Rented for the Roboteers Pleasure was first up in the nuts mini-game, sporting a new axe head. I was tempted to leave the presents from BBB6 on but I thought I might get DQ'd if they entangled someone again. The game itself was odd for me, I spent about a quarter of the match with my axe stuck inside one of my opponent's & another quarter beached on a nut, but eventually escaped to scrape together 12 points, finishing 2nd. The main tournament wasn't that memorable really, winning 1 & losing 2 fights, mostly due to my driving (I'm getting better, I promise

You Break It, You Bought It did better than I thought. I picked up a win or two before getting drawn against team Oink's brilliant cluster (Lil Voink I think). For those who haven't seen it, Voink is a rambot that hides within a moving pigsty, which drops a door to release the main bot. Since it takes a couple of seconds for Voink to get its wheels onto the arena floor, my plan was to huff, puff & blow his house down before he got a chance to attack me. Unfortunately, I drove up the door & got stuck inside there myself. By the time I'd got myself out, the box had moved towards the corner & I was quickly beaten. I managed to get one more win before facing Valkyrie, who quickly proved my suspicions right & ripped off 2 of the front panels. Following some advice from Dave Weston I'll cut some slots into the supports so I can add more sideways to increase the surface area to glue the panel onto.
I also entered my spare Shakey flipper for my cousin to drive (since she prefers it over Please Shut Up) who did a great job, despite being nervous (especially about spinners). She managed to pick up 2 wins, including 1 against Pete Waller's drum Anticyclone. Overall things went well though, not much to do before the next AWS. I'm hoping to start on some more ants soon so I have something different to use at tournaments later in the year.