ORCS10 - 2025 Championship Finale

Name: ORCS10 - 2025 Championship Finale
Start: 2025-11-15T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-15T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Tap Social Movement

Schedule

Sat Nov 15 2025 at 09:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Tap Social Movement | Oxford, EN

Oxfordshire Robot Combat Society (ORCS) presents ORCS10!
This is the fourth and final event in the 2025 league!
We return once again to our fantastic hosts The Tap Social Movement in Oxford for more Antweight mayhem! As a reminder for the style of event we are striving for: it's meant to be casual and competitive in equal measure, with the emphasis on stick time. Good sportsmanship is valued. We are rookie-friendly and actively encourage new entrants.
*Details*:
Entry fee is £5 per roboteer (to cover arena maintenance and equipment expenses), payable on sign-up.
We know budget is always a concern - but we must ask you to be generous to our hosts Tap Social and please refrain from eating your own food/drink on site (water and snacks are fine) if you are able to. The reason we're able to offer the event at only £5 is because Tap Social don't charge us for the venue which is very generous of them - but it is with the expectation of being able to supply food and drink to the good people. Please thank them with your coin if you are able and thank you for your understanding.
We're moving to SumUp/Monzo and no longer using PayPal.
You can now pay your entry by clicking here:
https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QB7RX8TL
Or you can pay by bank transfer to Monzo:
Name: ORCS
s/c: 04-00-03
acc: 09740283
If you haven't paid, you haven't signed up! If you find you can't make it, please try to find a replacement for your spot.
Sign ups will be open at 5am on 24th September 2025.
https://rmpg.ly/orcs-10
Entries are capped at 50 bots so don't wait too long! Entries: Limited to 2 bots per person, 5 fights minimum each.
When: Saturday 15th November, 9am doors open
Where: The Tap Social Movement, Curtis Industrial Estate, 27, N Hinksey Ln, Oxford OX2 0LX
Time: 9am-5pm
Tech check opens at 10am and closes at 10.45am
**Main tournament fighting starts at 11am SHARP, unfortunately arrivals later than 10.45am will not be eligible for the tournament!**
Please park at the nearby Seacourt Park and Ride, if you do find parking on the industrial estate please remember to register your number plate on the tablet at TAP or you will get a gigantic fine (like I did, oops).
Rules: https://bbb.gd/aws
**Power switches and locking bars for spinners are mandatory this year.**
NOTE: The 150mm square size limit doesn’t apply
NOTE: The arena is changing this year! A little. In 2024 we had two sides with twin drop-offs. This year one of those sides will have a 1cm tall barrier across the drop-offs, the other will remain unchanged. This intended to reduce the number of fights which are lost to a simple driving error, which, whilst a legitimate way to lose, isn't a great way to win.
*SIDE EVENT*
The Gauntlet!
It’s the assault course that assaults back! You have 1 minute to get from one end of the course to the other via an array of hazards, as well as our House Robots; Karen, Shove-It and Glam Metal! Furthest distance or fastest time wins! We encourage you strongly to participate!
*The League* (Of Extraordinary Robots)
2024 was a great year for the inaugural league, with a tight finish. There will be some small changes this year - your best 3 events of the year will count towards your final ranking. There will be 4 events total. We hope you'll come to all 4, but sometimes life gets in the way of robot destruction so we wanted to give a little flexibility.