Robot Wars returning?

[pcbore]

OK, short story shorter, I got an e-mail from a friend regarding a rumour he heard that Robot Wars was coming back. Despite him having an account here, its fallen to me to find out if theres any truth in it. Yknow, what with me being an all knowing fount of knowledge to do with all things robotic and all

So anyway. Rumour. Id guess its a load of rubbish, and probably confused with the new series of Battlebots, but can anyone confirm this before I get back to him? Thanks

[ewan]

Robot Wars returning?

er... hmmm... put simply... its a load of rubbish

[babeth]

Robot Wars returning?

You remember Django ? The Dutch Tech ? Hes been at our camping site when the EC in Amsterdam was cancelled and he was talking about efforts to get Robot Wars going again, but in a different kind of format. Your friend might have been hearing something like that. If the rumour he heared involved a kind of travelling circus, thats spot on.
Dont get your hopes up. At this stage its an awful lot of talking and having bright ideas. Better stick with the current way... roboteers organising their own games and having a lot of fun at them. And dont expect television cameras.
After all, this is a hobby. A darn fun one though, smashing things up...

[tunna]

Robot Wars returning?

Damage is just weakness coming out of your Robot,

[julian]

Robot Wars returning?

http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/entertainment/television/curseofbb_3.htmhttp://www.wanadoo.co.uk/entertainme...urseofbb_3.htm

[bex]

Robot Wars returning?

i dotn think its rubbish but well see would be good if it does

(Message edited by bex on September 11, 2005)

[aliboy]

Robot Wars returning?

What the ? How old is that , is it like Seventh Wars news ? And if Robot Wrs is coming back wouldnt we have heard by now ?
EDIT : This might be old but look at http://www.robotwars.com/ Has it allways been like that ?

(Message edited by aliboy on September 11, 2005)

[bex]

Robot Wars returning?

Sorry, this site is temporarily unavailable??? MAYBE they are updating it to accommodate a new series? would be great if they are

[anukhet]

Robot Wars returning?

Emma received a much-needed boost when she was signed up to host the new series of TV€™s Robot Wars. (From Julians web link)

Yeah! In her dreams Its a complete load of rubbish for the convceivable future

[julian]

Robot Wars returning?

I did wonder why RW would want some old slapper.

It does say signed up which sounds more concrete than lined up or whatever. Ah well, my middleweight goes to fight two heavies. I am forever an optimist.

I wonder if there may be some substance to the rumours as Mentorn do seem to be making a lot of money from the old series.

[beast]

Robot Wars returning?

Hi Julian yeah sorry we had a play but i am sure you will be back

John
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[julian]

Robot Wars returning?

Im not sorry in the slightest. The whole family had a great time. Everything that got shook loose will get properly tied down for next time.

[dogbot4000]

Robot Wars returning?

what I do know is this american website are holding a petition to bring back robot wars

[codename_47]

Robot Wars returning?

Yeeha, guessed my password....

Yes, its my curiousity and hoping thats started all this (in a way) after harassing Frank to post what Id seen on the Digital Spy forum here to get the offical word since there was nothing but guesses and speculation on the thread before.
(so thanks for that F-money! )
I admit I was sceptical about it, and still am, but this post has lent it a bit of gravitas...

(Originally posted by Owiseone on Digital Spy)

Hi all,
Just got back from an interview with Jonathan Lipman, agent of Emma Greenwood.
I can confirm the rumours are true......Emma has just signed a contract to host the new series of Robot Wars. As a fan of RW since 2000 I questioned the reason behind a BB contestant being chosen to host this show. I was then introduced to Emma who, I found to be polite, funny and delightful. I admit she worried me a tad when she admitted to not knowing too much about RW. However, she was endearing and a little dippy.........but she is also savvy and has started to research her subject for the airing of RW in the spring of 2006. To be honest, I cant understand why some people are so critical. At the end of the day, the girl had always wanted to be on TV since the age of 8 and was a member of a drama school up until the age of 15. She saw her chance on BB and grasped it. Good on her and I personally wish her luck.........

So....do we have a potential return, or a potential wind up on our hands?
If its true, then the presenting BB girl herself may be being taken for a ride by who knows what....hmmmmmmm

Still, I thought even a hint of a possible perhaps maybe return was worth investi-ma-gating, maybe Im being delusional but Id love to see it back in all its glory!

If anyone wants to view the original thread that started all this in context, its here:

http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=278978&page=1&pp=25http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/...8&page=1&pp=25

Interesting times...


(Message edited by codename_47 on September 13, 2005)

[ewan]

Robot Wars returning?

Anyone that made this thing up mustve been very strange indeed... I for one am 90% sure this thing is made up in some way or another. My No.1 evidence for this is probably the fact that mentorn usually record robot wars during the summer before the spring/late winter in which its aired on TV. My No.2 evidence is that surely no-one is dumb enough to make a BB contestant RW host... We had a celebrity love island host instead!