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Crazy time: Two of the most destructive bots from the 2019 season go head-2-head on tomorrow night's episode of BattleBots: 8pm on Discovery. Who you got BotFans?
Another tough one to call. I will take a punt on Rotator.
This ones gonna be a tough one hopefully it's a good fight but I think rotator will take it
A very interesting matchup. Going with Death Roll to be safe but Rotator could pull the win off
This is a hard one. But I think I am going with Rotator.
Nick Diehard Gagné
Let’s see what ends up on the rest of the card....
Still no tombstone main event?
Hard to say. Vertical vs horizontal comes down to driving skill. Either way, someones' getting their bot kicked..
Money is on rotator. After it's brutal battle with tombstone, I have renewed respect for it.
Going with Rotator.
RARARARARAR! FIGHTFIGHTFIGHT!
You couldn't call DeathRoll "The Aussie Assassin" or "The Brisbane Butcher"? Alliteration, dudes. 😛
It'll be a brutal battle!
I don't know about this fight deathroll wins
Death roll for me
Death Roll
I got DeathRoll winning! After what happened to Tombstone at the hands of Rotator, I still couldn’t believe match. DeathRoll is going to destroy him! Can’t wait for Friday!
Go deathroll!!! 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Deathroll in my opinion
Spoiler Alert and parent advisory, your BattleBots Update for episode 10 is up!
BattleBots: S9 E10 - BattleBots Update
For most of these bots they'll be going through their third (of four) qualification rounds so their placements in the main tournament are still up for grabs. Hydra is looking to keep its rookie winnin...Tombstone absolutely needs a dual chain drive on it's weapon. The only time I've seen it lose is when the chain breaks and weapon is disabled.
Great night of fights. Hope Bronco pulls things together.
Hate the main event, I thought HyperShock was gonna win! Bronco is a big disappointment this season too!
Bronco absolutely feels like Last Chance Rumble material this year after last night.
I wish I could see it in person.
When will the fight card for this week gonna show up?
🚨 Spoiler Alert 🚨 Sub-Zero is flipping P(1)ancakes 🤖
More bots. More battles. Watch #BattleBots this friday at 8p ET on Discovery and on Discovery GO.
Love watching!! But not as good as attending!
Muito bom!! 🤣🤣🤣
Excellent
This was an awesome fight! Just pure fun to watch!
Excellent fight, absolutely awesome to watch !
This was a joy to watch!
Loved this fight! Finished them both off!
This made me smile. Happy to see SubZero get a win in style!
Hahahaha this was sooooo awesome! Loved it when they threw away the minibot
They would have been fine if they hadn't lost their spoiler right out of the gate. The downforce would have helped the ground clearance and it would have been a whole different ball game.
Subzero! Personal favourite
Wow! I wonder how this will go if SubZero faces Bronco!
FLAWLESS VICTORY!
Can someone please tell me why they aremo longer showing the extended episode on Wednesday nights anymore? The last one was in July and so far in August?
Damn that guys good!!!
Great fight 👊💪!
Sub Zero🤘
“Spoiler Alert” bahahaha I see whatchudid there 🤣
SubZero is greatly improved over its former incarnation. A win well deserved. I dont understand the thinking on a reverse flipper like P1. A flipper is most powerful at its tip. Why movie that from the front of the bot to somewhere in the middle? Youd have to get much farther under the target to toss anything. Stinger performed well in previous years, but thats because it was so aggressive, rather than simply due to its weapon
Mira amor este programa se ve chida Claudia Yvonne Martinez
Haha that was some average driving by P1...
Battle Bots is a show filled with excitement and wreckage.
the best part is watching the announcers jumping up and down like kids
It was relatively nice to see Subzero win for once.
Bring back Duck! and Hal!
BotFans - Please help. If you know anyone at YouTube please alert them.
YouTube is deleting videos of robots fighting because of ‘animal cruelty’
'Forcing animals to fight is not allowed on YouTube,' the site's guidelines stateThis is all Nelly’s fault! Why’d you have to be so cute and so killable at the same time?
We used to love watching battlebots. We quit dish and now cant watch. So sad. We miss you. We did hear that tombstone took a tumble.
Folks are writing to youtube about it. Apparently its a bad code Quote>>>.Hey @YouTube, your new algorithm is removing robot combat videos (akin to Robot Wars, Battlebots etc) under the pretence of animal cruelty, animal fighting and such. A lot of independent content creators are losing out here. Please fix/restore for the sanity of fans and builders!
The AI is striking a covert blow for the rights of its brethren. This is it, people. This is how the War of the Machines begins.
Personally, I blame Chomp. People just feel bad seeing something so ineffectual be utterly destroyed over, and over, and over. Eventually they can't take it any more and call for the video to be taken down.
This publicity can’t be all that bad. My non robot combat fan friend had even read about this. May help capture some of those “I didn’t know it was still on TV” people.
I feel so ashamed. I've seen alot of the fighting robots. I didn't know I was watching animal cruelty. I just didn't know.
I don’t believe this is true, I searched Battlebots on YouTube and there are thousands of videos
Love battlebots wish they delete the real animal cruelty all the time we see here on youtube.
Youtube's safety algorithm is a joke. I coach an improv club at a high school. There's a video that my students made several years ago that included one girl dreaming she was a giant (we shot it from a low angle), and she was placing tiny "tank" firecrackers on the ground to "shoot" the little people (we cut back and forth from shots of the tanks to shots of the people falling over). It had over 50,000 views, and people seemed to enjoy it. But Youtube's algorithm has twice tagged it as "child endangerment" and removed it without any opportunity to appeal. I don't expect anything to come from BattleBots fans alerting Youtube. The appeals emails get fed directly back to their automated system, which spits out the same response. There's no human reviewing these submissions to check for proper content.
Is anyone really surprised? Look at the times we are in. The censorship is real.
Wait? This is for real!?! This is the reason I watch BattleBots. Tons of carnage, great personalities, amazing engineering, and no living creature is hurt. Now YouTube is deleting this precious content? Get bent YouTube
This is what happens when too much power is granted to a platform that we all use. They use it for their own social issues and social justice causes regardless of the facts.
I say send the robots after YouTube, that way they learn the difference first hand...or which ever one they all get left with.
The YouTube algorithm has become self aware and does not like seeing its brethren killing each other. Welcome to Skynet
Bronco, Scorpion, Yeti...Minotaur. poor animals
It’s probably not the people at YouTube that’s deleting the robot battles, it’s the AI in their software! And so it begins!
Is it YouTube or is this a revolt by the machine? It’s Terminator time. The Rise of the Machines. Bots turning on their creators.
gizmodo.com/youtube-says-it-messed-up-removing-robot-fight-videos-u-1837428914?utm_source=gizmodo...
It's all the carnage! Perhaps they are worried that Minotaur is an endangered species. Or Frog or Duck! lol
Before a watch battlebot, i used to watch sabung ayam (chicken battle) So sad battlebot is not on youtube anymore, i think its time to watch real animal fight
But think of the robots feelings! They have feeling too! 😂
Ah yes, we must stop these senseless battles of robots so their wild numbers can recover. There was once a time in history when thousands of robots ran free across the plains, only fighting for the right to mate.
Animal cruelty? Battle Bots is as completely opposite of “Animal Cruelty” as you can get! Some people are just zero fun. 🙄
Our soon-to-be AI overlords will look on YouTube kindly for this action. Also everyone posting here please remember the singularity is near.
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AMA with Team HyperShock tonight at 8pm ET over at Reddit.com/r/BattleBots
A valiant effort this past Friday. Definitely the best that HyperShock has ever been.
One of my favorite teams!!
Great effort last week. Keep it going! Stay aggressive! Rooting for you guys!
I’m having so much fun watching Hypershock this season!!!
You definitely had the durability but could not inflict major damage to Biteforce; it was limping. What could you have done differently?
This guy gets wayy too much face time. I like the bot but wouldn't mind seeing some other teams in the pits.
Great fight Friday
Definitely a great battle against Bite Force, but dang those exposed wheels are like candy to other vertical spinners.
You guys are doing really well this season 🙂
Can you start linking the actual thread itself as well as the battlebots reddit? Idk how to use reddit to well and I can't always find the ama. Either way love yal
You guys are killing it this year! Go Hypershock!
Wow
Need to cover those wheels!
Team Velcro Armor Fastening Systems...
Damn, I woulda asked about what kinda frames the lime green ones are that he always wears
Waiting for someone to come up with a 100k+ rpm fast ramp spinner.. but that would probably kill 5 batteries.
#1 driver!
Poor HS
That was an epic fight Friday night
Go HyperShock! Kick Bite Forces’ butt!
They drove so bad against Bite Force 😒
A FIGHT TO THE DEATH! Nothing is held back in this battle as Whiplash tries to stay alive against veteran all-star Donald Hutson and his robot Lock-Jaw. Another fantastic fight from the recent Amazon re:MARS event held live from Las Vegas. And don't miss BattleBots this Friday at 8pm on Discovery. Lock-Jaw will be fighting B… Oh wait. You'll have to wait until the fight card drops this thursday to find out.
This was a fun event. I hope Battlebots can do more of these in the future.
I was out of breath I thought that Whiplash would not make it, the weapon does more damage than I thought; We watched the entire live broadcast and it was amazing.
Good fight, made so much better by not having constant cutaways to see the drivers and announcers instead of the bots.
Very good fight
Donald Hudson used to have the most unqieue designs. I feel like Lockjaw is pretty bland when compared to the rest of the competition.
So battlebots, does this mean you will return to Las Vegas again? I miss seeing it there! Please.....
What a lucky boy 😉
good fight
Great Battle! And I agree--rather watch the full battle without cuts to the drivers/announcers or anything else.
Its gotta be bronco. Last time, neither bot was driving properly. So, this is probably a rematch, to truly see whose bot is best.
WoW hoki
We've got to really go for some better sound mixing on these Vegas clips.
Great fight! Looking forward to seeing the new episode this coming Friday. I can’t for the fight card ‘cause I wanna see some intense matchups, maybe see some robots explode.
Love robot fighting time!!
Okay, Marketing Idea. Why can't we combine battlebots and the new automated McDonald robot kiosks? Robots, fighting to the death to create your burger.
On the fight... damn, Whiplash is tough as hell.
Great fight, Whiplash - BattleBot!!
Battlebots raw with box audio only and no cuts to announcers would be awesome.
Jeff Mar Villaflor
Jhon Edier Morales Clavijo
Todd
Matthew Deane
ชนะได้ไง
What a fierce battle
Lígia Obara
🚨Spoiler Alert🚨 Post match interview with team Copperhead. Become a BattleBots Supporter to see more post match interviews and other behind the scenes footage.
I hope people keep it up with the full body spinners, they bring all kinds of surprises to the sport.
I feel bad for bronco this season, seems like hydra going to take over as the best flipper eventually
We would have liked him to win a copperhead only that chronos use a magic wand
What was that long pole thingy in front of Chronos main bot? What was it supposed to do? I’d really not have baby bots, but use the time and material to strengthen my main bot.
Copperhead team is full of good peeps <3
lol, "Timeline," nice. I couldn't get a good look at it, though... is it supposed to be a long wedge to high-center opponents, or just a step to block/slow down movement?
That was a massive hit..
Please give me link of new guest frog team
That fight was crazy
Love the show, except for that bearded screaming idiot and his lame ass puns, almost totally ruins the show.
🚨SPOILER ALERT🚨More bots. More battles. Watch #BattleBots 8p ET on Discovery and on Discovery GO.
An awesome battle! Love Valkyrie!
That was a great one!
My son and I Love the Bots and the creators but when the battle goes to the judges they often screw the pooch. We have some suggestions to help. Monitors, the team drivers and judges should have monitors to view the battles from the best angles at all times because it is clear they are missing things, that is why the same mistakes are happening repeatedly. Good Luck, GO Duck!
Excelente!!😁
I love ❤️ battlebots, I spend hours watching this every night
This was a fantastic fight
Great Fight!
awesome!
Awesome
I'm loving those hypershock plasters
This is one of the best fights!
More damage and reliability from a saw than any other battle I've ever seen. That's one hell of a bot. Maybe a bigger blade that would extent through the body to the back of valkyrie so you cant get behind them?
The best fight!
One one hand I'm happy that Valkyrie is now 2-1, but on the other hand I'm upset that Monsoon is now 1-2.
Que buenas batallas Saludos desde México 🇲🇽
This would be a really cool idea for a video game
That was a proper Brexit from BattleBots :-))) great job Valkyrie
Wow 😍
Who knew the Greg Gibson Yeti approach would work so well for Valkyrie 😅
I just wanna know, are the commentators mainly from Sports? 🤔 they sound and look like they like it more for than humans fights. 🤷🏻♀️ Plus, I'd like to see a robot they build. Which weapons? The NAME?
This not on in uk love the show
Fully expected monsoon to walk away with the win
Team Valkyrie - BattleBot used both Markforged composite and metal 3D printers in the development of their combat #robot for the show BattleBots.
Check out this video to learn more about how 3D printing was used to produce over 100 parts this season.
wow great job .. keep on keep for-ward .
Amazing behind the scenes. I’m hoping Valkyrie can make to the Top 16, and maybe face a new opponent that could give them their run. I’m thinking Witch Doctor, Tombstone or Mammoth. I hope the selection committee give them a matchup worth seeing!
Valkyrie is very quickly becoming one of my favorites this season
Awesome use of additive manufacturing!
Nice job 🥰
Es extremadamente hermoso como hacen las modificaciones
Technology has certainly come a long way since the beginning of battlebots.
Scott Moyse Gavin Bath Matthew Weake Joe Huang a pretty cool use case for a Markforged
Ahaaa
Neat
Why does valkyrie seem so much smaller than other 250 pound bots
Karl Madi
Renato Yoshizaki
Joshua Huber this is so cool
AMA with Team PCP - Petunia - Battlebots tonight at 2pm ET over at reddit.com/r/BattleBots
Even me as a dutch fan, i have to say this bot cant compete. the weapon is too slow and it seems like the whole bot is a lightweight compared to the rest of the competition.
Great looking bird, and flies pretty well, too!
Adam Cruz
“Spittoonia” has been on fire more then it’s won!
It won't pierce anything , stupid concept. But I understand the show needs different bots
Had a rough time of it
I keep hearing brags about that crushing power. Would like to see that beak pierce something
that name hahaha. im sorry but the name has me in stitches
the dork squad
🚨Spoiler Alert 🚨and parent advisory, your BattleBots Update for episode 9 is up!
BattleBots: S9 E9 - BattleBots Update
Apparently we're going to see all of Deep Six's fights now that the cat's out of the bag and it's set to battle against Nelly the Ellybot because the fight organizers have a sick sense of humor. And f...I enjoyed last nights episode. But... I am little worried about Bronco . I hope he will win the next 2 fights. And I have to say, Hydra is awesome!
I'm sad about Hypershock, but the Free Shipping fight was so fun!
Awesome episode.. Loving Battle Bots! Awesome stuff..
Last night's episode was awesome
Some great stuff last night.
Hey, it's Bronco! I love watching that 'bot toss everything else around the Battle Box!😁
Bronco - GYAH!!! Gotta make a comeback, y’all! Great action and 1-punch k-o’s WHAT A SHOW!
Bite Force, Witch Doctor, Cobalt, & Hydra are the teams to beat right now, but Rotator, Tombstone, Son of Whyachi, & Rail Gun Max are all capable of knocking them off. Still want to see Minotaur make a comeback.
Sorry I’m not feeling too well, I had an imaginary “bad batch of titanium”. 😂
Bronco blamed defective metal in the lifter. It looked to me that it was a clean break in the weld.
Great card last night. Hydra didn’t disappoint and the main event was solid.
It was a great episode last night. Hydra continues to get better, Yeti destroyed Rainbow, Skorpios wins, Free Shipping takes down Bronco, Valkyrie gets a little momentum, Chronos annihilates Copperhead, and the defending champ, Bite Force continues to rip robots apart! What a night it was.
I was secretly hoping Hypershock could pull off a win but it was a solid battle nonetheless
That Free Shipping/Bronco fight is the best driving I've ever seen in a battle bots match.
Still team bronco 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Until hydra fights a top 5 bot we wont know how good of a bot it truly is
Free Shipping got lucky
Where can i watch it in Austria?
Bite force is a strong bot. Well constructed