BattleBots Beat: Totally Not Controversial!

Senor Weaselo - February 16, 2023February 16, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat! Last week we had minor controversies, but hold onto your butts for this week. We got some doozies, headlined by this week's Main Event. Let's just get to it. Onto the fights! Ripperoni vs. End GameRipperoni: 0-1 (L, JD 3-0 vs. Gruff)End Game: 1-0 (W, JD

BattleBots Beat: (Sorry, No Good Title This Week.)

Senor Weaselo - February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat! Last week we saw the field finish their first fights and some start their seconds. And some of those bots are already in hot water—Emulsifier's had two good fights, but 0-2 isn't a good start for a rookie bot. And even not-rookie bots, like 2020's

BattleBots Beat: In the Aaaarms of an Aaaaangel…

Senor Weaselo - February 2, 2023February 2, 2023

Okay, the title's really for this bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlh1AKYk-5M This might be better than any of the comedy bits when the show was on Comedy Central. Welcome back to the Beat! Last week we learned we saw things we had never seen before, like Jackpot losing a Fight Night fight, things we've seen a

Guttersnipe

BC Dick - January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

The Fingers are slipping. Our grip now loose and floppy after once being sunk firmly and deeply into the grab-holes of first place. We are nearing the pure, un-scrubbed ass bottom of the league standings. I’m also being consistently shorted on purples when I get “rainbow” carrots. We entered last week

BattleBots Beat: Return of the Euro Bots!

Senor Weaselo - January 26, 2023January 26, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out, we had our first stoppage of the season. And by stoppage, I mean "fight stopped due to unable to separate robots/something happened to something, let's go to the judges." And the Rule 34 part of the fandom probably rejoiced. But on the

BattleBots Beat: Bad Dragon

Senor Weaselo - January 19, 2023January 18, 2023

Oh, the things we've learned of from Balls's AVN posts, and the Giant Washer awards… Welcome back to the Beat! We're one week in and already the defending champ is 0-1. This week, the younger sibling tries to pick up the gauntlet… against the preseason #1. Also two of last year's

BattleBots Beat: Banner Night

Senor Weaselo - January 12, 2023January 12, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat! For the… 6th? season in a row, I'm your friendly neighborhood Senor Weaselo, here to report and recap, well, BattleBots. It's a little bit of a different vibe this year, so let me get into the gist of the details: -There are only 50 full-competing robots

Balls’ History Of The World: Part 1

ballsofsteelandfury - December 13, 2022December 11, 2022

Before we get started, I feel we need an appropriate intro: https://youtu.be/AILiI6f83L8 This post came about because this YouTube video popped up on my feed: https://youtu.be/Zlz4QgpOSw0 I got interested and then went down a rabbit hole that has led to this post. I found that I disagree with the YouTube video. It appears to

The Worlds of the Imperium of Man

ArmedandHammered - September 21, 2022

Images from here. I know I had discussed covering the enemies of man, but I have decided this post to discuss the worlds of the Imperium of Man. The Imperium is made up of many, many worlds but they do fall into certain categories. Also all worlds must present tithes to

BattleBots Beat: ZAAAAAAADOK THE PRIEEEEEEEST

Senor Weaselo - September 15, 2022September 15, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waTzBd5lTHQ …With a name like BattleBots: Champions, it's been right there this whole time. Also, bonus points because I've been sitting on this title since, like, last Thursday, when there was still a Queen of England, and not a coronation in the waiting, and the British monarch uses Zadok the Priest.

BattleBots Beat: Return of the Voodoo Mistress

Senor Weaselo - September 8, 2022September 8, 2022

And then there was one. Welcome back to the Beat, where the hunted actually did the thing they were supposed to! Skorpios made it one for the gatekeepers with their split decision win over Bloodsport. Well, there is one more, and actually she'd be the first and only to defend both

BattleBots Beat: The Zodiac Killer

Senor Weaselo - September 1, 2022August 31, 2022

Not Ted Cruz. Welcome back to the Champions Beat! Where the hunters are 3-0 against the hunted after Glitch managed to get Rotator to shear its own bottom plate off. It means there are two slots left to be claimed for the Golden Bolt tournament. Up for grabs? The bounty belonging