Ideas for Robots: Extreme Wars

[codename_47]

Re: Ideas for Robots: Extreme Wars

No offence to anyone here, but I don't think anyone is going to come to these shows to watch the roboteers talk about their robots.

If anything, they should be hidden away (I know this will rankle with some who want the reward of fame for their roboteering hard work) and the pretence of the robots being autonomous played up.

That way the robots themselves become the stars and develop a personality of their own.

Even back on Robot Wars it was Razer is devastatingly powerful with its jaw or Tornado is tenacious etc, not Ian and Simon are working well together today to attack their opponents etc

In a way, the drivers should be a bit like the operator of a Dalek, seeing them would ruin the magic a bit...

Fine to have an interview AFTER the fight to talk about what the crowd have just seen, but not before really.

[chimera1]

Re: Ideas for Robots: Extreme Wars

Hey Ho

When are Roboteers going to start thinking out of the box (Jonno) and bin that wedge!.

On a more constructive note I think the last post is well wrong,the crowd would be more interested
in the team talking about how thier robot was made than hearing the compare waffle on too long.

Also most roboteers do have access to a decent video camera so decend on the arena on mass
instruct them on areas to film and cover all angles thats how mentorn did it-hey you might even
sell the edited version to a tv company.

Anyroad.............Colin

[swanaldo]

Re: Ideas for Robots: Extreme Wars

The masses do come to a show to see the robots fighting. Like the TV the chatting to roboteers has been a time filler just like at live shows. If there was no need to fill time while robots are cleared up you wouldnt see roboteers at all.

[PJ-27]

Re: Ideas for Robots: Extreme Wars

NO NO NO roboteers interviews, there's only so many 'Ro-butt' jokes I can take!

[Silent Night]

Re: Ideas for Robots: Extreme Wars

Is it possible to use any of the soundtrack from Robot Wars during fights? Someone extracted the tracks from the Extreme Destruction game a while ago, and Mentorn isn't exactly doing anything with the rights at the moment.

[Ellis]

Re: Ideas for Robots: Extreme Wars

Is it crazy to deliberately use them with the possibility of there being an issue? It would get their attention, right?

[Garfie489]

Re: Ideas for Robots: Extreme Wars

Maybe some themed fights, like the Team Bud challenge. Maybe have the Legends trophey (where a robot must have qualified for a series of robot wars to compete). Or maybe something wacky, like 7-8 featherweights take on one heavyweight (each side weighing ~100KG). Would be nice to watch as a side event.

For cameras, maybe a camera that can view the pen like a cctv camera would a garage door. So people can see the robots being activated and rolled in whilst they wait for the next round, would only require a camera connected to the feed to do so.

[widow_twanky]

Re: Ideas for Robots: Extreme Wars

For cameras, maybe a camera that can view the pen like a cctv camera would a garage door

For obvious reasons this would have to be pointed at the faces of the roboteers. We would not want to place the contaigen that is Alice Crack on a 63 TV screen (it wouldn't fit for a start)