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Spockie-Tech
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Article in APC Magazine
If you're browsing around a newstand you might like to have a look at Page 114 of the August A.P.C. (Australian Personal Computer Magazine).
We got a nice little side-column mention of Robot Combat in Australia as part of a feature article they did on Robotics this month. Its only small, since the article is mainly about Autonomous PC-Powered robots, but it has some good photos and mention of the website, so its all good.
Thats the 3rd time Robot Wars in Australia has been on the mainstream newstands in high-circulation magazines in the last 12 months, and with the Neighbours TV appearance coming up soon, public notice of the sport locally is really growing. I'm getting people saying to me all the time that they are just discovering that the sport is getting underway in Australia, so I expect we're going to see a lot of new builders in the next 12 months.
They really liked our Mac-lookalike robot vs a PC-lookalike robot in a fight to the death idea as well , so I expect they'll do some more coverage when we get "Overdrive" and "PowerMac" running and into the arena.
I'll put a scan of the coumn on the RoboWars site when the magazine goes off-sale on the shelves, but until then if you get a chance, have a look.
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Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:57 pm |
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Spockie-Tech
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Joined: 31 May 2004
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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i dont think any of us can thank you enough for the contributions youve made to australian robot combat, first public event, IBC, forum, promotion etc...
(blush) Thats easy - build Robots and have fun. Its hard to explain, but having been involved in producing quite a few public events prior to becoming interested in Combat Robots, I can tell you that knowing that people enjoyed themselves at something you helped bring about is often thanks enough.
Promoters rarely enjoy their own events that much during the actual event, since you usually feel too much pressure making sure everything is going OK, but the satisfaction *after* the event usually makes up for it. As Gary says, satisfaction is proportional to results and effort. If you work hard on something you like and see positive results, its quite a buzz.
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may i ask how you get these sort of interviews, do you suggest them to the magazine or do they come to you?
Most of them come looking for us, except the Silicon Chip article which I suggested and wrote first.. I think the website with a lot of content has a lot to do with it, and I talk to a *lot* of people about Robot Combat. Word sort of spreads after a while. Being the organiser of a public event helps..
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OHHHHHHHH and so thats what that damn computer case with wheels was for
well, actually it wasnt designed with APC in mind. we just sort of thought it would be fun to turn one of Gary's old PC cases into a bot, then George (being a Mac-head that we rib all the time) suggested a mac-bot to fight it, and when I mentioned it to APC they thought it was a great idea..
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