Robot Combat League

[Mark CMG]

TBH, I don't recall if the rules allowed it or not. What I do know, is that if it was working, there was no reason to risk replacing something. The armor wasn't exactly easy to get off and back on, so there is no way someone would risk the time on a working part.

Thanks, again, for chiming in with your insider knowledge (even if some things need to be off-limits)!

 

[nerdalert]

Hi, Brandon. Welcome to the forums. I really like the little gifs you have of you and Heather 'practicing' on your recap:

Thanks I tried to post it, but apparently I need more posts!

edit: I can't even quote you with the link in there??

 

[nerdalert]

Here's a question I just thought of: in the initial power up challenge to determine the rankings did the numbers on the target board on the dummy robots chest have any significance? Like, did you get time added for hitting anything other than the center?

Edit: actually, I just realized only the other practise bot had the numbered target board. Nevermind.

No significance.

 

[nerdalert]

Hmmm...

Sounds to me that if this show survives to Season 2, they might want to hire 2 skilled, dedicated pit crews to do the between-rounds repairs to avoid this problem that is weighing so heavily on the minds of some...

The team from Spectral Motion that designed and built the robots were our pit crews. The robotechs instructed them on which repairs they wanted. Doesn't get any better than that.

 

[nerdalert]

Thanks, again, for chiming in with your insider knowledge (even if some things need to be off-limits)!

 

[jonesy]

Thanks I tried to post it, but apparently I need more posts!

edit: I can't even quote you with the link in there??

I think you only need ten posts to get over the newbie filter.

We had a pretty bad hacker attack here a couple of months back, and the site is recovering from it. That's why there are some extra measures currently.

 

[Janx]

Janx, your theory was a theory discussed by several of the robotechs while we were filming the show and we agreed that the unseen damage might be playing into the results of the fights.

welcome to the forums.

I'd suspect that the reality of my theory is that it did contribute, but not in the exagerated way I describe. it was certainly a risk worth considering. Especially if you got nothing to do for 20 minutes because your bot is "fine"

The reluctance to replace "working" parts would contribute to the factor. You just don't know how much longer a part has if you don't replace it.

 

[jonesy]

This is the sort of stuff I meant that the show should show more, instead of filler. Setrakian talks about how the robots are constructed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3oNKDAJjcY

 

[Janx]

that was a pretty informative video.

If the show is able to expand and continue, I'd expect to see some innovations on being able to rapidly hoist a bot up and replace actuators.

If each bot was sponsored and maintained by individual parties (not show's tech team), each would be looking to make a pit stop as fast as NasCar does. Not that the show isn't motivated, but they're angle is to keep it fair. Putting the onus on the individual teams means they would redesign some parts and process to enable rapid swap-out of high-risk items because that's their competitive edge.

I'm think of stuff like hooks on the back for hoisting the bot upright and taking the weight off the actuators. Armor plates secured with easy access bolts that somebody with an air wrench can jump in and remove, so the next person can get at a section. Actuators and hoses that have modular connectors and pins so they can be swapped out as fast as possible once the weight has been taken off (I swear half the problem of repairing Axe's torso problem was that they didn't appear to have the bot upright yet).

This might change the look of the bots, where Setrakian used a common frame and added Art on top, but would be a logical transformation of how fully invested competitors would adapt the concept into practical advantages for the competition.

 

[jonesy]

Saw the wild card match. I was surprised at Steel Cyclone getting picked. I mean, when they said that the teams would vote for who gets in I was expecting Thunder Skull to make it because of how that match ended, but Steel Cyclone over Robohammer or Dronestrike? Huh?

I was honestly even more surprised when Steel Cyclone won. Thunder Skull had those huge fists that look similar to what Steampunk has been crushing opponents with.

Great match, though.