if robot combat was to get back on tv...........

[The Answer]

Who would you NOT want to come back?

[Resetti's Replicas]

Chris Jericho

[RFS]

[Insert Big Titty Broad "Correspondent" That Makes Bad Innuendo Jokes About Things Like Deadblow's "Pecker" Here]

[Badnik96]

All the post match interviewers. They were all interchangeable and didnt know jack about the bots. Get someone like Dan Danknick instead. That way, instead of going "What happened" after every match we can have some intelligent conversations.

[Philippa]

Ed Hoppit and Ian Lewis.

Apart from that they can all come back. I'd like Mortis to come back so they can get their asses handed to them by a completely new team, and wipe the smug attitude from them.

[playzooki]

Ed Hoppit

why ;_;7

[Natef]

how was the mortis team smug? i haven't watched robot wars in a while, but i have heard the complaints before. i also heard somewhere that the producers of the show set them up to be smug and worthy of hate.

[Jonzu95]

Ian Lewis.

why?

[Philippa]

Ed Hoppit

why ;_;7

Ian Lewis.

why?

Either you guys are retarded or I'm being trolled bretty gud

[Jonzu95]

Ian Lewis.

why?

Either you guys are retarded or I'm being trolled bretty gud

Answer my question you skrub.

[Natef]

i'd like to know as well.

[Philippa]

Sore loser about the Pussycat battle. "Oh noes they broke my pretty robot. We would never break anyone else's robot because we comply to the Gentlemen's Agreement. They cheated."
It's totally not like they never went full out on destruction. *Cough.* Widow's Revenge.

Jonathan Pearce even said Ian was just "bleating" about it and said, "Ian its in the nature of Robot Wars, if you're beaten then you're beaten, take it like a man!" in the vengeance battle.

He was generally pretty arrogant and a bit of a prick too.

Then there was the whole fiasco with Tornado in the European Championship which made Simon quit, then a couple of years later he kicked out Vinnie. (Think it was that order.)

I'm surprised he didn't whine when Razzler was beaten in the Antweight rumble.




Also Ed Hoppit is a tit. He was annoyingly smug and his voice bugged me.

[Resetti's Replicas]

You have to remember, they're paying completely out of pocket for the "privilege" of being your entertainment, with no realistic expectation of any monetary compensation.  How arrogant does that sound to you?

[Jonzu95]

Sore loser about the Pussycat battle. "Oh noes they broke my pretty robot. We would never break anyone else's robot because we comply to the Gentlemen's Agreement. They cheated."
It's totally not like they never went full out on destruction. *Cough.* Widow's Revenge.

Jonathan Pearce even said Ian was just "bleating" about it and said, "Ian its in the nature of Robot Wars, if you're beaten then you're beaten, take it like a man!" in the vengeance battle.

He was generally pretty arrogant and a bit of a prick too.

Then there was the whole fiasco with Tornado in the European Championship which made Simon quit, then a couple of years later he kicked out Vinnie. (Think it was that order.)

I'm surprised he didn't whine when Razzler was beaten in the Antweight rumble.

These are all news for me. Didn't know this happened.

[Philippa]

You have to remember, they're paying completely out of pocket for the "privilege" of being your entertainment, with no realistic expectation of any monetary compensation.  How arrogant does that sound to you?

They gave out money prizes, but couldn't say they did because it was taxpayers money. They were allowed to say that there was a cash prize when Robot Wars moved to Channel Five because that operates differently.

[yugitom]

You have to remember, they're paying completely out of pocket for the "privilege" of being your entertainment, with no realistic expectation of any monetary compensation.  How arrogant does that sound to you?

They gave out money prizes, but couldn't say they did because it was taxpayers money. They were allowed to say that there was a cash prize when Robot Wars moved to Channel Five because that operates differently.

Depended on what place they came though because I think you got 50 quid just for taking part. But, 50 quid would have been much less than the robot's cost in most cases, so Resetti's point still stands. Considering the money you got for taking part, the 101 team must've got their money's worth, eh?

[RFS]

You have to remember, they're paying completely out of pocket for the "privilege" of being your entertainment, with no realistic expectation of any monetary compensation.  How arrogant does that sound to you?

Razer was essentially the UK's equivalent to Biohazard. Surely they made out nicely in the way of winnings and royalties for likenesses and toys and all that other good stuff.

I'm not sure if Mortis' hate was manufactured or not but they certainly did carry an air of entitlement by describing at length their L30,000 robot.

[MR. BONESTRIPPER]

According to Rob Knight, the "out of pocket" cost for the initial build of Mortis was only 300 pounds. The rest came from numerous sponsorship and Cambridge University. The outrageous sums of money quoted on robot wars is the estimated total value of Mortis's components. I assume the biggest contributor to this was all the titanium and exotic aerospace composites used in the armor.

To get back on topic, if robot combat was back on TV, I'd prefer a battlebots-type arena to the robot wars one. The gap between the arena rails and the wall gave flippers a disproportionate advantage. Pits, killsaws and the like are fine though, because they make wedge fights much more exciting.

[Resetti's Replicas]

You have to remember, they're paying completely out of pocket for the "privilege" of being your entertainment, with no realistic expectation of any monetary compensation.  How arrogant does that sound to you?

Razer was essentially the UK's equivalent to Biohazard. Surely they made out nicely in the way of winnings and royalties for likenesses and toys and all that other good stuff.

I'm not sure if Mortis' hate was manufactured or not but they certainly did carry an air of entitlement by describing at length their L30,000 robot.

It was manufactured - it stemmed from them getting a mulligan that they undeniably deserved (there was a spike hazard on the "start" line, and it fired right at the beginning, breaking a tank track).  For reasons I can't fathom, everyone said they were poor sports, even after they offered to take it on the chin and forefeit.

To get back on topic, if robot combat was back on TV, I'd prefer a battlebots-type arena to the robot wars one. The gap between the arena rails and the wall gave flippers a disproportionate advantage. Pits, killsaws and the like are fine though, because they make wedge fights much more exciting.

I disagree, why not just make the walls higher?  You don't want to discourage people from making WBC and Gravity-esque flippers.

[Philippa]

But then the flywheels would have a harder job trying to punt something out, which was always good to watch.

It's also better to see something flying 10 feet above the floor over a 3 foot wall, than 10 feet above the floor over a 9 foot wall.