r/battlebots

So, episode 8 is out, and now we've all had a chance to see every single bot fight twice. (except for Calypso).

Based on each bot's first two matches, and their overall win/loss performances, who do you think is gonna win? Who's taking the championship this year?

Watching the new youtube stuff and have been seeing a lot of tapouts. I can't really recall on this on the TV show so was wondering if it had always been a thing but just not shown? I get the reasoning of course as im guessing robots = expensive hard to replace though it is a bit unfortunate.

Watching WCVII and they love to throw the "biggest/best _____ in Battlebots history" line. What actually is the greatest upset in the history of battlebots? I imagine upset should mean a fight where there was a clear winner or someone who should have clearly won or clearly lost, yet the outcome was completely unexpected.

I'll wager Chomp's win against Biteforce.

My partner says Glitch against literally everyone.

Group A:
Manta v Terrortops, whoever wins goes through.
Skorpios and Valkyrie are both out.

Group B:
If Madcatter beats Disarray, they go through.
If not, either Calypso needs to beat Magnitude or Magnitude needs to beat Calypso in under 2:46.
If Magnitude takes longer than 2:46, Madcatter goes through regardless.
Disarray is out.

Group C:
If The Twins beat Copperhead, they go through.
If Copperhead beats The Twins in less than 28 seconds more than it takes Cobalt to beat Jackpot, they go through.
Cobalt needs The Twins to lose to Copperhead in at least 28 seconds more time than they beat Jackpot in.
Jackpot is out.

Group D:
Malice v Golden Fury, whoever wins goes through.
End Game and Death Roll are both out.

Group E:
If Minotaur beats Hypershock, they go through.
If Minotaur loses, whoever wins the HUGE v Bloodsport match goes through.
Hypershock is out.

Group F (the complicated one):
Instead of giving the exact numbers because it's insanely complicated, basically whoever wins their last fight the quickest goes through (barring it being within a few seconds).

looks hella peak ngl (especially the endgame one but that's all l'll say🙃)

magnitudes drum gets completely split while fighting calypso, unless they mount a miracle we’ll most definitely see them go 1-2. End game burst into flames against death roll while death rolls weapon is still spinning..hard to tell how that will end but we mighttt just see them get spanked and go 0-3. disarray vs Madcatter might not be extremely one sided and BROO that terrortops vs manta fight looks like it’ll be wild. Based on that witch doctor vs switchback teaser it looks like we might be seeing WD go 1-2?! The possibilities are crazy

I guess the F stands for FAST

I've been trying to track down the HellaChopper test video where it eats a rag, or any other full-speed test video with the cable extension hammer configuration. I've looked on multiple archive websites to no avail. Does anyone have the video or know where to find it?

Personally, while I’m hoping HUGE can get a wildcard since it’s pretty likely Minotaur wins Group E, I think Manta and Minotaur are the 2 favorites at this point. Maybe super crazy wildcard prediction, but The Twins could be a dark horse if they beat Jackpot and Copperhead

It doesn't have to be your favorite bot