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Posted by Justin.

Other on team Blue Lightning Alumni Association from RWU sponsored by FIRST-A-holics Anonymous.

Posted on 8/24/2000 9:07 AM MST


In Reply to: et tu Bill Nye? posted by Joe Johnson on 8/23/2000 8:50 PM MST:



Hello All,

Last night I tuned into battle bots because there has been a lot of discussion on it here as of late, and it's not fair to judge something without at least giving it a chance. I think what I realized last nite had nothing to do with whether Battle Bots is really better than FIRST at all, it had to do with society. Look at your local evening news, your video games, movies, etc. Violence Violence Violence. Now don't get me wrong I'm not one of these people who believes that all of this leads to pshycopathic kids, etc. _BUT_ I do have to admit that in today's society robotic combat is a lot more marketable then balls in a trawth, to the average person. We all know and love our FIRST but the average person they want quick and dirty last man standing, saws buzzing, action. But I think we could really give Battle Bots a run for it's money..anyone who was at Battle Cry or one of this summers many invitaitonal competitions has probably never seen more intense action. I also had a very intriguing conversation with someone last night who brought up the point that Battle Bots could be FIRST's huge break. Think about it for a minute, first of all Survivor is gone now (thank god). If you look at the past few months there have been various TV crazes...all kicked off with 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire.' Then came Survivor...(by now u probably see there I'm going with this.) Soooo...people, and networks, are looking for something new, exciting that we haven't seen before. Enter Battle Bots. Once/if Battle Bots takes off then other networks will want to try and clone that type of show. Which is where FIRST can step in and market itself to other networks.

Just some thoughts ;-) Who knows things could get interesting before January ;-)

-Justin