User:ToastUltimatum

Hello all, this is ToastUltimatum, resident Yorkshireman of the wiki. I'm the active bureaucrat around here at the minute.

Subpages

 * Lists - A compilation of my favourite robots, battles, among other lists
 * My Robots - A look at some robots I built, as part of an educational course run by John Findlay
 * Audited Wars - A re-randomised version of each series of Robot Wars, and who I think would win each battle
 * Audited Wars Debate - A chance to vote on a select few matches from the Audited Wars that were tough to decide
 * Ragnabot - One of my favourite Robot Wars hobbies, my versions of the wiki's famous Ragnabot tournament.
 * Ragnabot Success Rate - An archive of which robots have done well in my Ragnabots, and how often they did so.
 * Miscellaneous Tournaments - A handful of other Robot Wars tournaments I've run for my own entertainment,
 * Robot Wars: The Eighth Wars - One of the first things I did after getting Internet at home, I ran a hypothetical Robot Wars: The Eighth Wars, as if it were held in 2004. Very outdated.
 * Merchandise Checklist - A list of each piece of Robot Wars merchandise I own, and which major items I'm missing.

History
Despite me being among the newer portion of the community, I've actually had somewhat of a connection with this site since its beginnings.

When Robot Wars Wiki was first being created, Christophee asked two fellow Robot Wars fans he know on Wikipedian, CBFan and Izzy259, to help out with this task. CBFan got in there pretty quickly, but Izzy259 didn't. As you may have figured by now, Izzy259 was indeed me, at just 10 years of age. Contrary to belief, I was not a girl, my young age made me think Izzy was a shorthand for Isaac ¬_¬

But no matter. If asked why I never joined this place, I honestly have no idea at all. I now know that I ought to have, this site would have been a great learning opportunity, as well as one to help the wiki as much as a 10-year-old could, and it would kick-start me into full-on wiki editing, which I now enjoy committing to.

Eventually, I did join the site under the poor username of Torngentleman2, where I added a quote from S3's team captain as to why S3 didn't compete in Series 7, and made the Robot Wars: The Sixth Wars/Heat G article. After that, I disappeared once more.

In September 2012, I finally committed myself to Robot Wars Wiki, with the ToastUltimatum account. You might have heard of it.

Personal Trivia

 * The first episode of Robot Wars I ever saw was quite a unique choice - it was Heat D of the New Blood Championship. I can't remember anything about watching it, but I know that I spent the week waiting for the Grand Final, so that must've been my first.
 * Therefore the first battle I have any memory of watching was Storm II vs. Thor. 13 Black and Gravity are both in my Top 18 Robots, but it was the return of Thor had had me most excited for Heat D of Series 7!
 * On July 26th 2016, I was called by BBC Radio 5 Live to talk about the new series of Robot Wars on air! I talked to Sarah Brett and Adrian Goldberg and another caller about the modern advancements, the live circuit, and called out The Mirror on Dara Ó Briain's "near-death experience". If you want to listen, skip to 2:47:00, not sure how long it will stay active
 * Until 2016, I never saw a series of Robot Wars without knowing in advance which robot would become the champion. It was very unlucky in the case of Series 7 because I had to go round to my Mam's new boyfriend's house, and he didn't have Five. I went to school the next day, and someone told me "Spin Doctor" won.
 * The closest I ever came to talking to a roboteer for years was receiving a YouTube comment from the Kia of Dantomkia, Kiara. Naturally, with the rise of Facebook groups, the wiki and Roaming Robots educational courses, I've spoken to a lot of real roboteers now, including the true builder of Dantomkia!
 * Back when I was 11, I'd draw robots from Series 7 and the video games when I visited my Grandparents, and eight years later, I shared the results on Facebook. The best doodle of the bunch, of Storm II, was noticed by Team Storm themselves, and shared on their own Facebook page.
 * In an effort to raise my girlfriend's interest in Robot Wars, the first battle I ever showed her was Kronic the Wedgehog vs. Mighty Mouse. Now, her favourite robot is Thermidor II, and she's seen the shell of Mighty Mouse at a Robot Wars live event. It'll be fantastic to see the moment she realises her first ever battle was actually part of the setup to Thermidor's second heat win!
 * I applied for a job as a runner in the 2016 series of Robot Wars. Naturally, my Diploma in Creative Media meant nothing, and I didn't even get a reply.
 * One of my favourite playthroughs of a Pokémon game was my 2013 run of Pokémon Y, where I named every single Pokémon I caught after a Robot Wars competitor, which included hundreds of different names. My team consisted of Firestorm the Delphox, Daisy-Cutter the Florges, Groundhog the Watchog, Pressure the Avalugg, and Drillzilla the Rhyperior.
 * I was quite proud of the names I was able to offer to the elemental monkeys on my first day of playing; Pansage, Pansear and Panpour got to become PanzerWraith, Panzer Mk 2 and Panzer Mk 4 respectively.

Top 18 Robots
For more lists like this, see User:ToastUltimatum/Lists

Robot Wars Let's Plays
On YouTube, I go by the name of TaleOfTheToaster, where I make Let's Plays. If you don't know what one of those is, it's a playthrough of a video game while commentating over the top of it. While I mainly make Let's Plays of Nintendo games, previous LP's including Mario Tennis: Power Tour and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the ones you're most likely to care about are my Let's Plays of Robot Wars video games. I've made Let's Plays of both Robot Wars: Metal Mayhem and Robot Wars: Advanced Destruction.

I have also made a stop-motion TV Ident using Robot Wars toys, which you can see here

Let's Play Robot Wars: Metal Mayhem

 * Part 1 -
 * Part 2 -

Let's Play Robot Wars: Advanced Destruction

 * Part 1 -
 * Part 2 -

Primary

 * Robot Wars Wiki (bureaucrat)
 * SmashWiki (rollbacker)

Secondary

 * Icaruspedia (administrator)
 * F-Zero Wiki (bureaucrat)

Tertiary

 * Lylat Wiki (administrator)
 * Nintendo Wiki (ambassador)
 * Super Mario Wiki (standard user)

Occasional

 * Zelda Wiki (standard user)
 * Bulbapedia (standard user)
 * Game & Watch Wiki (administrator)
 * Donkey Kong Wiki (standard user)

So basically, this site is my only Wiki on Wikia, and also my only non-Nintendo Wiki.