Battlebots 5: Splash, Brackets, and Videos

[freeziez]

Splash

LW

MW

HW

SHW

Brackets

Videos

LW

Round 1

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third Place Playoff

MW

Round 1

Quarterfinals

Semfinals

Third Place Playoff

HW

Round 1

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third Place Playoff

SHW

Round 1

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third Place Playoff

Finals

[Enigm@]

360: An overall nice looking design, something i'd expect from nfx
Your Final Croak: ehh, looks like it's moar focused on bits and bobs then weapons.
Twilight Scream: Don't like how it's not invertible, wep system looks solid tho.
Patriotism 2: Fairly indifferent on it. Looks like it might get far.
Scope: Too much open chassis to be good.
Slasher: Looks like the drive might be on the wayside, but it's fairly decent i reckon.
Forget About it: I can't tell if it's a rammer or a spinner. o_0
Misinformed: Very nicely built, if a bit generic.
Spawn of PA: Looks like it's moar for looks than winning, but i like it.
Scar Spangled Banner: I liek it because of name alone. *metalbrofist*
Bully: Looks like an overall even amount of armour and weapons.
Drumbledore: Very nice looking. Definitely could win.
No More Mister Nice Guy: *cue Alice Cooper*
Ironside MK IV: Overall very nice looking. But alas, with most flippers, I don't see it getting very far.
Stampede: Lots of eyecandy. :]
Hammer Metal: 

[Clickbeetle]

Ironside MK IV: Overall very nice looking. But alas, with most flippers, I don't see it getting very far.

ORLY?  That same bot placed 3rd in BB4, and against some tough opponents.
 

Hammer Metal: 

DoubleORLY?  I think 90 kgs of weapons will say differently.
 
Also I think Bully is going to do good this time, maybe even win it all.  It seems to have a fairly clear shot to the finals.

[Enigm@]

DoubleORLY?  I think 90 kgs of weapons will say differently.
 

yes orly because knowing my brother, the wep system with be on a piglet.

[Hard Bot]

I could win this. For proof, my oppenent's 2 Pussycat Blades have a total of 9600HP with 2 Piglets, whereas Hammer Metal has a total 16000HP, and it is powered by a RAD look-a-like motor.

[Badnik96]

Twilight Scream is invertible.

[MassimoV]

Ugh... I really don't want to fight Misinformed.

[COOLRUNNER87]

My thoughts on the LW bots:

360: I see you made a darn near perfect replica of the British robot there, NFX. However, I can see it suffering the same fate as its British brother against some of the flippers here.
Your Final Croak: Interesting look with all the front armor. However, if one or two of those pieces takes too much damage, it'll just flop around while the opponent just snaps into it like a Slim Jim.
Twilight Scream: Looks a little light on weaponry, even though the 20 to 30 does provide some alright damage. It also works real prone to robots getting under it and having their way with this one.
Patriotism 2: Very Revolutionist, I must say, with lots of armor on top. However, it may suffer from the same problems as 360 if that SRIMECH doesn't work as planned.
Scope: Nice look to the robot, though I'm not sure if the flipper will do too much to keep other robots away from its exposed body.
Slasher: Good weaponry, solid stabilization idea, and at least partial invertibility. As long as it doesn't get flipped into an unwinnable situation, I could see this robot going far.
Forget About It: It is improved compared to his BattleBots 4 entries, though it's still not terribly realistic. It'll do alright until it faces a vertical spinner. Then, its days are over.
Misinformed: Looks like you took Mr. Self Destruct to a lightweight design, and it looks pretty good. If its powered by anything better than a Piglet, this one could go far... barring getting a flipper underneath it and tossing it into a corner.
Spawn of PA: The Rule of Cool reigns supreme here, as it does look like a mini-Panic Attack. However, I fear that body might be a little too prone to attack here and if the robot is outwedged, it's all over.
White Thing II: Great in terms of weaponry... however, I'm slightly worried about the amount of armor it has and whether or not its drive is powerful enough to keep robots on the beaters.
Bully: The first of four returns in the LW division, it still reeks of cheapness. Firestorm flippers are very overpowered as armor and should have probably been changed to something on a more level playing field. As for its chances... it'll have a shot, though I don't know if there will be a repeat of the past coming to it in short order.
Drumbledore: Really good robot that only lost because of the uppercutter in No More Mr. Nice Guy. This robot stands a very good chance of making it back to the finals and claiming the title of Battlebots 5 champion.
No More Mr. Nice Guy: Speaking of the incumbent champ, the robot once again has a real good shot at reclaiming his title- something no robot was able to do in the last competition.
Ironside Mk IV: The last of the returns also yields the best flipper of the bunch- not only is it a good flipper, but its the best protected of the bunch.
Stampede: Looks very nice, but the attempt at trappiness may just make it fodder for anything with a good weapon.
Hammer Metal: A weapon amount the same as Battlebots 3 champ Flood 2... though the strong likelihood is it's obscenely underpowered (mine was powered by a Quad Mag; this? Probably no more than a Mag). It'll be fodder for most of the wedges here, as well as anything with a good weapon.

Bracket Predictions:
Prelims:
-Drumbledore over Forget About It
-Slasher over Hammer Metal
-Patriotism 2 over Misinformed
-Ironside Mk IV over Stampede
-Scope over Spawn of PA
-White Thing II over Twilight Scream
-Bully over Final Croak
-No More Mr. Nice Guy over 360

Quarterfinals:
-Slasher over Drumbledore
-Ironside Mk IV over Patriotism 2
-White Thing II over Scope
-No More Mr. Nice Guy over Bully

Semifinals:
-Slasher over Ironside Mk IV
-No More Mr. Nice Guy over White Thing II

Third Place:
-White Thing II over Ironside Mk IV

Finals:
-Slasher over No More Mr. Nice Guy

(edit: modified to correct robots in the division)

[ty4er]

hard bot can't win this if he goes against a flipper or a VS.

Anyway, LW tiem:

360: Good build from NFX, could see it doing good if it has luck on it's side. Any VS will rip it up though.
Your Final Croak: Looks interesting, if i can get the stabilizers i can have a chance here. Considering we have the same weapons and it is another VS...
Twilight Scream: If anything gets under it, it's dead, otherwise it could possibly do well.
Patriotism 2: Looks very cool, if it can self-right it should be fine.
Scope: If it can get under anything it could get past round 1, with a bit of luck on it's side :P
Slasher: Very nice looking bot, if it gets turned it could all go wrong.
Forget about it: Could go far unless it encounters a vs or anything that outweapons it.
Misinformed: I think this might have a chance actually. Provided the unprotected chassis doesn't let it down.
Spawn of PA: Very cool, it wont do well though.
Scar Spangled Banner: Cool names wont get you very far with that exposed motor, that flipper segment will get ripped off pretty fast aswell.
Bully: yay i made it in. I might have a chance if i dont hit conraaa or SKBT again, i probably will though D:
Drumbledore: History will probably repeat itself here, if will get very far (probably to the finals again) until it faces a VS like conraaa.
No More Mr Nice Guy: This will get to the finals, might even win again.
Ironside Mk IV: It looks sooo cooool. Sadly that wont help it, judging by how far it got last time it could go that far again, perhaps further.
Stampede: Looks cool but anything that gets through that massive gap to the chassis will rip it up.
Hammer Metal: it doesn't even look irl with those weapons. Knowing hard bot, it will be severely underpowered and wont be too much of a problem.

I don't wanna go against any vs or anything that outweapons me D:

[smashysmashy]

360: An overall nice looking design, something i'd expect from nfx
Your Final Croak: ehh, looks like it's moar focused on bits and bobs then weapons.
Twilight Scream: Don't like how it's not invertible, wep system looks solid tho.
Patriotism 2: Fairly indifferent on it. Looks like it might get far.
Scope: Too much open chassis to be good.
Slasher: Looks like the drive might be on the wayside, but it's fairly decent i reckon.
Forget About it: I can't tell if it's a rammer or a spinner. o_0
Misinformed: Very nicely built, if a bit generic.
Spawn of PA: Looks like it's moar for looks than winning, but i like it.
Scar Spangled Banner: I liek it because of name alone. *metalbrofist*
Bully: Looks like an overall even amount of armour and weapons.
Drumbledore: Very nice looking. Definitely could win.
No More Mister Nice Guy: *cue Alice Cooper*
Ironside MK IV: Overall very nice looking. But alas, with most flippers, I don't see it getting very far.
Stampede: Lots of eyecandy. :]
Hammer Metal: 

ORLY? 2 mags powering 4 light dsl teeth each. I guess you wouldn't see that from the pic =P

WAIT, I'm against Bully?

[Philippa]

Twilight Scream is my fave.

[smashysmashy]

Drumbledore to win this year.

[Thyrus]

nice to see no non IRL bots in the LW division

[Squirrel_Monkey]

LOL, my LW has a dual-mag. It's so unstable (and has metal hinge spikes on the front which is at the back in the splash)

[powerrave]

Damn I wish I were in this. White Thing 2 would have had a good chance. >.<

[Philippa]

All bots. A positive and a negative.

360 - Nice Rep. No srimech and High ground clearance.

Your Final Croak - Nice any way up chassis. I don't think the weapons will do that well at that size.

Twilight Scream - Good reach of weapon. Not invertible and no srimech... Round 1 vs flipper. Round 2 also vs flipper.

Patriotism 2 - Mauler-esque design - I like. Bit worried about the reach of the beater bars though.

Scope - Good flipper. If the end breaks off then your in trouble.

Slasher - Nice design with the double blades. If a pickaxe comes off then the blades are gonna hit the floor and be useless.

Forget About It - Good side protection. Umm... The Panic Attack skirts reach further forwards that the beater bars.

Misinformed - Good weapon reach.  Too thin for me.

Spawn of PA - Love it over all. All except the combat effectiveness. I think it's more for looks.

Scar Spangled Banner - Nice flipper. Same with scope - If the end breaks off then your in trouble.

Bully - Great chassis protection. The disc will be unbalanced quickly.

Drumbledore - Like the drum* design. Seems a bit weak at the front.

No More Mister Nice Guy - Nice VS. Looks topheavy to me.

Ironside MK IV - Nice flipper. Again - If the end breaks off then your in trouble.

Stampede - Looks good, if very plain.
Hammer Metal - Nice LW SS. 2 45kg hammers seems a bit much though.

*Is it classed as a drum?

[FOTEPX]

Damn I wish I were in this. White Thing 2 would have had a good chance. >.<

So would've Dreamcaster.



I honestly don't think Hard Bot's bot should be in there. That's over a third of the robot based on weapon weight. It's absolute nonsense.

[Thyrus]

what`s wrong with you guys? stop complaining for once. Be happy that there are realistic robots in this unlike the first seasons.

[FOTEPX]

what`s wrong with you guys? stop complaining for once. Be happy that there are realistic robots in this unlike the first seasons.

*Points to Hard Bot*

[Thyrus]

stingers weapon was very heavy too so be quiet