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

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Meanwhile, in the City…

Senor Weaselo - May 3, 2023May 3, 2023

Welp, what do we got for today? Apart from disproportionate Knicks hype, as of course, is tradition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHSa0IHfQaE This gives a slight sigh of relief after an absolutely awful showing from the Rangers apart from their goalie. As, of course, is also tradition. No Quit in New York? Yeah, it's not good when

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,

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: QAARON’S QAVE WATQH QONQLUDES.

Senor Weaselo - April 26, 2023April 26, 2023

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This is this most work my Q key has probably ever gotten. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYonSOkZ5ZE I look forward to Aaron Rodgers playing exactly 65% of the offensive snaps, and then inexplicably falling off a metaphorical cliff. Possibly a physical cliff. More likely a bad trip. Regardless, like the Favre trade, I'm expecting this to

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

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Fun With Flags!

Senor Weaselo - April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

No, this is not the Sheldon Cooper Big Bang Theory segment. This is part 2 of Senor's spring break, where Senorita Weaselo and I went upstate and checked out a Buddhist Temple outside of Poughkeepsie. It was really windy that day, so after seeing absolutely no one there (is there

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.

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Senor’s Spring Break Update

Senor Weaselo - April 12, 2023April 11, 2023

Well last week was fun. I went to the fights and a hockey game broke out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRh2MB8fuXs I'd say all in all, fun was had by most, and it's just how I drew it up, a multi-goal game from Tyler Motte. The bridge level at the Garden is a really good vantage

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: The Musician’s Brief Guide to Holy Week

Senor Weaselo - April 5, 2023April 5, 2023

Greetings friends. I'd like you to take this time to be kind to your church musician friends. They're going through the crazy part of the schedule. As this is Holy Week, the one where they've got things all the damn time for the next four days, starting tomorrow. Holy/Maundy Thursday?

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

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Lack of Recaps

Senor Weaselo - March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

Okay, I'm gonna do my best to not wax poetic about last night's WBC final and the top of the 9th. But even though you can't predict baseball, Suzyn, sometimes, you can predict baseball, Suzyn. Because we all wanted to see it, and we all could predict it. That, Jeter's