Category: Picks
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Week 8 Recap: The Veterans Hold on
Tombstone, Gigabyte, Black Dragon all managed to save their seasons and make it to 2-1. On the other hand, Hydra notably did not. Then we had a couple of 2-0 matches to conclude the night, one was very good, one was a ‘blink and you’ll miss’ type of event. Not exactly what everyone was looking […]
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Week 10 Picks: Tying up the Loose Ends
Huh, I wasn’t expecting this! Week 10 is here and we haven’t seen the third appearance of Whiplash, or Uppercut, or Rotator, or Tantrum, or several other 2-0 robots. Well! It looks like they’re just getting a free pass into the tournament at 2-0! I guess that makes sense, only have the robots fight that […]
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Week 7 Recap: The Hit of the YEAR
Picks Record: 5-2 Back on track! Bloodsport (1-1) over Subzero (0-2) “In which Subzero cannot time a flip right to save his life, and ends up losing his life” Pretty good showing from Subzero, who I worried about after they lost embarassingly in a YouTube match that really should have been a better showing (Shatter! […]
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Battlebots Week 9 Picks: The Home Stretch
Last week was awful. Let’s do better! No complaints on the fight card but it is lacking almost any “top tier” bots. We’re still waiting on the third match for Uppercut, Whiplash, Copperhead, Witch Doctor, Bloodsport, Madcatter, Rotator, Mammoth, Huge, Shatter!, holy moly that’s most of the fight card. I guess they’re saving a bunch […]
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Week 8 Picks: The REAL Match of the Century
Pulled out a 5-2 week last time, though still struggling with the upset picks. Still, better! Let’s keep it rolling as robots complete their 3 fight regular season and the playoff field comes into focus. Malice (0-2) vs Blacksmith (1-1) Here it is, Blacksmith, here is your opportunity. You drew an 0-2 reeling robot in […]
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Week 7 Picks: Whiplash and the Rest
Two 4-3 weeks in a row. Let’s try to do better than that! Or at least different! 3-4 would technically be worse but it would be a change. Bloodsport (0-1) vs Subzero (0-1) Bloodsport is a very fast robot with a deadly vertical spinner. They have a lot of offensive firepower, but they also are […]
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Week 6 Recap: The Madness Begins
Another 4-3 week for the picks, but for completely different reasons than last time. Last week I was left thinking picking upsets was stupid, that the season was turning out very predictable and would be largely chalk until the top sixteen round of the playoffs. So I went extra-conservative with the picks – right at […]
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Week 6 Picks: The Clampers Strike Back
Due to recent events (4-3 last week) and the overall fact that there haven’t been many upsets this season, almost always the better robot has won – I am scaling back on the upset picks. Last week was far too ambitious. We’re still going to try and make a weekly pick but they won’t be […]
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Week 5 Recap: KABOOM
Uppercut over Free Shipping I mean, what is there to say? The captain of Free Shipping was laughing during the intro, knowing what was coming. Well, he knew defeat was coming, he didn’t know the gigantest explosion in BB history was coming his way. Clear Uppercut’s fight schedule and give them only robots with gas […]
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Week 5: Holy F This is a Good Lineup!
A very nice 6-1 performance last week…I’m picking a couple big upsets so going to be hard to match. But maybe! 17-11 on the season to date. Free Shipping (0-1) vs Uppercut (1-0) Oh good god. Umm… Can Free Shipping withstand a nuclear shot from Uppercut? Can this old-timey robot (that missed last season) withstand […]
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