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Robot Fighting as a TV show is a very old thing, I've been watching it forever. Ever since the latest ABC iteration it's been better than ever. Back in the day it was like 1 really exciting fight for every 4-5 barely functioning wedge bots with malfunctioning weapons pushing each other around while the commentators desperately snort coke to stay excited. That's basically reversed now, where almost every fight is destructive goodness and only rarely is it shoving matches. That said, I kinda miss the more hazard-strewn arenas that these shows had and Robot Wars still has. I can see why the modern Battlebots gets rid of them because it reduces randomness and there are 10s of bots that could legitimately win without bs getting in the way, but it's still funny to watch some driver forget about the pit and tumble in. Plus it never gets old seeing the stage crew desperately winch a ring out'd 250 pound robot out of the trench around the Robot Wars arena in the background while they interview the winner.

In this vein, somebody mentioned the Beta/Hertz guys aren't in these Battlebots because they're in China doing another tourney. Is there any way to watch this? I know how to internet so watching Robot Wars as an American is easy, but Chinese TV is a mystery to me.
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