Battlebots 2018: It's Robot Fighting Time!

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beepsandboops: Jan 28, 2014

The Glumslinger posted:

I feel like they don't exactly expect their bot to dominate and are there to have fun

Lot of effort and money to have fun

# ¿ Jul 1, 2018 04:40

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# ¿ May 13, 2024 13:07

beepsandboops: Jan 28, 2014

Have I been marathoning Battlebots / Robot Wars enough or is the current combat robot meta kinda boring? Spinners are so dominant and the current rules (at least for Battlebots) prohibit bots that would be better equipped to deal with spinners.

# ¿ Aug 9, 2018 05:21

beepsandboops: Jan 28, 2014

Duck v Tombstone was pretty much as close as I would have hoped but I was bummed that Duck couldn't seal the deal. This whole season has been about how unstoppable Tombstone is and I wish it didn't seem inevitable that he's going to take it all again.

Somebody on another forum noted that this exact same fight happened last year in RoboGames with different results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma0pSgKRpeQ

The Sawblaze v. Bronco fight was very entertaining. Bronco is GOAT for me

# ¿ Aug 25, 2018 03:23

beepsandboops: Jan 28, 2014

Zedd posted:

Also I could swear Bronco was in the old (2000's era) seasons, or was that a similar bot im remembering?

The same guys had similar bots in different weight classes including T-Minus, the Matador, and Toro (probably others too). I think the Matador is the most similar in weight and appearance.

# ¿ Aug 31, 2018 19:21

beepsandboops: Jan 28, 2014

Have the Inertia Labs guys only really done BattleBots and no other competitions?

I can look at RoboGames or ComBots or whatever and see the same drivers and bot designs as I see in BattleBots, but Intertia Labs seems to not (at least regularly) participate in any other competitions.

I would think given how successful they usually are, they would want to participate in other events. But I don't know, maybe in a meta where wedges are allowed, flippers don't do as well or something.

# ¿ Sep 16, 2018 16:57

beepsandboops: Jan 28, 2014

https://www.facebook.com/885252028238150/posts/1798078150288862/

quote:

Team News:

After leading the team for two seasons and piloting Bombshell for most of it Mike has decided to step down from his roles on the team. Matt and Dan will be taking on a co-captain role for next season. Jason will be taking on the driver role. We're working hard on the development of a new and improved Bombshell in anticipation of another season being announced in the near future.

Mike was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy at the beginning of the summer and is slowly approaching a full recovery. In light of the plausible causes for the condition he's opted to step away from competing in combat robotics events as a whole for an indefinite amount of time.

Any additional roster and role changes will be announced when appropriate.

Sorry to hear about this Mike, speedy recovery

# ¿ Sep 26, 2018 05:08

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# ¿ May 13, 2024 13:07

beepsandboops: Jan 28, 2014

Very fun episode! I almost did a spit-take when Huge just broke in half. I was rooting for Huge but I can't even be mad about that.

I really did not see Rotator absolutely chewing up Icewave like that. Icewave's been so dominant this season, I didn't expect its loss to be so brutal.

I was only disappointed with the last fight. I love Bronco, and it's a huge bummer to see that every single semifinalist is a spinner.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2018 00:33

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