April 29, 2008 Demonstration Match at SkillsUSA Arizona Championships

Despite having to change the event name to from ‘Showdown in the Sun’ to ‘Rumble in the Rain’, Friday’s event at Gateway Community College was a big success! The level of sophistication continues to improve with each event as does the excitement level.

Slab-Crab Revolutions’ fearsome spinning weapon gave Williams the 3-peat they were looking for as the Northern AZ team claimed the top prize of $3000 for the trip to Mall of America. Williams’ ‘Boil This’ took third place and best engineered as well. 

Mountain View of Mesa took second with ‘Oske Deuce’ and Coolest Bot with ‘Beta Taurus’.

‘Deviant Drummer’ and ‘Deviant Rotor took the Best Sportsmanship award for agreeing to fight a demo match with Minnesota’s reigning champion Humdinger, who shredded printers and laptops into shrapnel that flew around the arena like popcorn during several demo’s. Only a low battery kept Humdinger from lifting the Deviants more than 2 feet of the ground.