BattleBots Beat: Honest-to-Goodness Playoff Pictures?

Senor Weaselo - August 16, 2018August 16, 2018

Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out, the Desperado Flash Tournament rolled through and Lock-Jaw became the first robot to punch their ticket to the BattleBots World Championship. Oh, and somewhere along the way we made the sidebar, so that's cool too. This week, we've got some legitimate bracket-making

Your “Where My Southpaws At?” Monday Evening Thread

Senor Weaselo - August 13, 2018August 13, 2018

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(Banner image via Brawl in the Family.) Thaaaat's right, today is August 13th, which is International Left-Handers Day! No, I'm not joking, there's a website and everything. It's one of the silly holidays I actually like, being left-handed and all. Because we may have shorter lifespans, can't use regular scissors in

BattleBots Beat: Drawing the Queen of Diamonds

Senor Weaselo - August 9, 2018August 9, 2018

Sorry. Had to make it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=977oExzDh50 Welcome back to the Beat, and welcome back from the break! Everything's all caught up now, Shark Week has come and gone, though the last Sharknado movie isn't for another couple weeks, and it's not even by the original writer. (Fun fact: We went to the

The BattleBots Beat Midseason Roundtable! And Your Desperado Friday Evening Open Thread

Senor Weaselo - August 3, 2018August 3, 2018

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Senor Weaselo: Welcome to the first ever BattleBots Beat midseason roundtable show! I am, as always, your friendly neighborhood Senor Weaselo, and since we've had this two-week midseason break I thought it would be nice to have a discussion about the season so far, and about what might happen in

BRING BACK MATT! The DFO Interview: Matt Ufford

Senor Weaselo - August 2, 2018August 2, 2018

In honor of [Door Flies Open]’s third “anniversary” (the site was here before, but… you know), the writing staff… nearly forgot about it. In a way, I feel that's a good thing because it means we've been around for a little while. But once we realized the moment upon us,

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Evenings with the BattleBots: A Collection of BattleBots Vignettes by the BattleBots Beat

Senor Weaselo - July 26, 2018July 25, 2018

Here is in Long Beach an arena where the custom exists among the competitors, several of whom are intellectual robots—oh yeah, they are not man but machine—to indulge in reading, nay, even in more or less literary and robotics talks during other robots' fights. This means they read and talk

Senor’s BattleBots Beat: Animal Style

Senor Weaselo - July 19, 2018July 19, 2018

Welcome back to the Beat! Last week, there were a pair of controversial decisions and neither of them were Chomp's fight. Also three robots went 0-3 crippling their chances of making the big end-of-season playoff bracket. This week, we have all sorts of crazy matchups, including my favorite-looking bot, Warhead.

Your “As I Am An Honest Puck” Tuesday Night MLB All-Star Game Open Thread

Senor Weaselo - July 17, 2018July 17, 2018

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEkcP8lZvZA Yup, that's where I went with the title. Because as I mentioned last year, I did have the fortune to go to the 2008 game, and it was a midsummer night's dream to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdR6MN2jKYs …If you think that joke's bad, wait until I tell you about the piece one of my

Your “Who Even Are These Guys?” Monday Evening Home Run Derby Thread

Senor Weaselo - July 16, 2018July 16, 2018

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Well, the World Cup of Lesser Footy's over. Only four years and four months until Qatar 2022, or for our purposes two years give or take until Euro 2020, taking place in scenic *googles Euro 2020* all over Europe? Seriously? You have to make an entire Eurotrip to go to

Senor’s BattleBots Beat: Mama Said Knock You Out

Senor Weaselo - July 12, 2018July 11, 2018

Welcome back to the Beat! Yeah, no title smart-assery in the lede today for reasons you'll find out below. Last time out DUCK! showed it was thick as a brick, Witch Doctor voodooed its way around death by screws, and Lock-Jaw and Bronco gave us about a quarter of the

Senor’s BattleBots Beat: Bring Back Bil Dwyer!

Senor Weaselo - July 5, 2018July 4, 2018

In case you're wondering what the hell I'm talking about—more than usual, of course—that's Bil Dwyer. Some of you may know him from his time on Last Comic Standing, but to me he is best known as the color commentator from the Comedy Central BattleBots seasons, and for the catchphrase,

Senor’s BattleBots Beat: Go for 3!

Senor Weaselo - June 28, 2018June 28, 2018

Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out, the Dutch had a rough go, Chomp learned about the foibles of technology, and we met a robot that had a… pneumatic fist as its weapon, and the Internets responded as you'd expect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDekhoeEoCc Fister Roboto Bale Spear does not make an appearance in