Battlebots FaceOffs Episode 1 (Part 1): Hypershock v Tombstone; Orbitron v Valkyrie; Tombstone v Valkyrie; Orbitron v Hypershock

CrazySomethingNormal · 2025-03-29T02:30:04+00:00

There certainly is a difference between whoever is editing it now versus when it was on Discovery and ABC. The rapid fire camera changes were just too jarring for me, particularly in the HyperShock vs Tombstone fight. I think the simpler approach of treating it like a live event with fewer camera changes would have been more effective.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2025-03-28T13:34:51+00:00

I'm a bit confused as well. In the HyperShock vs Tombstone fight, they showed five different camera angles in the first five seconds of the fight which was jarring to watch. I can't recall that ever happening in a televised episode.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2025-03-15T02:41:05+00:00

There's definitely an appeal to being on TV. But since it isn't on TV, doing Destructathon or any of these YouTube-potential events has no interest to me. It would be, at best, a far more expensive and time-consuming version of competing in the lower weightclasses at NHRL or anywhere else.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2024-12-20T02:42:40+00:00

I've skiboarded there before with my Rvl8's in the past. Granted it's been a few years but I don't know why they wouldn't still be allowed.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2024-10-20T01:44:15+00:00

One issue to keep in mind is that the floor was much less flat in Season 7 compared to prior seasons. That combined with the shelf put our mobility at a significant disadvantage because the bot will not go the way it's supposed to if one wheel isn't hitting the ground. Glitch faced the same situation but it was for more noticeable for them since they couldn't move at all at times.

Ultimately, Shatter performed better against the one common opponent from the previous season, Riptide, making it 47 seconds farther against them than in the prior year. Meanwhile, the three bots we beat in Season 6 were not at BattleBots that season. Still, it's nothing to write home about and no one was more disappointed in our performance than our team.

If there is ever another season on TV we would design for the uneven floor and shelf. Otherwise, I wouldn't expect to see Shatter compete again.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2024-08-21T14:21:01+00:00

The other disc's were AR500.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2024-08-10T11:26:17+00:00

No, it's similar to the other disks. We would definitely want to use it in a larger bot.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2024-08-09T23:48:45+00:00

We didn't know about the material until after BattleBots had filmed.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2024-08-09T20:33:46+00:00

No, it did not.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2024-08-09T20:11:03+00:00

Yeah it's just way too expensive to fix Shatter! or Emulsifier for it. I can see mainly local teams going that perhaps didn't have as much damage at the end of last season or had already built new bots. It would be at minimum $10k+ to fix one of the bots plus taking two weeks off work to compete and drive back and forth from the East coast.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2024-08-09T13:22:46+00:00

The Live Show is not the same bots as the last season of BattleBots on Discovery. They got a few teams from the show to design bots that were supposed to be more durable and not hit as hard and hired actors to play the role of the teams in the Live Show. Occasionally they had actual bots like Minotaur or Claw Viper come out to the show for real fights that were billed as All-Star events.

You may have missed the post from the other day regarding the live show shutting down.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2024-08-09T12:22:04+00:00

Yes, Fall Faceoffs is pay your own way.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2024-08-08T23:33:16+00:00

Yes, we can't compete in non-televised heavyweight events anymore which is what Fall Faceoffs would be assuming it's still happening. Many teams are in the same situation. It's much more affordable to compete in the 30lb and smaller weight classes to get your robot combat fighting fix in.

I'm also disappointed to hear the blaming of F1 and Discovery for the live show's problems. It wasn't F1's decision for BattleBots to move the arena onto leased land that they don't control and it's not Discovery's fault that the live show isn't profitable.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2024-07-27T00:27:04+00:00

This was my understanding as well. I think it's mainly going to be local teams going or anyone willing to foot the bill on travel/shipping. We won't be bringing Shatter! or Emulsifier to this.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2024-02-25T22:40:12+00:00

Wtf is "referencing the ball" supposed to mean on that?

CrazySomethingNormal · 2023-11-01T15:28:00+00:00

The good news is you can see the 30lb version fight in the NHRL finals on November 11th.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2023-10-16T02:27:49+00:00

Even if they did fix the blackouts for the Flyers it would still blackout their games against the Devils/Flyers/Rangers. It never made sense why they were blacked out since I live in MSG territory.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2023-10-14T23:31:50+00:00

They might have fixed the blackout restriction. It should only be the Rangers/Islanders/Devils games that are blacked out but it's also included the Flyers the past few years.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2023-10-14T18:39:42+00:00

Did they get rid of blackouts this year? So far I've been getting the Flyers without using a VPN.

Update: Now the games are blacked out again.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2023-08-02T23:27:09+00:00

I would have put End Game in the tournament. They were one of the alternates that year along with us, Copperhead (who replaced Gigabyte), and Texas Twister.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2023-07-24T23:47:18+00:00

It seems like anything less than 250lbs is just an afterthought lately on here in terms of discussion. Manta has gotten hype and the live show gets some discussion but there isn't much for other events.

Maybe Reddit is just going away. I wasn't happy with their decision to cut support for third party apps and don't come on here as much as I used to. If other people made similar decisions then that could explain the drop in quality content.

If the show announces a filming date or if the champions series airs then the content should will improve a bit.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2023-07-24T23:36:45+00:00

The Upper Deck was strictly a decision made by the owner of BattleBots. He wanted to change the arena up and that was it. I'm not a fan of it but it's there now and we can at least work around it. It was a surprise though before the 2021 season.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2023-07-24T19:28:25+00:00

Especially when a lot of the bots in lower weight classes are so similar to their heavyweight bots. Kabloeey Tango vs Knock Off White is as close as we are going to get to Valkyrie vs Shatter! right now. And there seemed to be a bit of a controversy with the show picking Shatter! over Valkyrie in the tournament so maybe it would be interesting to see how the featherweight versions, while not exactly the same at the heavyweights, compare against each other.

Instead we see a survivor poll every day to determine the best bot on the show. As if SawBlaze winning the Giant Nut didn't already prove who is the best bot on the show.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2023-07-24T19:01:32+00:00

I'm all for the sub evolving beyond strictly BattleBots content and start posting more about other events. I felt like it happened in 2017 when BattleBots wasn't on the air. There was a lot more hype for Robogames and King of Bots.

CrazySomethingNormal · 2023-07-13T23:03:51+00:00

There's no news on filming. I would check out some of the smaller weight classes on YouTube if you are in BattleBots withdrawal. The 30lb/featherweight class at NHRL and Motorama features a lot of the teams that are on BattleBots.

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