BattleBots Beat: The Palindromic Powerhouse

Senor Weaselo - August 25, 2022August 25, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat, Shempions edition! Where we've gotta say, like last year, it hasn't been a good start for the bounty bots, or legends, or gatekeepers, or whatever you want to call them. But the next of them knows a thing or two about turning around bad starts,

BattleBots Beat: The Mutant Scion

Senor Weaselo - August 18, 2022August 18, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat! We forge ahead with the Shempions portion of our program with a second helping. This week's bounty to be hunted, or what they're calling the gatekeeper, is Lock-Jaw. In terms of the history of combat robotics, Donald Hutson's name would be littered across the book. Tazbot,

BattleBots Beat: The Original Legend Killer

Senor Weaselo - August 11, 2022August 11, 2022

This is the BattleBots Season 3.0 heavyweight final, all the way back from the Comedy Central days. In one square, you had the two-time champion, BioHazard, believed by many even now to be one of the most dominant robots of all time. Its low profile and four-bar lifter controlled many

Warhammer 40k – The Tyranids the Andy Reids of 40k

ArmedandHammered - August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

As usual images and information referenced can be found here. Also, clicking on the included links will take you to more in-depth information, more than you ever knew existed, wanted to know, and are horrified that it exists in such depth. So like I mentioned last week, I am focusing on the

Warhammer 40k – The Institutions that Make up the Empire of Man

ArmedandHammered - July 27, 2022July 27, 2022

Banner image from here. (all pics [other than banner] and links come from warhammer 40k wiki) As I have started writing these posts I realize how much lore I know and have been thinking about how to present the information in a way that makes sense, especially since I have gained my

Intro to Warhammer – why? Because I was asked to….

ArmedandHammered - July 20, 2022July 20, 2022

(all pics are from warhammer wiki and/or warhammer 40k wiki) and Warhammer and Warhammer 40k are properties of Games Workshop So in talking to a couple of people who write for the site, the subject of Warhammer came up because the phrases "Blood for the Blood God" and "Skulls for the

BattleBots Beat: Your 2021 Champion…

Senor Weaselo - April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

Eight bots remain. Some standbys, some surprises. The main surprises would be who's out, actually. With Tombstone and End Game both out of the tournament, and Paul Ventimiglia still holding out on behalf of better compensation for builders, we will have a first-time champion. So, let's get to the fights. 4.

Flacco to the Finish: Your BattleBots Beat and Thursday Evening BattleBots Championship Open Thread

Senor Weaselo - April 7, 2022April 7, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat! When last we left off, 16 robots had fought through the first round (and for some, a play-in). Half that field moves onto tonight, which is the season finale and championship. (Until we get confirmation of when Bounty Hunters happens.) Onto the fights! 5. Uppercut vs.

BattleBots Beat: Get to Sixteen

Senor Weaselo - March 31, 2022March 31, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat! Well, we're down to 25 from 34, and will be down to 16. Let's just get to it. To the fights! 31 seed play-in: Defender vs. HydraDefender: 2-1 (L, KO 1:50 vs. Ribbot; W, JD 3-0 vs. Riptide; W, JD 3-0 vs. Retrograde)Hydra: 1-2 (L, KO

BattleBots Beat: Guaranteed to Go Better than My March Bracket!

Senor Weaselo - March 24, 2022March 24, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat! Thanks to last week, we don't have a 32, but a 34-bot bracket as they'll duke it out for the most sacred prize in robot combat, the Giant Nut. The big question: Can anyone prevent the title from going back to Auckland? Defending champs and

BattleBots Beat: And Then There Were 32… Or Were There?

Senor Weaselo - March 17, 2022March 17, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat! By the end of this post we'll have our full 32-robot bracket for the 2021 (aired in 2022) BattleBots championship. A set of bubble teams are fighting tonight—not fighting are some notable 2-0 teams, including Whiplash, Uppercut, Tantrum, Copperhead, HyperShock, and Shatter!. They're already in

BattleBots Beat: Bubble Something or Other (Also Your Thursday Evening Thread)

Senor Weaselo - March 10, 2022March 9, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat, now/once again with actually watching the fights! Hey, we got a BattleBots Update vote of confidence last week, so that counts for something. Anyway, I was going through my personal "win and in" bubble scenarios and it's pretty tight and I'm gonna have to reformat