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I'm going to lol when number 31 ranked Gruff beats number 2 ranked Bloodsport. Edit: Bracket 
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Robert Cowan did a video on servicing a drive motor in Copperhead. That's a lot of sturdy bot components: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUWvzHL_LOw
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Feb 16, 2021 03:48
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Fish Of Doom posted:I'm going to lol when number 31 ranked Gruff beats number 2 ranked Bloodsport. Who's your winner? Am I overlooking it? Yeah Gruff is a really tough draw for a 2 vs. 31 matchup. That's study-rear end robot that might be able to break Bloodsport's weapon with its face.
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Feb 16, 2021 03:51
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I'm terrible at these, but it's fun. I'll speculate on this week's matches. Hydra v Hypershock: Yeah, I don't think Hypershock is going to find their groove with this match. Malice v Gigabyte: I have no idea. I'm just going to go with Malice but this is a 50-50 match for me. Whiplash v Huge: I love Huge, but I expect this to be a repeat of last year.' Valkyrie vs Subzero: Valkyrie's been impressive this year and Subzero's had some weird driving every match this season. UpperCut v Hijinx: Uppercut is Uppercut. Beta v Ribbot: Honestly, this could go either way, but I expect Beta to be fairly resilient to Ribbot. Black Dragon v Slammow: There aren't many bots in this bracket I think Slammow could beat to be honest. Madcatter vs Tombstone: This could be closer than we all think, but I think Tombstone can clean up.
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Feb 16, 2021 06:51
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PostNouveau posted:Who's your winner? Am I overlooking it? Would also appreciate this for scoring purposes. With 12 entries so far, we have 11 unique predicted winners
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Feb 16, 2021 14:09
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 After I finished I realized my bets were pretty lame, but there's something to be said for the top ranked seeds this year. Esoter1c fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Feb 17, 2021 |
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Feb 17, 2021 01:10
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Just feels like it's Copperhead's year, one way or another.
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Feb 17, 2021 02:39
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PostNouveau posted:Who's your winner? Am I overlooking it? Oops, my bad. I guess I'll go with Copperhead.
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Feb 17, 2021 03:28
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Just started watching through these... this one you can get a glimpse into the hydraulic schematics of Hydra... and also a tour of their shop... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEjf65kAc5I
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Feb 17, 2021 10:01
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There's such an impressive level of engineering in Hydra.
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Feb 17, 2021 13:29
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I want to highlight how much Kraken has improved from the first time they were on. It seems like they have gone from almost a joke bot to a really competent fighter. I'm really impressed with how well they've done.
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Feb 17, 2021 16:25
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TomR posted:I want to highlight how much Kraken has improved from the first time they were on. It seems like they have gone from almost a joke bot to a really competent fighter. I'm really impressed with how well they've done. It's really hardened up a lot since v1.0
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Feb 17, 2021 16:39
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I think Uppercut can beat Hydra if they can refit their weapon so that it will ever actually touch Hydra.
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Feb 17, 2021 20:30
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Anyway.
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Feb 17, 2021 21:56
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Just started watching through these... this one you can get a glimpse into the hydraulic schematics of Hydra... and also a tour of their shop... Wow, Uppercut got to Sawblaze's flame tank by doing this  to what Jamison Go describes as the "thin" section of aluminum armor.
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Feb 17, 2021 22:24
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Aluminium isnt very strong, to be fair. A steel weapon will tear chunks out of any thickness of it.
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Feb 17, 2021 23:37
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Alright, finally got this done. Lets believe in it. 
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Feb 18, 2021 00:49
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 Some notes: Copperhead is real good, but not enough to defeat the forces of evil. I love my boy HUGE but he's not going anywhere. Gruff is too much of a brick for Bloodsport to deal with.
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Feb 18, 2021 01:26
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Honestly if they found some way to pit Hydra against Ribbot, I would consider not being so mad at them.
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Feb 18, 2021 01:38
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Huge is almost always entertaining, but I'm sure it will run into something that can shrug off its weapon and shred its wheels.
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Feb 18, 2021 02:10
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More importantly, its up first against Whiplash, which is perfectly suited to deal with huge by just lifting its arm up. If it can manage to overcome that, Huge may go deep but I just dont see it happening.
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Feb 18, 2021 03:22
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Great Beer posted:More importantly, its up first against Whiplash, which is perfectly suited to deal with huge by just lifting its arm up. If it can manage to overcome that, Huge may go deep but I just dont see it happening. beepsandboops fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Feb 18, 2021 |
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Feb 18, 2021 04:45
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I hope my bracket is wrong and Hypershock gets the upset on Hydra. It would be far from the most unexpected result this season.
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Feb 18, 2021 07:56
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I know my bracket is wrong. Tombstone will break itself on somebody. I just didn't have the guts to guess who.
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Feb 18, 2021 08:05
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Here's the spreadsheet I'm using to tally our predictions: Battlebots 2021 Points for predicting the winner are equal to the round of the win (1 for first round, 2 for second round, etc...) I'll consider any further submissions that are posted before 8pm Eastern as valid, even if I don't get them updated in the spreadsheet by the start of the episode With 17 entries so far, here's some data I pulled Predicted Winner Votes -Copperhead: 4 -Bloodsport: 2 -Hydra: 2 -Huge: 2 -Whiplash, Rotator, Uppercut, End Game, Sawblaze, Tombstone, Witch Doctor: 1 First Round Uppercut and Black Dragon are favored to win 17-0 Beta is favored 16-1 (Tunicate is the brave single soul here) Hydra, Valkyrie, Sawblaze and End Game are favored 15-2 Tombstone is favored 14-3 The closest matches are expected to be Gigabyte/Malice, Skorpios/Witch Doctor and Jackpot/Rotator with near even 9-8 splits
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Feb 18, 2021 13:49
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Just as a heads-up, todays episode is already on discovery+, as is betas bounty hunter episode which may affect some brackets posted after this point.
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Feb 18, 2021 14:21
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I made a bracket but it ended up with hydra winning and I refuse to believe that evil wins
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Feb 18, 2021 18:48
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Ideally Huge will somehow break that stupid keep-away bar in half and smash the poo poo out of Hydra.
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Feb 18, 2021 18:59
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Presumably the judges came to their senses and are not going to allow a Stalling Device to serve as an active weapon. Especially since, let's be real, this isn't a real sport and what ultimately matters is audience satisfaction.
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Feb 18, 2021 19:07
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Great Beer posted:Just as a heads-up, todays episode is already on discovery+, as is betas bounty hunter episode which may affect some brackets posted after this point. How does this keep happening? Halloween Jack posted:Presumably the judges came to their senses and are not going to allow a Stalling Device to serve as an active weapon. Especially since, let's be real, this isn't a real sport and what ultimately matters is audience satisfaction. All sports are made-up.
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Feb 18, 2021 19:47
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MiddleOne posted:How does this keep happening? Pretty sure Discover is just intentionally putting the episodes up early to get some more suckers to sign up for their streaming service...
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Feb 18, 2021 19:56
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Pretty sure Discover is just intentionally putting the episodes up early to get some more suckers to sign up for their streaming service... It's working because I'll pay 6 bucks a month to watch a day early.
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Feb 18, 2021 21:42
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MiddleOne posted:All sports are made-up.
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Feb 18, 2021 22:13
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Interesting. They actually mention upgrading the floor at the start of the Beta bounty hunter episodes. Think it's the first / only time in the series that they even make a reference to the new floor they did for this season...
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Feb 19, 2021 01:27
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Madcatter lasted longer than I thought they would
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Feb 19, 2021 02:11
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Cant say I ever saw a bot move that slowly in a line before
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Feb 19, 2021 02:14
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Lol, poor Hijinx.
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Feb 19, 2021 02:23
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I was wondering if Hijinks would fit in those gaps. I like how the Uppercut team always seems legitimately frightened of their robot.
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Feb 19, 2021 02:24
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Uppercut good lord
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"Nearly had him"? What world was he in?
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