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[PJ-27]

Hi Paul,

I think you've hit on 2 very important things there.

1. Getting on TV seems an odd aim,,,, why are we fighting for this? We do also all need to be united. The Internet is a great tool, I think we should focus on this, and not necessarily on making money. If stuff turns out to be good people will want to part with money (obviously you'll need to have a good business mind)..

2. The competition nature of the shows is very important. Routing for a certain robot gives the audience a vested interested in what's going on. I remember really caring whether Chaos 2 won or not, and this would be true in any sport. It's why betting exists in almost all sports! The current format of shows doesn't really allow this, they're micro competitions. The FW Champs does, but it's only 59 robots and one weekend a year. The internet could be a good portal to allow more audience participation and follow their favourite robot.

[Bodge Job]

Yeh, I think that that's a good idea, with the Internet advancing so much, it could easily be done. The cameras would be the most expensive part. Also I think FW robots would be an easer first route to take, as they still have full combat, and would be easier to film due to the smaller arena. Also it could easily be moved back to heavy weights after. I think if feather weights were used, there needed to be a rule about unique is robots, so there eaiser to follow, as there seems to be alot of one type of robot for example, black HDPE wedge bots... (two of which being mine) but I am trying to change that.

[craig_colliass]

Talking about TV (formula 1 style) is to talk about the destination,

now lets talk about how to get there.

First what do we have?
second what do we need to do today? :shock:

[team_orr]

This makes for interesting reading:
http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/mark- ... very-36832

[mattsdragons]

So robots are making it back onto american TV?

British TV always seem to like doing what the Americans do, this may not be such a bad copy

[Silent Night]

Had no idea James had an interest in robot combat. Seems to be interesting and could recindle interest by other broadcasters.

[blazerbotics]

Suprised it's not mentioned on the RFL forum (not that i can see anyway)

[blazerbotics]

Abit more here http://www.inquisitr.com/216711/roboged ... urn-to-tv/

Robots'R'Us still own the trademark for 'Robogeddon' over here though.

[mattsdragons]

Possible UK spin off named after one of the live companies?

[blazerbotics]

according to a few guys on the RFL forum, they think the robots are going to be big (and expensive) something along the lines of 'Real Steel' or the loading robots in 'Aliens' and 'Avatar'. Whether normal 'bots will have a part to play in it, but looks an expensive show, especially for the likes of Discovery.