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Nightmare about his Antweight, Micro
Nightmare. Dylan was also excited to
see his favorite team from BattleBots
arrive: Team JACD, the builders of
Over-Haul. He waited impatiently to
meet Charles Guan and Jamison Go,
and was so happy once he got to do
so. He is such a big fan of theirs that
he decided to be “the driver of Over-Haul” for Halloween this year.
We walked around the pits, met
the other competitors, and checked
out the other bots in the competition.
Dylan asked lots of questions and was
genuinely interested in everything
everyone was saying. All the
competitors were friendly and happy
to talk to him. He took pictures of
some of his favorite bots. He felt like
part of the robot fighting community
already.
Dylan waited excitedly for his
chance to fight in the Antweight
arena, and his time finally came. We
made our way to the stage where his
opponent — a two-wheeled titanium
wedge named Tiny — waited. Prior to
the match, the competitors were
announced on stage to the attending
audience. Kelly Lockhart, the
announcer, asked Dylan how old he
was. “Seven,” was his response, and
the audience cheered loudly. He was
the youngest competitor in the
competition.
After the introductions were
complete, the match was to begin.
Kelly said into the microphone, “ 3, 2,
