Mech Warfare Robot Arena project hits Kickstarter
There are a bunch of awesome video games on the market today including games like Battlefield and Mass Effect 3. When the games we haven't seen in a while that was always one of my favorites was the MechWarrior franchise. I keep hoping someone will make a new game in the universe but until then this scale real-life air soft version might be as close as we get.
A group of geeky hobbyists have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to fund the building of a new enclosure for the real-life Mech combat. The competition plays out mech warfare using little remote-controlled bots strut that around the environment shooting air soft guns at each other. The competition is in its fourth year and has international competitors.
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The geeks say the current play environment is a canvas tent with PVC poles and they need to upgrade for larger robots and more powerful weapons. The $6000 the group is seeking would go to build an awesome aluminum and lexan enclosure where they can fight their battles without anyone catching a stray plastic BB in the crotch. So far, the group has 36 backers and has raised $2100. The project has 22 days to go before funds.