Robot Wars 2016

Mr E

Starts tomorrow night at 8pm on BBC2, presented by Dara O'Briain and Angela Scanlon.

Robot Wars 2016: Everything you need to know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyJMmSMwME4

Thargor

Looking forward to it but slightly pessimistic about the amount of money that will have been spent on the bots compared to some of the American ones, then again even the old bots upgraded with modern materials and batteries should be entertaining.

ShaneU

Starts in ten minutes, loved this show back in the day

Ghost Train

Nice to see it's not too different from the original

Utah

Razer! Yes!!

ShaneU

Razer back on episode one

Thargor

Presentation feels a bit flat does it? I feel like Craig Charles and the crowd used to be going mental leading up to a fight. Good going getting the original commentator back.

Thargor

Hmmm, not a great first fight, feels a bit amateur hour compared to Battlebots...

Ghost Train

Razor messed up there

Pawwed Rig

Pity Craig Charles didn't come back. I would think Dara O'Briain would just take the piss.

ShaneU

Razer out already what a bag o ****e

Ghost Train

That blade on carbide is it? looks dangerous

ShaneU

Spinning blades are the best weapons

Mr E

Not bad, but not battle bots.

That chain flailing robot in the first round was a joke.

Ghost Train

ShaneU wrote: »

Spinning blades are the best weapons

Didn't seem to spin fast enough. Looks like it might have problems after the fight

Second fight was a bit better than first

Mr E

The single battles are much better than the groups.

Akrasia

It's a war of attrition. Clown team ftw

Akrasia

Akrasia wrote: »

It's a war of attrition. Clown team ftw

Or maybe not

Mr E

Do you like jigsaw puzzles?

Akrasia

Carbide are wreaking havoc. Very very entertaining

Indestructable

This is class!

Akrasia

Worst final ever

Ghost Train

Crap Final Fight

Looked like behemoth wasn't fully functioning

expectationlost

carbide hit bemeoth and damaged their wheels

expectationlost

wierd camera angles and camera switching, hard to watch

check out this pic https://twitter.com/digitalecom_com/status/757304787394322432 lol

Thargor

Hopefully it will pick up because that was a bit lame tbh apart from a couple of highlights, Battlebots a way slicker operation in every way, bot design, camerawork, presentation, buildup etc. Some of those robots tonight were complete amateur hour designs that would have been lame ducks 12 years ago when Craig Charles was presenting.

Now remake this!:

weemcd

Disappointing lads, nothing really new here from a show that launched back in 1998. The format, arena, house robots were all exactly the same, ffs give us a few new ones to look at with a bit of an upgrade.

As for the robots that entered, again I was disappointing as I saw little evolution from the shows first run.

A bit lazy in my opinion. The girl who interviews the teams in the pits is savage though.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

I definitely miss Craig Charles. Not sold on it yet, there's a lot more arseing about and chit-chat than I remember from the original run (which benefited from having shorter episodes)

expectationlost

im unsure about the pit, maybe its good at it gives winning robots (who don't want to use their weapon once they've won) something to do with immbolised robots other then stand back and watch wait like happens in the US version

the_pen_turner

i liked it.
I would have preferred Craig but warmed to Dara.I liked the league set up . it gives us a few extra fights.
carbide looks great.
I was unsure when I saw razor. it looked like they didn't update the design. they always lacked grip and pushing power.
that final was very poor
.the pit is a poor feature. it cost razor and has taken from the series.


cant wait to see chaos 2 or hypnodisk. hopefully they will be back

youreadthat

The contestants only had 6 weeks from the BBC advertising for contestants to the first fights so not really surprising a few robots aren't the height of technology.

the_pen_turner

the first 4 look very amateurish. nothing looking overly dangerous.

Utah

Thor seems to be the only decent robot, it's just a lot of pushing otherwise

the_pen_turner

all the robots were crap. no real quality to any of them , they were all poorly designed and built.
the one that won was the best of a bad lot but wouldn't stand a chance against razor, hypnodisk, chaos2, even last weeks winner

loyatemu

youreadthat wrote: »

The contestants only had 6 weeks from the BBC advertising for contestants to the first fights so not really surprising a few robots aren't the height of technology.

AIUI Robot Wars has continued as a competition since the previous series was cancelled, just not on TV - they usually have a round staged at the Young Scientist expo at the RDS each year. So the competitors have mostly been competing for years, they haven't just thrown the robots together with 6 weeks notice.

youreadthat

loyatemu wrote: »

AIUI Robot Wars has continued as a competition since the previous series was cancelled, just not on TV - they usually have a round staged at the Young Scientist expo at the RDS each year. So the competitors have mostly been competing for years, they haven't just thrown the robots together with 6 weeks notice.

All I know is that it was a surprise to many the timescale involved. On some of the forums these guys frequent even some seasoned builders couldn't work with the timescale. The rules for the robots were also not the same so some designs would have needed to be radically altered, and it's not like these guys are doing it full time.

Thargor

I notice a lot of these guys cant even steer their bots properly compared to the Americans, like if you gave them a radio controlled car they'd barely be able to control it. I dont see this getting renewed, the bots are just too crappy, if all you're going to do is ram the other guy why not at least give the robot a bit of power?

Thargor

This is just a piss poor programme tbh, its boring, there has been zero upgrades in the last decade, everything about the bots is so weak compared to Battlebots, all the fights its either someone losing drive or else a judges decision because nobody had the power to do any actual damage.

expectationlost

apollo put on good show, so glad they won over boring storm 2

the_pen_turner

why didn't storm 2 use their spinning tool

Venom

Thargor wrote: »

This is just a piss poor programme tbh, its boring, there has been zero upgrades in the last decade, everything about the bots is so weak compared to Battlebots, all the fights its either someone losing drive or else a judges decision because nobody had the power to do any actual damage.

Yeah even the Robot Wars studio looks shabby and cheap as hell. If we could have a mix of the presenters from Robot Wars with the Battlebots contestants and arena (fcuk the BBC house robots) it would be just epic.

Saying that, Apollo was damm entertaining to watch

bobbyss

First time I have ever seen this programme but yer one Scanlon seems to be bluffing her way through it and seems to be very touchy feely with the contestants.

Ghost Train

Carbide is pretty destructive

Breaking the arena wall was impressive

the_pen_turner

carbide s hands down the best robot.
appolo v carbide should be great.
appollo need to get in straight away

Myrddin

Definitely needs more Craig Charles...it's a decent revival, but lacks a bit of 'spark' for want of a better description.

Ghost Train

Tr2 vs Carbide I enjoyed

Final fight maybe not as much, both ran out of steam a bit, Apollo was a bit more aggressive at the end

Penn

Was this all done on the same day? It really seems like the teams had so little time between the individual heat episodes and the final. I'm sure it makes sense from a filming point of view but it means the robots in the final are still carrying pretty much all the damage from the heats.

Still though, a worthy final and worthy winner. As destructive as Carbide were the trouble with spinners are they can nearly do more damage to themselves hitting the ground or walls.

expectationlost

the series ended how it went with a disappointing weapons failure, don't think anybody got the final they wanted to see

Thargor

Myrddin wrote: »

Definitely needs more Craig Charles...it's a decent revival, but lacks a bit of 'spark' for want of a better description.

So many flat moments where the crowd arent cheering and the commentator has nothing to say because theres something wrong with both bots and nothings happening. Seriously what % of fights this season were decided by one or both bots suffering mechanical failure >60 seconds in? Any little tap seems to cause problems. Nearly every fight in Battlebots is decided by the 2 bots kicking the crap out of each other, in Robot Wars its just a coin toss as to who will break down first.

Did not enjoy this season at all, it was badly put together and felt like a total rush job for some reason.

Venom

Thargor wrote: »

So many flat moments where the crowd arent cheering and the commentator has nothing to say because theres something wrong with both bots and nothings happening. Seriously what % of fights this season were decided by one or both bots suffering mechanical failure >60 seconds in? Any little tap seems to cause problems. Nearly every fight in Battlebots is decided by the 2 bots kicking the crap out of each other, in Robot Wars its just a coin toss as to who will break down first.

Did not enjoy this season at all, it was badly put together and felt like a total rush job for some reason.

I found the full screen instant replays to be a tad over the top and really annoying along with far to much time spent interviewing the fodder teams (glitterbot :rolleyes:) and a shoddiness to the over all production which the original never seemed to suffer from to be my main gripes.

the_pen_turner

What annoys me is the constant changing of camera angles and showing the crowd and drivers instead of the fight. .