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Borsche69 posted:was it really a melty? every fight I've ever seen it in just has it spinning dead in place; maybe slightly drifting in a direction. every hit it seemed to get was because someone drove into it Let's be honest, you've described every melty brain robot ever. I'd love to see a melty drive a simple obstacle course to prove me wrong though!
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Borsche69 posted:was it really a melty? every fight I've ever seen it in just has it spinning dead in place; maybe slightly drifting in a direction. every hit it seemed to get was because someone drove into it Found some videos from Team Nuts demonstrating their test rig and a test drive where you can clearly see it's moving a specific direction while spinning. They were posted in this topic where two of the Team Nuts members, including Rory, specified some stuff. KennyMan666 fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Apr 12, 2022 |
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KennyMan666 posted:Backed up by that it really seems like that, until ZAP debuts, Nuts 2 is to date the only known heavyweight meltybrain. Also, ZAP only seems to have an application video right now. I imagine bringing something new is highly valued by the application committee, but it's possible they don't get in for other reasons.
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I did the math and unless I hosed up a bot that is three feet wide spinning at 1000 RPM would have a tip speed of 107mph, so not that bad. Of course that doesn't leave much room for rotating weapons like the ZAP prototype shows.
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I know they never made it to the televised stuff, but I still can't over how Hellachopper just straight up used Nazi imagery 
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There used to be a 250 lb melty brain full body spinner called Cyclonebot. It was ok, but it was also 15 years ago so I'm sure the technology has gotten better since then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U09OITu5wHc Fish Of Doom fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Apr 13, 2022 |
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beepsandboops posted:I know they never made it to the televised stuff, but I still can't over how Hellachopper just straight up used Nazi imagery Holy poo poo, they slapped the fuckin' SS Totenkopf on everything. 
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Sorry I'm so late on this, I've been moving and just got to watch the finale. What a match. That controversy was definitely not as big of a deal as Reddit made it seem. I was rooting for Hydra, and while I think Hydra was more entertaining, I agree when it comes down to scoring the right call was made. The Witch Doctor unstick was super fast, but I don't know it was going to change much. Minotaur was clearly going to lose at that point already. I do think Minotaur had control and think not counting it out was the right call. I was disappointed in Witch Doctor just running away but hearing what they were being told I now get it. I don't think the reffing was that messed up, things happen but in the end I don't think it had a huge effect. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12K6qBzCbkdF1-wGOQmVQ3MxARZjrrTCnGfsCm17rx9c/edit Noone predicted the winner this year! But we do have a three way tie for points between Zedd, SLICK GOKU BABY and Bushido Brown, congrats!
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who the gently caress in the league thought that was even sightly okay
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hexwren posted:who the gently caress in the league thought that was even sightly okay Probably a fellow spinner
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Esoter1c posted:Sorry I'm so late on this, I've been moving and just got to watch the finale. Thanks for doing the spreadsheet. I'm surprised I did so well because most of my picks were more who I wanted to win vs who I thought would actually win!
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hexwren posted:who the gently caress in the league thought that was even sightly okay You'd think too dangerous to be tested in the testing box would raise red flags, but someone from battlebots really wanted them to succeed.
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beepsandboops posted:I know they never made it to the televised stuff, but I still can't over how Hellachopper just straight up used Nazi imagery Heilachopper
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Chronojam posted:Probably a fellow spinner halokiller posted:You'd think too dangerous to be tested in the testing box would raise red flags, but someone from battlebots really wanted them to succeed. I meant being fash as poo poo but I don't disagree with these responses
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I was really surprised by the "must have an active weapon" rule when I came back to modern battlebots and discovered it was a thing brickbots are iconic. Who hated Tornado/Rammstein/etc badly enough to make a rule outlawing them? get rid of it imo
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Wedges and bricks were always the most boring part of battlebots. I'm not going to begrudge them the requirement that a robot be capable of doing active damage. Although I wish they would adjust it enough to allow for meltybrain thwackbots.
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I still say we allow projectile weapons and just have them duke it out in a desert far from everyone else
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RBA Starblade posted:I still say we allow projectile weapons and just have them duke it out in a desert far from everyone else Projectile weapons are allowed. They just aren't very effective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3L_UxLsPt0 I think there are rules that prevent making an effective one because you'd damage the box if you just strapped an AK-47 to a roomba.
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PostNouveau posted:Projectile weapons are allowed. They just aren't very effective. Guns are surprisingly ineffective against battlebot armor. I can't find the video now, but some folks on Youtube shot battlebot armor plates with a variety of guns and they barely dented it. You'd need a .50 BMG or more to do real damage.
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That's probably why Double Jeopardy's weapon had such a large projectile, making it more of a ranged hammer bot.
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Double jeopardy can now do three shots, and I thiiiiink they're going to be on Bounty Hunters
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ante posted:Double jeopardy can now do three shots, and I thiiiiink they're going to be on Bounty Hunters quote:Double quote:three 
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No air date on Bounty Hunters yet. Clever Discovery, thinking I'll forget to cancel Discovery+ for 3 months.
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beepsandboops posted:I know they never made it to the televised stuff, but I still can't over how Hellachopper just straight up used Nazi imagery I did Nazi that coming. Tunicate posted:Heilachopper 
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PupsOfWar posted:I was really surprised by the "must have an active weapon" rule when I came back to modern battlebots and discovered it was a thing rammstein technically had a weapon at least. and its tough because no one really hates any individual brick (except maybe tornado after its bullshit against razer), but when you get two bricks fighting eachother it can get pretty boring
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Whiplash is the only brick bot I like, and I'm pretty sure if he had an actual weapon that driver would dominate
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Borsche69 posted:rammstein technically had a weapon at least. and its tough because no one really hates any individual brick (except maybe tornado after its bullshit against razer), but when you get two bricks fighting eachother it can get pretty boring What I keep coming back to is that Bloodsport-Claw Viper was one of the better fight night undercard matches of the season, and it only got good after Bloodsport chopped off the dumb token grappler arms and turned Claw Viper into the fast ramming wedge it was born to be In OG battlebots (and, frankly, all the other robot shows of the time), people hadn't quite figured out weapons yet. So it made sense that a lot of teams just ignored weapons to cram in more drive motors and armor. Modern battlebots has a pretty entrenched and well-developed weapon meta, so imo very few teams would build brickbots and the dreaded brick-vs-brick fight would rarely if ever occur All that said, if a team wants to build a Duck, let them do it and don't force them to add a dorky ineffectual little plow just for pretend.
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It's a weight tax, if anything, to force an active weapon plus giving a little more chance for action.
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The difference now between the old days is that acceptance to the show is curated. Battlebots picks their favorite 60-70 bots and many get rejected. In the olds days anyone could show up with a brick. I feel like they could allow a couple bricks in without ruining the whole thing.
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For what it's worth though, even the smaller leagues like NHRL require some form of active weapon. It's honestly what most of a community wants. Not too many people want to see 2 wedge push each other for 3 minutes!
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NHRL has gone the opposite direction; you don't even need a drive system if your weapon vibrates enough.
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Some of the NHRL designs are great, I'd love to see some of the wackier concepts come over to BattleBots.
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A lot of the really interesting designs start in the lower weight classes just because the cost and scale is easier and Battlebots should add at least one of them if just as an exhibition for a season
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Xelkelvos posted:A lot of the really interesting designs start in the lower weight classes just because the cost and scale is easier and Battlebots should add at least one of them if just as an exhibition for a season Sounds like a cool spinoff series to me
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Xelkelvos posted:A lot of the really interesting designs start in the lower weight classes just because the cost and scale is easier and Battlebots should add at least one of them if just as an exhibition for a season I miss the old weight classes they used to use, it mixed things up
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