User blog:Drop Zone mk2/Extreme 1 - How I Would Have Done It

I was watching some episodes of the reboot, and watching the bits in each episode where they looked at how robotics was improving and the new technologies that were developing made me think - what if the original series had done more of that? Techno Games also had similar features in a lot of its episodes, and those were very interesting as well.

As I thought about that, I realised there was a perfect opportunity that they could have done this - the series of Extreme.

Based on an Audited Extreme 1 we ran on the Arena forum a few years back, and looking at the events in Extreme 1 and 2, I imagined an alternate version of the series, with features on technology to go along the episodes.

List of Episodes
 * 1) All-Stars Heat A
 * 2) All Starts Heat B and Grand Final
 * 3) Veterans Day - A competition for teams that fought in Series 1, with a feature about how the show started, with an interview with Marc Thorpe and clips of the 1995 UK open.
 * 4) Robot Rampage - An episode dedicated to the lower weight classes; with a battle each for the featherweights, middleweights, antweights and superheavyweights. Plus, a feature on how to start building a robot on a budget, looking at how to make lighter robots.
 * 5) Iron Maidens - As in Extreme 2, with an interview with Phillipa Forrester
 * 6) Mayhems - Put five of these in one episode, going through to face previous Annihilator winner Razer
 * 7) Annihilator
 * 8) Armed Forces Special - As it was in Extreme 1, but with a feature on how robots are used in the real world by the armed forces and emergency services
 * 9) European Championship - A contest between eight robots from various European countries, a lower-key international event than the world championship (i.e. no domestic champions), with a feature about how Robot Wars has spread across the globe.
 * 10) House Robot Rebellion - Like the Extreme Warriors events, with a few qualifier battles before the final, plus a feature on how the House Robots were designed, and how they have been improved over time
 * 11) New Blood Heat A - With feature on how robots are selected, with interviews with Mat Irvine and Derek Foxwell, plus footage of the qualifiers.
 * 12) New Blood Heat B and Grand Final
 * 13) Minor Meltdown - As in Extreme 2,
 * 14) Tag Team Terror - With a look at how to form a team, with interviews with a few teams about how they formed, what skills they each brought to the table, and advice for people planning to start a team
 * 15) University Challenger - As in Extreme 2, with interviews with the competing teams about how their university helped the construction of their robot. Perhaps an interview with one of the Roadblock or Mortis teams, two of the most famous robots entered as school projects. Obviously I know the robots were retired at that time, but the team members might have been able to give an interview.
 * 16) Second World Championship Heat A - With highlights of the Dutch and US series
 * 17) Second Wold Championship Heat B and Grand Final

Episodes of the original series were 45 minutes, compared to an hour like the reboot, but don't forget that episodes of the first two series were 30 minutes before being increased in Series 3. Maybe more time would be allowed if they included more education content.

Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 21:01, June 26, 2019 (UTC)