Jot

Jot as it appeared January 2024

Builder	Max Morningstar
Driver	Max Morningstar
Team	TRC
Weight Class	3lb
Body Material	TPU Chassis
Weapon	Horizontal Thwacking Spinner (AR500)
Weapon Drive	EMAX ECOII 2306 2400Kv
Drive	Repeat Drive Max from Repeat Robotics
Power	4S Lipo
Lifetime record	3-1

Overview

Jot is a 3lb robot designed and built by Max Morningstar, first competing at the January 2024 New Bots event at NHRL. Morningstar came up with the idea to build Jot while reflecting on the 2023 Championships, in which cam lifter Supreme Ruler and corral bot Full Court made deep runs into the 3lb and 12lb brackets respectively, with the latter taking home the Golden Brett in its weight class. Morningstar surmised that a bigwheel bot was the ideal counter to both types of designs, being able to bulldoze over corral bots while also being largely immune to cam lifters, which rely on the low ground clearance typical in meta 4WD vert designs.

In coming up with the Jot design, Morningstar looked to Starchild for initial inspiration. Having seen the Starchild variant Axis of Evil compete in the August 2023 event, Morningstar knew one of the biggest drawbacks to the design was the challenge of lining up hits with the robot's rear-mounted vertical spinner. To fix this, Morningstar combined the big wheels and elongated chassis of Starchild with a horizontal blade, envisioning a robot with a thagomizer-style attack pattern that would be easier to drive and land reliable hits with.

Jot's name is an esoteric reference to a comedy sketch made by the podcasting network Headgum, in which two characters discuss ideas for viral t-shirt designs. Morningstar's robot Four Beet Salad, a 1lb plastic version of Jot, is named for another reference within the same video.

Before settling on the name Jot, the robot was originally going to be called Starmizer as an homage to Starchild and Maximizer, the two robots most impactful on the Jot design.

Statistics

Info

• Rank: #270 in 3lb.
• Last 5 fights: WWLLL
• Current streak: L3 (1 KOs/KO'd)
• Longest winning streak: 3 (1 KOs)
• Longest losing streak: 3 (1 KO'd)
• Avg fight time (seconds): 129.6

Record

Year	Events	Fights	W	L	%	KOs	KO'd
2018-19
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024	2	6	3	3	0.500	1	1
All-Time	2	6	3	3	0.500	1	0

Events

Date	Fought as	Reached	Place	Fights	W	L	KOs	KO'd
January 20, 2024	Jot	Bracket Rd. 2		4	3	1	0	0
June 22, 2024	Jot	Qualifiers Rd. 2		2	0	2	0	0

Opponents

Opponent	Fights	W	L	KOs	KO'd	Last Meeting
Terminus	1	1	0	0	0	January 20, 2024
Little Melty	1	1	0	0	0	January 20, 2024
TriJinx	1	1	0	0	0	January 20, 2024
Not Sure	1	0	1	0	0	June 22, 2024
Singularity	1	0	1	0	0	June 22, 2024
Sir Spinny	1	0	1	0	0	January 20, 2024

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Full Fight History

Date	Opponent	Round	Result	By	Points	Fight Length (s)	Video
January 20, 2024	Terminus	Qualifiers Rd. 1	Win	Forfeit	1.00
January 20, 2024	Little Melty	Qualifiers Rd. 2	Win	Tapout	1.00	61	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C6iSvDtFB4&t=10049s
January 20, 2024	TriJinx	Bracket Rd. 1	Win	Judges Decision	1.00	180	https://nhrl-matches.us-east-1.linodeobjects.com/streams/Cage-7-Overhead-High_1080p_121.mp4
January 20, 2024	Sir Spinny	Bracket Rd. 2	Loss	Judges Decision	-1.00	180	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C6iSvDtFB4&t=29597s
June 22, 2024	Not Sure	Qualifiers Rd. 1	Loss	Judges Decision	-1.10	180	https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=EX-bd71577a57ad42ac&tournamentID=nhrl_jun24_3lb
June 22, 2024	Singularity	Qualifiers Rd. 2	Loss	Tapout	-1.18	47	https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=EX-bed7441868774409&tournamentID=nhrl_jun24_3lb

* Forfeits before the 2024 season are not counted in a bot's W-L record. Forfeits from 2024 and on are counted in a bot's W-L record.

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