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Great Beer posted:They do but if cobalt is controlling it's weapon with a contactor instead of a speed controller it may have fused together from the power running through it. Gigabyte/Invader had this issue in season 2 or 3 and shut down filming for nearly an hour while the batteries died. Ohhhh, interesting
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RBA Starblade posted:Any word about post-season stuff this time around or can I go ahead and cancel my discovery+ sub after next week There were several teams that said they were only there to compete in Bounty Hunters, but no official word from Discovery about it. I think it was Perfect Phoenix and Big Dill who said they didn't compete in the fight cards at all but did do a Bounty Hunters tournament.
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Yeah, there's going to be six Bounty Hunters episodes again. Also MINOTAUR LET'S loving GO! My entire household was on their feet for that match, one of the all time great BB fights. I also audibly cheered when Tantrum threw Rotator out with like 10 seconds to go. Whiplash got screwed.
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Mar 31, 2022 18:43
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Minotaur seemed to intentionally use gyro to help it escape Endgame at one key moment. I am floored by how good the driving was there. Interesting that driving seemed absolutely key in multiple fights this season. But also, RIP my bracket.
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Bushido Brown posted:Minotaur seemed to intentionally use gyro to help it escape Endgame at one key moment. I am floored by how good the driving was there. Casually flipping itself over while power sliding through the short corner was super impressive.
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Never thought I'd see an action movie style blade lock on Battlebots, but Endgame and Minotaur had one
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That one wheel gyro maneuver was sick nasty  Go Minotaur
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For as much as that talk about how amazing drivers both mattie vasquez and jameson go are, daniel frietas should be talked about in that list more. That fight and the control he had over his bot was top notch.
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I've said it before but I'll say it again: Minotaur has one of the best teams around, and Frietas is a top-tier driver, if not the best.
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P1 just announced a hiatus to develop a new bot Tankbots all throwing in the towel
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evobatman posted:Front forks should be forbidden next season. Just don't repair the Battlebox between seasons. Let all the forks turn into a huge liability.
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TheJadedOne posted:For as much as that talk about how amazing drivers both mattie vasquez and jameson go are, daniel frietas should be talked about in that list more. That fight and the control he had over his bot was top notch. I remember they were hyping him as a great driver back in the ABC era, just Minotaur finally worked out its kinks after its upgrades. Like very few drivers would be able weaponize their own gyroscopic forces but he does it like it's natural.
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Daniel Freitas and Matt Vasquez are family favourites at my house. This episode was the highest highs and the lowest lows. I'm super excited for the next round of matches.
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ante posted:P1 just announced a hiatus to develop a new bot Looks like someone else has been doing some retooling in the offseason as well 
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TheJadedOne posted:For as much as that talk about how amazing drivers both mattie vasquez and jameson go are, daniel frietas should be talked about in that list more. That fight and the control he had over his bot was top notch. Minotaur's driver just channels his spirit into the robot instead of controlling it like an RC car so it's not quite the same. What a crazy amazing episode, though. And such a shame about Whiplash.
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PITT posted:
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PITT posted:
You've reminded me of your idea that Copperhead's first fight wasn't televised was because they had to make room for a fight with the champ in it. And that Witch Doctor-Mammoth fight absolutely 100% did not need to be televised. And if you had to recap 2 fights why on earth would that fight make the cut? And the robot we absolutely know Witch Doctor can't beat just got knocked out.
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PITT posted:I said the same thing when they started to show the non televised fights, like wtf let us watch the good ones and not fluff. I could see it not being the case for a fight that is probably pretty controversial for the teams for Discovery to just put it on YouTube and not spend as much time going over the rules with the viewers. Seems like an interesting judge decision considering the rules would let the bots get unstuck and continue fighting. But because Cobalt was broken and unable to stop it's active weapon, they went to the judges decision where Cobalt won... But also, I don't see Cobalt winning the ground game against Tantrum and probably is unlikely Cobalt would win that fight. Also Tantrum is likely able to get hit by Cobalt a few times and keep going. Even though they lost, Black Dragon is now 18 fights into it's Battlebot's career and has never been knocked out... loving crazy!
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:But because Cobalt was broken and unable to stop it's active weapon, they went to the judges decision where Cobalt won... So here's the thing - that's not what happened: quote:What happened during the fight was this. Maybe things will be more clear once the fight is released on Sunday?
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It will be pretty funny if both of Aren Hill's bots are going to fight each other, im 99.999% sure Tantrum will win its next one, so its either Hydra or Blip. I feel the champ will be decided between the next fight with Minotaur vs Witchdoctor. PITT fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Apr 2, 2022 |
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DarklyDreaming posted:Never thought I'd see an action movie style blade lock on Battlebots, but Endgame and Minotaur had one There were a ton of cinematic moments. I loved when Tantrum came back to life just in time to move out of the way of a charging Rotator and olé'd it into the barricade. Great episode.
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is pepsi ok posted:There were a ton of cinematic moments. I loved when Tantrum came back to life just in time to move out of the way of a charging Rotator and olé'd it into the barricade. Great episode. That fight made me so happy. I love Tantrum and Blip, they're both such nasty little robots. It's refreshing to see some robots that aren't one-punch wonders as well.
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That was a great episode, definitely some upsets. Spreadsheet updated. Slick goku ran away with his bracket this week. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12K6qBzCbkdF1-wGOQmVQ3MxARZjrrTCnGfsCm17rx9c/edit
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Esoter1c posted:That was a great episode, definitely some upsets. Pretty cool you're doing the spreadsheet. Also I forgot what I even put on my bracket and seems I got 7 out of 8 right... Probably should be a bit more conversation about Riptide after that last episode though. Uppercut is a pretty strong bot & team, but Riptide made them look like Overhaul.
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Nooo, End Game and Rotator in one episode?! I'll need a new favourite team now..
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Pararoid posted:Nooo, End Game and Rotator in one episode?! I'll need a new favourite team now.. It it wasn't already Minotaur then what the gently caress. And if it's not Minotaur now then gently caress You.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Probably should be a bit more conversation about Riptide after that last episode though. Uppercut is a pretty strong bot & team, but Riptide made them look like Overhaul. I think Sawblaze is a really tough draw for them We've never seen Riptide come out with enough of a ground game to contend with Sawblaze's numerous fork/plow options I respect their wins so far, it's just hard to envision that fight as anything other than them getting rammed around the arena, probably on the same anti-spinner plow Sawblaze used against Minotaur
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PupsOfWar posted:I think Sawblaze is a really tough draw for them Yea. I honestly don't see too many bots being a match for Sawblaze. Jamison Go is a loving A+ driver with a really good control bot that can also do damage... I guess also there is a real good chance there is a Sawblaze & Minotaur rematch...
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Yea. I honestly don't see too many bots being a match for Sawblaze. Jamison Go is a loving A+ driver with a really good control bot that can also do damage... All this being said, Sawblaze will have to be careful with its hanmer saw against Riptide. Hit that eggbeater drum wrong and it gets ripped off.
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So I finally broke down and got Discovery+ in order to watch that last episode in its entirety. (My wife likes DIY poo poo and hate-watching bougie idiots on HGTV, so that sealed the deal.) It was great to bottom, but I feel bad for Vasquez and Whiplash. They got done dirty. Like, I get why the fight was called off the way it was but it just happened to victimize them when they were ten seconds from certain victory. What a way to go. My 7-yo daughter is now hooked too. She had watched some bouts on YT with me before, but she watched this whole ep with me. She has been talking about what she wants to do when she grows up over the last few weeks, but she has never given a full-throated answer. It just seems to be on her mind a lot lately. At the end of that ep she said: "I want to kill robots for a living." I told her that these people do lots of other things between matches, like engineering and construction. "I guess I could build robots too," she said. Then she ran roaring around the room in imitation of Daniel Frietas. 
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