Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Feb 22, 2020 1:01:55 GMT -5
Since we're just a month and a half away from the filming of the new season, I figured this is as good a time as any to start the thread.
BattleBots co-creator Greg Munson did an interview recently and had the following bits of news:
- Blacksmith, Bombshell, Yeti, and Bronco will be taking the season off. Making returns, however, will be Team Hurtz, Team Raptor, ICEwave, and Apollo's team, which will have a flipper named Orion. Some of those returning teams will have very different bots than we remember them for, however (maybe John Reid brings a version of Tanshe?)
- Due to the coronavirus outbreak, four Chinese teams that had been accepted will not be able to appear. This includes my favorite bot from last year, RailGun MAX.
- Three teams are racing the clock to make super-heavyweight walkerbots but because of how complex the designs are, they may not make it in time.
- After the floor nightmares of last year, there will be a new, thicker floor. Several teams have accordingly added magnets and electromagnets to their designs.
- A new rule, informally called the Deep Six rule, is in place that limits spinning weapons to 80 lbs. each and shells to 125 lbs. each. Due to confusion as to how the rule works with multiple weapons BattleBots plans to issue clarifications to that rule soon.
- Discovery is ordering twenty 2-1/2-hour episodes premiering May 15.
- More than 80 teams from 12 countries have been selected out of 500 entries. India, Germany, South Korea and the U.S commonwealth of Saipan will send teams for the first time.
So here is a (spoilered for size) list (from Reddit) of teams and bots confirmed:
Applied:
Team Nemesis reportedly is trying to get Diotoir entered. This is not a joke. They really are trying to get everyone's favorite polka-dot fire magnet on BattleBots. I HOPE THEY SUCCEED, DAMN IT.
Rumored to have applied:
And here's the ones we will not be seeing this year:
One bot that is absent from all of this, to my alarm, is Quantum. That bot proved me wrong last year and I fully expected it to come back stronger.
BattleBots co-creator Greg Munson did an interview recently and had the following bits of news:
- Blacksmith, Bombshell, Yeti, and Bronco will be taking the season off. Making returns, however, will be Team Hurtz, Team Raptor, ICEwave, and Apollo's team, which will have a flipper named Orion. Some of those returning teams will have very different bots than we remember them for, however (maybe John Reid brings a version of Tanshe?)
- Due to the coronavirus outbreak, four Chinese teams that had been accepted will not be able to appear. This includes my favorite bot from last year, RailGun MAX.
- Three teams are racing the clock to make super-heavyweight walkerbots but because of how complex the designs are, they may not make it in time.
- After the floor nightmares of last year, there will be a new, thicker floor. Several teams have accordingly added magnets and electromagnets to their designs.
- A new rule, informally called the Deep Six rule, is in place that limits spinning weapons to 80 lbs. each and shells to 125 lbs. each. Due to confusion as to how the rule works with multiple weapons BattleBots plans to issue clarifications to that rule soon.
- Discovery is ordering twenty 2-1/2-hour episodes premiering May 15.
- More than 80 teams from 12 countries have been selected out of 500 entries. India, Germany, South Korea and the U.S commonwealth of Saipan will send teams for the first time.
So here is a (spoilered for size) list (from Reddit) of teams and bots confirmed:
{Spoiler}All Black Robotics: Red Devil
Team Apollo: Orion
Team Aptyx Designs: Bite Force
Team Aquatic Machine Force: Sharkoprion
Team Busted Nuts Robotics: Witch Doctor
Team CE Robots: Kraken
Team DeathRoll: DeathRoll
Team Fast Electric Robots: Whiplash
Team Hardcore Robotics: Tombstone
Team HiJinx: unknown
Team Hurtz: beta
Team Icewave: ICEwave
The Machine Corps: Chomp
Team Mutant Robots: LockJaw
Team OuiOui: Pardon My French (which apparently is a large dram spinner)
Team OYES Robotics: Krusty Grab and End Game
Team HyperShock: HyperShock (One post says they applied, another says they're in)
Team Raptor: Ghost Raptor
Team SawBlaze: SawBlaze
Team Overboard: Deep Six (same situation as HyperShock)
Team TAGA: Spirit Of Taga (from Saipan)
Ripper (flipper from UK)
Team Apollo: Orion
Team Aptyx Designs: Bite Force
Team Aquatic Machine Force: Sharkoprion
Team Busted Nuts Robotics: Witch Doctor
Team CE Robots: Kraken
Team DeathRoll: DeathRoll
Team Fast Electric Robots: Whiplash
Team Hardcore Robotics: Tombstone
Team HiJinx: unknown
Team Hurtz: beta
Team Icewave: ICEwave
The Machine Corps: Chomp
Team Mutant Robots: LockJaw
Team OuiOui: Pardon My French (which apparently is a large dram spinner)
Team OYES Robotics: Krusty Grab and End Game
Team HyperShock: HyperShock (One post says they applied, another says they're in)
Team Raptor: Ghost Raptor
Team SawBlaze: SawBlaze
Team Overboard: Deep Six (same situation as HyperShock)
Team TAGA: Spirit Of Taga (from Saipan)
Ripper (flipper from UK)
Applied:
{Spoiler}Team Aberrant Robotics: P1
Team Berserker Robotics
Boogeyman (supposedly an Apex-like bot)
Bots FC: Shatter!
Team Bots 'n Stuff: Bloodsport
Team Carbide: Cobalt
Team Caustic Creations: Copperhead
Team Close Enough (Sidewinder's team)
Team Cyberwar: Deadlock (grabber?)
Team FamiLab Anarchy Division: Sporkinok
Team Ferocity: Ferocity (former team captain of Bucktooth Burl)
Team Flight Plan: SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (might not have put enough Es in there but yes, that really is what they are calling it)
Team Good Robots For Cool People: Gloomweaver (formerly Team Poor Life Choices, who had the infamous Burger Royale With Cheese)
Team HUGE: HUGE
Team Imperial Botz (another team from Brazil so we may have three teams from there this year)
Team Jager (joint UK/German team)
Team LOGICOM: Captain Shrederator (WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??)
Team Malice (possibly entering with a horizontal drum, which I gotta see)
Team Mammoth: Mammoth
Team Monsoon: Monsoon
Team Mowbot: SlamMow! and WhamMow! (separate entries)
Team MYTHHADES: Gold Fury (Indian team so presumably they've been accepted based on Munson's interview. Looks like a cross between Poison Arrow and Chompalot from Robot Wars)
Team PCP: Petunia
Team Phalanx: Aegis (flipper)
Team Pun-Chant: Nelly The Ellybot
Team Questionable Designs: Valkyrie
Team Quicksilver Robotics: Extinguisher
Team Red Spark Robotics: Hack And Slash (builders of Crash 'N Burn)
Robotic Death Company: Gigabyte
Team XD: Subzero (found a new team!)
Team TKO Robotics: Lucky
Team YTL: Boltergeist
Team Berserker Robotics
Boogeyman (supposedly an Apex-like bot)
Bots FC: Shatter!
Team Bots 'n Stuff: Bloodsport
Team Carbide: Cobalt
Team Caustic Creations: Copperhead
Team Close Enough (Sidewinder's team)
Team Cyberwar: Deadlock (grabber?)
Team FamiLab Anarchy Division: Sporkinok
Team Ferocity: Ferocity (former team captain of Bucktooth Burl)
Team Flight Plan: SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (might not have put enough Es in there but yes, that really is what they are calling it)
Team Good Robots For Cool People: Gloomweaver (formerly Team Poor Life Choices, who had the infamous Burger Royale With Cheese)
Team HUGE: HUGE
Team Imperial Botz (another team from Brazil so we may have three teams from there this year)
Team Jager (joint UK/German team)
Team LOGICOM: Captain Shrederator (WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??)
Team Malice (possibly entering with a horizontal drum, which I gotta see)
Team Mammoth: Mammoth
Team Monsoon: Monsoon
Team Mowbot: SlamMow! and WhamMow! (separate entries)
Team MYTHHADES: Gold Fury (Indian team so presumably they've been accepted based on Munson's interview. Looks like a cross between Poison Arrow and Chompalot from Robot Wars)
Team PCP: Petunia
Team Phalanx: Aegis (flipper)
Team Pun-Chant: Nelly The Ellybot
Team Questionable Designs: Valkyrie
Team Quicksilver Robotics: Extinguisher
Team Red Spark Robotics: Hack And Slash (builders of Crash 'N Burn)
Robotic Death Company: Gigabyte
Team XD: Subzero (found a new team!)
Team TKO Robotics: Lucky
Team YTL: Boltergeist
Team Nemesis reportedly is trying to get Diotoir entered. This is not a joke. They really are trying to get everyone's favorite polka-dot fire magnet on BattleBots. I HOPE THEY SUCCEED, DAMN IT.
Rumored to have applied:
{Spoiler}Team Carnage Robotics
Team Doom Robotics: Brutality (this is the kid who had Captain Doom in the first season of Bugglebots)
Team Double Trouble: Double Jeopardy
Team Equals Zero Designs: Overhaul
Gammatronic Robot Brigade: Gamma 9
Team Huntsman: Huntsman
Team Nightmare: Nightmare
Team ORBY (South Korean team, so again, based on Munson's interview they likely are in)
Team Revolution: Rotator
Team RioBotz: Minotaur
Team Tantrum: Tantrum
Team Uai!rrior: Black Dragon (like HyperShock and Deep Six, I have seen elsewhere that they're confirmed)
Team Western Allied Robotics: WAR Hawk (see above)
Team Whyachi: Son Of Whyachi, Hydra, and Fusion (Fusion is supposed to be a vertical/horizontal spinner hybrid and SOW either got improvements or got retired)
Team Doom Robotics: Brutality (this is the kid who had Captain Doom in the first season of Bugglebots)
Team Double Trouble: Double Jeopardy
Team Equals Zero Designs: Overhaul
Gammatronic Robot Brigade: Gamma 9
Team Huntsman: Huntsman
Team Nightmare: Nightmare
Team ORBY (South Korean team, so again, based on Munson's interview they likely are in)
Team Revolution: Rotator
Team RioBotz: Minotaur
Team Tantrum: Tantrum
Team Uai!rrior: Black Dragon (like HyperShock and Deep Six, I have seen elsewhere that they're confirmed)
Team Western Allied Robotics: WAR Hawk (see above)
Team Whyachi: Son Of Whyachi, Hydra, and Fusion (Fusion is supposed to be a vertical/horizontal spinner hybrid and SOW either got improvements or got retired)
And here's the ones we will not be seeing this year:
{Spoiler}Team ARC: Jekyll & Hyde (missed the cut)
Team Atom: RailGun MAX (out due to the coronavirus outbreak)
Team Bolt: Bolt (accepted as a pay-your-own-way entry but various commitments kept the team from finishing the bot. They are aiming to make it next year)
Team Cannibal Kids: Valhalla Express (accepted but had to drop out for financial reasons)
The Chaos Corps: Bombshell (not entering)
Team Forge & Farm: Bale Spear (rejected. Aiming for next year and builder will be part of another team this year)
Team Half Fast Astronaut: Blacksmith (not entering)
Team Inertia Labs: Bronco (not entering, which marks the end of an era)
Team Metabaino: Banana Ketchup (rejected. Apex-type would have been first team from Philippines)
Mobile Electronic Assault Team: Big Ratfish/Pain-cake (rejected flipperbot with flamethrower mini)
Team Ragnarok: Ragnarok (not entering)
Team ShellShock (not entering due to school)
Team Shock (not entering due to work)
Team Toad (not entering)
Team Tripolar (rejected)
Twilight Foundry (not entering and he may also be ending BattleBots Update)
Twister Robotics: BattleSaw (not entering but may try next year)
Team Wrecks: Wrecks (not entered)
Team Yeti: Yeti (not entered)
Team Atom: RailGun MAX (out due to the coronavirus outbreak)
Team Bolt: Bolt (accepted as a pay-your-own-way entry but various commitments kept the team from finishing the bot. They are aiming to make it next year)
Team Cannibal Kids: Valhalla Express (accepted but had to drop out for financial reasons)
The Chaos Corps: Bombshell (not entering)
Team Forge & Farm: Bale Spear (rejected. Aiming for next year and builder will be part of another team this year)
Team Half Fast Astronaut: Blacksmith (not entering)
Team Inertia Labs: Bronco (not entering, which marks the end of an era)
Team Metabaino: Banana Ketchup (rejected. Apex-type would have been first team from Philippines)
Mobile Electronic Assault Team: Big Ratfish/Pain-cake (rejected flipperbot with flamethrower mini)
Team Ragnarok: Ragnarok (not entering)
Team ShellShock (not entering due to school)
Team Shock (not entering due to work)
Team Toad (not entering)
Team Tripolar (rejected)
Twilight Foundry (not entering and he may also be ending BattleBots Update)
Twister Robotics: BattleSaw (not entering but may try next year)
Team Wrecks: Wrecks (not entered)
Team Yeti: Yeti (not entered)
One bot that is absent from all of this, to my alarm, is Quantum. That bot proved me wrong last year and I fully expected it to come back stronger.