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[Michael Hill]

It seemed like Bronco's driver isn't exactly the best one there. Watching the match last night, it looked like he didn't have much field awareness (kept running into obstacles on the field and walls), but perhaps it's just a small sample size issue. Also, I'm going to assume that Tombstone has at least one more weapon and that they have time to put it on, so I'm leaning pretty heavily on Tombstone winning that match.

Also, it wasn't abundantly clear what happened with Ghost Raptor. Was their main weapon permanently damaged or did they just take it off to face against Icewave? If it was permanently damaged, I don't really see what they can do to stop Bite Force, but I suspect they'll do something to make it a good fight. I'm going to give Bite Force the benefit, because I seem to recall the announcers saying something about Ghost Raptor weapon being irreparably damaged.

Unfortunately, if Bite Force faces off with Tombstone, I think it's a pretty easy fight for Tombstone unless Bite Force throws on their heavy armor, which seems to be about the only defense against Tombstone. Let it destroy itself.

[Loose Screw]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

Also, it wasn't abundantly clear what happened with Ghost Raptor. Was their main weapon permanently damaged or did they just take it off to face against Icewave? If it was permanently damaged, I don't really see what they can do to stop Bite Force, but I suspect they'll do something to make it a good fight. I'm going to give Bite Force the benefit, because I seem to recall the announcers saying something about Ghost Raptor weapon being irreparably damaged.

Ghost Raptor's horizontal spinner was sheared in half during one of their previous fights.

I don't know how much time they have between rounds, but the deicer seemed to be perfectly designed for Icewave. Did they bring that to the event, or design and manufacture it entirely between rounds? If the latter is the case, then it's highly likely that they'll have another redesign tailor made for their opponent. I like how much freedom they have when it comes to redesigns.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Loose Screw

Ghost Raptor's horizontal spinner was sheared in half during one of their previous fights.

I don't know how much time they have between rounds, but the deicer seemed to be perfectly designed for Icewave. Did they bring that to the event, or design and manufacture it entirely between rounds? If the latter is the case, then it's highly likely that they'll have another redesign tailor made for their opponent. I like how much freedom they have when it comes to redesigns.

It was made on site between matches.

[Loose Screw]

Originally Posted by Cory

It was made on site between matches.

Wow, that's very impressive. Do you know how much time they have in between matches?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Loose Screw

Wow, that's very impressive. Do you know how much time they have in between matches?

Depended on what point in the tournament it was. Probably 18 hours between the first fight and second fight, then around 2-4 hours for each subsequent one.

[The other Gabe]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

It seemed like Bronco's driver isn't exactly the best one there. Watching the match last night, it looked like he didn't have much field awareness (kept running into obstacles on the field and walls), but perhaps it's just a small sample size issue. Also, I'm going to assume that Tombstone has at least one more weapon and that they have time to put it on, so I'm leaning pretty heavily on Tombstone winning that match.

Bronco's driver is great: look up T-minus or Toro from the old battlebots- there's some more extended battles that show his skill better. I think that he just assumed that the field hazards wouldn't come up, since they were pretty much non existent in previous matches. and tombstone used his shorter blade vs witch doctor, so he still has 1 left

[Amanda Morrison]

Turns out the writers at Vice produced an article that provides the meat of my earlier argument, albeit in much more eloquent fashion. Beware strong language in some parts of the article.

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