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Blacksmith finally won a match which was surprising Here is hoping that the catears guy goes up against tombstone or something
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VictorianQueerLit posted:Here is hoping that the catears guy goes up against tombstone or something Tombstone is only going to go up against serious contender bots until the 16 tournament. Probably the weird thing about the format, in a lot of ways they have created multiple tiers of robots, and they are all mostly fighting within their tier. Like they aren't putting Tombstone up against the Four Horsemen because that would be a joke of a match.
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Jun 10, 2018 07:05
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It's better I think, decreases the odds of matches being duds (looking at you hamburger bot).
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Jun 10, 2018 07:51
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Tombstone vs Hamburgerdud would have been a lot more entertaining than what we got 
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Jun 10, 2018 09:41
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I don't think Icewave's graze on Yeti after the bout was intentional per say. As I was watching the fight with my friend I said "Wait, they both aren't moving yet Yeti is getting counted out? Icewave has to show some movement." It wasn't until after the 10 count Icewave moved and subsequently took a chunk of Yeti's wheels but I think it was to show that Icewave wasn't also incapacitated. Or maybe I'm just a gigantic rear end in a top hat like Icewave.
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Jun 10, 2018 18:29
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One of the refs/VP (Remar) is saying he told Icewave to move or he would knock himself out. Icewave didn't need to show movement because he wasn't being counted out but at least we know it wasn't intentional, just a bad ref call.
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A big part of the goal with the new "ranking match" system was to make it easier for people to watch an individual episode whether or not they've seen the prior ones which makes it far easier for the network to do reruns/marathons/etc where people aren't always coming in with the same knowledge. The fight card system also is meant to somewhat resemble boxing/mma, where you've got the top names facing each other and undercard fights where new or underrated bots get a chance to prove themselves and climb into the main event(s). During filming they had a general idea of what matches they wanted but would only announce the next day or two typically so they had a good bit of ability to adjust match-ups based on how the bots were performing at the time. It was a bit brutal on the teams, as there are a lot of fights, and a lot of damage to fix (and filming was only 16 days long including setup/off days) but there's a general feeling across the teams that it will make for good TV.
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Complete Control was the one piloted by a Goon who participated in the original series right?
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Xelkelvos posted:Complete Control was the one piloted by a Goon who participated in the original series right? And said goon is a judge now! All the fringe conspiracy theories about SA being the illuminati are true.
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MikeNCR posted:A big part of the goal with the new "ranking match" system was to make it easier for people to watch an individual episode whether or not they've seen the prior ones which makes it far easier for the network to do reruns/marathons/etc where people aren't always coming in with the same knowledge. The fight card system also is meant to somewhat resemble boxing/mma, where you've got the top names facing each other and undercard fights where new or underrated bots get a chance to prove themselves and climb into the main event(s). I feel like its probably the best incarnation of the show yet, especially since they seem to be getting more into how teams strategize and adjust for fights.
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Jun 11, 2018 01:34
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Just having less bullshit and more robots blowing up makes this season much better.
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Jun 11, 2018 03:27
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Grand Fromage posted:Just having less bullshit and more robots blowing up makes this season much better. this is what it all comes down to
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Jun 11, 2018 04:58
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Free Shipping suiciding into Huge over and over again was amazing. Also lol yeti
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logikv9 posted:Free Shipping suiciding into Huge over and over again was amazing. I believe they way Free Shipping is set up, all of the weapon stuff is at the top and the box the wheels are attached to are drive portions and such which might have been under Huge's weapons clearance so I could just keep running into Huge without being in danger of getting too mangled
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Free Shippings team posted a closeup of the damage they took from Huge. https://www.facebook.com/freeshippingbot/videos/187711715220442/
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Great Beer posted:Free Shippings team posted a closeup of the damage they took from Huge. Which judge was it that gave that match to Free Shipping and what drugs were they on?
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Jun 13, 2018 02:39
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Hey when the hell did this come back
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:Hey when the hell did this come back Whatever you do, don't read the OP. The OP, which content is pretty literally just the answer to your question.
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Oh sorry, let me rephrase my post so that literal minded will understand it: I am both excited and surprised to see battlebots is back on TV! I didn't realize that had happened!
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Jun 15, 2018 20:03
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This is the third new season, so you have a lot of robot fighting time to catch up on!
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I actually ran a fantasy battlebots league for the last thread in 2016 that SLICK GOKU BABY participated in and came in last place, I just wasn't expecting Discovery to pick it back up after a year of it being off.
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Do sawblade weapons do any meaningful damage? Lots of sparks but they never seem to do anything When your bot is small enough to fit in the other' bots wedge, you're kinda screwed
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Do sawblade weapons do any meaningful damage? Lots of sparks but they never seem to do anything You mean besides last season when red devil cut straight into witch doctors battery? Saws may not have that massive hit line other spinners but they pair very nicely with a well driven control type bot, as sawblaze has been showing. Plus, anything is better than more small vertical disks.
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haha Monsoon wins the cripple fight Subzero's gets bailed out of a retarded strategy because Shredator can't take a hit god drat it e: How the gently caress is this a split decision the what are you smoking Naomi Nissin Cup Nudist fucked around with this message at 01:46 on Jun 16, 2018 |
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Jun 16, 2018 01:21
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Haha, that jurassic world ad was great
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Jun 16, 2018 01:51
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god I love Bronco knocked out of the arena
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Jun 16, 2018 01:58
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That Jurrassic World commercial actively pissed me off. Lets run marketing executives out of this country on a loving rail.
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Working through the first few episodes of this season. So far I've laughed out loud at the one MIT guy just pasting the other one and shouting "Go back to school, your driving sucks" and also at the burger guy saying "My son! My only son! Why? "
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Propaganda Machine posted:This is the third new season, so you have a lot of robot fighting time to catch up on! You can watch ep. 5 on Science Channel right now but that's it
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I feel extremely bad for Bombshell. It gets stuck in the same position, again, and instead of just getting counted out, they get launched out. Chomp is still ambitious, but rubbish. Their new self righting mechanism is cool, but agonizingly slow compared to what a human directed mechanism can do.
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Chomp is kinda funny when it jumps but it's a gimmick and I would love to see it torn to pieces. I don't understand the reasoning behind something like that. It will never win against serious bots so why not redesign it into something that isn't dumb.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:god I love Bronco  what better way to win a match by ejecting them from the field of play
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDiMXqg5G_I
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tbf chomp would own against some bots. "I'm not technically breaking the rules" wedgebot that had their poo poo broke after one strike might have lost against literally anyone else wyachi clan can eat a dick
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Subzero's gets bailed out of a retarded strategy because Shredator can't take a hit god drat it Hey now, it's only a dumb strategy if it fails. They won the fight therefore rope-a-dope was a great plan. Grognan posted:wyachi clan can eat a dick Yeah there's just something about those guys.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Subzero's gets bailed out of a retarded strategy because Shredator can't take a hit god drat it I dunno, being unable to absorb its own recoil in a sustainable manner seems to be a flaw with almost all of the full-body spinners so far.
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Driving towards the opponent with a slab of high quality metal seems to be the most reliable way of dealing with spinners, there's a good chance their weapon drive will fail before the mounting for your metal slab. Subzero's didn't seem optimally attached tho, particularly against hits coming in at an angle.Nissin Cup Nudist posted:e: How the gently caress is this a split decision the what are you smoking Naomi Probably because the other bot was beginning to break down. I feel like on a long enough timeline Chomp would win against almost anyone.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:e: How the gently caress is this a split decision the what are you smoking Naomi Because it was more of a stalemate than an actual win. Neither bot managed to hurt the other in any real way even if one was arguably in more control. It's not like the constant flipping of Chomp accomplished anything.
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Haven't seen the match, but I remember a lot of people were upset about Chomp getting the decision over Disc-O in 2016, but is mega dumb because chomp had pocked the thing full of holes in the first bit and broke its disc, and then disc-O spent spent the last two minutes flipping Chomp over, which didn't matter because it could self right. Chomp would go on to one hit KO the defending champion Biteforce.
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Chomp's axe and targeting thing are actually really effective when they connect, it's a shame the thing still flails around like it's drunk the whole fight. I would have thought they would have fixed that or at least made it not as bad between seasons.
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