User talk:RA2/Sandbox

In the process of clearing out my inbox, I've decided to post this comment by Laurie Oakes re: qualifiers here.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  01:03, January 13, 2011 (UTC)

''You know it is a shame they don't film the qualys because most of them are very exciting. Only a few roboteers that are present ever get to see them. Aug 2003 - It all starts with getting up at 4am and then driving to RAF Bentwaters. You get there quite early and are really worn out. Now you have to meet and greet everyone, who is as bleary-eyed as you, try to remember names, as it might have been a year since you saw them last, they desperately try to remember you, and bit by bit it all comes together. Everyone is genuinely pleased to see each other.

You grab a cup of tea, meet the staff, and get signed in. Your robot gets weighted and tech checked to make sure it is battle-ready. The year we went Terrorhurtz was not ready, and still in bits, so was disqualified there and then. Pictures are taken of the robot, details taken down of the team and robot details, then you go in to the pits and get ready. Your robot should be ready anyway but final checks are done. You had to sign in your transmitter in those days to make sure nobody switched on and tested and got somebodys else's robot moving as well.

As it gets nearer to your allocated time, your nerves buld. All this work is dependent on today. Will you drive badly? Will the robot break down? So you just have to be confident. But everyone is a bag of nerves.''