User:Hogwild94

Hi guys! I'm hogwild94, but you can call me Jack if you want. I'm a teenager from an anonymous area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. I suffer from severe aspergers syndrome, so I may find it harder to answer questions than others. I started watching Robot Wars at the start of Series 2, when I was just four. I had been watching The Simpsons, and, at the end, the BBC2 announcer said:'Next tonight, Robot Wars'. My mum was uncertain and said 'Do you want to watch that'. I was intrigued and decided to watch on. My earliest memory of Robot Wars is Napalm driving straight at the brick wall in the Gauntlet and getting stuck. I also remember Piece De Resistance, but, for some reason, I recall it getting further than it did. I kept watching the show until it moved to Channel 5 (we couldn't get it in our region at the time), at which point I was forced to stop. But I still had a few episodes on tape, so I could watch them back. I also collected the Robot Wars magazine for about a year until it stopped. In one edition, there was an article on how to make your own Robot Wars arena. With help from my mum, I followed it and created a (near perfect) replica. It still exists to this day, albeit in somewhat rundown condition. In July 2007, I started using the arena and my own model robots to make a new series for YouTube called Lego 'Bots. The first episode, as the name suggests, featured only robots made of lego; in the next heat, only half the robots were lego, but I kept the name regardless. The series has led to many other users starting their own series, most notably lastdaydawning's now cancelled Robo War (which I guest-starred in three times). So far, I have made three series of Lego 'Bots. I started a fourth in June 2008, but, due to school commitments and then tiredness that results from them, I have still not finished it. Camera problems mean I probably won't for some time. I have sinced turned away from making Robot Wars myself and have started to do more research into real Robot Wars. I dug out some old tapes, compressed the files and sent them to some friends, who uploaded them on my behalf. I have become fascinated with writing about them too, which is why I have now joined this wiki. That's all I have to say now, I'll keep you posted. ;) Cheers, Jack