The third episode of Battlebots starts in 20 minutes on ABC
The prelims are over now and all the junkbots have been destroyed. The few that snuck through will get shredded by real competition soon.
Anyway, wild cards were
>Nightmare
>Mecha Tento
>Ghost Raptor
>Blacksmith
>Lock Jaw
>Overhaul
>Bombshell
>Lucky
Being a crowd favorite or a quick knockout was the best way to get a wildcard. Robots that were fully destroyed didn't qualify.
Anyway, enjoy
>>71750082
>Why didn't Disco Inferno get a wild card?
The builder declined it after getting bullshitted with Chomp, called them out on it and left
>>71750218
That's rich coming from him, considering the total bullshit judges decision that got him a giant nut in the old series
>>71750082
>easily the oldest bot in the ring
>been playing since the game started
>still doesn't have any way to self right
What the FUCK is he doing? I'm praying he gets put up against Chomp, it be great seeing that pile shredded by a classic
how do the builders put their bots back together after getting really fucked up? do they bring enough parts to build an entirely new bot or what?
also how much do they generally cost to build?
Get hype niggers
Tonights matchups
Take your picks
>Bronco > ChromeFly
>Minotaur > Blacksmith
>Witch Doctor > Red Devil
>Yeti < Lucky
>>71750543
Most expensive in the ring is Lock Jaw at about $30k. They have sponsors
>>71750644
jesus I thought they were a few grand tops, does that thing have diamond armor or what
PROVE ME WRONG
>>71750218
Good on him. I'm glad he kept his integrity and stuck to his principles.
>>71750695
Most are. Lock Jaw is just really intricate
stream where?
>>71750582
I don't know man, Yeti is pretty strong
>>71750582
I'm rooting for Minotaur. Goddam is that bot scary.
>>71750781
They refballed Lockjaw
BEST FIGHT EVER FINALLY IN WEBM FORM
>BEE-TAH
>>71750698
>Icewave against Nightmare
Nightmare might actually win with Icewaves motor location
>'beeta'
It's beta, you dumb shit.
>>71750582
Left column all the way down
>chomp is 13 seed
kill me
>>71750859
>Chomp against Shedderator
First time I root for a spinner
>>71750845
>implying nightmare won't get knocked on its side and lose immediately
>chomp at 13/32
How exactly were these calculated?
>>71750856
im guessing its a play on the word beat, because its a big hammer and all
>>71750884
>never saw ziggo fight
>pit coverage
yes please
>they're getting the unsure fight out of the way
BASED ABC
>>71750903
This desu desu
Ziggo was one of the best battlebots
lawn mower bots are over powered
prove me wrong
OH CANADA
So when Faruq goes natural Muslim and joins Isis, will he announce beheadings with the same level of gusto?
>two fat neckbeards
wew
>dude youre from new hampshire
Leafs btfo
>>71750961
just use an armored wedge and the spinner kills itself
>A fucking leaf
>>71750975
This is the face of combat robots
ABC trying to make it look like a bunch of teenage girls is just wrong
stream pls
Is there a link for a livestream?
lucky is so done
MULTIPLE KEKS
All according to plan.
DECAPITATION
FLIPPERS BTFO
CANADUH
CRIPPLE FIGHT
WORM
Motherfucking wheelies and flips
that was probably the best fight so far
>lose a wheel
>still win
>popping off like this
w e w l a d
Yeti's grinding makes me moist.
Lukcy driver was fucking stupid
Holy shit, yetis drum could barely touch him.
So what does he do? Get pinned in the corner with his flipper up
>Yeti still dancing around with only 3 wheels
>>71751122
They've only had 2 fights, and their flipper got stuck BOTH FUCKING TIMES
>>71751102
Not being AWD is a season 1 tier mistake
>>71751122
I thought his sloped armor could save him, but his mobility was atrocious and he opened himself up to that decapitation.
LAWN MOWER BOTS OVERPOWERED
O
V
E
R
P
O
W
E
R
E
D
>>71751163
How is yeti a mower bot?
>>71751163
wouldnt call a vertical drum spinner a lawn mower bot
>>71751150
He was a flipper against a bot that can drive both ways, didn't have much chance
So which are best: lawnmowers, drum spinners, or full-body spinners?
>>71751135
yeah, that was some shit.
>>71751163
The why didn't tombstone BTFO everything ever?
>>71751180
>>71751172
>>71751202
Mowers. Full body spinners do a ton of damage to themselves each hit
>>71751220
Tombstone would have won with ease last year if Ray didn't go back for that last hit on Bronco.
>>71751197
He ripped yetis wheel off
And while they are designed to drive upside down, it beats the fuck out of the electronics being flpped
>Minotaur vs Blacksmith
This is going to be embarassing for blacksmith. another decap incoming.
>>71751248
karmas a bitch
>>71751163
>Utilizing the most effective mechanic is broken
I have no idea why 100% of bots aren't spinners or flippers
>we're gonna beat the brazillians
AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAhAahAHahHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhahAHHhHAhaAhHAAAHAAaaa
That brain looks good.
ZIKA BOT ABOUT TO INFECT BLACKSMITH TO DEATH
They got put up against bronco, neutered, wildcard, now they have to take on minotaur. Poor fuckers.
>>71751172
>>71751180
>>71751273
when will people learn that hammer bots never work
Inb4 blacksmith upset
>>71751330
Axe bots are even stupider.
>Brazil vs New Jersey
Rest in Pieces, NJ
>>71751338
Minotaur is one of those bots that could just self destruct any time it fights
>>71751344
>knock-off mexico vs knock-off new york
wew
>>71751344
They are RUTHLESS
PART MAN
Its neither part-man nor part-cattle
It is a machine
>>71751444
But those quads are aaaalllll man.
blacksmith btfo
I HIT DAT
>Fire Hammer
>Making your hammer less durable and heavy by including fire shit in it
HUEHUEHUE
>direct hit
>it does nothing
IT HAPPENED AGAIN
HAHAHA stupid hammer
has the hammer even dented Minotaur yet?
Its hammer came off AGAIN
rip in pee
>Jersey engineering
ITS DEAD
ITS JUST TOO BRUTAL FOR TV
>Blacksmoth
Holy shit
Sure blacksmith lost, but he built one hell of a bot to take that damage.
I liked it
HAMMERBOT BTFO
Blacksmith lasted way longer than most
>they made sure to let us know who was responsible for putting the hammer back on
BEST
PLUG
EVER
>>71751608
to be fair blacksmith took a lot of hits and kept going
He's on fire!
>All these missed opportunities to drop the hammer
>finally drops hammer
>does nothing
>maybe dual hammers w pulverizer?
>nothing
>flail around throwing haymakers?
>does nothing
>WHY ARENT MY HAMMERS WORKING
>WHERE DID MY HAMMER GO
>FLAIL FLAIL FLAIL
>catch fire
The desolute ruins of New Jersey
I want Alison to sit on my face
>>71751202
drum meta is real
>>71751622
>>71751638
I had to check the channel to make sure I wasn't watching Real Steel
>>71751622
Agreed. I was impressed how many hits it was able to take. If they had a viable weapon and just use that hammer as a Srimech, it could have been interesting match.
>>71751640
If there was a Miller team, the hammer wouldnt have fallen off a second time.
But it was a scrub Lincoln team
>bot incorporates flames as a weapon
>bot has flammable liquid INSIDE OF IT
the stupidest strategy imaginablebesides drones
So worst weapons:
Flamethrower
Hammer with flamethrower
Front facing pneumatic spike
Backsmith's armor was working pretty well, but it only took one moment of weakness for Minotaur to get in there.
>>71751698
incorrect
>>71751720
I think the spikes he added to Minotaur made it even harder to get a hit on him
>>71751714
Flamethrower is only effective when paired with a clamp bot that can hold enemies in place while it burns
Flamethrowers are so fucking useless.
>>71751675
What's the best counter to drum meta? pnuematic flipper and good driving? Horizontal spinner? Tornado-tier Rambot?
>>71751714
I havent seen pneumatic spikes yet, wouldnt it also push the rest of the bot back?
it worked in robot arena 2 though
>>71751720
the angles all around blacksmith made it hard to minotaur to get a good hit but once he got 1 hit, it was pretty much over
>>71751759
Low horizontal spinner.
Tombstone's brother bot, Last Rites, has beaten Minotaur's brother bot, Tauro Maximus, a few times.
>>71751759
Tanks have extended armor to catch projectiles and IEDs and take the brunt before it hits the main body. Some kind of cage extending from the bot might work, if only to buy yourself some time.
>>71751759
Flipper. You could see how unstable it is, if that drum hits the floor at full speed it does a lot of damage to the spinning mechanism
>>71751759
Stinger and his long sloping titanium wedge flipper
He is gonna do some chrome flying that's for sure
how many fights were there last week?
Halfway through and only 2 so far
Adam Lanza bot vs BRONCO
>we have these plastic sheets
thanks bill, that oughta do it
>>71751842
Four, same as this week and all subsequent episodes.
>>71751842
This is single elimination so they do less fights and more pit talk/shit talk
>blacksmith gets walloped on by minotaur
>come back from commercial
>blacksmith getting flipped in a bronco fight montage
Blacksmith BTFO by ABC
>>71751859
>Not having a srimech
>2016
this is gonna be over in 10 seconds.
>>71751800
those cages are to make things like rpgs detonate further away from the hull, not absorb force. They use v shaped hulls to deflect the explosive force of an ied. neither of these would help
>>71751857
Literally LOL'ed
>Another self-defeating drone.
>18 year old
>CEO of a drone company
>3 million in investment already
>>>/diy/ hybrid drone maker literally BTFO
3 MILLION DOLLAROOS AT 18
HE IS BETTER THAN ALL OF US
why is his design so retarded
>>71751926
>kid's made 3 million dollars on drones
If he can't make an effective drone, nobody can.
I have a feeling that 18 year old's investors are going to disappear after this episode.
>drone does nothing
>just product placment
RIP
Forgive me for "shilling" a subreddit bros
but this subreddit is GOAT if you miss an episode and don't wat to put up with fluff
>flying drone just buzzing around
What's the point of that thing? Distraction?
HE'S FUCKING DONE ALREADY
>Killed by a wedge
Christ, he didn't even have to flip it. Ramming was enough to completely destroy it.
that spinner looked flimsy as shit
and that drone was useless
how embarrassing
Kills the drone too
Top kek
>3 million real Monopoly dollars
THAT piece of shit drone came from a kid who got 3mil for making drones?
Why do I suddenly feel like I could be the biggest success story in the drone industry?
LGTSS
>The city of that kid's investors
>Bronco not even using it's flipper once
>just the back wedge
This wasn't only about winning, it was about proving a point!
Do you see the flips that Blacksmith took?
Do you see how ChromeFly self destructed?
The difference between a well built bot and a shit one
>destroys the drone after it gave up and landed
I can't breathe
>>71751980
That subreddit is shit, never has recent fights up
>>71752027
>If Im going to put money into your company, kid, I expect my product to be able to withstand attacks from other killer robots
>>71752057
>never has recent fights
>never has
>never
how the fuck would you know
UNLESS
>>71751980
>>71752052
An example must be made.
My father put it best: Chromefly looks like some Gerry Anderson shit.
>>71752045
In fairness Bronco had lost 2 wheels and probably took a stpuid risk with that flight. It's gonna need some serious repairs and put tire guards on.
>>71750082
but who can beat Tombstone (again) tho?
>>71752079
Oh no someone is using reddit
what the fuck is an ESPY
95% of the damage was self inflicted
>>71752117
I feel like they had to take the tire guards off to add on the rear wedge and still be under the weight limit
>>71752117
I guarantee that Bronco has a new set of wheels for every fight. Hell they sold their old wheels to Yeti.
>>71752124
>othersite usage being acceptable
>ever
you're so new you still smell like placenta
a question because me and my flatmate can't remember. Did the old battlebox have flame pods as an arena hazard or was that just Robot Wars?
>>71752121
God, Sheva, Zeus or some other divine entity we can sacrifice to. Thats the only thing that worked last season
>>71750897
It's how the British pronounce it. They pronounce it wrong, of course, but that's how they do it.
>>71752130
An email is electronic mail, an espy is an electronic spy.
>>71752130
Its the E!SPN rewards for sports. They put on a show like the oscars.
Its really stupid, seeing how they fabricate stories and play favorites with certain athletes.
Even sports fans hate it
>>71752164
I think they had them last season
I wanna fuck the Witch Doctor girl.
>>71752163
What do you do all day without ever going to UNNAMED WEBSITE?
>>71752130
some kind of nigger award or something
>>71752202
But she has a boyfriend.
>>71752171
I say we turn to either Baphomet or Legion.
>>71752164
No flames in the original battlebots. Flames were prohibited as a weapon aswell.
That was all robot wars
>Girls who like robots
>>71752224
Matters little.
WITCH DOCTOOOOOOOOOOOOOR
>>71752104
Kid had style and was a good sport feeding BRONCO a dronessert
HIS/ HIM
UM UH, cisus christ
bet it all on witchdoctor
>>71750082
Did they institute rules to keep wedge/flipbots from ruling the world again? Because that shit was boring. Too easy to armor, too easy to build, too easy to win. Spinbots always broke as soon as they scored a hit and everything else just got flipped over.
>>71752271
Without a doubt.
Witchdoctor is gonna win, the other bot is too spread out and structurally weak looking
Witch Doctor vs Minotaur
Please god happen
oooooooo the claw
what weapon would /tv/'s robot have?
>Favorite minibot
Doesn't exist. Keep the stupid guard.
>>71752286
They put in a rule where you have to have a primary weapon. No standard wedge bots.
There are a few wedge flippers though
>>71752316
A BIG GUY
>>71752316
Horizontal mid mounted flippable spinner.
>>71752316
The one thing that scares /tv/ the most.
A girl
>>71752316
A leaf-blower
>>71752316
A mechanized version of this
>>71752335
Srimech or run invertable?
Red Devil has shit weapons and was lucky to go against a retardbot
>>71752323
So we're doomed to World of Flipbots 2: This Time It's Personal. Pass.
>>71752316
Wedge with a shit flamethrower to get around the primary weapon rule
>>71752366
That's a big doll.
>>71752379
Its all about vertical drums and horizontal spinner memes now.
Bots are a whole lot more devastating than they were years ago.
No flipper is really gonna stand a chance
>>71752431
For you.
>>71752371
Run invertable.
Reverse-wired through the middle so the wheel config is the same on both sides.
>that trop50 commercial
This fight is going to be a blowout with these long ass commercials
>>71752316
Pneumatic spike
And armored plow, designed to ram as hard as BRONCO
No meme top armor, use weight saving for more sanics and side armor
>>71752366
>someone tries to fight you with a drone
>>71752481
Nah, they just know that Witch Doctor has a lot of fans for some reason
>>71752449
Spinners break. When they hit they communicate a ton of force but that force comes back and breaks their spin linkages about 50% of the time. Two, three, four hits and they kill themselves. If they kill the enemy first that's fine, but historically they don't do well long term.
AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE AGAINST AN IMMOVABLE OBJECT
RIP DOCTOR
I DON'T FUCKING BELIEVE IT
>>71752504
You were saying
FUCKING
MAN HANDLED
YES YES YES
>witch doctor
GIRLS BTFO
Red Devil is very problematic
>>71752271
IM FUCKING HOMELESS NOW
WOMEN BTFO
GHOST BUSTERS CONFIRMED FOR FLOP
THANKS, PATRIARCHY!
>>71752271
>the city of you
Holy fuck, clamp saw was impressive
Im so fucking hard right now
Holy shit.
How horrifying.
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN 2 GUD
BRB
GONNA JUST BUILD A BOT THAT
SMOTHERS THE OPPONENT AND CUTS EM UP
That saw didn't have any penetration, it was too high. how'd it get into anything?
>dat smoke
GLORIOUS!!
>Batteries up front
>Interview the loser
>don't want to go home with a functioning robot
What is this.
>Appealing to the fire meme and the minibot meme over strategy
They deserve to lose.
>>71752639
That pincer was very strong.
>THE CITY OF WOMEN
>Yeeeeeaaaahhhhh...
>Maaaayyyybe we should've used armor
See you next week m80s
>>71752316
Multiple minibots equipped with a pneumatic shot of air strong enough to launch itself across the arena and just flying around, trying to smack themselves against the opposing bot until they all die. Imagine the bat exhibit at the zoo when theyre all flying around and shit
>>71752310
Holy shit this would be cool. Too bad my shit internet wouldn't let me post until the match was over and they lost though.
>>71752316
Sticky wheels to climb up on the walls and taunt the robot's boyfriend?
>>71752697
Seeya m8y
ABC should have a show for drone racing too. Show it right before or after this.
TBS already has that e league shit. Just put it all together.
>>71752697
Seeeeeya
>>71751730
Those things are adorable.
