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Title: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on January 13, 2010, 11:29:39 PM
well we have had favorites, dislikes.. how about a thread were we can all agree on something  :mrgreen:

most unluckiest robots

for me Gemini was a great design that could have gone far but didnt becasue of bad luck

also dominator 2's exit from series 6 was unlucky too
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Hydro on January 13, 2010, 11:56:01 PM
I think Razer was unlucky because of unreliability.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: TriTon on January 14, 2010, 12:29:20 AM
Toro, he got ripped off by Atomic Wedgie is season 2.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: G.K. on January 14, 2010, 12:41:36 AM
Oh god, Dominator 2 in Series 6 was so unlucky.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Naryar on January 14, 2010, 05:57:17 AM
Blood Moon's loss was one of the cheapest i have ever seen. I was pretty much rooting for it, but the screw thing tipped it on it's side (i think) and he got immobilized  :mad:
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: RedSawn on January 14, 2010, 07:02:56 AM
Storm 2 is a obvious one. Being cheated several times by the PRODUCERS is in another league compared to reliability and upsets.

Turbo losing to Buddy Lee, And Behmoth (sp?) being eliminated in Series 7 after dominating the melee.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on January 14, 2010, 08:00:57 AM
oh Behemoth dont get me started :P

what about series 2 when the spike overturned it ?

also Hypno-disc plucking out the Fail Safe in Bulldog Breed
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: lloopp D lloopp on January 14, 2010, 09:17:24 AM
Even though I dont like them,(Razer fanboy)Tornado in Series 5.They lost to DIOTOIR.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: G.K. on January 14, 2010, 10:15:43 AM
what about series 2 when the spike overturned it ?

Series 3
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on January 14, 2010, 10:16:32 AM
Crusader 2 :(
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on January 14, 2010, 10:43:55 AM

Series 3

:P I have no idea why I wrote number 2.. I was meant to write 3, I have barely seen any of series 2,
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Stagfish on January 14, 2010, 10:58:47 AM
every single vid is up on youtube :D
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on January 14, 2010, 01:35:38 PM
Though my say here might be a little predictable, I'd say Cassius II in its fight against Pussycat. Although I might be cheating here, because it was more down to good driving by Pussycat than pure luck.

I was looking forward to seeing Cassius II in the Semis!  ='(
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Thyrus on January 14, 2010, 02:24:36 PM
Scutter`s Revenge: broke down against Pussycat, won by disqualification of Pussycat just to break down again vs. 101.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Sparkey98 on January 14, 2010, 02:43:16 PM
Blood Moon's loss was one of the cheapest i have ever seen. I was pretty much rooting for it, but the screw thing tipped it on it's side (i think) and he got immobilized  :mad:
yes, that was crap
you're talking about the fight against shaft right? there is no way that thing should loose to worthless featherweight shaft
he was so light he was a featherweight
 
also, I thing Crasha Gnasha COULD have done better, but bad driving killed him
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Badnik96 on January 14, 2010, 03:18:31 PM
Blood Moon's loss was one of the cheapest i have ever seen. I was pretty much rooting for it, but the screw thing tipped it on it's side (i think) and he got immobilized  :mad:
yes, that was crap
you're talking about the fight against shaft right? there is no way that thing should loose to worthless featherweight shaft
he was so light he was a featherweight
 
also, I thing Crasha Gnasha COULD have done better, but bad driving killed him

No he's talking about Blood Moon's loss to Mouser Mecha Catbot. I think BM should have won also.

And I think that Drillzilla was cheated out of a victory in Robot Wars Extreme Warriors Series 1. They DOMINATED, and then the judges give the win to PANZER? Come on!
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Sparkey98 on January 14, 2010, 03:34:02 PM
oh, wel I'm friends with the builder of Mouser= can't comment lol
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Stagfish on January 14, 2010, 03:41:48 PM
whats the captains name then?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Sparkey98 on January 14, 2010, 03:58:13 PM
Fon Davis
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: S.T.C. on January 14, 2010, 06:33:08 PM
Disc-O-Inferno (they had lots of power in that disc and ended up with bad luck..except on the anihilator)
Atomic in series 7 against Typhoon (they flipped themselves over)
Indefatigable in series 4 (Atomic broke down first but Chaos 2 kept messing around with Atomic)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: COOLRUNNER87 on January 14, 2010, 07:41:53 PM
Two words: Bad Attitude.

Season 2.0 of Battlebots, semi-final fight against..... UGH.... Spaz.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Badnik96 on January 14, 2010, 07:59:27 PM
How is Bad Attitude an unlucky robot? They placed in the quarterfinals or better in EVERY BATTLEBOTS SEASON!
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Natef on January 14, 2010, 08:18:28 PM
I feel Hypno-Disc was unlucky in series 6. It lost to tornado in the semis (round 1) and then broke down in the loser's melee.

Also, Panic attack in series 7. The new driver wasn't as good as Kim Davies.

Diotor in series 4. I feel that he could've gone farther, and Bolt from the Blue did nothing in its both battles.

King B3 (in most forms) was very unlucky. Aside from its constant smoking, its a really good bot.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: COOLRUNNER87 on January 14, 2010, 09:54:59 PM
How is Bad Attitude an unlucky robot? They placed in the quarterfinals or better in EVERY BATTLEBOTS SEASON!

True, but his best chance of winning that nut was ruined because of the spike strips.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Jonzu95 on January 14, 2010, 11:05:11 PM
I remember fluffy from the 5th season when it lost topussycat...
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on January 14, 2010, 11:36:27 PM
Corkscrew in Series 6.  Apparently there was a 20-second delay between the button being depressed and the pit opening, which caught the driver off guard.  That robot would've easily made a semifinal, had it not been for that electronics glitch.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on January 14, 2010, 11:49:05 PM
every single vid is up on youtube :D

I know but I download them to my computer and just havent done series 2, I currently have 5, 6, 7, E2, 3(50%) and 4 (50%)

Ifeel Hypno-Disc was unlucky in series 6. It lost to tornado in thesemis (round 1) and then broke down in the loser's melee.

Series 4 was 10x more unlucky imo, everyone (including me) was expectingpussycat to go home in a paper bag

Quote from: S.T.C. link=topic=3124.msg94371#msg94371date=1263515588
Atomic in series 7 against Typhoon (they flippedthemselves over)

+1 they were sooo close to getting typhoon over at the start
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Sparkey98 on January 15, 2010, 06:03:51 AM
disposable hero
 
poor guy
 
'nuff said
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Thyrus on January 15, 2010, 08:14:56 AM


I know but I download them to my computer and just havent done series 2, I currently have 5, 6, 7, E2, 3(50%) and 4 (50%)

Would you share them with somebody? (for example me?)

Quote from: JoeBlo link=topic=3124.msg94371#msg94371date=1263515588
+1 they were sooo close to getting typhoon over at the start



Typhoon was flipped over in round one and got through...
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on January 15, 2010, 09:03:10 AM
it has to thank Bigger Brother for flipping over the others first

also as for sharing... 18.7 GB's isnt exactly something I want to upload :P but if there are any particular videos you want I can give them to you  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Thyrus on January 15, 2010, 09:14:45 AM
Wild Thing vs. Chaos 2. Chaos went nearly tiwce in the pit.


What about a .rar? :P
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on January 15, 2010, 09:45:04 AM
rar wont make 18Gig much smaller :P

im not sure if I have that one, I am lacking some of S5 semis

I just download them from youtube when I find high quality ones, I have built my collection over a year  :bigsmile:
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: lloopp D lloopp on January 15, 2010, 10:13:30 AM
Bigger Brother in series 7.Nuff said.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Stagfish on January 15, 2010, 11:37:50 AM
typhoon 2 had a secret RAF stabiliser what was secretly named "the wobulator"
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: G.K. on January 15, 2010, 11:39:35 AM
And a self-destruct button
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Thyrus on January 15, 2010, 11:40:11 AM
yeah but they never used that -.-
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Stagfish on January 15, 2010, 11:47:39 AM
i think they were lying about that
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: G.K. on January 15, 2010, 11:50:38 AM
I saw it
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: trumpetguy on January 15, 2010, 11:46:15 PM
Bigger Brother in series 7, and in Battlebots, Little Sister also.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on January 16, 2010, 12:48:14 AM
how about Maulers loss to Killerhurtz ?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Stagfish on January 16, 2010, 03:57:44 AM
Killerhurtz beat Mauler? O.o
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on January 16, 2010, 04:26:54 AM
not really....

Mauler tore apart Killerhurtz then the kill saw bumped up underneath Mauler and knocked something loose and immobilized it while Killerhurtz was still able to move 

as much as I like Team Hurtz, John got lucky  ;)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Sparkey98 on January 16, 2010, 11:34:50 AM
just thought, did anyone slse hear BBC is bring robot wars Back?!? THIS YEAR
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: G.K. on January 16, 2010, 11:35:20 AM
Where did you hear that?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Sparkey98 on January 16, 2010, 12:22:20 PM
on some TV site
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: 40757 on January 16, 2010, 01:02:18 PM
Blood Moon vs Mouser Mecha Catbot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6t6sWx4Tcc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6t6sWx4Tcc)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Stagfish on January 16, 2010, 02:37:12 PM
just thought, did anyone slse hear BBC is bring robot wars Back?!? THIS YEAR

hmm ive heard rumors but the bbc is keeping it secret
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: lloopp D lloopp on January 16, 2010, 03:42:02 PM
just thought, did anyone slse hear BBC is bring robot wars Back?!? THIS YEAR

hmm ive heard rumors but the bbc is keeping it secret
OH HELLZ YES. :gawe:
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Jonzu95 on January 16, 2010, 03:44:52 PM
WHAT!? O_O
If that's true, I will eat my cap...
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on January 16, 2010, 04:02:35 PM
And I might do a little dance for joy.

Whilst wearing a party hat.

And then post it on here!  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: System32 on January 16, 2010, 04:04:18 PM
Rumours.

I heard a rumour that ACAMS is a girl.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: lloopp D lloopp on January 16, 2010, 04:05:06 PM
If thats not true i'ma turn into a spammer.
And blame it on BBC.
MUHAHAHAHAHAH!
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: G.K. on January 16, 2010, 04:08:33 PM
ACAMS is not a girl. When I googled Gametechmods it brought up a page about the site. And it shows ACAMS' male name.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on January 16, 2010, 04:11:48 PM
just thought, did anyone slse hear BBC is bring robot wars Back?!? THIS YEAR

Robot Wars is owned by Five, not BBC.  BBC can't bring Robot Wars back.  Sorry.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Sparkey98 on January 16, 2010, 04:12:01 PM
what's his name?
 
 
and maybe Five is bringing it back?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: G.K. on January 16, 2010, 04:13:19 PM
If you are so desperate to find out, look it up yourself, and don't tell people openly on the forums. If ACAMS wanted people to know then he would have revealed it.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on January 16, 2010, 04:45:31 PM
Oh well.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on January 17, 2010, 03:48:54 AM
Robot Wars is owned by Five,


Not completely true, as far as I know


- Five owned only the airing rights to Robot Wars.


- BBC didnt sell any murchandising rights, and other naming rights to Five.


- Five got rid of robot wars after series 7 because of the fact they were unable to make any money from the program through merchandising.


- it seems Five doesnt have the Airing rights anymore since I hear old episodes are Aired elsewhere.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Stagfish on January 17, 2010, 04:56:10 AM
:D i did some research this was on the bbc nottingham website
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/79539_47103946_blokemidshot.jpg)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Jonzu95 on January 17, 2010, 05:22:53 AM
Holy... Maybe RW IS coming back!
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on January 17, 2010, 05:36:38 AM
anyone else thinking what I am ?

- Storm Team brought the RW arena and appeared on the Roaming Robots Database website in 2009

- Major Damage the House robot from Roaming Robots is on a poster for Robot Wars Live

- Article on Roaming Robots Website contains

Quote
I contacted Robots Live, who didnt have any plans for the UK champs, the FRA doesnt appear to be very proactive at the moment, so once again Im taking the bull by the horns !!


no real facts just throw a few figures into the equation, with Battlebots Back UK might have to do something to stay competitive  ;)


Stag, do you have the link to the page ?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: G.K. on January 17, 2010, 05:39:49 AM
no, that's Roaming Robots, a group who put on events these days. They're who wham's AI pack is based on.

Robot Wars Live is just the term they are using to make more people aware as far as I know. Ask Wham.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on January 17, 2010, 05:42:07 AM
see my above post  :mrgreen:


no facts but it makes you think?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Thyrus on January 17, 2010, 06:01:15 AM
I know about RR but:
Did they build a new bot based on Mr. Psycho and Dead Metal or did they took the ones from RW and made them like the one on the poster?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: G.K. on January 17, 2010, 06:09:46 AM
they made new bots

Major Damage and Gripper are RR's, based off Psycho and Growler
Battleaxe, the Dead Metal like one, is from Robots Live
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Stagfish on January 17, 2010, 07:40:03 AM
yes ive seen battleaxe he's a house robot for fighting light weights
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Sparkey98 on January 17, 2010, 11:33:31 AM
oh yeah Battle Axe is scary as heck
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Thyrus on June 23, 2010, 12:15:33 PM
sorry for that bump but I read on the german roboteers site that the original arena was selled to a scrapyard for some less money.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: COOLRUNNER87 on June 23, 2010, 10:14:49 PM
sorry for that bump but I read on the german roboteers site that the original arena was selled to a scrapyard for some less money.

http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Arena (http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Arena)

Everything can be found there. Blame the Royal Air Force for the arena to be sold for scrap at about $375 US.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GroudonRobotWars on June 23, 2010, 10:39:26 PM
I figured the Napalm team were unlucky.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Vertigo on June 25, 2010, 01:38:24 PM
yes ive seen battleaxe he's a house robot for fighting light weights
LW's don't really exist anymore in the UK, battle axe is a house robot for featherwieghts
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: G.K. on June 25, 2010, 01:43:28 PM
You a Brit Vertigo?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Preytor_4 on June 25, 2010, 08:15:16 PM
Toro had an unlucky match when the clock was at 9 sec and the bot he was facing was being counted out at that time
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: freeziez on June 25, 2010, 08:16:28 PM
Storm II. Need I say more?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: nicsan2009 on June 25, 2010, 10:17:47 PM
in Battlebots championship '99 world peace really should have beaten minion.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on June 26, 2010, 01:01:28 AM
Storm II. Need I say more?

that wasnt luck though... epic screwjob

I lost a lot of respect for Robot Wars over that
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: freeziez on June 26, 2010, 08:51:42 AM
Yeah. They were such a fake, trying to get Storm II, who TOTALLY deserved the championship, out of the tournament.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: S.T.C. on June 27, 2010, 03:25:55 PM
in Battlebots championship '99 world peace really should have beaten minion.
I found that amusing really.
Another unlucky bot from that event was Ginsu, they went for one more attack on Mechadon, who was stuck on its side and lost a motor, and got turned over on its side. I also find Punjar's loss a tad unlucky and unfair cause Voltarc never bothered on letting them go, they just left Punjar on the killsaws for half of the fight.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: freeziez on June 27, 2010, 04:57:37 PM
Same thing with Voltarc- Biohazard in S1.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on June 28, 2010, 12:14:02 AM
im going to add Tsunami vs Exterminator in there

if there flip tossed it out the arena rather then self righting it there robot would have been in < 1000 pieces
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Sparkey98 on June 28, 2010, 02:13:33 AM
Turbo. 'Nuff said.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: freeziez on June 28, 2010, 10:31:37 AM
In which match?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: HaZaRd155 on June 28, 2010, 02:08:23 PM
my guess is when Turbo faught Buddy Lee Don't Play In The Street (D.P.I.T.S.)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: COOLRUNNER87 on June 28, 2010, 02:10:52 PM
Though the match vs. Double Agent in 3.0 was quite unfortunate for Turbo as well.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: HaZaRd155 on June 28, 2010, 02:30:54 PM
Haven't seen that yet, Buddy Lee D.P.I.T.S. shouldn't have won that match with turbo though. Buddy Lee was practically falling apart.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: RedSawn on June 28, 2010, 02:35:02 PM
Haven't seen that yet, Buddy Lee D.P.I.T.S. shouldn't have won that match with turbo though. Buddy Lee was practically falling apart.

It was superficial damage - Unless a fake plastic grill, ladders and dog plushies meant more to Buddy Lee then just decor, it was only a change in appearance and didn't affect it's fighting capacity.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: HaZaRd155 on June 28, 2010, 07:50:43 PM
So you're trying to tell me that was a fair fight?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: SKBT on June 28, 2010, 08:22:47 PM

Battlebots fights are scored by 3 judges each with 15 points to give out.  5 points for aggression, 5 points for damage, 5 points for strategy.

*This is just from memory.*

Buddy Lee pushed turbo around the arena and kept it from spinning up which count for aggression and strategy. All turbo did was stay in one place and spin. Also I think Turbo's drive died about 1/2 way through the fight and couldn't show aggression.

I think it was a fair fight.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: COOLRUNNER87 on June 29, 2010, 04:47:25 PM
After using the Wayback Machine to find the old site and scores, it went like this:

Damage:
Turbo 9, Buddy Lee 6 (Turbo won the category since Buddy Lee had more visible damage compared to Turbo, though one judge give the category to Buddy Lee because of Turbo's drive damage 4-1)

Aggression:
Buddy Lee 11, Turbo 4 (Turbo showed some, but not much, aggression in the fight)

Strategy:
Buddy Lee 11, Turbo 4 (Turbo's spin and wait strategy hurt it severely, and it was only compounded with the robot losing drive)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on June 29, 2010, 11:05:34 PM
Hypnodisc vs Nasty Warrior
Corkscrew in Series 6
Razer, Razer, Razer.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: HaZaRd155 on June 30, 2010, 02:01:00 AM
Well disagreeing yet again I think Buddy Lee sucked in the fight. It sucks how you could win on strategy and aggresion, even when your ass gets kicked. I just think damage should count a bit more than the other two.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on June 30, 2010, 04:16:36 AM
Hypnodisc vs Nasty Warrior

epically unlucky..
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Jonzu95 on June 30, 2010, 04:25:08 AM
Splinter vs Hypno-Disc.

That's what I call Unlucky. :P
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Naryar on June 30, 2010, 06:27:32 AM
You mean the matchup was unlucky...
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Jonzu95 on June 30, 2010, 06:34:59 AM
Correct.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: S.T.C. on July 01, 2010, 01:07:35 PM
Forgot to mention Iron Awe vs Hydra vs Kat 3, Hydra was winning and then they drove to the descending pit.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 01, 2010, 03:27:49 PM
Forgot to mention Iron Awe vs Hydra vs Kat 3, Hydra was winning and then they drove to the descending pit.
More like the house robots timing setting off the button to get rid of Hydra   P =<
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Velocity EVO on July 04, 2010, 02:47:38 AM
oh Behemoth dont get me started :P

what about series 2 when the spike overturned it ?

also Hypno-disc plucking out the Fail Safe in Bulldog Breed

The reason Behemoth was flipped by the spike that easy is that its weakness is it's top heavy
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 04, 2010, 04:45:28 PM
And then there was the fact that when Behemoth was flipped, the House Robots let it die, but when Pitbull was flipped, they rerighted it!
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Badnik96 on July 04, 2010, 07:43:00 PM
Actually BLDPITS isn't defenseless, it has a small undercutting blade.
(http://web.archive.org/web/20040103123514/http://www.battlebots.com/images/bot_photos/SF01/Medium/bot-00065.jpg)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: HaZaRd155 on July 04, 2010, 11:12:41 PM
Actually BLDPITS isn't defenseless, it has a small undercutting blade.

Which, in my opinion, didn't seem to do much.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Condor33 on July 05, 2010, 02:31:39 AM
looks like a BW weapon, not whatever class BLDPITS is. (MW?) It has zero range too, no idea how you could do any damage with that.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Jonzu95 on July 05, 2010, 02:45:53 AM
One of the Most Unluckiest is Tornado. In 5th season, Diotoir dropped it into Pit.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Badnik96 on July 05, 2010, 08:13:40 AM
looks like a BW weapon, not whatever class BLDPITS is. (MW?) It has zero range too, no idea how you could do any damage with that.

It pushes bots around while cuting them up with the blade, says it on the team profile on Batlebots.com (it's on the Wayback Archive)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 05, 2010, 03:27:51 PM
One of the Most Unluckiest is Tornado. In 5th season, Diotoir dropped it into Pit.
Nah, I'd call that epic win on Diotoir's part!
 
Still one of my favourite Series 5 moments next to Granny's Revenge on fire, Wheely Big Cheese's flip on Axe Awe, and Chaos 2 destroying one of the studio lights with Steel Avenger  :approve:
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: COOLRUNNER87 on July 05, 2010, 03:31:50 PM
looks like a BW weapon, not whatever class BLDPITS is. (MW?) It has zero range too, no idea how you could do any damage with that.

It pushes bots around while cuting them up with the blade, says it on the team profile on Batlebots.com (it's on the Wayback Archive)

Thing is, though, that blade wasn't there until 3.0 or 4.0 along with the rename "Buddy Lee, Stay in Your Seat".
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 06, 2010, 01:34:31 PM
Or Bigger Brother vs HypnoDisc.

Your mileage may vary here, but to me, it was one of the greatest comebacks in RW history!
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on July 06, 2010, 07:33:19 PM
it was proof why Pitz R Ghey :P
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: 40757 on July 06, 2010, 07:36:53 PM
Actually BLDPITS isn't defenseless, it has a small undercutting blade.
(http://web.archive.org/web/20040103123514/http://www.battlebots.com/images/bot_photos/SF01/Medium/bot-00065.jpg)


I'm more than sure it didn't have that in season 2.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: HaZaRd155 on July 06, 2010, 08:06:03 PM
I sorta thought that the early version of Anklebiter was unlucky. I've seen a couple matches with it where it performed well, but was immobilized by getting stuck on the wall spikes, or getting flipped by the killsaws.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Sparkey98 on July 06, 2010, 08:48:57 PM
EDGAR THE HATE BUGG 'NUFF SAID
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 07, 2010, 12:13:02 PM
it was proof why Pitz R Ghey :P
Depends on how you use 'em, really. If used in the normal way (As a disposal for beaten machines or for hilarious exits, Ala Major Tom), they're pretty damn awesome, but if used in the TAN style (IE. Using them to win EVERY fight because it can't do anything without them), they're ghey, in Nary's words.
 
Still awesome, though.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Naryar on July 07, 2010, 12:40:46 PM
NO PITZ R ALWAYS SUPER GHEY AND U R SUCH A NOOOOOB
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 07, 2010, 02:03:08 PM
Ah, save your breath for cooling your baguettes, Nary.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Thyrus on July 07, 2010, 02:04:47 PM
GF is a kind of stereotype I guess?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 07, 2010, 02:05:32 PM
Who me?  How do you mean?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Naryar on July 07, 2010, 02:26:30 PM
Nah, he's not smart enough to use something else than stereotypes.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: S.T.C. on July 07, 2010, 02:30:51 PM
I, for one, liked the pit cause it made fights unpredictable at times.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 07, 2010, 02:53:29 PM
Nah, he's not smart enough to use something else than stereotypes.
Oh Please...I was asking what he meant by me becoming a stereotype. So quick to criticise aren't you, my handlebar-moustache-sporting chum?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Somebody on July 07, 2010, 05:34:20 PM
Thats not very nice you... you...

Where do you live again?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 07, 2010, 05:54:34 PM
It's all in the profile, my Pikabob-sporting pal from the US of A.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on July 07, 2010, 10:22:08 PM
ok back on topic again

I will add that series 4 had the best pit ever, it lowered if a boring match was dragging on or once a robot was KO'd, the addition of the Pit Button made it annoying
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: COOLRUNNER87 on July 07, 2010, 11:24:45 PM
I sorta thought that the early version of Anklebiter was unlucky. I've seen a couple matches with it where it performed well, but was immobilized by getting stuck on the wall spikes, or getting flipped by the killsaws.

Thing is, though, by 4.0 Ankle Biter was essentially a running joke in Battlebots, having lost and lost badly in the last two tournaments before the major reconstruction (to F5 in 3.0 and Heavy Metal Noise in 4.0). In 5.0, it gained a level of badassery and did absolutely great... until it once again got unlucky against a severely underweight Turtle (Road Kill).
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Naryar on July 08, 2010, 03:24:58 AM
Yeah I loved the sawbot version of Ankle Biter, too bad it always lost.

Oh, and two words: BLOOD. MOON.

Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Jonzu95 on July 08, 2010, 06:30:17 AM
I was pissed, when Chaos 2 throwed Steel Avenger Out from the arena...
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on July 08, 2010, 08:34:31 AM
how is pwnage unlucky ?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 08, 2010, 08:37:25 AM
I was pissed, when Chaos 2 throwed Steel Avenger Out from the arena...
To me, that was one of the funnier moments in Series 5!
 
"In memory of all the Studio Lights"
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: ashman12 on July 10, 2010, 10:10:35 AM
i think Dantomkia's loss to Gravity was pretty unlucky yet it was amazing at the same time.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on July 10, 2010, 10:31:29 AM
gravity had a better wedge

problem with DanTomKia is they sacrificed the wedge for the 2 chisels at the front,
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: freeziez on July 10, 2010, 10:43:14 AM
T-Wrex got unlucky when fighting S.O.B. in Season 5, when S.O.B.'s drive motors burnt out, T-Wrex for some reason couldn't reach S.O.B. (maybe out of bad driving?) and eventually got stuck on the wall. :FFFUUU



The Judge got unlucky while fighting Rammestien in Season 3, he had been totally Pwning the fight, but got stuck under the pulverizer. :FFFUUU



And, of course, Turbo in S3. :SFTW

Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 10, 2010, 04:59:26 PM
Chaos 2's loss to Dantomkia, considering it was taken out by the stunt which it originally created, and the fact that had Shunt not intervened by pushing it into the CPZ where it couldn't selfright, it might've survived.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Badnik96 on July 10, 2010, 06:34:54 PM
Carnage Raptor vs Sallad in Series 3.

Carnage Raptor was doing great until he got stuck under the screws :FFFUUU
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on July 10, 2010, 10:55:34 PM
Chaos 2's loss to Dantomkia, considering it was taken out by the stunt which it originally created, and the fact that had Shunt not intervened by pushing it into the CPZ where it couldn't selfright, it might've survived.

Chaos 2 has an almost 0 righting circle (one of the best self righting space sizes in Robot Wars)

the problem with Chaos 2 was the new system put in in series 5, apparently the CO2 was continually freezing in the pipes making it impossible to self right
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Vertigo on July 11, 2010, 02:28:15 AM
Chaos 2's loss to Dantomkia, considering it was taken out by the stunt which it originally created, and the fact that had Shunt not intervened by pushing it into the CPZ where it couldn't selfright, it might've survived.

Chaos 2 has an almost 0 righting circle (one of the best self righting space sizes in Robot Wars)

the problem with Chaos 2 was the new system put in in series 5, apparently the CO2 was continually freezing in the pipes making it impossible to self right
And allof us with real life robots know how annoying that is :P
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 11, 2010, 09:10:08 AM
But for flippers in general, could another gas, like compressed air for example, be used with simular power?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on July 11, 2010, 09:35:29 AM
perhaps but (im not a pneumatics professional) I understand that liquid C02 is used for the flippers converting it into gas, and a small volume of liquid C02 converts to a large volume of pressurized gas, making it much more efficient for multiple uses.

if I recall correctly Mute had something crazy like 20kg of C02 on board
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 11, 2010, 10:37:27 AM
Oh alright. It was because I remembered a couple of flippers using different things to power their weapons, like Bolt from the Blue in RW Series 4, for example.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: NFX on July 13, 2010, 08:46:14 AM
BFTB did use compressed air for their weapon. I think Mute did have some ridiculous amount of CO2 for their weapon, too. Hence why it couldn't really self-right properly, it always used to do a complete flip and land upside-down again.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 13, 2010, 09:57:37 AM
Quite unlucky, I would say.
Another robot I'd say that luck didn't do any favours was Eric, from Robot Wars Series 3. It had King Buxton right on the edge of the pit (Two wheels over), and when it tried to push King Buxton in, it drove off, and Eric fell in itself!
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Vertigo on July 13, 2010, 10:52:09 AM
WBC used Nitrogen, hence the huge flip
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: NFX on July 15, 2010, 10:46:41 AM
Panic Attack pulled an Eric in the first World Championship against 101. Edge of the pit, drove themselves in. Surprising, considering how much of a good driver Kim Davies was supposed to be.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Thyrus on July 15, 2010, 10:52:20 AM
Quite unlucky, I would say.
Another robot I'd say that luck didn't do any favours was Eric, from Robot Wars Series 3. It had King Buxton right on the edge of the pit (Two wheels over), and when it tried to push King Buxton in, it drove off, and Eric fell in itself!

Milly-Ann Bug vs. Bumblebot was pretty much the same.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 15, 2010, 10:55:15 AM
Quite unlucky, I would say.
Another robot I'd say that luck didn't do any favours was Eric, from Robot Wars Series 3. It had King Buxton right on the edge of the pit (Two wheels over), and when it tried to push King Buxton in, it drove off, and Eric fell in itself!

Milly-Ann Bug vs. Bumblebot was pretty much the same.
"Oh no, Silly, Silly Miss Milly!"
 
Chaos 2 also had one of those moments in the Second World Championship. Flipped Mastiff over, tried to pit it, but accidentally went in itself!
 
Then to add insult to injury, Manta then pushed Mastiff in afterwards  = /
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Virus Bomb on July 15, 2010, 07:26:43 PM
Mechavore when it fought Son of Whyachi
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on July 16, 2010, 09:51:37 AM
Heck, or even Nightmare vs Son of Whyachi for that matter!

The second article on the Team Nightmare website describes it well-
http://www.robotcombat.com/nightmare_sf01.html (http://www.robotcombat.com/nightmare_sf01.html)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on July 16, 2010, 10:15:46 AM
^ that was one expensive wrong button push ^
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: COOLRUNNER87 on July 16, 2010, 08:46:27 PM
Mechavore when it fought Son of Whyachi

How about Mechavore vs. Biohazard in 5.0? If Mechavore would have only invested in a SRIMECH, it would have won the fight easily.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: freeziez on July 17, 2010, 08:18:58 AM
Mechavore when it fought Son of Whyachi

How about Mechavore vs. Biohazard in 5.0? If Mechavore would have only invested in a SRIMECH, it would have won the fight easily.

Actually, they did have a SriMech in S3, but they took it away so they could upgrade his weapon. BAD IDEA.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on August 02, 2010, 09:31:40 AM
Or to revive this thread, I'll mention Behemoth in Series 3. When Pitbull was flipped, it was rerighted by the house robots, but when Behemoth was flipped (By the arena spike, no less) , they let it die!
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Thyrus on August 02, 2010, 09:33:09 AM
ironicly Pittbull lost the same way one match later to Firestorm
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on August 02, 2010, 09:34:52 AM
Well, what goes around comes around, I guess. You just need to ask X-Terminator from Series 7.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: daleksec7 on August 05, 2010, 03:49:57 AM
ok back on topic again

I will add that series 4 had the best pit ever, it lowered if a boring match was dragging on or once a robot was KO'd, the addition of the Pit Button made it annoying
yeah i agree with u jb but when the button was put in some matches they put the pit down with out the button being pressed for some odd reason
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on August 05, 2010, 09:14:48 AM
Or in Tornado's case, put it back up when they blatantly fell in!
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: ashman12 on August 05, 2010, 03:04:13 PM
When did that happen ?
 
Is there a vid of it on youtube ?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on August 05, 2010, 04:59:40 PM
Storm II vs. Tornado, Series 7 Grand Final Eliminator.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Vertigo on August 05, 2010, 05:49:40 PM
Storm II deserved to win though, it was better than tornado.

Its funny looking at tornado nowadays, robot wars champion has gone all rusty
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on August 05, 2010, 06:13:13 PM
Too true. Still, it's nice to see it still exists. I know that most of the RW competitors still are (Ones I can remember include Chaos 2, Razer, Stinger, all three Cassius robots)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: S.T.C. on August 05, 2010, 07:56:11 PM
Does anyone remember Spam? Did good..then drove straight in the pit.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: G.K. on August 06, 2010, 02:13:16 AM
Its funny looking at tornado nowadays, robot wars champion has gone all rusty

Huh? Pic?

@GF: Not Limpet.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Vertigo on August 06, 2010, 02:39:33 AM
Its taken to the robot rumble events
It doesn't fight, its just on display
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: daleksec7 on August 06, 2010, 12:32:01 PM
ROBOT WARS IS ON DAVE :D
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on August 06, 2010, 12:39:14 PM
we have a topic for it in the movies and tv section

no need to post off topic in this one  ;)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: daleksec7 on August 06, 2010, 12:55:04 PM
sorry :P i saw the bbc robot wars thing XD
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on August 06, 2010, 02:06:46 PM
From one of the reruns I watched, I found another example-

X-Terminator, in RW Extreme Episode One. It had Chaos 2 in trouble when its flipper got stuck open, but when it recovered and flipped X-T over, its axe jammed open and prevented it from self-righting!
And to a simular extent, its fight against Panic Attack in its Vengeance Battle. Good Lord, why did they put that spike on? All it did was intefere with self-righting  P=
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Vertigo on August 06, 2010, 03:46:10 PM
I heard the commentator saying "Look at those fearsome lifting prongs!" (About Panic Attack)
It just shows how robotic combat has advanced, lifting prongs aren't much use nowadays :P
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: SKBT on August 06, 2010, 03:51:12 PM
Lifting Spike got me second place. :P
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Vertigo on August 06, 2010, 03:58:20 PM
I meant in the UK, with the relatively small arenas you need something which will be effective IA5/IA6, to stop being OOTA'd
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on August 06, 2010, 04:00:01 PM
Well they look nice on robots like Panic Attack or Marauder, methinks.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Vertigo on August 06, 2010, 04:01:37 PM
Yes, but I think being effective is more important than looking nice :P
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on August 06, 2010, 04:12:18 PM
Never did Razer any harm, though  :approve:
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: G.K. on August 06, 2010, 04:16:03 PM
Boo! Hiss!
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Vertigo on August 06, 2010, 04:16:29 PM
Never did Razer any harm, though  :approve:
True, but Tiberius is so much better than Razer ever was
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on August 06, 2010, 04:23:57 PM
Never did Razer any harm, though  :approve:
True, but Tiberius is so much better than Razer ever was
TAKE.
THAT.
BACK.
NOW.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: G.K. on August 06, 2010, 04:32:00 PM
NO
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on August 06, 2010, 04:34:54 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drZh_lMJ7QY# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drZh_lMJ7QY#)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Lightshock16 on August 18, 2010, 09:11:53 AM
When it comes to unluckyness, remember the problems Diotoir had in Series 3 and 4? In Series 3, they got Stopped by Customs and had to Strip the entire Robot to pieces, then rebuild it again in time for their fights...then In Season 4, they found out that their Armour was too HEavy to Use, AND the weapon chain broke, and they had to enter their first round melee weapon-less and armour-less...
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on August 18, 2010, 02:15:05 PM
When it comes to unluckyness, remember the problems Diotoir had in Series 3 and 4? In Series 3, they got Stopped by Customs and had to Strip the entire Robot to pieces, then rebuild it again in time for their fights...then In Season 4, they found out that their Armour was too HEavy to Use, AND the weapon chain broke, and they had to enter their first round melee weapon-less and armour-less...
...and lasted about four seconds. Shame really  :(
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on August 18, 2010, 11:06:24 PM
but came back later and beat tornado  :gawe: :gawe: :gawe: :gawe:
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Stagfish on August 19, 2010, 04:01:48 AM
Never did Razer any harm, though  :approve:
True, but Tiberius is so much better than Razer ever was
TAKE.
THAT.
BACK.
NOW.

Tiberius has a more powerful crushing arm  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on August 19, 2010, 08:59:09 AM
but doesn't look as cool and lacks the character that Razer has
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on August 19, 2010, 09:09:34 AM
Never did Razer any harm, though  :approve:
True, but Tiberius is so much better than Razer ever was
TAKE.
THAT.
BACK.
NOW.

Tiberius has a more powerful crushing arm  :rolleyes:
Razer: Nine tonnes of Crushability
Tiberius: Only a clamp
 
Contrare.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Stagfish on August 19, 2010, 10:36:38 AM
The new tiberius has I think if I can remember has 14 tonnes
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on August 19, 2010, 10:58:43 AM
http://roamingrobots.co.uk/?pages=robot&id=1167 (http://roamingrobots.co.uk/?pages=robot&id=1167)

says 5 tonnes there

Razer will always be the original design though  :gawe: shame they dont compete, it would go pretty well in Roaming Robots as spinners and robots with half a backyard fence attached were really its main trouble
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: zipdragon64 on August 19, 2010, 06:16:35 PM
i dug this up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvPS7xdAagQ# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvPS7xdAagQ#)
tiberius deforming 4mm hardox, little more then a clamp, i still like the look of razor better though
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on August 20, 2010, 11:50:52 PM
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/44928YORAZER.JPG)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: G.K. on August 21, 2010, 10:49:52 AM
LOL
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: freeziez on August 21, 2010, 10:51:02 AM
I don't know who's better, so let's see what GTM thinks!

https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,4635.new.html#new (https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,4635.new.html#new)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Lightshock16 on August 24, 2010, 06:23:11 PM
Lol yeah that was probably the most suprising fight ever Lol!

Also, I think In Series 4, the 2 most Unlucky Robots where The Morgue, and Suicidal Tendencies. Both Firestorm and Wheely Big Cheese had gone down the pit for each of them, but the Morgue was considered wedged on the EDGE of the pit, and apparently they considered that as being in the pit...and Suicidal Tendencies had a Track gone, though they were still TECHNICALLY moving...both unfairly losing to me, despite how much I like Whecky Big Cheese and Firestorm.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: JoeBlo on August 25, 2010, 06:14:34 AM
being only able to move in circles was considered immobile in RW  ;)

I remember when Firestorm lost forward backdrive but Graham being the quick thinking guy that he was moved it forward by moving left and right repeatably
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: ty4er on November 28, 2010, 03:42:43 AM
anyway...


i think some of the unlucky ones were storm 2 (who i wanted to win)
wheely big cheese (in series 5 especially)
t2 (bad driving but was quite funny to watch)
firestorm (so close)
gravity (after the fight with dantomkia i thought it was a winner)
fluffy (one of my favourites)
and of course 13 black (maybe something to do with the name?)

for all these reasons i now have a strong hatred towards tornado and typhoon
oh and the pit :P
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Vertigo on November 28, 2010, 03:46:55 AM
I HATE THE PIT  :rage

Well, on the unusual occasion that I'm in it :P
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Hard Bot on January 14, 2011, 08:48:18 PM
Ovisilsy NightStalker. He did 2 fights  in Robot Wars:Extreme Warriors and lost them.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GroudonRobotWars on January 15, 2011, 01:37:21 AM
LOL at Sonny's image.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: inplabth on February 20, 2011, 09:54:42 PM
I always felt that Terrorhurtz got unlucky in series 7 (I think). They could have gone really far with that amazing axe.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: FOTEPX on February 20, 2011, 09:56:36 PM
Black Hole should have won the European rumble thing in Extreme 2, and Spawn Again and Behemoth never got as much sucsess as they should have got.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Xencipher on March 27, 2011, 10:14:25 AM
259 in their battle against Wild Thing in series 6. That robot would've been awesome to watch in the semi finals.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: freeziez on March 27, 2011, 10:24:21 AM
O_o

Um...
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on March 27, 2011, 10:26:38 AM
Chaos 2 in RW Extreme 2.  Granted that its drive chain went after 13 Black hit it, but was that really an excuse to continue attacking it in the way they all did?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: J on March 27, 2011, 10:31:39 AM
What? Nobody mentioned Mecha-Tentamoushi?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: MassimoV on March 27, 2011, 10:31:49 AM
Razer in series 3 against Aggrobot after breking down.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on March 27, 2011, 10:32:47 AM
Razer in series 3 against Aggrobot after breking down.
The same thing can be said about what happened it in Series 2, breaking down against Inquisitor.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: NFX on March 27, 2011, 11:38:06 AM
And against Pussycat. Speaking of Pussycat, Hypno-Disc were extremely unlucky aginst them in the Series 4 Grand Final, when they got hit on their wheel by pure chance. I hate the sort of Pussycat fanboys on YouTube who fool themselves into thinking that David Gribble was AIMING for the wheel. He might have been a brilliant driver, but he just wasn't. He was trying to damage Hypno-Disc with the opening he had, the wheel and the guard was so small, it's extremely unlikely that he actually was aiming for the wheel. I still think Hypno-Disc should have won that fight.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: FOTEPX on March 27, 2011, 11:39:09 AM
Hypno-Disc should have also won the fight against Behemoth, IMO.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Thyrus on March 27, 2011, 11:42:08 AM
I remember that little 9 year ol Thyrus was shocked when shunt axed the hypnotic hypnodisc
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: NFX on March 27, 2011, 01:06:56 PM
Although that was a great moment, when Shunt's axe actually stopped Hypno-Disc's weapon. Probably Shunt's last properly good moment, especially before the weight limit went up.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: madman3 on March 27, 2011, 04:24:44 PM
Pussycat is the luckiest bot I know. It nearly got well and truly thrashed by Fluffy, but then Fluffy dies, ever so predictably.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on March 27, 2011, 04:27:05 PM
Pussycat is the luckiest bot I know. It nearly got well and truly thrashed by Fluffy, but then Fluffy dies, ever so predictably.
Cerberus was also very lucky- had Killerhurtz not driven into the pit, I'm pretty sure it would have been pepperpotted.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: madman3 on March 27, 2011, 04:39:53 PM
Yes, but Pussycat very, very nearly lost. It got it's disc and caster ripped off, which would have left it dog-meat.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: NFX on March 27, 2011, 05:16:52 PM
That's why it was lucky. It would have been mauled by Fluffy if it hadn't conked out, and it would have happened again against Razer and Hypno-Disc in Series 4 had Razer not been beset by technical malfunctions, and got THE luckiest hit in the world againts Hypno-Disc.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: S.T.C. on March 27, 2011, 09:45:24 PM
Toro vs Atomic Wedgie
nuff' said
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Enigm@ on March 27, 2011, 09:46:50 PM
Toro vs Atomic Wedgie
nuff' said
YES.
I wanted Toro to win so bad!
And we could've seen a very epic fight of Toro vs. Diesector.
Oh well, at least they had a tussle in the rumble, which Toro dominated.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: ty4er on March 28, 2011, 01:33:33 AM
The matador
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: J on March 29, 2011, 04:51:51 PM
Hey guys, how about Pressure Drop?
It could literally stab through the arena, yet, had legs.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Enigm@ on March 29, 2011, 08:54:05 PM
Hey guys, how about Pressure Drop?
It could literally stab through the arena, yet, had legs.
Built by the same guy who built Complete Control, so I have respect for it. And yes it should have won against ankle biter.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Wings on March 30, 2011, 04:01:16 PM
Hey guys, how about Pressure Drop?
It could literally stab through the arena, yet, had legs.
Built by the same guy who built Complete Control, so I have respect for it. And yes it should have won against ankle biter.


It did win against Ankle Biter, Pressure Drop is anything but the unluckiest bot.  In fact, I'd call it the luckiest.



Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Badnik96 on March 30, 2011, 04:59:16 PM
Wings!!

But yeah, Pressure Drop wasn't unlucky at all.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: S.T.C. on March 30, 2011, 05:17:25 PM
Wacky Compass vs Black Warrior
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: SKBT on March 30, 2011, 07:37:47 PM
My bot, It got stuck in the wall during the semifinals at FI. :P
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: ty4er on March 31, 2011, 01:28:15 AM
My bot, It got stuck in the wall during the semifinals at FI. :P
for a klone of vladiator it should've got out :P
did you drive into the wall?
or was it bad ai-ing?
Well for me it's Tsunami and Gravity, TEH BESTESTEST FLIPPAS IN DA WRLD.
*Cue GF93 saying Cassius is*
One beaten by X-Terminator (a very lucky bot, beating Behemoth in series 4 with a puny axe/flipper) and the other by Tornado.
Ugh, hated Tornado.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Vertigo on March 31, 2011, 12:23:06 PM
Explosion, I should be UK Champ by now :P
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: madman3 on March 31, 2011, 12:29:03 PM
My bot, It got stuck in the wall during the semifinals at FI. :P
for a klone of vladiator it should've got out :P
did you drive into the wall?
or was it bad ai-ing?
Well for me it's Tsunami and Gravity, TEH BESTESTEST FLIPPAS IN DA WRLD.
*Cue GF93 saying Cassius is*
One beaten by X-Terminator (a very lucky bot, beating Behemoth in series 4 with a puny axe/flipper) and the other by Tornado.
Ugh, hated Tornado.
X-Terminator was a very good bot overall in series 7. It was just bad against a lot of flippers, which happened to be everywhere in series 7. It still slaughtered a tone of them :P.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on March 31, 2011, 03:10:11 PM
My bot, It got stuck in the wall during the semifinals at FI. :P
Well for me it's Tsunami and Gravity, TEH BESTESTEST FLIPPAS IN DA WRLD.
*Cue GF93 saying Cassius is*
*Leaps in and banhammers ty4er*
 
Cassius II always will be the best...and you'd better not forget it, punk   :cool:
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Natef on March 31, 2011, 03:38:02 PM
I think Chaos 2 is the best. After all, it was the first to throw another robot out of the arena!
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on March 31, 2011, 03:47:39 PM
I think Chaos 2 is the best. After all, it was the first to throw another robot out of the arena!
Rear-hinged, certainly. Front hinged? Cassius II   :heart_smiley:
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Vertigo on March 31, 2011, 03:49:40 PM
I think Chaos 2 is the best. After all, it was the first to throw another robot out of the arena!
Rear-hinged, certainly. Front hinged? Cassius II   :heart_smiley:
Rear-hinged?

*Ahem*
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Natef on March 31, 2011, 03:50:08 PM
I dunno, Firestorm was good too.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Conraaa on March 31, 2011, 03:50:43 PM
I think Chaos 2 is the best. After all, it was the first to throw another robot out of the arena!
Rear-hinged, certainly. Front hinged? Cassius II   :heart_smiley:
Rear-hinged?

*Ahem*
You're right, Gravity was better.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: S.T.C. on March 31, 2011, 03:51:42 PM
I thought Cassius was decent but that's all.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: FOTEPX on March 31, 2011, 03:53:18 PM
Rear-Hinged: Chaos 2
Front-Hinged: Firestorm III

Guys, there was a robot in Series 7 who flipped itself out of the arena as well as another bot in Series 7. I would know it, but my VHS screwed up real bad whilst recording it. ANy help on what bot it is?
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Vertigo on March 31, 2011, 04:00:49 PM
Mute
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Badger on March 31, 2011, 04:09:11 PM
Storm II is the unluckiest. Do you know what Mentorn did to them? Check out their website.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: NFX on March 31, 2011, 05:14:48 PM
I don't think it was Mute. Their self-righter was obscenely powerful, and normally flipped it onto its back again, but they were too close to the wall to want to risk flipping themselves out. Firestorm 5 flipped them OOTA in that match.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: S.T.C. on March 31, 2011, 07:19:55 PM
I don't think it was Mute. Their self-righter was obscenely powerful, and normally flipped it onto its back again, but they were too close to the wall to want to risk flipping themselves out. Firestorm 5 flipped them OOTA in that match.
That was Mute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BURjrPV6m40# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BURjrPV6m40#)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: NFX on March 31, 2011, 07:34:27 PM
Ah, I see. Robotwars Wikia must be misleading, then. =]
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on March 31, 2011, 09:04:51 PM
No Mute definitely fired its flipper.  It flew over the barrier; Firestorm's flipper alone doesn't have enough power to gvie it that kind of airtime.  Watch the replay at 1:24, you can see Mute's flipper spring open with a puff of CO2 gas.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: ty4er on April 01, 2011, 01:17:42 AM
It fired it's flipper and flipped itself OOTA.
But that's not really unlucky, just bad driving skill.
I think Chaos 2 is the best. After all, it was the first to throw another robot out of the arena!
Rear-hinged, certainly. Front hinged? Cassius II   :heart_smiley:
Rear-hinged?

*Ahem*
You're right, Gravity was better.
Someone agrees with me  :heart_smiley:
Front hinged was definitely Firestorm
Nearly always in the grand final and what did Cassius II do?
Drive into the pit.
Gravity is better than Chaos 2 but i do respect them, especially in their match against Wild thing  :gawe:
I'll grant you Cassius (the original) was very good and impressive and i liked it a lot, Cassius II wasn't as great IMO (or didn't have a chance to fight)
Storm II is the unluckiest. Do you know what Mentorn did to them? Check out their website.


Storm II was my favourite of it's type and i soo badly wanted it to win against Typhoon.
And mentorn messed them around.
1. They forced them to put on an active weapon.
2. In the grand final after typhoon broke the arena, they let typhoon get back up to speed.
3. At the end they said typhoon did the most damage to Storm II, Typhoon lost it's whole weapon and storm II lost a little sheet.
There is loads more aswell that mentorn did to Storm II
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Badger on April 01, 2011, 01:22:17 AM
It fired it's flipper and flipped itself OOTA.
But that's not really unlucky, just bad driving skill.
I think Chaos 2 is the best. After all, it was the first to throw another robot out of the arena!
Rear-hinged, certainly. Front hinged? Cassius II   :heart_smiley:
Rear-hinged?

*Ahem*
You're right, Gravity was better.
Someone agrees with me  :heart_smiley:
Front hinged was definitely Firestorm
Nearly always in the grand final and what did Cassius II do?
Drive into the pit.
Gravity is better than Chaos 2 but i do respect them, especially in their match against Wild thing  :gawe:
I'll grant you Cassius (the original) was very good and impressive and i liked it a lot, Cassius II wasn't as great IMO (or didn't have a chance to fight)
Storm II is the unluckiest. Do you know what Mentorn did to them? Check out their website.


Storm II was my favourite of it's type and i soo badly wanted it to win against Typhoon.
And mentorn messed them around.
1. They forced them to put on an active weapon.
2. In the grand final after typhoon broke the arena, they let typhoon get back up to speed.
3. At the end they said typhoon did the most damage to Storm II, Typhoon lost it's whole weapon and storm II lost a little sheet.
There is loads more aswell that mentorn did to Storm II
They let Tornado out of the pit, and IIRC Typhoon lost some of it's drive, and they lied about the damadge they had.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Conraaa on April 01, 2011, 02:04:35 AM
I wouldn't say Storm II was unlucky per se. I think it was actually somewhat lucky to get to the grand final with mentorn on it's back.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: SKBT on April 01, 2011, 03:13:56 PM
Vlad II

It hasn't won a fight since BB 5.0

It's lost due to it's  master power switch going to the off position countless times, it's lost due o dead batteries.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Avalanche on April 30, 2011, 07:20:46 AM
Never did Razer any harm, though  :approve:
True, but Tiberius is so much better than Razer ever was
TAKE.
THAT.
BACK.
NOW.

Tiberius has a more powerful crushing arm  :rolleyes:
Mantis is better.He had a awesome combination of a lifter AND crusher.Although tiberius did haave a nice crusher though,they pierced right through M2's armour in the heat fina-wait that match is one!M2 vs Tiberious in the heat final,M2 about to be finished off they were NEXT to the pit and tiberious drove a bit closer and WAS FLIPPED IN!
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: ty4er on April 30, 2011, 07:44:40 AM
Never did Razer any harm, though  :approve:
True, but Tiberius is so much better than Razer ever was
TAKE.
THAT.
BACK.
NOW.

Tiberius has a more powerful crushing arm  :rolleyes:
Mantis is better. He had a awesome combination of a lifter AND crusher. Although tiberius did haave a nice crusher though,they pierced right through M2's armour in the heat fina-wait that match is one! M2 vs Tiberious in the heat final, M2 about to be finished off they were NEXT to the pit and tiberious drove a bit closer and WAS FLIPPED IN!
Both Razer and Tiberius are as bad as each other IMO.
Also M2 had EPIC MATCHES.
but i didn't like Mantis either :P
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: haz on April 30, 2011, 07:48:10 AM
i love mantis, it looks soooo cool!!!
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Avalanche on April 30, 2011, 08:00:39 AM
Dead Metal.Says it all.Series 2 version against Chaos in the trials in series 2
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: GoldenFox93 on April 30, 2011, 11:36:50 AM
Another one for me was Mortis- breaking down at the worst times prevented it from doing as well as it potentially could have, really.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: freeziez on April 30, 2011, 11:43:17 AM
Anklebiter.

Season 3.

'Nuff said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqGhCy0A6Vc# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqGhCy0A6Vc#)
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: Badnik96 on April 30, 2011, 01:46:26 PM
Anklebiter.

Season 3.

'Nuff said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqGhCy0A6Vc# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqGhCy0A6Vc#)

lol I still have that match on tape somewhere

But yeah, Ankle Biter was teh suxxorz until season 5. But speaking of Season 5 Ankle Biter, Moebius coulda been a contender for a QF spot if he hadn't lost that drive chain.
Title: Re: Most Unluckiest Robots
Post by: S.T.C. on April 30, 2011, 02:30:19 PM
Another one for me was Mortis- breaking down at the worst times prevented it from doing as well as it potentially could have, really.
For a sec I thought you meant Suicidal Tendencies.


Ginsu was also unlucky in 1999 against Mechadon. If both couldn't move right, why did they make the fight last the whole 3 minutes??  :confused: