by Draco | May 12, 2024 | Miscellaneous
[Editor’s Note: I originally wanted to write this article in the aftermath of Robogames 2023 but time got away from me and I just let it go. Then some dumb shit happened again at Robogames 2024 and I made it a point to finish this article this time. I work just...
by Draco | May 5, 2023 | BattleBots: S12
It is officially tournament time here on BattleBots Update! For the past 15 episodes we’ve been watching the qualification rounds where each of the 50 robots in the field battled through four prelims to determine their final seeding for the tournament. The Fight...
by Draco | Mar 31, 2023 | BattleBots: S12
Well that was a fun two week break. Did you survive the time away from BattleBots? Did you enjoy how the season suspended on an episode that opened up the Riptide hate floodgates and then let it fester for nearly three weeks? More importantly did you like the interim...
by Draco | Mar 3, 2023 | BattleBots: S12
Remember that one season where BattleBots would start almost every episode with a cold open featuring some kind of skit grounded in the sport? The only ones I can think of off the top of my head are the one where Sharkoprion destroys a bathroom with fetid shark shit...
by Draco | Feb 10, 2023 | BattleBots: S12
Normally I don’t comment all that much on the goings-on of the robot combat community but god damn after last week you guys really fucking hate Ethan Kurtz and Riptide. I’m talking multiple different posts on the /r/BattleBots subreddit, one of which that...
