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Why is this show so entertaining. Also what's with the renewed power balance. From what I remember of Robot Wars as a kid wedges and crushers just destroyed the opposition and now suddenly spinners of all kinds are the bees knees? MiddleOne fucked around with this message at 09:42 on May 20, 2018 |
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Coaaab posted:The best heavyweight crusher right now is Spectre, a British bot exclusively competing in the Chinese King of Bots and This Is Fighting Robots shows. That's either eerily similiar or literally the crusher I was thinking of from my childhood. MiddleOne fucked around with this message at 16:11 on May 20, 2018 |
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May 20, 2018 16:08
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Coaaab posted:https://twitter.com/BattleBots/status/999726845791801344 How does that thing even work.
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May 25, 2018 17:33
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Xelkelvos posted:Lol at that projectile. Point blank and does nothing. Did the guys who made this not finish Newtonian physics? I mean someone please correct me if I'm speaking out of my rear end here but just off the top off my head from what I remember of physics: 1. The slug is too large and for some reason flat (???), making it impossible for it to penetrate anything that's even remotely as sturdy as itself since the force of the slug will get spread out upon impact. 2. While the slug is significantly heavy, it doesn't even come close to the weight of whatever it's going to hit. Meaning it has to hit with a tremendous force to actually cause any internal damage and not just recoil immediately as the force rebounds and bounces off the slug harmlessly. 3. The height of the barrel, why is the firing mechanism made to fire from an elevated position that almost guarantees that the slug will hit at an awkward angle and bounce off. I mean we saw 1 & 2 in action right here. The slug didn't even dent the metal and bounced the hell away since the slug didn't have enough force to significantly move the very heavy and forward-pushing bot. And that was without 3 even coming into effect. Like what was plan A here. 
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May 26, 2018 20:14
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It's better I think, decreases the odds of matches being duds (looking at you hamburger bot).
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Jun 10, 2018 07:51
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Subzero's gets bailed out of a retarded strategy because Shredator can't take a hit god drat it I dunno, being unable to absorb its own recoil in a sustainable manner seems to be a flaw with almost all of the full-body spinners so far.
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Jun 16, 2018 11:52
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:e: How the gently caress is this a split decision the what are you smoking Naomi Because it was more of a stalemate than an actual win. Neither bot managed to hurt the other in any real way even if one was arguably in more control. It's not like the constant flipping of Chomp accomplished anything.
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Jun 16, 2018 12:32
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logikv9 posted:sawblaze needs a better primary weapon for that top-tier plow No that's actually their gimmick. They're a passive-weapon bot masquerading as one with an active weapon as to not be illegible.
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Jun 24, 2018 07:01
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Its actually kind of perfect. Its basically a wedge with a weapon that makes lots of pretty sparks for the judges. Yeah they gamed the format hard.
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Jun 24, 2018 07:20
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Great Beer posted:Sawblaze has consistently been chopping its way through the armor of other machines. It doesn't crumple armor or fling parts through the air but to say it does nothing is disingenuous. It looks pretty, but it doesn't really seem to be accomplishing much most of the time.
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Jun 25, 2018 05:59
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:Counterpoint: I honestly can't tell if the saw even got through the armor or if the bot just started burning on its own.
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Jun 25, 2018 17:42
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Jun 25, 2018 19:05
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In my relentless strive to do anything that will get my mind off work I checked out 2015. Couldn't stop laughing at the guy who hid a net in a present package to kill a spinner.
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Jun 27, 2018 15:57
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Well that was an incredibly lame episode.
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Jun 30, 2018 06:57
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The Glumslinger posted:I feel like they don't exactly expect their bot to dominate and are there to have fun Fun for whom. Their bot doesn't even run and for the audience it's just a complete waste of time since the match is decided before it even starts.
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Jul 1, 2018 05:44
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got some chores tonight posted:pairing a 2-0 bot against an 0-2 bot is kind of weird matchmaking Very symmetrical though.
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Jul 7, 2018 16:44
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Chomp Strengths: Seemingly indestructible Weaknesses: Everything else
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Jul 8, 2018 17:37
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PostNouveau posted:That tournament was a cool idea. It seems like it wasn't really the last chance for losers they promoted it as because some of them weren't even doing that badly overall. One of them was even undefeated. I was expecting it to be the contestants with no wins. Lockjaw's current design is derivative in a bad way and that's been the problem plaguing it ever since the re-design. It's just Endgame but worse in almost every way.
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Aug 4, 2018 19:01
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wormil posted:Lockjaw looks good but the spinner is too far back. Oh it looks fantastic. Which is why I'm so sad to see it lose all the time. 
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Aug 5, 2018 08:18
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I love how it's just taken for granted that Tombstone is the huge gimmick villain bot that will always make it to at least the semi-final.
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Aug 12, 2018 17:15
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The Glumslinger posted:I think some very controlly bots could beat it, but they'd struggle against bots that are less likely to throw themselves around the box after a big hit I'd be very curious to see Sawblaze go up against it since it has that monstrous plow.
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Aug 13, 2018 21:59
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logikv9 posted:Has any full body spinner not broken itself by the end of a decently long fight, or is it just basically a given There's no way around that when one-third to half the weight is the weapon and it's hitting things with huge momentum. Two things happen when the weapon hits something, force goes into the target and, depending on the targets weight and friction to the ground, the rest of the energy goes right back along the weapon into the axis of the spinner itself. At that point either the bot goes flying or the internal components take the brunt of the blow. Of the actually functioning big spinners (get out of here hamburger bot) you pretty much have the more poorly built ones like Gigabyte that can't handle a stiff breeze and Tombstone that has a more balanced and durable design. I'm really bad at Newtonian physics so don't cite me on any of this. 
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Aug 18, 2018 07:23
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Seems the full body spinners have the great weakness of self destructing if they hit something that won't move / take much energy from it. Thus whenever they hit the edges of the box, the insides turn to mush. If you want to try out the physics of this at home, all you have to do is to punch a wall.
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Aug 18, 2018 16:04
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:The wall never stood a chance. Now find a slightly sturdier wall to get the full Gigabyte experience. Science!
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Aug 18, 2018 19:11
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Has Warrior Dragon's main weapon ever not broken? I can't re-call a single time. Also thank god Warheads spinner finally died. Their other weapon is so much more interesting and unique.
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Aug 24, 2018 20:30
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Yeah to me it just seems to be worlds most boring gimmmick.
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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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.... Huh? Last Episode?
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Aug 25, 2018 15:06
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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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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Bombshell, takes multiple hits from tombstone, catches on fire after 1 hit from Lockjaw... I like how Bombshell and Lockjaw have both been disappointments the entire season only to both deliver huge upsets consecutively at the very end. Good show underdogs.
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logikv9 posted:Tombstone looked like it had some steering issues in the beginning which definitely did not help it. Either way it's going to be cool to see what redesign if any Ray does for next year Yeah, like a lot of Battlebots matchers the match was over before it began.
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