March 7.
MegaCon Robot Battles:
Orlando, FL, March 15.
MCM Expo: Telford, UK,
February 21.
Motorama 2009: Harrisburg, PA,
February 20.
Barnsley Bash 2009: Barnsley, UK,
February 14 & 15.
Upcoming Events for
May-June 2009
HORD Spring
2009 will be
presented by the
Ohio Robot Club in
Brecksville, OH on May 9th. Go to
www.ohiorobotclub.com for more
information.
CCR May Mayhem will be presented by Carolina Combat Robots in
Greensboro, NC on May 23rd. Go to
www.carolinacombat.com for
more information. SV
EVENT REPORT:
DragonCon Robot Battles
Moves South, Surfaces as
MegaCon Rob t Battles
● by Kevin M. Berry
RobotBattles, long a staple at
Atlanta’s Dragon*Con, recently
held an event at Orlando’s
MegaCon. Michael Macht, along
with a gang of Georgia and Florida
bot heads, held a 25 robot event.
The venue — which held up to 150
people — was filled with appreciative
Con attendees. The winners were:
• Ant Winner – DDT, G3 Robotics
• Beetle Winner – Plagiarist, Team
BotWorks
Black and Decker Robot Wrecker is
just 16 ounces of pure nastiness.
Photo by Seth Carr.
• 12 lb Winner - Probeulator
• 30 lb Winner – Fusion, Team
Indecision SV
SouthEast Combat Robotics provided a
state-of-the-art insect arena. Photo by Seth Carr.
EVENT REPORT:
Gulf Coast Rob t
Sports Holds
Inaugural Event
● by Kevin M. Berry
Jim Smentowski, operator of
The Robot MarketPlace, recently
held an Insect tourney to celebrate
moving his store from the virtual
world to a brick and mortar
operation. Hobby Marketplace, in
Bradenton, on the Gulf Coast of
Florida was the venue for a small
but enthusiastic crowd of bot
fighters.
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