Quote Originally Posted by k_c_r
Marien's suggestion of restricting verticals could be a good decision too, as you're likely to get a lot less vertical flying shrapnel from horizontals and most of it will be hitting the polycarb instead of the netting.
Vertical spinners are supported by the floor and can hit a lot harder then horizontal spinners, that are not supported other then by the robots weight. So the power of a horizontal spinner is limited by the weight of that robot, not the strength of the arena.
Shrapnel will go anywhere, either way.

By the way: even without the Hardox, all robots get built better and better, stronger, with higher reliability. This says that all roboteers are getting more experience, and better at the game. This is good, because it keeps the costs of repairing down, and the fights last longer.
As an organiser I want as much movement en noise (of weapons) as possible. Maybe we can influence this by giving difficult designs a weight advantage over simple designs. Something like:
Hammers: 100% of the max weight - Flippers: 90% - Discs: 85% - Wedges: 70% - Boxes: 60%.

For peoples health, it would be good to go to middleweights, or 80 kg heavyweights. But I fear that this would damage the nummer of now active robots.