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amazing driving by Bite Force. He should win
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Jul 27, 2015 02:54
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Wedgebots  Lol cripple fight
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Jul 27, 2015 02:54
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 A battery burnout
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Jul 27, 2015 02:54
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That was done awesome driving on bite forces part
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Jul 27, 2015 02:54
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Leave it to a wedgebot to turn the final championship fight into a shoving match 
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Jul 27, 2015 02:55
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Bite Force got this.
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Jul 27, 2015 02:55
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Kloaked00 posted:Well, there's Tombstone's weakness - defense wedges Tombstone's weakness is any bot that can take a handful of hits as was seen in the last 3 fights for Tombstone where a long fight Tombstone tears itself apart.
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Jul 27, 2015 02:56
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howe_sam posted:amazing driving by Bite Force. He should win I'm sure they will. Really, Bite Force would have been wrecked if Tombstone had gotten a hit on the side, making sure it always hit the front and keeping it in positions where it couldn't spin as much as possible took some fancy driving.
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Jul 27, 2015 02:56
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They changed the rules to mandate powered weapons and prevent wedgebots, but the winner is gonna be a wedge Lol
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Jul 27, 2015 02:56
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So the final match will come down to the judges' decision... Yeah Bite Force's driving was far superior and he crippled Tombstone's weapon, it's pretty much no contest.
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Jul 27, 2015 02:58
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DOOP posted:They changed the rules to mandate powered weapons and prevent wedgebots, but the winner is gonna be a wedge They cheesed that rule so hard it's almost hilarious.
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Jul 27, 2015 02:58
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*APPLAUSE SIGN LIGHTS UP*
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Jul 27, 2015 02:59
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Yeah, no contest and good win for Bite Force.
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Jul 27, 2015 02:59
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booooooooooooooo
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Jul 27, 2015 03:00
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Congrats, Bite Force. 
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Jul 27, 2015 03:00
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Right driver won
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Jul 27, 2015 03:00
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DOOP posted:They changed the rules to mandate powered weapons and prevent wedgebots, but the winner is gonna be a wedge No no, you see they still had the flipping arm thing.
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Jul 27, 2015 03:01
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I hope next season has more bots and is longer. This show got good ratings, right? It's likely to be renewed, isn't it?
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Jul 27, 2015 03:03
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Pakled posted:I hope next season has more bots and is longer. Not anymore!
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Jul 27, 2015 03:05
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Pakled posted:I hope next season has more bots and is longer. Are there even ratings this time of year?
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Jul 27, 2015 03:08
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Xelkelvos posted:Are there even ratings this time of year? Yeah, there are always ratings (it's just that the "important" ones for the networks are in February and November, aka the 'sweeps') and ratings tend to not normally matter in the long run for summer shows. (Unless the show just absolutely tanks) Ratings seem to have trended downwards through the airing of the show but hit the #1 demographic that
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Jul 27, 2015 03:28
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Xelkelvos posted:Are there even ratings this time of year? There's always ratings. You never know what summer series will become the next big hit.
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Jul 27, 2015 03:28
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Didn't know Bite Force's creator also made Brutality, a Hazard clone/Icewave minus the Ice. Actually won a 2009 Battlebots tournament, but also had many of the same weaknesses of those inverted lawnmower bots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3mtJneUUzY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOHjh3hwClw
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Jul 27, 2015 03:30
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At the very least, it's probably a lock for a slot on ESPN in the future.
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Jul 27, 2015 03:30
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First episode did like 5 million viewers or some poo poo didnt it?
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Jul 27, 2015 04:09
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Shaman won the mini-rumble, and nothing will convince me otherwise.
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Jul 27, 2015 04:19
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:At the very least, it's probably a lock for a slot on ESPN in the future. More like ESPN 2 or ESPN 3
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Jul 27, 2015 04:54
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DOOP posted:They changed the rules to mandate powered weapons and prevent wedgebots, but the winner is gonna be a wedge The rules being "you can't make the best kind of robot" is kind of dumb anyway.
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Jul 27, 2015 05:10
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Coaaab posted:Didn't know Bite Force's creator also made Brutality, a Hazard clone/Icewave minus the Ice. Actually won a 2009 Battlebots tournament, but also had many of the same weaknesses of those inverted lawnmower bots: I dont know if "literally exploding after multiple hits with an extremely dangerous bot" really counts as weakness.
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Jul 27, 2015 05:46
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The biggest hit in the finals happened before the fight even started. Wedgebots are lame and it's stupid that they got away with that.
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Jul 27, 2015 06:07
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Etalommi posted:The biggest hit in the finals happened before the fight even started. If they didn't use the arm during the match I'd agree with you. But since they did use their arm to control the early fight, I think they should be ok and wasn't just a cheap way to skirt the rules.
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Jul 27, 2015 06:33
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Hopefully it does get renewed. A lot of the bots this season were rushed to be built since they only had like 2 months to prepare. I want to see what teams will come up with in a year's time. Like the successor to the murderbot Son of Whyachi the builders were hinting at.
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Jul 27, 2015 07:43
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Out of all the bots to breaks Overhaul's nose, I'm glad it was Nightmare. It was really lovely to see Bronco miss such a great flip opportunity but seeing Tombstone's guts fly out at the end was cool. Biteforce really did wedge his last fight even tho he did use the arm when he could so I don't think the team was trying to be sneaky. What really impressed me was when he caught Tombstone's blade before it got the chance to rev up and it started blowing smoke.
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Jul 27, 2015 08:52
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How to Win at Battlebots 1. Build a robot with a wedge. 2. Spend all the money/time/weight you'd spend on weapons on armor, speed and power. 3. Add the tiniest flamethrower for 'active weapon requirements'. 4. Spend time saved from not having weapons to become gud driver. 5. Bore opponents to death.
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Jul 27, 2015 12:46
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LeJackal posted:How to Win at Battlebots You forgot that you need a self-righting mechanism.
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Jul 27, 2015 13:11
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I question the flamethrowers in the show so far (except maybe the torch on CC) even meeting this requirement for powered weaponsquote:your bot must have at least one powered weapon that can seriously affect the operation of another BattleBot.
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Jul 27, 2015 13:15
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Yeah, flamethrowers look cool and all, but unless it's a focused flame being spewed out of a heavily shielded pressurized torch of some kind, it's literally only there for show. Tiny bursts of open flame isn't going to render another bot non-functional. Shaman took a hit on it's flamethrower from Nightmare last night, but I was disappointed it didn't explode into a million pieces.
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Jul 27, 2015 13:16
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TheKnife posted:I question the flamethrowers in the show so far (except maybe the torch on CC) even meeting this requirement for powered weapons Well, it's a TV show, so if you make a cool looking wedgebot that spews lots of fire through tiny holes in his wedge they are going to love it.
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Jul 27, 2015 13:19
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I think the easy solution to wedge and control designs is to make the arena itself more dangerous. It would be cool to watch bots push each other into obstacles that actually did something. "Oh man he's got him in the pulverizer!" tink.......tink......tink......
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