Thread: Robot Wars cancelled

Colin indeed raises good points, and he has plenty of experience in both Robot Wars and live circuits. I'm currently building a bot with him as part of Team Death. I'm sure we'll both be at a live event not too far away.
We definitely need to pitch in our thoughts, direct them at Mentorn, so they can hopefully find themselves a new home.

If not, I'm sure we have enough roboteers to continue a strong following and keep up regular live events.

I've been keeping it under my sleeve, but in September last year, i registered a company (Bad Science Limited), with the intention of doing live events of every popular weight category around the north (I was talking to venues in Newcastle, Liverpool, York, Huddersfield, Sheffield & Hull, specifically) every 3-6 month. Running them as a sort of attraction and matter of curiosity, with the public being able to pay a token fee of a few pound, and watch or take part in the events and come and go throughout the day to the venu, watching things smashing each other up, selling stuff (like 3D printed antweights) to people to get them into the sport, and as a resource to learn how to build one if desired. The plan was to also live stream things on the internet. Revenue was hopefully going to be through the mark up on selling things like the 3D prints and the entry fees.
It was a plan I was working on, but I'm not sure if there is going to be enough interest to see that idea through anymore, with Robot Wars likely not going to be on TV for a while, so the knowledge and interest on the public might dwindle. If I see demand and interest still, I might try finding help to get the idea through with roboteers. It'll be quite expensive to initially setup, but then it's just a case of moving the arena (polycarb is damned expensive) around the country and renting out arenas. Sports centres and even church halls i've spoken with were alright on the idea, if I could prove the safety aspect of everything, and in sports centres case, not dent their beautiful flooring. I'm sure with enough patience and funding, permanent regular spots could be formed however.

If nothing else, I can still say i'm the CEO of an actual company, so there's always that