Slugger

Slugger
Participation Information
1999 Events	Long Beach 1999 Las Vegas 1999
Other Names	Bad-Boy
Team Information
Team	Team Coolrobots
Team Members	Christian Carlberg Luke Khanlian Jason Bardis
From	Santa Monica, CA
Other Entries	Minion, Toe-Crusher, Knee-Breaker, Little Slice, Dreadnought, TriDent, UpperCut, Little Killer, Chunk, OverDrive, Mecha Rampage, Yeti OverKill
Associated Robots	Dr. Inferno Jr., The Disk O' Inferno, Towering Inferno, The Missing Link, Hot Air (Jason Bardis)
Robot Statistics
Weight	225lbs
Power	2x Wilde Evolution's Relay Packs
Drive	2x Turbine engine motors
Weapons	Overhead swinging spike
Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

Slugger was a heavyweight robot originally built by Team Coolrobots and driven by Jason Bardis of the Infernolab, competing at the 1999 BattleBots Long Beach and Las Vegas events.

It was a large, two-wheeled robot armed with a bludgeoning axe which would utilize torque reaction to swing into its opponents, sporting an aluminum frame and carbon-fiber armor for defense. Slugger was originally named Bad Boy and was entered into the Long Beach 1999 competition, but it was not finished in time and forfeited both its matches.

In October 1999, Bad-Boy was handed to Jason Bardis, who helped rebuild it into Slugger. A shell was built around the internal components, and a bigger weapon was chosen, which happened to be a metal slugging stick end reinforced with a welded metal frame, handing the robot its new name. Slugger did not perform well in its only appearance, losing its first battle as well as a grudge match. It was replaced by OverKill from Comedy Central Season 1.0 onward.

The design plan for "Bad-Boy".

Robot History

Long Beach 1999
Bad-Boy vs. Monster (Forfeit) Bad-Boy, as it was then known, was entered in an incomplete form for the Long Beach 1999 competition. It was originally armed with a pickaxe mounted on a metal pole, with the internal components being less protected than the later version. Bad-Boy was first scheduled to fight Monster, but forfeited due to Christian Carlberg being unable to complete his robot in time. It then forfeited from the competition altogether, due to Bad-Boy not being competition-ready.
Las Vegas 1999
Slugger vs. Voltarc Slugger takes on Voltarc. Its first fight was up against Voltarc. Immediately, Voltarc drove straight onto the ramrods, which pushed the entire robot up, and back down again. Voltarc freed itself and got under Slugger, attempting to ram it into the spikes. Slugger got straight up Voltarc's wedge however and this resulted in Voltarc getting stuck on the spike strip. Slugger began to spin but the drive chain gave out soon after, leaving itself immobile. Nothing happened for over a minute after this point, as neither robot could move due to the predicaments they were in. A restart was called but Slugger claimed defeat, eliminating it from the competition.
Slugger vs. frenZy Slugger and frenZy duke it out. Slugger then had a grudge match against frenZy. Slugger started spinning on the spot and crashed into frenZy, slamming it into the spikes. Slugger continued to spin faster and hit frenZy again, throwing it backwards. Slugger started slowing down though, which gave frenZy the opportunity to ram straight into the back of Slugger. Slugger bounced back onto the arena floor and hit frenZy two more times with its weapon before being flipped over. This move broke the drive chain yet again, and left Slugger uncontrollably rolling into the spikestrip. A tap-out was called and frenZy took the win.
Gigabot Rumble Slugger also competed in the Gigabot Rumble at the end of the competition, which saw it meet frenZy for a second time. However, it lost overall to BioHazard. It was after this event that Christian Carlberg began to work on a new heavyweight robot with a torque-reaction weapon, basing it on one of his lightweights named Toe-Crusher. This heavyweight eventually became OverKill, and replaced Slugger from Season 1.0 onward.

Wins/Losses

• Wins: 0
• Losses: 3

Competition	Wins	Losses
Long Beach 1999	None	Monster (Forfeit)
Las Vegas 1999	None	Voltarc frenZy (Exhibition Match)