Battlebots 2019

[ajprice]

Episode 4 fights

Cobalt v Duck
Rotator v Bombshell
Deathroll v Foxtrot
Quantum v Lock-Jaw
Endgame v Ribbot
Tombstone v SawBlaze

[hairykrishna]

Should be some good matches there. Cobalt Vs Duck will be particularly great I think.

I predict Lockjaw's going to have a bad time against Quantum.

[Some Gump]

hairykrishna said:

Should be some good matches there. Cobalt Vs Duck will be particularly great I think.

I predict Lockjaw's going to have a bad time against Quantum.

Lol not compared to sawblaze. Slightly flimsy bot with visibly flimsy saw on a lever. That is not going to match well to a big impact thing like tombstone!

[ajprice]

The full list

[joefraser]

Some Gump said:

Lol not compared to sawblaze. Slightly flimsy bot with visibly flimsy saw on a lever. That is not going to match well to a big impact thing like tombstone!

Sawblaze is one of the decent bots in the field, i think it will do ok against tombstone- maybe even win.

[Some Gump]

joefraser said:

Sawblaze is one of the decent bots in the field, i think it will do ok against tombstone- maybe even win.

We shall see! Need to find an unkilled youtube first...

[hairykrishna]

I don't think they're flimsy - the flashy saw arm is just an excuse to bring a massive spinner killer wedge. I think it'll be a good fight - they only need to slip up for a second though and Tombstone will rip big chunks off them.

[Some Gump]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K9k9P3ZQwNs

Ep 4 is go!

No further comment to avoid spoilers

[ChocolateFrog]

The guy who runs Tombstone is pretty unlikable.

Another decent episode though, first fight in particular was epic.

[hairykrishna]

Great episode. I think they need to sort the floor out though - factor in two of the fights there.

Nobody seems to have a bad word to say about Ray (tombstone dude) and he comes across well on podcasts and stuff I've heard him on. I think they just encourage him to play the baddie/bad winner and he enjoys doing it.

[ajprice]

Ray Billings (Tombstone) away from the arena seems a normal guy. With a controller in his hands and a crowd he plays up as the panto bad guy. Part of the Tombstone show.

[Some Gump]

ChocolateFrog said:

The guy who runs Tombstone is pretty unlikable.

Another decent episode though, first fight in particular was epic.

I thought that until i read that he's asked by the show to be the bad character, and apparently he helps all the new guys loads. I also read he's one of the most popular competitors within their own sphere of people.

Just think - if he really was a dick he could do so much more damage to bots than he does...

[ajprice]

Does each team get 4 fights before the last 16? A few teams who have lost so far are looking at the 'desperado' contest as their way through already.

The floor definitely needs sorting, other than getting caught on the rough edges, I did see one get caught in the floor saw slots.

Other than that, a lot of the fights were really good, especially Cobalt v Duck.

[ChocolateFrog]

Some Gump said:

ChocolateFrog said:

The guy who runs Tombstone is pretty unlikable.

Another decent episode though, first fight in particular was epic.

I thought that until i read that he's asked by the show to be the bad character, and apparently he helps all the new guys loads. I also read he's one of the most popular competitors within their own sphere of people.

Just think - if he really was a dick he could do so much more damage to bots than he does...

That's fair enough then.

[ChocolateFrog]

And I think Cobalt is my new favourite bot.

[ajprice]

Testing a new floor for 2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/BzYl1sIALXr

[ajprice]

Episode 5

[AlexS]

Episode 5 is now available:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvoRFS6DK8g

[Some Gump]

Ep5 a bit weak tbh. 4 was great tho

[ChocolateFrog]

AlexS said:

Episode 5 is now available:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvoRFS6DK8g

Bugger, that link didn't last long.