With Razer out, is it even worth fighting for as any victory is hollow when the champs are absent.
(ducks quickly before head gets bitten off)
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With Razer out, is it even worth fighting for as any victory is hollow when the champs are absent.
(ducks quickly before head gets bitten off)
:)
why, if they dont have the balls to show up, The trophy SHOULD go to someone else.
dont see why it would be an empty victory with the standard of this yrs bots razor was not missed and bye not entering they could be cutting there nose of to spite there face razor is not robot wars and we will go on inspite of razor not being there kids soon forget and move on
Youre right - Razer is not Robot Wars but Robot Wars should not decide the World Championships, it should be an open competition...... it sounds like the US way of thinking that the winners of the World Series are baseball world champions whereas its really Cuba!
In the end Razer would have taken a serious kicking this year..
They know it.. we know it.. and not turning up just let some semblance of superiority be retained!
I mean no offence by this by the way.. Ive always had the greatest respect for Razers creativity and record in combat... its just had its day!
Sam
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I Know Razer was ready to go this year, but finance
issues could not be agreed ,that said it was probably fortunate that they didnt go ,as Full
Body spinners are difficult to hang on to !!!!!!,I think all in all they made the right decision as did a lot of others, and next time
it is going to be even worse!!!:sad::sad::sad:
There are a certain individuals who always run to the defence of the Razer team. Bottom line is they chose not to enter but this does not take anything away from the competition. Just wish the Razer team could have retired gracefully whilst on top. Look forward to the future rather than looking back at those who fall by the way side.
In my opinion its pretty simple.
Like in most championships, if the current champion cannot or wil not attend, the title is up for grabs.
The competitors this year were second to none, and i fully enjoyed this years world championship. And even though i am still a fan of the robot, i didnt mis Razer, not even for a second.
Bye,
Leo.
Exactly....Razer were world champions, now theyre not. Life goes on and theyll find even harder to come back as time goes on which is something theyll have to deal with by themselves.
Karoline
aww....
he didnt bite!
and I agree with all the above :)
Who didnt bite? Leo or IL whos chewed my head off in the past (like when I forgot the name of his antweight errrr what was it errr Rasher errr Rizla err Rissole?) Shouted he did....by e-mail no less :sad:
no, the current world champ, but I dont want to spoil it for people who dont know who won so Ill stop there.
in case Im misunderstood in anyway on this thread, it was a lighthearted joke to be shared by those who know the results.
No malice was meant toward anyone, the winners are worthy winners, and what the Razer team do is their choice, and I know they respect this years winner, as do many of us.
just clearing it up in case anyone thought I actually meant it wasnt worth fighting for... I didnt
Hehe
How was the climb down James ?
You wanna watch you dont scrape your knees when youre doing that you know :)
Sam
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I dont know the result as I wasnt there but I didnt sense any malice from you at all James.
Did your guilt complex getting the better of you? Never mind, no more sleepless nights for you now :)
No, a dressing down by e-mail got the better of me. Seems Im annoying people.
touche Sam! :)
Bows down and scrapes forehead on floor more like ...... dont listen to strongly worded e-mails pressurising you to change your opinion or to take back what youve said especially as it wasnt offensive in the first place and your original posting was accompanied by a smiley - this is a open forum and everyone is entitled to an opinion and likewise anyone can agree or disagree in the same way - in the open.
Just like to say it wasnt me who picked on him..
I thought it was quite funny... he only went and said what a lot of small minded people were probably thinking anyway :)
Sam
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Yeah i agree with Karoline on that one.
Stuff what people say if thats what u wanna say say it and to hell with waht people think.
i would prefer to be honest in my opinion than to change what i think cus i might offend someone.
Ha ha Sam - another one with a guilt complex eh?
I hear a big Shaggy moment coming on as dozens of people who visit the forum say it wasnt me :)
And another thing - back to the subject of the winning the World Championship and as far as Razer is concerned - it wasnt them either :proud:
Razers the best. Id like to see this years winners (whoever they are) take them on.
Look out George because Sam will be after you. His eyes bulge and steam comes out of his ears especially when he hears the words Razer and best in the same sentence.
:)
George, Razer was one of the best bots in the UK but unless they continue to compete with the new breed of bots, you cannot unfortuantely say they are still the best. Razer v the current champion, well I know who my money would be on and its not Razer.
Same here. I doubt Razer would be able to take on the current world champion, or the 3 other semi-finalists for that matter.
If razer came up against supernova or gravity, then theyd be dead meat. A good flipper like M2 could just play with them, while a good disc like supernova would disintergrate them...
Cheers, Ewan
Oh ewan if only u new what u were talking about...
And what is that meant to mean....
I can see no point in these ifs and buts Razor did not show for s7 so we will never know all it does is get up ppls noses there are plenty of other things to discus. I have said it before on here some where Razor is not robot wars and with the rounds that have been seen so far we did not need it. I have never seen it fight in the roaming robot arena so we cant even say they have fought other good bots and there are some very good bots on the live event tour.I know every one as there fav bots but we dont go on about them being able to beat this bot and that bot the only way to prove it is to fight em. So in the end Razor lost the world champs with a no show. And i could say the bot that did win would have beat razor any how but i wont as it would be a waste of time
If only you knew Ewan :)
Mr Stu
Oh b****r! Seems like I started WW3.......
I agree with Paul as far as competing is concerned.
Razer was one of the best bots in the UK but unless they continue to compete with the new breed of bots, you cannot unfortuantely say they are still the best.
As for the rest against Razer, I just dont know - but there is a solution.....
Team Razer - the exhibition circuit is fine - it pays the rent (just) but for once get off your asses and fight goddammit!
There - I didnt even shout did I
I went to robotwars S7 as well... The only harm being that our bot got squished...:)
Thats the nature of the game Ewan, but youll get used to it after a while. Your wallet wont though...
I dont care whether Razer should have defended its title or not, they have stated elsewhere on the other forum why not and as far as I know it was due to obligations elsewhere that had to be honoured. They had the tough choice: participating in the sport or carrying out the obligations that come with celebrity status. Which will last longer ? I honestly dont know.
So there is no point in continuing to whine about Razer should have this and Razer should have that. As the Worldchampionship progresses you will witness something far more brutal than nip and win. Your innocent eyes will be battered by the gruesome reality of BATTLE.
unfortunatly, Razer could have fought, the other obligations came about once the decision not to fight was made.
At the end of the day, the reasons for Razer not being there have been discussed at length, and as many people dislike Razer so much, it doesnt matter what the real reasons were, people will always gossip.
From my point of view, I do not always agree with the Razer teams decisions, but I respect them as they are the uks most successful robot team, and I am not. I think they should have been at S7, but its not my livelyhood on the line.
As to the world champ vs world champ.....
I think Razer has got it, and if (as I can hear it already) people want to argue about it, dont do it here, e-mail me at
Blahblahblah@notlistening.com :)
I do not always agree with the Razer teams decisions, but I respect them as they are the uks most successful robot team, and I am not.
So why should they bother competing if people think the sun shines out of their behinds just because they were successful at some point in history?
Consign them to history and lets get on with the real world
assuming of course they never return, which they might.
ROFL
Oh dear didnt mean to start an argument!
I really dont know who won this years world champs so I cant reliably say whether Razer would beat them or not, but I am sure that the new champ is excellent. Im not criticising anyone else but just laying further claim that Razer is great. Would it win against todays best? Until we see it happen, who knows? :)
razer would easily beat this years champ:)
George, please dont think that you started anything but unless Razer actually participates against the level of competition around at the moment no one will ever know. My criticisms about Razer are not personal - Ive never met Ian or Simon but I would repeat anything Ive said to them if I did. I do think that both Razer & Warhead are engineered with a designers mind towards aesthetics as well as combat (I commend them for that) but the question of wholl win? Who knows. Its just whoevers better on the day as anything can happen. Perhaps the only way that itll be decided is by staring each other out :)