The Next Annual BattleBots Beaties

Senor Weaselo - October 17, 2019October 17, 2019

Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out, we reminded ourselves that the Montreal Screwjob is not good for your business. Especially if it wasn't scripted in the first place! This week it's the BattleBots Beaties, the part where I try to get these out before BattleBots Update so I at

BattleBots Beat: Ode to a Giant Robot

Senor Weaselo - October 10, 2019October 9, 2019

Welcome back to the Beat! This week should be the Beaties, a nice wrap-up (except for the bonus fights) and at least cromulent award post, even though there aren't any good fasteners left to have as awards. Nuts and bolts are from BattleBots, the Giant Screw was a joke award,

BattleBots Beat: Eight Bots Enter, One Bot Leaves

Senor Weaselo - October 3, 2019October 3, 2019

Welcome back to the Beat! We're at the pointy end now obviously, as we're at the season finale, with the quarterfinals, semis, and of course, the championship. The storylines are there for us, such as: Will Paul Ventimiglia win a fourth heavyweight Giant Nut (Brutality in '09, Bite Force in '15

BattleBots Beat: Still Not a Sweet 16 (and also Your “Hoisting Giant Nuts” Championship Friday Evening Open Thread)

Senor Weaselo - September 27, 2019September 27, 2019

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Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out, HyperShock was hoisted on its own petard, Son of Whyachi actually got revenge, and Cobalt had good enough DI to not get killed off the top by Minotaur's up smash, even if it still lost the fight. And then after press time

BattleBots Beat: The 25-Bot Bracket (…Kinda)

Senor Weaselo - September 19, 2019September 19, 2019

Hi everyone, welcome back to the Beat! Last week, Brazil beat the FC-named team, Bite Force went a ho-hum 4-0, and Hydra grabbed the torch from Bronco. This week, it's a special playoff thing, but it's not the top 16! The powers that be that is known as the BattleBots Tournament

BattleBots Beat: The Flipper Frenzy

Senor Weaselo - September 12, 2019September 12, 2019

Welcome back to the Beat! Last time, RailGun Max won the battle of Shanghai, "Holy crap Bronco's 0-2" got replaced with "Holy ultra crap Bronco's 0-3," and a whole bunch of cut fights that will go onto the BattleBots YouTube page sometime after the season ends. Oh, and Gigabyte might

BattleBots Beat: HUGE Implications

Senor Weaselo - September 5, 2019September 5, 2019

Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out, Tombstone and Gruff gave a Fight of the Year nominee, Bombshell and Captain Shrederator created the 0-4 club, and Death Roll became the first robot to go 4-0. Teams are finishing up their regular seasons, because it seems like this week and

BattleBots Beat: Okay, Panic

Senor Weaselo - August 29, 2019August 29, 2019

Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out, Yeti made Redshirt sad, Bronco went retro, and HyperShock still couldn't beat Bite Force. That's okay, nobody else currently in the field can! This has been your reminder that the only robot to beat Bite Force in 3+ seasons is Chomp with

BattleBots Beat: Mo’ to 3-0

Senor Weaselo - August 22, 2019August 21, 2019

Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out we had Witch Doctor send Whiplash crashing for the first time this year, HUGE gashed Gigabyte, and Deep Six caused a hole in the Box, Nelly, and the space-time continuum. This time out we have two bots with the exact same record

BattleBots Beat: Some of This Might Go Badly

Senor Weaselo - August 15, 2019August 14, 2019

Welcome back to the Beat, where we get severals, nay, fews of +1s on the Reddits! Good news, I haven't gotten angry cease & desist messages from anyone, so… yay? Anyway, last time was the midseason roundtable where robots got together and yelled their opinions on this season. As for