Cage or no cage?

[teamhunt]

Okay all.
As we all know if you went to the winter tour Nottingham event, RR put a cage up around the arena, but is it a one-off thing?
Even if it is, well be taking a vote on what we think.
Its your oppinion as a roboteer and spectator.
Me, i think no cage.
1-It gives you a bad veiw of whats happening.
2-It blocks some of the best hazards out, the hammer and OOTA.
What do you think?

[beast]

well as a flipper team i think no cage
but if it a vote i would vote for cage you ask why well a 10 second fight is no good for spectators and the cage does not realy afect the side of the spectator,
what i would like to see is no smoke and full lights as i could not see trying to drive never mind the spectators

(Message edited by jct on October 29, 200

[psycho_fling]

i think cage much better fights, now teams with flippers have to drive a bit better to make there weapon affective ie throw people out the arena

my vote-CAGE

[stu]

This is very interesting, post your views/comments on here, but an offical roboteers poll will go live this weekend where all roboteers part of the system and attend the events can answer simple yes/no to certain questions. One of which is Cage or No Cage - with live results. Keep the comments coming in here - we are here to move the sport/hobby into the future, so your comments are vital and important.

Mr Stu
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

[teamhunt]

Phew, thats a relief!
I thought that youd be fuming, Mr Stu, but turns out in doing you a favour! XD

[joey_picus]

Id vote for keeping the cage, like John said it makes for better fights if they dont end after ten seconds because someones gone out of the arena...also in my opinion the dominance of flippers in live events was starting to get slightly ridiculous, so the cage can only be a change for the better

[calumco]

i think the cage is a good thing, and i like the new kind of walk way with the barrier that rises out of the floor, something i think might be a good idea is to drive the robots on one at a time and whilst that is happening the commentator entroduces each one. but for the feathers because there is so many it might be a bit hard to do with 18 or so in the arena at the same time.

i remember last year when i was sitting in the stands and whilst all the robots are waiting to start a fight the commentator is shouting out all the names, it was impossible to know which robot she was talking about.

[psycho_fling]

yeh but then you have a bit of a safty issue....

[craig_anto]

that could be done with a bull pen, but Im for the cage does raise some issues thou

[teamhunt]

Well, the cage could make for an interesting fight your correct that was, flippers flipping the other robots in the cage and causing some real damage, but i think that there should be a small gap for where the hammer can go, i like that hammer!
(P.s. computers fixed, yay!)