I think that Ben and I learnt most from this day alone than we ever have done in Antweights. For one thing the results speak for themself...
To be anything less than pleased would be very ungrateful. To enter 3 robots
and come 1st, 2nd and joint 5th can't really be bettered by too far. During the
day I found the fight setup very hard; every heat was a one on one battle, rather
than a meelee of three or more. This gave all robots no chance to hang back and
let others do all the work and get through almost on a by. One of the main reasons
I won was because I beat Ben. I met him twice with Lower in the hole competition and
won both. This was actually the FIRST time I had beaten Ben since April 2002, a
space of 14 months. On the day luck was on my side, there were risky moments where I
could have fallen off the edge and gone out. I must also mention a few robots which
caught my eye:
Headache. I admire this robot because of its unique axe weapon. There is a lack of
axes in Antweights and I hope that this was the turning point. The weapon is powered
by bungee cords and is activated by a heavy duty servo on top. (see picture below)
Pixidust. This is the first full-bodied-walking-spinner. To be fair it had a bad draw
against militant in the first round and went out. This was one of the few robotrs that
I really didn't want to face in battle. See the build diary here:
World Series 11 was greatly organised by Tomo. Unfortunately both of my robots, War Ant and Terminator, went out to Lower (WS11 Champ.) Although I had beaten Lower previously it didn't go my way on the day. I learnt alot in the way that i need more speed...therefore War Ant is now fast and strong, whereas with terminator, I have gone for a fun weapon instead of a powerful and destructive one (small Anteater claws). Overall I liked the setup of the screen in the club and the robot data info at the beginning of every fight.