Robot Wars is coming back

[Samadini]

:drool:

[Disco]

Hypnodisc or riot.

[Toby]

They'd probably be best off ditching the attempts at nostalgia and just going for a near all new approach at this stage. I can't see the former being anything but a disappointment.

You'd think advances in technology since it was last on will make for some pretty impressive competitors though.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Such a great programme on every conceivable level. I can't think of an obvious way to ruin it, either. How will they do it?

[Samadini]

Ref bot was a complete gimp and even that didn't ruin it.

[CJay]

What a show. I remember as a small kid going out to some school thing and leaving my Granda with instructions on how to record the grand finals. I came home and he had recorded the wrong channel. Devastated.

Razor was the best.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/robot-wars-returns

[Toby]

I did like Razer. And Hypnodisc. There was one team I hated but I can't remember who or why. Probably Chaos II.

[Josh]

It was the funny little heshe that drove for Chaos 2. He/She was unsettling.

[niko_cee]

Was Chaos II (and presumably chaos 1) the flippy one?

What a waste of space Sir Killalot was, or whatever he was called.

They'll all be aerial drone type things now.

[Toby]

Was Chaos II (and presumably chaos 1) the flippy one?

What a waste of space Sir Killalot was, or whatever he was called.

They'll all be aerial drone type things now.

Yeah they were the first team to really get it right, at least in terms of being able to flip opponents. Only team to win it twice as well.

[Josh]

Just wasted about 20 minutes reading up on Robot Wars on wiki and then watching some videos. I remembered the battles as being better in my head.

[Josh]

Just wasted about 20 minutes reading up on Robot Wars on wiki and then watching some videos. I remembered the battles as being better in my head.

After checking and it being 2000 when Chaos 2 last won, it may have more to do with the fact that I was 13.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I see they've slipped an 'iconic' in early. Why do people not get pulled up on it? It's like a marketer's freebie word to make your thing sound amazing regardless of whether or not it is.

I remember seeing Hypnodisc and thinking it would be unbeatable.

[Lewis]

I used to lol when Mortis rolled up every year, its team of Cambridge nerds boasted about it being worth thirty grand, and then it sucked shit and lost to some idiots.

[Lewis]

Yeah they were the first team to really get it right, at least in terms of being able to flip opponents. Only team to win it twice as well.

Cassius, mate. It was just a bit exposed at the back and usually driven by a moron.

[Toby]

True. I think with them both having flipping weapons and the names being vaguely similar, I've rolled memories of them into one.

[igor_balis]

I liked the one the Irish lads had that always set on fire.

[Disco]

I liked the one the Irish lads had that always set on fire.

Diotor, always covered in red furry polka dots (and flames).

[Pepe]

I don't think I have ever seen this. Someone post some videos.

[Pepe]

Just watched this one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJxPLqO3EBE). That looks ace. :drool:

We did something similar for a course at uni where we had to make some hockey playing robots. Ours got royally shafted. :moop:

[Smiffy]

Make it happen. :drool:

[Pleb]

:cool:

[Lewis]

Barry Davies probably considers it a low-point, but I used to like Techno Games as well.

[Pleb]

Didn't realise Clarkson had a presenting role before Craig Charles :D

[Smiffy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKq2FqZw_Sw

:drool:

[Manc]

Jonathan Pearce almost made this unbearable.

[Cord]

Am I right in thinking there was one that could split up into two smaller (much more easily squished) robots?

[Lewis]

Gemini. I think Chaos II blasted one of them out of the 'ring'.

[Disco]

Gemini was made by that odd sounding ginger chap called George something. I know far more about this than I ever realised.

Also...


http://i.imgur.com/Y4qIdYX.png

[TG09]

I loved this show, behind the scenes was good as you see all the teams trying to repair their battered robot in a rush.

[Lee]

I went to the Gadget Show live at the NEC in the summer. I'm not really into that stuff so found it to be mostly shit, but they had the Robot Wars World Cup going on which was well worth the extortionate care park fee.

[Raoul Duke]

Gemini was made by that odd sounding ginger chap called George something. I know far more about this than I ever realised.

Also...


http://i.imgur.com/Y4qIdYX.png


She's a bit of a bifter now, but was absolutely mint back in the day :drool:

[Giggles]

She's a bit of a bifter now, but was absolutely mint back in the day :drool:

Many's a swifty one.

[Clunge]

My Friday nights growing up - football practice, double Simpsons, Robot Wars and a curry :D.

I can't wait for this.

[randomlegend]

That final where Tornado rocked up with that shitty fucking frame to counter Razer was the most bullshit thing in the history of competitive anything.

I was absolutely seething at the time. They should have been publicly executed.

[Boydy]

How do you all remember so much detail about this?

Bunch of fucking nerds.

[randomlegend]

The part of your brain responsible for misery is responsible for memory in the rest of us.

[Bernanke]

Hypnodisc. :cool:

The channel that showed this in Sweden had a flash game version of it on their website, was that a thing in the UK? It was ace.

[Samadini]

Don't remember that one, but the game on the PS2 was class.

[randomlegend]

the game on the PS2 was class.


It was, I'd forgotten about that.

[Samadini]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQjsDuwjtcw

The customisation :cool:

[Ian]

Watched some on Challenge last night. Phillippa Forester laughing in the face of a twelve year old for his dad's robot being shit was a highlight.

[Giggles]

How do you all remember so much detail about this?

Bunch of fucking nerds.

Because everyone here except you is an engineer.

[Baz]

Still no mention of Roadblock? Shame on you all.

[CJay]

Still no mention of Roadblock? Shame on you all.

I vaguely remember him. First series? Wasn't he literally just a ramp? :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

How will the new robots be different/better then, engineers? Will they be loaded up with stupid software or will heroic efforts from sixth form college still don it?

[CJay]

I often wondered how hard it was for someone who put hours and hours into designing, building, and programming their robot only for it to then get torn to shreds in the arena. Especially against the likes of Hypnodisc.

[Lewis]

That final where Tornado rocked up with that shitty fucking frame to counter Razer was the most bullshit thing in the history of competitive anything.

I was absolutely seething at the time. They should have been publicly executed.

That team who draped their robot in some tatty old cloth to counter Hypno-Disc must have had the nation SEETHING. Especially since Hypno-Disc was a complete piece of shit when its main weapon couldn't do anything.

[Pepe]

How will the new robots be different/better then, engineers? Will they be loaded up with stupid software or will heroic efforts from sixth form college still don it?

The latter, as long as they are still remotely controlled. If they were to try to make them autonomous then that would be more interesting in a technical perspective, but you just need to watch those football playing robots to realize how much of a borefest that would be.

[Disco]

Been trying to remember one name all morning, the yellow one that won more often than you would expect.

Fucking Panic Attack!

[Baz]

I vaguely remember him. First series? Wasn't he literally just a ramp? :DYeah it was just a ramp (which was later adapted to have a moving bit to but that took away from it's charm), but it was a boss.

[Disco]

Yeah it was just a ramp (which was later adapted to have a moving bit to but that took away from it's charm), but it was a boss.

It also had an almost pointless circular saw on the back.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sunday at 8pm on BBC Two with Real Steel just before it.

What a night it's going to be.

[Disco]

What is Real Steel?

Also, Hypnodisc or riot.

[Lewis]

I really can't stand Dara O Briain.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What is Real Steel?

Also, Hypnodisc or riot.
The robot fighting film with Hugh Jackman.

http://67.media.tumblr.com/3b86514291959ad2034aca7fd17eae0c/tumblr_notheeXsRX1u6gbfio5_500.gif

http://orig10.deviantart.net/a27b/f/2012/029/d/d/right_upper_cut_by_atom__real_steel_by_maxmk04-d4nzg7f.gif

It's so good.

[Disco]

Is Sgt Bash in it?

[Baz]

Cheers Mahow. Will put it on series link now.

[five time]

Just been reading the robot wars wiki. Forgot about this beast.

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/robotwars/images/d/d0/Nemesis3-1-.gif

[Baz]

Was awesome cos it ALWAYS went on fire.

[Clunge]

Series 3-5 were great.

[Disco]

The big question is will this guy be making a return?

http://i.imgur.com/jxfn7nY.png

[Baz]

That's a girl, right?

[niko_cee]

By now, probably, yes.

[Pepe]

That's a girl, right?

Fancy him/her you perv?

[Lewis]

Some of these (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/429pM29J4mfytYXBYhtm6KG/10-of-the-most-destructive-looking-robots-from-the-series) look rather sophisticated, but won't the battles be a bit boring if everybody has a fucking flywheel? The house robots are all bigger as well, which will end up being crap if nobody can stick one on them from time to time.

[randomlegend]

"Most destructive"

"Behemoth"

Alright.

Didn't realise razor was coming back, I thought they had a new robot. Razor :cool:

[Spikey M]

Tonight. 8pm. BBC2. :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Hugh Jackman really is a hero.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Angela Scanlon :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Team Nuts are bringing the BANTZ here.

[Lewis]

Come on, Razer. Don these cunts for us old saddos.

[Spikey M]

I've got the long haired kid on the Kill-e Crank-e team down as a potential cryer.

[Spikey M]

Angela Scanlon :drool:

I'd have taked the rest of that sausageroll to the toilets.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Razer you pricks.

[Lewis]

I used to hate the WACKY teams. Their robot is shit as well.

[Spikey M]

WACKY people on general are cunts.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I bet TTH could make a better robot really.

[Spikey M]

'Team Engineer'

[Giggles]

I built one of these before for a competition (well two of us did). Once you've a decent design, there's not a massive pile to building it.

[Lewis]

He's been posting for a decade, and then he throws out 'I built a fighting robot once lads yeah what of it?'

[Lewis]

Shunt was my favourite house robot. :cool:

[Giggles]

He's been posting for a decade, and then he throws out 'I built a fighting robot once lads yeah what of it?'

I never even thought anyone had the slightest interest in all this.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Behemoth :cool:

I'm loving the self righting system it has, just flipped it self back up with ease.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I bet they were lolling themselves stupid when they got those 'I <3 Nuts' badges.

Dickheads.

[Spikey M]

I never even thought anyone had the slightest interest in all this.

Your posts are based on what you think people are interested in?

[Giggles]

Your posts are based on what you think people are interested in?

No, but it's never came up. Not exactly something you'd post in any other thread.

"Good match earlier"
"Joke of a penalty given at the end of it"
"I made a robot once"

[Spikey M]

I bet they were lolling themselves stupid when they got those 'I <3 Nuts' badges.

Dickheads.

Its 'weapon' annoys me more than anything. Evem the fluffy fucking waistcoats. Utter shit.

[John]

No, but it's never came up. Not exactly something you'd post in any other thread.

"Good match earlier"
"Joke of a penalty given at the end of it"
"I made a robot once"

We had the all purpose 'Random Thoughts' and 'Late Night' threads for years. There must be an interesting anecdote you could have told about having built a robot with weaponry. It's already the most interesting thing you've ever posted and we're only at the headline.

[Lewis]

I like how the teams have tacticians/strategists now just so their useless, fat-handed mates can get involved.

[Lewis]

When that Gemini was in it the rules were that if half of it got immobilised/donned out of the arena then it counted as a total knock-out, so could you cite precedent and just concentrate on belting one of those 'minibots' out of the arena?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Those waiter drones are mental.

[Browning]

They should be thrown out for not testing the axe ahead of the match. What idiots.

[Giggles]

We had the all purpose 'Random Thoughts' and 'Late Night' threads for years. There must be an interesting anecdote you could have told about having built a robot with weaponry. It's already the most interesting thing you've ever posted and we're only at the headline.

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.

[Lewis]

lol you wankers.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Nuts :harold:

Properly fucked now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Get fucked you wankers.

[Spikey M]

:D Brilliant

[P_3]

Jesus, that was brutal.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Carbide is fucking brutal.

[John]

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.'

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

This was all part of Nuts's masterplan.

Get the chain and frame stuck under another robot.

[Browning]

Nuts trolling them out of there. :D

[Lewis]

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.

[Browning]

What a shit final that was. :D

[Lewis]

Is that the first recorded Robot Wars BOTTLE JOB?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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

[Spikey M]

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.

[Giggles]

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.

[Lewis]

That was class.

[niko_cee]

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.

[John]

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.'

[niko_cee]

I bet B&Qs input was the waistcoats.

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

[John]

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.

[randomlegend]

Razer going out is a bit rubbish.

[randomlegend]

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!

[Pleb]

Nuts :D

What the fuck.

[randomlegend]

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

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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'.

[Pleb]

Matilda and Dead Metal look proper mental though.

[randomlegend]

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

[Lewis]

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'.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yeah, weight and weapon restrictions.

[Clunge]

Not bad. Lacked atmosphere though - and music.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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.

[Clunge]

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

House robots have always been miles bigger / heavier.

[Samadini]

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.

[Disco]

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.

[Disco]

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.

[Baz]

Dara O'Borin has ruined RW. Why's he wearing a goddamn suit? :nono:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Building a robot on your own and calling it Thor :cool:

What a hero.

[Spikey M]

Proof that Autism can don. 'mon Thor. :drool:

[Spikey M]

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

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Thor :cool:

'Mon you beautiful bastard.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

'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.

[Spikey M]

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

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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

[Browning]

Why is Sergeant Bash not back for this?

Foxic is the worst robot ever.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Thor is fucking brilliant.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They should both get 0 points for that.

[Browning]

What a load of shit.

[Browning]

Foxic have fixed their drive problem!

I bet they fucking haven't.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Another final another fucking bottle job.

[Browning]

Thor has been robbed there.

[Ian]

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.

[niko_cee]

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.

[Spikey M]

A wooden robot.:facepalm:

[Lewis]

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

[Lewis]

And it's bust. These four are crap.

[Lewis]

Twenty grand. Please be rubbish.

[Browning]

Which one cost 20 grand?

[Lewis]

Storm 2, which looks quite powerful. I think there is a lot to be said for just being able to shove anything around.

[Browning]

She's in charge of morale and art work? What the fuck?

Storm 2 is up to £25,000 now. Please lose.

[Lewis]

I took that to mean she makes the tea without her top on.

[Clunge]

This series is getting better and better. Plus Thermidor are back next week!

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Missed the last two because of the Olympics but I've caught up now.

Apollo flipping Dead Metal, Shunt and Matilda :cool:

Absolute fucking hero.

[Lewis]

That massive white one is the shittest thing since Psychosprout.

[Spikey M]

:harold:

[Spikey M]

It's fucking top. :|

[Browning]

Pulsar :cool:

Well deserved.

[Lewis]

Do you ever think that half of them (like Pulsar) are too fast for their own good? It takes a week to get the weapon going, so they would be better off half as fast and much more stable.

[niko_cee]

Caught up on a double episode there. That big wheely bastard was a fascinating thing. It was ostensibly total shit, but somehow got by on the Richard O'Brien hutzpah of the dad and the fact that every other robot in the heat kept melting itself. You'd have thought those wheels would have been toast as soon as they were hit by a bar spinner.

So glad those IT twats with their £20k robot lost last week.

Loved Apollo just launching all and sundry that got in the way of its flipper.

Do you reckon there has been some BBC mandate that women be involved in most teams or something? And has that gone wrong with their various tasks being making the tea, making sure we have enough stamps and doing the colouring in?

[niko_cee]

Haha. Fuck off Carbide. Dirty bastards.

Poor old Thor took a bit of a pasting.

Since when has this removable link thing been a thing? What is the point of it other than prematurely ending battles for no apparent reason?

[Clunge]

The amount of link retirements in this series has been irritating.

But it's been a brilliant comeback. What a great series. So many memorable battles and some great new teams. So glad Apollo won rather than Carbide. That Thor guy was/is a total legend too.

Hope it gets another series.

[Disco]

It'll be some kind of safety feature, otherwise you might not be able to turn it off.

[Lewis]

The seething smiles on the Carbide faces at the end. :drool:

[Disco]

It's a shame the better weapons are so unreliable, flippers are the most boring thing going.

[niko_cee]

It'll be some kind of safety feature, otherwise you might not be able to turn it off.

Sounds a bit cyberdyne. How are you supposed to remove it anyway? You'd think any actual danger could be dealt with by sending in Sir Killalot/the bomb disposal robot.

Flippers may be a bit dull in the age of the 'srimec', but flipping most of the house robots is still fairly awesome.

[Disco]

I mentally gave those guys a pass when they did that, acceptable use of boring weaponry.

Having a killswitch is sensible (and not just intended for inside the arena) when it's sat on a table near everyone else, that's where you want a way of turning it off easily. Given these are things built in sheds by amatuer spods it's probably not a bad idea.

[Lewis]

It's back tonight. :cool:

[Baz]

It's garb as a grownup.

[Lewis]

Stop making axe robots.

[Browning]

Another £25,000 robot that sucks :drool:

[Lewis]

lol at that smug wanker.

[Lewis]

And that idiot and his plastic piece of shit replaces them. :harold:

[Browning]

That was one of the shittest fights ever.

[Lewis]

Did they leave the bird in the back because she was whinging during their last meeting?

[Ian]

Hold up, another new series? Are they getting what they can while the new arena is still part of the UK or something?

[Clunge]

Thought that was pretty good. The £25k bot is/was SO the new Mortis.

Aftershock is pretty bitchin' though. You basically have about three seconds to kill it or you're toast.

[randomlegend]

The new format is at least partly to blame, but this gentleman's agreement to limit damage is bollocks. I swear Razer/Hypnodisc just used to keep demolishing nerds until the timer went.

[Browning]

I don't remember what the old format was, but I'd imagine this format gives you the most reason to smash someone to pieces. The chances of having to face the same dude again are quite high.

[randomlegend]

Yeah, but the teams obviously feel like it's bad form to just demolish another team's robot when they still have other matches to play in the next few hours. It would certainly be the smartest thing to do purely from the point of view of giving yourself the best chances of winning, but it's not what's happening.

The old format was just straight knockout (right?) so once you'd beaten someone it didn't matter so much if you just took them apart, since they wouldn't have another battle til the next season.

[Disco]

It's almost certainly something put in place by the production company, they don't want the later rounds to be half empty (or full of mostly broken shit heaps).

[Lewis]

That 'beater bot' was good.

[Lewis]

'Half of the energy comes back through the robot, so we've had to design the cha...'
*wrecks itself in each match*

[Lewis]

I was going to say these kids are robbing people, but that fat lad having a seethe has made the programme.

[Browning]

That seethe :D

Cherub is fucking shit though, and for me should have lost both fights.

That final :drool:

[Ian]

The amount of poncing about some of these teams do. :face:

[Lewis]

That Pulsar is too fast for its own good. It just slides around, when it can afford to approach opponents slowly with the weapon it has.

[Lewis]

If those Carbide twats lose again. :drool:

[Ian]

What the fuck was that Nightshade shit all about?

[Lewis]

Token lesbians.

[Ian]

This really is just an outlet for the Jonathan Pearce nervous breakdown that began with Benzema's goal against Honduras.

Also, was it always just the same few nerds coming back series after series?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pretty much.

There's not a huge pool of robotic nerds building battle bots to ensure a fresh set of dickheads each season.

Edit: Shit, I had no idea that a third season had started.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That dickhead with Donald Thump should be struck off. What a twat.

Getting donned by cluster bots is proper lol.

[Pepe]

There's not a huge pool of robotic nerds building battle bots to ensure a fresh set of dickheads each season.

Can't they just offshore the builds to an Asian sweatshop and have some actors play the nerds?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Watching it now. Proper lol at Apex.

What a stupid idea.

[Ian]

I'm just about to watch their first fight.

[Ian]

That was amazing. Both the shitness of that massive spinner in the first fight and the tantrum the guys were having taking it to bits afterwards.

EDIT: Hahahahaaaaaaaa. That second fight was even fucking better. Killalot, who I normally think is shit, delicately dumping it into the pit at the end was just perfect.

[Ian]

And look at that tramp asking the camera to fuck off because he's busy on the robot. Chock-full of dickheads, this episode. Hope the kids smash them all.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Tramp/Geordie team had what was coming.

Chimping out with the camera and then asking for their plate back from the kids. Karma, dickheads.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ugh, shit outcome in the final. I fucking hate that knobhead on the Rapid team.

Hopefully he gets dicked on by Carbide in the final.

Poor John :(

[Ian]

That guy from Rapid is a tosser as well, and while part of me wants to see him lob Carbide out of the arena at some point if he wins he might give the Carbide lads a job which may make them happy. Ultimately it'd be the lesser evil if somebody else found a way to trash them.

Was rooting for John though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Nuts (2) back next week?

ffs.

[Clunge]

Love John. What a total dude.

The rest of them could learn a fucking shit-tonne from the kids. What a bunch of posers and/or cry-babies. That Apex guy, jesus. He was the Foxic tosser from the last series I only just realised. Knob. Watching their stupid robot explode was utterly glorious.

[Ian]

It was just satisfying that they didn't even have one good fight before it killed itself. First one it didn't work at all and then that wonderful bed-shitting exercise.

[Ian]

Lol at those dickheads letting Nuts beat them because they were shitting themselves about that lucky attack on their wheel in the first heat.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Watching it now.

Nuts actually winning a match :\

It's also such a shame that concussion (which is a really good robot) is made by such dickheads. The leader of the group might win king dickhead of the show.

Edit: Two fights and two lucky hits ugh.

All the other teams must be seething.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Oh ffs.

Piss off Nuts.

Concussion bottled it the pussies.

[Ian]

Bottled it because they were scared of fucking Nuts. Laughable twats. Nuts isn't beating anybody good. Concussion was a good bot manned by idiots.

[Clunge]

Tbf, I was kind of impressed by Nuts 2. That death spin with the chains nailed two bots completely. Element of luck of course but still deserved. Concussion bloke almost as much of a tool as Foxic / Apex bloke.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ellis is such a twat but he reminds me so much of what I expect Randrew is like (confirm please Lewis).

Borderline autistic, labelled a 'Boy genius', has his Mum and Dad along for the ride etc. Probably loves 72% Venezuelan chocolate too.

[Clunge]

Props to the guy, frankly. Self-taught engineer, builds what, for me, has been the most impressively designed machine of this new run and seems genuine and down-to-earth. That Magnetar death hum is immense, and I think it's probably the most all round aesthetically pleasing machine since Razor (which lost a lot of points for true cuntery).

[Lewis]

I haven't watched any of this, because I realised during the last series that ninety per cent of the contestants are just making up the numbers so I could just watch the final, but I know who you mean and Randrew is miles lamer.

[Lewis]

I've just read about his new robot, and:


Do you ever think that half of them (like Pulsar) are too fast for their own good? It takes a week to get the weapon going, so they would be better off half as fast and much more stable.

Me > Ellis the Nerd

[randomlegend]

Jesus, pop in here for a little read about how Robot Wars is going down and find my character being savaged in my absence.

[Ian]

"Ten Robot Rumble" next week. Should be a laugh though it does seem like the winner will have won mostly by chance. Or at least luck might determine which poor bastards get mullered in the early scramble because there's too much shit to keep track of.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Can't see the winner doing much in the final.

I am glad that it's a last robot moving battle royale though.

[Ian]

"If I don't survive this tell my wives, all 162 of them-"

What the fuck do they have Pearce on before he starts commentating?

EDIT: Carbide losing to Nuts. :drool:

Hope they don't get fixed up and win in the final or something.

[Ian]

Only that the Rapid guy is a dickhead as well I'd have felt worse about Carbide smashing his robot up when it was already dead.

[Clunge]

That was ace.

[Ian]

Eruption. :cool:

A great episode and a really good final too.

[Lewis]

They only gave them it to them on his sob story, but lol at Carbide the faggots.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Watching it now.

The royal rumble :drool:

Pearce was a dickheads throughout as usual and the pit took no prisoners.

Edit: Nuts :D Imagine getting donned by that.

Lol at robot Andrew fucking up twice. He's more like Andrew than I first thought.

Rapid :harold: the team leader is such a twat.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Carbide :harold:

Glad they lost after he was bugging himself up by saying he's the best driver. Michael is probably the most likeable of the drivers too.

That was a great episode.

[John]

This special is turd.

[Ian]

The American guy is SEETHING.

[Ian]

The highlight of all this is definitely the awkward high-fives from all these nerds.

[Ian]

Robot Wars cancelled.

Jonathan Pearce back to whatever perversions he gets up to when he's not squawking about football.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They just couldn't deal with Nuts 2 lolling its way into the Grand Final and beating Carbide in one match.