User blog:VulcansHowl/Draft Article: Robot Wars Arena/Antweight Championship

Following on from my edits to the Robot Wars Arena pages, and the introduction of the 'TV Arena' infobox, I came up with this idea for an extra arena page. Comments and feedback are much appreciated; please let me know whether this page should be added to the mainspace.

Robot Wars Arena/Antweight Championship
For the Antweight Championships of both series of Robot Wars Extreme, a miniature replica of the Robot Wars Arena was built specifically to host those championships. Located in a corner of the Pits at the same filming venues as the other Extreme competitions, the arena was largely based on the full-size version of the Series 5-7 arena, complete with fully-functioning hazards. However, it was made at a reduced scale to accommodate the significantly smaller and lighter antweight competitors, which weighed no heavier than 150g.

General Description
The Antweight arena was based on the same design as the Series 5-7 arena, consisting of a square surrounded by walls and featuring a façade based on that of the main arena. The façade featured mock control booths, entry gates and fans replicating the factory-style aesthetic of the latter, although it is unclear whether the entry gates were fully-functional. In Extreme 1, the arena was lit in a mix of red, blue, purple, yellow and green lighting, closely following the style of the main arena; in Extreme 2, only bright white lighting was used.

Competing roboteers controlled their robots directly in front of the arena, the sides of which were surrounded by tall plexiglass outer walls. Indeed, the aerials of several roboteers' transmitters were visible onscreen for much of the Extreme 1 Antweight Melee. The relatively low height of the inner walls, and the space between those and the outer walls, made it possible for robots to throw others out of the arena using the same methods as in the full-sized arena.

Hazards
Three of the arena hazards present in the full-sized Series 5-7 arena were carried over to its antweight counterpart:
 * The Pit of Oblivion was activated by a tyre-shaped button on the far wall, as with its larger counterpart, and was large enough to fit more than one antweight on occasions. Sometimes, it was possible for competitors to drive out of the Pit with assistance, as Combat Ant demonstrated during its Extreme 2 heat.
 * The Floor Flipper differed from the full-sized version in that it was not only used to throw immobilised robots across the arena, but also fired on mobile competitors as with the later Series 8-9 version. The flipper mechanism was also exposed, which resulted in Anty B falling into the mechanism after driving underneath it in Extreme 1.
 * The Floor Spinner, introduced in Extreme 2, differed from its larger counterpart in that it was black and silver, and modelled on the original Robot Wars logo. Like the pit, it was activated by a tyre-shaped button on the wall opposite the hazard.
 * All four Corner Patrol Zones (CPZs) were also replicated, although no additional House Robots were built for either of the antweight competitions.