IT'S ROBOT FIGHTING TIME!!!!!! Battlebots 2019

[Prepuce of Doom 21,260]

Downloadable bracket. 

https://battlebots.com/2019-bracket/

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Here are my picks. I invite others to submit theirs. 

[immortal13 4,059]

Hydra ain't losing to Minotaur

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Fill out a sheet and we'll see... 

[immortal13 4,059]

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I know @immortal13 and I aren't the only ones into this, so fill out your brackets!

I'm out of town for work and am taking a redeye home tonight (6am arrival), and I'm sure that the Doomlet is going to be crawling up the walls waiting for me to get home. 

[immortal13 4,059]

Well what the fuck do I know? The Hydra/minotaur fight was a major disappointment.  Some of the bouts were epic though

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Eh, nothing is certain. I was doubting a few of my picks (Death Roll over Yeti, Minotaur over Hydra) right until the start of each match. 

I really didn't see Sawblaze putting on such a dominant performance, but it seems so obvious from a matchup standpoint in hindsight. 

Edited September 21, 2019 by Prepuce of Doom

[immortal13 4,059]

I was hoping for a Hydra/Biteforce final, but oh well. I'm rooting for Witch Doctor now....despite those stupid fucking hats

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Yeah, I've really come around on Witch Doctor - they annoyed the shit out of me a few years ago, but I like them and generally root for them now. I'm very impressed by their ongoing improvement. But I'm still bewildered by their embrace of cheesy New Orleans-style "voodoo" given that they're from Miami which has its own legitimate vodou culture... 

I had hoped to get a few more bracket entries from the peanut gallery, but here are the standings and max possible score for our family pool (2/4/8/16 points). 

PoD: 14 points; 62 max possible

Mrs. Doom: 12 points; 60 max possible 

Grammy Doom: 10 points; 58 max possible 

Doomlet: 10 points; 26 max possible 

Immortal: 8 points; 24 max possible. 

 

 

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Chicago is expected to have heavy storms tonight during the time when Battlebots will air, and I'm anticipating the possibility that our satellite will go out. 

If that happens, Doomlet will be inconsolable. 

Does anyone happen to know how to watch Battlebots from some kind of online source? I'm pretty ignorant about cord cutting and streaming and all that shit (deliberately so - I'm perfectly willing to continue paying the exorbitant monthly costs in order to not have to deal with learning all new shit and fighting with what I perceive to be a complete patchwork of access) but our TV has all kinds of Internet shit I don't know how to use, plus we have a Chromecast that I assume might be helpful. 

I would vastly prefer to watch in (relative) real time tonight, but if we have to jerry rig something in order to watch tonight's episode tomorrow, I guess that's a good enough compromise. I just don't want to have to wait until the re-airing on the Science Channel next Wednesday... 

Edited September 27, 2019 by Prepuce of Doom

[tbone_ 14,413]

YouTube tv works for me

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Cool - I'll keep their free trial in my back pocket if it comes to that tonight. 

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Pretty satisfying conclusion. 

I wish they had stretched the tournament to three episodes. Maybe toss in some of the most entertaining unaired and inconsequential matches (if there were any worth showing), have a "survivors" last man standing group melee or two, maybe some silly "skills challenges" exhibition stuff (obstacle course, World's Strongest Man type shit, destroying stuff (tube-style TVs, watermelons, frozen turkeys, Cabbage Patch Kids, etc.) and whatever. 

Final bracket standings:

Me: 34

Mrs. Doom: 32

Grammy Doom: 30

Doomlet: 26

Immortal: 24