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Thread: Robot Wars is coming back

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    It's still not something that you'd just post about. Random Thoughts here are more for inane shit and Late Night ones are further down the dross ladder.

    To be honest, there's very little to say. We made it, it worked, came third out of fourteen, I have some servo motors and actuators from it lying in my folks garage in a box. Nothing worthy of making a thread or randomly posting about straight after someone posting that they had an epic shit or that they've eaten a pizza.
    You obviously weren't paying attention. The reason those threads were closed down was that people were posting genuinely interesting things in them that would otherwise have been sustaining their own threads.

    What sort of weapon did it have? What was the tournament all about? How were you beaten? Are the twats who cry on Robot Wars when their robot gets biffed as pathetic as they look or is it hard to watch something you built get squashed? If you're not committed to absolute secrecy above all else there's never 'very little to say.'

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    This was all part of Nuts's masterplan.

    Get the chain and frame stuck under another robot.

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    Nuts trolling them out of there.

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    Has there ever been a decent axe robot? If it was concentrated (like an ice pick) it might work, but these big axes just spread the TON OF FORCE right across the metal casings and do nothing.

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    What a shit final that was.

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    Is that the first recorded Robot Wars BOTTLE JOB?

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    Behemoth clearly didn't want any part of Carbide's broken weapon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    Has there ever been a decent axe robot? If it was concentrated (like an ice pick) it might work, but these big axes just spread the TON OF FORCE right across the metal casings and do nothing.
    The only alright ones are the ones that also have pincers. Otherwise it's difficult as fuck to hit anything and is usually a glancing blow. The circular saw ones are always fun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
    You obviously weren't paying attention. The reason those threads were closed down was that people were posting genuinely interesting things in them that would otherwise have been sustaining their own threads.

    What sort of weapon did it have? What was the tournament all about? How were you beaten? Are the twats who cry on Robot Wars when their robot gets biffed as pathetic as they look or is it hard to watch something you built get squashed? If you're not committed to absolute secrecy above all else there's never 'very little to say.'
    I don't like the show so there's nothing I can tell from that angle. It was an inter firms competition (we had done a soapbox derby type thing a couple of years previously where I badly misjudged front end weight for a jump), main reason was that it was in bits from the previous fight and couldn't get everything repaired in time.

    EDIT: The weapon was a flipper type thing in a wedge shaped front, but it was shaped in such a way that it could hold on to what it was flipping and suspend it. Main issue was traction to actually get under something heavy.

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    That was class.

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    Carbide seem right smug wankers. Hopefully the himshe returns to flip them out of existence, or someone just follows Killerhurtz's example and dons them through shoving and maneuverability.

    Show was good though, save for the final which was a bit shit. The format probably does that seeing as most robots are mechanical corpses after one battle, let alone three.

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    Just watching this now, and the little segment on Team Nuts was properly lol. 'I have a degree in Cybernetics, he's a Masters student in computer science, he's a Chartered Engineer, and Dave works in B&Q.'

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    I bet B&Qs input was the waistcoats.

    Amateur rocket scientist should have been ringing alarm bells at GCHQ.

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    That was good. Carbide looks like a bit of a Hypnodisc, in that when it works it'll just smash everything to bits, but it'll break down easily and end up winning nothing.

    The team look like incredible wankers so hopefully that ends up being the case.

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    Razer going out is a bit rubbish.

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    Not going in for the kill when they've won is shit for the audience.

    I'm sure razer/hypnodisc used to just demolish them.

    Booooo!

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    Nuts

    What the fuck.

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    Also all this bullshit with mini-bots should be banned.

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    I think it could be good if done right.

    As it was, Team Nuts did it just because why the fuck not and for 'teh lulz'.

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    Matilda and Dead Metal look proper mental though.

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    I presume there's things in the rules which prevent people building robots as good as the house robots?

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    There are weight classes, and we only really see the heavyweights. There was a super-heavyweight round on one of the series, but they were all shit, and I'm sure a couple of them 'walked'.

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    Yeah, weight and weapon restrictions.

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    Not bad. Lacked atmosphere though - and music.

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    Apparently contestant robots are only allowed to be a maximum of 100KG.

    The lightest house robot is Shunt at 327 KG with Sir Killalot topping the scales at 741 KG.

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    Contestants are up to 110kg, used to be 100kg.

    House robots have always been miles bigger / heavier.

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    Just watched it now, I thought it was great. There was so much scope to fuck around with the show, but honestly just felt like more of the same from the good old days.

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    Given that they've spoken to each team for about a minute (no-one who builds robots has anything interesting to say past that) I sincerely hope they don't feel the need to re-visit that, just get on with it.

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    Oh god, I've just got to the second round and they're doing interviews, no-one cares about seeing their garage or the false drama. Fuck off.

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    Dara O'Borin has ruined RW. Why's he wearing a goddamn suit?
    I'm a twit

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    Building a robot on your own and calling it Thor

    What a hero.

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    Proof that Autism can don. 'mon Thor.

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    Shockwave is shit. What is the point in a scoop?

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    Thor

    'Mon you beautiful bastard.

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    'He can name every robot that's ever competed including the team members'.

    I bet he gets all the ladies.

    Despite that he brings tyres into the arena, SMART MOVE M8.

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    Actually, why the fuck hasn't Thor got a hammer? That's fucking ruined it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    Actually, why the fuck hasn't Thor got a hammer? That's fucking ruined it.
    Because you can't use an actual hammer.

    That's the best he's going to get.

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    I was going to say Foxic is shit but lol at them pushing Deadmetal.

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    Why is Sergeant Bash not back for this?

    Foxic is the worst robot ever.

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    Thor is fucking brilliant.

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    They should both get 0 points for that.

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    What a load of shit.

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    Foxic have fixed their drive problem!

    I bet they fucking haven't.

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    Another final another fucking bottle job.

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    Thor has been robbed there.

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    I'm so glad Foxic got pasted. That lad was a proper, proper twat. Shoving Dead Metal about was good.

    Also lol at Thor. Cracking robot but the guy was a bit of a gimp.

    Jonathan Pearce really is perfect for this.

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    Felt a weak group this week, but was gutted for Thor. Had that down as an absolute basketcase from the intro and it went on to don all and sundry with it's speed, maneuverability and fucking awesome hammer. He had the driving skills to do over (the likes of) Carbide as well.

    They really need to get rid of the pit. It's such a shit thing, although it would have been nice seeing that gas pipe trying to climb out of it, as it claimed it could.

    Bring on Chaos X.

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    A wooden robot.

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    That crushing one looks fun (watch its wheels get smashed).

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    And it's bust. These four are crap.

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