Author Topic: BattleBots Season 2 Discussion Thread (Read 109203 times)

J · « **Reply #160 on:** May 10, 2016, 05:41:15 PM »

Hey.... hey guys....

Tonight at like 10PM or whatever, they are giving us a trailer for Season 2.
It actually starts near the end of June.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #161 on:** May 10, 2016, 05:45:29 PM »

To clarify, it's not a trailer, it's a full length episode, effectively "episode 0," with four rumbles for bots to qualify for the main bracket.

Kossokei · « **Reply #162 on:** May 10, 2016, 09:14:41 PM »

RFS WHEN

J · « **Reply #163 on:** May 10, 2016, 10:06:46 PM »

>Drone team of flying bots

Holy fuk, I want to see this

RedAce · « **Reply #164 on:** May 10, 2016, 10:36:31 PM »

Alright, so the pilot is now done, I guess I can give my thoughts.

Ultra Violent vs. Son of Whyachi vs. Creepy Crawlies:
As if it wasn't obvious enough, I can only describe it as Son of Whyachi's training session. I'll leave it at that.

Blacksmith vs. Basilisk vs. Gemini:
I feel shocked that some team actually made a useless hovercraft thing to compete as a "minibot" since that was going to do jack squat to begin with. As for Gemini, I was confused as there was only one half of Gemini moving and the rules stated that if one half of the multibot team was gone, the whole thing was done, or was that rule changed. Wasn't shocked that Blacksmith won. The only bot that wasn't doing something dumb or gimmicky (for the most part) and actually did things.

Mohawk vs. Invader vs. Lycan:
I was actually legitimately shocked with the result of this one. I was also hoping to see ~~Megabyte~~ Invader advance, but sure enough, it sorta pulled a Moebius and killed itself by losing a drive chain. Also, I don't understand why Lycan would think of attacking Invader when it's dead in the water and and still kill you. I wasn't sure if Mohawk was going to win at the start, but if Invader ~~Zim~~ wasn't gonna win, Mohawk would be the next best bot in the melee.

Bad Kitty vs. Scorpios vs. Black Ice:
Not sure how to feel about this one. I mean, with Bad Kitty experienced from building VD6.0, You'd think that you wouldn't make the same mistake as to put a decorative paper mache coating (or whatever it is). But I'd consider them lucky they got beaten in a much less brutal way than if they were against Son of Whyachi or Invader. I... wasn't quite sure what Scorpios was thinking getting itself ~~jammed up~~ stuck in the screws. Didn't think Black Ice would pull through, then again, it was kinda a battle of weaklings, so I'd be impressed by anything at that point.

Overall, still pleased and shocked with some results. Still annoyed by the fact that the previews spoil some winners and how some matches will turn out, but I don't think it was that major this time.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #165 on:** May 10, 2016, 10:48:38 PM »

Taking this picture and looking at the teaser footage we've seen, each of these robots is next to their round one opponent, with the exception of last season's semi-finalists at the bottom, who will be matched up against tonight's winning robots.

That gives us:

Warrior Clan vs Splatter
Hypershock vs Ultraviolent (I assume that they ran out of alternates and gave an alternate spot to someone who lost early)
Chrome Fly vs Bucktooth Burl
SubZero vs Icewave
Nightmare vs Stinger (:/)
Rotator vs Witch Doctor
Photon Storm vs Minotaur
Wrecks vs Red Devil
Lock-Jaw vs Yeti
Complete Control vs Bombshell
Tentoumushi vs Poison Arrow
Overhaul vs Cobalt
Obwalden Overlord vs Warhead
Disko Inferno vs Chomp
Sawblaze vs Razorback
Captain Shrederator vs DeathRoll
Ground Control vs Overdrive
Lucky vs Beta
Ringmaster vs Ultimo Destructo
Moebius vs Brutus
Bite Force vs Qualifier winner
Tombstone vs Qualifier winner
Bronco vs Qualifier winner
Ghost Raptor vs Qualifier winner

Natef · « **Reply #166 on:** May 10, 2016, 10:58:50 PM »

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #167 on:** May 10, 2016, 11:31:45 PM »

Quote from: RedAce on May 10, 2016, 10:36:31 PM

Alright, so the pilot is now done, I guess I can give my thoughts.

Ultra Violent vs. Son of Whyachi vs. Creepy Crawlies:
As if it wasn't obvious enough, I can only describe it as Son of Whyachi's training session. I'll leave it at that.

Blacksmith vs. Basilisk vs. Gemini:
I feel shocked that some team actually made a useless hovercraft thing to compete as a "minibot" since that was going to do jack squat to begin with. As for Gemini, I was confused as there was only one half of Gemini moving and the rules stated that if one half of the multibot team was gone, the whole thing was done, or was that rule changed. Wasn't shocked that Blacksmith won. The only bot that wasn't doing something dumb or gimmicky (for the most part) and actually did things.

Mohawk vs. Invader vs. Lycan:
I was actually legitimately shocked with the result of this one. I was also hoping to see ~~Megabyte~~ Invader advance, but sure enough, it sorta pulled a Moebius and killed itself by losing a drive chain. Also, I don't understand why Lycan would think of attacking Invader when it's dead in the water and and still kill you. I wasn't sure if Mohawk was going to win at the start, but if Invader ~~Zim~~ wasn't gonna win, Mohawk would be the next best bot in the melee.

Bad Kitty vs. Scorpios vs. Black Ice:
Not sure how to feel about this one. I mean, with Bad Kitty experienced from building VD6.0, You'd think that you wouldn't make the same mistake as to put a decorative paper mache coating (or whatever it is). But I'd consider them lucky they got beaten in a much less brutal way than if they were against Son of Whyachi or Invader. I... wasn't quite sure what Scorpios was thinking getting itself ~~jammed up~~ stuck in the screws. Didn't think Black Ice would pull through, then again, it was kinda a battle of weaklings, so I'd be impressed by anything at that point.

Overall, still pleased and shocked with some results. Still annoyed by the fact that the previews spoil some winners and how some matches will turn out, but I don't think it was that major this time.

RFS · « **Reply #168 on:** May 11, 2016, 12:00:38 AM »

Quote from: Kossokei on May 10, 2016, 09:14:41 PM

RFS WHEN

WHAT UP

MassimoV · « **Reply #169 on:** May 11, 2016, 12:13:38 AM »

Alright so it's time for the prelim roast

Son of Whyachi: Looks nice and sh**. Seems like it's more sturdy than Warrior, wedge addition is nice too. Terry tried pullin sh** on us and "leaving". Right mate, piss off. We knew you weren't going anywhere.
Creepy Crawleys: Ok wtf? Not even fiver of the best LWs could take on a decent HW. Just imagine 5 Ziggos against SoW, not a snowball's chance in a hooker's asshole. Now take a LW who probs couldn't hold its own against other LWs. Like what's with those jaws. The mechanism that controls them is right in the middle, it's going to be blown apart. Can't be too hard on them though because I imagine this was just a gimmick to get onto the show.
Ultra Violence: Goddamn let down. This thing if it moved could've actually had a shot at stopping SoW but nah. It was a about as mobile as Lou Gehrig. Honestly, this could've been a boxrush meme for the whole season but oh well, see you in the grudge matches.
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Basilisk: Looks like if Loco and Chaos 2 ****ed. Had high hopes for it when I first saw it but the flying meme killed it. Couldn't even touch Blacksmith without crumbling into a pile that looked like my snap circuit kit from when I was young. Again, if it could actually move, might've put up a good fight.
Blacksmith: Goddamn fire meme. The hammer actually looks really nice, good wedge, beautiful construction. I'll admit, really like this one. Almost ****in blew it when it decided to go all Thích Quảng Đức but some miracle saved it, thank god.
Gemini: Copyright infringement on that name rn. Brian and Shane gonna be taken your as to civil court. Not a bad design. Looks like 2 small Short Circuits with some wedges. One day people will realize that multibots are become sh** in battle.
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Invader: It's been how many years and Mladenik still explodes anytime his bots touch anything. Kind of makes angry because Megabyte kicked some ass in the circuits after Battlebots. Had potential but once again it was as stable as a kid who listens to Marilyn Manson.
Lycan: I don't really get the weapon. Kind of wish I got to see more of it to see if it ever got to work. The front wedge seemed awfully steep, like, I think a not even a ball would roll up it. I guess it was relying on its speed, which ultimately killed it anyways. Serves his dumbass right when his teammate literally said right before, stop attacking the dead robot which has essentially become an arena hazard.
Mohawk: I'll avoid too many >fedora comments. Still did **** all in this match. Just kind of limped around the arena like Lt. Dan until Lycan decided to end it all in a motor vehicle suicide. Then just lightly grazed the back tired with its hair and lit a cigarette.
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Skorpios: This is bullsh**. Easily the best bot in the rumble. Classy design, cool weapon, sh**ty ass arena knocked it out. Extra layer of bullsh** especially because in the beginning when they were talking trash on the arena hazards and says it's all about the bots not the arena, and then eliminates the best bots with the arena. Imma hang myself in the bathroom of the local Road Ranger now.
Black Ice: The year is 2016 and Robot the Bruce with weapons that look like butter knives won a HW melee. What has this world come to. Feel happy for that old bastard though. He probably wasn't really expecting a win out of that.
Bad Kitty: The good part about this one being knocked out is hopefully it gets rid of a team who were going to awkwardly be wearing cat ears through the series while all the viewers were left feeling largely uncomfortable. The design wasn't half bad really though. But in the end, >wedge. This thing couldn't get underneath the goddamn sky. It had like an inch of ground clearance in the front. That's the one thing the Black Ice did better than it and that's what it came down to.

Shinkioh · « **Reply #170 on:** May 11, 2016, 01:44:10 AM »

Ah shoot I knew I was forgetting something.

Thyrus · « **Reply #171 on:** May 11, 2016, 02:08:48 AM »

Havn't seen it yet but I hope it will be on yt.
I must say I don't quite like the new design of Sub Zero. But I just saw Ziggy in there. That's gonna be fun

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #172 on:** May 11, 2016, 05:06:15 AM »

powerrave · « **Reply #173 on:** May 11, 2016, 09:11:37 AM »

I hope I'll be able to see on this on Youtube soon enough.

Thyrus · « **Reply #174 on:** May 11, 2016, 10:08:08 AM »

So there are 12 Robots that are equally matched hum? SOW and Black Ice are on the same level? WHAT?
I mean I know why SOW was in this but still it's silly

Also I bet that the winner of the last rumble will meet a pretty nasty bot. wonder what it will say on it's tombstone

J · « **Reply #175 on:** May 11, 2016, 11:51:57 AM »

I really want to see Obwalden Overlord in action. It looks fuking ridiculous.

Philippa · « **Reply #176 on:** May 11, 2016, 11:58:29 AM »

Quote from: J on May 11, 2016, 11:51:57 AM

I really want to see Obwalden Overlord in action. It looks fuking ridiculous.

From the teaser flashes it looks like it's controlled like the machines in Robot Combat League.

Also, I dunno if this has already been said, but the reason that it's now listed as ten episodes instead of eleven is because the first episode is two hours long.

Thyrus · « **Reply #177 on:** May 11, 2016, 12:09:31 PM »

I hope they don't cut out fights again

Battlebotsboy · « **Reply #178 on:** May 11, 2016, 12:20:30 PM »

Quote from: Badnik96 on May 10, 2016, 10:48:38 PM

(Image removed from quote.)

Taking this picture and looking at the teaser footage we've seen, each of these robots is next to their round one opponent, with the exception of last season's semi-finalists at the bottom, who will be matched up against tonight's winning robots.

That gives us:

Warrior Clan vs Splatter
Hypershock vs Ultraviolent (I assume that they ran out of alternates and gave an alternate spot to someone who lost early)
Chrome Fly vs Bucktooth Burl
SubZero vs Icewave
Nightmare vs Stinger (:/)
Rotator vs Witch Doctor
Photon Storm vs Minotaur
Wrecks vs Red Devil
Lock-Jaw vs Yeti
Complete Control vs Bombshell
Tentoumushi vs Poison Arrow
Overhaul vs Cobalt
Obwalden Overlord vs Warhead
Disko Inferno vs Chomp
Sawblaze vs Razorback
Captain Shrederator vs DeathRoll
Ground Control vs Overdrive
Lucky vs Beta
Ringmaster vs Ultimo Destructo
Moebius vs Brutus
Bite Force vs Qualifier winner
Tombstone vs Qualifier winner
Bronco vs Qualifier winner
Ghost Raptor vs Qualifier winner

Ghost Raptor vs Son of Whyachi and Bronco vs Blacksmith. This leaves Mohawk and Black Ice for Bite Force and Tombstone.

MassimoV · « **Reply #179 on:** May 11, 2016, 02:10:46 PM »

Quote from: Thyrus on May 11, 2016, 12:09:31 PM

I hope they don't cut out fights again

If they soho perilla they put them online again.