Good comments especially by Jamie there, but I still say the formula cant be quite right if Roboteers are losing interest,crowds are smaller,too many wedges with a powerfull flipper!.

Yes its true that a fibreglass robot woulden't last five minutes but cant you see that crowds love to see destruction and not just a robot flipped out or emerge with a few scatches.

Some may say I'm not bothered what the audience like but I'm sure the organisers do, because they pay for the upkeep of the arena.

On a more practical theme,has anyone ever done a post battle survey by means of a questionaire?.

question eg:were there enough battles?,could you see the action?,were the intervals too long?,was there enough destruction? ect ect.