drive) but it was the cheapest by far out of all the nearby Premier Inns.

[james...venom]

Hello Teams!

Firstly sorry for the delay in organising this years champs, as you can imagine its been pretty busy but we really appreciate your patience and support. To save time in creating the web pages the applications have been assessed to get the most competitive machines possible at the championships. All successful applications should now have received a paypal invoice. If you could complete your entry fee that will secure your position at the 2016 International Championships. Again its with regret due to space we have to limit numbers and so not all robots were able to go through. We do have a reserves list so if you missed the sign up please still fill out the form for a position on the reserves, last year we got through 7!

Once again thank you all so much for your support, we cant wait to see you again at the Gadget SHow Live in less than 2 weeks time!

Best of Luck guys!

[overkill]

I just received a payment request from Robo Challenge, so Mr Mangle is accepted

[Giles]

Looks like I'm in...... Now to finish the bot

[plargen]

yay i'm in

[RogueTwoRobots]

For those entering two robots, is there any possibility of receiving confirmation of which robot(s) have been accepted, and where any unsuccessful robots are positioned on the reserve list? I've only got a payment request for one robot by the looks of things, and can make a pretty good educated guess as to which one it is, but it might not be as obvious for others teams that have two robots submitted. Ta muchly

[ChrisKazoo]

Loki 2 in

[RogueTwoRobots]

That's Drumroll destined for the pit then

[ChrisKazoo]

That's Drumroll destined for the pit then

Closely followed by me :P

[calumco]

Didn't get selected apparantally!..... Can I still come sat/sun for white boards etc thou?

[Revsmin]

Ricochet got in
Colour me suprised