Robot Wars returning to BBC2!
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wtf that new format is just utter ****
and thank god for iplayer shortened it to about 15minutes by skipping waffle.
even carbide doesn't inflict any real damage on decent robots.
disappointing first episode. and razors weapon massively under powered now.
and thank god for iplayer shortened it to about 15minutes by skipping waffle.
even carbide doesn't inflict any real damage on decent robots.
disappointing first episode. and razors weapon massively under powered now.
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Was that the team with the high pitched ginger boy/girl?
Only one flipper ever won robot warsand srimechs soon made flippers much weaker.
Road block i think it was called was a good flipper back in the old show.
Edit - Hmm nope it wasnt a flipper, i thought it was as it was rather popular and with its shape i thought it was a flipper one but nope just a get under and ... something.
Maybe i was thinking of Cassius?
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Indeed. George something. I looked to see if they would be returning but couldn't find anything from him on social media for several years.
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That was just a wedge robot, it didn't have an active flipper. Was a good robot though, back before weaponry became more extreme.
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Yeah. Incidentally I'm learning all sorts of things I never knew, such as what happened to Team Cassius!
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I always wondered why they vanished!
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I always wondered why they vanished!
Hope the safety is better then compared to what it was like, maybe he might come back if it is.
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Agreed.
Storm 2 will win easily now that Razer and Terrorhurtz are out. I don't see any point continuing the series.
I think so, yes. I came into it with no baggage of really ever having watched Robot Wars before and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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It was Nuts!
I really dislike any robots with the flipper mechanism though, just a boring weapon ability in my opinion.
I really dislike any robots with the flipper mechanism though, just a boring weapon ability in my opinion.
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After watching battlebots, i was a little disappointed. i guess the american ones are loads bigger and heavier. it just seamed either very amateur or people with very old bots.
hoping for more.
hoping for more.
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Carbide is a knock off of the Battlebots 'Tombstone'.
No, the new format makes it **** and the bots are bad.
If a not is utterly destroyed, they are still meant to fight, so another robot gets automatic points for doing nothing. Its a bizzare choice of format
And theyve picked some entertaining bots that are just rubbish and even the good bots weapons are under powered.
If you do watch it, use the fast forward button a lot.
If a not is utterly destroyed, they are still meant to fight, so another robot gets automatic points for doing nothing. Its a bizzare choice of format
And theyve picked some entertaining bots that are just rubbish and even the good bots weapons are under powered.
If you do watch it, use the fast forward button a lot.
Wonder if Drone wars wouldnt have been a better show to make given the how the tech has gotten popular. Dunno how they would fight but the freedom of movement would be interesting to see used. Or maybe if they combined it in robot wars somehow.
It already is, one of the bots has a quad quapter, but doesn't really do anything.