Author Topic: The 7 Most One-sided Fights in BattleBots History (Read 6456 times)

MassimoV · « **Reply #20 on:** February 11, 2012, 09:32:52 PM »

Spawn Again vs Evolution.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #21 on:** February 11, 2012, 09:44:43 PM »

Quote from: RadioFSoftware on February 11, 2012, 08:52:43 PM

Quote from: Sonny_Resetti on February 11, 2012, 08:27:10 PM
You're actually going through with it? I can give you some suggestions if it would make your life easier.

If there are folks here who know volumes about RW I'd be more than happy to check out specific fights if they're available to watch somewhere. Otherwise I'd be entering the article knowing almost nothing.

Do I ever! Right now I would say I'm like Fluttershy during the "Find a Pet" song, except that reference would be lost on you. It actually probably will work btter for you, not knowing every little facet about the robots like I do.

Hypno-Disc vs Robogeddon - big spinner vs flimsy armor

Razer vs Widow's revenge - A fight between the men and their "wives" (take that with the same grain of salt you take the drama on WWE.) The armor looks to be held together with glue, they forgot to put an insulator between the casing and the electronics.

Wheely Big Cheese vs Axe Awe - Axe Awe is totally unequipped to fight WBC, its axe was not designed to pierce titanium, and its flipper won't flip such a long-bodied shape.

Storm 2 vs The Steel Avenger - Steel Avenger has a pretty useless weapon. The arena is big and has very few hazards, making it very conducive to rammers

Fluffy vs 259 - A tantamount example of why people say that HS beats VS sure as paper covers rock. Skip to 1:59

S3 vs Plunderbird 5 - Plunderbird was boned right from the start, its co2 canister exploded a few seconds in, and it looked like it was dragging shrapnel underneath. Things get worse from there. Skip to 4:14

Thermidor vs Napalm: Napalm is a machine from 2 years prior, painted black in hopes that it looks like an entirely new robot. The frame shuddered when the captain slapped it, which should give you a sense of its durability. Perhaps the most pathetic attempt at a weapon ever. Skip to 6:51

Frenzy vs Detonator: Like Team Infernolab, Team Napalm couldn't stop at just one crappy machine. This is a special UK vs US episode, and after the Americans go 0-for-3, Detonator is brought in to ensure that one American gets past Round 1. It has no weapons and its motor is gas-powered. Skip to 8:53

Something from the Dutch Wars; even without subtitles it's easy to see what's going on. PulverizeR vs √3. Two tiny flippers and a wedge vs a robot that's impossible to flip. They can't do anything but run, it's reminiscent of "The Most Dangerous Game"

Mr. AS · « **Reply #22 on:** February 11, 2012, 09:49:14 PM »

any flipper vs no strimech/not invertible bot take a guess who wins

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #23 on:** February 13, 2012, 02:11:35 AM »

Another suggestion from Robot Wars - Dantomkia vs. Gravity:

lloopp D lloopp · « **Reply #24 on:** February 13, 2012, 12:09:16 PM »

Hey, look RFS, these guys wrote about you! http://www.suicidebots.com/category/robot-combat/

Enigm@ · « **Reply #25 on:** February 13, 2012, 12:13:58 PM »

No RFS you need to write for cracked. The style you write damn near perfect to the way the articles on there are done, and

, they'll actually pay you for it..

russian roulette · « **Reply #26 on:** February 15, 2012, 05:21:33 AM »

Ronin vs Revision Z

RammingSpeed · « **Reply #27 on:** February 18, 2012, 04:49:20 PM »

Where's Nightmare vs Son of Wyachi....?

Nightmare was cool, that's probably why.

hm.

Great article though.

RFS · « **Reply #28 on:** February 20, 2012, 11:56:43 PM »

Quote from: RammingSpeed on February 18, 2012, 04:49:20 PM

Where's Nightmare vs Son of Wyachi....?

Nightmare was cool, that's probably why.

hm.

Great article though.

That's not really one-sided. Both Nightmare and SoW are incredibly well-built and formidable machines. The robots outlined in my article were pretty crappy overall, and yes that includes Snake. It might have looked gorgeous, but it fought like a burlap sack of kittens in a river.

Quote from: Enigma on February 13, 2012, 12:13:58 PM

No RFS you need to write for cracked. The style you write damn near perfect to the way the articles on there are done, and , they'll actually pay you for it..

Hell no. I'm not going to write for Cracked. I'm tired of them giving me the runaround with things and honestly I'm not signing exclusivity rights of my work over to an online magazine that time and time again does nothing but pander to the lowest common denominator of men.

Quote from: lloopp D lloopp on February 13, 2012, 12:09:16 PM

Hey, look RFS, these guys wrote about you! http://www.suicidebots.com/category/robot-combat/

They offered me a job as well, but I had to turn it down because I'm not at a point where I'd be able to take their offer and work at it. If I were 16 or so I'd jump on it, but the time/money ratio was a little off, which is understandable because the site doesn't make much in ad revenue.

Their parent company, ComBots LLC, though, hired me.

HurricaneAndrew · « **Reply #29 on:** February 21, 2012, 12:05:09 AM »

Quote from: RadioFSoftware on February 20, 2012, 11:56:43 PM

It might have looked gorgeous, but it fought like a burlap sack of kittens in a river.

Best analogy ever...

Enigm@ · « **Reply #30 on:** February 21, 2012, 12:09:35 AM »

Quote from: RadioFSoftware on February 20, 2012, 11:56:43 PM

Quote from: RammingSpeed on February 18, 2012, 04:49:20 PM
Where's Nightmare vs Son of Wyachi....?

Nightmare was cool, that's probably why.

hm.

Great article though.

That's not really one-sided. Both Nightmare and SoW are incredibly well-built and formidable machines. The robots outlined in my article were pretty crappy overall, and yes that includes Snake. It might have looked gorgeous, but it fought like a burlap sack of kittens in a river.

Quote from: Enigma on February 13, 2012, 12:13:58 PM
No RFS you need to write for cracked. The style you write damn near perfect to the way the articles on there are done, and , they'll actually pay you for it..

Hell no. I'm not going to write for Cracked. I'm tired of them giving me the runaround with things and honestly I'm not signing exclusivity rights of my work over to an online magazine that time and time again does nothing but pander to the lowest common denominator of men.

Quote from: lloopp D lloopp on February 13, 2012, 12:09:16 PM
Hey, look RFS, these guys wrote about you! http://www.suicidebots.com/category/robot-combat/

They offered me a job as well, but I had to turn it down because I'm not at a point where I'd be able to take their offer and work at it. If I were 16 or so I'd jump on it, but the time/money ratio was a little off, which is understandable because the site doesn't make much in ad revenue.

Their parent company, ComBots LLC, though, hired me.

that lowest common denominator happens to be me.

RFS · « **Reply #31 on:** February 21, 2012, 02:12:05 AM »

That's fine and dandy. I read Cracked for Seanbaby's column. I've read everything he's written for almost a decade now. Would be nice if he wasn't on Cracked all the time, but whatever. I enjoy his style and Cracked doesn't edit that out because he's a columnist. I'm simply not fond of Cracked's editing standards and practices and I do not wish to participate with them anymore.

Natef · « **Reply #32 on:** February 21, 2012, 08:09:24 AM »

I like Dan O'Brien.

J · « **Reply #33 on:** February 21, 2012, 01:02:37 PM »

Skimmed it a bit, thought it was humorous.
.....
How the

is Ziggo's builder a closet-furry?

Scorpion · « **Reply #34 on:** February 21, 2012, 01:21:09 PM »

Wow, RFS came back? Didn't see that coming.

Great article as well, I really enjoyed reading it, even as somebody who has yet to watch any battlebots episodes.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #35 on:** February 21, 2012, 05:53:41 PM »

RFS, would it offend you if I took a stab at writing the 7 most one sided Robot Wars Fights? Not for posting on your site, just for fun and distributing to friends. I've just been sitting at my computer and writng stuff and I really like how it's coming together.

RFS · « **Reply #36 on:** February 21, 2012, 06:16:50 PM »

Quote from: J on February 21, 2012, 01:02:37 PM

Skimmed it a bit, thought it was humorous.
.....
How the is Ziggo's builder a closet-furry?

The guy loves his cats and lives in San Jose (furry capital of the world), therefore he's a closet furry.

Quote from: Sonny_Resetti on February 21, 2012, 05:53:41 PM

RFS, would it offend you if I took a stab at writing the 7 most one sided Robot Wars Fights? Not for posting on your site, just for fun and distributing to friends. I've just been sitting at my computer and writng stuff and I really like how it's coming together.

Be my guest! I've got my hands tied with this sudden job at ComBots so I won't have a lot of personal time to write non-RoboGames articles for a while XD

If the article comes out well I'd be happy to cross-post it to GatorAIDS under your name for you. :)

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #37 on:** February 21, 2012, 06:29:10 PM »

Quote from: RadioFSoftware on February 21, 2012, 06:16:50 PM

Quote from: J on February 21, 2012, 01:02:37 PM
Skimmed it a bit, thought it was humorous.
.....
How the is Ziggo's builder a closet-furry?

The guy loves his cats and lives in San Jose (furry capital of the world), therefore he's a closet furry.

Quote from: Sonny_Resetti on February 21, 2012, 05:53:41 PM
RFS, would it offend you if I took a stab at writing the 7 most one sided Robot Wars Fights? Not for posting on your site, just for fun and distributing to friends. I've just been sitting at my computer and writng stuff and I really like how it's coming together.

Be my guest! I've got my hands tied with this sudden job at ComBots so I won't have a lot of personal time to write non-RoboGames articles for a while XD

If the article comes out well I'd be happy to cross-post it to GatorAIDS under your name for you. :)

Oh Awesome! I've been trying to capture your style, but I'm having trouble figuring out where to draw the line on what's appropriate. My rough draft had a joke that someone's wife was his sister, an that seemed lie too much.

Also does GatorAIDS have an objection to me ridiculing the Battlebots announcers? I talk a lot about how they're dumb and make too many sex jokes.

RFS · « **Reply #38 on:** February 21, 2012, 06:36:12 PM »

>unsure if incest joke is appropriate on a site whose title is an AIDS joke
YOU CRAZY BRO XD

Basically, unless it is just blatantly and tastelessly racist, homophobic, or simply hateful it'll fly. GA is snarky and we nit pick and make fun of things that are stupid, kitschy, or strange whether it be a TV show, a toy, a video game, a person, a website, or anything else. If they act a fool they should be ready to hear from someone who wants to take the piss outta them. :)

You can try to emulate an existing style if it makes you comfortable and it's a style you're used to, or you can have your own voice.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #39 on:** February 21, 2012, 06:38:16 PM »

My own voice is boring, factual, and sometimes mistaken for a British guy, that's why I was concerned that I would hav etrouble fitting in.