The BattleBots Beaties: Because Senor Couldn’t Come Up with a Better Name

Senor Weaselo - October 18, 2018October 18, 2018

Welcome to the second [DFO] BattleBots Awards! With the rebranding this season of the BattleBots Beat, we (I) decided that we needed something cleverer than the generic "BattleBots Awards." But all the good fasteners were taken (the Giant Nut and Bolt by BattleBots, the Giant Screw was a thing that

BattleBots Beat: Who Will Survive in the BattleBox?

Senor Weaselo - October 11, 2018October 10, 2018

Hey everyone, and for the last time this year, welcome back to the Beat! Last time we covered the right side of the BattleBots championship bracket, where Bite Force dominated and Whiplash drove daringly. They joined Lock-Jaw and Minotaur in the semifinals, the final four fearsome, uh, fighters, I guess,

Your “Giant Nuts on the Table” Friday Evening Open Thread

Senor Weaselo - October 5, 2018October 5, 2018

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Evening, lizard people. I'm hijacking the Friday evening open thread tonight because tonight's gonna be a fun night of sports. Well, for me. Well, if I didn't have dress rehearsal for a concert tomorrow night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlpNB0WeQaQ (It's 27 minutes. And 25 of those minutes you're waiting for a cadence. Also we will

BattleBots Beat: More BattleBots Bracket-Busting?

Senor Weaselo - October 4, 2018October 4, 2018

Hey everyone, and welcome back to the Beat! Last week, we saw Tombstone's frame finally give up the chain, Bombshell doing what it seemed to be its only purpose in life, and Minotaur be Minotaur. This week the other side of the bracket comes into play as we see who

Your “TWO Tiebreakers?!?” Monday Afternoon Open Thread

Senor Weaselo - October 1, 2018October 1, 2018

The baseball regular season is over and we have our ten teams playing in the postseason. And the American League is nice and cut and dry. Everyone here except for Ian, Horatio, Fronk (I think), Herodotus (I think), and I will be rooting for the Dirt Raiders come Wednesday in

BattleBots Beat: From Fight Nights to Tournament Time

Senor Weaselo - September 27, 2018September 27, 2018

Hey there, and welcome back to the Beat! Last time, we had our hexadectet of hexadecimal destruction. Not to be confused with HexaDecimator. (That would be Hexy D to his friends, by the way.) Anyway, let's look at that bracket again: Week 1 of the tournament covered the left side of

BattleBots Beat: Last Chance Saloon

Senor Weaselo - September 20, 2018September 20, 2018

Welcome back to the Beat! For the couples of peoples who might have read this on other sites, welcome to our humble abode. Right here, right now, it's now or never, do or die, all the other clichés. It's the last chance for robots to make their cases to get

BattleBots Beat: Building Bracket Bona Fides

Senor Weaselo - September 13, 2018September 13, 2018

Welcome back to the Beat! For those new to the site or returning for the first time in a while (we survived the off-season!), this is the BattleBots Beat, a weekly recap of the most recent episode of BattleBots. Yes, BattleBots is a thing again. As a matter of fact,

BattleBots Beat: We Are the World, We Are the Fighting Robots

Senor Weaselo - September 6, 2018September 5, 2018

Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out, we had Tombstone and Bronco join Bite Force in the lofty realm of 4-0 robots. We had Warhead's longtime spinning dome break. The same dome that did this! (Fight starts at 3:45) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlOVmCvnE2g And that fight, due to the damage to Nightmare, led to

New York Jets 2018 Preview, or Your Idiocy Tries to Escape the Underworld

Senor Weaselo - August 31, 2018August 30, 2018

It's that time of year, where leaves fall on the ground, a once-in-a-generation hurricane hits somewhere (this time Hawaii!), and you briefly think "Hey, maybe the Jets'll suck less than expected!" And sure, maybe they will! There are quarterbacks who aren't Josh McCown, so that's something. Not that McCown's had a

BattleBots Beat: 4-0 on the Floor

Senor Weaselo - August 30, 2018August 30, 2018

Welcome back to the Beat! This week, we have what Kenny Florian calls a "minefield of explosive robots." There are THREE robots currently sitting at 3-0, and at least one of them will go to 4-0, as Bronco and SawBlaze face off. We have the unstoppable force against the immovable

BattleBots Beat: This Time, It’s Personal.

Senor Weaselo - August 23, 2018August 23, 2018

Good morning, and welcome back to the Beat! Last time, Chomp got outchomped, Tombstone had a tough but not that tough fight against Whiplash, and we got some clarity about who's in, who's out, and who's on that bubble. If this right here is Episode 13, then by my math there