Poll

Which robot is going to win BattleBots 2018?

Axe Backwards
0 (0%)
Bale Spear
0 (0%)
Basilisk
0 (0%)
Battle Royale With Cheese
3 (1.8%)
Bite Force
16 (9.5%)
Blacksmith
0 (0%)
Bombshell
3 (1.8%)
Bronco
12 (7.1%)
Brutus
0 (0%)
Captain Shrederator
2 (1.2%)
Chomp
0 (0%)
Deviled Egg
0 (0%)
Double Dutch
0 (0%)
Double Jeopardy
0 (0%)
Duck!
3 (1.8%)
End Game
4 (2.4%)
Free Shipping
3 (1.8%)
Gamma 9
0 (0%)
Gemini
0 (0%)
Gigabyte
11 (6.5%)
Huge
13 (7.7%)
Hypershock
9 (5.3%)
Hypothermia
0 (0%)
Icewave
8 (4.7%)
Kraken
0 (0%)
Lockjaw
4 (2.4%)
Lucky
1 (0.6%)
Mecha Rampage
0 (0%)
Minotaur
14 (8.3%)
Mohawk
1 (0.6%)
Monsoon
1 (0.6%)
Overhaul
1 (0.6%)
Parallax
0 (0%)
Petunia
0 (0%)
Predator
0 (0%)
Reality
0 (0%)
Red Devil
1 (0.6%)
Rotator
0 (0%)
Sawblaze
6 (3.6%)
Sharkoprion
0 (0%)
Skorpios
0 (0%)
Son Of Whyachi
10 (5.9%)
Subzero
0 (0%)
Tantrum
0 (0%)
The Four Horsemen
0 (0%)
Tombstone
23 (13.6%)
Ultimo Destructo
2 (1.2%)
Valkyrie
0 (0%)
Vanquish
0 (0%)
War Hawk
2 (1.2%)
Warhead
1 (0.6%)
Warrior Dragon
0 (0%)
Whiplash
3 (1.8%)
Witch Doctor
3 (1.8%)
Yeti
9 (5.3%)

Total Members Voted: 56

Author Topic: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread  (Read 22219 times)

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Re: BATTLEBOTS SEASON THREE CONFIRMED
« Reply #20 on: February 16, 2018, 02:08:37 PM »
So it's kinda like having 10% of a round robin tournament, then going to an elimination stage? That's a lot easier to understand than the way RDC said it.

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Re: BATTLEBOTS SEASON THREE CONFIRMED
« Reply #21 on: February 16, 2018, 02:21:46 PM »
Yeah, everyone fights once, ranked based on that and then seeded and drawn for the tourney. May work quite well - everyone is guaranteed at least two fights, you could end up with a nice split of new/old/experienced/inexperienced bots through the tournament brackets, and you may be able to show full fights with the amount of episodes.

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Re: BATTLEBOTS SEASON THREE CONFIRMED
« Reply #22 on: February 16, 2018, 02:32:06 PM »
Yeah, everyone fights once, ranked based on that and then seeded and drawn for the tourney. May work quite well - everyone is guaranteed at least two fights, you could end up with a nice split of new/old/experienced/inexperienced bots through the tournament brackets, and you may be able to show full fights with the amount of episodes.
Isn't that essentially the current format except EVERYONE gets a wildcard after the qualifiers?

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Re: BATTLEBOTS SEASON THREE CONFIRMED
« Reply #23 on: February 19, 2018, 01:03:03 PM »
You've got it a bit wrong. It's more akin to the UK FW Champs format where every robot fights a few times (Probably about 3) and then the top 16 are determined and are placed into the bracket.

The "UFC Fight Night" thing is more referring to the idea of each episode being comprised of lots of undercard matches and then a "Main Event" match in the first half of the competition, rather than there being a clear progression of "This robot won, he moves onto top 8" or whatever.

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Re: BATTLEBOTS SEASON THREE CONFIRMED
« Reply #24 on: April 01, 2018, 04:28:01 PM »
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Re: BATTLEBOTS SEASON THREE CONFIRMED
« Reply #25 on: April 02, 2018, 04:00:38 AM »


GREETINGS, MORTALS. IT IS I, CONRADAMUS.

I SHALL NOW PREDICT THE FUTURE BEFORE A SINGLE FIGHT HAS BEEN FOUGHT.



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Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread
« Reply #26 on: April 17, 2018, 04:47:38 AM »


Poll coming soon. (Whenever the site gets updated, probably.)

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Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread
« Reply #27 on: April 17, 2018, 12:26:47 PM »
Some really good looking matchups here.  Tombstone's in particular.
I have several opinions.

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Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread
« Reply #28 on: April 17, 2018, 01:10:03 PM »
Spiler for the matchups in the trailer

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Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread
« Reply #29 on: April 17, 2018, 01:42:57 PM »
Spiler for the matchups in the trailer

Here's all the matches:

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Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread
« Reply #30 on: April 17, 2018, 02:16:25 PM »
fingers crossed that they ditch the mentally challenged commentators for some good ones
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Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread
« Reply #31 on: April 17, 2018, 03:23:31 PM »
fingers crossed that they ditch the mentally challenged commentators for some good ones
Chris Rose and Kenny Florian are the hosts and commentators again.
Faruq Tauheed is doing general Faruq things.
Jessica Chobot is the post fight interviewer.
The judging panel is a rotating selection of three from episode to episode, including:
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Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread
« Reply #32 on: April 17, 2018, 04:14:58 PM »
This season is looking absolutely amazing. Discovery is truly where this series belongs.
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Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread
« Reply #33 on: April 17, 2018, 04:20:00 PM »
fingers crossed that they ditch the mentally challenged commentators for some good ones

i mean bil dwyer was there watching, who knows what might happen

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Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread
« Reply #34 on: April 17, 2018, 04:21:04 PM »
fingers crossed that they ditch the mentally challenged commentators for some good ones
Chris Rose and Kenny Florian are the hosts and commentators again.

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Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread
« Reply #35 on: April 17, 2018, 04:52:25 PM »
fingers crossed that they ditch the mentally challenged commentators for some good ones
Chris Rose and Kenny Florian are the hosts and commentators again.
Faruq Tauheed is doing general Faruq things.
Jessica Chobot is the post fight interviewer.
The judging panel is a rotating selection of three from episode to episode, including:
- Mark Setrakian
- Derek Young
- Lisa Winter
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- Bobak Ferdowsi
- Simone Giertz
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Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread
« Reply #36 on: April 18, 2018, 08:16:25 AM »
fingers crossed that they ditch the mentally challenged commentators for some good ones
Chris Rose and Kenny Florian are the hosts and commentators again.
Faruq Tauheed is doing general Faruq things.
Jessica Chobot is the post fight interviewer.
The judging panel is a rotating selection of three from episode to episode, including:
- Mark Setrakian
- Derek Young
- Lisa Winter
- Grant Imahara
- Alison Haislip
- Bobak Ferdowsi
- Simone Giertz
- Naomi Kyle
- Possibly more.

Glad Chris and Kenny are back really good imo

At least one of the awards (Most Destructive) given out is decided by the judges. It'll be interesting to see how that works out with no set judge there.

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Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread
« Reply #37 on: April 18, 2018, 08:23:00 AM »
Maybe they vote for the tiebreaker if the two regular judges can’t agree on one.

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Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread
« Reply #38 on: April 18, 2018, 08:42:41 AM »
Maybe they vote for the tiebreaker if the two regular judges can’t agree on one.
I think that all three get changed per episode. (Although I can't be certain on that, because Derek Young has been at the table for every picture I've seen, but certainly the others get changed around.)

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Re: BattleBots 2018 - Discussion Thread
« Reply #39 on: April 19, 2018, 07:51:28 AM »
Lots of the judge panel stuff was probably dependent on schedules and when people could be free. :)
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