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Spockie-Tech
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Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Proposed pre-RoboWars Builders meet- 7th Jan @ SideTracked ?
As usual, RoboWars is zooming up on us..
I had planned for one more builders meeting prior to the event.. The idea was to try and save everyone the stress of that last day or three when you're working hard to pull it all together.
By holding this meeting, the idea was at least you would get most of those last "it will only take a few minutes" jobs (that somehow turn into hours) done the week before, and hopefully get some sleep prior to the big weekend with long days..
However, I've just looked over the entrant list, and I see that 95% of the entrants are experienced roboteers who have always managed to get it all together before, so I'm not going to hassle too hard. I'm confident that you will all make it. if you "prefer" the 2am panic build, your choice.
@Newcomers. If you have never competed before, trust me.. you *dont* know how hard it is to get it all together, and I *highly* reccomend finishing your bot at least a week before.
You have about a 1% chance of doing anything worthwhile otherwise.. you dont know how your batteries will perform, how the bot (or you) will drive, whether some little easy-to-fix-at-home part is going to fail after moving 5 feet or about a million other things that can go wrong. Ask any experienced roboteer and listen to the answers !
Rememeber the #1 tip for winning from Carlo (bioHazard) though.. "Finish your Robot before you come to the event !" (Preferably well before)
You Interstate guys who are driving down, please try extra hard to do this too, I dont want to hear about any "pack it in the car and lets go, we'll finish it when we get there !" stories at 4am. Be alert and awake driving please.
Anyway, I didnt mean to "mummy" you all.. just to explain that if the experienced builders would rather the time at home to work, than another meet @ sidetracked, I'll understand.
So, back to the point. who *would* like a builders meeting on the 7th ? _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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