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beepsandboops
Jan 28, 2014
Re: the Riptide controversy: there's a locked Reddit thread where people point out that people in the scene also just don't like the kid that much and that his bot is partially funded by some snakeoil that his dad sold claiming it cured his autism

https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/10ss1t2/so_what_is_the_controversy_with_riptides_team/

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beepsandboops
Jan 28, 2014

Tunicate posted:

someone on reddit is running an ELO ranking on battlebots
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTU5VncbtsiSlUOxnNsJfgSOxIjQduW1X0sgGbAlEDnjKB4y4avMgTBmAeFg-On7Gbs9qoHnl-qhvsM/pubhtml

Bite force is the strongest with a power level over 2000, the worst is Axe Backwards (neither of which are in this season)

Second strongest is Witch Doctor, second worst is Kraken (which is only narrowly worse than captain shredderator)

Historically, Rusty has had a better track record than 30 other bots.
I love looking at Bite Force as number one, seeing that one loss, and knowing that it was Chomp who got the W

beepsandboops
Jan 28, 2014
Triton/Glitch: I feel bad that the two dozen team members of Glitch all had to lose, but it was very sweet to see the Triton guy get a win :unsmith: His partner seemed genuinely so happy for him

beepsandboops
Jan 28, 2014
An all-timer episode and two of my favorite teams in the finals. I really wish that Huge had gone all the way, but the win was well-deserved. I'm just glad that a four wheel vert didn't take it again

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