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Anybody here a fan of Battlebots on the Science Channel?

Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:13 pm
Posted by Perfect Circle
S W Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
6846 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:13 pm
The technology, the strategy involved...I'm fascinated watching these robots destroy each other.

These things would be lethal employed against a human being.

Prediction: Bronco over Tombstone for the giant nut.
Posted by O
Mandeville
Member since Oct 2011
6451 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:14 pm to
Hell yeah. That stuff is awesome!
Posted by Tester1216
South Louisiana
Member since Jul 2018
22149 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:15 pm to
I’m a fan. They changed up the game and added house robots.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57477 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:16 pm to
Didn’t that show start on Comedy Central?
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
98958 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:17 pm to
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Didn’t that show start on Comedy Central?


Indeed.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57477 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:17 pm to
Wasn’t sure if it was that or spike tv but I don’t think spike was even around then
Posted by idlewatcher
County Jail
Member since Jan 2012
79075 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:21 pm to
Pretty cool to me. I’m a big fan of the designs as opposed to the death obstacles (fire/auger etc)
Posted by wallowinit
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2006
14978 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:23 pm to
I really like it. I would prefer if they truly had robots that were autonomous. These are simply bad-arse 220 lb. RC vehicles. Faruq's intro's are great.

I liked it better when they had Samantha Ponder. Besides being gorgeous she did a great job as well.

They employ just the right amount of campiness.
Posted by Goat Rider
Boulder, CO
Member since Feb 2018
947 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:28 pm to
Thinking about entering my Roomba.
Posted by Kentucker
Cincinnati, KY
Member since Apr 2013
19351 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:29 pm to
Bronco:



Tombstone:



Too close to call.
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
34471 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:45 pm to
Pretty sure Tombstone beat Bronco a few years ago. But he broke his blade in the process.
Posted by LSUBFA83
Member since May 2012
3331 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:46 pm to
I was watching the other day when the little drone, Spitfire, was downed and then chewed up by the screws. I had to rewind and watch several times. The announcers were hilarious. "Nooo, Spitfire!!"
Posted by LZ83
La
Member since Sep 2016
17406 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:47 pm to
If I catch it while it’s on I will watch it
Posted by Perfect Circle
S W Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
6846 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:48 pm to
quote:

Didn't that show start on Comedy Central?


It did. Remember watching with my son in the early 2000s.
Posted by Perfect Circle
S W Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
6846 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:50 pm to
quote:

They changed up the game and added house robots.


I think that's a different show...Robot Wars. It is supposed to start airing back to back with Battlebots in August.
Posted by Perfect Circle
S W Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
6846 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:52 pm to
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Faruq's intros are great.


Some are hilarious. He really gets into them.
Posted by Tester1216
South Louisiana
Member since Jul 2018
22149 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:54 pm to
quote:

I think that's a different show.



Well damn. didn’t know there was more than one. What a predicament. The house bots will certainly throw a different dynamic into the ring.

Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21411 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:56 pm to
My wife and I started watching it about 2 months ago. Love it! Never have seen the flying drones succeed at anything except getting torn up or just doing nothing. Love Tombstone.
Posted by Perfect Circle
S W Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
6846 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 6:56 pm to
quote:

Pretty sure Tombstone beat Bronco a few years ago.


Tombstone's team will adjust with a longer lip to get under Tombstone and keep him away from that spinning blade.
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21411 posts
Posted on 7/29/18 at 7:05 pm to
you meant Bronco's team?
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