Author Topic: robot wars or battlebots? (Read 2657 times)

SuperchuFrost · « **on:** March 19, 2012, 05:37:42 PM »

which do you like better and why.
for me robot wars because of the house robots.

RammingSpeed · « **Reply #1 on:** March 19, 2012, 05:40:03 PM »

I grew up with Robot Wars, not Battlebots.

SuperchuFrost · « **Reply #2 on:** March 19, 2012, 05:41:39 PM »

same here

GroudonRobotWars · « **Reply #3 on:** March 19, 2012, 05:42:30 PM »

It is hard too choose because I like both, but I have seen more of Robot Wars.

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2012, 05:53:05 PM »

Robot Wars, for me. No disrespect to Battlebots, but the former is what I've grown up with.

Gropaga · « **Reply #5 on:** March 19, 2012, 05:59:26 PM »

~~lets have make robot wars vs battlebots~~
Umm.. i personaly like robot wars for me,because is not full of spinners unlike battlebots.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #6 on:** March 19, 2012, 06:31:31 PM »

Robot Wars. Let's see, Battlebots had commentators (the fact that it's a plural is bad enough) with a combined IQ of the season number, LOTS of needless filler (show of hands, who gives a **** about the Dr. Inferno Jr guy's swing dancing hobby?), blatant preferential treatment (unseeded robots could have to fight as many as four battles to reach the same stage as the seeded ones), blatant overdubbing with fake "metal smashing" sound effects, doing extended interviews pre-match with just one of the teams made it painfully obvious which one would win, Bill Nye painfully misused.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 19, 2012, 07:00:28 PM »

yeah BattleBots was waaay too showy but I grew up with it so BattleBots wins for me. Not dissing RW but I just think BattleBots was cooler.

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 19, 2012, 07:03:19 PM »

Quote from: Sonny_Resetti on March 19, 2012, 06:31:31 PM

Robot Wars. Let's see, Battlebots had commentators (the fact that it's a plural is bad enough) with a combined IQ of the season number, LOTS of needless filler (show of hands, who gives a **** about the Dr. Inferno Jr guy's swing dancing hobby?), blatant preferential treatment (unseeded robots could have to fight as many as four battles to reach the same stage as the seeded ones), blatant overdubbing with fake "metal smashing" sound effects, doing extended interviews pre-match with just one of the teams made it painfully obvious which one would win, Bill Nye painfully misused.

That, and not to mention that half the time in the last series, it focused more on Carmen Electra's rack than oh, I don't know, the robots themselves.

Mr. AS · « **Reply #9 on:** March 19, 2012, 07:42:49 PM »

i grew up with robot wars

Quote from: Gropaga on March 19, 2012, 05:59:26 PM

because is not full of spinners unlike battlebots.

robot wars is the same way with flippers

SuperchuFrost · « **Reply #10 on:** March 19, 2012, 07:46:10 PM »

Quote from: Mr. AwesumSauce on March 19, 2012, 07:42:49 PM

i grew up with robot wars

Quote from: Gropaga on March 19, 2012, 05:59:26 PM
because is not full of spinners unlike battlebots.
robot wars is the same way with flippers

and with razer clones

Mr. AS · « **Reply #11 on:** March 19, 2012, 07:48:03 PM »

Quote from: SuperchuFrost on March 19, 2012, 07:46:10 PM

Quote from: Mr. AwesumSauce on March 19, 2012, 07:42:49 PM
i grew up with robot wars

Quote from: Gropaga on March 19, 2012, 05:59:26 PM
because is not full of spinners unlike battlebots.
robot wars is the same way with flippers
and with razer clones

mainly after series 5 (after razer won) but true

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #12 on:** March 19, 2012, 08:15:59 PM »

To be fair, there were only seven after S5; Kraken, Mantis, Ming 3, Tiberius, Pinser, ROCS, and Snake Bite. And to be fair-er, Razer itself wasn't in series 7.

Natef · « **Reply #13 on:** March 19, 2012, 08:24:11 PM »

Battlebots was the sh**.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 19, 2012, 09:33:37 PM »

yeah if only they showed more battles and less crap

Natef · « **Reply #15 on:** March 19, 2012, 09:37:34 PM »

I liked the filler stuff.

SKBT · « **Reply #16 on:** March 19, 2012, 09:43:55 PM »

Robot Wars was rigged, battlebots had filler crap...

I prefer NERC...

If battlebots was on an appropiate channel for what it was; Spike, Speed, or Discovery and took a different approach to the show and presented it as how Spike presents UFC cage fights I think it would have been much more successful.

Urjak · « **Reply #17 on:** March 19, 2012, 09:45:30 PM »

Robot Wars didn't take itself too seriously, and always made it clear that the point was to have fun.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 19, 2012, 09:47:12 PM »

how the hell would Battlebots fit on Speed

SKBT · « **Reply #19 on:** March 19, 2012, 10:05:53 PM »

If you've been to a robot combat event you'd understand. The atmosphere is very similar to a race or any other motorsport. I could almost compare it to a Freestyle at a Monster Jam event, but it's not quite that exciting.