This was always a good watch on DVD back when there was barely any way to watch full RW episodes. I even have the toy replica of the trophy for this tournament which also leads me onto another note... God rest your soul, Marc Thorpe. You created a truly fun & pretty underrated sport.
Still pains me that they flew Mauler all the way out to the UK only to find that it was too dangerous for the Robot Wars arena. Thankfully they got a redemption in the unaired MTV Pilot.
Unsurprising, though, when Mentorn were so incompetent in Series 3 that it’s amazing it turned out as well as it did. It was this same year they aggravated Rex Garrod to where he stormed out and never returned.
Fantastic Stuff, I only Hope Now someone Uploads the TV Version of the Special that was Broadcast on BBC Choice on the 16th of November 2001 & on BBC Two on the 28th of December 2001!
I really enjoy the creativity these builders display. I really, really dislike the way the house robots get involved and seldom watch this channel because of it. The producers of this show need to take a cue from the Norwalk Havoc Robot League (NHRL) and the way they use their house bots.
@@joeandrews7329 Wrong. The First World Championship was filmed AFTER Series 3. As quoted from Vincent Blood's words in Robot Wars Magazine's second edition, *"Filming the First World Championships started the day after the final of UK Series III."* Amazing. You constantly reply to people with irrelevant and redundant information to where you annoy others, even when they make it obvious to you that it's unwanted, yet you can't get it right when it's actually asked for.
Can you upload the unaired MTV pilot next? (Mech+ has episodes from different channels like BBC Choice and Five. They own the pilot so they can upload the MTV one with no problem regardless of channel brand.)
@@cdname47 They've uploaded unaired stuff before, but it does depend on if they still have the tapes. Dutch Robot Wars, for instance - the only surviving masters they had to hand were missing all the commentary.
The house robots spoil the show. It should be 1 on 1, but when the house robots damage 1 of the competitors, it is not right that the other competitor is given the win.
Simple - stay out of their CPZs. Besides, competitors had more of a habit in the earlier seasons of breaking down more easily, so the House Robots were needed to make more of a spectacle by dismantling the defeated further. And remember, you have to have as much content as possible to get TV audiences’ attention.
Good choice of a full episode to upload, though really the International League Championship (again) should be uploaded as it’s one episode that never has been before in high definition. As for this episode, despite how good it is, there are a few points of criticism to make… - Nice job not realising Mauler was too unsafe for the arena until they were already in the UK, Mentorn! Couldn’t you have learned this immediately and got another American machine instead of wasting the Mauler team’s time? Of course not - the health and safety department was, after all, the reason Rex Garrod got fed up with the show and walked out, never to return. - Why was 101 in this at all when it was never anything special to represent England? Every battle it won prior was by nothing but dumb luck that its opposition broke down. And that same dumb luck happened again here with Panic Attack accidentally reversing into the pit in the first round. I’ve seen people stupidly describe Razer as being overrated, but to me 101 is what’s overrated. I DON’T CARE about cost-effectiveness - only whether or not it’s properly superior in combat! You seriously don’t think that maybe… HYPNO-DISC should’ve been in 101’s place when - aside from BEATING 101 - it won the Most Original Entry Award for its innovative design making it a breakout star? I also find it astounding that Mike Franklin warned Team Razer that he wouldn’t be able to compete in Series 4 if 101’s drive motors were damaged. Like, really? Firstly, it’s your own problem and no one else’s if you risk irreplaceable equipment in a war zone. And secondly, how was Team Razer supposed to be _that_ accurate to avoid piercing something they couldn’t see, from all the way up in their control booth, and with so much moving around from the robots?! 🙄 - In case anyone still thinks this, no, Behemoth was NOT robbed in the final and Razer was the rightful winner, because the latter’s attacks not only equalled Behemoth’s, but inflicted DAMAGE, which is the most important of the scoring criteria. And no, the House Robots didn’t unfairly help out Razer - they were enforcing RULES before Refbot was built to do that. Matilda separated the two robots because Behemoth was pressing Razer down indefinitely, which was illegal. And it wasn’t even her who righted Razer, but Behemoth. Nor did Dead Metal right Razer - only push it off the flame grill because those hazards aren’t meant to trap robots in place. And no, this wasn’t just made up to cater to Razer like biased and hypocritical naysayers of the robot claim - _before_ this, Abaddon was pushed off the flame grill for the same reason, and that was an awkward newcomer facing a previous Heat finalist. Death Warmed Up was also separated from the grill for this reason, and that robot was as poor as its predecessor Piece de Resistance. If you don’t complain about them being separated from the flame grill when stuck there, there’s no legitimate reason to treat Razer differently. None at all. - Why is the awarding of the trophy just a repeat of the International League Championship? You can clearly see that title written on the trophy itself. What, couldn’t the real trophy be filmed for some reason?
Will you stop with your idiotic replies?! "Razer was twice a world champion" I'm @joeandrews7329. I keep making commenting spoilers on every Robot Wars video. :P
Looking Good! Always looking good makes me so damn thirsty. Oh! Too Yellow! I Don't Think So! I Don't Do BROWN! Ribena! in a squeey new purple pack. purple is the new...purple! I like it tasty nice pack too.
This was always a good watch on DVD back when there was barely any way to watch full RW episodes. I even have the toy replica of the trophy for this tournament which also leads me onto another note... God rest your soul, Marc Thorpe. You created a truly fun & pretty underrated sport.
Marc Thorpe created robot wars in 1994.
Diotior going up like a Roman Candle is always hilarious.
Toasting like a marshmallow!.
Still pains me that they flew Mauler all the way out to the UK only to find that it was too dangerous for the Robot Wars arena. Thankfully they got a redemption in the unaired MTV Pilot.
The south bay mauler originally in the USA series from 1994-1997.
Unsurprising, though, when Mentorn were so incompetent in Series 3 that it’s amazing it turned out as well as it did. It was this same year they aggravated Rex Garrod to where he stormed out and never returned.
@@drecknathmagladery9118 There was American robot wars in GB named "extreme warriors" between 2001-2002!.
@@ryanodonovan9497 Cassius his machine was 2nd in series 2.
Ah one of my all time favourite episodes, I still have the DVD for this one!
3 UK series winners featured here, Razer, Chaos 2 and Panic Attack.
thanks for upload!(from Korea!)
Razer was world champion twice.
Happy you guys are uploading❤❤
Razer won the world championship 2/3 times.
Thank you Marc Thorpe. At the end, he looks like the evil twin of Geddy Lee.
Presenting Razer with the trophy.
I’ve Got That On VHS
I used to also.
terror australis
classic example of why having some form of indication that you actually turned on the robot
Aussie possum!.
razor being brothers from another mother with dead metal at 17:09
dead metal just being like let me get a bite
Having a go at All Torque as well as Razer.
Fantastic Stuff, I only Hope Now someone Uploads the TV Version of the Special that was Broadcast on BBC Choice on the 16th of November 2001 & on BBC Two on the 28th of December 2001!
Cheers Sophie!.
The Second World Championship?
@@luckyanimalrobotics3227 2nd world championship was in extreme 1 sometime during 2001.
@@luckyanimalrobotics3227 2001.
I finished this in 110:09 and it was a blast.
Before the 3rd wars.
I really enjoy the creativity these builders display. I really, really dislike the way the house robots get involved and seldom watch this channel because of it. The producers of this show need to take a cue from the Norwalk Havoc Robot League (NHRL) and the way they use their house bots.
Robot wars began in 1994.
I don't know when these matches happened, but the robots look a little too cute and lacking in deadly potential.
Before series 3.
@@joeandrews7329 Wrong. The First World Championship was filmed AFTER Series 3. As quoted from Vincent Blood's words in Robot Wars Magazine's second edition, *"Filming the First World Championships started the day after the final of UK Series III."*
Amazing. You constantly reply to people with irrelevant and redundant information to where you annoy others, even when they make it obvious to you that it's unwanted, yet you can't get it right when it's actually asked for.
@@ryanodonovan9497 Thanks for the correction.
Can you upload the unaired MTV pilot next? (Mech+ has episodes from different channels like BBC Choice and Five. They own the pilot so they can upload the MTV one with no problem regardless of channel brand.)
Wait for it.
I think there's a clue in one of those words that means it'll probably not be uploaded ;)
@@cdname47 Mech+ got episodes from BBC Choice and Five. They can get that MTV pilot
@@cdname47 They've uploaded unaired stuff before, but it does depend on if they still have the tapes. Dutch Robot Wars, for instance - the only surviving masters they had to hand were missing all the commentary.
@@cdname47 You're wrong
The house robots spoil the show.
It should be 1 on 1, but when the house robots damage 1 of the competitors, it is not right that the other competitor is given the win.
Simple - stay out of their CPZs. Besides, competitors had more of a habit in the earlier seasons of breaking down more easily, so the House Robots were needed to make more of a spectacle by dismantling the defeated further. And remember, you have to have as much content as possible to get TV audiences’ attention.
@@ryanodonovan9497 House robots are sentients.
26:21 Pokémon Charmander Apperance.
Razer was world champion twice.
terror australis,as good as a large rock.
Really enjoy fighting robots BUT. This is a distant second cousin to Battle Bots
The Revolutionist.
Just cause a robot is loud doesn’t make it hard
Prometheus from USA.
Someone needs to take the gum away from one of the competitors. He resembles a cow chewing it's cud.
Good choice of a full episode to upload, though really the International League Championship (again) should be uploaded as it’s one episode that never has been before in high definition.
As for this episode, despite how good it is, there are a few points of criticism to make…
- Nice job not realising Mauler was too unsafe for the arena until they were already in the UK, Mentorn! Couldn’t you have learned this immediately and got another American machine instead of wasting the Mauler team’s time? Of course not - the health and safety department was, after all, the reason Rex Garrod got fed up with the show and walked out, never to return.
- Why was 101 in this at all when it was never anything special to represent England? Every battle it won prior was by nothing but dumb luck that its opposition broke down. And that same dumb luck happened again here with Panic Attack accidentally reversing into the pit in the first round. I’ve seen people stupidly describe Razer as being overrated, but to me 101 is what’s overrated. I DON’T CARE about cost-effectiveness - only whether or not it’s properly superior in combat! You seriously don’t think that maybe… HYPNO-DISC should’ve been in 101’s place when - aside from BEATING 101 - it won the Most Original Entry Award for its innovative design making it a breakout star? I also find it astounding that Mike Franklin warned Team Razer that he wouldn’t be able to compete in Series 4 if 101’s drive motors were damaged. Like, really? Firstly, it’s your own problem and no one else’s if you risk irreplaceable equipment in a war zone. And secondly, how was Team Razer supposed to be _that_ accurate to avoid piercing something they couldn’t see, from all the way up in their control booth, and with so much moving around from the robots?! 🙄
- In case anyone still thinks this, no, Behemoth was NOT robbed in the final and Razer was the rightful winner, because the latter’s attacks not only equalled Behemoth’s, but inflicted DAMAGE, which is the most important of the scoring criteria. And no, the House Robots didn’t unfairly help out Razer - they were enforcing RULES before Refbot was built to do that. Matilda separated the two robots because Behemoth was pressing Razer down indefinitely, which was illegal. And it wasn’t even her who righted Razer, but Behemoth. Nor did Dead Metal right Razer - only push it off the flame grill because those hazards aren’t meant to trap robots in place. And no, this wasn’t just made up to cater to Razer like biased and hypocritical naysayers of the robot claim - _before_ this, Abaddon was pushed off the flame grill for the same reason, and that was an awkward newcomer facing a previous Heat finalist. Death Warmed Up was also separated from the grill for this reason, and that robot was as poor as its predecessor Piece de Resistance. If you don’t complain about them being separated from the flame grill when stuck there, there’s no legitimate reason to treat Razer differently. None at all.
- Why is the awarding of the trophy just a repeat of the International League Championship? You can clearly see that title written on the trophy itself. What, couldn’t the real trophy be filmed for some reason?
Razer won that 1.
I was first!
Razer won the world championship twice.
primitive
Robot wars was originated by Marc Thorpe in 1994 when it began in the USA.
Razer was twice a world champion.
Will you stop with your idiotic replies?! "Razer was twice a world champion" I'm @joeandrews7329. I keep making commenting spoilers on every Robot Wars video. :P
Will you stop with your idiotic replies?!
Will you stop with your idiotic replies?!
Will your stop with your idiotic replies?! Everything we know is on the wiki!
oh god please no...
anything but the first three series of robot wars...
More episodes to come!.
Looking Good! Always looking good makes me so damn thirsty. Oh! Too Yellow! I Don't Think So! I Don't Do BROWN! Ribena! in a squeey new purple pack. purple is the new...purple! I like it tasty nice pack too.
Just to warn you, that moron @joeandrews7329 is gonna make an idiotic reply about something we all know on Robot Wars
Razer won the world championship 2/3 times.
@@joeandrews7329 Will you stop with your idiotic replies?!
@@joeandrews7329 Will you stop with your idiotic replies and leave everyone alone?!
I remember the VHS having a Ribena advert on it 😂
from the 80"s?
still using dial up modems?
yawn
1999.