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Re: Robot Wars Live Events 2015
« Reply #40 on: September 13, 2015, 11:29:51 PM »
Here's what I wanna know:

Better question is:

You're kidding me right? They were ICONIC in the original robot wars.

Sure, they've got Matilda, but what about Psycho and Sir Killalot? Imagine them taking on the modern day flippers!

Besides, I'm pretty sure their return would attract a larger audience.
Yes, because people go to these competitions to look at over engineered, obsolete window dressing beat up on a disabled bot, and not the uber flippers literally launching each other end over end, several feet in the air.

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Re: Robot Wars Live Events 2015
« Reply #41 on: September 14, 2015, 12:03:29 AM »
Here's what I wanna know:

Better question is:

You're kidding me right? They were ICONIC in the original robot wars.

Sure, they've got Matilda, but what about Psycho and Sir Killalot? Imagine them taking on the modern day flippers!

Besides, I'm pretty sure their return would attract a larger audience.
Yes, because people go to these competitions to look at over engineered, obsolete window dressing beat up on a disabled bot, and not the uber flippers literally launching each other end over end, several feet in the air.
Yeah, well, I guess we all got our preferences.

You like seeing robots fly all over the arena, and I can agree with that.

I just want to see a little bit of carnage...

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Re: Robot Wars Live Events 2015
« Reply #42 on: September 14, 2015, 03:30:28 AM »
Word around is that they've tracked the original house bots to a collector in Las Vegas, I believe. They'd be too valuable to use in their old states against the new bots anyway, so I imagine they'd basically have to be duplicated - not cheap! That's what it all comes down to, money.
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Re: Robot Wars Live Events 2015
« Reply #43 on: September 14, 2015, 09:37:20 AM »
kinda off topic but in one of own skype convos did you say you were going to a beetleweight tourney craaig?
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Re: Robot Wars Live Events 2015
« Reply #44 on: September 14, 2015, 10:04:13 AM »
We were mentioning this on the previous page - there's an event in Bromsgrove on Nov 29th.
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Re: Robot Wars Live Events 2015
« Reply #45 on: September 14, 2015, 03:02:44 PM »
or you can come to antfreeze in 12 days if you have a robot

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Re: Robot Wars Live Events 2015
« Reply #46 on: September 14, 2015, 06:51:43 PM »
Word around is that they've tracked the original house bots to a collector in Las Vegas, I believe. They'd be too valuable to use in their old states against the new bots anyway, so I imagine they'd basically have to be duplicated - not cheap! That's what it all comes down to, money.
Hmm, well, you'd think they would make a lot of money with these shows.
Nonetheles, I'm somewhat relieved to hear that the originals are possibly safe and sound.

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Re: Robot Wars Live Events 2015
« Reply #47 on: September 14, 2015, 08:11:54 PM »
Here's what I wanna know:

Better question is:

You're kidding me right? They were ICONIC in the original robot wars.

Sure, they've got Matilda, but what about Psycho and Sir Killalot? Imagine them taking on the modern day flippers!

Besides, I'm pretty sure their return would attract a larger audience.
Yes, because people go to these competitions to look at over engineered, obsolete window dressing beat up on a disabled bot, and not the uber flippers literally launching each other end over end, several feet in the air.
Yeah, well, I guess we all got our preferences.

You like seeing robots fly all over the arena, and I can agree with that.

I just want to see a little bit of carnage...
Keep in mind that most of these bots cost thousands of dollars and months of effort to construct.
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Re: Robot Wars Live Events 2015
« Reply #48 on: September 17, 2015, 12:38:23 PM »
Haha it's all good, there's at least 2 of us coming up (plazmic inferno/Tweedy is actually staying at my home in Wilts the night before, super long travel for him from Kent), potentially 3 if my 'teammate'/'stepdad' comes, so I'll be driving :')
Yeah not really looking forward to the commute up, can't wait for the event though.

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Re: Robot Wars Live Events 2015
« Reply #49 on: September 19, 2015, 03:20:27 PM »
Just been to the later event today and will be there tomorrow at 12. Sadly, I won't be around for the final of the World (actually European) Championship but it has been cool, so far. Shame for Dystopia's quick elimination, Garfie. Didn't like how Eruption lost to TAN, tho.

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Re: Robot Wars Live Events 2015
« Reply #50 on: September 19, 2015, 03:44:21 PM »
The World Champs has been amazing to behold
Only 3 out of 8 remaining robots are flippers and so many of the favourites out so soon!
Unfortunately Beast got a gas leak and a flat tyre against TAN and Gabriel and in that situation there really was no way I could beat them :(
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Re: Robot Wars Live Events 2015
« Reply #51 on: September 20, 2015, 02:57:22 AM »
Yas, I shall be there at 12 tomorrow also.

VIP tickets to snoop around your bots and such :3

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Re: Robot Wars Live Events 2015
« Reply #52 on: September 20, 2015, 05:41:24 AM »
*staring around the arena to find Tom*

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Re: Robot Wars Live Events 2015
« Reply #53 on: September 23, 2015, 04:51:05 AM »
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Hmmm...