16/07/2023
So, a rundown of my fights in SCAR today. The event had a fight night format with all robots entering 4 fights before the best robots proceeded to the last 16:
Fight one: Bar Bar Black Sheep vs Jiggery Pokery (an overhead drillbot)
Bar Bar had some steering issues as it started the fight inverted (in order to protect it's polycarbonate lid from Jiggery Pokery's drill) and was pushed around, before one motor broke (this is a common theme), and I tapped out as it wasn't steerable with one motor.
Fight two: Push Comes to Shove vs Spotty Botty (a vertical grabber and tournament winner)
We both pushed each other around a lot, they managed to get a few grabs in, before they finally got a good grab and forced Push out of arena.
Fight three: Up the Antie vs Time for Crab! (a horizontal grabber)
Antie got one flip in, but then Time for Crab! managed to grab Antie and push it around. Antie narrowly avoided being pitted once before finally both fell into the pit together, with Time for Crab! as the aggressor.
Fight four: Bar Bar Black Sheep vs Stuff and Gubbins (a pushbot cluster)
Bar Bar again had control issues as it started inverted again (as the right way up, Stuff and Gubbins were lower than the spinning weapons). Bar Bar got pushed into the corner early on - and then only able to drive along the wall, ended up in pit.
Fight five: Push Comes to Shove vs Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (a very wide pushbot)
Push struggled to push Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee head on, and also struggled to get around the side due to it's width. Push ended up getting pushed around the arena, before finally ending up in pit.
Fight six: Up the Antie vs I Forgor (a horizontal spinner gyrowalker)
I Forgor struggled to move and so Antie pushed it around from the side, before I Forgor's motor overheated and filled the arena with smoke.
Fight seven: Push Comes to Shove vs Revron (a powerful vertical spinner)
Push pushed them around the arena a few times and took a few hits before being pushed into the pit.
Fight eight: Up the Antie vs Sawcon (a vertical spinner)
This turned into a driving battle, with each of us trying to outmanoeuvre each other, before finally being Sawcon pushed Antie into the pit.
Fight nine: Bar Bar Black Sheep vs PLA-ST is a Perfectly Legitimate Choice of Material (a lifter with mechanum wheels)
PLA-ST pushed Bar Bar around, taking some damage to it's wheels (apparently only one was reusable afterwards!), Until Bar Bar had one motor fail and ended up in the pit.
Fight ten: Up the Antie vs Big Loader (a tracked lifter)
We pushed each other around (mainly with Antie being the aggressor). Antie managed to get some flips in before finally throwing Big Loader out of the arena.
Fight eleven: Push Comes to Shove vs Immovable Object (a pusher)
Immovable Object's forks get straight underneath Push's wedge and pushed it around and out of the arena.
Fight twelve: Bar Bar Black Sheep vs Verty Little Secret (a horizontal spinner)
Verty Little Secret withrew and Bar Bar won by default.
Overall:
Up the Antie - 2W, 2L - I think this is the only result that reflects performance
Push Comes to Shove - 0W, 4L - I felt this robot actually did okay, it just had a tough draw
Bar Bar Black Sheep - 1W, 3L - this is misleadingly good as the win was a walkover!
I was pleased with how well Antie and Push stood up against Revron and Sawcon, both only taking minor damage (Antie's damage from Sawcon is shown in the picture). It was frustrating that Bar Bar's motor kept stopping mid fight, but I found it was caused by a missing C clip. I need to improve the controllability of Bar Bar, especially when inverted, and change the dodgy motor - but it is at least faster than before. Push's chassis seems a bit twisted now, and I think it might need a rebuild - but I'll probably focus on the new Vertigo first.
