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PostNouveau posted:I went out and to get drunk and came back home like 10 hours later and the same two guys are still calling the Norwalk live stream and they look like they're about to lose their minds when the final 3 pounder match got a bracket reset you could see the life leave their bodies
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There used to be east coast hw tournaments in the past (even shw) when the sport was at its peak popularity in the early 00's. Now that there aren't it is difficult for eastern teams to log combat hours and optimize heavy bots.
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Well they put up 1 new Bounty Hunter tournament with Tombstone... Still 3 more somewhere down the line... "Ray heard you by the way... he's laughing..." SLICK GOKU BABY fucked around with this message at 11:28 on Feb 11, 2021 |
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Well they put up 1 new Bounty Hunter tournament with Tombstone... Still 3 more somewhere down the line... A completely unique knockout in that first match! Never seen that before Mammoth was working better than I've ever seen. Until it wasn't. Finale: Well Gruff can't really complain about this one PostNouveau fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Feb 11, 2021 |
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PostNouveau posted:A completely unique knockout in that first match! Never seen that before Yea, definitely strange getting KOed because you landed on top of the hammer and apparently they don't have the power to go back up... Or it's like they said and the teams can hold the hammer down... but that seems odder.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Yea, definitely strange getting KOed because you landed on top of the hammer and apparently they don't have the power to go back up... Or it's like they said and the teams can hold the hammer down... but that seems odder. I think it was just a really heads-up play by the person operating the hammer to keep it in the down position to keep the opponent high-centered on it.
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Uppercut is way more durable than I thought it is Hydra seems like a bit of a glass canon
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Uppercut is way more durable than I thought it is I’m pretty sure if that had went any longer, hydra was going to have to tap out. It was not looking very mobile at the end, and the driver was frustrated by it.
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Uppercut might have won that if it didn't have those forks on the front. They got stuck a lot, which probably prevented them from getting to Hydra's side as often as they have.
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They're gonna play that clip of Sawblaze exploding before every Sawblaze fight for years
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giving Rusty both Beta and Sawblaze was mean and uncalled for couldnt give Rusty fights vs Aegis or Axe Backwards or something?
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:giving Rusty both Beta and Sawblaze was mean and uncalled for I suspect Rustys driver asked for those fights so he could be on TV more.
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The design on Rusty wasn't great, but it was a sturdy, well built bot. Imagine what the builder could do with a team/money.
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PostNouveau posted:Why is Gamma 9 so big? I think it was a combo of Gamma 9 being big and Tantrum being a little undersized. But yeah, the design seems a bit inefficient.
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PostNouveau posted:Why is Gamma 9 so big? thats what I was wondering. It looks way bigger than anything except Chomp
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sweet geek swag posted:I think it was a combo of Gamma 9 being big and Tantrum being a little undersized. But yeah, the design seems a bit inefficient. Tantrum is tiny. Its probably one of the smallest bots in the field besides the Gemini twins.
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I can't believe they picked this fight for a commercial break teaser when it was really obvious what was about to happen. Seems like every year a vertical spinner team puts it all together and makes a deep playoff run out of nowhere, and I'm starting to wonder if this is End Game's year. Edit: Oh they lost one? I don't remember that at all
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Welp, I thought Endgame was making a mistake going for the wedglets, but shows what I know.
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lmao Hypershock regretting that self-righter right now
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I'm kinda sick of these bots that are just like "what if a battlebot but shaped wrong?" I blame Huge.
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I said the first incarnation of Axe Backwards was the least effective robot I've ever seen but I think Grabot has it beat. I can't imagine this robot getting a win outside of one of those matches where a robot just stops moving all of a sudden.
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PostNouveau posted:I said the first incarnation of Axe Backwards was the least effective robot I've ever seen but I think Grabot has it beat. I can't imagine this robot getting a win outside of one of those matches where a robot just stops moving all of a sudden. In theory you could try to use Grabot as a pusher bot. It wouldn't be good at it, but at least it has that possibility, which Axe Backwards didn't have at all.
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sweet geek swag posted:In theory you could try to use Grabot as a pusher bot. It wouldn't be good at it, but at least it has that possibility, which Axe Backwards didn't have at all. True it does have a wedge
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Ooh, Whiplash is going full lifter.
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Yeah, Whiplash did a fantastic job driving there. Incredibly impressive.
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Are there only 3 undefeated bots? Uppercut at 4 huh? Heh, Tombstone at 21 There are some straight-up winless bots in here aren't there? I wonder how much of this is just whoever has enough spare parts to keep going. PostNouveau fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Feb 12, 2021 |
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Huge and Hydra in the same quadrant Lmao
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Lol, Hypershock got in. Gonna get bodied by Hydra.
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Mammoth vs Copperhead is gonna be weird.
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After looking at the bracket some more, P1 got screwed and the producers definitely made some question able seeding decisions 3-0 Mad Catter at 12 is lol Nissin Cup Nudist fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Feb 12, 2021 |
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Every lifter-bot match is like "ehh maybe they might overturn their opponent or break their weapon somehow? I guess?" Gruff is an okay one but it's main selling point is it's built pretty solid.. except for the forks which are its weapon. Then there's a Whiplash match where the main weapon IS the lifter (the little disc rarely gets used) and they just constantly body bots with way, way more weapon energy than them. What a solid bot and drat that kid is an exceptional driver. Just with great driving and that odd little lifter they were able to beat minotaur, bronco and totally shitcan SOW. Hydra getting #1 with that dumb bicycle rack "weapon" is real stupid.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:After looking at the bracket some more, P1 got screwed and the producers definitely made some question able seeding decisions And their "underdog" matchup is Tombstone. Somebody in the selection committee hates them.
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