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they’re definitely playing up tombstone a lot but he’s definitely beatable and every team has probably spent months thinking about how they would defeat him if they got to the end. that said tombstone is loving great because it’s crazy durable with a weapon that turns everyone else into bits, but bronco will always have a place in my heart because it’s definitely the most entertaining bot
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oh jay posted:Warrior Dragon continues to confuse and infuriate me. Is it a spinner with a bonus flipper? Is it a flipper with a bonus spinner? Whatever it's trying to be it's amazingly ineffective and unreliable at it. flipper is powered by the momentum of the spinner. So if the spinner stops working....
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I understand "how" it works. I just want to know the "why." Team Whyachi knows how to build bots. Is there something I'm missing as to why this design is better than either a basic spinner or flipper or even a wedge bot?
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Aug 25, 2018 05:12
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Yeah to me it just seems to be worlds most boring gimmmick.
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Man, Duck is something else though. Can't judge a book by it's cover. That robot can withstand a lot. Maybe I'm nuts, but I thought Warrior Dragon got robbed. Yeah, its primary weapon didn't function ... ever during the fight, but at least it didn't spend the whole fight spazzing around the ring.
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Aug 25, 2018 06:07
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Since Warhead virtually destroyed its own weapon, was dominant for most of the fight despite that dramatic injury and Warrior Dragon doing absolutely nothing with their primary weapon I thought it was the obvious call.
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Aug 25, 2018 06:12
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didn't they mention at one point either this episode or last that duck had some sort of unibody design? it helped make it extra durable at the expense of lack of customization and easy repair
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logikv9 posted:didn't they mention at one point either this episode or last that duck had some sort of unibody design? it helped make it extra durable at the expense of lack of customization and easy repair They didn't. but it's pretty obvious that it's a wedge bot pretending to have a weapon. I don't totally agree with the rule changes making wedge bots severely disadvantaged, so I don't mind it.
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beepsandboops posted:Somebody on another forum noted that this exact same fight happened last year in RoboGames with different results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma0pSgKRpeQ Wow, you're not kidding, this is totally the same match. This fight is amazing. Everyone should watch it.
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PostNouveau posted:They didn't. but it's pretty obvious that it's a wedge bot pretending to have a weapon. I don't totally agree with the rule changes making wedge bots severely disadvantaged, so I don't mind it. i can't find where it was mentioned but it has a unibody chassis. can't break poo poo off if it's all in one piece https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/8zfqpn/ama_with_duck_builder_hal_rucker_team_black_and/ 
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Aug 25, 2018 06:57
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Too bad it's just a wedge bot that can lift it's wedge a little bit.
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Kloaked00 posted:Monsoon vs Axe Backward There was a similar design in classic Robot Wars (it wasn't very good)  oh jay posted:I understand "how" it works. I just want to know the "why." Team Whyachi knows how to build bots. Is there something I'm missing as to why this design is better than either a basic spinner or flipper or even a wedge bot? I guess it's easier to get picked by Battlebots if you submit a unique design.  Warrior Dragon's successor next year is a hydraulic-powered flipper.Meanwhile, Team Whyachi's other good robot, Falcon, got rejected twice now for being a basic drum spinner. halokiller fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Aug 25, 2018 |
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Aug 25, 2018 07:30
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Too bad it's just a wedge bot that can lift it's wedge a little bit.
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Aug 25, 2018 08:56
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Duck could be a doorstop with wheels bolted to it, as long as its fights are fun to watch (which they have been) I don't really care. Tombstone is already showing why they might lose. That chassis is getting more and more banged up with every fight and I don't believe they brought a spare. The electrics inside can't be doing much better.
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Aug 25, 2018 13:26
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This season of Battlebots has been amazingly entertaining. The last episode was like a string of main event level fights.
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Aug 25, 2018 15:06
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The episode that last aired, not the last episode of the season.
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Great Beer posted:Tombstone is already showing why they might lose. That chassis is getting more and more banged up with every fight and I don't believe they brought a spare. The electrics inside can't be doing much better. Reminder that Last Rites didn't compete in Robogames this year because Tombstone had to cannibalize all its parts for this season.
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Aug 25, 2018 16:39
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Robogames and battlebots filming were also within a few weeks of each other so he may have simply not had time to do both.
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Great Beer posted:That chassis is getting more and more banged up with every fight and I don't believe they brought a spare. The electrics inside can't be doing much better. They didn't bring a spare, Ray said as much in one of the earlier episodes.
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PostNouveau posted:Man, Duck is something else though. Can't judge a book by it's cover. That robot can withstand a lot.
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Bronco  Man, they've been one of my favorite teams since the original series with Toro and T-Minus I wanna see them break a light  Also, Duck is insane and I wish they had better wheels
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Maybe the way to beat Tombstone is to be the 7th bot to fight it...
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Aug 27, 2018 04:41
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one day tombstone is going to break in two from the culminative stresses from every match and the opposing bot will be crowned Best Bot Ever even though all it did was take a hit
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logikv9 posted:one day tombstone is going to break in two from the culminative stresses from every match and the opposing bot will be crowned Best Bot Ever even though all it did was take a hit A Roomba weighs what, six pounds? I bet if you threw a big pile of Roombas at Tombstone it'd eventually choke to death on them
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Aug 27, 2018 08:38
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TV stands work just as well. https://youtu.be/qXCsnlt7Ey8
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Tonight on Battlebots: USA vs The World! Blacksmith VS Warhead Very even fight. I thought it was going to Blacksmith simply because of the show of the hammer hitting them so many times. Lots of fire which was fun to watch Cpt. Shrederator VS Vanquish I was pretty surprised here. Based on his previous showings this season, I honestly didn't expect Shrederator to last the whole fight, let alone win. Kraken VS Red Devil That was a lot more lopsided than I thought it would be. Red Devil's tracks are definitely a design liability Hypershock VS Reality Hyperchock LOL Sawblaze VS Endgame Little surprised here. I thought Endgame got in more damage even though Sawblaze was amore aggressive. Close call
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Woo I am caught up, Great season so far. Also I could swear Bronco was in the old (2000's era) seasons, or was that a similar bot im remembering?
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Zedd posted:Also I could swear Bronco was in the old (2000's era) seasons, or was that a similar bot im remembering?
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Oh, I thought they were gonna fight against bots from King Of Bots or something
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meh episode, although I'm enjoying how sawblaze is getting owned left and right. I'm also not sure why blacksmith exists the hammer doesn't seem damaging enough
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logikv9 posted:meh episode, although I'm enjoying how sawblaze is getting owned left and right. I'm also not sure why blacksmith exists the hammer doesn't seem damaging enough Hammers in general seem largely useless against bots compared to literally anything else.
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RBA Starblade posted:Hammers in general seem largely useless against bots compared to literally anything else. At lower weight classes where the armor is weaker, I'd think that Hammers might actually be useful, but when compared to spinners or even pneumatic flippers, they're trash.
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Hammers are good at doing damage you can't see. Rattling electronics loose, breaking wheel axles and bearings, and hitting less armored sections on top. Forcibly backdriving warheads arm broke it, for example.
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i can see heavyweight designs like beta doing a ton of damage but i think any damage is outweighed by the fact you have this huge heavy hammer lugging around that’s attached only at one point, which can be broken off. for all the weight put into the hammer anyway could be spent in a decent spinner that has a bigger damage radius anyway
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logikv9 posted:i can see heavyweight designs like beta doing a ton of damage but i think any damage is outweighed by the fact you have this huge heavy hammer lugging around that’s attached only at one point, which can be broken off. for all the weight put into the hammer anyway could be spent in a decent spinner that has a bigger damage radius anyway Not to mention once that as the hammer impacts, a great deal of energy is lost as the reaction force lifts the bot wielding the hammer. With a flipper or vertical spinner, the reaction force is directed downwards, giving those bots decent ground to push off of instead of launching themselves in the air.
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On the other hand a field full of spinners is really boring.
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Hammer bots are good and cool. I just don't know why the gently caress anyone would use a hammer bot with the flat hammer part. At least make it a spike like chomp is, then maybe you can get some penetration in. (Although gently caress the rest of Chomp's over engineered, yet always failing/flailing design) Also any X vs Y group style episode is going to probably suck since you know they are going to make it a 3-2 final score and likely picked the bots to fight to guarantee such an outcome. Like you know Blacksmith and Hypershock are going to be lovely bots and likely lose their fights (although the Blacksmith fight was close). SLICK GOKU BABY fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Sep 2, 2018 |
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Blacksmith is there to make cool promo shots (like Mohawk). Blacksmith is also a better bot than Mohawk.
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Bad fights this week. I wonder if the exhibition was drawing from robots with no hope of making the tournament or already eliminated. Good to see Simone Gertz judging.
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