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PITT posted:Tombstone vs Biteforce will be the real championship, I don't believe they haven't matched up since the 2015 championship, and BF configuration is quite a bit different now. Hard to say who will come out on top, I have a feeling Paul has a super secret front plow or something hes savings for tombstone like he had in 2015. Witch Doctor has beaten Tombstone in another competition and was dominating but got unlucky to lose their Battlebots matchup
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With how Witch Doctor has gone from one of the competitions least reliable bots to whatever this season has been sure was a thing.
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MiddleOne posted:With how Witch Doctor has gone from one of the competitions least reliable bots to whatever this season has been sure was a thing. Yeah, Witch Doctor ostensibly only lost its BB match against Tombstone because it couldn't self right, and they've corrected that, and they won that Amazon match in Vegas, but people say it's because Ray wasn't driving. I want to see a Tombstone/Witch Doctor final now.
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Wow, I really underestimated Death Roll and overestimated Hydra. I'm pretty bummed about Huge, but I think I agree with the decision. I'm not sure it did enough to earn a portion of control or aggression to help put it over the edge.
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no broccoli please posted:they won that Amazon match in Vegas, but people say it's because Ray wasn't driving. That's the impression I got from watching it. He let somebody else take it for a spin and they couldn't quite handle it. Poor Quantum, though.
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I was surprised at Sawblaze's win this round. The last time they used that hammer saw, it seemed to throw off the balance of the bot so much that it basically nullified the wedge, but I guess they figured that out. I really, really wish I could put a cap on Kenny saying "yeah, absolutely" in a given episode. Once I started noticing it, it's all I can hear from him.
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Sawblaze is a little badass, sometimes, and now I regret doubting them but I'm happy SOW lost. Also wrong: Hydra, expected better performance but I'm glad for Minotaur . Black Dragon, I thought Lockjaw's overheating problem would do them in. Ones I got right Biteforce by KO Tombstone by KO Whiplash by decision Deathroll by KO Witch doctor by decision
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In the correct thread this time: witch doctor vs blacksmith aftermath https://www.facebook.com/witchdrshaman/posts/2150130585091764
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I loved how the dude with Blacksmith was on fire and ripped and yelling, "Is that all you got!" These teams are not just competitors, they are fans and that makes it even more fun to watch.
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wormil posted:These teams are not just competitors, they are fans and that makes it even more fun to watch. I just spotted this exchange on the Witch Doctor page  
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wormil posted:I loved how the dude with Blacksmith was on fire and ripped and yelling, "Is that all you got!" These teams are not just competitors, they are fans and that makes it even more fun to watch. It's because his only hope to win is to get the other bot to break itself on Blacksmith, so he keeps trying to get them to go at Blacksmith in hopes he can survive longer than the other bot 
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"i have translational movement" i continue to insist as it is ripped apart into large chunks and thrown across the arena
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wormil posted:These teams are not just competitors, they are fans and that makes it even more fun to watch. I just found this video about Team Lockjaw vs Team Skorpios out in the carpark before their big loser-goes-home match hugging the heck out of each other https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=922eCnBGWOE
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Yup. https://twitter.com/BattleBots/status/1177176126411726849 Uh, don't watch the preview vid of the finale on the Battlebots twitter unless you want to be spoiled with snippets of the Round of 8 fights. It's probably going to air at the beginning of tonight's episode, too.
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Sep 27, 2019 16:23
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C'mon Death Roll! Aussie Aussie Aussie!
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Death roll has been vicious this year, they are my upset pick to win the right bracket.
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Pretty danged hype for this. It's been a great season.
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is pepsi ok posted:Pretty danged hype for this. It's been a great season. I feel like they really nailed the format the last two years.
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I'm all in on Death Roll tho they may be out of parts 
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That was insane!!! Witch Doctor back from the dead!
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I'm all in on Death Roll  5 more seconds
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Sep 28, 2019 02:31
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how did Tombstone lose the wheel on the other side of the bot?
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I dunno if it was intentional or not but it looked like Bite Force slid in to wedge Tombstone's blade between his front wedge and the ground after that first hit, which looked like it was what snapped it. I imagine the sheer force of that spread through the rest of the bot and weakened the wheel connection so it snapped when it hit the ground. I guess it's also possible that the half of the broken weapon bar hit it and knocked it off. I'm worried about Witch Doctor
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They were advertising 29 unaired fights for their $5/month facebook supporters (to be upped for free onto Youtube sometime next year) so that's where all of the exhibition stuff is going.
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awwww, incredible run from witch doctor but bite force is unstoppable.
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I like how Paul Ventimiglia is always "we had a lot of problems with the bot" in every interview as he goes on yet another dominant undefeated run
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rare Magic card l00k posted:Bite Force is the greatest, my goodness. rare Magic card l00k posted:Bite Force is the greatest, my goodness. yeah, well, Bite Force still lost to Chomp  loser
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bite force is insane, but my mind is still racking over what the heck happened to tombstone
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I was cheering for Witch Doctor but I'm neither surprised nor disappointed. This was a phenomenal finals tournament.
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I was also rooting for Witch Doctor in that final bout but Bite Force is just unstoppable, I swear he was deliberately sacrificing his forks to lull them into a false sense of security and patiently waiting for them to make the slightest mistake so he could go all in on them. Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I'm all in on Death Roll Nissin Cup Nudist posted:
They still did incredibly well though, making it all the way to the quarter finals, lasting the full three minutes and losing via split judges decision. That'll do, croc. That'll do. 
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logikv9 posted:bite force is insane, but my mind is still racking over what the heck happened to tombstone Tombstone's blade hit the floor basically at full speed. The floor isn't taking that much energy away from Tombstone. So drat near all of the energy of the hit went straight back through Tombstone and probably did a poo poo ton of damage to the frame and insides... Even popping off a wheel.
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ooo godammit witch doctor looked like they had a chance at it early. I kinda don't get how Bite Force is so good. From the outside it doesn't look like they're engineered uniquely. It looks generic, but then it's completely unstoppable except for the one time Chomp worked exactly as designed.
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Pretty much comes down to driving I think, Paul does a real good job of keeping his weapon always pointed at the opponent. Hes almost turret like in his movements, even when hes removed from the opponent he sets himself up for a straight shot in at speed, rarely does it roam around so to speak.
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That was a pretty good season, overall. Lots of bots and fewer ESC problems or whatever was plaguing things in previous seasons. Sure, some bots caught on fire or stopped working but usually it was clear that it was due to the fight even if it was early on. I like that there's more international teams and some hints that they're not the only robot show. I want a tombstone clone to clear some property but I should probably just rent a brush mower.
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PostNouveau posted:I kinda don't get how Bite Force is so good. From the outside it doesn't look like they're engineered uniquely. It looks generic, but then it's completely unstoppable except for the one time Chomp worked exactly as designed. It's just very reliably built. Turns well, drives well, hits things without destroying itself, prongs tear off rather than hurt the frame, etc. Contrast that to a bot like Endgame that is virtually an identical design idea, but pulled off incrementally worse. And yeah the superb driving obviously. Man that Tombstone hit was one in a million.
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