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I have made an important discovery at dragoncon. I am taller than Charles Guan from Overhaul.
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Great Beer posted:I have made an important discovery at dragoncon. I am taller than Charles Guan from Overhaul. With or without cat ear headphones?
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Sep 2, 2018 20:03
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Beta was the only hammer I recall ever doing any visible damage to anything, and that includes the arena pulverizers.
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Sep 3, 2018 20:15
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Blacksmith and Warhead was mildly fun to watch, like two toddlers fighting with pool noodles.
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Sep 4, 2018 03:48
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Madurai posted:Beta was the only hammer I recall ever doing any visible damage to anything, and that includes the arena pulverizers. I feel like the hammers were way more powerful in the Comedy Central version
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Sep 4, 2018 04:07
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They could one shot lower weight classes. But at this weight class, only the screws are dangerous for being able to get ring outs.
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Sep 4, 2018 04:54
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oh jay posted:They could one shot lower weight classes. But at this weight class, only the screws are dangerous for being able to get ring outs. The arena floor is more dangerous in this version if only because it can trap bots long enough for their opponent to score a hit.
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Sep 4, 2018 13:27
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Free Shipping seems to lose in the most spectacular ways possible.
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Sep 8, 2018 05:15
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And next week has HUGE!!! We are living in a golden age of bots.
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Sep 8, 2018 05:27
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Free Shipping seems to lose in the most spectacular ways possible. Yeah, I'm always happy to see it appear on the card. I'm not rooting for it to win but I'm happy to watch it explode over and over. 
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Sep 8, 2018 10:43
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RBA Starblade posted:Hammers in general seem largely useless against bots compared to literally anything else. Flamethrowers seem massively overhyped and pretty useless too. Maybe if they could do "sticky liquid" type flamethrowers they'd be more use.
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Sep 8, 2018 19:24
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what the gently caress hasn't anybody strapped a cutting torch on the front of a bot yet
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Sep 9, 2018 03:03
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logikv9 posted:what the gently caress hasn't anybody strapped a cutting torch on the front of a bot yet Flame weapons are limited to propane and butane or blends of the two. It's also difficult to make the other bot sit still.
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Sep 9, 2018 04:37
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Flames seem better as a way to obscure the vision of the opponent than as an actual method of damage.
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Sep 9, 2018 06:33
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Xelkelvos posted:Flames seem better as a way to obscure the vision of the opponent than as an actual method of damage. And now the next seasons meta is going to be having a drone flying in front of the opposing players box and obscuring their vision with flames.
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Sep 9, 2018 06:44
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logikv9 posted:what the gently caress hasn't anybody strapped a cutting torch on the front of a bot yet There's a lot of rules when it comes to weapons. Most of which are there to keep the battlebox itself from getting too hosed up. Even though, it's obviously taking a beating this season. You can even see damage on the glass during the intro bit of the last episode... Although, I think only Tombstone and SOW are the only 2 to do significant damage to the box...
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Sep 9, 2018 07:04
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:There's a lot of rules when it comes to weapons. Most of which are there to keep the battlebox itself from getting too hosed up. Even though, it's obviously taking a beating this season. You can even see damage on the glass during the intro bit of the last episode... Jamie Hyneman (the Mythbuster with the mustache) was given a championship once because the couldn't let him compete anymore because his gas-powered spinner embedded shrapnel of an opponent deeply in the battlebox. They were afraid if they let him continue he might put pieces of other robots completely through the arena.
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Sep 9, 2018 07:12
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Nightmare also got most of the Comedy Central season 5 rumbles cancelled when one of its teeth ripped out at full speed, punctured the roof of the box, and hit someone in the audience.
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Sep 9, 2018 14:01
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Apparently we weren't quite done after the Bite Force match.
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Sep 13, 2018 23:56
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MikeNCR posted:Apparently we weren't quite done after the Bite Force match. There's a rumour all over the reddit that this episode has a really lovely judges decision somewhere in it. I don't know what it is, but can make some educated guesses, and I can't wait to see the future replies!
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Sep 14, 2018 00:19
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The fact that battlebots uploaded a video explaining the way rumbles are judged today is pretty telling of which match it might be in.
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Sep 14, 2018 00:24
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MikeNCR posted:Apparently we weren't quite done after the Bite Force match. SO does Last Chance Rumble have all 6 bots in it at once
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Sep 14, 2018 01:01
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:SO does Last Chance Rumble have all 6 bots in it at once That’s how it it works in pro wrestling. I hope Duck wins it.
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Sep 14, 2018 01:35
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A 6 bot rumble is bound to have an unpopular judges decision in it. I can't imagine the other one going to a judge decision since they are all Vertical spinners / drums.
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Sep 14, 2018 01:52
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I am kinda curious how Bombshell ended up in there at all, its not exactly impressed this year. Or even come close. Kraken or Petunia seem like they'd have been better choices. Maybe even warrior dragon if they could keep it working for more than 30 seconds. Only thing I can come up with is that its one of the few robots with enough spare parts left to do another (potentially) 5 fights.
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Sep 14, 2018 02:29
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Great Beer posted:I am kinda curious how Bombshell ended up in there at all, its not exactly impressed this year. Or even come close. Kraken or Petunia seem like they'd have been better choices. Maybe even warrior dragon if they could keep it working for more than 30 seconds. Only thing I can come up with is that its one of the few robots with enough spare parts left to do another (potentially) 5 fights. Yeah, as with the US vs. the world exhibition episode, they're probably just throwing together anyone who can still fight.
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Sep 14, 2018 06:43
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I'm hyped as gently caress for huge vs icewave
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Sep 14, 2018 12:12
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It will probably be a 1 hit fight... Giant horizontal spinning bar vs Giant vertical spinning bar should be quite interesting...
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Sep 14, 2018 15:25
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Did Tombstone get knocked out or is he just not in this week's ep?
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Sep 14, 2018 15:28
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ConfusedUs posted:Did Tombstone get knocked out or is he just not in this week's ep? He's done his 4 fights. This isn't the tournament.
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Sep 14, 2018 16:51
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Yep, tournament starts next week.
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Sep 14, 2018 20:02
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Today's episode is great. That Huge v. Icewave fight was crazy and yet not totally unexpected. Also, wow, go Bombshell, that was a great rumble. I can see why some folks might think it should've gone to Duck but it seemed like a close call.
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Sep 14, 2018 22:40
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Rexxed posted:Today's episode is great. Still technically under the NDA till the show airs on Discovery, but I think it's safe to say that a close read of the judging rules makes the result pretty straightforward, even if that doesn't make people like it. https://battlebots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/BattleBots-Tournament-Rules.2018.Rev-1.01.pdf (7.6.1 on page 31)
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Sep 14, 2018 22:47
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huge vs icewave went over exactly how i would've imagined, in that i knew that one of them would be entirely hosed up by the end. rip huge, looks like horizontal spinners really can gently caress up those wheels. also that decision, while entirely within the rules, is awful
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Sep 14, 2018 23:33
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That's two bots icewave has ripped in half now.
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That was nowhere near as bad as I was fearing. It really did seem like the correct call. Congrats MikeNCR! Sorry that I'm still cheering for Tombstone next match.  RIP in pieces HUGE. I first thought the judges decision was going to be that fight. I could easily imagine ICEwave cutting a few chunks out of HUGE's wheels, then HUGE takes out the ICE engine. Then ICEwave spends 3 minutes pushing around a less-mobile-than-usual HUGE and winning a decision.
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Sep 15, 2018 01:59
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Gun to the head, I prob go with Duck there Huge v Icewave was extremely fun
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Sep 15, 2018 02:02
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I feel like giving duck the W would encourage boring rumbles where everybody tries to avoid combat, so giving bombshell the win for giving two big shots makes sense
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Rexxed posted:Today's episode is great. Yeah same, Duck may have lasted the distance and performed some good tactical moves in pushing its opponents into each other's weapons but it's still just a glorified wedge and it just ran around booping snoots and not really doing anything else.
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