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Cast of Characters
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"I'm a parasite. The people I work with are parasites. We live off this
putrescent, purulent body of society around us. We scrounge around and we
get what we want from them. If they don't give it to us, we take it from
them."
Mark Pauline
Founder of Survival Research Labs
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"At its base, this dispute is about personal freedom. I am fifty-one
years old. Robot Wars was my dream, but it has turned into a nightmare."
Marc Thorpe
Creator of Robot Wars
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"Look what I got out of it. I was nothing, out of shape, overweight. I
had a chance to go up on equal ground against all these brilliant guys."
Trey Roski
Founder of Battlebots
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"Graduates come back and say, Woodie, life's just a big 2.70 contest. It'
s the same stuff. You never have enough information. You never have enough
time."
Woodie Flowers
MIT Professor
Established the course "Intro. to Design 2.70"
FIRST National Advisor and Emcee
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"You win by doing a better job at something, not by going out and killing
somebody. FIRST is not Battlebots. It might seem like a subtle difference to
some, but it's a big difference to me."
Dean Kamen
Inventor
Founder of FIRST Robotics Competition
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"I've been in the entertainment business a long time. What I do is
finance people's ideas who have no money and can't find anyone else to
finance them."
Steve Plotnicki
Co-Founder Profile Records
Sponsor of Robot Wars
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