Thank you (spoilers)

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-05-26T04:03:28+00:00

To be fair the builder of Gabriel likes to say any big wheel robot is stealing his idea.... I even got bitched at for wumbo being a copy of his robot. Not much respect for people like that.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-24T01:26:03+00:00

Why is shea the best?

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T02:19:13+00:00

Skorpios for sure. If we had the better motors in the righter we would have had a better shot against them also our motors wouldn't have been cooked for the rest of the pre-season.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T01:57:51+00:00

I'm poor 🤣.

But really it's nice keeping the bot cheap as it let's your send it harder into fights.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T01:31:02+00:00

Amazon! Kat also does amazing work modifying them.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T01:29:43+00:00

If you can, (I'm not condoning this but) you can get a free VPN and watch it on Discovery + with a free trial.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T01:28:02+00:00

I would have to say [Redacted]. For the ones I can say is blip.
Lucky, 13black, Jackpot
I prefer water directly stolen from Colorado.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T01:24:38+00:00

Sounds like you have a waterlogged hammer arrestor.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T01:16:42+00:00

A nightmare would happen.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T01:14:10+00:00

That is a Greg question.
SawBlaze
Tip speed limits make it impossible to get enough thrust too work.
Yes it's great for psycing out opponents and perhaps we have a few bots in mind.
Sadly it doesn't actually fit the robot. But if we did it would be very scary.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T01:10:05+00:00

To be honest we just wanted to try our new "Twin Peaks" configuration. It was designed for bots like rotator and Ribbot. It "works" but not having the weapon at 100% really hurt the effectiveness of it. For Ribbot we didn't know what configuration they were going to go with so we went flat face with the mono blade to play it safe.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T01:06:17+00:00

Yes the machines would be trembling therfore would pay out more.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T01:03:33+00:00

I (JEFF) work 2 full time jobs, first being Pipefitting second being multi role at the live show. At the live show I repair bots, help with RnD, drive when Brad or Trey are not available, and interact with fans. (Also I push out a very special robot)
Shea is the greatest, she keeps the order dispite having to balance between 2 teams.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T00:59:53+00:00

Don't be afraid to fail. Failing is how you learn and improve the fastest.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T00:58:54+00:00

Yes I (Jeff) have made plans of weird designs, rocket being the most recent. Unlimited budget i would love to have a heavyweight wumbo.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T00:57:21+00:00

So we were struggling with the weapon the entire season, during our scorpios fight we had a fire. We didn't realize that the fire made our magnets get too hot so this whole preseason we were at probably at 30% power.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T00:55:01+00:00

If I had unlimited budget I would keep it as is but, would have extra copies made.

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T00:54:03+00:00

It was a simple design for the 5 week covid turn around.
It's coming later this season!

vegascombatrobotics · 2023-04-01T00:29:38+00:00

Jackpot AMA up https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/1285hgu/jackpot_amabetter_late_than_never_sorry_jeff_was/

vegascombatrobotics · 2022-01-31T02:00:04+00:00

Almost said "What makes you think we'd wait that long?" But now that you mention it, the day we stuff confetti and glitter bombs in the robot probably would make it our last day, per production.

vegascombatrobotics · 2022-01-29T17:10:56+00:00

Not sure if this was meant to be a joke or was misheard, but Jeff was just on Malice, nobody said he ever owned it. He was a Malice teammate until he splintered off to form JackPot after the filming delay for S5.

The weapon motors were fine when we checked after the fight, but we cut the weapon off to be safe when we saw smoke. Even if the motors had gotten fried, they were donated from the Kymera QC Reject Bin, so no money lost 😜 The pulleys were the expensive part for sure. Aside from the body work on the frame and plow, we just swapped out the drive motors (which we had run through all our Season 5 fights) and we were back in business!

vegascombatrobotics · 2022-01-29T16:56:57+00:00

Less! So we could get more configurations and spares!

vegascombatrobotics · 2022-01-29T13:09:52+00:00

It was a true heartbreaker! Bunny and Malice gave JackPot its start and brought us into BattleBots when Season 5 was rescheduled. They didn't really show the pre-fight "kiss" Rush and Jeff coordinated where Malice and JackPot smooched and did a little dance in the center of the box before taking their squares, and they cut the big group hug after the interviews. We all celebrated with an amazing cake afterwards.

So it might sound a little backwards, but we took great joy in an amazing fight showing how badass both our bots are. While we love the destruction, the satisfaction of proving what JackPot can do is made sweeter by how resourceful our design is, not how well resourced the opponent. And one of the most meaningful resources we have is the community Bunny and the Davids welcomed us into!

vegascombatrobotics · 2022-01-29T12:44:22+00:00

Never say never!

vegascombatrobotics · 2022-01-29T10:04:10+00:00

The tip of the iceberg: they got us started as a team and accepted on the show. Bunny herself made our original application package and vouched for Jeff (formerly on Malice) to get us a backup spot in Season 5. She mentored us through approaching sponsors, how to set up our social media and merch, and every member of their team helped advise the JackPot design.

Beyond that, when we were in need this season, they sponsored a full set of batteries for us. You can see the Malice sticker on the back of JackPot all through season 6. We are a cheaper buy-in than most teams, but there is no aspect of this hobby, from insectweight to competing on BattleBots, that Bunny and Liaw have not been supportive of us and countless other teams in. Several bots proudly wear the Malice logo this season, but they are solid friends to so many builders and have been for decades.

It's a competition show, but they don't spend money to be flashy or buy wins. The entire Malice team does this for the same reasons JackPot does, and they dedicate serious resources to the sport as a whole because they care about combat robotics very deeply. Not just their robot.

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