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Apocalypse: It's a interesting design, sort of like someone took Splinter and (not Hypno-Disc) squished it. But yeah, basically didn't work properly. Though to be fair they would have beaten Sabretooth without clouting the wall, but that demonstrates that the robot isn't really sturdy enough.

Donald Thump: I rolled my eyes when I first saw this because it seems that everywhere you go now, Donald Trump is there. However, that guy was very funny, and it did actually work, they technically inflicted immobilising damage on Sabretooth, but yeah, not much you can do against four robots without a working weapon.

The Swarm: They're lucky the floor is metal and not wood like the old, because it's so obvious that Behemoth and Apollo were struggling to line up a decent attack because everyone was sliding around everywhere. The spinner was the only one to do anything noteworthy, the others all just broke down. About we saw a robot go over the high fence, we just need to be a heavyweight now.

Sabretooth: It basically didn't work outside of the first fight, they got lucky to be largely against robots that didn't work either.

Apollo: Yeah, pretty much what I expected, should be interesting to see what our esteemed former champions can do in the wild card battle!

Behemoth: After 19 years and 8 seasons Behemoth have finally made it out of their heat for the second time! This time they were on point. Previously I haven't been particularly impressed with their driving, as I think that's given them as much bad luck as their reliability issues. That pitting was very nice, however if the floor was wooden Apollo would not have slid like that so easily. Everyone is struggling for grip, which is causing a lot of problems especially for flippers.

This new format is much better than the last; everyone gets a second chance. Not sure why the floor dildos decided to go rogue, and this new fog of war thing seems a bit pointless, I can picture a lot of robots unfairly ending up in the pit because of it.

Next week is gonna be a scorcher, but shows how important seedings are, whose brainwave was it to put Carbide, Eruption and Aftershock (essentially the 1st, 2nd and 4th seeds) in the same heat?
 
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Ok....

Apocalypse: It's a interesting design, sort of like someone took Splinter and (not Hypno-Disc) squished it. But yeah, basically didn't work properly. Though to be fair they would have beaten Sabretooth without clouting the wall, but that demonstrates that the robot isn't really sturdy enough.

Donald Thump: I rolled my eyes when I first saw this because it seems that everywhere you go now, Donald Trump is there. However, that guy was very funny, and it did actually work, they technically inflicted immobilising damage on Sabretooth, but yeah, not much you can do against four robots without a working weapon.

The Swarm: They're lucky the floor is metal and not wood like the old, because it's so obvious that Behemoth and Apollo were struggling to line up a decent attack because everyone was sliding around everywhere. The spinner was the only one to do anything noteworthy, the others all just broke down. About we saw a robot go over the high fence, we just need to be a heavyweight now.

Sabretooth: It basically didn't work outside of the first fight, they got lucky to be largely against robots that didn't work either.

Apollo: Yeah, pretty much what I expected, should be interesting to see what our esteemed former champions can do in the wild card battle!

Behemoth: After 19 years and 7 seasons Behemoth have finally made it out of their heat for the second time! This time they were on point. Previously I haven't been particularly impressed with their driving, as I think that's given them as much bad luck as their reliability issues. That pitting was very nice, however if the floor was wooden Apollo would not have slid like that so easily. Everyone is struggling for grip, which is causing a lot of problems especially for flippers.

This new format is much better than the last; everyone gets a second chance. Not sure why the floor dildos decided to go rogue, and this new fog of war thing seems a bit pointless, I can picture a lot of robots unfairly ending up in the pit because of it.

Next week is gonna be a scorcher, but shows how important seedings are, whose brainwave was it to put Carbide, Eruption and Aftershock (essentially the 1st, 2nd and 4th seeds) in the same heat?
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The whole no seeding thing is probably to allow new heat winners. It would be a bit boring if the final was the same robots again. Anyway, I'm sure it'll be a great heat with them all fighting for it. Plus it means we could see up to two of them in the massive 10 robot rumble.
 
I’ve been watching the thread for a while along side the show, tonight’s showing was definitely a good benchmark going forward compared to some of the one hit wonder battles of last series. 👍

And talking of one hit wonders, next week is gonna get ugly going by the preview with the reigning champs Carbide going up against the runners up and what would be the number 4 seeded machine, Eruption and Aftershock respectively.

Combine that with the likes of Gabriel and such and you have a recipe for a lot of flying bots and flying shrapnel next week. :scared:

As for tonight’s heat, I’ll give it a 8.5/10. ;)👍
 
Jimlaad43
The whole no seeding thing is probably to allow new heat winners. It would be a bit boring if the final was the same robots again. Anyway, I'm sure it'll be a great heat with them all fighting for it. Plus it means we could see up to two of them in the massive 10 robot rumble.
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I'm happy with whoever in the wildcard rumble as long as Nuts 2 is in there! I'm dying for it to work this time!
 
Really enjoyed the first episode, great start to the series, Apollo and Behemoth were great and I liked Sabretooth too.

That 10-way for the wildcard slot is a genius idea, it'll be carnage and I cant wait!
 
Carbide, Aftershock, Eruption and Gabriel 2 competing tonight.

Taping the show again because of another clash with a Grand Prix, will watch after the race.
 
So what are the odds on the arena getting damaged again? :P

Because let’s be honest, both robots that caused the most damage to it last season are in the same heat.

Carbide launched a clusterbot at the wall and broke a wall panel and then sent a piece of Aftershock flying into the bullet proof screens.

Aftershock in 2 different fights in the grand final tore up the floor with its spinner.

The walls have taken damage, the bullet proof screens have been damaged and due to a malfunction last week so did the floor spikes.

The only two things that could be damaged by a weapon, but haven’t yet been damaged are the flipper and the pit.
 
Vic Reign93
So what are the odds on the arena getting damaged again? :P

Because let’s be honest, both robots that caused the most damage to it last season are in the same heat.

Carbide launched a clusterbot at the wall and broke a wall panel and then sent a piece of Aftershock flying into the bullet proof screens.

Aftershock in 2 different fights in the grand final tore up the floor with its spinner.

The walls have taken damage, the bullet proof screens have been damaged and due to a malfunction last week so did the floor spikes.

The only two things that could be damaged by a weapon, but haven’t yet been damaged are the flipper and the pit.
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Just the pit left now.

That grinding that Carbide gave Eruption at the end was pretty blood-curdling, I found. Shame it didn't have as much distance in it as last series.
 
AbsoluteBarstool
Just the pit left now.

That grinding that Carbide gave Eruption at the end was pretty blood-curdling, I found. Shame it didn't have as much distance in it as last series.
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You can add some of the lights on top of that as well. :P

Easily one of (if not THE) the most destructive heats to date and some great stories to tell as well.

Of course the standout was Gabriel 2 taking an unholy battering from Carbide and still surviving to a judges verdict and also causing Carbide some serious issues as well.

Another week and another set of cluster bots getting bullied as Crackers & Smash got thrown out by Eruption and then Smash got told to ‘lighten up’ by Big Nipper as he sent him violently upwards to the lighting rig. :lol:

Aftershock was the surprise loss after Big Nipper outlasted them in the playoff match, at least a part of their robot didn’t get imbedded in the wall again. :P

Big Nipper which has done incredibly well on the live event circuit in the past showed why it was and got itself into the 10 bot rumble.

It came down to a repeat of the last series grand final with Eruption, which pulled off a hat trick of OOTA’s in its group battle and Carbide, which for once didn’t have a plain sailing heat.

History repeated itself, but not as long as the grand final battle.

So the champions are through, Big Nipper and Eruption are going into the 10 bot rumble, which stands at 2 flippers and 2 spinners currently.

As for the arena? One broken set of lights, one damaged floor flipper and a nice chunk taken off the top of the barrier when Aftershock got thrown out. :D

All in all, a fantastically destructive episode, 9.5/10 ;)👍
 
This was always gonna be a belter!

Gabriel 2: I can't recall seeing a robot take such a pounding and still pull through (except maybe Bigger Brother), but it was gonna be damage control with them as their robot is entirely defensive and does by far the least damage of all the robots in this heat.

Crackers n Smash: Didn't really do much besides also take a pounding. Clusterbots aren't really working this year, most because there's no cooperation. Gemini would always team up and help each other, but now everyone just scatters and runs away.

Aftershock: I'm glad we got a heat of this calibre, but at the same time it demonstrates why seedings are important. One of my fondest memories of the original series was the continuity of having all-star robots such as Hypno-Disc, Panic Attack, Dominator 2, Wild Thing and Firestorm consistently making semi-finals and grand finals. They really could've swapped these guys or Eruption or Carbide with someone from another heat. They didn't really have any noticeably weaker robots to pick off and show off properly.

Big Nipper: We finally got to see what they could do! That hit on Smash was probably the biggest ever by a flywheel, and other than against Eruption where they clearly broke their front spikes when they ran over the pit they showed good control and aggression.

Eruption: They were probably helped a bit with picking everyone off in the first round because there seemed to be miscommunication over whether the fight had stopped, but everything they did was what you'd expect. I believe they are now the first robot to throw three robots out in one fight, and are second behind Dantomkia for the all-time record!

Carbide: This is the first time we've seen them falter in a long time, but they've basically become the Razer in this run; seemingly impossible to beat no matter what you do.

We now have two spinners and two flippers in the wild card play-off, that should be fun! At this point I think it favours a flipper as there's no time-limit so power-heavy spinner robots could easily burn out their motors or run the batteries down.
 
I was at three of those battles. Carbide vs Big Nipper vs Gabriel 2, Gabriel 2 vs Aftershock and also Big Nipper vs Crackers 'n' Smash.

The final battle was definitely the high light (get it!), seeing Smash flying through the air was something insane. Out of all the robots to score an Out of the Arena, Big Nipper was nowhere near the top of the list, but it was such a perfect shot and utterly immense.


I'm fine with the Grand Finalists in the same heat, it means we will see different robots in the Grand Final.
 
That heat was incredible! ...thank god the BBC aren't idiotic enough to cancel the third series! Unlike ABC America who cancelled Battlebots!

I really wish they'd ditch the lol-bots like Gabriel and Crackers & Smash, for me they bring absolutely nothing to the tournament and belong in the sadistic humour of the 90's gameshow where each week you'd tune in to watch people fail and fail hard.
 
CConspicuous
That heat was incredible! ...thank god the BBC aren't idiotic enough to cancel the third series! Unlike ABC America who cancelled Battlebots!

I really wish they'd ditch the lol-bots like Gabriel and Crackers & Smash, for me they bring absolutely nothing to the tournament and belong in the sadistic humour of the 90's gameshow where each week you'd tune in to watch people fail and fail hard.
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Battlebots was re-aired on Science recently. Not sure if it's been renewed or if they just got the rights to the reruns.

I'll have to try to find these on YouTube, sound great.
 
BKGlover
Battlebots was re-aired on Science recently. Not sure if it's been renewed or if they just got the rights to the reruns.

I'll have to try to find these on YouTube, sound great.
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Unfortunately it's a rerun of Season 2, spoke to John B Remar the referee, he said despite having strong numbers (especially when up against NFL!) ABC America just did not care, were not interested in renewing BattleBots and nor did they ever want it to succeed.

I just wish Robogames would get their **** together and start showing their annual tournament on Youtube! It's way better than BattleBots, BattleBots intentionally overlooks a lot of the best bots in favour of dumb ones that add entertainment value.

Edit: That last point is something that Robotwars is also guilty of in equal measure, prime example = Nutz, Gabriel and that pathetic wooden bot being granted entry over Beta/Terrahurtz, Mortis II and Hypno-Disc.
 
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CConspicuous
I really wish they'd ditch the lol-bots like Gabriel and Crackers & Smash, for me they bring absolutely nothing to the tournament and belong in the sadistic humour of the 90's gameshow where each week you'd tune in to watch people fail and fail hard.
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The same Gabriel that gave Carbide, in the words of Dave Moulds, "probably the best fight we've ever had"?

I like the idea of having a robot that is one massive crumple zone, able to take hit after hit and still keep going. It's a change from the usual armour-everywhere that breaks down after two hits because the lack of energy disapation has caused something to break.
 
Roo
The same Gabriel that gave Carbide, in the words of Dave Moulds, "probably the best fight we've ever had"?

I like the idea of having a robot that is one massive crumple zone, able to take hit after hit and still keep going. It's a change from the usual armour-everywhere that breaks down after two hits because the lack of energy disapation has caused something to break.
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True, but can you honestly ever see it winning fights? No not really.
 
CConspicuous
True, but can you honestly ever see it winning fights? No not really.
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You could say the same about this robot..

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Expect this robot named Stinger, finished 3rd overall in Series 4 of Robot wars and had to beat Series 2 champion Panic Attack along the way. :P

Never underestimate your opponent, because that’s how Chrub beat Behemoth last series. ;)
 
Vic Reign93
You could say the same about this robot..

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Expect this robot named Stinger, finished 3rd overall in Series 4 of Robot wars and had to beat Series 2 champion Panic Attack along the way. :P

Never underestimate your opponent, because that’s how Chrub beat Behemoth last series. ;)
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Stinger was a solid metal object, with actual offence, Gabriel is just totally incapable of any offence.
 
The difference between the 'joke' robots of yonder year such as Plunderbird, Sir Chromalot and Diotoir is that the modern ones like Nuts and Gabriel is that the latter actually work properly.
 
So tonight’s heat sees Terrorhurtz, Apex and Rapid returning for another shot at glory, but 3 newcomers want to cause an upset and they are...

Bucky the Robot with a huge Guliotine Jaw.

Track-tion(Suicidal Tendencies 2.0) A tracked robot with a front mounted crusher and forks.

And Vulture, bringing a rather unique weapon in the form of a ‘spinning bar head’ mounted like an axe.

Could be a dark horse if it works as intended.

I predict Terrorhurtz to at the very least finish 3rd and qualify for the 10 bot rumble, Rapid may come either second or first providing it doesn’t suffer terminal damage like last time.
 
I was at filming of the two melees and both redemption round battles. I guarantee, this is a must see episode.
 

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