Maybe an alternative to Robot Combat on TV

[stu]

Now i feel sick.

Mr Stu

[anukhet]

This is encouraging especially the bit about promoting education and stimulating creativity.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4804044.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4804044.stm


(Message edited by anukhet on March 14, 2006)

[ewan]

What a way to change topic

The fact that the board of directors is going to go should help - now time to all rally together campaining for more engineering stuff on the bbc...

[terryc]

I was hoping that 8Ack was the way forward. But after submiting footage to Ideal World the response was that it still looks to much like Robot Wars. I talked to one of the producers last week and the answer was still the same.
By the end of the year 8Ack had developed into something that was enjoyable to take part in and looked good for the spectators.
I still think that its the best chance of getting robot combat seen on TV wether by broadcast or internet.
The BBC wont repeat a format that appears to have failed.
So we either really get behind a new format. Either 8Aack or somthing else.
Or
We have to target niche TV across the internet.

I wouldnt call RW a format that appears to have failed. The BBC did try a different format with Mechanoids that did fail. If they did their market research they will find that the RW format is still popular the problem being is that there would be legal difficulties with accusations of plagiarism being made by the owners of RW. The problem is that robotic combat is exactly what it says on the tin - there isnt much scope for making it differently.
Perhaps a mixture of both new formats like 8Ack and putting across the internet could be a solution. Both event organisers and robot teams could promote this (and themselves of course) much more easily than if it were on mainstream TV.

Especially because Internet TV is really international. And you can watch it when you want. You might even catch the Chinese public if you bring it right...

I would certainly want to see this concept tried out.

Or we all start to make zooks and compete in bamzooki.

[typhoon_driver]

rather appropriate if we want to film battles http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/video-switcher-8-camera-2-monitors_W0QQitemZ7599355740QQcategoryZ53145QQrdZ1 QQcmdZViewItemhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/video-switcher...7599355740QQca tegoryZ53145QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[philip_taylor]

I would love to see you guys broadcast a robot combat program online. We have only seen RW4 on free to air TV down under.

You dont need a vision switcher or mixer. You would do better to video your fights on DV and mix the vision in post production. Avid has a free progrm that you could use http://www.avid.com/freedv/http://www.avid.com/freedv/

[anukhet]

Many of us have that capability on our home computers for post production editing and mixing - besides its quite a skill/art to do that kind of thing live and on the fly.