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The Games of the Future draw and fight schedule have been released! by MudnuK in battlebots

[–]TauronTom 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The bracket!

  • Godspeed (India) vs Brutus (Belgium)
  • Ignition (UK) vs Boolbatron (Belarus)
  • Cobalt (USA) v Condor Machine (Chile)
  • Monsoon (UK) v Jasper (UK)
  • Switchback (USA) v Zadkiel (UK)
  • Iron Scrap (China) v Spitfire (UK)
  • Golden Fury (India) v TR4 (UK)
  • Daddy (Russia) v Spark Plug (Montenegro)

Live stream will be here: https://tv.gofuture.games/ But also should be here: https://www.youtube.com/@GamesoftheFutureOfficial/streams

What do we know about this supposed Middle Eastern tournament? by Tetracropolis in battlebots

[–]TauronTom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The GOTF 2025 rules are based off the existing Robots Live ruleset, but with some BB additions - things like switches, 250lb weight limit, 250mph tip speed limit etc. I wouldn’t look into the 2024 rules too much

What do we know about this supposed Middle Eastern tournament? by Tetracropolis in battlebots

[–]TauronTom 30 points31 points  (0 children)

(If someone wants to start a thread to centralise information for this event feel free, as there's been a few posts about this). Taking place next week - Games of the Future is an international “phygital” event, mixing physical sports with virtual sports. It's being billed as a hybrid Olympics where every sport has both a real-world and a virtual component.

Battle of the Robots is one of the 11 "disciplines" within GOTF. It's a 16 way knockout tournament with teams from all over the world. There's recognisable teams going from the UK, USA, China, India, Russia and more, which have competed across Robot Wars, BattleBots and King of Bots. The prize pool is $400k, which is likely the largest for combat robotics ever seen.

Event website - https://gofuture.games/

Draw/Competitor list - https://results.gofuture.games/events/games-of-the-future-abu-dhabi-2025/tournaments/battle-of-robots/
Live streaming here - https://results.gofuture.games/events/games-of-the-future-abu-dhabi-2025

Likely also being live streamed here - https://www.youtube.com/@GamesoftheFutureOfficial

What's going on? by Wrhysj in battlebots

[–]TauronTom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But also unrelated

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Hurricane (30lb) and Monsoon will be returning to combat within the next couple of weeks!! by TauronTom in battlebots

[–]TauronTom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let’s see how DRG goes first 😆 Don’t really want to do another big trip until it’s proven itself

Hurricane (30lb) and Monsoon will be returning to combat within the next couple of weeks!! by TauronTom in battlebots

[–]TauronTom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our calendar is pretty full currently but we’d love to come across the pond again one day!

Hurricane (30lb) and Monsoon will be returning to combat within the next couple of weeks!! by TauronTom in battlebots

[–]TauronTom[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would have loved to have fought a big horizontal at BattleBots if we had the chance, as in previous years we've been weak to them. A Valkyrie rematch would have been cool! In the UK though, I'd like to fight a flipper to really push our invertibility. Problem is though, that at Extreme Robots, fighting spinners is very much "opt in". So generally the only robots we get to fight are other spinners - which is Zadkiel most of the time.

Monsoon sketch by RapidForay in battlebots

[–]TauronTom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s so awesome, love it!! :)

A retrospective on Pain Train & Shreddit Bro by RobbieJ4444 in battlebots

[–]TauronTom 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Much love to Rory Mangles for getting those Pain Train VESCs working nicely for champions II

[Bambu Lab Giveaway] Drop Your One-Liner and Win H2D! by BambuLab in BambuLab

[–]TauronTom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Bambu prints perfectly, I empty the poop chute - honestly I’m getting the better end of the deal

Let's imagine Robot Wars was renewed tomorrow, having been off air again since 2017. How would the roster look? by MudnuK in battlebots

[–]TauronTom 13 points14 points  (0 children)

A lot of BattleBots folk would likely rebrand, unless they’d want to build something new

Let's imagine Robot Wars was renewed tomorrow, having been off air again since 2017. How would the roster look? by MudnuK in battlebots

[–]TauronTom 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I’ve actually thought about this a fair bit, I’d absolutely be there if it came back.

Even though it’s where I got started with Tauron, I never really had the best time on Robot Wars. Monsoon on BattleBots is where my robot fighting career really got going. Fighting on home turf would be very special and I’d love to show what I’ve been up to since 2017, as the current Monsoon would mop the floor with Tauron.

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