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Calwings 05/25/23 7:02:07 PM #1: |
Tonight, a new champion will be crowned! https://iili.io/HrFm4Ox.jpg Only eight bots remain in contention, but which one will win the tournament and take home the Giant Nut? As a reminder, please put any discussion of match results under spoiler tags until 24 hours after the episode airs out of consideration for people who can't watch the episode live, especially if you decide to watch the episode early on Discovery+ before it airs on TV. Showtime is about an hour away, but it's never too soon for me to drop a preemptive fuck Riptide before the show. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KFHEWUI 05/25/23 7:03:48 PM #2: |
Minotaur! Minotaur! Minotaur! Minotaur! Proving ground this weekend. https://twitter.com/BattleBots/status/1660767543542403072?cxt=HHwWgMC-9YPSnYwuAAAA --- R.I.P. SaikyoMog! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-seAIeu3Og "Me and my swole chihuahua are about to blow you away, Becky," Anya Forger, SPYxFAMILY. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ANort175 05/25/23 7:08:33 PM #3: |
If Minotaur or Huge don't take it I'll be really surprised, just please for the love of Rusty don't let Riptide win. --- Are we the baddies? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Starks 05/25/23 7:19:44 PM #4: |
Fantastic fights. --- Paid for by StarksPAC, a registered 501(c)(4) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Calwings 05/25/23 7:20:52 PM #5: |
ANort175 posted... If Minotaur or Huge don't take it I'll be really surprised, just please for the love of Rusty don't let Riptide win. I'm in full "anyone but Riptide" mode at this point because I genuinely despite them. Huge (for their unique anti-meta design) and Hydra (for being the only non-spinner left) are the two that I'm cheering for the most, but I like all of the bots left in the field besides Riptide. I can't remember if I already said it in one of the previous topics, but I'll make it clear now: if Riptide wins this tournament or if they're allowed back next season after all of the drama and all of the unsportsmanlike bullshit they've brought to the show, then I won't be watching BattleBots anymore going forward. They're bad for the sport, plain and simple. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Starks 05/25/23 7:23:58 PM #6: |
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Calwings 05/25/23 8:03:44 PM #7: |
IT'S ROBOT FIGHTIN' TIME! The quarterfinals begin with the top seed Minotaur vs. Sawblaze --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Calwings 05/25/23 8:29:18 PM #8: |
In other news, --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Calwings 05/25/23 8:46:51 PM #9: |
Next up is the last quarterfinal, Riptide (fuck Riptide) vs. Copperhead. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Calwings 05/25/23 9:05:56 PM #10: |
Holy shit, what a fight! Ethan, I wish you a speedy recovery from COVID, but then I hope you stub your toe in the most painful way possible. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DuneMan 05/25/23 9:08:20 PM #11: |
Well, it'll be a while before I can watch, but I suppose the number 1 seed stands a good chance since they deserve that seeding. --- "I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me." -Cao Cao ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Calwings 05/25/23 9:42:31 PM #12: |
Also, --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Starks 05/25/23 9:43:00 PM #13: |
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Compsognathus 05/25/23 10:11:56 PM #14: |
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Compsognathus 05/25/23 10:19:31 PM #15: |
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Calwings 05/25/23 10:20:22 PM #16: |
Your winner, and newwwwwwwwwwww BattleBots World Champion: --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ANort175 05/25/23 11:02:13 PM #17: |
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NightRender 05/25/23 11:21:02 PM #18: |
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Compsognathus 05/25/23 11:49:27 PM #19: |
NightRender posted...
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LostForest 05/26/23 12:32:14 AM #20: |
Returned to CE for the first time in months just to post! MAN, that was one of the awesomest finals run-up I've ever seen! Legitimately could've rooted for any of the final four. --- http://poorcouplesfoodguide.com Agender, curry fan, Top 10 lister, indie dev, gym hitter, musician, et al. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ANort175 05/26/23 8:49:20 AM #21: |
Yeah that season as a whole was probably the best yet, even with Riptide kinda muddying the waters a bit, letting us know every team's fight schedule in advance was a great move and that "crab walking" rule change really made fights a lot more engaging. Can't wait for the 2nd gold bolt tournament. --- Are we the baddies? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Jennywentnorth8 05/26/23 5:47:40 PM #22: |
My jimmies definitely rustled about the whole Riptide thing, feels like I have been edged all season just to get denied watching him finally lose, but other that great episode and ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KFHEWUI 05/26/23 7:55:11 PM #23: |
Minotaur is such a beast! --- R.I.P. SaikyoMog! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-seAIeu3Og "Me and my swole chihuahua are about to blow you away, Becky," Anya Forger, SPYxFAMILY. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Aztex 05/26/23 8:03:04 PM #24: |
Are these put on discovery? They merged with HBO and I can finally see it. Do they upload the episodes the next day after airing on tv? --- Hot Girls Message Board https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1291-hot-girls ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KFHEWUI 05/26/23 8:03:45 PM #25: |
Bruh!
--- R.I.P. SaikyoMog! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-seAIeu3Og "Me and my swole chihuahua are about to blow you away, Becky," Anya Forger, SPYxFAMILY. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Calwings 05/26/23 8:07:58 PM #26: |
Aztex posted... Are these put on discovery? They merged with HBO and I can finally see it. Do they upload the episodes the next day after airing on tv? The episodes usually went up on Discovery+ earlier in the day before the TV airing on Discovery channel, hence the comment I always make about D+ in the opening post. As for MAX, apparently the episodes just got uploaded there today based on this post on the subreddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/13sobp2/just_a_psa_battlebots_is_now_up_on_max_the_new/ EDIT: Yes, it's on MAX now, see the link below. It's missing the first 2 seasons that aired on ABC (before ABC dropped it and Discovery picked it up, the ABC seasons were pretty scuffed anyways so you're not really missing much) but it has all 5 Discovery seasons as well as the BattleBots Champions subseries that aired between seasons 6 and 7. https://www.max.com/shows/79ad906a-05ef-43fb-a566-479dd1232d44 --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Aztex 05/26/23 8:26:35 PM #27: |
Thanks I used to have to check TikTok/YouTube/Instagram to get caught up and just watch highlights now I can see everything --- Hot Girls Message Board https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1291-hot-girls ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TomYo 05/26/23 8:43:43 PM #28: |
Gonna look at this later! Should be fun. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Compsognathus 05/26/23 9:39:53 PM #29: |
KFHEWUI posted... Bruh!He's just the fucking worst. --- *Gheb is my other account* ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DuneMan 05/27/23 12:19:04 AM #30: |
Did anyone catch the part of the season recap montage when they showed the pit area reacting to the winner of the fight between Riptide and Copperhead? You'd think everyone there won the Giant Nut with how much they were jumping for joy. --- "I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me." -Cao Cao ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Calwings 05/27/23 1:31:33 AM #31: |
DuneMan posted... Did anyone catch the part of the season recap montage when they showed the pit area reacting to the winner of the fight between Riptide and Copperhead? You'd think everyone there won the Giant Nut with how much they were jumping for joy. Apparently, according to someone who was there in the pits at the tapings, that huge cheering reaction from the pits wasn't even reacting to Copperhead knocking out Riptide. It was reacting to Riptide's appeal getting denied to seal their loss, as an additional "fuck you" to the team. https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/13s0usy/comment/jlnh35u/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 But yeah, Team Copperhead got a hero's reception backstage after that win, and they deserved it. The snake slayed the monster. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KFHEWUI 05/27/23 11:38:04 AM #32: |
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/8/8/AAKYEFAAEg_I.jpg Voting is open for best driver, rookie, and fight. I'm torn on the fight... Sawblaze vs Minotaur was fantastic but Copperhead vs Riptide is *chef's kiss* https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeS17yRn7otoPj5qSkry-5BRMJNoLbjDqyN5jnHj80005Xhnw/viewform In this year's Final Week, the following teams will visit the Battlebots subreddit for an AMA: --- R.I.P. SaikyoMog! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-seAIeu3Og "Me and my swole chihuahua are about to blow you away, Becky," Anya Forger, SPYxFAMILY. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PiOverlord 05/28/23 1:17:08 AM #33: |
Honestly, best season by far. I know you all hated Riptide, but the fights themselves were fun. Still, I was saying it the whole season, we know Riptide can hit hard, but can it be hit hard? Someone with a good weapon needed to just not try to outdrive Riptide and instead just hit it and see who's more durable. Glad Copperhead realized that. And finally, a final fight that feels pretty darn close (even if it was still soundly SawBlaze by the end). Not to mention, two unique bots. SawBlaze is one of my favorites (top 3 at least with Witch Doctor and Hydra), so seeing them win was very enjoyable. Couldn't have been a better team to win it. I was picking them in every fight today (and honestly, the only potential matchups that I would have picked someone else would have been if they fought Hydra. WD would have been a toss-up for me considering their history). Glad HUGE could finally shake things up like it was always meant to, and I hope this season gives the team the HUGE boost they needed. But yeah, what a season. Can't wait for next year!!! --- Number of legendary 500 post topics: 35, 500th posts: 34; PiO ATTN: 6 RotM wins 1, LETTEN MY ARROW FLYEN TRUE ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TomYo 05/28/23 2:37:02 AM #34: |
Is there a link to somewhere I can watch this? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Machete 05/28/23 2:48:11 AM #35: |
I was disappointed that Uppercut was not in this season. I don't why that happened but I've met the main person on that team and while I don't know him personally, he's the buddy of a former boss... Good final though. --- Always check timestamps. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Machete 05/28/23 2:49:18 AM #36: |
TomYo posted... Is there a link to somewhere I can watch this? I don't have a link but you can watch it on Discovery, Discovery+ and HBO Max if you have any of those --- Always check timestamps. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TomYo 05/28/23 2:50:12 AM #37: |
Machete posted... I don't have a link but you can watch it on Discovery, Discovery+ and HBO Max if you have any of thoseI do have HBO max, I'll check there. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Machete 05/28/23 3:01:40 AM #38: |
TomYo posted... I do have HBO max, I'll check there. nice! I actually found it there by accident. I already had HBO max but I never officially signed up for it. I spent like a half hour trying to get in (my own fault). When I did finally get in, all the sign up shit was easy. A few episodes had been missing in my normal cable shit but HBO had them so I watched them there and caught up. --- Always check timestamps. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KFHEWUI 05/29/23 1:39:28 PM #39: |
Copperhead returning to the pits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjTaIQmGfQY Sawblaze is selling the blade that was used in the Minotaur fight, and they are going to autograph it. https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/13uf8xx/buy_you_a_sawblaze_saw/ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/6/AAKYEFAAEhVw.jpg Reese named on of the kittens Charizard. Message from Blacksmith. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/7/AAKYEFAAEhVx.png --- R.I.P. SaikyoMog! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-seAIeu3Og "Me and my swole chihuahua are about to blow you away, Becky," Anya Forger, SPYxFAMILY. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KFHEWUI 05/29/23 1:49:48 PM #40: |
That proving that was this weekend, turns out Snakebyte could not make so instead they were replaced by Overkill. Upcoming schedule...
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PiOverlord 05/29/23 7:49:44 PM #42: |
[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Tbf, every bot builder has said that the scales are really really finicky after that comment was made. No offense, but I don't think Team Shatter really should have brought that up (or at least, BB editing shouldn't have brought that point up). --- Number of legendary 500 post topics: 35, 500th posts: 34; PiO ATTN: 6 RotM wins 1, LETTEN MY ARROW FLYEN TRUE ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PiOverlord 05/29/23 9:03:50 PM #44: |
[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Yeah, that they did. Tbh, I think Ethan is a victim more than anything. --- Number of legendary 500 post topics: 35, 500th posts: 34; PiO ATTN: 6 RotM wins 1, LETTEN MY ARROW FLYEN TRUE ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Calwings 05/29/23 9:23:04 PM #46: |
PiOverlord posted... Yeah, that they did. Tbh, I think Ethan is a victim more than anything. I couldn't disagree more. Maybe in a vacuum, it seemed like Team Shatter may have made a bigger deal out of the weighing and the missing 2 pounds than was necessary. But Ethan and Team Riptide built up a long list of disrespectful, shady, or unsportsmanlike behavior even before that. They built themselves a bad reputation, and accusations like that happen when you have a bad reputation. Team Shatter had every reason to believe Team Riptide may have been cheating given their reputation, and they were breaking a rule by modifying their bot after the weigh-in. At the very least, I hope this Riptide situation leads to the creation of a very thorough Code of Conduct for the next season, with clearer rules and consequences for unsportsmanlike behaviors like the ones Team Riptide did this season. That should be the bare minimum result of all this. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PiOverlord 05/29/23 9:32:22 PM #47: |
Sorry, I misspoke. Team Shatter had the right to speak out about Riptide (although I do think the 2 pounds comment was a little unnecessary), and I wasn't referring to that. I meant more so, while many others are on the spectrum like Ethan is, I couldn't think of a worse dad someone on the spectrum could have than the one he has. He will never have the support he truly needs, which is sad. I wasn't meaning, in any way, that he was a victim of battlebots. --- Number of legendary 500 post topics: 35, 500th posts: 34; PiO ATTN: 6 RotM wins 1, LETTEN MY ARROW FLYEN TRUE ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Calwings 05/29/23 9:43:48 PM #48: |
PiOverlord posted... I meant more so, while many others are on the spectrum like Ethan is, I couldn't think of a worse dad someone on the spectrum could have than the one he has. He will never have the support he truly needs, which is sad. Right, that's true, good point. Stan Kurtz is definitely a scumbag for peddling his fake autism cures and flinging around "vaccines cause autism" misinformation like Riptide flings bots around the arena, and I do feel bad for Ethan in that regard. That being said, I have a brother who's also on the spectrum, he hates Team Riptide for their unsportsmanlike actions, and he hates seeing people online defending them using "but he's on the spectrum" as an excuse for Ethan's behavior. Using that as an excuse to defend Team Riptide's actions is basically spitting in the face of anyone else who's on the spectrum because of Stan Kurtz and the harm that he's done. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Calwings 05/29/23 9:56:58 PM #49: |
Anyways, before this topic gets too off-track and ends up getting locked due to this whole Riptide stuff, here's some much better news: https://mech-plus.com/ For people looking for more robot combat action to watch while BattleBots is in its offseason, this is a new website that has the entire library of UK Robot Wars (7 seasons and a few side series from the original era in the early 2000's, plus all 3 seasons of the modern reboot from 2016-2018) available to watch. You can watch free with ads, or pay 20 euros (about $25 USD) for a year's worth of ad-free access. The site also has a season of China's This Is Fighting Robots competition and some other various programming revolving around robotics and technology, but the main appeal is obviously the Robot Wars library. I grew up with Robot Wars as a kid, so this would be a huge wave of nostalgia for me. And for some of you guys who either didn't watch robot combat in the early days or grew up with the original BattleBots instead of Robot Wars, it might be interesting for you guys to see what the sport was like on the other side of the pond, because there are quite a few differences between the two. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DuneMan 05/29/23 10:33:08 PM #50: |
^ Watch Apollo get flipping performance that Blip dreams of achieving. --- "I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me." -Cao Cao ... Copied to Clipboard!
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