Current Events > BattleBots: World Championship Tournament part 1 discussion topic *spoilers*

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Calwings
02/18/21 6:48:06 PM
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The regular season is done, the bracket is set, and the stakes are raised. The 2020 BattleBots World Championship Tournament kicks off tonight!

https://battlebots.com/bracket/

Tonight, we'll be seeing the first round matches on the left-hand side of the bracket, including the #1 overall seed in the tournament, Hydra, and the former BattleBots champion, Tombstone! You can see the full bracket by clicking the link above, so fill out your brackets, make your predictions, and call your upsets... the journey to crown a new champion begins in a little over an hour. Which team is going to raise the giant nut at the end?
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KFHEWUI
02/18/21 7:19:13 PM
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It would be beautiful if Hydra went out in their first battle.

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GallisOTK
02/18/21 7:23:53 PM
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KFHEWUI posted...
It would be beautiful if Hydra went out in their first battle.

I'd love to be wrong, but I don't see Hypershock being good enough to do the job. Still, #FuckHydra
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Calwings
02/18/21 8:04:16 PM
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IT'S ROBOT FIGHTIN' TIME!

GallisOTK posted...
#FuckHydra

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Calwings
02/18/21 8:22:35 PM
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Great opening fight, looks like Tombstone might be back to its old form. Down goes Mad Catter. Uppercut vs. Hijinx is up next.
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Calwings
02/18/21 8:45:09 PM
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Two dominant wins by Uppercut and Black Dragon, including a bot getting absolutely launched into orbit. Beta vs. Ribbot up next.

Anyone else still here, or should I just not bother bumping this anymore?
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NightRender
02/18/21 11:34:10 PM
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Calwings posted...
Two dominant wins by Uppercut and Black Dragon, including a bot getting absolutely launched into orbit. Beta vs. Ribbot up next.

Anyone else still here, or should I just not bother bumping this anymore?

I never get to watch live. I just finished up watching on Discovery Plus. It's actually available in the morning, but I got work and shit.

I, too, was on team #fuckhydra. Shame that the weapon system was the only part of Hypershock that wasn't indestructible this match.

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KFHEWUI
02/19/21 5:16:56 PM
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GallisOTK posted...
I'd love to be wrong, but I don't see Hypershock being good enough to do the job.

Unfortunately... At least I hope they give 'em heck...

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Purple_Cheetah
02/19/21 10:22:36 PM
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I love how I was right, in that they'd slip that bicycle rack into the montage/highlights like it was amazing. Even then it's as brief as they possibly can, but you can still see it. The dialogue of it being so destructive or w/e only adds to the lulz.

I'm a bit disappointed in the outcome of 1 fight, but my solace is that the winner now has to fight that. Either Ribbot or Beta had to fight Uppercut, and I was hoping for Beta to win, but I doubt Beta would've stood a great chance against Uppercut, so now I guess we'll see a frog go into orbit.

Spoilers for this episode's winners, but just my speculation/hopes for later in the tournament.
I really like Hydra's design, but that bike rack business kinda put them on the "I like you, but now I'm curious to see you lose" list of mine. I also usually root for Gigabyte, so I'm hoping that Gigabyte won't become too much of a UFO and might actually dig into Hydra's skirts, spinning and damaging it, since iirc the sides/corners of Hydra are vulnerable.
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