Robot combat counts as a sport, right?

Anybody watching the new season of Battlebots on Discovery? First episode of the season had some great fights and big surprises (is Captain Shrederator good now?), and a ton of things catching on fire. They made some rule changes this year that I'm not so sure about, but there are a lot of really interesting bots fighting this time.

I only got into robot combat just last year when my partner convinced me to watch the 2020 season with him. I became way more obsessed with it than he ever was. Now I like to build bots for the lower weight classes - usually 3d printed fairyweight (150g) or antweight (1lb) bots, but the 250lb monsters on TV are definitely way more exciting.

What's your favorite robot? Do you like big spinners like Uppercut or Tombstone, or unconventional designs like HUGE or Smeeeeeeeeeeeeeee? Are you also disappointed that Duck! doesn't have a face this season? Is Blip the cutest bot to ever compete? Tell me your Battlebot Battlethoughts.

End Game is going to win the giant nut again and it gives me no joy to report this.

New fights every Thursday, plus a bonus Sunday fight on youtube!

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    modern rules require an active weapon

    Aww yeah, that's all I needed to hear. Is this available online or am I gonna have to set sail for iit?

    • Society_Liver [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      I'm watching it on Discovery+ (got it just for BattleBots and 90 Day Fiance...), but I remember earlier seasons being on a couple streaming services.

      Lots of fights are on youtube (check out Valkyrie vs Rotator, one of the best fights of last season), but those are just the fights and you miss all the in-between.