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[team_orr]

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thats an idea mate perhaps we should look into...
battleboats!
i posted a thread about it being my other hobby but didnt get any replys which is a shame cos it is a awsome hobby

[psycho_fling]

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alot of people have posted about their concerns to do with new people not been able to get involved if we did go down one of the avenues

the way i see it is a paying audience is much more important than putting on a show aimed at getting a few people involved

money matters, so the focus imo should be on how do you make it break even or make a profit. This way the extra money can be used on other projects or to attract new people

[craig_colliass]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhJpYHz38PA

[GlenR]

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Whats more important... the buzz from the show and entertaining... or building and fighting robots to the death.

Some of the roboteers in Australia have a similar setup. The fee for this year is $100AUD (~£60) and I believe some of that went to replacing the floor of their fixed location arena. They've also started beetleweights/kilobots this year. I'm sure if Glen or someone reads this they might be able to provide more info on their setup.

So to summarise, I would support such an idea

Depends on the state, but in nsw its $100 a year and the money just goes into general repairs or upgrades on the arena through the year (its in another roboteers backyard in the shed mind :P) just redid the floor with the moneys this year and we're starting a portable beetleweight arena soon just to mix it up. take it around to different builders places, have some social events etc. 7 years of doing featherweights once a month was wearing on us all a little i think. doing sportsman, normal featherweights and beetles with alot less events this year so that seems to be alot more fun so far

the few public events we have done are exciting from a builder perspective, but in the handful we've done with respectable crowds theres been no new builders as a result. so no one is really too keen on doing any more unless were asked tho the qld guys are running a tutorial + event at the state library up there so hopefully that will create some new builders.

with the hordes of builders in the uk 100 bucks a year should be able to get you a good location like the OP mentioned. im sure having it in one location wouldnt be a problem. after all for the distance it takes us to drive from sydney to melbourne for an event we could drive across your entire country haha i joke :P

[james...venom]

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do you imagine the cost of a warehouse large enough to contain an arena, pits area??? thats without seating, workshop space etc. its certainly an idea for someone who loves robot wars and has plenty of spare cash to inject every year. certainly not a business.

[MattPPA13]

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Didn't Roger Plant build a paintball shooting robot craig

[john]

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i think we need shows, if were stuck in a warehouse new people arent going to find out about us, enough people think robot wars is dead anyway so we defo need shows

[JamesDavies]

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I agree john, I think without the shows it would die on its feet... Although it is a nice idea having a fixed, kick ass arena, I dunno how feesable it would be to run... and personally I do quite like atmosphere of the live shows

[robotwars]

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ok, heard enough .

Thanks

[Bodge Job]

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I think there should be a fixed arena in the middle of the country that has say 2 or 3 big events a year with a large audience to earn a little money to pay for repairs etc, and a small event every month or 2, just for robot with a small audence of friends and family.
The events should still tour around the country and offer a small discount of the big fixed event to advertise the event, then we get more friendly battles closer to home and with less of a cost for us.
as I am also a young roboteer who can only just aford a tiny £100 robot as I dont earn money and I ask for robot parts as birthday presents, I think it would be a great idea to have fixed arena to fight in, and we could provide our own tables and chairs and share tools so then we would have to buy less too.

[G-DogG187]

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just a thought??? . as a sport? has no one ever tried to introduce a betting aspect in to it?? i mean kids could go and enjoy the show? where as the perents could go and put say a 10 or 20 on a compeditor to win?? would bring a new dimention to the sport and would have potential to generate some money?? probably a realy bad idear but just thought of puttin it out ther??

[Mouldy]

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fixed grade 1 arena would be sweet. If i won the lotto it'd be on my list of things to do

[psycho_fling]

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how high up though dave

[terry]

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im with you dave ! jackpot lotto win and i would buy a warehouse for a static
arena and workshop area all free to roboteers.
camping area and well stocked bar aswell !
sadly ive only won like £50 since its been running but its nice to have dreams ! lol

[leorcc]

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i think we need shows, if were stuck in a warehouse new people arent going to find out about us, enough people think robot wars is dead anyway so we defo need shows

I agree. The audience already has an out of sight, out of mind mentality and if it weren't for the live shows people would have forgotten about Robot Wars and therefore robot combat a long time ago.

I can see the appeal of a fixed arena, but then we would need a big event to hold in it with lots of media coverage nationwide to draw in fans if we want our sport to grow. We need audience to bring in fresh roboteers or else the ranks of roboteers will dwindle even more.