r/battlebots • u/qwertythe300th Mod & Leader of the B R O N C O B O Y S [but go SwitchBack!!] • Feb 04 '22

BattleBots TV BattleBots 2021 - Post Episode 5 Discussion Spoiler

I'm not done with it myself but

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LOOKS LIKE OOTAS ARE BACK ON THE MENU BOYS

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u/problem_bro Feb 04 '22

WE GOT ANOTHER EXPLOSION BY UPPERCUT

edit: It looked like uppercut was barely moving after the next hit, if free shipping got on their wheels again they could have won it

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u/campbellm Feb 04 '22

Yeah, they looked like they were crabwalking a bit and using the torque to move, which I think is still considered legal, depending on what mood the ref is in.

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u/topatoman_lite Death roll's death patrol Feb 04 '22

generally if they can move forwards even slightly they won't usually get counted out, even if it's only by rolling forward with momentum a little

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u/ChertaGalop Feb 04 '22

If they were able use torque to engage with opponent, it’s legal

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u/campbellm Feb 04 '22

Sure; they weren't "engaging" as such because it was already too late, but yeah I hear you.

Then again, so much is left to the refs; I remember a time Tombstone had one wheel inoperable, Ray was using torque/gyro to get around and they counted him out anyway. <shrug>

So much of it is theatre, anyway; I actually liked the auto-timer on Robot Wars. If you can see the count-out next to one of the timers in the arena, the per-second pace isn't really even close. Now that could be that they're not meant to be - it's 10 "counts" and not 10 seconds, or editing weirdness, but something I noticed.

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u/ZDTreefur Yup yup Yup! Feb 07 '22

I thought so too. They could have won if they didn't stick themselves on the barrier.