BattleBots Beat: Seven Fights for WC VII.

Senor Weaselo - June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

This is it. Eight bots, seven fights, three rounds of competition, and at the end, someone walks away with the Giant Nut for the first time in their career. Who will it be? Well, we have seven teams that everyone would be happy to see, and also Riptide, who at

BattleBots Beat: The New Meta?

Senor Weaselo - May 25, 2023May 24, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat! Let me first day that don't worry, we're not talking about the good Doktor's former employer, but the general metagame of combat robotics. How do we get there? Well, we'll show you over the course of the fights, duh. It's the last super-packed week, the last

BattleBots Beat: Now With Less Salt, We Hope

Senor Weaselo - May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out we covered the right side of the round of 32, so it's only fair that next we get the left side. Then after that, two weeks to go—the round of 16, then the quarters, semis, and championship. And then we wait for

BattleBots Beat: …We’re Calling it May Madness Now?

Senor Weaselo - May 11, 2023May 11, 2023

I wish that were a joke, but no, that was from the Facebook page (Update: Or from Chris Rose's Twitter). First of all, it was filmed in October, so… I guess that should preclude the May-ness. Second: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVxLXn4_34c Yes, I'm aware that this is probably a worse look. Anyways, let's fucking do this.

BattleBots Beat: Bracket VII Awaits

Senor Weaselo - May 4, 2023May 4, 2023

Welp, here we go. Last week of the prelims, or of the regular season, however you want to describe it. For some teams, it's a chance to lock in seeding. For others, it's win or go home. And for the last two, it's the former, but the seed they're looking

BattleBots Beat: Several Obligatory Titans Clashing Jokes…

Senor Weaselo - April 27, 2023April 27, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat! Yeah, the title I could have gone multiple ways with, so I decided on… none of them! So enjoy Skorpios vs. a car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbDkYRnGlLk As you'd expect, Skorpios wins. Anyway, to the fights! Starchild vs. HUGEStarchild: 0-3 (L, JD 3-0 vs. Overhaul; L, JD 3-0 vs. Mammoth; L,

BattleBots Beat: Boom, Clock Shot.

Senor Weaselo - April 20, 2023April 20, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat! First off, a Robogames update: Here's highlights from this year's champion, Manta. They were not admitted to BattleBots for WC VII, but this should get them in for VIII. Yes, that's a whole bunch of legally-not BattleBots competitors, in that they're the same robots with

BattleBots Beat: See Your Body Into the Moonlight

Senor Weaselo - April 13, 2023April 13, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat, where we time crunch the important stuff. Whoops. Anyway, the bubble is starting to take shape. Who'll be in, who'll be out, and who'll be freaking out the entire time? We start finding out now. To the fights! Lock-Jaw vs. MadCatterLock-Jaw: 2-1 (W, JD 3-0 vs.

BattleBots Beat: Your Midseason Return

Senor Weaselo - April 6, 2023April 6, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat! We've had some time to stretch our legs, so with (we think) five episodes left before the tournament we can see where we stand as everyone finishes their third fights and moves on to their last ones. Let's get to it, shall we? To the

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Your BattleBots Beat Bracket Watch

Senor Weaselo - March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

The season starts back up tomorrow because of the midseason Madness break. Because they don't want BattleBots competing with the chaos that has ensued. (FAU? Hooty hoot, motherfuckas!) Anyway, I've been keeping track, fightwise and done my own crib notes. I'd call it Bubble Watch, but ESPN took that. I know

BattleBots Beat: Gibson’s Law

Senor Weaselo - March 16, 2023March 16, 2023

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Welcome back to the Beat! Well, last week we got the fight that I'm pencilling in as Letdown of the Year. May we get the true hammer-saw battle someday soon. We get something entirely different to start here. To the fights! Riptide vs. Captain ShrederatorRiptide: 2-0 (W, KO 0:47 vs. Glitch;

BattleBots Beat: Bold Strategies

Senor Weaselo - March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat! Last week, we had some of the mirror matches. Not all of them, we got one more. Also, there's something we've never seen before, and something we saw two years ago but hey, maybe it'll be different? To the fights! Gruff vs. Witch DoctorGruff: 1-1 (W,