February 6th 2021

NHRL Feb 6th 2021 Badge

The first event of the 2021 Season! Get excited! We will be fighting 4 weight classes in a new location and with new arena's. We are looking step our game up big time! Follow this page as we will add more content as we get closer to the event. We will be handing out a total of $4,200 dollars in cash prizes!

Sign Up

• Sign Up Here - Registration is free!
• View the signups

Don't want to fight, but do want to help out? We are looking for paid staff for our 2021 Season.

• NHRL 2020 Staff

Specifics

• Where: 165 Water Street Norwalk, CT 06854
  • New address its about 0.25mi from the old address.
• When: February 6th 2021. Arrive by 9:30a!
• Classes:
  • 3lb Full Combat
  • 12 Sportsman
  • 12 Full Combat
  • 30lb Full Combat
• Rules

Upon Arrival

• Check in with the event staff and get your badge and make sure they know you are here
• Setup at your pit. All pits are first come first serve
• Join the discord for day of event updates
• Get your robot's photo taken
• Wait for the bracket to be posted (Usually around 11a)
• Double check the rules.
  • If your bot does well towards the end of the day you must be ready to fight after a minimum of 20 minutes
  • NHRL Includes an audience triggered Encore which can add 30 seconds to the fight. These usually only happen towards the back half of the day
• If you have time. Create or update the wiki page for your bot. You can view the pages we in the 3lb Category.

New for 2021!

30lb arena under construction

• 3 Cages with the ability to have multiple simultaneous fights
  • Existing 8x8 cage moved from 50 day
  • New! replica 8x8 cage
  • New! 16x16 cage for 30lb and 12lb full combat fights
• Greatly expanded pit area. Room for over 100 teams
• 40+ Cameras at the event to capture all the action
• New facility with 3 loading docks
• Event staff lounge, and well as new control room
• Massive space and bleachers for spectators (post COVID)

Traveling to the event in the COVID era

CT Has has a travel restriction in place. Only a few neighboring states are allowed for completely unrestricted travel. If you are coming from a restricted state you can still come! In order to come you must follow the guidelines. They allow people to come if you follow any one of the following

• Stay in the state for less than 24 hours
• Test negative for COVID up to 72 hours in advance
  • We have found using the mail in test has been the most reliable way to get a timely result.
• Quarantine in state for two weeks.

The full travel guidelines are posted here. CT Travel Guidelines

COVID Precautions at the event

We will be taking social distancing precautions during this event. Only competitors will be allowed. Only those fighting should be near the arena. This will be our 3rd event during covid and we have a spotless record so far. We aim to keep it that way.

• You must wear a mask
• In addition to masks we have face shields as well
• Get tested before you come if you can
• Follow the CT Travel Guidelines
• Covid is a moving situation. Check 2 weeks before, so much can change between now and then
• We will update on wether or not spectators will be allowed on February 1st

Bracket

The brackets will be filled one week prior to the event beginning. They are open for predictions.

• 3lb Bracket
• 12lb Sportsman Bracket
• 12lb Full Combat Bracket
• 30lb Bracket

Social

• This event will be streamed live on YouTube. A link will be posted here closer to the event day.
• The bracket will be posted here on event day
• Join us on discord