Just got back in after engineering works held me up for about an hour near Retford...still having some trouble believing it's all real to be honest
To say it was an enjoyable event would be a gross understatement; it was great to catch up with everyone and I was incredibly impressed with the standard of the newcomers (Whirlwolf and El Chupacabra in particular look so much better in the flesh (metal?) than I'd thought, well done to Jon and Jim, and I didn't see too much of Assailant and Electro Fuz but they looked awesome too) and with how well the event was organised, massive kudos to the Aylwards for that.
Probably the most surprising bit was the results though, it's probably fair to say very few of us expected the top few robots to turn out like that and as for Jigsaw...well...I can't put it into words really, for once the design hasn't messed up and nothing's gone wrong
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
many many thanks to everyone who's ever offered me support, donated bits, donated time to repair it, kept me sane, or helped in any way with my ant career as that win owes a hell of a lot to all of you
Very well done to Alasdair for winning the non-spinner, Andy for a great performance with a robot that was a bit of a bodge job to say the least - fix the wheels and I think you could win another three world series even without the pneumatics! - everyone who won awards (particularly Jim who got an amazing amount for one robot, shows all the effort put into it!) and everyone who contributed to the event. ^^
*collapses from exhaustion*