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The Southern Annihilator Final Razer v Matilda House Robot Crazy

Behemoth reminds me a lot of the Killdozer.

Razer won the 1st of it's 2 world crowns in the 3 world championships of robot wars. From Joe. X

Was the early seasons shot on film before Extreme? This HD remaster looks great!

For those who come onto this and say that Behemoth was robbed and that Razer was helped unfairly to victory by the House Robots - you're wrong. The House Robots didn't help Razer - they were enforcing RULES, which here actually made sense as opposed to the rules Team Tornado cowardly exploited when facing Razer, but I digress. And Razer's attacks not only equalled Behemoth's, but inflicted DAMAGE, which is the most important of the scoring criteria. Matilda separated Behemoth from Razer because the former was pinning it down indefinitely, which is illegal. You don't immobilise your opponent by pinning it in place. All robots were separated like this when locked together for too long. And it wasn't Matilda who put Razer back on its wheels; Behemoth did that. Dead Metal didn't right Razer either - it did so itself. But he pushed Razer off the flame grille because hazards that aren't the pit are not supposed to trap robots in place. If they inflict damage that _results_ in immobility, fair enough. But the recipient still needs to be separated to see if that's the case. And no, this wasn't something made up to suck up to Razer like hypocrites who baselessly accuse others of being Razer fanboys would say - this was done with EVERY robot. For God's sake, earlier in this series we saw Abaddon (an awkward newcomer) get separated from the flame grille for the exact same reason Razer was when the former was facing Technophobic, a previous Heat finalist. Death Warmed Up was also helped off the flame grille for the same reason, and that was the equally poor follow-up to Piece de Resistance. Are you seriously going to say that _those_ robots were unfairly helped? If not, you've no reason to treat Razer differently. There was no rigging, Razer won rightfully and fairly, end of. Also, why is it the First World Championship's ending is just a repeat of the International League Championship being awarded to Razer? What, couldn't the actual trophy be filmed or something? EDIT: also get the name right, Mech Plus. It's RAZER and not Razor. For God's sake, how do people go so wrong with the spelling when there are FIVE KEYS between the E and O buttons on the keyboard?

Somewhere there's a parallel universe where Behemoth was a world champion and made it to multiple series semi finals. Always punching above it's weight. Fantastic bot. Gave Razer a better fight than even Chaos 2!

Mech+ boss: We need more engagement on the TH-cam channel Social media guy: Gimme a sec

hello Chaos 2 is my favourite robot from UK robot wars

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What a nice final fight for Pussycat

Pussycat really was the giant killer of Robot Wars. I don't think anyone else can claim beating 2 of the big 3 and giving the third one a real good run for its money. GOATed machine

Dantomkia threw 2 time king Chaos 2 out of the arena in the series 6 heat 3 final!. From Joe. X

Yes, @joeandrews7329, we all know Dantomkia was twice a semi-finalist, and Pussycat finished as a runner-up in Series 4. Now shut up.

Anyway. It really ended on a high note.

I would love to see some of the battlebot robots in a robot wars arena or a mixed arena melee. LOVE tombstone but I am sure he'd end up in the pit... control issues

i think it was a good ruling.

Oddly, it was not this battle that I found most contentious. Tornado was clearly the more aggressive in this battle. The one I found the worst was Razors demise. I forget who it was against but I think it was a spinner like Hypnodisk, the whole battle started normally, but then Razor took a critical hit that disabled it, rather than the Refbot jumping in and counting Razor out though, the match continued and the opposition robot eviscerated Razor, scattering parts of the robot all over the arena floor until the unit was practically unrecognisable. This was someone's passion, creation and livelihood, and the programme creators simply stood by and watched as someone tore it to pieces. You can see why the owner of Razor gave the programme creators a 2 fingered salute and went to the American version of the programme instead.

Did not know Crichton was on robot wars...

ohhhh why did they not drop it in the hole? right cause it was larger than life. Is that even allowed? Useless trap if you can't fit in it. Otherwise razer would have won this one. Merciless beating or not.

I was never a fan of Razer, but then I didn't like Tornado either. If anything, Tornado did more to kill the original Robot Wars TV series than almost any other robot including Razer because it was about that time that the ingenuity that was such a draw pretty much died. Shame really. But that cage thingy that Tornado had here should never have been allowed - I might not have liked Razer but having a cage like that was tantamount to cheating.

I have no problem with the mod. I have a problem with the outcome. Should have been a draw.

Watching as an outsider. I can see why that was controversial

Obviously many people were upset, because they hated seeing dirty, unsporting tactics at play along with rules that made no sense. And you lot who call people like me "Razer fanboys" just because we argue in favour of Razer here - we're not. We're not biased for Razer, and this argument would stand regardless of who the perpetrator or recipient is. YOU lot on the other hand hold such bias, only that it's _against_ Razer, and for the dumbest of reasons, like that you don't like it being so dominant when that's what you're SUPPOSED to do in this competition, or that you don't like battles being boringly one-sided when this is a real-life competition and not a professional wrestling promotion. So look to yourselves before calling others fanboys when that's actually you. We're just smart enough to realise that if you look to modify your robot to render a specific opponent's attack methods useless because you don't want to work on defeating it PROPERLY, you don't deserve to win, and Team Tornado didn't deserve this victory/Championship at all. There's nothing genius or innovative about their actions - it was nothing but cowardice. And whoever wants to scoff at me for making an "essay" here, know this - I DON'T CARE HOW LONG MY COMMENT HERE IS. Got that? I only care about getting facts, fairness and logic across, and if you're not going to read through it, get lost. Now, I get that there are separate robotic combat leagues that allow radical modifications like this, and whether any of us like it or not, it depends on what those in charge think the rules should be. But there are a few problems - firstly Robot Wars was about using your initial design against all others without altering your robot drastically for specific opponents, thus showing that there's really no perfect design. Interchangeable weaponry is one thing, but Team Tornado took this WAY too far. And secondly, the rules in this case were terribly inconsistent. Firstly, Tornado's anti-spinner and anti-axe (designed for Hypno-Disc, Dominator 2 and Terrorhurtz respectively) were banned but not the anti-crusher because of the latter having moving weaponry on it. Why? What does it matter whether there's moving weaponry on it or not? If it's designed for the same kind of unfair protection, either all the devices should've been banned or none of them should've been banned. Secondly, what's the point in having the pit if you're allowed to be big enough to not fit in it? Yes, you can still be classed as pitted for getting stuck over it or on the edge (which I'll get back to), but the pit's designed for robots to GO DOWN INSIDE, not to be delicately placed over it. Otherwise you might as well just bring back the grilles from Series 1 or have nothing there at all. And thirdly, Tornado WAS immobilised over the pit, yet it wasn't counted because Razer couldn't detach and drive away. Again, that makes no sense, as it was blatantly obvious that Tornado couldn't have escaped its predicament over the pit whether held there or not, and the pit has always meant INSTANT ELIMINATION. Probophobia didn't have to withdraw when it pitted Snake Bite; Razer shouldn't have had to withdraw when it immobilised Tornado over the pit. But oh no, excuse-makers who say otherwise, if something's allowed by the "rULeS", it's perfectly justified. That's the other problem here, which is that you lot keep harking back to the rules without realising that rules can be flawed, and shouldn't be in place if they are. By that sheep-minded logic it's morally justified to murder gay people and be sexist to women because of Islamic law. And don't come back at me telling me that's a completely different matter - OBVIOUSLY human rights are more important than a robotic combat show! But it's the same PRINCIPLE, in that just because something's a rule, it doesn't automatically mean it should be.

There is no problem with this modification, because knowing the enemy's strengths and avoiding them is also a good way to win. If there is no cage, how should this tornado, which can only ram, win? Hope that the opponent will give up or fall into a pit or be damaged accidentally? At that time, kinetic weapons did not have such powerful destructive power. If it was replaced with Typhoon 2 or Carbide, it would only need to hit the razor from the side to paralyze it.

Tornado didn't cheat. Cope, Seeth, Mald etc.

I kinda wish this included the pre-fight interview with Phillipa, the teams, and Derek Foxwell. Derek explains during that segment that Tornado's modifications are completely within the rules and so they are allowed to use it. Also in the post-fight with Craig, Andrew Marchant (Tornado's captain) confirms the cage is still within the maximum allowed size of heavyweights in Robot Wars, which also happens to be much larger than the pit TL;DR Tornado didn't cheat, it's been 22 years, get over it

Razer's fans were quaked by the judge's vote!. From Joe. X

Tornado used that cage three times against Razer. Someone had to stop that crusher eventually.

Why does this look so badly Remastered? Eww

Here before Mech Plus realises they spelt controversial wrong

Oddly, this was NOT the first time that Tornado used it's anti Razer crushing frame. The first time it was used and the first time I saw it was in Robot Wars Extreme Warriors' International Special from Season 2. That episode also introduced me to Tornado's wedge plow, arguably it's more iconic weapon without any controversy.

johnandrews7329 before you keep commenting more spoilers and ruin everyone's fun, ask yourself this. Why would anyone want to know what you have to say when we've all watched Robot Wars and the information is on the R.W. Wiki?! And yes, we're all aware that Tornado first used the anti crusher web against Razer in the International Championship in Extreme Warriors Season 2! Now shut up!

This is why I prefer Storm II than Tornado. Storm II didn’t need to adapt for its fights. It won a lot of them without any modifications. Alright, I admit I would love to have seen that it had for series 8, but I would’ve love to have seen it go up against Razer even better.

Should be DQ Razor still champ! 💪

Oh great, now you’ve done it… 😂

Wat jammer, zo ondermaats. Ik verwacht meer van ons Nederlanders

While Techno Games was a mixed bag of a show they did improve the programme in Series 3 and 4, by bringing in RW competitors and giving them their own events. Favourite was the football/soccer event.

Shocking how far walking robots have come since the 90's

The winner of the competition was Miss Struts from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire designed by Ian Inglis and his family. From Joe. X

an ache?

bro is a believer of #stopkillingbeetles

When I read "Walker Battle* I was hoping for something more like AT-AT's. One of them should have at least had a flamethrower.....

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Okay, I don't know why either this or the other Walker Battle from this series would be shared here when both were examples of how boring robotic combat (if you could even call this such) gets, never mind not being "the most high-octane battle". Also, regarding Joe Andrews useless, spoiler-filled and irrelevant responses that he won't shut up with, people need to mute him as I've recently done and not reply anymore if you see a response from him. It's best not to give him any attention when it seems that's all he's after when he's got nothing better to do.

I would've thought the video would also included the time Apollo later turned Shunt on his side as well as the second time with Dead Metal where it got the latter completely on his back, but oh well. Great power in the flipper anyway.

Dutch machine Gravity turfed Dead Metal in the 4th heat of series 7!. From Joe. X

Most of these competitors were obviously subpar compared to what was on show in series 4/5 of the UK competition but there were some compelling matches here regardless in addition to some fun and unique designs. Phillipper seems to have had a habit of being involved in exciting matches and I liked the unique design of Lizzard. I also like the idea of the losers melee, I actually prefer the heat structure here over the latter series of classic UKRW.

They should have kept the battle music from the old series

I like Adam Clark 259

While I wasn't the biggest Razer fan, I was a bit disappointed they didn't come back for season 7 after that falling out in the European Championship. This match was definitely a turning of the guard...it's time for the next generation of robots to take over.