Robot Wars: Extreme - The Second World Championship

[@mr8I7]

The difference between this and the lack less new series and the original run is really clear here. The energy from Craig Charles, quicker interviews and intense background music really keep the tempo of the show up all the way through. The new improved robots of S8-S10 plus the presentation of the older series would’ve been a great combination.

[@DjNikGnashers]

Crackhead Craig was by far the best presenter.

[@Mitjitsu]

He did apply to be presenter of the rebooted series.

[@Damaged7]

It took awhile for me to warm up to Craig but I think he's great. He really did bring a great energy.

[@Threadoflength]

Really great sportsmanship from Drillzilla at the end there. In a competition littered with sore losers/winners it's nice to see.

[@gregoryatkin1509]

The first episode we get a full glimpse of JP's dementia setting in. Diotior got to the semi-finals of the First World Championship, they didn't go out first round, and Firestorm and Tornado were never in it! No mention of the return of Philliper from the promising Depoppasaurus Rex team either. What could have been! Panzer out-tornadoed Tornado, a feat not to be redone until Storm 2. As for Drillzilla, it's a robot I rather like, but it's understandable there's ambivalent feelings to it - it was our equivalent of Son of Whyachi, before people realised Shufflebots were a cheesy way to stuff armour and weaponry into a lower weight class. But hell, it was legal at the time, I'm not losing any sleep over it. Good win from Razer - normally I'm not particularly positive towards them, but that was fully deserved. Excellent control and style, when they realised they didn't have the ability to crush through that armour. Fascinating though that in 10 years, it went from needing a robot bending the rules to be twice the weight limit for twice the armour to be able to resist a crusher like that, and yet in S8, Kill-e-Crank-e managed to stand up to it. Hydraulics really did have their day, and today is not it.

[@jedg9309]

Diotoir also out-tornadoed Tornado in RW Series 5 or 6 (the one they went out in 2nd round)

[@xtheamazingax]

He was effectively spoiling what happens... I mean... listen to his intros... and look what occurs...

[@baalfgames5318]

I wonder what happened to Philipper. Them and Diotor were the only non-US/UK bots to do much, with Philipper even taking out the daunting Panzer and surviving to a close JD against Tornado.

[@mrnaughtycat]

I remember watching this and being impressed by drillzilla

[@evanwilliams6406]

Love this presentation and this style of the show better than the United States telecast.

[@Homerstar]

What a shame that Panzer got flipped over. They were all over Tornado and considering that this was during a time they were nearly unstoppable makes it even more impressive. But it just shows how important Srimech's are.

[@baalfgames5318]

Tornnado Team in the US Version: Panzer are Pansies. Panzer: *Gets eliminated by Philipper.*

[@whraithlord]

Drillzilla has always been a design that has fascinated me, I would love to see how it works

[@rickyspanish7851]

Jonathan yeah it doesnt look like a walking robot

[@Aasha]

Drillzilla only got as far as it did because it found a loophole. If technically classified as a walker the robot used to be permitted to enter the tournament with a higher weight limit. This allowed it better motors and armor than other robots had of the same weight class. But that weight limit was intended to be there to compensate for the lower speed and maneuverability REAL walker robots lack. Quoted from the Robot Wars wiki: -------------- Drillzilla was somewhat unpopular in the pits due to its shufflebot design, which many thought to be bending the rules as the design gave it the weight advantage of a walkerbot but much better speed and pushing power than regular walkers usually enjoy. "I did dislike 'Drillzilla' (AKA 'The Ugly Vibrating Brick'), but not because they beat us. I was convinced - correctly, I think - that their shufflebot design was not good for the sport. The rulemakers agreed..." - Aaron Joerger Shortly after Extreme Warriors was filmed, an amendment that affected Drillzilla was made to the walkerbot rules. It stated that a robot using a camshaft to "shuffle" as a means of locomotion no longer constituted walking. Shufflebots like Drillzilla were now limited to one-and-half times the normal weight limit.

[@Dvonbringsdaknowledge]

Quick question about that. If that was the case then how did Ansgar 3 get approved? That bot was fast af

[@jedg9309]

@@Aasha What about Anarchy robot then? They did the same as Drillzilla and also were above 150kg

[@Aasha]

@@jedg9309 It's been 2 years since that post. I'm a bit out of the loop at this point. I only vaguely remember there was a good bit about each bot n the wiki. You could possibly find what you want to know there.

[@jedg9309]

Mastiff "no self-righting mechanism" minute later "they self-right quickly"

[@ryanodonovan9497]

I'm not so sure about that, though. Yes, Mastiff self-righted, but at that point it was also knocked against by Chaos 2 to where the former was propped up a bit. The question is - would Mastiff have self-righted if it was laid out completely flat on its wedge?

[@lunamelody2025]

@@ryanodonovan9497 It would. I think it can't self right if it was beached on its sides.

[@njgw1465]

So, guys, with Extreme done, it's time for our next series. Series 5 is the logical step, but if there's enough demand for something else - say, Extreme 2, because of the quality, then I'll do that; but as always, it's your choice in the main!

[@mrrawr8494]

I would love if you could do extreme 2 next

[@xDave]

What series do you still have left to upload? 5, 6 and Extreme 2? I'd personally go in that order there.

[@Votesaxon07Reviews]

I vote fifth wars next man.

[@ryanodonovan9497]

The 5th Wars are the most sensible next choice, since the current available footage of it is in much lower quality compared to the footage of the other seasons (at least the last I remember).

[@loganehat2507]

Definitely 5th boss, you rock!

[@SophieCrane-o7v]

6:21 Quite the Shock Moment that but What we UK Viewers Didn't see shortly afterwards (it's seen in the US Extreme Warriors Version), George Francis can clearly be seen Shouting "NO WAY!" as Chaos 2 landed in the pit & Out of the Tournament.

[@tylervielie6474]

They should've also aired the U.S. Championship and War of Independence from Extreme Warriors. Jonathan Pearce would've gone nuts seeing all the carnage in the U.S. Championship.

[@baalfgames5318]

This is literally the same one they showed in US with different dubbing.

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

I always liked Manta. The original 4 wheel drive vertical spinner

[@stuartgibson6357]

Let's see... Chaos 2, Firestorm, Diotoir and Razer. Well, isn't this some tasty toffee from the box of chocolates labelled 'the good old days'?

[@tyreesetjjoyner1995]

On the season 1 finale of Robot wars Extreme Warriors, it's the same 2nd world championship episode just like the UK Robot wars, but except the scenes are extended.

[@kaisyaya8492]

6:34 that one last flip killed me lmao

[@noworriesmate8287]

This is why I love KZbin... you can fast forward thru the crap.

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

Had Drillzilla been shaped like a wedge, it could have been a much better bot and probably the best pushing bot in the wars.

[@michaelcort1763]

Whats very interesting here is that Jonathan Pearce accidentally gives spoilers out... See he announces incorrect statistics about some robots, for instance that Firestorm and Tornado competed in the previous world championship and that Diotoir, Chaos 2 and Firestorm lost in the first round whilst Tornado was beaten in the Semis by Razer. All incorrect... for the first world championship. See the commentary is done post battle, it isn't live. The notes he has are actually about THIS world championship. Oops John, you just revealed the results. On another note the 4 British entrants were the All Stars Semi Finalists, must have been how they decided it. And looking at the damage to Firestorm it appears to have been filmed post Series 5. Also the weight differences of all the bots is comical, what a mess.

[@jhfh3112]

The first Extreme series was filmed alongside series 5, so it's just a case of when they decided to release the episodes more than anything else.

[@KimFareseed]

_Lowers his head in shame._ Whirlpool 70, just how did it manage to qualify.

[@oliverprice114]

1) The producers had limited options as to the robots they could include from other countries. Although Robot Wars was being shown around the world at the time, many countries, such as Italy, had only just started building robots. 2) Robots aren't just picked because they are strong fighters. The producers were also looking for robots with unusual designs, and/or robots that made good cannon fodder. Examples of this include Grannie's Revenge and The Tartan Terror. W70 looked unusual, and was unique in that it was built from a pool cleaner.

[@baalfgames5318]

You are asking how Whirlpool 70 qualified when it was a bot that at least functioned as far as movement went, and not Yeberobo, who did literally nothing the entire match.

[@debut71]

wow the refbot really counts down quick here

[@Boom12]

Tornado getting smacked by Yeborobo was just hilarious xD

[@ryanodonovan9497]

That spot definitely made up for the fact the robot never worked in that battle.

[@ryujinvstheoni6688]

I find it funny how chaos 2 got knocked out of both world championships, by driving itself down the pit.

[@StFidjnr]

The former of those chaos 2 feel they have drawn the short straw because they fought against razer (the eventual winners)

[@eklypse21]

The swedish guys were out of their minds! I dont know what my countrymen were thinking!

[@botbuster8841]

i know it had a bigger weight advantage than usual but man i would kill for a modern shuffler bot that is just as effective as drillzilla

[@samuelgiles7571]

Was Jonathan Pearce's voice echoing throughout Round 2?

[@Votesaxon07Reviews]

It echoes throughout the entire episode. Maybe they were trying to make his voice sound more dramatic like its reverberating around the arena but it comes across as an error.

[@robotwarsfan9000]

@@Votesaxon07Reviews that’s exactly what I thought, it sounds as if they were rushing to get his commentary in as this same episode was aired in America with the American commentary. That’s my theory anyway…

[@C_Williams84_Vlogs]

Top 5 1. Razer 2. Chaos 2 3. Tornado 4. Firestorm 5. Bigger brother Razer because they won the 5th wars and both world championships Chaos2 Impressive wins in The 3rd And 4th Wars And Very good flipper Tornado Beated razer in the 6th Wars And went from seed 12 to NO.1 Firestorm Managed to get to the grand Final twice but never got the title but Epic robot never to be forgotten Bigger brother 3 things 1. Beated Uk holders Chaos 2 2. Beated hypno disc in The Grand Final in the 5th Wars 3. DOWN RIGHT AMAZING

[@deadeye_john]

So now that I've watched the UK and US versions, which one is the best? The UK version does has Jonathan, Craig and its in 16:9 widescreen. The US version has Mick and more footage of fights that were cut from the original.

[@psychicscubadiver]

After the garbage tier entries like 'Ghettobot' in the first world championship I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the American teams in this video. It's even more impressive when you consider that Battlebots exclusive contracts were a thing at this time. I don't think these teams were as good as the top tier of Battlebots, but all four were solid entries that made the UK bots earn their victories.

[@baalfgames5318]

"Ghettobot?" Huh?

[@MrKoiking1]

24:50 why so much reverb on JP?

[@ZondaFRoadster]

So the Revolutionist is the original ancestor of Captain Shrederator? Shame they hesitated, really. If they'd had the sense to start spinning as soon as activate was called, they might have been able to fend off Razer (the teeth may be small, but at 180mph max tip speed this was by far the fastest spinner in original RW)

[@MsSomeonenew]

Well people forget that all the armor on Razer is upfront and they spin on a dime, they would not take much damage from those early spinners.

[@psychicscubadiver]

Yeah, that slow spin up time is what killed them. The fact that Razer went immediately for them and didn't let up until they were out was enough to show that the Revolutionist was the only bot they even considered a threat. Not that that was a particularly difficult feat in that heat.

[@mariomanno1]

Razer was the best robot on robot wars in my opinion. Wish they coulda done better in series 8 and didn't get robbed in series 6 as well.

[@alexandsimba]

mariomanno1 Yeah, second being drillzilla for endurance (I wish they would have put a grinder instead for offense).

[@jackmonaghan8477]

If it had got through to the Head to Heads in Series 8, chances are Razer would have likely ended up being decimated by Carbide.

[@connorbosley4431]

Jack Monaghan it would all depend on who was faster if Razer could have gotten behind carbide it would have bit something important

[@mattarnold198]

It would have been interesting to see how Tornado would do against Carbide with a doubled-up version of the frame it used against Razer.

[@ryanodonovan9497]

Honestly, I wish in hindsight that Razer didn't return. I was initially excited to see it back and was shocked to see it embarrassingly fall out of the competition in the first televised Robot Wars battle in over 12 years, but what chance would it have had against Carbide? Sure, Razer had an anti-spinner wedge, but I doubt even that would've been enough to prevent being violently chopped apart and getting scrapped. Look at Ian Lewis' reaction to what damage Pussycat inflicted on Razer - how do you think he would've dealt with what Carbide would've most likely done? It's not like Razer would've been able to cause much damage anymore anyway, with the standards of armour and construction by 2016.

[@KimFareseed]

33:14, Jonathan, are you sure we are watching a recording of the same fight? What cutting disc?

[@LaveaFirmis]

Its amazing the things that Jonathon misses like S3 is against Mousetrap. He actually thinks the rub spring the S3 tears off runs the weapon, not the chain you can clearly see on the hinge.

[@jedg9309]

Wow Drill-Zilla is best walking robot ever!

[@NewController01]

It kinda became a War of Independence towards the end if I'm honest

[@brainstorm9560]

6:18: Oh George what are you doing?! 15:04: Whoaw, the Firestorm team throwing that shade on Chaos 2. Brutal! 18:31: Razer. Weapons: Hydraulic Ram & Scoop. Um.... I think someone made an error when writting these. 20:41: Damn, that fight ended before they could use the floor flipper (and you know they wanted to) 31:55: Nice to see an honest fight between Razer & Tornado for a change....

[@TheRoboteer]

Hoorah! I can finally watch Firestorm get robbed in the first round in good quality!

[@gregoryatkin1509]

Really not sure I can agree with you there, especially towards the end it looked like it was all DZ. They were more aggressive, though I reckon Graham Bone out did them on driving skill. Yes, Firestorm got the KO on the other two machines but by that measure, Philliper should have won the fourth melee - it was the one to kill Panzer, who would have dominated Tornado if it was one-on-one.

[@ryanodonovan9497]

Looking back at it, I don't even agree with Firestorm being one of the UK representatives in this, as great as the robot is. Look at the others; obviously Razer was going to be a UK representative as the reigning World Champion, and so was Chaos 2 as the reigning UK Champion. And Tornado made sense being that it was a rising star as the previous winner of the Best Newcomer Award, and especially with how dominant it was with the two Challenge Belts in Extreme. But what did Firestorm accomplish prior to match up with that? I would've had Pussycat in its place, since Pussycat had won the Celebrity Championship in Series 4, the War of Independence in Extreme Warriors Series 1 (additionally when all other UK robots lost in the first round to the Americans), the Tag Team Championship with Díotóir and one of the Annihilators in Extreme, and was the one robot to decisively _beat_ Razer by this point. Then again, it doesn't look that bad considering that Firestorm beat _Pussycat_ when facing it one on one in Series 5.

[@lilsunny7399]

gdi philliper, Panzer MK2 was all over tornado and wouldve probably won the battle if you hadnt fking flipped them over not like they wouldve beat razer anyway

[@ZinXlX]

A bot with no means to self right itself and no means to effectively discourage flipping tactics in this competition is just begging to be flipped over for an easy win. Like seriously the creators of Panzer equipped their bot with a flipping mechanism but they never bothered to think that their bot might be flipped as well ? >.>

[@alexandsimba]

ZinXlX It did have one, but got jammed up from tornado's ramming. The only reason they lost was because flipper got a cheap shot while it was facing tornado. I'm sure if panzer had faced flipper he could have beaten it with the pushing power.

[@ZinXlX]

Oh... well that's unfortunate :(

[@baalfgames5318]

What a shame. It's the same one they showed in US, but with different interviews. That must have been kind of annoying either having to ship everyone to two different places only to compete in an event that took place in one, or have the hosts from one move to the other to do their own interviews. Also, I love how the owners of Flensberger Power talks a big game about "no one gets through" in the US version, but in this version, they're clearly more concerned.

[@krystalhummel351]

Didnt Chaos 2 get defeated i could have sworn the 1st final battle was behemoth vs razor and razor won. 8:49 creeper look

[@StFidjnr]

7:49 if we're are in a movie scene a bad guy will say "you're speaking English now"

[@0liverwarren]

6:10 shit like this makes robot wars so frustrating sometimes.

[@andyausman2139]

Thought you could grasp and hold 4 so long? Drillzilla should of gone straight w the drill it had.

[@-anoctopus-]

Its funny how humble everyteam other than the british teams are

[@mr8I7]

It’s probably just because they’re more comfortable with speaking to Julia as they’d already been interviewed a few times already.

[@Warp_Head]

A bit of banter, innit

[@jamesmitchell8922]

This was filmed after the 5th series and All Stars

[@tylervielie5767]

Anyone notice the Mad Cow logo on Firestorm?

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

Panzer mk. 2 was actually a pretty cool robot - but the lack of self righting and bad luck with Filliper randomly trundling over there and flipping them put them out. Quite unfortunate, I hate tornado

[@ryanodonovan9497]

Oh well - you can have a laugh at Yeborobo being thrown by the arena flipper and landing smack on top of Tornado. I sure did! 😁

[@johnn278]

Is there someone donuting an imprezza outside in the car park during the last battle ?

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

16:02 this guy is exactly the same... exact same robot design, exact same unreasonably optimistic attitude. 😂

[@TheRogueAdventurers]

These battles were way too short, and the first rounds needed to go to eliminators

[@FinnMikazuki3]

l like razor working with the house robot on uk robot wars

[@debut71]

razers first heat was so short ?

[@MrGriser]

11:26 Firestorm never took part in the First World Championship did it?

[@tylervielie5767]

No it didn't

[@xyzhou6207]

At least tornado was not cheating on this one, respect even they lost

[@liviustan5438]

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[@jamesmitchell8922]

Where's Shunt?

[@BlueGemi]

Nice!

[@waitforagoodhit7872]

every robot called manta is either blue or a good robot

[@robotwars666]

This is one of the reasons i don't like philper it flipped pantzer Yet a couple of times it knocked a better strong robot just to get dominated the rest of the fight...

[@sticklicious9048]

mantas robo stats pic looks like discord

[@tonybaran1860]

28:00 My aerial is bigger 🤦‍♂️

[@mclarenguy22]

Just bad driving from George Francis.

[@Biadaz]

The razor's heat only 90 seconds?

[@dingbat3440]

I'm sure it was edited down so they can fit all 7 battles in the 40 minutes.

[@DragonNova]

What is Craig wearing? LoL

[@grandmasterfarmer4792]

Needs more fringes

[@andyausman2139]

Y everyone driving straight at Razor? Duh, that's where their weapon is. Side or behind seems more logical!

[@philomenastalltales6485]

I think Kevin Jadowski wins!

[@1993bahamut]

Julia Reed how we loved you

[@tonybaran1860]

What's the name of the stunning reporter 🤤 . Prefer the first world championship lady but this one is second on my yes please list

[@joshhughes5334]

27:33 he's lying

[@crystalheart9]

The Razar robot is deadly!

[@Laufbursche4u]

Spears? Really?

[@logicmonkey1034]

TALK ABOUT SO MUCH FUCKING FILLER! NO WONDER TIS SHOW WENT UNDER!

[@connorbosley4431]

Dantel Everlast troll

[@MountImprobable]

lol chos 2.

[@logicmonkey1034]

ABOUT 5 MINS OF ACTION IN THIS VID.............BOO

[@angelburnley682]

Tornado 😢😢😢

[@johndasalty111]

Replace the end of series 6 with the 2nd semifinal of this game. Razer dumping shitnado in the pit, no problem. That is the canonical ending.

[@liviustan5438]

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[@liviustan5438]

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