Battlebots 2019
Discussion
Unfortunate this week that a few of the robots were taken out in one hit, or didn't work from the start. Still, the main event and Monsoon vs Valkyrie were good. Chronos vs Copperhead was always going to be a show with the spinner weapons hitting each other.
In other sort of related news, Youtube algorithms are labelling robot combat videos as animal cruelty and removing them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMQ5ZYlU3DI
In other sort of related news, Youtube algorithms are labelling robot combat videos as animal cruelty and removing them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMQ5ZYlU3DI
Hehe, yep, a few surprises in that one !
Regrading the Tombstone / Gruff match, when they showed the scorecard, both bots had been awarded 1 (out of 3) for aggression, which, TBH did surprise me.
It got me thinking: what would stop a judge awarding the same number of points overall to give a draw ?
I can't recall a judge ever awarding a draw, and now I'm think that maybe they're not allowed (?)
Obviously having 3 judges avoids a drawn match if all 3 must give a winner/loser
Apologies if this has been discussed to death previously !!
Regrading the Tombstone / Gruff match, when they showed the scorecard, both bots had been awarded 1 (out of 3) for aggression, which, TBH did surprise me.
It got me thinking: what would stop a judge awarding the same number of points overall to give a draw ?
I can't recall a judge ever awarding a draw, and now I'm think that maybe they're not allowed (?)
Obviously having 3 judges avoids a drawn match if all 3 must give a winner/loser
Apologies if this has been discussed to death previously !!
Some Gump said:
3 points damage
2 control
2 aggression.
They give each point to 1 or the other bot. Can't have a draw because 7 points total
Thanx for this 2 control
2 aggression.
They give each point to 1 or the other bot. Can't have a draw because 7 points total
The bit I missed was that the points for each category is the total number of points, not, the max number of points for each bot
Reading the rules, it appears they mark you down if you ram the other bot without using a weapon
Not sure about making Bronco v Huge the main event. I can't see Bronco being able to get any purchase to flip Huge; Huge suffers from the lack of a solid base to really cause proper damage with their spinner, and Bronco is probably strong enough to take a lot of hits from it.
Witch Doctor v Gigabyte would, to me, be a better bet... assuming neither breaks down on its own
Witch Doctor v Gigabyte would, to me, be a better bet... assuming neither breaks down on its own
defblade said:
AlexS said:
Huge took Gigabytes weapon out by causing enough damage that the shell bent and jammed so it certainly can cause damage, look at the pictures earlier in this thread.
I'd forgotten about that already... I'm afraid Huge is permanently tagged as "floppy" in my head...
I love how huge is different, and effective. Spinners are awesome, and I will never forget when Hypnodisc properly destroyed other kids robots on Robot Wars, but spinner after spinner starts to get a little boring. Mind you, Huge, is in deed a spinner!, just a "death from above" spinner.
Still don't undertsand why people bother with axe/hammer bots.
Was great to see the UK "biting bot" finally get it's teeth stuck into duck. As they said, their robot is a perfect sandwich size :-)
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