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[connor.worley]

Originally Posted by dodar

Am I the only one who finds Ghost Raptor matches boring?

No. I feel like the de-icer is getting overhyped. It didn't stop Icewave from hitting them. Ghost Raptor was able to take the hit, but the match was pretty much over in 15 seconds. Not very exciting.

[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?

[Monochron]

Originally Posted by connor.worley

No. I feel like the de-icer is getting overhyped. It didn't stop Icewave from hitting them. Ghost Raptor was able to take the hit, but the match was pretty much over in 15 seconds. Not very exciting.

It was basically a last ditch effort from a team not willing to let a huge setback kill them. It probably . . . shouldn't have won it for them, but I think the fact that Icewave's blade had to bounce around between Ghost Raptor's ramp and the de-icer made all the difference. The fact that Icewave was lifted off the ground while its blade bounced around against Ghost Raptor and it's de-icer threw it off balance too much.

Though I was rooting for Icewave, the de-icer was one of those great "not going down without a fight" / "crazy enough to work" moments.

[gblake]

Originally Posted by Monochron

... the de-icer was one of those great "not going down without a fight" / "crazy enough to work" moments.

I tend to look at more in terms of what they should have been doing all along, whenever facing a spinner.

Po-taa-toe vs Poe-tah-toe
Tastes great vs Less filling
etc.

[The other Gabe]

Originally Posted by Bryce2471

In my opinion, what you just described is the best strategy for defeating a powerful spinner...

+1: in a battle with Tombstone; tombstone will cause most of the damage. now whether it causes this to itself, or its opponent...

[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.

Battlebots is Sports All Right, and It's Amazing

Literally the only thing I've been upset about has been the lack of ABC announcing the second season. I think this experiment in bringing back Battlebots to prime-time television has been an incredible success.

[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.

[DonShaw]

I really hope VEX considers giving FIRST and run for their money by getting a large robot competition going. I believe First needs some competition and we need more choices in the large robot format.

[dodar]

Wow! What a finals!

[PayneTrain]

You're in for a treat West Coast!

See y'all next week to see who wins BattleBots in Detroit!

Wait...

[dodar]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

You're in for a treat West Coast!

See y'all next week to see who wins BattleBots in Detroit!

Wait...

Ha!

[Ginger Power]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

You're in for a treat West Coast!

See y'all next week to see who wins BattleBots in Detroit!

Wait...

Remember what site you're on! CD members have been known to go off on people for comments like that

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Ginger Power

Remember what site you're on! CD members have been known to go off on people for comments like that

You obviously have never met Wil Payne before...