Congratulations Typhoon

[storm]

Let me be the first to congratulate Typhoon on their win. The final fight was highly controversial !

However a win is a win !

Congrats to Tornado as well, our fight against them was great fun and something well remember for a long time !

Well get write-ups of the Semi and the Final on the website as soon as possible !

....off to the World Championships now !

Ed
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[spinnerboy]

Congratulations Typhoon

I dont think it was controversial!!
We all no damage counts highly,

and btw yippie a spinner wins RW!!!!!

[dazzy]

Congratulations Typhoon

i was first to say wd to typoon its in another topic :P

[Guest]

Congratulations Typhoon

First time a robot that has something that rotates wins since...er...Series 6. Doh!

[mc_blue]

Congratulations Typhoon

Well done to both teams in the Final. Although the fighting was of a high quality the programme was not well thought out. The padding was stupid - as I tape the wars I only managed to put 25 minutes of actual footage together - the first half was nothing...

The break half-way through the final was a bit stupid - I know that there was an intermission but come off it...

[craig_anto]

Congratulations Typhoon

Hope you called the police Ed youve been robbed.

[Guest]

Congratulations Typhoon

I very much doubt the police will be able to do much, short of stealing the trophy from the Typhoon 2 team.

[steve_c]

Congratulations Typhoon

As much as I wanted to see a robot like Typhoon (spinner, unseeded, no srimech) win RW, I have to say that Storm II was robbed a bit. It had Typhoon nearly over several times, stopped its spinner from working toward the end of the fight (damage, anyone?) and all it took in return was a bit of superficial damage (which was far less serious than Typhoons weapon being broken). If the fight had gone on any longer, Storm II wouldve won it. Plus, Typhoon had a comparatively easy run to the final (the 1st and 5th rounds were the toughest it got, and it had a bit of luck in winning those) whereas Storm II had to fight 2 nasty spinners plus the top 2 seeds (top 3 seeds if THz had made the arena).

Still, congrats to them for fighting 6 battles where it could easily have been turned over, and winning each time. And of course being the first unseeded winner and the first winner without a srimech since Panic Attack.

BTW, I know I sound angry but Im not - I just think that Storm II deserved to win it more than Typhoon did. Its a great result (a new champion thats actually destructive - quite an achievement for the 7th war) and was certainly great to watch. A great way to end one of the greatest TV shows ever.

quotethe programme was not well thought out./quote

It was better thought out than any other episode - no spoilers before the commercial breaks! Now thats how it should be done.

[mc_blue]

Congratulations Typhoon

I agree with you total Stephen. I was shocked when I heard the decision - the expression on Eds face was highly understandable. Stopping a weapon should count against any robot especially one that is so reliant upon its weapon working. I am not bitter far from it - if truth be known I was supporting Typhoon before the fight - but the result did not quite cut it with me.

[david_sellick]

Congratulations Typhoon

ooooh! i can see the discussion for this one going on for months.Well done the Typhoon team .
Not quite how i saw the fight but there you go.
BTW, Ed apart from the obvious what exactly
broke on Storm 2?

[Guest]

Congratulations Typhoon

Looked like some internal chassis members came out. Apart from that it seemed in perfect working order at the end.

Am I mistaken in thinking that Typhoons weapon motor occasionally stalls, but can be restarted?

Congratulations to both teams, to build machines that are so completely reliable and so very effective at what they do is a major achievement.

Also well-done to BOTH drivers, that was a breath-taking fight!

[ewan]

Congratulations Typhoon

Typoon has an on-board 1hp engine starter motor.

[Guest]

Congratulations Typhoon

I heared about a fight in the grand final (THE final I think it was) that was recorded on two days. Typhoon had smashed the arenaside wall, then the weapon stopped working and then the fight was stopped to repair the arena. Then the next day when the arena was fixed, the Typhoon boys insisted on repairing their weapon before going on with the bout. The crew wanted them to go on as they had stopped, but as the Typhoon guys wouldnt budge they had no choice but to let them repair the weapon of Typhoon.

Ive heared this from various Dutch roboteers who were there. As I couldnt be sure if it were the first or second fight of Typhoon in the grand Final I phrased the first sentence this way.

[jamieb]

Congratulations Typhoon

Well Done Typhoon, to be honest it could have gone either way, what a great way to end the best series of Robot Wars ever

[pcbore]

Congratulations Typhoon

From what I can tell from just watching the show, Typhoon needs to be started up like a car. Only instead of keys theres a yellow button on Garys remote, and looking at the way he kept pressing it they were having trouble getting it started which is why Typhoon wasnt spinning for long periods of time.

...Of course thats just the impression I got from a couple of clips. Probably wrong