BattleBots Thread

[Kohr]

Stow it. Any other bot does the crabwalk, they get counted out. But of course there was no count for Witch Doctor.

Skorpios got to crabwalk. Lock-Jaw and Lucky (last season) were stuck in a corner for over a minute and they weren't counted out.

I grant you that it’s inconsistent.

[Rakdai]

Jesus fucking Christ. You turn every fucking fight into a shit show afterwards and you hate on the judge that clearly made the right decision and just so happens to be the same gender as the team captain of said team.

There is a reason why I usually do live discussions with fellow bot builders.

I've been watching this show for a while, chachi. If it's a split decision and one of the drivers is a woman, Lisa always picks them.

Been watching since the Las Vegas pay-for-view. Controversial decisions have always been a thing, and everyone claims gender and shit have something to do with it, but in this case it was the right call.

Also, one of said bot builders (Hypershock) said that the show was edited, Witch Doctor was 1 second from being counted out. With that level of movement, the countdown would likely be restarted, and there wasn't enough time for that.

[Ameriganastan]

Just shoot me now...

[Rakdai]

Literally both Witch Doctor fights in one hit.

[Ameriganastan]

Who did I piss off in a previous life to get this? Minotaur goes out in the quarters, Bitch Doctor in the finals and Tombstone got one-shotted.

This is my Battlebots Hell.

[Rakdai]

Who did I piss off in a previous life to get this? Minotaur goes out in the quarters, Bitch Doctor in the finals and Tombstone got one-shotted.

This is my Battlebots Hell.

Hell has some great fights, idk what you think.

[Kohr]

Poor Tombstone.

[Ameriganastan]

Thank you sweet, merciful God...

[Rakdai]

Bite Force too OP, please nerf.

[Kohr]

Man, I thought I didn’t have to deal with the Patriots in my other sport...

[Ameriganastan]

Bite Force too OP, please nerf.

That's what happens when Witch Doctor runs into a real bot with no judge favoritism to bail them out. Going home like it always does: A loser.

[Rakdai]

Thank you sweet, merciful God...

Was really worried for Bite Force, Witch Doctor was playing it very smart. But one shot with the srimech up, and the motors went.

[Rakdai]

Bite Force too OP, please nerf.

That's what happens when Witch Doctor runs into a real bot with no judge favoritism to bail them out. Going home like it always does: A loser.

Tombstone, Gigabyte, and Whiplash are not real bots?

[Rakdai]

Man, I thought I didn’t have to deal with the Patriots in my other sport...

Captain Shrederator has been out forever, wdym
/s

[The Galactic Liberal Democracy]

That's what happens when Witch Doctor runs into a real bot with no judge favoritism to bail them out. Going home like it always does: A loser.

Tombstone, Gigabyte, and Whiplash are not real bots?

They need to have a 1 minute match that has every full body spinner to see who lasts the longest.

[Necroghastia]

Sad to see my favorite bot lose the championship but proud to see them come this far!

[Ameriganastan]

Sad to see my favorite bot lose the championship but proud to see them come this far!

You need a better favorite.

[Necroghastia]

Sad to see my favorite bot lose the championship but proud to see them come this far!

You need a better favorite.

Witch Doctor may have been number two in the battle of blows, but it's definitely number one in the battle of style.

[Ameriganastan]

You need a better favorite.

Witch Doctor may have been number two in the battle of blows, but it's definitely number one in the battle of style.

If you say so...

[The Galactic Liberal Democracy]

Bite Force too OP, please nerf.

That's what happens when Witch Doctor runs into a real bot with no judge favoritism to bail them out. Going home like it always does: A loser.

Witch doctor was actually good in the finals. They were shit first year though and still not deserving the next season.

Anyways, how about we say which robots shouldn't ever come back.
1. Captain Shrederator: it's just embarrassing at this point
2. Bombshell: more "fan" (judge) popularity with a lot of luck
3. Blacksmith: their design is obsolete yet the keep on coming back- more bias

Minotaur and Bronco didn't do their greatest. Are they over or was it just a bad season?
Tombstone's flight reminded me of t-wrecks or whatever that thing was.

[Ameriganastan]

Anyways, how about we say which robots shouldn't ever come back.
1. Captain Shrederator: it's just embarrassing at this point

For real. The thing is 1-8 over the last 3 seasons. It always knocks itself out to boot. Thing is a joke.

[The Galactic Liberal Democracy]

You need a better favorite.

Witch Doctor may have been number two in the battle of blows, but it's definitely number one in the battle of style.

Speaking of style, it was fun to watch harmless projectiles, useless drones, and ineffective flames but I think those things are over. The giant robots were still cool this time around (except for mammoth).

[The Galactic Liberal Democracy]

Anyways, how about we say which robots shouldn't ever come back.
1. Captain Shrederator: it's just embarrassing at this point

For real. The thing is 1-8 over the last 3 seasons. It always knocks itself out to boot. Thing is a joke.

If something can take one hit from Shrederator, it's already won. They keep on bringing back old and really designs. Lots of new people did good this year and there must be others who deserve a chance more. Trying the same thing again and again won't bring results.

[Ameriganastan]

If something can take one hit from Shrederator, it's already won. They keep on bringing back old and really designs. Lots of new people did good this year and there must be others who deserve a chance more. Trying the same thing again and again won't bring results.

It's just evolution. Full body spinners were awesome in the clunky bot Comedy Central days when they could take hits. But that was then, and this is now.

[Kohr]

That's what happens when Witch Doctor runs into a real bot with no judge favoritism to bail them out. Going home like it always does: A loser.

Witch doctor was actually good in the finals. They were shit first year though and still not deserving the next season.

Anyways, how about we say which robots shouldn't ever come back.
1. Captain Shrederator: it's just embarrassing at this point
2. Bombshell: more "fan" (judge) popularity with a lot of luck
3. Blacksmith: their design is obsolete yet the keep on coming back- more bias

Minotaur and Bronco didn't do their greatest. Are they over or was it just a bad season?
Tombstone's flight reminded me of t-wrecks or whatever that thing was.

My personal least favorite robots are the middle of the road vertical spinners that don't have original designs and aren't successful enough to justify their own existence... but I recognize that I'm probably alone there.

I don't know what the future of the Captain is, but it's clear that it can't come back the way it is now. Bronco also needs to find a way to increase its resiliency. Bombshell is just a bot with a weird track record. I'd like to see them back just because of that unpredictability. I disagree about Blacksmith. Al Kindle knows the hammer won't knock bots out and is mostly a way to make the bot entertaining. I think of them as a machine similar to Duck- built to take hits. And it works. They won three fights this year (I also thought they should have gotten the nod against Sawblaze).