Welcome back to the Beat! The recap this morning is a pretty simple premise: Eight robots, seven fights, one champion. So with that, let's get started. 5. Black Dragon vs. 20. RibbotRecords don't matter now anyway, it's the final 8 bots. And one of these bots you could totally have expected to
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2021 Banner Madness: Second Round, Day 4
And again, we finish the round with the DOINK Region. First up, first round results: 46. “Two in the thoughts, one in the prayers.” had a bye. 29. “The Lions replacing their fans with cardboard cutout has nothing to do with COVID-19 though. It’s suicide-prevention month.” defeats 7. “The last time I
2021 Banner Madness: Second Round, Day 3
Onto the SHAN'KHOR Region's first round results: 27. “The Stanley Cup is continuing its 53-year boycott of Toronto, if that’s what you mean.” had a bye. 34. “I’m sorry, did someone get addicted to getting every call and break for 20 years?” defeats 10. “If you try to stop it, Marty McSorley
2021 Banner Madness: Second Round, Day 2
Once again onto the GAMBLOR Region with results and polls: 11. “An XFL stadium employee tested positive for coronavirus, so Vince McMahon can finally celebrate the XFL going viral.” defeats 12. “Everything I voted for is losing. Sometimes I hate being reminded I’m a Democrat.” 12-11 43. “I think I heard that
2021 Banner Madness: Second Round, Day 1
No more byes, since we're in the round of 32. Once again we start in the BLEERGH Region: 51. “Haha, the interesting thing is now every commenter has hobo blood lust and will have to fulfill it on their own.” had a bye. 44. “Thoughts and prayers for COVID-19 as it has
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2021 Banner Madness: First Round, Day 4
Why Banner Madness? Because I go mad doing all the polls or something, let's go with that. Anyway, onto the fourth and final region, the DOINK. 46. “Two in the thoughts, one in the prayers.” vs. -BYE- 7. “The last time I saw someone get this excited about a baby nut, the
2021 Banner Madness: First Round, Day 3
Day 3 takes us to the other side of the bracket and the SHAN'KHOR Region. Why is it an H and not a L? Well, potential sectarian violence aside, original spelling has an H, not an L, so I'm going with that as DFO deity canon. Will I get crucified
2021 Banner Madness: First Round, Day 2
Day 2 means 5 more first-round matchups, this time from the GAMBLOR region. 12. “Everything I voted for is losing. Sometimes I hate being reminded I’m a Democrat.” vs. 11. “An XFL stadium employee tested positive for coronavirus, so Vince McMahon can finally celebrate the XFL going viral.” 43. “I think I
2021 Banner Madness: Yes, It’s Back!
2020 sucked. We can all agree on that due to *once again gestures to outside world* all this shit. You name it, it probably sucked. You know what didn't suck? You fine people at bringing the funny, the clever, and the severely fucked up. And very often, a combination of the