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Junior Jr.
Oct 4, 2014

by sebmojo
Buglord

RobattoJesus posted:

Can't they bring back eurotrash instead? Robot wars was poo poo.

no, they already left that.

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Escobarbarian
Jun 18, 2004


Grimey Drawer

Junior Jr. posted:

sgt bash is best house robot. flamethrower, that's it.

nah he was the worst. oh no you get a bit hot while everything else is crushing and slicing and throwing you

ferroque
Oct 27, 2007



stopped watching after this bullshit bot STOLE the championship

poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



Junior Jr. posted:

1. robot wars came first, even though both shows came from the same creator

2. never bring up that poo poo in this thread again

yeah but battlebots came back first because it was the superior show

now this second rate garbage is properly in its place

Junior Jr.
Oct 4, 2014

by sebmojo
Buglord

The Goatfather posted:

yeah but battlebots came back first because it was the superior show

now this second rate garbage is properly in its place

just you wait 'til the first episode is up, THEN we'll see who gives the best smashy robot fights! :colbert:

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
Does anybody remember some cone shaped wedge bot that was stylized like Elvis and either had a flamethrower or was lit on fire in one match?

Looked like this:

Junior Jr.
Oct 4, 2014

by sebmojo
Buglord
Yeah I remember that was in the show at one point, don't know which episode or series it was though.

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this is the poo poo

Neurolimal
Nov 3, 2012
why did none of the teams make an anti-flipper with wheels on the top and bottom

they deserved to get cheesed

Whorelord
May 1, 2013

Jump into the well...

Ferroque posted:



stopped watching after this bullshit bot STOLE the championship

Yo gently caress tornado

JakeP
Apr 27, 2003

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Lipstick Apathy
Battlebots > Robot Wars

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Ferroque posted:



stopped watching after this bullshit bot STOLE the championship

TORO would wreck this bitch bot


JakeP posted:

Battlebots > Robot Wars

this poster knows

Junior Jr.
Oct 4, 2014

by sebmojo
Buglord

JakeP posted:

Battlebots > Robot Wars

no

ferroque
Oct 27, 2007

Whorelord posted:

Yo gently caress tornado

that last minute design change should have disqualified them. if you can't fit in the pit you can't play

ManDingo
Jun 1, 2001

JakeP posted:

Battlebots > Robot Wars

Mr. Meagles
Apr 30, 2004

Out here, everything hurts


Robot Wars had the better bot variety and was more entertaining

but Battlebots had Ziggo and that thing ruled and was unstoppable

Junior Jr.
Oct 4, 2014

by sebmojo
Buglord
Here we go!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbctwo

Razer's back! I'm already rooting for him!

Edit: So Razer took down one bot and lost in the same match. loving lame.

Junior Jr. fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Jul 24, 2016

Bape Culture
Sep 13, 2006

Same!!!

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

hey op i watched battlebots the other night it was dope as poo poo

Beef Turret
Jul 9, 2009

by Lowtax
My money is on that robot with the scoop similar to this

Gamer With Dignity
May 15, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo
This is great news for Boston Dynamics if they lose their defense contracts.

Bape Culture
Sep 13, 2006

Razer you stupid fucker

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

The episode of Battlebots I watched had a team with two robots: a little hover drone with a flame thrower and a little guy with a mini flipper. They were going against a bot that was assumed to be a contender for the championship title or whatever. The guy leading the two-bot-team was like "Yeah, we're going to run straight at them and there's going to be a lot of physics involved and we're going to hit each other and whichever robot is working after that will win! :downs:"

They hit each other, both went flying through the air... and the mini robot was still working :)

It was pretty awesome, not sure how the new Robot Wars is

Communist Bear
Oct 7, 2008

One of the teams are wearing fedoras.

New series ruined.

Bape Culture
Sep 13, 2006

WMain00 posted:

One of the teams are wearing fedoras.

New series ruined.

Their robot is fuckin wank too

Beef Turret
Jul 9, 2009

by Lowtax

Bape Culture posted:

Razer you stupid fucker

No, Chaos 2

Junior Jr.
Oct 4, 2014

by sebmojo
Buglord
So I just lost respect for Razer after the team went loving egocentric and threw themselves in the pit. Now I'm siding with Behemoth.

Carbide was killing it in that match, liking that bot already!

Junior Jr. fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Jul 24, 2016

Bape Culture
Sep 13, 2006

Junior Jr. posted:

So I just lost respect for Razer after the team went loving egocentric and threw themselves in the pit. Now I'm siding with Behemoth.

I don't think they were up for crushing kids robots tbh. I'd love it me "get hosed you stupid kids I don't care how much you spent 😈"

Tramadol Junkie
Aug 30, 2015

by zen death robot
Lipstick Apathy
I am watching it BBC2 now and it sucks balls.

Instead of Craig Charles we gotta put up with that stupid fat Irish oval office Dara O Briain who looks like the Megabus dude and that annoying ginger Irish slag Angela Scanlon.

Beef Turret
Jul 9, 2009

by Lowtax

Tramadol Junkie posted:

I am watching it BBC2 now and it sucks balls.

Instead of Craig Charles we gotta put up with that stupid fat Irish oval office Dara O Briain who looks like the Megabus dude and that annoying ginger Irish slag Angela Scanlon.

It's exactly the same, the only difference is you're 12 years older

Tramadol Junkie
Aug 30, 2015

by zen death robot
Lipstick Apathy

Beef Turret posted:

It's exactly the same, the only difference is you're 12 years older

poo poo I just realized I was 31 twelve years ago. :stonk:

Junior Jr.
Oct 4, 2014

by sebmojo
Buglord
Good one on Team Behemoth, they wrecked those nerds and their dumb bot.

Bape Culture
Sep 13, 2006

Junior Jr. posted:

Good one on Team Behemoth, they rekt those nerds and their dumb bot.

It was a poo poo fucko robot for sure. Hard to gently caress up properly tho

Bape Culture
Sep 13, 2006

Hahaha yessssssssss
Carbide owns. I love that they had a proper engineered catia model vs some fuckin nonsense clown thing
Great stuff

Junior Jr.
Oct 4, 2014

by sebmojo
Buglord
drat, Carbide is SERIOUSLY killing it today! I'm a little bummed out that Behemoth lost to them but they had a great match, sparks were flying and everything!

Junior Jr.
Oct 4, 2014

by sebmojo
Buglord
Rematch for Behemoth and Carbide, this should be pretty good.

Okay, that rematch was really disappointing, Behemoth was mostly immobilised and then they went "gently caress it" into the pit.

Junior Jr. fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Jul 24, 2016

Bape Culture
Sep 13, 2006

Bottle job

Junior Jr.
Oct 4, 2014

by sebmojo
Buglord
Okay, end of first show

PROS:

- Two classic bots, Razer and Behemoth, returned to do battle
- The house robots dealt some damage and were great to see again
- The newcomers, Terrorhurtz and Carbide gave good first impressions, can't wait to see Carbide in future shows
- Some of the matches like Behemoth VS Carbide and Terrorhurtz were pretty good

CONS:

- The music was a bit lame, the theme song was a bit meh, and no music at all during the matches
- Only 1 house robot for a 6-bot match? Weren't there two in the original? Also they didn't do that much action like they used to
- Bots getting thrown into the pit felt lame, no smokes or a big pit spotlight
- Dara O'Brian is a bit average for a host, doesn't really hype up the show that much like Craig did
- Team Razer and Behemoth both lost by THROWING THEMSELVES INTO THE PIT, what the gently caress!?

Overall, the new show felt a bit average, some good moments here and there, but could've been a lot better.

Junior Jr. fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Jul 24, 2016

Blurry Gray Thing
Jun 3, 2009
BattleBots was the superior show solely because of that one guy who built an elaborate and ridiculously complicated robot spider that looked and moved like something from a pretty high-budget monster movie. And then it would lose to a loving box on wheels every time.

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DrManiac
Feb 29, 2012

Robot wars was always a good premise with a terrible execution. It should be a free for all where the contestants are doing poo poo like attaching shotguns to drones.

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