I enjoyed it over all. Like has been said, watching Razer not live upto the expectaions of anyone who saw it become world champion and become one of the best robots ever along with HypnoDisk and Chaos2, was a strange experience for me. Spoiler Carbide was phenomenal, the death hum was really something that added to the fear factor of that weapon. The fact it completely obliterated Nuts was something was amazing to watch, I don't recall ever seeing a Bot do that much damage to another one. I did love the effort that it appeared the other teams put in to help Nuts get in for its final match. Can't wait for the next
I'd love to see Carbide battle against Napalm from the old series just to see it tear the flimsiest robot ever to ribbons.
Seriously enjoyed that. Yes it lacks some of the charm of the old series, but the fights were mostly great to watch, and there were lots of them. Well deserved win too.
Alot of people loved the 'Death hum' i admit i really did enjoy it but also try to remember this was a thing in the original wars as well, mainly drowned out through sound engineering a fantastic example of this is the Hypnodisc Vs Splinter fight Here is the fight as we saw it, with commentary and soundtrack added And here is the un-editied footage, with original sound, no commentary and no music, and once Hypnodisc gets going... you can REALLY hear that Death Hum and also Dead Metals saw sounds SO much better in this format
Just watched it on iPlayer, very impressed with it, felt like it was more focused on battles rather than some of the silly things they did in the first generation of the show. Sad to see Razor go out in the first battle and my old name sake there put up a good fight too I am in no way affiliated or connected to the Behemoth team on the show lol
I was all ready to gleefully heap abuse on the Robot Wars reboot and mock it mercilessly. I've always like the idea behind Robot Wars but the execution of the previous incarnation left and *awful lot* to be desired. So I watched this earlier. And I didn't hate it. In fact I quite liked it. I'm glad they changed the set design and got a (mostly) fresh crew; I love Craig Charles, but the way he presented the old show pissed me off royally. Not really interested in Noel Sharkey's teenager-smashing exoskeleton ambitions though. Spoiler Carbide is terrifying. The noise that thing makes is enough to make you not want to go anywhere near it. Takes time to get up to speed tho.
You know what, I quite enjoyed that - shame Razer fell in the pit. Can't see much stopping Carbide so long as it can spin up the blade.
Terrahurz had the right tactic, out manouver it and stay close to prevent that blade getting up to speed. Behemoth tried that but just didn't have the endurance for it. Thinking back didnt Behemoth fight hypnodisk in the old wars and used the scoop fairly effectively to deflect hits? Carbide's blade does seem quicker to get to speed and have more destructive force than hypnodisk had. I reckon the motor for the blade could break if hit enough times forcing it to stop. Both bots went flying when it connected. Just think what a solid arena wall would do tho.
Really enjoyed the first episode. Dara did a good job presenting the show, though his post-fight interviewing could do with some work. I was really disappointed by what happened to Razer, I wanted to see some head to head battles with that one. It felt like quite a cheap knockout... I'd actually be happier if they removed the pits completely so that people either fight until someone's robot fails or until the time runs out. Nuts was an interesting robot to bring to the arena and considering it had practically no offensive capability, it did quite well. I think if they changed the chain flails for something with a bit more bite, it could have done some actual damage to a couple of the others. Carbide was a good design, that spinning blade was brutal when it reached top speeds... I reckon it took somewhere close to 3.5 seconds to reach the 'death hum' speed. I think the motor did break in the last fight as it stopped spinning properly after the last time they hit Behemoth, Spoiler luckily they did enough damage to immobilise Behemoth.
Carbide's has more weight to it, and the design will catch the metal of a scoop or side of a robot better than hypnodisk. I think Hypno was design to sheer more, whereas Carbide is design for both sheering and hard, solid impact which suggests they might be able to cope with a solid stop a bit better? You're right though, watch any well piloted spinning disk robot and none of them will go anywhere near a wall. They're death to the motors/belts.
Yeah, I'm wondering how they cope with the sudden stops from the motors. Maybe they have a special clutch?
holy **** that Thor is fast, shame its relying on pure blunt force, if he sharpens the axe then he stands a chance.
I was thinking the same. Why take the corners off the cutting edge? Still, it's working really well and the guy controlling it seems very experienced too. Thor to win this one I reckon. Edit: ...or maybe not.
Don't want the axe to get stuck in another bot. Besides, Thor wields a HAMMER! Very unlucky to suffer a failure like that in the final.
