Any thoughts about early favorites or dark horses to make a good run to the giant nut? I don't have a champ fave yet as none of the veteran bots have separated from the pack. My current underdog, elite-8 bot would go to Uppercut or Ribbot. A few years of experience have been good for these teams to clean up the issues and make a deep run in the tourney.
Is there any word of a play-in or battle royale tourney? I enjoy when the last 2 spots in the 32 go to a winner of a grueling play-in test. An 8 seed bracket or multi-bot battle makes for some good desperation from the teams, as well as the drama of an unlucky bot getting a last chance to make it in.
Any thoughts about early favorites or dark horses to make a good run to the giant nut? I don't have a champ fave yet as none of the veteran bots have separated from the pack. My current underdog, elite-8 bot would go to Uppercut or Ribbot. A few years of experience have been good for these teams to clean up the issues and make a deep run in the tourney.
Is there any word of a play-in or battle royale tourney? I enjoy when the last 2 spots in the 32 go to a winner of a grueling play-in test. An 8 seed bracket or multi-bot battle makes for some good desperation from the teams, as well as the drama of an unlucky bot getting a last chance to make it in.
I think Sawblaze takes the win this year, not sure if that includes a redemption fight with End Game in the semis or finals or not. Due to the big leaks a month ago I know a lot of round one and two fights, so will decline to speculate on other matches. SB and EG is all on their domination so far.
Enough data is out now that we can confirm there is no Desperado this year and the tournament begins in episode 11. Its possible that episode 10 (next week) is full of 1-1/0-1 bots going at it for eight open spots.
And here is this week's fight card. Be sure to spread it far and wide, fuck supporters and paying for early access.
Any thoughts about early favorites or dark horses to make a good run to the giant nut? I don't have a champ fave yet as none of the veteran bots have separated from the pack. My current underdog, elite-8 bot would go to Uppercut or Ribbot. A few years of experience have been good for these teams to clean up the issues and make a deep run in the tourney.
Is there any word of a play-in or battle royale tourney? I enjoy when the last 2 spots in the 32 go to a winner of a grueling play-in test. An 8 seed bracket or multi-bot battle makes for some good desperation from the teams, as well as the drama of an unlucky bot getting a last chance to make it in.
No Desperado this year, round of 32 will do instead of round of 16. Episode 10 is the last normal episode before tournament bracket gets released.
My dark horse would be Uppercut, Skorpios or Copperhead. All are bots that don't get enough of the spot light but they have the potential to go far.
I think Sawblaze takes the win this year, not sure if that includes a redemption fight with End Game in the semis or finals or not. Due to the big leaks a month ago I know a lot of round one and two fights, so will decline to speculate on other matches. SB and EG is all on their domination so far.
Enough data is out now that we can confirm there is no Desperado this year and the tournament begins in episode 11. Its possible that episode 10 (next week) is full of 1-1/0-1 bots going at it for eight open spots.
And here is this week's fight card. Be sure to spread it far and wide, fuck supporters and paying for early access.
Cobalt is going to send Gruff flying I think, Deep Six is always a good show and Skorpios and Yeti should be interesting. Can see why they stuck the two control bot fight on youtube.
Gruff vs Cobalt Gruff is 1 - 1 with a win against Switchback and a loss to Hydra. Cobalt is also 1 - 1 with a win against Ghost Raptor but a with a loss to Fusion.
Early hit from Cobalt. It flips over Gruff and as a result, one of it's long prongs gets stuck in the killsaws slots. Manages to right itself. Front hit to Gruff from Cobalt sends Gruff 12 feet in the air. More hits to Gruff and he starts leaking. He tries to fire the flamethrower and Boom.
And Gruff is counted out on fire in the center of the arena. 2 - 1 Cobalt, 1 - 2 Gruff.
Duck vs Riptide Riptide is 1 - 1 with a win over Huge and a loss to Defender. Duck is 0 - 2 with a loss to Witch Doctor and Dragon Slayer.
Riptide is aggressive to the back end of Duck, knocking him into a corner. A few more hits and Duck's nose flies off. Riptide hits Duck, spins him and knocks off a wheel. Duck is barely moving, another solid hit knocks him into the glass about 8 feet up. Duck is smoking and going in circles, it's counted out.
Riptide is 2 - 1, Duck is 0 - 3 this year.
Valkyrie vs Pardon my French Valkyrie is 1 - 1 with loss to P1 and a win in an untelevised fight over Triple Crown. French is 0 - 1 with a loss to Claw Viper.
Weapon on weapon hits sends both bots spinning to the corners. French loses it's weapon, which means it's open season with Valkyrie. Valkyrie's blade being close to the ground, gets under French and eats it's rubber wheels. Meaning it's basically stuck on the floor and can't move. Counted out.
Valkyrie 2 - 1, French 0 - 2.
I think Valkyrie has had an easy time this season compared to other bots, almost being fed by the producers, it shouldn't be getting wins of untelevised fights like this.
Lock-jaw vs Blip Lock-Jaw is 0 - 2 with losses to Hypershock and Copperhead. Blip is 2 - 0 with wins over Rusty and Overhaul.
Lock Jaw tries to go early but gets caught on the floor. A small flip from Blip sends Lock Jaw vertical due to it's spinner. It manages to right itself but goes vertical again and this time, lights itself on fire due to the weapon motor burning out. And his vertical spinner is still working but now with obvious reliability issues. One flip knocks Lock Jaw onto the upperdeck but he gets back down. Both bots push each other around. Another flip from Lock Jaw. And Another. Both bots shoving each other. Blip starts smoking, probably due to running the motors against Lock Jaw. Both bots go to the judges.
Blip gets it, going 3 - 0, Lock Jaw is 0 - 3. Ouch.
Minotaur vs Deepsix Deepsix is 1 - 1 with a win over Pain Train and a loss to Smeeeee where it got stuck in the killsaw slots. Minotaur is 1 - 1 in it's firey loss to Sawblaze and it's win over Dragon Slayer.
Deep Six doesn't move from it's box spinning up, Minotaur charges in. Deep Six's blade hits the back end of the screws, sending it flying. You can make it out in this blurry picture here.
It manages to flip itself back up but on hit from Minotaur sends it into the out of bounds area with it's blade stuck there and it's engine smoking. The flipper there is actively trying to help it but it just can't move. Knocked out after trying to get Minotaur to get him unstuck.
Deep Six 1 - 2, Minotaur 2 - 1.
Got it in the cut away shot they did for the crowd.
That's flag number 2. But it's actually flag No.1. Go back to the first time you saw it all those weeks ago. I'll copy paste the image I screenshotted in a previous post.
Notice the guys on the right, white and stripe shirt. Big guy in red shirt, white haired guy in white shirt. I'm suspecting this fight here was filmed the exact same day the one in the first episode was. This person brought the flag along for one day of filming but the end result is you see it twice in different episodes due to the camera going over the crowd. I haven't seen it in other episodes so maybe they were only there for one day of filming? I dunno.
Subzero vs Hijinx Hijinx is 1 - 1 with a loss to Mammoth and a win to Kraken. Subzero is 0 - 2 with losses to Shatter and Bloodsport.
Subzero moves around first then goes after Hijinx. A flat hit that manages to knock them back. But Hijinx's weapon isn't working and Subzero's lifter pneumatic is stuck open. Hijinx's weapon does work again but they're doing alot of damage to themselves. It damages Subzero's front wedges, knocking them off. Subzero tries to tank a hit on it's back armor but the hit from Hijinx rips the armor off. Subzero is having trouble moving and is smoking.
Is counted out, Hijinx 2 - 1 and might make round of 32, Subzero is 0 - 3 this seaon.
Skorpios vs Yeti Yeti is 1 - 1 with a loss to Madcatter but has a win over Pain Train. Skorpios is 1 - 1 after losing the control batter in it's fight against Whiplash but still in with his win over blade.
Yeti has it's long forks, managing to get under Skorpios a bit. Both bots feeling each other out. Skorpios early on used it's saw to knock a weapon belt off of Yeti. Yeti is still spinning though and drives Skorpios right into the sign underneath the control booth. A rampage right through sends Skorpios flying. He lands and hits Yeti again, trading blows. Skorpios is smoking after weapon on weapon impacts. Tires are chewed up so both bots are starting to wear down. Knocked into a corner, Skorpios takes a hit. Yet gets in a few more good hits, sending him into the screws. Yeti's weapon stops moving, giving Skorpios a chance to claw back.
Both bots go the distance. Damn, when you put two durable bots like that with the stakes they're under, you get a good fight like this.
Split decision. Derrek for Skorpios, Lisa for Yeti, Jason for Yeti.
Yeti 2 - 1, Skorpios 1 -2.
Damn good fight.
Skorpios vs Yeti is probably the closest fight I've seen so far. I was pretty sure they where going to give it to Yeti, but I could see the second half the the fight possibly giving Skorpios a win. For some reason I like the hammer saws. I think the vertical spinners have too much ability to throw bots into the air, even if they tend to break going against another spinner. The hammer saws have the damage with out the vertical lift, and the ability to choose when to engage the weapon. It did great when it could contact Yeti, but it seemed to hit too high and most of the time Yeti avoided it just by being flat.
Over headed saw is underutilized I think. Sawblaze and Skorpios have used it to good effect and even Blacksmith is using it as a main weapon now. Potential change to the meta perhaps? For the fight, I think Yeti deserved to win, more flips and damage with Skorpios smoking. That said, I hope Skorpios gets into round of 32, they absolutely deserve it after the fight's they've been in like with Whiplash. They deserve a shot.
It was kind of a meme bot but then got wins against Gigabyte, Bombshell and Cobalt. I saw it as a mid tier survival bot that if it kept it's nose front could take a hit, make the opponent short out and survive to count out. Even when being flipped by Bronco it was still working. Replacing the front metal lifter with that plastic lifter means it has no frontal armor anymore. It's main losses to the likes of Witch Doctor and Dragon Slayer, both vertical spinners, were because he had nothing to deflect off of.
Compare S3 design to S6.
S3 has that front armored scoop to deflect hits off. Front towards enemy basically. S6 has no frontal armor.
Lock-Jaw vs Blip Blip is probably the most impressive vertical launcher I've seen since early episodes(maybe it was Blip early on), as opposed to the cherry picker style launchers that seem to get their launching arm fucked immediately. Got great almost vertical spinner launches out of that ramp panel, and a design that kept it's weapon intact.
I gotta say I was kinda questioning as to whither the flywheel launcher would actually work. But considering how small the bot is, relatively speaking over something like Hydra, and the the reliability of the flip mechanic actually firing when needed. Yeah, going 3 - 0 this season is a good start for the team. I do wonder how it will hold up against more damaging bots though, It did okay against Lock Jaw's vertical spinner but it lost that 30 seconds in. Going up against Copperhead or Uppercut would be a good test for the design I think.
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Fuck Marry Kill, you can't choose yourself.
I thought there was no Trannys this season, was it an all tranny team that was talked about in pervious years? [/ispoiler]
They have a website they haven't updated in 2 years. So I don't know if they are trannies or just really ugly feminists.
Left has no tits but right does so tranny left, feminist right.
As for your question. Papa gave me a loaded M1911 with a single bullet saying "One day you'll need this." I'm starting to get what he meant because that bullet looks awfully tempting compared to those choices.
Remember kids, behind the right ear is a guaranteed brainstem shot, eating buckshot is for rookies. Professionals have standards.
End Game made just 15k in winning last year, which wouldn't have covered the cost of staying 2 weeks in Vegas for filming. Bite Force in S1 with ABC won 50k. You could argue that ABC is a larger network than discovery but the guys who run Battlebots knows how much it costs to run a modern bot so this is an issue that needs to be addressed. Opening up proper sponsorship of teams instead of just parts used could help with this. It could also be the size of a sponsor, a metal shop wanting their name on national tv so they fabricate some free parts for you is different to Minotaur being sponsored by a US consultancy who'll pay for everything while you stay in Vegas two weeks.
That all this week, Round of 32 Bracket next week.
My dark horse is Rotator. Its exceptionally well driven, very durable, took End Game to a split decision last year (and there's good odds that you do have to go through them on the way to the nut) and have an effective weapon. Only issue is that so many people are starting to see this that its no-longer truly a dark horse. Still think Sawblaze is the one I'd tip to win it all, though.
Skorpios vs Yeti is probably the closest fight I've seen so far. I was pretty sure they where going to give it to Yeti, but I could see the second half the the fight possibly giving Skorpios a win. For some reason I like the hammer saws. I think the vertical spinners have too much ability to throw bots into the air, even if they tend to break going against another spinner. The hammer saws have the damage with out the vertical lift, and the ability to choose when to engage the weapon. It did great when it could contact Yeti, but it seemed to hit too high and most of the time Yeti avoided it just by being flat.
DUCK! vs Riptide Is DUCK! just a meme bot? I don't see what it can do wit that weird little beak flipper besides just eat shit and get shredded.
Lock-Jaw vs Blip Blip is probably the most impressive vertical launcher I've seen since early episodes(maybe it was Blip early on), as opposed to the cherry picker style launchers that seem to get their launching arm fucked immediately. Got great almost vertical spinner launches out of that ramp panel, and a design that kept it's weapon intact.
Hijinx
Fuck Marry Kill, you can't choose yourself.
I thought there was no Trannys this season, was it an all tranny team that was talked about in pervious years? [/ispoiler]
I don't mind Hijinx and their team, they're way less idpol than Sporkinok from the previous season, and Hijinx itself is a cool undercutter design. Definitely not a top tier robot though.
Here's your early fight card. Looks like they might end up with 32 2 win teams after this. But do they all make the tourney? Whole lot of big names only getting two fights this year, we're missing out on what could have been some great matches. Anyone up for Tantrum vs Uppercut or Jackpot vs Whiplash? Maybe Shatter vs Hypershock? Well too bad.
Here's your early fight card. Looks like they might end up with 32 2 win teams after this. But do they all make the tourney? Whole lot of big names only getting two fights this year, we're missing out on what could have been some great matches. Anyone up for Tantrum vs Uppercut or Jackpot vs Whiplash? Maybe Shatter vs Hypershock? Well too bad.
Hypershock and others not showing their 3rd fights will probably be elaborated on. I wouldn't be surprised if teams dropped out or there were unaired fights they're going to cover in a montage and put up on youtube.
Hypershock and others not showing their 3rd fights will probably be elaborated on. I wouldn't be surprised if teams dropped out or there were unaired fights they're going to cover in a montage and put up on youtube.
Its been confirmed multiple times that there are ZERO unaired fights, what we see is all that we are getting. This is why when Will Bales was asked on Robocast for any upcoming non-spoilery controversy he said "only two fights." What actually is most likely to have happened is that they ran out of filming time and prioritized getting the 1-1 bots fights to determine tournament entry over getting 2-0/ bots better, but ultimately less important, tournament seeding fights against eachother. There's also at least one other upcoming controversy thats going to occur which I can't elaborate on due to spoilers. PM me if you are interested. Anyways, the following robots will NOT get second/third fights, now just imagine what we've missed out on:
Copperhead (2-0)
Deadlift (0-2)
Ghost Raptor (0-2 and in a million pieces courtesy of Cobalt)
Hypershock (2-0)
Jackpot (2-0)
Jaeger (0-2)
Overhaul (0-2)
Pain Train (0-2)
Rampage (0-1, soon to be 0-2 and only fighting because MC's original opponent had to drop/couldn't repair their bot in time)
Rusty (0-1, soon to be 0-2 and without the robot they intended on using)
Shatter (2-0)
Slammo! (0-2)
SMEE (1-1, only 1-1 bot to not get a third fight, probably the team that dropped out against MC)
Tantrum (2-0)
Triple Crown (0-1, was only ever going to get one fight)
Uppercut (2-0)
Whiplash (2-0)
What actually is most likely to have happened is that they ran out of filming time and prioritized getting the 1-1 bots fights to determine tournament entry over getting 2-0/ bots better, but ultimately less important, tournament seeding fights against eachother. There's also at least one other upcoming controversy thats going to occur which I can't elaborate on due to spoilers.
Scuttlebutt on the subreddit is that 3rd fights were optional to 2 - 0 teams so that's why Hypershock didn't take it. Smeeeee wasn't ready and was supposed to face Mad Catter but the team decided to end at 1 - 1.
Statement from the builder of Smeeeee on why he only got 2 fights this season.
Info from P1 and Copperhead's team.
Bracket in a day or two, I just wanted to post this cause I think it's important.
It could be the production issues forced teams that were 2 - 0 out of fight night because they were already guaranteed a spot in the tournament. Sucks either way.
End game has some tough competition this year. Skorpios also has an uphill fight in it's first two fights, I feel it's underseeded as opposed to a bot like Lucky. Minotaur and Bloodsport should be good, Copperhead gets a free win. Glitch and Witch Doctor should also be good.
Ribbot's been fed another win, as both are control/flipper bots. Mad Catter and Black Dragon should be decent. Can Blip survive that blade of Valkyrie, we'll see. Jackpot is 2 - 0, so we'll see how well it does against Tombstone.
Sawblaze should easily win. If it doesn't I really will be surprised. Hypershock should have a good fight.
Uppercut and Huge is one to watch, I feel Uppercut's vertical spinner might be big enough to hit the central section of Huge. Should be a good fight. Riptide and Shatter should be interesting.
Whiplash should survive against Icewave I think. Cobalt and Yeti will be interesting. Glad the cap seeded but Rotator is a deadly opponent. Tantrum and Gigabyte seems like a decent fight.
Opinion: Most of the seedings are good, some good fights around 10+ but I question a few that seem to be getting fed, namely Ribbot.
Draco over at BBU, which he's been doing full episode write ups of ever since the reboot, puts his money on Cobalt taking the Nut this year.
>At 0-3 Donald is the perfect clip to show of a champion.
Damn Draco. Still as good as ever.
Side note: BuildersDatabase is shutting down, most people have moved to www.robotcombatevents.com for local scene events.
Here's this week's episode, S06E10
Let's get to the fights.
Bloodsport vs Claw Viper Bloodsport knocks the top off of Claw Viper, the proceeds to take off more of it's grapple system. Claw Viper's mini bot just starts smoking and Claw Viper takes more hits. One front hit almost sends Bloodsport out. Claw Viper becomes a push bot but does pretty well against Bloodsport's weapon,
Judges give it Bloodsport, he goes on to seed 17 in bracket 1 facing Minotaur. Claw Viper is out.
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>When you blow but she keeps sucken.
Madcatter vs Rampage "We're gonna turn Rampage into Scrap-page after this battle."
I love this dudes energy.
Two early hits from Madcatter rips the front end of Rampage's wedge. Another good front hit and BAM, rips it and flips it. The bot just dies on the Upper Deck area. Mad Catter gets KO and seeds 15 in Bracket 2 facing Black Dragon. Needless to say, Rampage is out.
"This shows that anyone can be a bot builder. They did this, they got here and big kudos to them."
>When you play a heel but really want to be a babyface.
Wholesome.
Huge vs Switchback Switchback is drunk this fight, a few hits from Huge and he gets the win, seeded 26 facing uppercut in bracket 3 or Q4 whaterver.
Not much to say this fight.
>Mid promo cut to who do you think is going to win.
>Teams of Hypershock and Copperhead think Sawblaze.
>Icewave thinks Rotator, End Game.
>End Game thinks Minotaur, Bloodsport, Sawblaze.
>Cobalt & Shatter thinks End Game
>Riptide thinks fugging Ribbot. I swear if that plastic no-bot actually wins after how easy they've had it this season...
>Subzero thinks Whiplash
>Ray and Tombstone thinks Hydra? Going 1 - 2 this year. Not likely.
>Fusion thinks Hydra, of course Wyachi would support Wyachi.
>Ribbot is
Someone likes Hydra.
Kraken vs Glitch >Kraken had one frame destroyed by Rotaror, another by Hijinx. What you're seeing is an amalgamation of the two.
Glitch is so low to the ground, basically gliding around Kraken. A flip sends Kraken flying. And he can't seem to self right, like a fat guy fallen of a mobility scooter. Self rights using the wall but it's right tire is dead. Two good hits sends Kraken into the screws. Gets the KO. Glitch is 3 - 0, seeded 9 and facing Witch Doctor in Bracket 1.
Mammoth vs Lucky Fight summarized in one picture:
Mammoth: You know I'm taller-
Lucky: *kick*
Mammoth: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Mammoth is eventually kicked over and counted out. Lucky is actually lucky this season with 2 - 1 and seeding 25 in bracket 1 but being unlucky and facing Copperhead.
Mom still loves ya.
Rusty vs Witch Doctor Rusty Power
>Rusty's plow is the ass end of Lock Jaw, given to him by Donald Hudson.
We knew it was going to be a bloodbath. 3 hits. One flips him, second breaks the plow, third breaks the tread.
Rust in Peace Rusty, we'll miss ya.
Witch Doctor is 2 - 1 seeded 24 facing Glitch in bracket 1.
Hopefully this isn't the last we see of Rusty or his builder
Don't you mean Flex Tape?
Who'll be top seeds? We already know but now we get to see who was right and wrong.
Uppercut (5), Ribbot (Why is this thing seeded 2!?), Hypershock (13), End Game (1) All teams saying End Game should be No.1.
Fusion vs Icewave Fuggen hell. Icewave gets in one good hit. Both blades on the bots die so it becomes a shoving match, then Fusion just bellows smoke and dies. But Icewave is stuck on the screws till they reverse and he gets the KO.
Icewave is seeded 30 and is facing Whiplash in bracket 4.
Remember that Ribbot has only gone against Overhaul, P1 and Defender in it's run this season. It hasn't gone up against a bot with another active spinner weapon yet it managed to get 3 - 0 and seed 2? How? It's Round of 32 fight is against is either Hydra or Defender, more bots with no active spinner weapons. Yet Blip goes against Valkyrie?
Fug everything else, if there's a Dark Horse for the tournament, It'd be fugging Ribbot because of how hard the producers are pushing.
That's it for this week, tournament mode engage.
Extra content: If you want to watch a lost media documentary with Grant Imahara and Ray Billings with Last Rites (His lighter version of Tombstone), you can see it here.
They did Rusty dirty. Like yeah whoever he fought was going to get an easy win but they obviously fed him to Witch Doctor when they could have at least given him the glory of getting roasted by a 2-0 bot. Witch Doctor should have had to earn their spot but they have been a favorite of the producers since season 1 of the reboot and it shows.
They did Rusty dirty. Like yeah whoever he fought was going to get an easy win but they obviously fed him to Witch Doctor when they could have at least given him the glory of getting roasted by a 2-0 bot. Witch Doctor should have had to earn their spot but they have been a favorite of the producers since season 1 of the reboot and it shows.
Right. First week of the Tournament. Bracket aftermath will be at the end. S06E11:
Round of 32, Left side bracket fights this week.
Another black man in the white house so soon?
Riptide vs Shatter to kick us off.
Riptide gets around Shatter early, ripping off some armor. And gets him on the upper deck. It gets off but one good smack from Riptide sends Shatter flying into the wall, toppling over. They manage to get back but at this point Riptide is just slamming them into the wall. They smoke immobile. Counted out, Riptide gets the KO. See ya next year Shatter!
Hypershock vs P1 next.
Hypershock has it's long forks out again. Not sure why you'd want to use those against P1. One good front hit with using those forks and it smashes P1. But then P1 self rights and Hypershock drives over him like a ramp and ends up upside down! P1 gets Hypershock on the upperdeck edge upside down. He gets away and Hypershock is trying to self right and P1 is trying to do something. It becomes a push match and Hypershock finally self-rights using the centripetal force of the drum to flip vertically over. One good hit sends P1 flying but loses it's spinner.
Goes to the Judges. Unanimous decision to...
P1
Kenny says two judges scored 4 - 1 to P1 on damage because even though P1 was thrown in the air, Hypershock lost it's weapon and spent 2 minutes upside down.
Hypershock crashes out for another year after having one of it's best fight night rounds ever.
Play in match: Skorpios vs Malice. Winner will face Endgame
Skorpios is mad and goes straight for Malice. Malice's weapon is already dead so Skorpios keeps cutting into Malice. It starts smoking a little and Skorpios keeps landings shots. Smoke comes out of Skorpios now. More hits and the fight goes the full three minutes.
Judges give it to Skorpios, obviously.
Bye bye, Malice. Maybe fix the spinner issues next season, eh?
Report: Glitch has trouble with it's weapon system. They are scheduled to fight Witch Doctor. We'll get back to this in a bit.
Minotaur vs Bloodsport. A good fight.
Weapon on weapon sends Bloodsport into the wall so hard it took the tips off the ends of it's blade. It's blade still somehow works but Minotaur is still moving. Another hit sends Bloodsport up like a helicopter. Chips the front off of Bloodsport that sends it into the lights. A good hit from Minotaur sends Bloodsport flying. And Minotaur's spinner isn't working. So they drive him around the box. Fight goes the full three minutes.
Judges decision, unanimous is Minotaur.
Bloodsport had a good run this year, Hope they come back.
Report: Glitch has been forced to withdraw. Stepping in is Mammoth instead.
I have a rumor and a statement from Witch Doctor.
Interview screen she mentioned. You can see how pushed for time they were with only 15 minutes to change configuration for Mammoth.
Better luck next season, Glitch. Heh, they suffered a glitch that stopped them from the tournament.
This is unprecedented. Ever since the reboot, no team has been forced to withdraw from the round of 32.
Hijinx vs Sawblaze now.
It's pretty much a massacre. Sawblze gets Hijinx stuck early and just saws into it. 3rd hit rips the armor off. Another hit chops off the tail of Hijinx. You ever see sharks cut for their fins? That's Hijinx right now, flopping around with chef Sawblaze just cutting it into ever smaller pieces.
Fight goes the full three minutes. Needless to say, Sawblaze gets the win.
Will Hijinx go full trannybot? Find out next season.
Witch Doctor vs Mammoth
Mammoth knocks itself over in the first few seconds of the fight. Witch Doctor goes for the tires. Right side drive dead. And Mammoth can't move. Counted out, Witch Doctor gets fed? another win.
See ya next year mobile swing seat.
Copperhead vs Lucky.
Oh... They're skipping fights again. This and the Huge vs Uppercut fight are highlights only. Copperhead gets judges decision over Lucky. Lucky Unlucky again. Huge vs Uppercut ended up in a double KO, judges give it to Uppercut. Bye-bye Huge, hope the redesign goes well.
This was a fight I actually wanted to see. Guess they're saving it for Discover+ or something.
Needless to say, Reddit isn't happy.
In my opinion, the editors and producers were stupid to only show highlights of two fights that could have been interesting. There's no reason to skip them like that when we're at the tournament stage.
Final fight. Endgame vs Skorpios.
I wanted Skorpios to be tested for the Giant Nut this year, going up against Endgame is a worthy trial in my opinion. Both bots using forks. We'll see who wins.
Endgame flips Skorpios early. Those forks don't allow Skorpios to turn, resulting in another hit. A hit from Endgame strands Skorpios on the upperdeck. But it can't move. It's counted out, Endgame gets the win in under a minute.
Damn, that one went quickly. Maybe if they didn't use the forks, Skorpios could have had a better chance. But still, hope they come back next year, the saw is actually working now and I love how the front armor can absorb alot of hits from spinners.
And the bracket at the end of the night. Round of 16 has some good fights, provided they don't skip again.
So not a bad ep overall, the hands of the producers are felt though which I don't like, you can probably tell they're gonna highlight at least two fights next week. But still, Minotaur v Bloodsport was worth it and a good solid line up of fights for next week.
Few things. WD said that they had no option but to sub in Mammoth because the fight "must" be on that day. Glitch disagrees. No excerpt here, I recommend reading the whole thing (and their other two fight reports) as its all fascinating. Still, Glitch was one of the teams that consistently needed more time so I can see why they stopped cutting them slack in the end.
For what its worth, this substitution (or at least that Mammoth got in and fought WD in this episode) and the P1 upset over Hypershock were both spoiled in the image leak, I knew about them months ago. Really took a lot of the fun out of it, wish I didn't know those things. The last image leak spoilers are for this week's episode, after that its clear sailing for the round of 16 and bounties.
