User talk:Drop Zone mk2/Archive 1

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 * -- Toon Ganondorf (Talk) 09:52, August 27, 2009

Hi there
Nice to see new users, expecially ones that use proper grammar. Yeah, I mainly dislike Razer because it won so much. Anyway, good to have you here.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  09:55, 27 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, look, I need to ask you to sign your comments. Use four ~ in a row leaves your signature, so we can easily see who said what. Thanks.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  12:06, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Robot Wars Battle Cards
Sorry for being the one to point it out, but you did put the pictures of the Battle Cards Packs in the wrong places, you can tell which pack each picture goes with by the card on the top of each pile, I've already changed this to save you the effort.

I am sending you this message so that you don't do what every other user does and revert my edits. Datovidny(talk) 13:46, April 20, 2011


 * Oh, thank you. That's ok. I got the pictures from eBay, so I guess I must have read the descriptions wrong. I should have paid more attention. Thank's for correcting my mistake. Drop Zone mk2 13:16, April 20, 2011 (UTC)

Robot Wars Sets
Sorry to be a pain, but could you validate/clarify this claim that the Series 3 set was abandoned for being too small. I know for a fact they returned to the same location to film Series 5/Extreme 1. Matt (Talk) 08:21, August 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh, ok then. I read about it in the Robot Wars Fun Fax. Thanks for telling me. Drop Zone mk2 08:25, August 9, 2011 (UTC)

Robot Wars Magazine
Sorry to bother you but I noticed you have uploaded some scanned Robot Wars Magazine pages and would like to ask if you would consider uploading scans of the House Robot origin comics, (from issues 1-5)? I can't find my own copies and as per Murphy's law I missed out on buying copies from eBay. If you say no I will understand. --Chroniton (talk) 23:21, April 24, 2013 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I dont have any more scans. Those parts of Robot Wars Magazine I uploaded are all from the Tornado website (notice how the all feature Tornado), and I uploaded them all --User:Drop Zone mk2

Its and It's
I hate to seem like a grammar natzi, but there is a difference between "Its" and "It's", and it is a little bothersome having to correct them all the time. The easiest way is to imagine it like this - "It's" is basically short for "It is". A sentence like "...considering it is status..." wouldn't make sense, whilst "...considering its status..." would. All I ask is you be a little careful, OK? CrashBash (talk) 20:15, October 12, 2013 (UTC)
 * I understand, don't feel you need to apologise. If I make a mistake, someone needs to correct it. I will try to be more careful in future. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 20:30, October 12, 2013 (UTC)
 * It's OK. We all make mistakes. CrashBash (talk) 17:50, October 13, 2013 (UTC)

Photos
Hi there can I ask where did you find the photos of Mad Dog and Retribution from the qualifiers? Thanks! (Darkshadow651 (talk) 16:35, October 13, 2013 (UTC))
 * The Stag Website, which despite being an archived site has a good amount of pictures. http://web.archive.org/web/20020808233512/http://www.markpepper.co.uk/ Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 16:43, October 13, 2013 (UTC)

Where do you keep finding all these old photos? J im laa  d4   3 (talk) 17:08, October 23, 2013 (UTC)


 * The last few I uploaded where from this site, where various roboteers uploaded the pictures they took at the filming of Series 7. http://www.bugs.nl/media/album/index.php?path=L3J3L3J3Ny8= (There are LOTS of other albums from other live events on the same site, so it is definately worth checking out!) Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 19:50, October 23, 2013 (UTC)
 * Quite a lot of the pictures of merchandise I uploaded where taken from Ebay Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 19:51, October 23, 2013 (UTC)

Arena Forums
Just in case you happen to be interested, you are only two main/file edits away from gaining permission to vote in the Arena forums. Once you have made those two edits, you will be free to contribute to the competitions there, if you so wish. Christophee (talk) 00:22, October 17, 2013 (UTC)

Bigger Brother on Big Brother
I've put a couple of pics of bigger Brother when it appeared on Big Brother on Talk:Team Big Brother page. Sam (BAZINGA) 18:48, November 8, 2013 (UTC)

Favourite robots
Hey, I am compiling a list of the wiki's favourite and least favourite robots and would like as many users to submit their opinions as possible. Here is the link. J  im laa  d4   3 (talk) 08:15, November 11, 2013 (UTC)

Steel Avenger photo
Hello, at the moment we're trying to figure out when this photo was taken, primarily to categorise it. Any info (and possibly a source) would be much appreciated. -- Stalwart UK  10:59, June 23, 2014 (UTC)


 * I found the picture at this web address (https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Steel-Avenger/123980951018899#!/media/set/?set=a.123981524352175.32261.123980951018899&type=3), but sadly there is no caption as to when the picture was taken. The self righting arms and rear flipper can be seen, meaning it was definatley taken some time after Series 4, but apart from that, I don't know. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 11:22, June 23, 2014 (UTC)

Run Amok
Did the Run amok picture come from the team Run Amok website? If it did, the wiki was asked not to take pictures off that website. Sam (BAZINGA) 17:39, August 19, 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, I'm pretty sure it was. Sorry, I didn't know we weren't supposed to take pictures from there. Please remove the picture, and I won't take any more pictures from that site. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 18:01, August 19, 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm not having a go, I didn't know when I got a picture from the website a few months ago. Sam (BAZINGA) 18:29, August 19, 2014 (UTC)

Redone Series 1
You claimed you had eight featherweights and six middleweights, but I only see six featherweights and five middleweights. Where did you get the extra numbers from? CrashBash (talk) 20:07, September 13, 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for spotting that. It was a mistake, I accidentally wrote 8 instead of 6 for the featherweights, and miscounted the middleweights. I'll correct that now. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 17:24, September 14, 2014 (UTC)
 * It's OK. I must admit, I'd be most curious to give your idea a little shot in the near future, so hopefully others will like it too. CrashBash (talk) 17:34, September 14, 2014 (UTC)
 * I'd love to do this tournament. Sam (BAZINGA) 17:44, September 14, 2014 (UTC)

Judges Decision
In regards to the "judges decision", I've seen that all three of us have already commented on Killertron vs Elvis vs The Blob, so there's no need for us to comment. All you need to to is take the votes that the three of us have made and work from there. In this case, RA2 and I have voted against Elvis, whilst Toast has voted against The Blob, so that means it's a two-to-one for Elvis going out. Hope that helps. CrashBash (talk) 08:13, November 12, 2014 (UTC)
 * I didn't realise RA2 voted on the battle, so my response on my talk page means nothing :P
 * So in future, you needn't come to us about it, the robot with two or three judges gets the win/elimination. You've been doing a good job with hosting, so keep it up! Toast  Ultimatum  13:37, November 12, 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for that. I didn't now exactly how the Judge's Decisions on the Forum worked, I assumed the Judges only voted in case of a tie breaker. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 16:22, November 12, 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, in a way we do. You just ignore everyone else's votes and focus on the votes that Toast, RA2 and myself made. And if for whatever reason there's still a tie, you use your vote as well. CrashBash (talk) 16:26, November 12, 2014 (UTC)

Bodmin Community College article
I had a bit of a question with regards to the edit you made earlier, but I didn't want to remove what you had written without consulting you first: The Adams Family never failed to win the heat either, but I'm not sure whether that counts because Thing 2/Wild Thing/Wild Thing 2 seem to be classified as the same robot (at least, they all share the same article) in spite of different designs. What are your thoughts to this, does that count? Combatwombat555 (talk) 22:12, January 3, 2015 (UTC)
 * According to this wiki, Thing 2 and Wild Thing 2 are considered alternate versions of the same machine, rather than different robots the same way Beast of Bodmin and Roadblock are. I counted Wild Thing in the "Robots that never failed to reach the Semi Final" category. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 10:28, January 4, 2015 (UTC)

Can't wait
I can't wait for the challenge belt to begin. It is going to be epic. (Lewis05Lewis05 (talk) 14:38, August 18, 2015 (UTC))