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By the looks of it it was just the drivers that got it, but right in the face with no protection of any kind! Good fights in both episode 3 & 4. They seem to be designed to break really easily. They were using 3 M5 bolts to hold on a piece of armour!
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All to make a decent show. Spraying competitors with hydraulic fluid is pretty nasty though.
I recognized Heather Knight as one of the competitors. She was one of the brains behind Syynlabs Rube Goldberg machine for the OK Go videoclip This too shall pass.
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I will admit that I am wondering just what the lessons learned list will be like safety-wise once they've finished up the season. I can't imagine that hydraulic fluid is that good for you, but that's not the bit that necessarily raises an eyebrow.
(Okay, yes, it does raise an eyebrow...but there is something bigger...)
I don't know if this is in the recaps, but one of the robot's fists popped off during a fight. In the in-show interviews, Mark Setrakian does say that they're hitting each other with the force of a sledgehammer blow. So, with the operators unprotected, what happens if something smaller gets knocked off, heading upwards? How much danger can shrapnel do here?
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For any UK based folks who would like to see the full episodes rather than just the recaps on the SyFy site, they're on Youtube:
Ep 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP_lQQN_F6M
Ep 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYiyQ17xxQA
Ep 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21TwZKUN4LM
Re: The pilot of Robot Combat League is available online
Sorry for the late post - I know that usually I post the next day, but I'm still recovering from hosting a major family gathering on Monday.
Anyway, the new episode of RCL has aired, and the recap can be found here: http://www.syfy.com/videos/Robot%20C...ue/vid:2635214
For Canadian viewers, the full episode can be found here: http://watch.space.ca/robot-combat-l...ge/#clip892415
Hopefully, it will appear on Youtube sometime soon for those in the UK.
I have to say, though, this episode really had me wondering what the devil the producers were thinking. Here's how it played out:
1. Challenge for the remaining contestants for the quarterfinals (I believe) where one gets a prize that will affect their next fight.
2. The challenge winner has their fight (spectacular robot bisection #2 ensues).
3. The fight is drawn out, with only a few minutes left in the episode.
4. Quarterfinals fight #2 begins.
5. Closing credits roll as punches are being thrown in the opening round of fight #2.
6. Show ends before round 1 is even half over.
Seriously - this show was doing so much right...how did it end up falling into amateur night this badly? Really - did the editor and the producers suffer a mass stroke or something?
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Robot Combat League is coming to the UK, Monday April 8th 8PM on SyFy http://www.syfy.co.uk/rcl