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[leorcc]

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Thats how i improve my robots.

[tom_b]

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Ed, its a fantastic machine however if you wanted to get to the World Championships, youd have to finish in the top 3. John Willoughby, excellent finale for Steel Avenger, what can we expect from SA2 next time round?

[babeth]

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Vic, the Robot Wars crew became VERY worried during the qualifiers and the filming because the arena got a lot of damage from the start that was worse than they have ever seen before. We are talking about I-beams of (Im guessing here) 100 milimeter think getting bent like straws, Im talking about polycarbonate panels getting smashed like thin ice, Im talking about using crowbars to dislodge panels wrecked into the supporting beams and for removing removable links (pun intended), I talking about cameras getting hit by flying robots, featherweights going into orbit and roof lamps having to be replaced. A lot of money was spent there.
It was fun though.

[storm]

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Tom said however if you wanted to get to the World Championships, youd have to finish in the top 3

Eh.... where did that come from ?

Ed
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[anukhet]

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The reason I guess that RW was worried about the state of the arena was a public safety issue more than the actual damage to the set. A hit to an already weakened construction could result in serious injury to the audience.

[spinnerboy]

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Then there arena is not up to scratch then is it.

[leorcc]

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I agree. But after watching the fights from the pit are i also found that the robots this year are far more destructive compared to the robots of series 6 vs series 5.

I believe it has to do with the increasing amount of Magmotors, Lems, fullpressure systems, buffertanks, Nicads, Hardox, and other neat stuff i dont have the money for in series 7, wich were more rare in series 6.

The robots have evolved this past year in a way Mentorn never anticipated. And im pretty sure you wont see this arena for series 8.

[spinnerboy]

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if we see a series 8!!!

[leorcc]

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Think positive. And if not, then not. Eitherway, the arena problem is sorted then.

[spinnerboy]

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possibley i they can spend that sort of money on a new one.

[steelavenger]

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Thanks Tom. The next SA will have 4 times more axe power, will be smaller and more manoeuvrable and have a front flipper too. Hopefully it will be all the things that SA never managed to be!

The arena is definitely not up to it any more for some of todays robots. It has come a long way though - just look back at some of the early shows and see how much its been improved.

Is it just me, or does this thread seem to have wandered off the subject a bit?

[leorcc]

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Subject?

[tom_b]

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Ed, the following statement below was mentioned on the Robot Wars Series 7 Discussion Menu under the Grand Final topic.

*The climax to the 7th Wars with the top 3 robots being offered places into the World Championships to represent the UK.*

[storm]

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No - Im not questioning that Tom, Im questioning where you got our desire to get into the World Champs from

Ed, its a fantastic machine however if you wanted to get to the World Championships....

I just wondered why you suddenly felt the need to point that out and explain that although its a fantastic machine, I would however have to finish in the top three ?

Seemed an odd statement to make.

[Guest]

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Yes, in one context it could mean that storm finished where mr tom said.

But in another context, it could mean something else.