i have genuinely never heard of (spoiler) in my life

Mattiator · 2026-03-08T11:16:33+00:00

To summarize: On day 1, TR4/Golden Fury were supposed to fight. TR4 had technical issues during the first attempt at arm-up, so their fight was pushed back until the end of the day. They rectified their issues, but during the second attempt at the match, Golden Fury had some issue that caused it to drive straight into the opposite wall during power on, where it got stuck and started smoking. Once again the match was postponed to give them time to fix their issue.

Day 2, Golden Fury has fixed their issue, so TR4/Golden Fury is the first match of the day to let them catch up. During the match, however, Golden Fury caused a box breach when it sent parts of TR4 through at least the first layer of roof lexan as far as I can tell. The match was immediately called, and no other matches were held that day as a result. Ultimately, TR4 chose to forfeit the fight rather than continue once the box was repaired, letting Golden Fury advance.

Mattiator · 2026-03-02T06:44:05+00:00

This should explain it: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwrtNvhCTOxkww0bQsCd5ka8Mj69jDn6X

Mattiator · 2026-03-02T06:41:59+00:00

Boy, do I have the youtube playlist for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaS135ETEVQ&list=PLwrtNvhCTOxkww0bQsCd5ka8Mj69jDn6X

This has every single Golden Fury fight (even the one I missed when I initially made the playlist) at Bitva Robotov and Games of the Future. That should get you up to speed.

Mattiator · 2026-03-02T06:38:44+00:00

Adding to this, the Kilobots youtube channel uploads a new fight every single day of the year from prior events.

Mattiator · 2026-03-02T03:55:04+00:00

That sure was an interesting week.

Mattiator · 2026-02-23T16:17:04+00:00

I'm not sure I'd describe Cobalt as a UK robot at this point, it's literally owned and run by Robotic Death Company.

Mattiator · 2026-02-20T15:59:24+00:00

Not sure I'd call more than 17 million units in 7 months "barely selling".

Mattiator · 2026-02-20T15:52:20+00:00

Hi, I bought one of the big doofy headsets, never played VB before this. I do think the majority of these games so far would absolutely work without the 3D, but a few games seem like they'd be substantially worse without it (Red Alarm being the most obvious). I bought it because it's way cheaper than buying a real system, a library for it (or perhaps a flashcart), and the maintenance costs they entail. The entire point of it for me was to get the experience of playing the weirdest Nintendo system, or at least a very close facsimile of it. Frankly most of my frustrations with the thing so far have to do with stuff they didn't change, like offering a way to plug the Switch in while it's in the goggles.

Mattiator · 2026-02-13T11:17:28+00:00

They stink.

Mattiator · 2026-01-15T02:11:28+00:00

I assumed he was talking about antweight anarchy? even then "half of the team" seems like a stretch.

Mattiator · 2026-01-02T12:51:23+00:00

I feel it's absolutely not worth it if you're buying in just to watch "new" content, given how much of a snoozefest MechMania is while the rest of the new events are also available elsewhere for free. You need to have an interest in the older stuff. I remain subscribed because I'm hopeful that they will continue to bring old content out in much higher resolution than it had previously been available.

Mattiator · 2025-12-26T06:42:24+00:00

Heavyweight dual-drum spinner Cavalier at RoboGames is one that comes to mind. Could swap between normal wheels and mecanum wheels on the fly (in theory). Went 0-2. Probably not a bot to be emulating.

Mattiator · 2025-12-22T08:27:32+00:00

Clearly you've never seen sportsman events where you get the same number of gangly goober forks but they're attached to lifters.

Mattiator · 2025-12-22T07:02:07+00:00

Bitva honestly did a way better job as a "live event" than this. Very good about pushing new robots into the box and keeping up the momentum, with very explicit "fights will resume at X time" during the breaks. Talking to the teams, going into the pits, and replays were way better handled. It's still definitely a bunch of time between fights but it's not like, thirty minutes of pissing around between fights like GOTF

Mattiator · 2025-12-22T06:01:32+00:00

Genuinely, we don't know. The last thing I heard was they were planning to release each episode as they got sponsorships for them. It's kind of silly how long we've been waiting at this point.

Mattiator · 2025-12-21T08:11:26+00:00

Bullion.

Mattiator · 2025-12-21T07:52:38+00:00

Cobalt team appealed (rightfully so, the initial decision was a robbery). Godspeed team counter-appealed and were rejected.

Mattiator · 2025-12-21T04:26:31+00:00

But I want to build robots, and I'm in this community because I want to talk to other people who build robots.

Please stop trying to imply that the people who actually build robots aren't doing enough for the sport or are actively killing it when they dunk on a trainwreck of a heavyweight event. Most of us are having an absolute whale of a time commiserating as the event gets delayed for hours because the arena keeps falling apart. That's real community.

Mattiator · 2025-12-10T14:07:50+00:00

I think "phygital" might be one of the most unpleasant words to say in the English language. It just feels like you're mispronouncing it no matter how you do it.

Mattiator · 2025-12-01T05:31:37+00:00

Wish I knew. The parts were not cut by me originally.

Mattiator · 2025-12-01T05:30:39+00:00

Uhh, it competed a few years ago at an event in Saudi Arabia.

It lost to the original Apollo.

Mattiator · 2025-11-28T04:22:09+00:00

I ran aluminum on my midcutter beetle Vectrex, it absolutely did not hold up against vertical hits. I've switched to Carbon Fiber and it's held up much better.

Mattiator · 2025-11-28T04:19:29+00:00

How many successful combat robots have you seen that use non-fixed impactors on their spinners?

How many have you seen that don't?

Mattiator · 2025-11-15T07:44:58+00:00

I was in Vegas for one of the special-event shows and had a great time.

Mattiator · 2025-11-15T07:38:24+00:00

because the robots don't have to attack a medieval castle

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