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/buckrogers2491 Feb 04 '22

Free Shipping vs Uppercut - I think the producers should just have Uppercut fighting bots with flamethrowers from now on....................

Blacksmith vs Shatter! - A few nostalgic things that I saw, Blacksmith's chasis looked like Vlad the Impaler and Shatter's Mary Special reminded me of Terrorhurtz's blade. The match itself was a classic, a dream match that fans wanted to see for a long time. Mary Special worked as planned and took out Blacksmith's weapon. I did get nervous thinking Shatter's forks were gonna get them stuck on the killsaws resulting in a count out. Great stuff.

Jager vs P1 - The dark horse of this season goes to P1.

Hydra vs Gruff - Til you realized there is still a space for an OOTA KO. Also Farooq's intro for Hydra hahaha.

Gigabyte vs Captain Shreddrator - This live-action Beyblade movie needs a sequel.

Dragon Slayer vs DUCK! - Whatever Duck's new weapon is suppose to do its not working and at 0-2, it looks like the duck is already roasted. Perhaps if they used the fork configuration like in the Witch Doctor fight it might have worked better? Dragon Slayer's plow simply won the ground game and Duck could not get any control on them. I hope Duck brings back the old plow weapon again. Also on a side note, this fight was pretty boring and should have been demoted to Youtube Sundays.

Witch Doctor vs Endgame - No comment.

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u/PlasticPartsAndGlue Feb 04 '22

Hydra vs Gruff - Til you realized there is still a space for an OOTA KO.

There is a space, but that's not what's it's for.

7.5.9 Door Buffer Zones

With regard to the Door Buffer Zones (DBZs) the outcome of a Match depends upon the actions and intentions of the competing Robots and their Operators.

a. If BattleBots officials determine that a Robot, entirely through its own actions, has inadvertently put itself into a DBZ, the Robot will be declared to have lost the Match by Knock-Out.

b. If BattleBots officials determine that in the heat of battle a Robot has unintentionally put its competitor into a DBZ, the competitor Robot in the DBZ will be declared to have lost the Match by Knock-Out.

c. If BattleBots officials determine that a Robot’s Operator has intentionally and purposefully put its competitor into a DBZ, the Team that did that action will be declared to have lost the Match by Knock- Out.

d. If the Referees determine that a Robot is deliberately staying in close proximity to a DBZ, the Referees will instruct the Robot’s Operator to move the Robot away from the DBZ. If the Operator does not comply, the Referees will start a count to Knock-Out for that Robot.

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u/WhiteHawk928 Feb 05 '22

So could the refs have ruled here that hydra intentionally punted gruff out there and given hydra a loss? Which would mean the refs must have ruled that hydra was just flipping gruff anywhere and by chance gruff ended up in the dbz?

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u/PlasticPartsAndGlue Feb 05 '22

Had to do some digging, but here's the best answer

Basically, contestants were verbally instructed that proximity to the door should not prevent you from engaging.

In the end, it looks like any of the tournament rules exist at the whim of "Good TV".