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Battlebots is returning Friday May 11 at 8pm Eastern on the Discovery Channel. https://twitter.com/BattleBots/status/992801134858330113  Old thread.
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May 6, 2018 07:14
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So I guess with Robot Wars canceled, Battlebots is the only combat Also liking the tournament format changes: 
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May 6, 2018 07:37
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I love a creative novelty entry so Hamburger bot is automatically my favourite (even though it'll probably turn out to be useless). It even has a mini-bot slider on the side! Sharkbot and chompy angler fish are equal second.
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May 6, 2018 13:49
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why do they even let those wedge bots compete they're unstoppable as i recall
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May 6, 2018 13:58
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The Walrus posted:why do they even let those wedge bots compete they're unstoppable as i recall The new (since 2015) rules require every bot to have some kind of active weapon, so pure wedge bots are a thing of the past.
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May 6, 2018 15:23
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Pakled posted:The new (since 2015) rules require every bot to have some kind of active weapon, so pure wedge bots are a thing of the past. what does the bottom right one in the image feature?
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May 6, 2018 19:15
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The Walrus posted:what does the bottom right one in the image feature? It's an active wedge
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May 6, 2018 23:45
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I love how Battlebots keeps lurching along.  Will this be streaming anywhere? Does Discovery Channel even stream shows?
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May 7, 2018 01:31
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Coaaab posted:So I guess with Robot Wars canceled, Battlebots is the only combat Hmm, so they aren't even pretending this time. The championship tournament is based entirely on what the producers want for TV? So it doesn't matter if you got a poo poo lady bug thing, if you're a cute girl, you get to compete for the golden nut.
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May 7, 2018 04:20
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I was disappointed why goonbot and ladybug bot isn't on the roster, but looks like those two are judges now: https://twitter.com/BattleBots/status/984437134936358918
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May 7, 2018 09:50
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halokiller posted:I was disappointed why goonbot and ladybug bot isn't on the roster, but looks like those two are judges now: Gonna call it: Goonbot will win this year through some convoluted bending of the rules
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May 7, 2018 14:01
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One hour till robot fighting time!  The Walrus posted:what does the bottom right one in the image feature? That's La Machine, the Battlebots creators original robot from like 1996. It's just a placeholder. There have been teases that it's covering a secret entry but it may just be trolling.
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May 11, 2018 23:57
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Too bad I don't have cable... Wish they made it possible to live stream from their website without having a cable subscription... I'd much prefer supporting battlebots/discovery channel directly, than having to do it through 
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May 12, 2018 00:10
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http://www.philo.com not an option?
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May 12, 2018 00:14
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I actually just remembered that Sprint got hooked up with Hulu... Not sure if Hulu gets Discovery shows the same day or how that works, but I am at least signing up for that to see if they will get the new episode tonight or not... Although, for some reason they wouldn't let me sign up through my phone using WIFI and Sprint sucks dick, so who knows if I'll be able to complete the signup from home... Edit - Looks like they just have old poo poo though, so it'll probably have to be :files: Don't feel like paying cash just for Battlebots... Would watch it for free with ads if they had a way to do it. SLICK GOKU BABY fucked around with this message at 00:59 on May 12, 2018 |
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May 12, 2018 00:19
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Ok, Huge was a lot more effective than I thought it would be.
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May 12, 2018 01:36
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Spikey posted:Ok, Huge was a lot more effective than I thought it would be. I saw one of those huge wheels bend in the first seconds of the fight and I was like "Welp that's it" but somehow the danged thing just kept chugging.
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May 12, 2018 01:47
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Great episode! I like that they cut back on the fluff to show 5 battles per episode instead of 4. Huge was great but the first spinner it faces is gonna destroy those wheels.
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May 12, 2018 02:02
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The new format kicks rear end. And crazy that the fourth best bout ended up being Tombstone vs Minotaur, that's the mark of an excellent episode.
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May 12, 2018 02:14
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Pakled posted:Great episode! I like that they cut back on the fluff to show 5 battles per episode instead of 4. They'll probably be ok. The plastic they're made out is incredibly durable and flexible.
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May 12, 2018 02:34
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:I actually just remembered that Sprint got hooked up with Hulu... Not sure if Hulu gets Discovery shows the same day or how that works, but I am at least signing up for that to see if they will get the new episode tonight or not... Battlebots is on Hulu?
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May 12, 2018 03:18
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RBA Starblade posted:Battlebots is on Hulu? I dunno, maybe? Discovery Channel is on Hulu... but I literally just signed up for Hulu today, so really no idea if they will get Hulu. That being said, I did just watch the episode. Minotaur taking that many hits from Tombstone and still going strong is pretty amazing. Too bad they got stuck on the hosed up floor.
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May 12, 2018 04:16
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:
Yeah, that really stood out to be. Minotaur must be a really solidly built bot because I don't think I've ever seen anyone take that many hits from Tombstone and keep ticking.
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May 12, 2018 05:02
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During the fight Tombstone had its s7 tool steel bar, but for all the promos they showed Tombstone with an aluminum bar having S7 teeth. A napkin estimate of the cost of the aluminum alone on that bar was $2000. God drat.
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May 12, 2018 05:31
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GuavaMoment posted:During the fight Tombstone had its s7 tool steel bar, but for all the promos they showed Tombstone with an aluminum bar having S7 teeth. A napkin estimate of the cost of the aluminum alone on that bar was $2000. God drat. Tombstone has multiple metal bars available for different opponents. And yea 250 pound bot battles is probably not a cheap hobby to get into...
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May 12, 2018 06:28
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If you guys are itching for some more robot combat, check out the Chinese Battlebots, The King of Bots It's quite entertaining despite mainly being in Chinese. Ian Lewis is a judge and it would explain why Beta isn't here this season (both its builders were competing in China). Plus there's Megabyte. 
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May 12, 2018 06:56
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Great first episode! I hope this strategy of shred the gently caress out of the floor and high centre your opponent on it becomes a part of the emergent robot fight meta.
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May 12, 2018 07:59
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GuavaMoment posted:During the fight Tombstone had its s7 tool steel bar, but for all the promos they showed Tombstone with an aluminum bar having S7 teeth. A napkin estimate of the cost of the aluminum alone on that bar was $2000. God drat. He's said before that due to bars breaking, motors burning out, and the frame needing frequent rebuilds that it costs about 1000 dollars per fight to run tombstone.
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May 12, 2018 11:10
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They're putting 360 degree cameras on some bots during the matches and uploading to the Battlebots youtube channel. There's both normal and 360' versions of Lockjaw vs. Bombshell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqQqUjjA7TQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap_1SURZzIM
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May 12, 2018 23:35
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They're also experimenting with a drone-mounted camera which was somewhat less than 100% successful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk5sQS7TiZs
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May 13, 2018 11:52
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You got a bunch of professional combat robot drivers in one place and they couldn't find 1 idiot to fly a drone?
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May 13, 2018 13:43
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With the size of that box and that drone looking like a racing quad it doesn't seem too bad to me. I crash my toy grade quads outside all of the time, though.
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May 13, 2018 22:05
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The air turbulence caused by the stage lights and that huge spinning bar probably don't help either.
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May 13, 2018 22:56
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Aw crap, had no idea Battlebots is back wooooooo Anywhere I can watch the first episode?
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May 14, 2018 03:34
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halokiller posted:If you guys are itching for some more robot combat, check out the Chinese Battlebots, The King of Bots I'm just watching the first episode of this (the first video in the compilation is blocked so it skips to the second video which is actually episode 1, just untranslated) and there's some great stuff in it. Skip the first 11 minutes if you just want to go straight to the first fight between Megabyte and Stingray, it's a good'un. But keep watching after that because the intro to the next fight is great, you don't need to know Chinese to be able to follow what's happening. Their ring announcer's costume looks like a cross between a dominatrix and an anime character, maybe Faruq could pick up a few fashion tips from her. Edit: oh drat, in the third fight at 27:00 the pilots on one of the teams are dressed like Jaeger pilots from Pacific Rim with futuristic body armour (which is obviously motocross armour spraypainted black) and huge controller units on their arms and they've got a mini drone that's constantly scanning and updating fight coordinates but their robot is a lovely fuckin' wedge with pincers that constantly gets stuck on the arena floor. That's goddamned hilarious. Edit 2: Fights 4 and 5 were pretty anticlimactic so they breezed through them pretty quickly. The team gimmicks were probably the most interesting aspects, one of the robots was a tall blue cartoon dinosaur. Fight 6 was pretty  , one of the robots got hosed up so badly that they draped a sheet over it when they wheeled its corpse out of the arena. Fight 7 was anticlimactic, especially since one of the robots was a Tombstone clone called Whirlwind Cloud Breaker. This wiki page has translations of all the robot names but it also has spoilers for every episode: http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/King_of_Bots_(Season_1) Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 16:54 on May 14, 2018 |
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May 14, 2018 14:56
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Aw crap, had no idea Battlebots is back wooooooo Discovery channels website if you are in America and have your cable login. Amazon Video has it too https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D1MWXXR
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May 14, 2018 14:56
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That was a good episode, glad this is back The hits in that Minotaur/Tombstone battle reminded me of how fun watching this was as a kid I still wish they would bring back the old middleweight division since that also had the best ratio of weapons/weight so you would just have bots getting turn up and sent flying constantly
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May 14, 2018 20:46
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Are ties allowed in the competition? I would have called the first fight and the rumble draws imo. The rumble was amazing. Huge is cool, the wheels seem dubious tho. Sub-Zero got an awful draw, lmao Tombstone v Minotaur, have mercy
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May 15, 2018 04:52
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Here's a rare glimpse behind the scenes as a ragtag underdog team try to break into the big leagues of Battle Bots fighting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0T1247mi8Q Edit: oh man, I was really excited when episode 3 of King Of Bots featured Wu Yulu, that Chinese farmer dude who became world famous for building crazy robots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_8-D7T6nkM ... but it turns out that he didn't even build the robot he was piloting for the battle, it was just a spare fighting robot made by one of the other competitors. Also it was a bar spinner and its bar was set so high that it couldn't even hit the robot they put it up against. Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 18:42 on May 15, 2018 |
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May 15, 2018 14:15
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https://twitter.com/Discovery/status/997181484573364227 Witch Doctor vs Yeti should be fun
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May 18, 2018 01:34
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