Has anyone else here watch Battlebots? I like to watch it sometimes. It's a good show and those people have created some great robots.
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I watch this show all the time. I think it rules. If i had the resources I would build one in a second.
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That show is one of the coolest of all time. My dad and brother and I watch it and LOVE it. My stepmother watches it to, she thinks it's funny when we go "whoooaaaaa, it busted in two!", etc.
The commentators are pretty dang funny too - I guess that's how they "get away" with putting it on Comedy Central. |
Can someone please explain the concept of the show.
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It's a show where people make remote-controlled robots with saws and axes and other big dangerous things on them. Then they put them in this arena with all kinds of obstecales - they beat each other up with their weapons, but some are just small fast boxes without weapons - all kinds usually try to push each other into the obstecales.
They have tournaments and such, the judges decide the winner. It's amazingly cool! |
Does anyone here have a favorite robot? I usually have trouble remembering all the names so I can't really say right now. Although there was this one robot that spun around really fast, I think its name was Mauler or something like that. Anyways, what is your favorite robot so far?
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Yup - Mauler has that blade that spins at its sides - it got messed up by the kill saws in the last match I saw though - still a great bot.
Vlad the Impaler is easily the best. I like Mechadon - it's a giant metal spider - it sucks, but it's cool looking. |
Yeah, I also like Vlad the Impaler. What was the name of the one that won the light-weight title? I'm pretty sure that it was Backlash, but I could be wrong. Could someone help me out?
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No idea - I don't really remember. Comedy Central had a mini-marathon today with at least 3 episodes in a row - might have been more, but that's what I saw. Great stuff - all re-runs of course, though.
Vlad's the defending heavyweight champ - the last episode of the three showed him winning over Punjar to advance to the finals again! :) |
I think it was Backlash. That was an awesome robot. My favorite would be Minion probably. It's funny how much I want to build one of these things. I have detailed drawings of all of the one I want to build.
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Same here - I'd love to build one, but don't have any of the technical knowledge necessary. I think if I could get someone to help with the techinal side, we could build a majorly cool bot. I can't stand the big slow ones with one big pickaxe on top - don't they even WATCH the show/other bots at all?
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I know the basic technical knowledge. I use to build little robots out of erector set all the time. And I made a hovercraft out of an egg carton and a hair dryer, but I have no where near the abilitys to make one worth entering. I'm sure I'll start to make a little one with my friends though.
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Oh and I hate those guys who build the robots who could not possibly win. Did anyone see that one with the wooden block on the end of a pole??
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No - I saw the R2-D2 lookin' one though - it had slow legs, not wheels, and it had a 4-foot-long pickaxe - it was totally useless.
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Yea I saw that episode during the marathon. Man did that thing suck. I don't think it got off one solid hit.
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It didn't! The little one had this tiny pickaxe though that was fast as heck - it got in something like 112 total "Pecks" in the end - a total blowout victory.
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I know. That thing was small, but effective.
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It looks like the new season of Battlebots will start on December 12.
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It's about time!
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So, did anyone watch the show last night. All three of the fights were good, but I liked the first one (with Ziggo and Scrap Daddy) the best. I sure like to see robots get torn apart.
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