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minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·14 hours agoIf robots were racing, people would be rooting for the remote pilot, or the team that built it, or the designers of the engine, etc… Does no one remember Robot Wars or any spinoffs thereof?
minus-squarepostmateDumbass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 hours agoDid they get NASCAR ratings? And those battles were a quite a bit more action than oval track racing. Maybe you would get figure 8 courses or mario kart tracks, but i do not believe that will keep viewers interested long term.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·14 hours agoI dunno, maybe that’s true. People like watching humans be in danger, that’s true. Monster Truck shows probably don’t need humans though. We like watching stuff get crushed by big things even if humans aren’t involved!
If robots were racing, people would be rooting for the remote pilot, or the team that built it, or the designers of the engine, etc…
Does no one remember Robot Wars or any spinoffs thereof?
Did they get NASCAR ratings?
And those battles were a quite a bit more action than oval track racing.
Maybe you would get figure 8 courses or mario kart tracks, but i do not believe that will keep viewers interested long term.
I dunno, maybe that’s true. People like watching humans be in danger, that’s true.
Monster Truck shows probably don’t need humans though. We like watching stuff get crushed by big things even if humans aren’t involved!