17th April 2007, 5:13 PM
Really I think the main problem is the robots never really actually destroyed each other that often, and there's only so much damageless hammering one can watch before it gets boring. I mean they did end up having to resort to "damage points" for each ineffective tap with a hammer. The announcers were pretty funny though, because the only way they made it cool was basically saying "if that hit you you'd be walking funny for a while". Yay, but I can do hypothetical robot v human battles in my head on my own time :D.
I'm sure it'll be much more popular when the tech reaches the point where crazy damage and lightning speed become the norm. I just got bored of a buzz saw just sorta bouncing off the opponent a long time ago.
That said, EM, I know that sometimes some real damage was done, but I can count the number of times I saw a robot actually destroyed on one hand.
I'm sure it'll be much more popular when the tech reaches the point where crazy damage and lightning speed become the norm. I just got bored of a buzz saw just sorta bouncing off the opponent a long time ago.
That said, EM, I know that sometimes some real damage was done, but I can count the number of times I saw a robot actually destroyed on one hand.
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