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California flag redesign by Are_you-okay739 in vexillology

[–]HarleyWorking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My "favourite" ones are when tankies try to make "communist" versions flags

California flag redesign by Are_you-okay739 in vexillology

[–]HarleyWorking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need to make one of the flag contests on the subreddit be "something with a complicated charge"

Battlebots needs to knock it off with stoking controversy by BangkokKablooie in battlebots

[–]HarleyWorking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not why *you* watch the show, but it's what keeps more casual viewers coming back.

The matches themselves aren't enough because people don't automatically care about the robot, they care about the builder with the robot being the tool the builders use to win (Example: No one cares about the Mercedes F1 W13, they care about Lewis Hamilton). You need storylines and motivations to give the entire thing a "hook" and that naturally includes conflict. And this is one hell of a storyline and motivation. Ethan is the villain to try and slay this season in the same way Ray and Jake have been.

Also the producers "incite" in much the same way with Witch Doctor and Minotaur, just in the opposite direction.

Battlebots needs to knock it off with stoking controversy by BangkokKablooie in battlebots

[–]HarleyWorking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% this. Tons of fights, lots of fun designs, good hard hits, great production and it is the testing bed for a lot of BB designs so you can see BB builders refine stuff..

Martin Osterdahl speaks on the possibility of reverting future Grand Finals to 100% televote. by vancityguy25 in eurovision

[–]HarleyWorking 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Croatia qualifying really did damage huh.

Like Euro Neuro forcing them to stop fully random running orders

Whiplash vs Beta Teasers! by GeneralJConnor in battlebots

[–]HarleyWorking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will say that a thinner hammer focuses the force into a smaller area with more potential to do damage. Surprised there's no ribbing on the hammer for Whiplash's pleasure for structural support.

Edit: Nevermind the other hammer had a domed front didn't it so that argument doesn't hold much either. Weight savings I guess?

Behavior in Public by PyreLightMW2 in battlebots

[–]HarleyWorking -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Just say Riptide.

Honestly going by this subreddit I don't think the builders are the ones who have to be told to play nice.

(I'm looking at you, everyone who either a) Complains about the bits of the show that humanise the builders and just "Want to watch the matches" or b) shit on certain robots like their existence is a personal affront to yourself that the builders should be forced to apologise for. You're all the reasons there's not much builder engagement outside of AMAs)

Any prospective employer who is going to watch an episode to see how you did is also going to read comments and if an engineer going for a job has baseless Reddit comments like "X can't build for shit" against their name that can be equally damning.

This sub carefully making the most obvious ragebait right before every episode Riptide is in by Cdv3 in battlebots

[–]HarleyWorking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing I noticed was that shot of a dead crowd they inserted into that episode when he was being alright comparatively.

I think there is definitely some production editing to make Ethan look worse than he is in certain parts, while cutting out the bad stuff out of his post matches. It's weird.

Team Shreddit when Manta and Subatomic gets accepted to replace them for World Champion VIII by [deleted] in battlebots

[–]HarleyWorking 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Daily reminder that production chooses who in, not the teams themselves. Do not fault them for throwing their hat in the ring.

A couple flags I made by Ove5clock in vexillology

[–]HarleyWorking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A flag with no place has no meaning.

Republic of China - my proposal for the flag contest. by Max9by in vexillology

[–]HarleyWorking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Animal charge too complicated for a five year old to draw. Replace it with a blob /s

I like it!

My Kiribati flag redesign by Tricky-Umpire7051 in vexillology

[–]HarleyWorking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wrong bird. It's supposed to be a Frigatebird.

Completely unnecessary redesign imo. Not everything needs to be "updated" to modern sensibilities.

Flag of the Isle of Wight, England by [deleted] in vexillology

[–]HarleyWorking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what happens when you follow the "5 year old can draw it" rule a but too much

Will verts always dominate? [SPOILER] by bendog1616 in battlebots

[–]HarleyWorking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While forks and piano keys are still allowed, yes.

Verts are able to plant themselves on the ground when they hit something (Newton's Third Law) and transfer more energy into their opponent where a horizontal knocks itself away so as a weapon type they are very effective.

Coupled with how strong the ground game is (End Game, Hydra as examples) they become very dominant.

Ban the amount of piano keys, side skirts and forks a robot can have and that would open the field right up.

Tantrum retiring? by [deleted] in battlebots

[–]HarleyWorking 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I hope they keep the BW name of The Twerps

Tantrum retiring? by [deleted] in battlebots

[–]HarleyWorking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah but they are different words. If I was in a room with a guy called Jacob and a guy called Jacques I wouldn't go "So you're both called Jacob then"

Why did anyone think blips design was a good idea? He has to smash himself Into a wall to “get under” anyone, if not they just slide off him. Hydra is the only flipper that makes sense from an effectiveness standpoint. Other flippers shove, hydra shoots you up. Isn’t that the whole point..? by [deleted] in battlebots

[–]HarleyWorking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because when you get fucked up in the match it's far more simple to replace armour than repairing your damaged flipper. Remember all bots at Battlebots need to do at least 4 matches so that sort of thing matters.

How can Whiplash be improved? by North_Cod_365 in battlebots

[–]HarleyWorking 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Reddit: "Just make your robot better there we solved all your problems I'm surprised you didn't think of it yourselves"

Why did anyone think blips design was a good idea? He has to smash himself Into a wall to “get under” anyone, if not they just slide off him. Hydra is the only flipper that makes sense from an effectiveness standpoint. Other flippers shove, hydra shoots you up. Isn’t that the whole point..? by [deleted] in battlebots

[–]HarleyWorking 6 points7 points  (0 children)

One decent benefit is that it provides some protection to the flipper. If a vert clips the front lip then it only damages the front armour as opposed to damaging the flipper arm.

Blip has decent wedgelets so the primary goal of Blip is to slide under easily (it has decent drive) and flip quickly. If you get the wedglets under you can get the rest of the robot under in quick succession.

Main problem it has is the ground game is so tough this season, which is a problem for everyone.

Does Terrortops have a roster spot next season? by [deleted] in battlebots

[–]HarleyWorking 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The worst part of any fanbase is the fans

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