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dwarf74 posted:I remember a compressed canister of insulation foam. Maybe that? I must've missed that one. It would explain the glitter/confetti/bubbles(?!) clarification though.
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dwarf74 posted:**WEAPON SYSTEM WEIGHT DISPENSATIONS** So much for my cunning plan to field an overweight robot with a massive helium tank.
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AtraMorS posted:Was there a case of deliberate arena fouling that prompted that change? I remember the Valkyrie driver's bot carved a really rad 3/4 circle in one of the floors but I can't remember anybody messing anything up on purpose. I don't think there's been any major deliberate arena fouling lately in NHRL. The spinners gouging the floor is unlikely the reason for the rule, so they are maybe just worried about something else causing actual safety issues or production delays.
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Battlebots is doing a Vengence In Vegas thing for YouTube. 10 unaired fights, I believe from Season 7. They put up a Mammoth vs Terrortops fight as the preview. Around the 1:15 mark a camera lens gets busted! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av9m-fvHqYw Also Ray Billings put up a 2004 fight of a SHW version of Tombstone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Gco3Gv82c
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Im catching up on the golden bolt qualifier episodes and drat the last bracket is packed with good matches. edit: I hadn't seen the hypershock ripperoni fight yet. what a weird tense crab battle gary gin tearing up during his post fight with endgame rules. gary is a drat gem. full send all the time ilmucche fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Nov 22, 2023 |
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The Vengeance in Vegas 2 fights are up on YouTube now! And sad news, Marc Thorpe of Robot Wars died on the 24th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHS0p84DQyA
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They unveiled a banner for him on the last episode too, I wonder if they knew he wasn't well and figured it was time to do something.
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Bertha the Toaster posted:They unveiled a banner for him on the last episode too, I wonder if they knew he wasn't well and figured it was time to do something. Yeah that was the dude who was the first Hall of Famer? I thought it was weird because he seemed to have a bunch of weirdo gimmick bots, but it makes a lot more sense now
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PostNouveau posted:Yeah that was the dude who was the first Hall of Famer? I thought it was weird because he seemed to have a bunch of weirdo gimmick bots, but it makes a lot more sense now
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Vengeance in Vegas II: Rusty v Hydra: Can't believe the chainsaw-kitana combo failed Rusty. Mammoth v. Terrortops: Rookie reservist wins by virtue of having a weapon capable of doing damage. Hopefully they're in the real field next season. Also gonna be mean here and say hopefully Mammoth is not. They bounced Rusty to reservist/mascot status, they should do the same to Mammoth if it shows up again. Gruff v. Slammo: Interesting matchup, with Gruff showing off a drastically new config that it probably should have used last season. Deathroll v. Rotator: Pretty good fight, no notes Double Tap v. Quantum: I feel like Quantum would be much deadlier if they had the Jamison Go encyclopedic knowledge of where everyone's batteries are. They seem to just grab and bite whatever they can, with varying levels of effectiveness. Lucky-Beta: Proper thrashing by the Canadians. It's hard to imagine a Battlebots meta where Beta is effective. Kraken v. Skorpios: That plow looks a lot better for Skorpios. Overhaul v. Doomba: Finally the battle we've all been waiting for. Ah, at least Overhaul got a lift off? Malice v. Captain Shredderator: Shred's got the gremlins again. Too bad. Bloodsport v. Big Dill: Big Dill just not aggro enough in the first 90 seconds. Did not get the followup punches it needed while Bloodsport was spun down. It did finally manage to break the weapon with its face, which was enough to win. The editing is so corny. Camera shakes on big hits, fake rear end glass breaking, flames on the sides. I think they let the interns do them.
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PostNouveau posted:Vengeance in Vegas II: Kind of disagree here on Big Dill not being aggressive enough. Without their weapon, the best chance to get a knockout on Bloodsport is to let Bloodsport spin up their weapon before hitting them again. Big Dill was in control of most of the fight, and initiated most of the hits. Although Bloodsport would have won if their weapon didn't go down.
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Wow. Vengeance in Vegas made me realize just how important folks like Chris and Kenny are to the show. It was... Not awesome?
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dwarf74 posted:Wow. Its weird isn't it, the same fight without their commentary can be almost unwatchable. NHRL is pretty good, but I feel like every other robot competition I've seen doesn't work because they can't commentate to save their lives.
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If they want to show barely produced fights as it is, why even include the dumpy stock music? Let's hear the fight noises and the crowd.
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Get Gus Johnson on the call https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpkK5jjz8AU
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To balance out my negativity about the editing: I thought the little indicators that said "weapon offline" were cool. Kenny and Chris after often slow to notice when that happens, so it might be something that could work in the main show. Then again, it probably would take you out of it a bit, really puts a hat on the fact that it's not live.
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PostNouveau posted:To balance out my negativity about the editing: I thought the little indicators that said "weapon offline" were cool. Kenny and Chris after often slow to notice when that happens, so it might be something that could work in the main show. Then again, it probably would take you out of it a bit, really puts a hat on the fact that it's not live. yeah I go both ways on it. just because sometimes you're not sure if the weapon is dead or not. sometimes its just that something overheated and it needed some time to cool down before they kick it back on, or something got lodged that gets dislodged later. you sort of lose the element of 'oh poo poo its back up and working!'
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Borsche69 posted:yeah I go both ways on it. just because sometimes you're not sure if the weapon is dead or not. sometimes its just that something overheated and it needed some time to cool down before they kick it back on, or something got lodged that gets dislodged later. you sort of lose the element of 'oh poo poo its back up and working!' Yeah, good point. You'd be getting spoiled a bit by having the editor who knows whether it's really offline or not point it out.
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Keep those kind of edits for the post-fight replays then. "If you look closely you can see the exact moment his weapon breaks in two" style. Best of both worlds. E: keep the height measurements too, in the replays. Those could be fun if they weren't constantly interrupting the action. Remalle fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Nov 27, 2023 |
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A solid proving grounds fight up on YouTube. There's a handful I think, but all from individual teams. Also the Battlebox has been well abused with running fights several days a week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPsMOU_JjHQ
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Also the Battlebox has been well abused with running fights several days a week. BB should have an angle grinder Zamboni. Also some questionable editing, but Vengeance in Vegas 2 is up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHS0p84DQyA
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Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday they are doing their NHRL All Star event. 7-10EST each night. Not sure on the format but here's the 12lb all star pools! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeSaIvu5vNo
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They put up the 30lb All Stars preview. Lots of strong bots in the field. Ray Billings is a nice surprise since he only did the 1 event at NHRL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixliRX8k66M
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LOL Dutch Oven destroyed one of the arenas with fire to the point they've had to take it out of commission for the rest of the night.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:I don't think there's been any major deliberate arena fouling lately in NHRL. The spinners gouging the floor is unlikely the reason for the rule, so they are maybe just worried about something else causing actual safety issues or production delays. Well nevermind, that's wrong. On-air correction I guess. That would've made a lot of sense though. AtraMorS fucked around with this message at 04:13 on Dec 6, 2023 |
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Bertha the Toaster posted:LOL Dutch Oven destroyed one of the arenas with fire to the point they've had to take it out of commission for the rest of the night. Yeah I foresee a new NHRL rule, that was completely uncontrolled, just too big and hot a flame. Plastics on the roof melted, a screen came down, at least 1 iphone if not 2 were destroyed. The funniest thing is that they absolutely slaughtered the match, getting top scores from all 3 judges  Also Kevin flipped a housebot again...on his opponent Knockout. And got a KO. Unbelievable. ewe2 fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Dec 6, 2023 |
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Knocked out Knockout after knocking out the house bot.
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Its really impressive that his, comparatively, small robot can flip the house bot. I wonder if people are going to look at Dutch Oven and try and build something similar for BattleBots. I'd love for the meta of spinners to die due to either being melted or just overheating from massive flame bots.
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Yeah, that's why I said overheating might work. I've heard builders say they have to worry about their motors overheating thanks to how much current they dump into them. I think a recent Skorpios video mentioned modifying motors to improve cooling. Also, you might not be able to melt the bot, but you might get it hot enough that the insulation in the wiring melts and starts shorting out.
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There was an analysis I read two or three seasons ago that basically said there was one documented case of fire making a difference, ever. That might have gone up a little, since. But, the most vulnerable thing is the motor speed controllers. Apparently teams are packing them full of dry ice right before the matches. You'd need to hold a torch like, right on the dry ice for a full three minutes to do anything to it. Flamethrowers are a gimmick. A fun one, though.
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ante posted:Flamethrowers are a gimmick. A fun one, though. I don't know if the rules have changed, but flamethrowers didn't even used to be considered an "active weapon" for scoring purposes, so even a bot like Gruff which has a pretty powerful, directed torch has to have a lifter in the design.
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Bertha the Toaster posted:Its really impressive that his, comparatively, small robot can flip the house bot. Considering Dutch Oven is built by Aren Hill's team (of Tantrum & Blip). I imagine that is something in his mind to try. But fire is effective at NHRL because many bots are running 3d printed plastic parts. NHRL also effectively allows way more fuel than Battlebots. NHRL lets 3lb bots run 8 ounces & the 12lb & 30lb can run 16 ounces of fuel. Where Battlebots, the limit for the 250lb bots is 16.4 ounces. I would imagine NHRL is going to end up building 1 or 2 cages specifically designed for fire though in future events. They did post just that fight individually, I'm not sure if there was actually an iPhone in that corner or not, can't really tell! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDuQCF0Jv58
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They also posted the final fight of last night... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ZICXGeppw
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Considering Dutch Oven is built by Aren Hill's team (of Tantrum & Blip). I imagine that is something in his mind to try. But fire is effective at NHRL because many bots are running 3d printed plastic parts. NHRL also effectively allows way more fuel than Battlebots. NHRL lets 3lb bots run 8 ounces & the 12lb & 30lb can run 16 ounces of fuel. Where Battlebots, the limit for the 250lb bots is 16.4 ounces. They did show at some point in the night that they just have iPhones and don't use GoPros any more.
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Bertha the Toaster posted:It happened again. Droopy just sliced into an iPhone in the corner when fighting Mixtape. "I like my Droopy medium-well" and they only just fixed up cage 3 what teh fux.
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