Quote Originally Posted by PJ-27 View Post
Any details of where?
No details as of yet beyond this email. It does say we will find out soonish though.

Quote Originally Posted by Silent Night View Post
That sounds great, but why would they want to not only create a new weight class (the only weight class that will be represented), but also discourage old robots from coming back? Wouldn't that not only cause more fuss than needed, but also alienate casual fans who want to see at least one of their favourite robots on the TV screen?
Because they want this to be all new, probably a new IP in some cases. Unique robots means unique toys and other branded items, it means a new and fresh look and feel and it means that they have full control over many things they wouldn't if they reused the old rules. It also forces people to come up with new designs/robots rather than hashing out new ideas or reviving old ones.

With team controlled arena weapons and a new 'more creative, powerful, awesome robots' rule set, they want a modern, new, unique show, something that many roboteers don't want. Ever since series 6/7 of RW the weapon principals haven't changed that much, they have just matured and become more powerful thanks to technology improvements. This new rule set will give people to test out and build unique and interesting machines without the fear they won't be competitive against the current fleet of robots.

(I think that all makes sense)