Current Events > Battlebots renewed for another new season, coming to Discovery Channel.

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/battlebots-revived-discovery-science-channels-1081917

I'm assuming/hoping it'll be premieres on Discovery with repeats going on Science channel, since that network is fucking garbage.

Either way, yesssss super duper excited the revival is getting a third season.
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Good thing I searched before I made another topic about this, but OH HELL YEAH! I can't wait for another season of robotic carnage!





DuranOfForcena posted...

Robot Wars just isn't the same.

I've watched both, and I disagree. The bots may not be as stupidly destructive as in BattleBots, but they're still very powerful. Plus, the arena hazards and the house robots also add an element of strategy that BattleBots simply doesn't have. I think the battles in Robot Wars are just as good in terms of overall excitement.





I hope Robot Wars gets another season soon too.
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this is how the Rising starts
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Which was the old one that had Sir. Killabot and some Armadillo with a girl's name? They also had Hypto Disc and Razor I never we got that fight but Razor got stuck on the bottom part of the stage and post, that was disappointing....
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DuranOfForcena posted...

overall i just find the level of craftsmanship and professionalism to be much better in Battlebots than in Robot Wars.

i got sick of there being in almost every episode of Robot Wars i saw some team that had thrown together some shoddily built bot in a week because they said they weren't given much notice of their appearance or whatever, and/or teams that couldn't even describe exactly what their bot's weapon was or how it was supposed to be effective at disabling other bots. some teams when being interviewed gave the impression that they straight up just didn't even want to be there. many others knew they had no chance and were just going to be fodder, barring an odd lucky win. stuff like this was far less prevalent in Battlebots.

Fair enough. Both shows do have some "fodder" bots, and I admit that Robot Wars does have more of them. But that's the case for two reasons:

1) The money involved. BattleBots teams are given money by the show and can get more money from sponsors, while Robot Wars teams pay almost entirely out of pocket. Having more money obviously means the BattleBots teams can build superior robots using it, and some of the teams that do particularly well in Robot Wars (notably Carbide, Terrorhurtz, and Behemoth) also enter different robots in BattleBots (Cobalt, Beta, and Radioactive, respectively) and use the money to fund both robots.

2) BattleBots treats it a lot more like a serious sport, right down to having an actual referee there to count robots out. Robot Wars is playing it more like a fun and friendly competition, and they do this by bringing in teams that are interesting and fun as well as those that are just plain good. Teams like Track-Tion, Expulsion, and (until they evolved from Joke Character to King Slayer in series 10) Nuts are there to show off teams with interesting backstories, or just to lighten the mood.

Robot Wars may be different, but it's still very enjoyable and has some incredible battles. Go watch Carbide vs. Behemoth vs. Nuts 2 from the Series 10 Grand Final episode, which was (IMO) the most fun battle in the whole series, and the perfect example of a fantastic battle that would simply never be seen on BattleBots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5zArWduT8g (first fight in the video)
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El Mexicano Texano posted...

Which was the old one that had Sir. Killabot and some Armadillo with a girl's name? They also had Hypto Disc and Razor I never we got that fight but Razor got stuck on the bottom part of the stage and post, that was disappointing....

That was Robot Wars. Both shows were on in the late 90's and early 2000's, and both returned to TV within the last two years.
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Calwings posted...

El Mexicano Texano posted...

Which was the old one that had Sir. Killabot and some Armadillo with a girl's name? They also had Hypto Disc and Razor I never we got that fight but Razor got stuck on the bottom part of the stage and post, that was disappointing....

That was Robot Wars. Both shows were on in the late 90's and early 2000's, and both returned to TV within the last two years.

Thanks also I'm on mobile it autocorrected me and that post made no sense
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