Battlebots fight card
Tantrum really deserves to be in the top 32 this year, and in such a competitive field it will need a big win in this fight in order to have a chance of making it. And I believe it’ll get that win. Tantrum probably has more to play for, sitting at 1-1 after two fights that actually made it to air, its loss being an unfortunate one at the hands of Valkyrie, but it impressed in its win over Atom #94. Especially Gamma 9, who’s been at 0-1 since the Jurassic age, though I’m sure we’ll be seeing a small highlights reel of an untelevised fight against a true juggernaut of the game, such as Gemini or Rampage.
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It’s been so long since we’ve these two I was beginning to think they’d been forgotten about. But what we’re going to see still won’t be pretty, and this will, most likely, be the last we see of my beloved Rusty in this year’s competition. This looks as though it’s been put in place to give SawBlaze an easy ride into the top 32 as they currently sit at 1-1, fresh from being surgically disemboweled by Uppercut. Thankfully they’ve reverted back to the circular saw for this one, so we won’t be seeing Rusty shattered into a thousand tiny little pieces all over the arena floor. If this isn’t proof that we need more consistency and structure to the teams’ fight schedules I think this is it. Seriously, who came up with this schedule? Last time it was Beta, and now it’s another one of the best teams in the competition with SawBlaze. It won’t be a straight-forward fight by any means, and I think that, whatever happens, we’re going to see both these bots in the top 32, and with comfortably high seedings as well. I told you, there’s a literal Hexbug arena in the arena #arenaception One, maybe two good hits in the right areas from Uppercut is going to send it flying across the box, and leave it conked out in the corner. And in all honesty I think it’s going to be a similar story here. Sadly, the problem with Hydra is that is has too much at the back and sides for big spinners to attack and get subsequent big hits in. I guess that settles that then.Įxcept, if you remember Hydra’s only loss so far on BattleBots, last year’s last 16 bout against Minotaur, they also managed to get a big early flip in on their opponents in that fight. Oh, and Hydra gets at least one flip in on Uppercut which will send it careening through the air. I don’t know whose idea that was, but I guess that’s their own sadistic way of saying they want a toy. We know that, as I’ve mentioned, Hydra has thankfully done away with the bike rack, and it’s actually Uppercut who have come in with an addition, in the form of, and I sh*t you not, a sacrificial Hexbug arena. This is one we already know a surprising amount about, thanks to the wonder of promotional images. It’s the flipping fanatic that is Hydra, minus the bike rack, and the spinning sensation that is the awesome Uppercut. Two teams at 2-0, two of the most powerful weapons in the field, two bots who are potentially vying for the number one seeding. It’s a huge result that shakes up the top 32 though, and there are plenty of teams fighting in this episode looking to take advantage of that shock result. I was genuinely fuming when it broke down. Fortunately it’s not as hard as last week, which left me with a disappointing 4-3 record, mostly down to Gruff’s ineptitude in staying alive.
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So on top of the cracking fight card your eyes see below you, expect a whole load of highlights featuring your favourite bots, such as Deadlift, Chronos, and even Axe Backwards.Īs you can see, there’s a whole lot to look forward to here, and a lot which is already giving me a severe headache in trying to predict.
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To be honest, I think we probably already know most of the bots that will end up in the championship bracket, but seeing as we technically have the records of as many as 25 competitors to determine, there’s still all to play for, and only an hour and a half to play it in. It’s been a long, wild ride to get to this point, but it’s now time to sort the top 32 out. The final episode of the BattleBots 2020. Good evening, comrades, and welcome to crunch time.