Looks like Carlo Bertochini's (Biohazard) #1 tip for winning still applies..

"Finish (and test and practise) your robot *before* coming to the competition !!"

(Not that I can talk, being as bad as most of the rest of us in this respect), but it sounds like finally it paid off for Nick though..

Congratulations Nick, it has been a long time coming.. all your work and attention to detail came together

Regarding Video Editing, if you need some server storage and bandwidth space when you're done, I have permission to use one of my clients servers in the states, on a Tier-1 backbone, with 20gig of drive space and 300gig/month bandwidth allowance.. (what a server !), so dont make them lower res than they need to be.. I'm keen to see all the action in detail..

What happened to Jeff's RS80 ? Another switchmode reg ? or something else ?
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well yesterday was a tough day at the office ,a great result for sorry but a lot of hard yards in the pits between battles ,atrax did well up until the melee where it got a little 'jolt ' ....had a tough draw all day ,had 3 battles and all were against those bloody spinners ,but i survived 'just '

the day in a nut shell.......jeff j slimed around ,jeff f was ready at 12,
lindsay bounced all day , nick was relaxed all day ,andrew spun-out all day ,
wade repaired all day, chris stressed all day ,mitch talked all day ,angus played with polystyrene all day , jake and russell rebuilt half the day


thanks to jeff once again ,courtney for doing the admin stuff for the day and 11 robots is another great turn out .....


congrats to nick for the win ....at last a day without incident .....but i think judging by the way the big mag sounded by days end ,the last battle was just in time
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@Brett: I hope to post the videos starting this Tuesday. I am very lucky to have access to a server with an 'all you can eat' internet pipe and plenty of bandwidth, so its just a matter of encoding the video at rate that people can download. How about I do a few super hi-res videos?

@Chris: You are right about the Mag, the two screws holding everything together came loose and the motor was getting ready to fly apart. It's happened at the last 4 events and I am getting ready to disassemble it totally to fix the problem. Next time there will be one less weakness...
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lol, yesterday was a reminder to me of how violent this sport can (and will) be. With the draws being messed up about 3 times, i was landed with orbit for my first match. I probably would have done ok, as he actualy couldn't reach my sides with the wedges, but my wheels unscrewed, leaving me helpless as andrew wedged me around the arena. once i finaly got traction, orbits weapon was already full speed, and i coped a direct hit on the corner, flipping me. Basicaly, i need a new bot now...
One of the most scary parts of the day was orbit ripping half a walls worth of ali brace off, without even slowing the weapon...
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yes that was quite interesting.

Sorry somehow being able to wedge Orbit and some gfyro action made blade meet l bracketing and the nouise of peeliing metal being flung across the arena was quite lovely

unfortunately that shock must have been what knocked out teh drive servo leads from reciever (darn it)
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yeah sorry for voteing the deciding vote for the DQ andrew it was more how it was handled i think throwing tread in there was the perfect idea short of that letting the battery die. no one should have been in that arena while that blade was spinning period. maby bringing tread allong to all matches would be a good idea as the mini ref bot (the one that does all the work after matches)
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i was disqualified, SWEEEET.

I wouldnt have gone in with blade spinning, R U MAD

I was awaiting as somebody was using refbot to stall it until it was safe to charge and disconnect battery power, Lindsey bringing tread in was a awesome idea also but he also did the job and i went in for the shut down.

and what difference does it make whether i was disqualified or not, i was out wasnt i so it made absolutely NO DIFFERENCE.
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Tread would make a killer refbot, being basicaly immune to all spinners.
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refbot went in to try and stall but got ate and you jumped in as the weopon fired up again thants when tread got thrown in
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Just to let you all know, andrews posted afew photos from saterday's event in the gallery. Good work andrew!
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yess twas a fine event by any standards, i had awesome fun, i mean i thought i was out for the day after breaking a gearbox vs tread in 20 seconds but got 5 other fights in on the day

the spinners got and gave some this event in a big way, i guess its bricks 5 spinners 1 this time nick well done you finally got me hehe
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any chance of some vids soonish yall

Im longing to watch the CObra and Jolt one again (what a smashfest)
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I am still capturing the raw video - there are 2 camera angles this time and I had real problems with Seb's tape. It looks like the first 10 minutes was damaged somehow and much of round one is missing

If anyone has video of the melee, can I borrow it? the footage I have has lots of off-camera action and isn't too exciting.

Work has me doing 15 hour days so there will not be much video until Friday - sorry guys, I gotta sleep too!
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ive got everyfight bar waddy vs cobra and cobra vs tread, so if you want to come and grab them your welcome to the video.
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and I had real problems with Seb's tape. It looks like the first 10 minutes was damaged somehow and much of round one is missing

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