I vaguely recall someone using compressed CO2 - I can't dredge up the
details.  Did a robotics group get organized?  

"der.hans" wrote:
> 
> Am 23. May, 2001 schwäzte foodog so:
> 
> >   I wonder if Robot Wars has any weird rule that disqualifies
> > magnetically attached thermite parcels as weaponry?  Just trying to get
> > kinda back on topic.
> 
> I was told that explosives, gases, liquids and electricity were off limits.
> Don't know about magenetics, though :). Suction should be OK as it's not
> going out, but high pressure air would be ruled out due to the moratorium on
> using gases for weapons.
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans