It is interesting to think of a future where wars between countries could be fought through duels between "champion robots" with no loss of innocent people's lives. EDIT: I didn't expect this comment to be controversial/downvoted, and it is interesting that it is evoking some level of passive aggressive sarcasm.
Footage of giant RX-78 Gundam in Yokohama undergoing movement testing
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#12It is interesting to think of a future where wars between countries could be fought through duels between "champion robots" with no loss of innocent people's lives. EDIT: I didn't expect this comment to be controversial/downvoted, and it is interesting that it is evoking some level of passive aggressive sarcasm.
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#13It is interesting to think of a future where wars between countries could be fought through duels between "champion robots" with no loss of innocent people's lives. EDIT: I didn't expect this comment to be controversial/downvoted, and it is interesting that it is evoking some level of passive aggressive sarcasm.
For cyprus, the greeks and turks could just speed up the music until some team loses the beat. Spratly islands could be sorted with synchronised swimming?
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Re: Footage of giant RX-78 Gundam in Yokohama undergoing movement testing
#14It is interesting to think of a future where wars between countries could be fought through duels between "champion robots" with no loss of innocent people's lives. EDIT: I didn't expect this comment to be controversial/downvoted, and it is interesting that it is evoking some level of passive aggressive sarcasm.
Reminds me of the story of the Roman Horatii and Curiatii who fought in a duel to the death in place of their home armies. So I guess there is historical president for it.
I think you'll find you mean 'precedent' :-)
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#15It is interesting to think of a future where wars between countries could be fought through duels between "champion robots" with no loss of innocent people's lives. EDIT: I didn't expect this comment to be controversial/downvoted, and it is interesting that it is evoking some level of passive aggressive sarcasm.
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#16It is interesting to think of a future where wars between countries could be fought through duels between "champion robots" with no loss of innocent people's lives. EDIT: I didn't expect this comment to be controversial/downvoted, and it is interesting that it is evoking some level of passive aggressive sarcasm.
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#17It is interesting to think of a future where wars between countries could be fought through duels between "champion robots" with no loss of innocent people's lives. EDIT: I didn't expect this comment to be controversial/downvoted, and it is interesting that it is evoking some level of passive aggressive sarcasm.
And even with robots, once you destroyed the enemy robots, what happens then if they don't surrender? Now your robots have to kill humans (or if you refuse you didn't achieve anything of consequence).
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#18It is interesting to think of a future where wars between countries could be fought through duels between "champion robots" with no loss of innocent people's lives. EDIT: I didn't expect this comment to be controversial/downvoted, and it is interesting that it is evoking some level of passive aggressive sarcasm.
It might work for trivial matters, but when the stakes are high and the chips are down human nature is always going to lead to force to get what is important.
"Ok so our robot beat your robot on some contrived fight. We're going to invade your country with a population of millions, take all of your money and possessions and force you all to work in the salt mines as slaves until you die an untimely and avoidable death. Please form an orderly line at the salt-death-mines tomorrow morning. This is totally fine since the robot your country sent to fight ours lost so you've just got to accept it without any resistance. Kthx Bai - signed your new overlords"
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#19AFAIK this is not intended to be free-standing. It is more like a large puppet held up at the waist.