28th of October - Nottingham Hackspace (Ants and Sandbotz)

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Hi folks, quick date for your diary here!

We are planning an Antweight event at the Hackspace in Nottingham on Saturday 28th of October. This will be a full combat tournament with a few side contests, and we will also be trialling a Sandbotz contest with the arena full of sand.

Details TBD shortly, but we will have a weight limit of 300g and no other unusual restrictions for the Sandbotz class (bespoke designs welcome, but you can use two Ants as a cluster if they can cope with the terrain).

Hope to see you there!

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Excellent! So glad you’re gonna try the offroady sand thing, have chucked on the calendar!

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Thanks Joe! I’ve got a couple of daft ideas for the sand robots so if nothing else there’ll be enough for one fight…

I am currently flat out trying to get ready for SubShow (and I suspect Steve is in the same boat) but we should be able to get some details of rules and costs out in a few days.

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Hi all, signups are now live for this event!

Please sign up here: https://forms.gle/LHbAwgkMBDbDy1Cw6

We’re collating event info on the Hackspace wiki. Let us know if you have any queries.

Cheers!

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As well as the obvious change to the arena for the Sandbotz competition, we are also experimenting with the “victory conditions” for fights a bit. Rather than referees/judges having to make a subjective assessment of movement (outside a circle? controlled? just twitching) the winner has to occupy the opponent’s starting square.

Hopefully this will simplify things a little and add a slightly different feel to the end of the fight, even if the outcome is functionally very similar. I’d be interested to hear what folk think of this change though!

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