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Mr Big
There are two things I’d like to accomplish in this post 1) Honor and praise the remarkable season Huge is having, having possibly “arrived” and “broken out”, after many years of being good but not great And 2) Look at how the sport has evolved as a whole, and how it’s really worked out in…
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Week 9 Recap: Everyone Responded to the Adversity!
Congrats to everyone who “bounced back”! I think this can be a pretty quick one, as the season progresses the recaps often shorten up. “Robot X is still good!” “Robot Y still sucks eggs!” And so on. Not sure there’s anything too sophisticated to break down, or any major narrative shifts in terms of the…
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Week 8 Recap: A Wild Ride
First I was super happy about Huge, then I was angry that I was getting so many picks wrong, and then during the final two fights that mattered (excluding Terrortops, sorry guys!) my mind was completely shell-shocked; I sat and watched in disbelief at what was happening before me. Quantum over Black Dragon and Blip…
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Week 9 Picks: Responding to Adversity
Random, and Relevant question – In sports, and I guess I’m thinking specifically of the NFL (which is most comparable to BB in that there are less contests and considerable “rest” between bouts), there’s definitely a factor if that how teams perform is partly dependent on how their last match went. The strongest trend is…
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The Worst Robots on Earth
DISCLAIMER: These obviously NOT the worst robots on earth. They are some of the best! They are literally on a show whose goal is to entertain humans. This is worth noting. The reason for this post – it just seems like the lower class of Battlebots this year is…well…really low. Really bad. So we’re going…
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Week 7 Recap: Three and Oh
Congrats on Claw Viper and Minotuar for reaching 3-0 and already achieving terrific seasons. One of those is, er, more surprising than the other. Bloodsport: A Gigabyte: D Interestingly enough, I was discussing the fight with my friend before it began, and we concluded that Bloodsport should use its speed to try to smother Gigabyte,…
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BB23 Week 8 Picks: Sibling Rivalry
This week’s installment of the very excellent 2023 season (we can give last week a pass, at least it ended with the glorious Minotaur-Cobalt) includes a couple matches between sibling robots. The undercard fight (middle) is the latest edition of the Hammer Bowl, last seen here. Shatter! played in that one too and was victorious.…
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BB23 Tiers Part 3
A third installment as we make our way through the 2023 season. Tier 1: Best of the Best 1) Sawblaze (2-0) 2) Minotaur (2-0) Two at the top. You could put them in either order, it’s extremely close. Both are 2-0 with two knockouts against robots that won their other fight. The case for Minotaur…
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Further Consideration of Skorpios beating Jackpot, and a new tool against Vertical Spinners
I thought Skorpios was an underdog to Jackpot and I said as much, picking it correctly (as I have done with few upset picks this season). They might be close, ok. Jackpot was a combined 5-0 in the past two regular seasons, Skorpios was 3-3. Last year Jackpot was the 10 seed while Skorpios ended…
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Week 7 Picks: A Bunch of Weirdos
Trying something different this week – a format where each robots strengths are waited in five categories. Those are Weapon (and specifically weapon power and effectiveness), Speed/Agility (speaks for itself), Durability (this includes reliability, i.e. does robot have a record of failing internally), Design (see below), and Overall Quality. The last category is mostly an…
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