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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 3, 2020 21:15:37 GMT -5
Jamming Shrederator under the screws like that was creative. I don't think I have seen that in BattleBots yet.
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Post by chrom on Dec 3, 2020 21:19:31 GMT -5
One man bot team
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Post by chrom on Dec 3, 2020 21:20:46 GMT -5
Most unique looking bot
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Post by chrom on Dec 3, 2020 21:23:44 GMT -5
Rusty attacks
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Post by chrom on Dec 3, 2020 21:24:27 GMT -5
Been all KOs
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Dec 3, 2020 21:25:50 GMT -5
So wait a minute, did the joke robot just knock out a rookie that still has a veteran driver? To be fair, Sporkinok was in a bad spot once that flipper broke but Rusty did... good?
Literally what the f*** did I just watch?
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Post by chrom on Dec 3, 2020 21:27:28 GMT -5
Semi up next
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Post by chrom on Dec 3, 2020 21:32:14 GMT -5
Final season for Skarkoprion
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Post by chrom on Dec 3, 2020 21:37:30 GMT -5
Only one wheel working
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Post by chrom on Dec 3, 2020 21:38:13 GMT -5
Time's up
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Dec 3, 2020 21:41:56 GMT -5
Sucks that Sharkoprion couldn't get the win there but SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE maybe isn't as much of a joke as we thought. Those little horizontal discs can chew wheels pretty effectively and that kept the shark from really getting good movement after the halfway point. Against a more damaging bot, of course, they may be f***ed.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Dec 3, 2020 21:55:36 GMT -5
END GAME JUST RING-OUTED TOMBSTONE!!!!
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Dec 3, 2020 22:11:46 GMT -5
OK, I'm STILL f***ing shaking from that ending and I won't lie, it took about the end of the show to finally get my jaws to close.
That was PHENOMENAL driving from the End Game crew. And the rebuild has made it terrifying and a half. The End Game from the last two years would have had trouble pulling this off. Obviously it's just the first episode but End Game just established itself as one of the favorites this season.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 3, 2020 22:24:10 GMT -5
Really good season opener. We got some devastating KOs, a couple bots on fire, a few meme fights, and Tombstone taking an L as the cherry on top.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Dec 10, 2020 21:25:19 GMT -5
My friend Richard's new show, Red Square/Blue Square. The go-to Battlebots recap and reaction show.
Go give him a view!
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Dec 11, 2020 18:00:07 GMT -5
Missed last night's show but thankfully I have the Discovery app so I get to catch up.
Poor Ghost Raptor. Started off so well but SHATTER! smacked the blade dead and then it burned itself up trying to win a control fight. Really too bad, I was hoping for something big from Chuck to start his season off.
Ribbot may have been a kinda Lethal Joke Character with all that foam but they lived up to the promise they showed last year by punching Tracer full in the mouth. Might be a tourney bot this year.
With no Quantum, Kraken has to hold up everything for crushers, and they did good to start until the one tooth got bent. After that it was Black Dragon's fight for the most part but Kraken was a good deal better on the control part. Noticeably, Black Dragon winning the split was not exactly the most popular with all the teams but I don't see it as much of a robbery. Do think having a MASSIVE overpush to damage in scoring is going to be a major problem as we go along.
Well, this was an upset. HUGE was doing a great chop of tossing Mammoth around and bending stuff up and then Mammoth shoved them into a corner and nudged a wheel over. Mammoth might be a joke no more?
And the Battle Of The Not Exactly Newcomers. And honestly, Claw Viper was way more impressive to say the least. Hijinks has a nice blade but the driving is thorough ass.
Holy cow, there's a protege of Ray Billings. And he has a reskinned Brutality. Battlebots is f***ED. Granted, Perfect Phoenix got a OHKO over the very not good Extinguisher, but having a Hazard/Brutality in 2020? Oh boy....
Jake Ewert may need to think again before calling an opponent overrated. Hydra was well in control of Witch Doctor and has lost no power from last year, but then Witch Doctor got a nasty shot in. And then blew a belt and smoked up a storm because of course. Both bots nearly had that one won by KO but Hydra had to settle for a split. Witch Doctor has to go back to the repair board because the burnout issues are happening YET AGAIN, sadly.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Dec 17, 2020 20:11:28 GMT -5
Remember when Tombstone decapitated Gigabyte? Well, Copperhead did the same thing. Copperhead had a slight problem trying to control itself (maybe the drum is a smidge TOO powerful?) but they were in control right from the opening box rush and then off went Gigabyte's dome. Wonder if something is off with Gigabyte's parts again....
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Dec 17, 2020 20:24:06 GMT -5
So Giant Spinner vs. Flipper With A f***ing Drone. Or Battle Of Bad Reliability. Jackpot may have a potent weapon but the drive train needs some serious work. Not sure what happened to Sub-Zero. Maybe the drive into the corner knocked something loopy?
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Dec 17, 2020 20:43:01 GMT -5
So if Uppercut was a promising bot last year, deciding to emulate Big Nipper and punt half of Gemini out in one long-distance shot should upgrade its status. Gemini f***ing sucks but getting utterly slaughtered like that is still a major shock.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Dec 17, 2020 21:03:35 GMT -5
John Reid is back. Battlebots is truly Battlebots again.
beta supposedly has a more powerful hammer but John Reid clearly wanted to wait for a good hit. Unfortunately for him he had to wait too long because ROTATOR's blade simply didn't go down. Incredibly, even without the hammer, the aggression and control snagged it for them, but certainly not a split that sat well with Victor Soto or at least some of the teams. Personally, I scored it for beta.
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