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It's funny because I've been watching battle bots of some form for seemingly decades, and the arms race happens just as in human history. Early on people had a
by silisili 4y ago
It's funny because I've been watching battle bots of some form for seemingly decades, and the arms race happens just as in human history.
Early on people had all kinds of ideas...saw blades, flames, hammers, etc. Then a tiny wedge car showed up and just flipped them over.
Then people put something akin to a lawnmower blade on the front, near ground level, and sent those wedges flying. Another had nothing more than a small blade that rode on the ground, and on command, shot it up at a speed that would send anything on top of it twirling in the sky.
I don't think we should ban any one type. It's just incentive for people to do better.
- ninth_ant 4y agoThe issue is most severe when two wedges "fight" each other. It's not captivating television for a mainstream audience -- though some diehards love the technical aspect of those matchups -- and some believe contributed to the cancellation of the original BB series. The producers designed the rules for a show that they hope will deliver explosive action, relative to other tradeoffs.
- antihero 4y agoI have yet to see something as glorious as hypnodisc, from UK Robot Wars. Also Chaos II