Robot Wars Series VIII - Week 5 Discussion

[Rapidrory]

Was a little disappointed that Toby wasn't driving at any point; That kid's vicious behind the controls! :P

[craig_colliass]

Again I and a lot of other people who are cleverer than me saw nothing to even be construed as a fix! Ellis won because the judges said so, these are professors in robotics and similar they are not going to be swayed by the production staff.

[Omnibot9]

Again I and a lot of other people who are cleverer than me saw nothing to even be construed as a fix! Ellis won because the judges said so, these are professors in robotics and similar they are not going to be swayed by the production staff.

Just while I'm here. Good sportsmanship btw. (although I would certainly be willing to send someone's bot home in a bin bag during the finals to entertain - as I would expect of them)

I was just wondering have you considered what might help make your weapon more effective on the attack if RW is back on next year?

[adz600]

??? I beat beast fair and square I presume you mean Gabriel vs beast . I still find the decisions strange but have accepted them

I carry no bad feelings for Craig or Ellis in fact both are great people and good machines

But please ensure the posts are accurate

[Ellis]

??? I beat beast fair and square I presume you mean Gabriel vs beast . I still find the decisions strange but have accepted them

I carry no bad feelings for Craig or Ellis in fact both are great people and good machines

But please ensure the posts are accurate

Very sorry Adam, my mistake, total brainfart. Yes I did mean Gabriel, edited the post and re-reading it it sounded a bit like a jab at Craig, which is completely not the intention, so added a bit there too. Thanks for pointing that out!

[Will]

I loved the 5th show although I think the editing did make it look a bit biased (for the record I don't for a second believe it was) but you see that in loads of other edits.

I absolutely loved Gabriel - the premise of its design is brilliant - avoiding the problem rather than slapping on loads of armour, same as a lot of martial arts! Its fighting style (and please don't take offence by this ) did slightly remind me of a daddy-long-legs fighting a beetle - a lot of crazy flaping around without appearing to do much.

[joey_picus]

I loved the episode, and I honestly don't see the controversy (I had no idea it could be even construed as controversial until I saw the thread...). If anything, the fair and consistent application of clearly defined rules made me worry if Mentorn had been replaced by some sort of anti-Mentorn!

[R9000]

I hope I didn't imply that I thought the show was unfair - I didn't mean to if it came across that way. What I meant was that the there was a heck of a lot of stuff going on that wasn't exactly clear-cut. Anything like that, especially a robot coming back from defeat, is something that I would see as a point where controversy could arise. Personally as I said, I think Pulsar won fair and square overall, and this is fairly clear now given the responses in this thread. But whenever it comes to a contest not being as clear as one robot defeated the other and is still running at the end, I can always see room for someone to disagree with the decision made.

I'd also like to take this point to advocate for the judges in this case. I feel like people (not necessarily here, but on the internet in general) disagree with their decisions regularly. And while I'm not saying people are wrong in each case, the judges chosen for Robot Wars aren't stupid by any means, and they know what they're talking about to some degree. So I'd like to have a little faith in the decisions they make unless given clear evidence to the contrary. By all means feel free to think what you like, but that's my stance on it.

[shakesc]

There is always going to be people that don't accept the decision [general comment, not pointing a finger to folk here], happens regularly on a Saturday (apparently though I don't follow football). At the end of the day the Sun still rises in the East and I am grateful that RW was brought back and I had chance to participate.
Its telly at the end of the day and we are competing for bragging rights. I've had lots of fun on the fact that Nuts got mashed in a fight and people have talked to me about that
I think Mentorn will learn a lot from this, just hope series 2 gets commissioned