thinking of making a battlebot called inferno
it will be a crusher bot with a flame at the tip of it when it crushes into the other bots it will have fire wings at the back for a self righter and i 4 wheel chain drive there is a 50% chance that i will make this into real life not for this season though maybe in 5 or 6 years time
Battlebots: Proving Grounds - The Top 10 Winners(Part 10)
Hello and welcome back! We've finally reached the end of the list, and it's time to find out who the biggest winner of the Battlebots Proving Ground is! Last time, we took a look at Traves T's meteoric rise from mysterious meme to cult commander. Today, we'll examine another bot by a veteran builder, one who's been hanging around for years, but only now is finding true, consistent success in Battlebots. For the final time, let's dive on in!
Craig Danby has been building robots for about as long as I've been alive, and for many years has been among the sport's most beloved veterans. However, despite two and a half decades of competition he's always struggled to find success at the heavyweight level, particularly when it comes to televised co…
Battlebots: Proving Grounds - The Top 10 Winners(Part 9)
Hello and welcome back! In our last installment we took a look at veteran mainstay Jackpot, whose Proving Ground runs helped bolster waning confidence in its capabilities and win over the Vegas crowds. Today, we'll examine a bot who shares Jackpot's color scheme and proved a standout in its debut, but otherwise is about as different as can be. Let's dive right in!
Kurt Krueger summed up the initial response to his robot's reveal perfectly: What the hell is that? When its design was finally revealed in late June after weeks of speculation, many found it confusing, amusing or downright goofy. Standing atop thin-looking stilts with direct drive wheels, minimal armor and a chunky spinner, the bot looked like something you'd see in a 2004 event.…
Covering Robot Combat lost media
DISCLAMER: I am just a beginner at making Fandom Blogs, so i might be a little rusty
Here I want to cover some robot combat lost media to discuss what they are like and going in depth on certain aspects of various lost media content
I also did this because I felt like it
BATTLEBOTS WARTHOG/THQ GAME:
Status:
Nintendo GameCube Version: Partially Found
PlayStation 2 Version: Lost
A game that was set to release in 2003 (okay technically it was supposed to released in November 2002 as sort of a Christmas gift but after delays it was moved to 2003), the Nintendo GameCube version wouldn't be found until 2022 by Gatorbox, 2 decades after its initial planned release in 2002, the reason why this was cancelled was because the cancellation of the show. The v…
Battlebots: Proving Grounds - The Top 10 Winners(Part 8)
Hello, and welcome back! In our last installment we took a look at Roundhouse, the promising new entry from Team Robogym, and the destructive path they carved during their Proving Ground appearance. Today we'll examine another bot who made a rather destructive mark on the live show, albeit spinning the other way. Let's dive in!
Perhaps an odd machine to see so late in the roster, given its recent performance in the Golden Bolt. Jackpot first came onto the scene as a post-Covid addition to the World Championship V roster, performing above expectations by going undefeated in the fight cards before losing a tough draw against RotatoR. It followed this up with another undefeated run in 2021, taking down former champion Tombstone before bowing o…
TOP 50 MODERN BATTLEBOTS (PART THREE)
Welcome to part two of my Top 50 Modern BattleBots series! Here is how our list stands after part two!
- #50: Fusion
- #49: Mammoth
- #48: Free Shipping
- #47: Complete Control
- #46: Lucky
- #45: Jackpot
- #44: Malice
- #43: Chomp
- #42: Blacksmith
- #41: Valkyrie
Now lets meet our next five entrants!
- 1 #40: Nightmare: 68.5 points
- 2 #39: DUCK!: 69 points
- 3 #38: Shatter: 75.5 points
- 4 #37: Warhead: 81 points
- 5 #36: Bombshell: 91.5 points
Much like the aforementioned Complete Control, the brainchild of Jim Smentowski was the bonafide posterboy of not just BattleBots, but combat robotics as a whole. The enormous 4-footblade was literally deemed too dangerous for its first competition. Nightmare was a shoe-in for Top 16 in every competition, as it stacked knockouts like poker chips. …
Battlebots: Proving Grounds - The Top 10 Winners(Part 7)
Hello, and welcome back! In our last installment, we took a look at Bloodsport and its chilling new white paintjob, an intense look matched only by the destructive power of its upgraded weapon. Today we'll examine a fellow horizontal from an established team hoping to regain some lost prominence with fans, and based on their fights so far, they're certainly succeeding.
Before we get to that, however, I want to give a quick shoutout to Battlebots Destructathon referee Sean Patrick Bryan, who left the show at the end of the year. I know most people reading this probably don't care much about the people side of the live show, since it's all scripted actors playing parts, but they really do make a massive difference for the presentation of the …
TOP 50 MODERN BATTLEBOTS (PART TWO)
Welcome to part two of my Top 50 Modern BattleBots series! Here is how our list stands after part one!
- #50: Fusion
- #49: Mammoth
- #48: Free Shipping
- #47: Complete Control
- #46: Lucky
Now lets meet our next five entrants!
- 1 #45: Jackpot: 56.5 points
- 2 #44: Malice: 60 points
- 3 #43: Chomp: 60.5 points
- 4 #42: Blacksmith: 64 points
- 5 #41: Valkyrie: 65.5 points
BattleBots is notoriously expensive, and the majority of builders around the world will tell you that the barrier of entry is only going to get higher. It's because of this that when it was announced that a 2020 rookie robot would only cost around $4000, many people were skeptical about how well it would do. However, Vegas-native Jeff Waters showed the BattleBots community that the price tag doesn’t translat…
Battlebots: Proving Grounds - The Top 10 Winners(Part 6)
Hello, and welcome back! In our last installment, we took a look at Disarray, the first entry of Wildcat Robotics into the world of heavyweight robot combat. To contrast last issue's rookie bot, today's entry is a long-standing veteran with several seasons' worth of experience under its belt and a team of seasoned competitors across multiple weight classes. Let's dive in!
Bloodsport first debuted way back in World Championship IV, helping to fill the void left by ICEWave's absence. It firmly established itself as a strong robot, but failed to break into the top 16. Some off-season upgrades brought it to stardom in 2020, defeating eventual champion End Game and earning the #2 seed before being upset by surprise breakout Tantrum. Since then, …
TOP 50 MODERN BATTLEBOTS (PART ONE)
Happy 2024, BattleBots Fans! This past week, I conducted a fan poll that allowed you all to vote on your top 50 BattleBots since 2015, and around 50 ballots later, I have finally crafted a finalized list! For those not in the loop, voters were tasked with assessing their lists based on a few factors, including competitive achievements and technological innovation. Bots were assigned points based on where in the standings they were placed (for example, the #1 ranked bot would recieve the most points per ballot), and these points were tallied up to create these final standings. I intend to announce these competitors in batches at a time, but before we begin, allow me to recognize some bots that just narrowly missed the cut:
- Railgun MAX: 29.5 …