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Pakled posted:Yeah, one of the new rules in the reboot is there has to be some kind of powered weapon, they can't just be a wedge. I wonder if anyone ended up skirting the rules with the lightest weapon they could to still be a wedge.
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Flippers are cool if they're gas powered.
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nooneofconsequence posted:They should get rid of these opinion panel things. The only reason it's on ABC (and getting viewers) is because they retooled it that way.
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Jun 29, 2015 02:49
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The least visible hazard, the low budget floor.
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Jun 29, 2015 02:53
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Yeah, I mean you can't even easily drill into wood without having to push the bit into it. If you build a robot that's capable of drawing in an opponent like that you don't need the drill, make that thing crush them.
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It had a saw underneath or something, but yeah it sucked.
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Henchman of Santa posted:If you read the Battlebots wiki there are absurdly detailed descriptions of every match. Somehow this robot managed to get KOed by Tentoumushi: http://battlebots.wikia.com/wiki/Stinger
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howe_sam posted:Warhead is durable as gently caress. A mature adult dragon robot's chassis can only be pierced by a Dwarven forged blade.
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raditts posted:When I heard they were bringing this show back I was really hoping they would force them to be more creative than A Goddamn Wedge vs. Another Goddamn Wedge this time. And there hasn't been any of those.
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Jul 6, 2015 02:43
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I'm not sure why they think wings that are still low enough to be caught by the flipper is a defense. Hahaha, as expected.
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Jul 6, 2015 02:51
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NowonSA posted:Broncowns. They might have scuffed the front a bit.
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raditts posted:They're basically glorified wedges, the result is the same where one robot uses a wedge-like appendage to flip the other robot over and then it's a really loving boring couple of minutes where the flipper pushes the flippee into various arena hazards. That lovely British robot hasn't been changed in like 20 years.
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Jul 6, 2015 02:55
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If Bronco's flipper could recover faster the match would have been over almost immediately again. He's right up under Stinger in the corner.
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Jul 12, 2015 23:15
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Yeah, that's what I meant. If the recovery time was a bit shorter they would have launched Stinger out right there.
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Jul 12, 2015 23:31
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Do they have to let go? If there's no limit on the hold it's over.
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Pakled posted:Bite Force being seeded so highly seems weird to me. Like, who could think that it's better than Bronco? I'm assuming that its The name Biteforce doesn't even make sense with its current design.
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It can. The extra armour they added to beat Nightmare messed up its balance for self righting though.
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Jul 20, 2015 07:21
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How strong are the walls? If Tombstone gets launched into the wall with the blade spinning, can it damage them?
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Jul 20, 2015 17:32
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I don't think height is an issue for Bronco.
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Jul 23, 2015 05:40
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Uh, gently caress you Battlebots. Tombstone just lost. For the second time in a row.
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The Tombstone guy is a pretty bad driver. He's always exposing his weak points.
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DOOP posted:They changed the rules to mandate powered weapons and prevent wedgebots, but the winner is gonna be a wedge The rules being "you can't make the best kind of robot" is kind of dumb anyway.
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If you don't allow the best design all you're ever going to get is people skirting the rules as much as possible to get as close as they can to that design.
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Toxxupation posted:and if they did it'd be a wedgebot shoving match every single time, do you not see how that's worse than the current meta? Then you do it other ways. You change the arena, you make height minimums or something, change the scoring system, I don't know. Mandating a powered weapon isn't the solution. Biohazard had a powered weapon.
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They also had to be flaps because it was so low to the ground a solid piece would probably get caught on things.Xelkelvos posted:There was a show called Robotica back when all of the robot fighting shows were big and presented a different type of competition (which is why it only lasted 21 episodes). It was less robot combat and more an RC car performance and driving test. Bots would race, break down obstacles, navigate obstacle courses and culminate and a Robo-sumo match. It wasn't all that great, but there were different limitations on weapons iirc, so there was at least one bot that actually threw a net on its opponent and it was legal. High school robotics competitions do stuff like that.
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These poor little insects are going to get destroyed.
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This announcer guy is really bad. I'm surprised he didn't get replaced.
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May 11, 2016 03:10
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The hammer isn't doing anything to the red one but some sad little dents.
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Blacksmith looks weak, just a lucky draw.
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howe_sam posted:Lycan lost because the driver couldn't resist running into the spinner. Mohawk looks weak too. They couldn't even get a broken Lycan onto the wedge to chomp.
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May 11, 2016 03:47
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Did they just have to let the battery run down then, or what?
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I love Bronco.
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That's the first time fire has worked I think.
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Jun 24, 2016 02:33
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The fire has made a big difference. In the old seasons Complete Control always seemed like it had no finish.
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Possibly the worst one.
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Jun 24, 2016 22:19
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Some of them are just using drones because they have space under the weight limits. A lot of these robots were built years ago for lower weight classes and stuff.
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I want to see Bronco fire its flipper while grabbed by Complete Control.
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Great Beer posted:Short version: tombstone/last rites. Long version: Powerful horizontal spinners and short vertical drums gained significant popularity while battlebots was off the air and the most popular heavyweight event didn't have arena hazards. This had the effect of most heavyweights having a belt of armor around them with very thin top and bottom armor. Solidly built wedges aid in deflecting that energy and just about any bot is agile enough to point it's strong end at the weapon. The Judge also has a point on that hammer and takes a hell of a swing with it. None of the ones on the show seem to have as much power, or a point.
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