User blog:Mystrsyko/Completely true Robot Wars facts that were definitely not made up by us on Discord just now

Completely true Robot Wars facts that were definitely not made up by us just now on Discord.


 * Razer was always in a different lettered heat in all its appearances.
 * Firestorm only ever finished as runner up in every series it competed.
 * The first robot to use LiPos was Storm 2 in series 7. This is attributed to its amazing drive power.
 * Suicidal Tendencies was disqualified from Series 5 for having an unauthorised Ed Hoppitt on their team.
 * Firestorm's Steel Strip was to lower their ground clearance.
 * Cassius was the first ever robot to self-right.
 * John Reid is the only man to have never won a championship as a grand finalist on three continents.
 * Originally the battle of the stars was supposed to feature Michael McIntryre teaming up with Gabe Stroud but was pulled due to personal differences.
 * Diotoir pushed a mobile Tornado down the pit.
 * Iron Awe was the only robot allowed to compete without an active weapon in the reboot.
 * Comengetorix withdrew from Series 5 due to lasting damage caused by Disc-O-Inferno
 * Raging Knightmare was the next-in-line to be the 15th seed in Series 7
 * Sir Killalot's lance was interchangeable with a hammer, in line with his pullback toy
 * Rex Garrod leaving over safety concerns was hastily written to cover the death of the actor portraying him on television.
 * Jeremy Clarkson was replaced by Craig Charles after punching a producer
 * Johnathan Pierce recorded all of his commentary under the belief that he was narrating children's audio books.
 * Mortis was the only Robot Wars robot that entered Battlebots not to have a televised Battlebots fight.
 * The Tragic Roundabout applied to series 10 but was ultimately rejected.
 * All three Spin Doctors were entered by the same team.
 * Iron Awe had the longest gap between appearances on Robot Wars.
 * Trolley Rage cost less than 10 pounds to make.
 * 101 cost £1.01 to build.
 * S.M.I.D.S.Y. had a prototype minibot toy which ultimately never made it to shelves.
 * Diotoir was originally supposed to be the "daughter of Nemesis" but production made the team change it to "son of Nemesis" just before filming took place.
 * The only robot to defeat Razer more than once is Voltarc in Battlebots.
 * Two of the three team members of Widow's Revenge have since become widows.
 * An unused Napalm model can be found in the source code of AOD
 * Mentorn commissioned widow's revenge because they thought that women in STEM needed to be put in to their place and the backash was so severe they had to host an Iron Maidens tournament.
 * The reason Ripper couldn't be in Series 8-10 is because all the profits from the reboot went to John Findlay.
 * Representing Cyprus, Cerebrus is the robot from the smallest country to be represented in Robot Wars the UK wars.
 * Depoppesaurus Rex was the first dinosaur related robot to appear on UK television.
 * In series 9 Push to Exit wasn't actually immobilized in it's fight. The team threw the fight so they could make the last ferry back to Northern Ireland on time.
 * The first documented case of a robot throwing a fight was when TRACIE beached itself on Cunning Plan following a backstage argument over catering.
 * Both seasons of Extreme Warriors were filmed in a smaller scale arena built in Mick Foley's backyard.
 * John Frizell, as a frequent rider of aeroplanes between the UK and Canada, cares not for the environment, and created his peace-loving character simply to qualify for the televised series.
 * Production originally intended for Philippa Forrester to wear a leather mini skirt during Series 5 but the safety officer refused and made her wear long trousers in the pits instead.
 * The reason Craig Charles yells so often in later series is because the constant arena safety upgrades made it increasingly difficult for the audience to hear him with each new series.
 * Fluffy is the only spinner to ever beat a seeded robot in round 1.
 * Hippobotomus was built under a genuine belief that it would be a more competent entry than its predecessor All Torque.
 * After security spotted the Diotoir team making an actual attempt at sabotaging Firestorm on a security camera during Extreme 1, Mentorn arranged a fight between the two, including a reenactment of the sabotage for the tv cameras.
 * GBH is an acronym for its three builders surnames, owing to its four season hiatus as they attempted to find a team member whose surname ended in H following the departure of their original H.
 * Adam Clark is the only roboteer to compete in all 7 series of the original run of robot wars.

The Nick Adams debacle
In robot combat, health and safety should always be a priority, and this was also a concern for Nick Adams of Wild Thing fame. Adams witnessed multiple incident spanning from his debut in Series 2 right up until Series 6.

Standards were improved from Series 4 onwards, but Adams became vocal in his concerns again after an wall breach involving Warhog during Series 6 - a breach where cease was not called. This was then followed by two arena wall breaches inside of the same fight from S3. Again, cease was not sounded, and Adams - who had already qualified for Round 2 - considered pulling out of his Second Round fight against 259 for fear of further arena damage. Adams went through with the fight, but warned producers that his third and final strike would happen if he saw one more poor incident of handling from the show.

In the Semi-Finals, and already agitated after losing to Razer, Adams was then involved in a scenario which would bring about his conclusion on the show. This incident began with Team Tornado.

After seeing Razer progress to Round 2 of the Semi-Finals and having beaten Hypno-Disc themselves, Team Tornado were well aware of the possibility that they could face Razer again. They also knew that their anti-Razer frame used in Extreme Warriors was not wide enough to keep Razer at bay and so went about on their way to widening it in preparation. They started work on pulling apart the frame in order to extend it, but in order to have the space necessary to make adjustments on their interchangeable system, Team Tornado requested an extra table in the Pits.

However, the problem with Team Tornado’s request was that Mentorn had only drafted in enough Pit tables for the necessary time limit they needed them for, because of running costs. For example, Mentorn having 48 empty Pit tables still lingering around after the First Round melee losers were eliminated made no sense. So instead, they would rent out the specific Pit tables required for however many machines would be present by a certain round. The show started with 96 Pit tables, then after Round 1 they would send back 48 Pit Tables, and so on.

Now this meant at the time of this request, only 12 Pit Tables were remaining - for the Semi-Finalists. To further complicate matters, Team Tornado were part of the opening two fights to be in the Semi-Finals. They had just finished their battle against Hypno-Disc - the opening fight to Semi-Final B. Meanwhile, the only other Semi-Final battle to be recorded was the opening battle of Semi-Final A - which was Razer vs. Wild Thing.

With only two battles having been filmed, this meant that the other roboteers were busy preparing their machines for Semi-Final Round 1 action. Out of the machines that already fought, Tornado and Razer were through. These two machines were guaranteed to feature in Round 2 of the Semi-Finals. Mentorn knew this, and also knew that it was important to keep these machines in as healthy a condition as possible.

This only left the two more ‘discardable’ robots - I.E. the robots about to feature in the losers’ melee. These were Hypno-Disc and Wild Thing. Out of the two, Hypno-Disc was a big staple of the show and a higher seed, while Wild Thing was less of a ratings hit - especially after its design change which lost a lot of its character. Mentorn therefore decided that the priority machine in Tornado was to be given Wild Thing’s Pit table in order to make the adjustments needed so that the potential Tornado vs. Razer battle could be as good as possible. The producers then approached Adams and told him that he simply had to move outside. He was given a smaller table and nothing else to work with.

Adams was astonished by the decision, but was unable to form much of a defence against the producers because his machine needed so much repair time. Adams proceeded to work on his machine outside for the next 4 hours.

In that time, Dantomkia had filmed its Semi-Final Round 1 fight and was preparing for its next battle. During his preparations, team member Mike Lambert was aware that Nick Adams hadn’t been present in the Pits for a considerable time, and so went to search for him. His look around concluded with him finding Adams away from the Pit area - still outside in blustery conditions.

Adams explained the situation to Lambert, with the latter kindly offering Adams his own Pit table and personal assistance to continue repairs on Wild Thing. Adams accepted, and was grateful for Lambert’s kindness.

During this second stage of repairs, Adams learned that Lambert was to feature in his next battle: the losers’ melee. During this conversation, Adams also confided with Lambert that he had become increasingly disillusioned by the show during the filming of the Sixth Wars, and that the Pit table incident was likely to be his final straw after two highly concerning incidents previously.

Lambert acknowledged Adams’ frustrations and the two continued to mend Adams’ machine. Their combined effort was enough to see Wild Thing in fighting condition for the losers’ melee.

By this point, Adams had already made up his mind to quit the show, but wanted to show his appreciation for Lambert’s help by giving the latter a present.

This present came during the fight involving the two. It was decided by Adams that he wanted Dantomkia to progress to the next round of the tournament after Lambert’s selfless act to help him out. Lambert reluctantly accepted the wishes of Adams, and the two agreed to teaming up to eliminate Wild Thing.

Adams knew that he needed to make his elimination look as natural as possible, and that Mentorn would likely identify Wild Thing as having deliberately thrown a fight in protest if it was made too obvious. Thankfully for Adams though, his plan involved the Pit - and this was a feature with fundamental flaws from earlier in the series, with a notable delay on the arena hazard descending after Kronic 2 pressed the Pit Release bumper in its melee against Corkscrew.

Adams decided to take advantage of this. He instructed Lambert to activate the Pit Release bumper with Dantomkia - which Adams himself would then follow up by driving over the Pit as it descended. With a delay between Dantomkia hitting the Pit Release bumper and Wild Thing’s subsequent manoeuvre likely, Wild Thing’s elimination would therefore look like a natural piece of bad lack with his machine unfortunately caught out rather than being anything suspicious. His idea came to fruition, and Wild Thing was successfully eliminated in the planned style - while Dantomkia beat off 13 Black also to progress through. Adams thanked Lambert for his help and wished him the best of luck for the future.

Over the following months, Adams remained very quiet. His machine was seemingly due to arrive at for the upcoming All-Stars Championship, but this never developed - with Wild Thing the only Series 6 Semi-Finalist failing to return for the Extreme 2 competition. After the series was filmed with no Wild Thing present, Adams was contacted about his no show. Adams stated that he was not returning to the show. He did not reveal the true reasons concerning safety and individual treatment as to why he quit the show - instead simply labelling his machine with the speculative tag of being “retired”. Adams did not return to the show after this, and reiterated that he wished to be given privacy over the matter.