User talk:Drop Zone mk2/Archive 1

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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))
 * The first battle will be up tomorrow, then one battle per week. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 14:45, August 18, 2015 (UTC)

The Necromancer Image website
Dunno if you saw this yet or not but I'll give you the link again on your talk page, mind you there isn't much. This is the same website that I found the Gahra and Dynamite at the S5 Qualifiers image. Here it is: http://www.fogma.co.uk/gallery Diotoir the son of nemesis (talk) 15:57, August 18, 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, nice to see anyway Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 20:39, August 18, 2015 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for putting images of robots in the arena lately, keep up the good work! :) Diotoir  the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 14:22, August 26, 2015 (UTC)

Robot Wars Vs BattleBots
This is an idea I have thought off for a one off tournament for Extreme 1, 4 from Robot Wars and 4 from BattleBots. See what you think of this idea for a tournament. (Lewis05Lewis05 (talk) 13:59, August 31, 2015 (UTC))
 * Not that bad an idea, but the tournaments for Extreme 1 have already been voted for. Maybe you could suggest that idea on the Arena Discussion page. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 14:13, August 31, 2015 (UTC)

Something small, but overdue
Over the past year, you've gone to extreme efforts to keep this wiki well-presented with new information and page fixes, with no signs of letting up. Such dedication can't go without at least a small reward.

Display it on your userpage if you wish. Toast Ultimatum  19:32, September 1, 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 08:22, September 2, 2015 (UTC)

American Robot Wars Final 1996 video found
Hullo. My name is SpaceManiac888, an editor on the Lost Media Wiki. I have just found out that a user named BBCRobotwarsUK has uploaded the entire video of the American Robot Wars Final 1996 on his YouTube channel. Here is the footage. I have added some infomation on the article. SpaceManiac888 (talk) 17:35, September 13, 2015 (UTC)

Sir Chromalot
I don't recall seeing Sir Chromalot having a crusher when they used their new flipper in Extreme 1 onwards, because they never crushed any robot with it.
 * Check the unique weapons page. To be technical, it was a flipper/axe, but it still counts as a dual acting weapon. The Flipper Frenzy is for robots only armed with flippers (as moving weapons. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 17:47, September 14, 2015 (UTC)

Votes
Hi, I'm going on holiday tomorrow so could you put votes on the Grand Final for m
 * Roobarb vs Mute: I feel that Roobarb might have the better design for flipping Mute over so I think that Roobarb will get in the all important flip.
 * Roobarb vs Draven: Draven has the ideal weapon to damage Roobarb so will win on damage.
 * Mute vs Ajjay: Ajjay is quick enough to dodge Mute and push it around.
 * Ajjay vs Draven: Ajjay might be easy to grab but it would have the edge in a pushing match.


 * Roobarb vs Ajjay: Ajjay is low but Roobarb has the flipper and should be able to flip it.
 * Mute vs Draven: Mute is a harder shape to grab so should get in the important flip and pit it.

Could you put the relevant votes on the Grand Final for me, I'd be grateful if you did. Sam (BAZINGA) 13:07, October 11, 2015 (UTC)
 * For the Challenge belt: Panic Attack to win after picking up [insert name here] and pitting them.
 * I'll definately put all the Grand Final votes in for you, but I might not put in the Challenge Belt vote if the battle dosen't seem like it would end like that. (For example, if it is drawn against Pussycat or Firestorm, which this version of Panic Attack lost to) Enjoy your holiday! Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 13:21, October 11, 2015 (UTC)
 * Awesome, thank you, I understand (Pussycat, Stinger and Firestorm have beat it at this point so they'd win again). I will. Sam (BAZINGA) 16:05, October 11, 2015 (UTC)

Something's happened when I tried to vote
When I voted, for some reason, the page will not display at all. I think there might be something wrong with the arena or I have done an immense screw-up and I haven't noticed. Either way, I am scared of what is happening. -- Demon Of  Tomorrow  14:58, October 12, 2015 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, it has fixed itself now. -- Demon Of  Tomorrow  15:00, October 12, 2015 (UTC)
 * It happens when people try voting round the same time. Diotoir  the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 15:05, October 12, 2015 (UTC)

Maximus
For your contribution to the article (thanks to me :P) here's a little award:

Diotoir the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 15:25, November 5, 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but the wiki no longer gives out badges. They stopped them in 2011. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 21:13, November 5, 2015 (UTC)
 * Even if it is for winning a Wiki Wars? Why must they be considered stopped when you received one this year, I received one in 2012 and others probably have for what they have done for pages on here since 2011. Sam (BAZINGA) 21:34, November 5, 2015 (UTC)

This page here is where I found out badges for editing mainspace pages were discontinued. Oh, and I won an Award this year, not a Badge. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 21:45, November 5, 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd presume badges were cancelled because articles had reached a point where they couldn't be expanded much further. Clearly we've been proven wrong in this case (and a few miscellaneous others like my Gyrobot expansion), so I see no reason for this badge not to count. I'm an admin so what I say goes :P Toast  Ultimatum  01:42, November 6, 2015 (UTC)
 * Didn't expect a whole discussion over a simple present I gave to Drop Zone. So Toasty does this really mean a return of the awards? Diotoir  the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 18:10, November 6, 2015 (UTC)

Hit Man
Unfortunately, both myself and RA2 contacted the seller of Hit Man, but neither of us got a response as to which series Hit Man failed to take part in. I still think we have enough information for a full article, but it'll have to say unknown series. Toast Ultimatum  09:08, November 15, 2015 (UTC)
 * This is what the description of the listing had: "This is a large robot that was built to take part in robot wars used in practice filming but due to over runs not able to stay for actual filming this is definitely not a toy this is only suitable for adults to run in a safe environment. Has three one horse power Bosch motor which is geared to produce twenty horse power to the wheels, has 10" diamond steel cutting blade . All remote control electrics including handset . Lights up when the saw is operating. Will need new battery as not been used for sometime . All stored inside house so no damage. Selling on behalf of my father so any questions might take a few hours to answer." Is any of that useful? Sam (BAZINGA) 13:41, November 15, 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, if we're not sure that Hit Man entered Robot Wars, then it shouldn't have a page. Good to find some info on it though. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 13:47, November 15, 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh it's definitely a Robot Wars competitor, it was even used in practice filming. If you look at the eBay listing, it makes several mentions of Robot Wars. Toast  Ultimatum  19:15, November 15, 2015 (UTC)
 * Toast, I copied and pasted the description that the seller put on the listing above Drop Zone's comment. Sam (BAZINGA) 19:21, November 15, 2015 (UTC)

Interesting images
Where are you getting all these wonderful images from? Diotoir the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 10:30, December 3, 2015 (UTC)
 * Too many sites to list, and some of them I don't remember. (I have a lot of saved images on my computer from varying sources, and I haven't got around to uploading them until now) The images of merchandise are mostly from eBay. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 10:39, December 3, 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh, and some of the higher quality of robots as they appeared in Series 6 are scanned from Robot Wars: The Ultimate Guide Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 10:41, December 3, 2015 (UTC)

RfA
There's an ongoing RfA which doesn't have enough of a clear opinion for closure yet. Do you have anything to add? It doesn't matter whether it's good or bad. Toast Ultimatum  15:12, December 14, 2015 (UTC)

Series 4 qualifiers
Will you be uploading any more images from the magazines? because they could give us more info as well as pictures from the qualifiers. Also the revision you did to the List of Known qualifiers, there is a picture of Terrorpin and Agent Orange (as well as the actual model) from the S4 qualifiers. Diotoir the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 10:15, January 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * I uploaded the article on the Series 4 qualifiers, I don't think there are any more pictures of qualifiers in that magazine, but I'll have a look. As for the edit to "List of Known Qualifiers", I knew that Terrorpin and Agent Orange failed to qualify, but there is no reason to put "Agent Orange vs Unknown" or "Terrorpin vs unknown" because it is a list of KNOWN qualifiers. Obviously Agent Orange and Terrorpin had to go through the qualifiers, but there is no reason to put them on that list if we don't know who they fought. If you had a photo of the robot they fought, or a description, I would have kept it, but otherwise there is no reason for it. There are many, many robots that failed to qualify that we don't know who they fought at the qualifiers, but we don't list things like "ORACs Revenge vs unknown" or "Bash Gordon vs unknown". That picture you uploaded proves they entered Series 4, but not who they fought or why they failed to qualify. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 10:23, January 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * I understand. I wish there was a Terrorpin website or article which could tell us. Diotoir  the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 10:28, January 25, 2016 (UTC)

Magazines
Out of curiosity, will you be uploading any more pages of the magazines? I was wondering if we could get more images like the Inverterbrate image. Diotoir the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 18:09, February 9, 2016 (UTC)
 * My plan is to eventually scan in ALL of the magazines, but before I do each one, I need to write the article for each one. I am also hoping that a user that owns the issues of the second run of the magazine will scan them in, as I only own issue 6. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 09:55, February 10, 2016 (UTC)
 * I've made a start on Issue 1, and have uploaded about 10 pages out of 27. Should have issue 1 all up by tomorrow, but it will take me a while as scanning in a magazine is a long and slow process. I will post them to a blog before I make them mainspace. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 10:57, February 15, 2016 (UTC)

Nothing too major
earlier on I posted a vote on the old vs new tournament thing and it appears to have disappeared. If it has something to do with my grammar then I am sorry.--Botomatic1000 (talk) 22:36, February 17, 2016 (UTC)
 * No, you need to make 300 mainspace edits to be allowed to vote there. When you make enough, someone will tell you and you can vote in the tournaments to your hearts content. J  im laa  d4   3 (talk) 23:09, February 17, 2016 (UTC)

thanks for telling me terribly sorry I didn't know about it--Botomatic1000 (talk) 12:51, February 18, 2016 (UTC)
 * No problem, but as you mentioned your grammar, yes it probably should improve a bit, such as capital letter at the start of some of your sentences :) J  im laa  d4   3 (talk) 13:47, February 18, 2016 (UTC)

Very true I tend to be quite stupid when It comes to grammar its not exactly one of my strongpoints.--Botomatic1000 (talk) 18:23, February 18, 2016 (UTC)

Quiz
Interested in participating? User_blog:Jimlaad43/Robot_Wars_Wiki_Quiz! J  im laa  d4   3 (talk) 17:07, February 21, 2016 (UTC)

DVD quality images
The number of images you've upgraded over the time you've been here has been astounding, and the wiki is much better looking for it. And when a robot is good looking, they'd get...

Toast Ultimatum  11:06, March 7, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, there are still lots more on the DVDs, which I plan to upload soon. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 13:08, March 7, 2016 (UTC)
 * And I shan't make a habit of giving these away, given that all someone would really need to do to earn one these days is create an article for a 2016 robot, but after a huge rewrite of Bigger Brother, you couldn't possibly not have one of these.

Toast Ultimatum  16:37, March 7, 2016 (UTC)