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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #540 on: August 30, 2016, 02:08:12 PM »
you can't really use that as an argument, seeing as Red Devil never really got to use its weapon at all. What i mean is, even if you dominate the fight, if your weapon breaks and your opponent is able to use theirs, then you're just ****ed and there's nothing you can do about it.
That's why if your weapon breaks, you do like Bombshell did and prevent the other bot from using their weapon. It's a tough rule, but it's fair.
Difficult to do most of the time, also pushing around will still remove points.

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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #541 on: August 31, 2016, 11:40:24 AM »

So the head of the axe looks like it's pretty deep into the back of Yeti's drum. Will lightning strike twice? (More likely than Chomp striking anything twice anyway.)

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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #542 on: August 31, 2016, 11:43:29 AM »
if anyone is used to seeing people stick an extra plate of metal on the top of there robot its Jascha Little.
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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #543 on: August 31, 2016, 11:44:16 AM »
(Image removed from quote.)
So the head of the axe looks like it's pretty deep into the back of Yeti's drum. Will lightning strike twice? (More likely than Chomp striking anything twice anyway.)

That won't have done anything except damage Chomp's axe by being grinded against the back spin

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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #544 on: August 31, 2016, 03:26:03 PM »
I see no arms, so those were replaced for the plate?
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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #545 on: August 31, 2016, 11:16:14 PM »
I guess so.


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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #546 on: September 01, 2016, 06:54:07 AM »
I guess so.


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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #547 on: September 01, 2016, 07:18:11 AM »

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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #548 on: September 01, 2016, 07:18:17 AM »

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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #549 on: September 01, 2016, 09:58:11 AM »
So the Rumble on tonight is gonna be Bite Force vs Wrecks vs Witch Doctor.

I wonder if the other ones (Disk O' Inferno/Splatter/Rotator, Deathroll/Bucktooth Burl/Skorpios, Overhaul/Sawblaze, Stinger/Ghost Raptor, etc...) will be put up as highlights or raw footage on YouTube?

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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #550 on: September 01, 2016, 12:23:28 PM »

So the Rumble on tonight is gonna be Bite Force vs Wrecks vs Witch Doctor.

I wonder if the other ones (Disk O' Inferno/Splatter/Rotator, Deathroll/Bucktooth Burl/Skorpios, Overhaul/Sawblaze, Stinger/Ghost Raptor, etc...) will be put up as highlights or raw footage on YouTube?
Wait, is it confirmed that this is in the episode? Also seeing how all fights have been shown so far in Season 2, I think we'll get YT uploads here.
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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #551 on: September 01, 2016, 12:34:10 PM »

Last season there were only two awards: Best design and most destructive. Warhead won best design last year, while Tombstone won most destructive.

So the Rumble on tonight is gonna be Bite Force vs Wrecks vs Witch Doctor.

I wonder if the other ones (Disk O' Inferno/Splatter/Rotator, Deathroll/Bucktooth Burl/Skorpios, Overhaul/Sawblaze, Stinger/Ghost Raptor, etc...) will be put up as highlights or raw footage on YouTube?
Wait, is it confirmed that this is in the episode? Also seeing how all fights have been shown so far in Season 2, I think we'll get YT uploads here.

Bite Force/Wrecks/Witch Doctor is confirmed. I am pretty sure I remember the Battlebots Facebook saying something along the lines of "We have x rumbles ready to upload to Youtube."

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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #552 on: September 01, 2016, 12:36:22 PM »
Come on Wrecks! but I doubt he will win my bets on old Bitey McForce Face
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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #553 on: September 01, 2016, 12:51:50 PM »
While I would have liked more variety in the rumble than three vertical spinners, I do like an opportunity to see Wrecks fight.

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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #554 on: September 01, 2016, 01:18:45 PM »
While I would have liked more variety in the rumble than three vertical spinners, I do like an opportunity to see Wrecks fight.

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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #555 on: September 01, 2016, 01:21:18 PM »
While I would have liked more variety in the rumble than three vertical spinners, I do like an opportunity to see Wrecks fight.
so that's how Wrecks "eats the booty"
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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #556 on: September 01, 2016, 02:16:59 PM »
I guess so.



Also, in non-spoiler news, there will be large swaths of the country that won't be able to see the episodes until much later thanks to pre-season football. The BattleBots Facebook page did mention them briefly, but took them down for unknown reasons. For example- where I am, the episodes won't air until 2:35 am Saturday because of the Cincinnati Bengals' final pre-season game. This means I either have to watch it on Hulu (provided it gets posted before 12:00 pm EDT tomorrow) or be essentially forced to wait until early Sunday evening to watch it on DVR because of work.

Here's a full rundown of what stations will be airing it after football:

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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #557 on: September 01, 2016, 03:14:34 PM »
Difficult to do most of the time, also pushing around will still remove points.
Of course it's difficult to do. The primary weapon has been disabled!
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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #558 on: September 01, 2016, 06:58:52 PM »
Any non football streams?

Alternatively, is Battlebots gonna be on after the football OR when does it repeat?

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Re: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread
« Reply #559 on: September 01, 2016, 07:14:52 PM »
if ABC had a face I would punch it so hard.

First we had this presitential crap. then the olympics and now a freaking sport that I don't give a poop about. I stayed up for this. I have to work tomorrow. so angry at this whole thing.
F you ABC with your crappy way of dealing with this show