Robot Wars is coming back

[defblade]

ajprice said:

This series is on for 2 more weeks. Next series, we'll make a battlebots thread.

Or should we just have a Robot Fighting thread? I think most of us are happy to get the fights under any banner/rules/etc?

[hairykrishna]

General robot fighting thread sounds good.

Start of the BB knock out tournament was good. Still can't get away from the fact that Bombshell blatently shouldn't be there though.

Some people on reddit have subtitled the first three episodes of "This is Fighting Robots". Sort of weird celebrity competition with robots. First two episodes are a bit too light on actual fighting but the third episode is ok. First one is mainly amusing to watch the female celeb pick everyone who's actually good for her team. Lots of UK and battlebots teams.

https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/9h21d...

[ajprice]

If Tombstone's ground clearance was just a fraction higher...

[hairykrishna]

ajprice said:

If Tombstone's ground clearance was just a fraction higher...

It was all over as soon as they lost their chain I suspect. Tombstones never going to win a pushing match. The fact that Bombshell died and caught fire after a tiny love tap from Lockjaw shows how lucky they were not to get wrecked.

[FourWheelDrift]

Anyone else find it annoying that they have plenty of time for filler rubbish between fights yet only showed the highlights to one fight when they showed the others in full?

[Baron Greenback]

FourWheelDrift said:

Anyone else find it annoying that they have plenty of time for filler rubbish between fights yet only showed the highlights to one fight when they showed the others in full?

Its on youtube, use the fwd I alway do!

No spoiler here, awesome battle and some disapointed ones! Shame a few results!

[FourWheelDrift]

Baron Greenback said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Anyone else find it annoying that they have plenty of time for filler rubbish between fights yet only showed the highlights to one fight when they showed the others in full?

Its on youtube, use the fwd I alway do!

read again.

[Baron Greenback]

FourWheelDrift said:

Baron Greenback said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Anyone else find it annoying that they have plenty of time for filler rubbish between fights yet only showed the highlights to one fight when they showed the others in full?

Its on youtube, use the fwd I alway do!

read again.

sorry only read the 1st half! The highlight try to get around the copyrights within the rules of youtube as the take clips of one bots battle from lots of espoides while the full episode get taken off due to copyrights.

[FourWheelDrift]

Oh right, I thought it was a crazy thing they did on the TV broadcast, wouldn't be the first programme. They should just flip the playback horizontally next time.

[227bhp]

Where can I find Battlebots?

[hairykrishna]

It's annoyingly impossible to get legitimately in the UK. Stupid region locking. It's on Amazon but I can't buy it - they don't want my money.

The torrents are available on RARBG. New ones are often up before it is actually shown on Discovery.

[227bhp]

hairykrishna said:

It's annoyingly impossible to get legitimately in the UK. Stupid region locking. It's on Amazon but I can't buy it - they don't want my money.

The torrents are available on RARBG. New ones are often up before it is actually shown on Discovery.

Thanks for the reply, sounds like too much hard work! Maybe it'll come to normal telly one day - it's been on before I remember.

[ajprice]

They're on YouTube

[hairykrishna]

It was on channel 5 before. Not sure if they'll get it this time because it's a different network who has it in the US.

[ajprice]

Second half of the Battlebots last 16 and quarters https://youtu.be/7r0cRXucA38

Edited by ajprice on Saturday 29th September 16:25

[Baron Greenback]

ajprice said:

Second half of the Battlebots quarters and semis https://youtu.be/7r0cRXucA38

Just dont understand Huge! idea good just so weak design!

There was some good battles, part flying for sure!

Edited by Baron Greenback on Saturday 29th September 17:00

[FourWheelDrift]

They did the highlights instead of the full match for Yeti and Whiplash again this episode. This isn't a uploaders edit it's the TV programme. - https://youtu.be/7r0cRXucA38?t=1386 Not sure why they can't fit it all in.

[Some Gump]

To be fair, that.bloke's driving really seems to be making the difference.

Also named after.someone in aliens so double win.

[ajprice]

The semis and the final - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag8eS5UMraA

[hairykrishna]

The final was a great fight. Good end to a very good season I thought.