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Today is the 25th anniversary of the Roadkill incident.
For those not in the know, the Roadkill incident occurred during filming of Robot Wars: The Third Wars. According to witness report, a heavyweight robot armed with long sharp spikes all over it's body was being transported into the arena, when the bot suddenly came to life. This was a result of a faulty homemade turn-key switch and rampant radio interference throughout T3W. It drove around by itself, knocking assistant director Alex Rofaila out from his feet, who's lower leg/ankle was subsequently impaled onto one of the spikes. He was then dragged around the arena until some other people present managed to bring the robot to a stop.
Alex Rofaila was unable to walk for sixteen weeks onward, and Roadkill was obviously disqualified. Filming for The Third Wars was halted for two days, various side events were cancelled, the Middleweight league was trimmed down to a single melee, and various health and safety rules were swiftly put forward and enforced.
Along with this came the prompt retirement of Rex Garrod of Cassius fame. He was extremely angered with the lack of health and safety being enforced prior to the incident, and quit the show in protest. Quote:
"For one accident to occur is bad, But for two of the exact same fault to occur in my book is nothing short of criminal. I have no intention of returning to Robot Wars until I'm satisfied that safety is up to the standards I am used to in my profession (Special effects for T.V. Films & Advertising). After these almighty cockups, things have taken a giant step forward, But from information received by many of the last wars contestants, it still has a long way to go. And self important people still rule, both in safety and common courtesy." Unquote.
There is some speculation that the robot involved was a T2W competitor named The Parthian Shot, which was armed with ankle-high spikes, and can be seen in the background of multiple pit segments in T3W, despite not competing. This has been backed (and pretty much spearheaded) by Ray Tait from Centurion, who were present in T3W.
In the past, the bot responsible for the incident was widely believed to be More Panda Monium, sequel to T2W competitor Panda Monium, who had to withdraw from T3W. Images show the bot was armed with a pneumatic spike. However, this was debunked following an investigation by the Robot Wars Wiki, who found that the bot in question wasn't even present on the day of filming the incident occurred on.
After the incident, Mentorn did a very good job at covering up what had happened. Discussions on the official Robot Wars forums were deleted, most news articles were vague (as seen above), and we're still not fully sure what happened. We don't have an image of the robot, we don't even know if it was called Roadkill, that was just a name that Alex Rofaila recalled.
Witness report is unreliable minutes after something happens, and this incident was over 20 years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if the facts have been warped and combined with the false over the years, like a game of Telephone. My theory is that it probably was The Parthian Shot who caused it, and the above has happened over the years due to limited info and Mentorn's astounding cover-up. But to be honest, we may never know. Another one to throw onto the pile of Robot Wars mysteries.
Thanks for reading. For more info:
You know how my friend's dad was the person who got injured during Series 3? He told me what the name of the robot was. He says it was calle
battlebots memes
Today is the 24th anniversary of the Roadkill incident.
For those not in the know, the Roadkill incident occurred during filming of Robot Wars: The Third Wars. According to witness report, a heavyweight robot armed with long sharp spikes all over it's body was being transported into the arena, when the bot suddenly came to life. This was a result of a faulty homemade turn-key switch and rampant radio interference throughout T3W. It drove around by itself, knocking assistant director Alex Rofaila out from his feet, who's lower leg/ankle was subsequently impaled onto one of the spikes. He was then dragged around the arena until some other people present managed to bring the robot to a stop.
Alex Rofaila was unable to walk for sixteen weeks onward, and Roadkill was obviously disqualified. Filming for The Third Wars was halted for two days, various side events were cancelled, the Middleweight league was trimmed down to a single melee, and various health and safety rules were swiftly put forward and enforced.
Along with this came the prompt retirement of Rex Garrod of Cassius fame. He was extremely angered with the lack of health and safety being enforced prior to the incident, and quit the show in protest. Quote:
"For one accident to occur is bad, But for two of the exact same fault to occur in my book is nothing short of criminal. I have no intention of returning to Robot Wars until I'm satisfied that safety is up to the standards I am used to in my profession (Special effects for T.V. Films & Advertising). After these almighty cockups, things have taken a giant step forward, But from information received by many of the last wars contestants, it still has a long way to go. And self important people still rule, both in safety and common courtesy." Unquote.
There is some speculation that the robot involved was a T2W competitor named The Parthian Shot, which was armed with ankle-high spikes, and can be seen in the background of multiple pit segments in T3W, despite not competing. This has been backed (and pretty much spearheaded) by Ray Tait from Centurion, who were present in T3W.
In the past, the bot responsible for the incident was widely believed to be More Panda Monium, sequel to T2W competitor Panda Monium, who had to withdraw from T3W. Images show the bot was armed with a pneumatic spike. However, this was debunked following an investigation by the Robot Wars Wiki, who found that the bot in question wasn't even present on the day of filming the incident occurred on.
After the incident, Mentorn did a very good job at covering up what had happened. Discussions on the official Robot Wars forums were deleted, most news articles were vague (as seen above), and we're still not fully sure what happened. We don't have an image of the robot, we don't even know if it was called Roadkill, that was just a name that Alex Rofaila recalled.
Witness report is unreliable minutes after something happens, and this incident was over 20 years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if the facts have been warped and combined with the false over the years, like a game of Telephone. My theory is that it probably was The Parthian Shot who caused it, and the above has happened over the years due to limited info and Mentorn's astounding cover-up. But to be honest, we may never know. Another one to throw onto the pile of Robot Wars mysteries.
Thanks for reading. For more info:
Roadkill was a heavyweight robot slated to compete in The Third Wars. Although the robot and its team were present during filming for Series
sequel to those two battlebots memes i posted last year
