Special thank you to our sponsors:
We would like to recognize Chesapeake Arts Center and 5 Star Roofing for their continued support as well.
Event organizer Porkchop email: Porkc22@gmail.com
Please register on buildersdb.com
Please look at the bottom for updates.
2023-09-24 - 3d Printed Plastic Ant rules update at the bottom
2023-09-24 - fights start at 11 am not noon as before
We are running the following classes at this event:
- 3d printed plastic 1 pound ant weight
- Full combat 1 pound ant weight
- Full Combat 150 gram fairy weight
Event schedule: (Please note that our normal times have changed.)
To check in, please come to the front table and a MACRO staff member will guide you through the process.
Please join us on Discord for construction specifications. https://discord.gg/SXwArmv
Address: RC Underground Arena, 8775 Cloudleap Ct, Columbia, MD 21045 (If you use Google Maps, enter "RC Underground Arena" and NOT the address, as it will put you in the parking lot of the shopping mall, rather than the parking lot for the event.)
Site and event rules:
1. All lipos *must* be charged in a lipo bag, in case of fire
2. Please do NOT walk on the RC car jumps/obstacles.
3. Do not cross into areas which are taped off.
4. Once you have unloaded, please move your car to the designated parking area, as the venue has extremely limited parking available. On the day of the event, competitors will be directed to the designated parking area.
5. Follow the black tiles floor from the registration to the pits. The pit area has a red tiled floor.
Tournament procedures (These have been revised. Please READ them carefully. Violations can result in a match forfeit or worse.)
Bot load in to the arena procedure.
Bot unload from the arena procedure.
Emergencies In case of emergency, such as battery exposure, battery fire, or unsafe condition, such as an arena breech, or a loading door being opened during a match...
General Procedures
There will be a test box available for use throughout the day (thank you NHRL!) Please use it for any testing.
Updates:
The Ruff:
These rule apply ONLY to the 3d printed plastic ant class at the Oct 2023 event.
Brackets will be by team and NOT by bot. This means each team may bring as many bots as they wish, but once the TEAM has lost twice they are eliminated from the tournament.
Entry fee will be per bot. If you believe your bots are unique, then each must pay an entry fee. If you have questions, ask BEFORE the event. (Everyone will be busy at the event)
This double elimination tournament by team, not by bot. (This means that is you bring 4 bots, you pay 4 bots and can fight until your team loses twice.)
Please print two team tokens. These will be surrendered to the winner of a match, as a prize.
Round 1: Grudge matches. Both team must agree to the match. All other matches will be randomly generated.
All further rounds are by normal bracket matches. The first match will, immediately after the drivers meeting, engage the Mechanism of Randomness and have 5 minutes to prepare their robot. All subsequent matches will engage the Mechanism of Randomness when they are on deck. Their 5 minutes to prepare for their match will start when the in the arena match starts.
Mechanism of Randomness:
The Mechanism of Randomness will be used to randomly select a "Fun" item. Someone, randomly selected from the spectators, will engage the Mechanism of Randomness. The result will apply to both teams.
"Fun" items:
- Drive with radio facing away from you and upside down (Control sticks towards the floor, and antenna towards the driver. Pistol grip will point the front of the radio at the driver, use their thumb to control the throttle trigger, and their left hand to control the steering)
- Drive with mittens on your control hands
- Swap controllers and bots with opponent. If you win, the win counts for your team.
- Add a toaster to your robot
- Drive blindfolded (Verbal assistance from a team mate/crowd is allowed)
Toaster rules
- Toaster can not be permanently attached. No glue, welding, etc
- Toaster can be attached via duck tape, zip ties, or hope.
- Bonus control points for Toaster taking no damage and being maintained on bot
- Extra damage points will be awarded for damaging the opponent's Toaster.
If you have questions about the rules, please feel free to ask via Discord or email the event organizer.
Bot Class | Registrations |
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150g - Fairyweight | 4 |
Full combat 1 pound ant weight | 5 |
3d printed plastic 1 pound ant weight | 15 |