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[Anttazz]

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The forum is inundated with stupid questions already. How did it work back in the Robot Wars days? If it worked then it can work now and it attracted plenty of top quality engineers, and in no way can more talent and ability hurt this forum. The people posting rubbish will get ignored as they do now and will go away, people who are willing to give it a go and learn might well manage to put something together and all credit to them, and they might be the ones who create the next evolution of the sport.

If people start being stupid and trying to put Uranium in a biscuit tin on wheels then so be it, I call that natural selection.

[Bodge Job]

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If people start being stupid and trying to put Uranium in a biscuit tin on wheels then so be it, I call that natural selection.

Lol

[Ellis]

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I would personally love to see our robots on TV again. I have never (after being a fan of RW since I was 3, now 16) seen a single person say they disliked Robot Wars and wanted it off TV. Any popular RW footage on YouTube will have comments about how much they wish the program were still around all over it. If any talks with TV companies are had, that is a good point to make; endless proof of demand for such a programme.

That said, these talks about televising come up every other month and thus far, they have come to nothing. Don't mean to put a black cloud over this, as as I said, I'd love to see our machines back on the box, but that cannot be forgotten. Somewhere along the path to television there's a wall, ways to break it need to be discussed, not what will happen if it gets broken.

Edit: I'd suggest making a thread dedicated to this discussion if talks go much further.

[Anttazz]

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That was the point I was trying to make Ellis, you have probably described it a bit better though as I think I must be in a strange mood today . We would really need a plan to get something done and once we have that we can go at the TV guys. Even if, for example, that plan starts with making a Youtube channel that shows battles recorded from inside the arena using good quality cameras and edited together properly to get a presentable folio (just a possibility) or something totally different.

Again though as you say, none of the talks have had basis or direction and I think that is where the discussion needs to go if the topic is to become anything other than a random thread propping up another 5 threads about whether there should or shouldn't be a TV show.

[Ellis]

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My dad has always said (and I believe it to be true) that saying I can do is worth far less than I have done.

By that, I mean, go to a company or TV studio or channel or what-have-you not just with an idea for what could be done but with what could be done and what has been done, i.e.; with a demonstration. A small 15 minute professional looking promo that can be taken along with an idea for a television show I think would make a huge difference to our chances of convincing Dave or whoever/whatever it may be to make a move. Such a film wouldn't be too difficult to produce. So, backing up what you have said, let's get an idea on the go!

[mattsdragons]

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If we can get a few people together o pitch somethig then I would be willing to do my bit, we won't know till we try

[jonny]

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My dad has always said, and I believe it gets truer every day. Actually doing something is far more valuable than talking about it on a forum endlessly.

[typhoon_driver]

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My dad always said, GARY STOP USING THAT F&&&ING ANGLE GRINDER I'M UP EARLY IN THE MORNING!!!!

[kodster]

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My dad always said, GARY STOP USING THAT F&&&ING ANGLE GRINDER I'M UP EARLY IN THE MORNING!!!!

Get him earplugs!!!

[chrissbb]

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well, well, ive been away (working) for one day and look at you lot . at the moment it looks like a split decision for and against with some geat ideas thrown in for good measure. the 'letter' has been sent to 'dave' so we will see. but it does worry me that the trend seems to be that you only wish to use your bots you have. well we will see what 'dave' has in mind. by the way just wa ched a rerun of ' the gadet show' including a bot fight, was that you lot ? Chris.

[mattsdragons]

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Have too see what 'Dave' say then, but till that point, all this is just thoughts till we get something back

[jonny]

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if anyone's serious about this film a couple of fights at the next rr event, slam in some fancy editing intros etc mix up a couple of these fights with a pit walk around/roboteer interview and some b roll footage of the crowd etc, lay over some fight commentary afterwards. now you'll have something half decent or better that you can show dave as a sort of pilot.

[Anttazz]

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The fancy things are maybe something PJ and I could work on? We are both audio/video engineers respectively, we did have a chat many moons ago about some collaboration possibilities too. Haven't mentioned this to him though , but if he's up for it and someone has the footage then i'm game.

I can't really go to any RR events, but if someone wants to take decent footage from a decent amount of cameras I can definitely edit it.

[typhoon_driver]

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Time to play devils advocate (because that's the kind of guy I am )

-Whoever's event you go to you will need permission to film and send on the footage and have some form of agreement in place as to what happens if DAVE came back and said let's do it. Anyone considered this?

-What makes what you are suggesting different and interesting? Robot wars was done to death by the end. Obviously it didn't help that the tv channels messed it around showing it at different times etc but the show was becoming rather repetitive.

[Anttazz]

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First one is no problem, its something we'd have to discuss the whichever EO took the idea up. A few options off the top of my head would be technical advisory positions or possibly arena providers on a rental/hire basis. Still plenty of money to be made for them.

Secondly, what is it that sells the concept now compared to back then? RR managed to book and sell out that section O2 something like 9 times and someone at Dave obviously thought about it at some point when they brought back the old series to their channel. That is something else that can be discussed with the EOs.


This is the kind of thing I did when I was working in Canada, only with music rather than video, still have all the old contract templates kicking around somewhere.