The future of roboting

**cliveb** · 29th June 2009, 19:25

No payrise up here either Tony , but all things being equal we will be at Barmsley next year, and one of our robots will be at your disposal for the weekend. If you are really nice to Wendy she won't offer Stagefright.

**Ianshock** · 29th June 2009, 20:06

Hi. A thought came to me today. A few of the teams produce stickers us included.

I thought why not produce something that the audience can pick up on their way in ?...of course its impossible to do a programme for each event and costly for the EOs. So then thought if each of the teams used a standard template eg word document etc, we could all produce our robots stats on say A5 (1/2 A4) with some team info, have the EOs details, forum website etc and next events etc.

Upto each of the teams if they want to fund this themselves / put the effort in but if a couple of teams can do this every event it could help the community and advertise. Plus the fact gives the audience something to aim their cheers for !

Just an idea.
Cheers Ian

**robotwars** · 29th June 2009, 21:42

Hi Ian,

See this is why its good to chat and talk, and come up with ideas, although im already one step ahead of you.

We have a generic event program which we sell at events, high volume printed to keep the cost down.. however...

I had already decided, that it wouldnt cost much to print some extra info to slip inside it for each event, along the lines of what you sugessted, it would have an up to date robot list, any news / gossip, current standings on the the league table, and some stats from the robots etc....

if roboteers wanted to print off their own signs and banners etc,,,,, to brighten up the pits they would be more than welcome. hint hint !!

Regards

John

**widow_twanky** · 30th June 2009, 09:06

The league version of the UK championships has been a reall success with HW roboteers this year but I think this means that with one day events there is less chance of a competition for the day being organised. Personally I think this loses something for the crowds. When we used to come to events as a spectator we would generally book to see the final because it was more exciting. Maybe it is the case that commercially/marketing wise it makes more sense to have a competition which can be sold to the public and is decided on the day rather than their event just being part of a league and being invited to watch some fights where they have absolutely no chance of seeing who the winner of the overall competition is. Or maybe there's a halfway house.

Andy

**calumco** · 30th June 2009, 09:31

something i think the audience might like is a giant board or projector screen showing a list of all the shows fights to come mabye with a picture by the name of the competing robots for each fight,- or mabye on a screen a thing saying 'next fight up' with pictures of the robots and their names. i no this wouldn't be really possible with the feathers but it might be a good idea for the heavy weights, becasue the audience will be happily able to see the robots names and cheer on which they think is best.

**craig_colliass** · 30th June 2009, 10:34

Thats a good Idea if you go to the cinema, they are always trying to sell you stuff use the screens to run adverts for any drinks and sweats, also goods form the merchandise stall. I know Mr Stu could do something that could be run at all shows on a loop so it could be started when the fights are not on.

Use what we have to sell what weve got :shock: :shock:

**RogueTwoRobots** · 30th June 2009, 13:38

Not 100% linked to the future of roboteering or how we can improve live shows, but who else has seen the picture links in the Malaysia section of the forum for their Robogamez 2009 event?

Their 'theme' or sub-name for the event is 'Rising of the Silent Tower: Resist or Surrender'
How awesome a name is that for a robot event?

As I said in the Malaysia thread, it sounds like its a title for a video game, but using it for naming a robot event just gives a nice little twist to things

It might not be do-able now (or whether there'd be enough interest in it/it would be logistically viable down the line) but having a videogame style themed robot event where the robots have to either work together or fight against each other to complete missions would be cool

Its the sort of thing that would work well more with the all-terrain idea that was mentioned earlier in this thread, so it may not be achieveable any time soon but may as well stick it in this discussion so I don't forget it

EDIT: It would involve having to have some sort of new story for every event so that the audience could follow what's happening, so unless whoever writes the missions was really talented at churning out gripping stories frequently, it wouldn't be a once-a-month thing. But it could be done in such a way that several parts of the mission depend on audience participation, such as gettting them to drive a robot for some sort of sub-challenge

EDIT AGAIN!: Just remembered that this sort of thing happens in the Fanfic section, where they have vapourbot RPGs occasionally. Makes a nice little change to the norm

**knightrous** · 1st July 2009, 04:44

Originally Posted by k_c_r

Not 100% linked to the future of roboteering or how we can improve live shows, but who else has seen the picture links in the Malaysia section of the forum for their Robogamez 2009 event?

Their 'theme' or sub-name for the event is 'Rising of the Silent Tower: Resist or Surrender'
How awesome a name is that for a robot event?

As I said in the Malaysia thread, it sounds like its a title for a video game, but using it for naming a robot event just gives a nice little twist to things

RoboWars has a similar naming scheme with its events here in Aus. We've had the following names:

RoboWars 1
RoboWars 2: The Wreckoning
RoboWars 3: Judgment Day
RoboWars 4: Carnage Continuum
RoboWars 5: Destination Devastation
RoboWars 6: System Smash

Makes it sound like a chapter in a novel

**muchalucha** · 4th July 2009, 19:47

In the near future it is rumored that 40 MHz systems will be banned , i personally have never used anything but (so i may be subject to bias he he) . All newcomers to the sport of roboting use 40 MHz systems , as for a first robot spektrum systems are wayyyy out of most peoples budget. There is no doubt in my mind that spektrum systems are better , but there is no problems with 40 MHz systems , spektrum systems are just better , and really its down to your budget and personal preference. For one , if 40 mhz systems are banned ill be forced to give up this sport , and so will many others .