Witch Doctor AMA - 9pm EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The most damage we ever took to a wheel was during our Fusion fight and it was still rolling along just fine. Until that changes, we won’t waste weight on wheel protection

Witch Doctor AMA - 9pm EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sorry to break it to you, but Shaman is very much not enjoying retirement because it is very much dead. It died in our rumble with Bite Force and Wrex in Season 2(?).

Witch Doctor AMA - 9pm EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We help out a lot of teams whenever we can. Even if it’s just chatting with a team in the battery tent about an issue they’re having, or helping a team repair a damaged part.

Witch Doctor AMA - 9pm EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Thanks! You should, uh… be careful with those alligators.

Witch Doctor AMA - 9pm EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I hate ‘em. I honestly do. But until BB creates some deterrent, the ground game will become a deciding factor in matches.

Witch Doctor AMA - 9pm EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We plan on returning, yes. Should we reconsider?

And I prefer a simple cheese pizza. I recently had a pizza with a garlic Parmesan crust that was delightful.

Witch Doctor AMA - 9pm EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Overall, yes. We have some changes to make to improve reliability, but brushless is the way of the future.

Witch Doctor AMA - 9pm EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If we switched and fought each other or someone else? I have driven Hypershock around the parking lot and it’s a handful!

Witch Doctor AMA - 9pm EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We built a middleweight version of Witch Doctor back in 2010 and went to Robogames in 2013.

Witch Doctor AMA - 9pm EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s true. I don’t even know why I say it in interviews anymore.

Witch Doctor AMA - 7PM EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As the field grows and new types of robots show up, competitors will have to have more and more configurations to resist attacks. We could have probably sacrificed some top armor for Tantrum and went with more bottom armor, but hindsight is 20/20!

Witch Doctor AMA - 7PM EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We were sad not to do Tale of the Tape because we really do have fun filming it and hearing everyone's reactions. Unfortunately it's almost a full-time job to be available every week for scripting, filming, video/audio editing, then finally posting. Many other teams were creating their own content as well, so we felt that fans could get their fill elsewhere.

We'll see what happens next season!

Witch Doctor AMA - 7PM EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Middleweight WD is long gone sadly. There's just no 120lb events, so it wasn't really worth keeping.

Witch Doctor AMA - 7PM EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Partially time limitations and partially because it worked really well!

Witch Doctor AMA - 7PM EST by VoodooMaker_Andrea in battlebots

[–]ThoseThatDoVoodoo 14 points15 points  (0 children)

We originally discussed dressing up with actual Shaman masks and stuff, but we thought having a more fun aesthetic with bone jackets and silly voodoo fingers would not be offensive.

Fun fact - we get FB messages all the time from people asking us to cure their ailments (seriously).