#i'll prob get to see destructathon this summer

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So! About that local robot fighting event that I went to in my area last year! I live in Colorado, so there really is only 1 robot fighting thing anywhere near me, and even then it was something like an hour long drive to the event. I only went on one day, and it sure was something! Copperhead was there! The actual bot! They had it rolled up to the front so you could get a good close look at it and touch it if you wanted. They even had Copperhead stickers that you could take!

This was a small event so they only had bots that weighed up to 25 pounds (and not a whole lot of bots of that weight class either), but even at that weight and size, the fights still got LOUD and the bots were absolute menaces. Members from Team HUGE were apparently there testing out some small bois. I think they had a small bot that was called like... "Wumbo" that entertained me.

In any case, I think that Team Copperhead brought along a 25 lb bot called "Crippling Depression." Sadly I can't remember anything else about it other than the name because the name made me laugh. It might have just been a big ol' wedge...?

But let me tell you about these other two bots I saw. They were made by one guy and both were absolute menaces. One is what I can only describe as 'a circular saw on a wheel'. And it was TERRIFYING! It had only one wheel and didn't roll the best. It would slowly approach its opponent, but once it struck, it would get knocked back, the circular saw would make contact with the floor where it would more or less become a wheel and it would ZOOM around the box and no one could predict where it would go or what it would do! It was genuinely terrifying! And the second bot this guy brought... It was just SO neat! It was a 'walker' and basically how it would work... It had a vertical spinner with two 'legs' coming off of it. The spinner could turn left or right, and when it did, the force of the spinner would make the leg press into the ground and move it forwards. So by turning the weapon from side to side, it could 'walk' forwards. It was a VERY slow bot, but it WAS walking! The moment it hit anything though, it would go bouncing all around the box and who knows where it would go! :D

At one point during the event, in the middle of a fight, they accidentally forgot to close the box properly, and the doors came open! That was mildly alarming! They managed to close it pretty quick and no one was hurt, but can you just IMAGINE!?

thanks for the ask! apologies that it took me a few days to get around to this 😅 this event sounds so fun though aah! it sounds like you had a great time. it's amazing that copperhead was there! they seem like a really cool team and i've been absolutely loving their fights this season.

it sounds like there was some really cool diversity in this event! i love the idea of the walking vertical spinner especially :0 also the name 'crippling depression' for a bot is fantastic. i'm thinking about building a bot with my dad this summer and i'm trying to brainstorm some name/designs at the moment.

also yeah wow! i'm glad they got the door shut asap. even the smaller weight bots could really do some damage i'm sure if you got unlucky.

thank you for telling me about that! that seems like a great experience i'd love to check out an event like that one day