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Chronojam posted:The lineups they've shown so far have been really really good! I'm aware the whole thing is posted but I didn't look at it yet since it's a little fun to learn the coming fights when each robot makes a debut. Also I'm guessing there might be changes down the line due to teams dropping out due to technical issues and getting replaced by a benchwarmer team
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Thursday night fight card. I thought they sounded familiar. Also, is that tracked? I love the idea of tracks on robots but I know that realistically they're just a risk and likely to end up broken with your bot floundering with no mobility.
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Bertha the Toaster posted:I thought they sounded familiar. Also, is that tracked? I love the idea of tracks on robots but I know that realistically they're just a risk and likely to end up broken with your bot floundering with no mobility. It's tracked, but the tracks are at least double belted.
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Hypershock-Saw Blaze: Surprised to see Hypershock on the list of most KOs. I wonder if it's because they've been in so many desperado toruneys. Because before that tourney last year, they did not look like heavy hitters.  still no self-right for Hypershock? This was the most obvious thing to fix last season.Hilarious that they were so stuck together they had to saw the weapon out. Emulsifier-Fusion: A treaded version of Cobalt? Great fight. Valkyrie-Mammoth: Always weird to see Valkyrie because it seems like "protect the wheels" is the #1 goal of everyone's armor so the undercutter really has an uphill battle in almost all fights. Oh Mammoth fell to pieces basically on its own? What a shock Madcatter-Whiplash: I like the idea of having captains in the booth for a fight or two but it didn't feel like Jamison Go added much in this one. Surprisingly meh driving from Whiplash on that one. Madcatter kept its front to it, and avoided getting flipped. Switchback-Banshee: Banshee seems like they might have had weapon issues out of the gate because it was not flipping very hard. Switchback actually finished a fight, which is a big improvement for them. Big Dill-Hijinks: Pretty nothing fight there. I'm surprised Hijinx didn't shred the poo poo out of Big Dill's lifter when they were inverted and Dill's lifter was stuck up. End Game-Blip: Great Pulverizer deployment to keep End Game away from Blip. Blip had a golden opportunity but just couldn't get under End Game. Blip may have the toughest strength of schedule in the field. - End Game - Huge (not a premiere bot, but I don't know how Blip beats them) - Tantrum - Banshee (only obvious win here) PostNouveau fucked around with this message at 15:23 on Jan 12, 2023 |
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The Emulsifier/Fusion fight I think probably should've been called as a draw, they both got beat to hell and were mostly crippled by the end. Super good fight though Poor Mammoth lol RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Jan 12, 2023 |
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Jan 12, 2023 17:15
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There's no draws in battlebots.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:There's no draws in battlebots. I know, but I think there probably ought to be
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Still can't believe the unstick procedure is a dude with a crowbar
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Still can't believe the unstick procedure is a dude with a crowbar Excuse me it was 3 dudes with a crowbar
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Still can't believe the unstick procedure is a dude with a crowbar I love it
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:There's no draws in battlebots. Emulsifier-Fusion probably should be Surprised it was unanimous win
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I wasn't as surprised. Emulsifier kept losing the weapon-on-weapon hits and was getting bounced all over the place.
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Emulsifier never got aggressive and spent the time it wasn't airborne spinning up or positioning. It took more damage and didn't control the fight in any way. That may not have been a strong win but it was a clear one.
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Whiplash surprisingly ineffectivly, did he think it was a practice fight
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Whiplash surprisingly ineffectivly, did he think it was a practice fight It's always weird to see Whiplash not all over its opponent from the jump.
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I'm Blip and I drive straight into Endgame weapon
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sawblaze for the mf win
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I'm Blip and I drive straight into Endgame weapon end game has really perfected the ground game, i have no idea how anyone's supposed to deal with that poo poo.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Emulsifier-Fusion probably should be I'm surprised at all it was unanimous. Fusion had the most aggression, control, and did the most damage. If Fusion didn't catch on fire, the winner would be pretty drat clear. And Fusion got on fire because it's Fusion and less because of Emulsifier. But Emulsifier lasting the full 3 minutes in it's rookie fight is pretty impressive. Should have a decent rest of the season.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I'm Blip and I drive straight into Endgame weapon End Game pretty much didn't let Blip do anything else. End Game deserves it's #1 ranking and has a really good driver and stays squared up to it's opponent. Going to the Judges is pretty much a win against End Game. Only Tantrum went to the judges with End Game last season and only MInotaur was able to knock them out...
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Checking out the full season roster and I'm disappointed to see that Rusty 2.0 is back but didn't make the field of 50 competitors.   There's some fun robots in there that didn't make the cut. I don't think that Doomba would have gone far but goodamn they would have been fun to watch at least once or twice 
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While not making the top 50. They are reserve bots and should have gotten at least 1 fight during filming. And I guess from what Mike posted above, if a bot has to drop out a reserve bot takes it's place for the rest of the fights. From the schedule that Battlebots posted, there is 5 episodes that currently only have 6 fights between the top 50 teams. With the 1st of them being 2/2.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:End Game pretty much didn't let Blip do anything else. End Game deserves it's #1 ranking and has a really good driver and stays squared up to it's opponent. Going to the Judges is pretty much a win against End Game. Only Tantrum went to the judges with End Game last season and only MInotaur was able to knock them out... I know its how they win, but I find it makes watching End Game kind of boring. They just sit in the middle of the arena and wait for their opponent to come to them. Tactically its sound, but visually its just dull. Also, what a surprise, Emulsifier lost because of their treads.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:While not making the top 50. They are reserve bots and should have gotten at least 1 fight during filming. And I guess from what Mike posted above, if a bot has to drop out a reserve bot takes it's place for the rest of the fights. From the schedule that Battlebots posted, there is 5 episodes that currently only have 6 fights between the top 50 teams. With the 1st of them being 2/2. It'd be great if they held a Desperado tournament episode with all the bots who were at the bottom of the field plus all the reserves
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Bertha the Toaster posted:I know its how they win, but I find it makes watching End Game kind of boring. They just sit in the middle of the arena and wait for their opponent to come to them. Tactically its sound, but visually its just dull. Maybe a little bit, but they mostly lost because their weapon was struggling, likely because it's the 1st time they tried driving with the weapon at full power. And really, Fusion beat the poo poo out of both bots
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Yeah, Fusion's top cover looked like it was just loose and sat there with maybe one bolt holding it on at the end, like the one weapon hit would have sent it flying. Also, HyperBlaze, when?
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I like rusty but until he puts a real weapon on it I think it won't have much new to offer.
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Man the low ground game is just loving boring to watch.
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The Minotaur guys warned everyone years ago that was how it went in Brazil and it ended up being a snoozefest.
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Yeah, how do you fix this with rules or the arena? More killsaw slots?
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Lord knows, I think it would have to be rules based, but then it would gently caress over flippers.
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Add a few random pieces of sheet metal in the middle of the arena. Bots without forks might be able to just drive over it, bots with forks can't.
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Terrain is the best option imo but it may require a larger box so it's not just one thing or another Ramp a hill and crash on top of Hydra
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Just schedule a fight featuring a robot like Tombstone or Deep Six at the start of the night and the arena floor will all torn up and forks will be more of a hindrance than a help. 
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PostNouveau posted:Yeah, how do you fix this with rules or the arena? More killsaw slots? Forks/wedges can't extend out more than 4 inches.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Just schedule a fight featuring a robot like Tombstone or Deep Six at the start of the night and the arena floor will all torn up and forks will be more of a hindrance than a help. They kicked out Deep Six for tearing up the floor too much! The hero we didn't know we needed.
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For real though, the real solution possible, is just a 4ftx4ft steel plate in the middle of the arena would completely gently caress over forks. And allow a bot without a fork the high ground and a place to line up an ambush.
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