I remember watching Ray Billings' robot "Tombstone" in a mismatch, where after just a few seconds of combat his opponent's robot was crippled, weaponless, could barely move, but nonetheless came at Tombstone again. Ray gave him a light hit to bounce him away, then called over something like "John - stay down, please, stay down." so he wouldn't have to do any more destruction. That moment changed my opinion of Mr. Billings.
@tuliothx Жыл бұрын
But Ray was also known for the catch phrase when his opponent was down: "You want some more?"
@lunarcod7187 Жыл бұрын
@Tulio it's almost like he was told to be a heel by the showrunners!!
@brandonrb Жыл бұрын
Stop moving Shaun! I remembered that so well. Made laugh and made me realize he was a good sport
@aydinaj4 Жыл бұрын
But also ray billings always ask if they want more. Remeber the gigabyte fight? That was pure mercy as he could've end there whole career effortlessly but didn't because the team said they had enough
@joepegel Жыл бұрын
IIRC, what Ray said was "Stop moving, John!" And John stopped moving, and the ref started counting him down. This was right after a hit from Tombstone sent Gigabyte's shell to one side of the arena and the rest of its mostly still intact body to the other. One of my favorite BattleBots moments.
@Jomari_Idioma Жыл бұрын
Suddenly appreciate how Ray Billings always ask if you want more.
@madingthree Жыл бұрын
Ray: want more? Ethan: *ill give you more even if you don't*
@rosarioyeen1371 Жыл бұрын
I now wish for the day this godforsaken ripoff of a bot faces off against Tombstone. I hope Ray Billings guts that bot.
@phoenixwarrior1350 Жыл бұрын
@@rosarioyeen1371 amen brother
@EngineerRiff Жыл бұрын
@@rosarioyeen1371 Your thinking of either Rainbow or Triton
@TheInvertedFollicle507 Жыл бұрын
No they mean Riptide, it's been mentioned on the show a few times this year including by Chris and Kenny themselves that one of the Mad Catter team thinks Riptide is just a 250lb knockoff of a machine he built called Lynx who's a champion in one of the smaller weight categories outside of battlebots.
@badbirdkc Жыл бұрын
From what I understand, Team Riptide is genuinely disliked in the pits. What they do for the camera isn't an act. They are every bit the arrogant trash talkers behind the scenes, including Ethan's dad.
@blacktainfalcon7097 Жыл бұрын
Good lol. Obviously they backed it up
@Giovansbilly Жыл бұрын
Not surprising to hear the dad is like that, considering he believes autism is a "disease" that could be cured and sells snake oil "cures" for it, which he even used to try "curing" his son
@olisk-jy9rz Жыл бұрын
Do you have any sources to back that up?
@duckmandrake1859 Жыл бұрын
@@olisk-jy9rz The Battlebots subreddit is full of accounts from builders about the conduct of Team Riptide throughout the show.
@badbirdkc Жыл бұрын
@@Giovansbilly Yep. The moment I found that out, I was like "this explains everything."
@Thunsegen Жыл бұрын
Battle starts at 4:50.
@Kllxqr Жыл бұрын
Thank you the time
@cdname47 Жыл бұрын
Doing the lord's work.
@rodrigocampos1302 Жыл бұрын
GOAT
@Neags Жыл бұрын
thank you for saving a lot of BS
@michaelclark4113 Жыл бұрын
Thankyou
@brandonjames1606 Жыл бұрын
Looks like battlebots now has an actual villain, and not someone just playing the role. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing.
@r3x85 Жыл бұрын
20th like
@neffomp Жыл бұрын
@@r3x85good for you
@nicholasfarrell5981 Жыл бұрын
I mean, they've had Bike-Rack Ewert for *years* at this point.
@Tigerking287911 ай бұрын
Good thing it would interesting if battlebots had a heel
@mewmew893210 ай бұрын
@@nicholasfarrell5981 he seems to be mostly playing
@SkullTaskMaster Жыл бұрын
I vaguely recall yeti from a couple of years back that went really far into the competition but struggled to maintain their bot due to I think lack of parts, but because they were an extremely nice team others who were no longer competing were helping them in the pits. Yeah that ain't happening for riptide
@UserUser-ku6gm Жыл бұрын
Hope they get their stuff pilfered in the pits.
@sweetrocks610 Жыл бұрын
Good thing they don’t need the help
@JaySay Жыл бұрын
@@sweetrocks610 How many Bolts have they won? Ethan's a young guy, if he wants to _really_ enjoy his next 10+ years in the biz, he should try to be more humble. Riptide isn't the best bot, and it's not even the best vertical spinner, imo. He can be cocky when he wins the tournament. And then Whiplash, Sawblaze, or ten other potential robots will kick him out of the competition again and he'll be back to square one.
@sweetrocks610 Жыл бұрын
@@JaySay who said he wanted to enjoy it? Also nobody claimed they were the best bot. As for acting cocky, you can act cocky when you can back it up. That’s what Hydra’s whole bit is, and people love it.
@DrSmugface Жыл бұрын
@@sweetrocks610 reminds me of tombstone who was the "evil bot" for some time ..
@funyppl Жыл бұрын
There was a comment made on Reddit by the captain of Captain Shrederator where he says that afterwards in the pits, the father of Riptide's captain came over and, rather than apologize, made a bunch of excuses as to why Ethan kept hitting a clearly knocked-out bot. From the comment: "The excuses were how Ethan took it too far, but it was his (Stan’s) fault because as he said “I told Ethan if he was going too far I would put my hand on his shoulder and he would KNOW to calm down.” Uhh.. dude what? Why not verbally tell your kid to relax. After he said that, my uncle said “you know your team and son have a reputation and if you continue to take responsibility for his actions he will never grow out of it” to which Stan replied “no I’m not aware of this reputation.” So, no real apology, no Ethan taking responsibility for clear poor sportsmanship, but excuses from Daddy because he can’t get a handle on his son." Keep in mind, this is the same father who apparently claims to have "cured" his son's autism and now sells this "autism cure". We've also seen Ethan taunting and putting his hand directly in front of Martin Mason's mouth in their post-match interview a few weeks ago so this is a clearly established pattern of poor sportsmanship that doesn't seem to be going away any time soon. UPDATE: Now they were just plainly caught cheating by working on their bot after they weighed-in, "somehow" losing 2 pounds in the process. Just absolutely indefensible.
@wisewolftony Жыл бұрын
Also something happened with the team their rookie season with Valkyrie and Leanne Cushing that really upset the team and her. Not sure what it was as there was a Reddit post about it that was quickly deleted after some negative fans got involved in the comments. But they are clearly becoming or probably are already the most hated team in the field at least from the pits. And Mad Catter team already didn't have much respect for them seeing how it's clear as day that Riptide instead of coming up with their own original idea just decided hey lets look at the smaller weight classes saw Linx a bot built by Calvin the driver of Mad Catter and saw that it was the most dominate 3LB bot in American if not the entire world. And just copied that design 100%. Only difference by the color scheme.
@epiphonium Жыл бұрын
EFK reddidiot
@williamgolobek4829 Жыл бұрын
@wisewolftony7003 I feel bad for captain shred
@blacktainfalcon7097 Жыл бұрын
Wah wah wah
@rictaracing2736 Жыл бұрын
Good for him, if anyone is dumb enough to buy that scam then they didn't need the money in the first place XD
@Romax-pg2is Жыл бұрын
_”It was close to $10,000 in damage, the single most expensive fight ever for our team :) and it was completely unnecessary. Nothing from that robot could be salvaged and we had to rebuild a new robot from the ground up for our jackpot fight which was THE NEXT DAY.”_ -Nick Nave
@TsLeng Жыл бұрын
Too bad...
@PetersPan24 Жыл бұрын
Wahh 😭
@supertigerman013 Жыл бұрын
Man I feel so bad for him, but obviously Captain Shrederator was set for retirement and is likely not competing next year so at least that's a silver lining for him.
@marshmelows Жыл бұрын
Good. Weak bots die. Strong bots carry on. RIP Captain Shredderator, shredded in pieces
@BunkerBlog Жыл бұрын
@@marshmelows You say that as a fan who just likes looking at bots break. That is, of course, the main appeal. But when you're the one paying for and building these things, you'd feel much differently.
@MichaelAaronWindle Жыл бұрын
This fight is what will probably lead to some huge demand for a tap-out button for next season. Way too much, hate to see how CS will be repaired after that evisceration! 😬
@skrimper Жыл бұрын
It won't be, they'll just build another. Each team has multiple of the same bots
@TowerSavant Жыл бұрын
@@skrimper That isn't true for every team.
@Rygoat Жыл бұрын
@@TowerSavant And it doesnt mean that teams are willing/prepared to throw away 10k worth of parts every fight. People forget that most of these teams are there because they enjoy being there, take away that enjoyment factor or the sense of mutual respect and people will just stop turning up.
@blacktainfalcon7097 Жыл бұрын
@@Rygoat I understand the poor sportsmanship but if a team isn’t prepared to have their bot eviscerated then that’s on them. I kinda like how we have an antagonist of battlebots now.
@horsthorstmann2480 Жыл бұрын
Build a combat robot which has a fast spinning kinetic energy weapon for use to fight against other similar robots in a tv show named BattleBots but then complaining about the other bot doing heavy damage after loosing the battle 😅 I can understand that they cost a lot money and work, but they are build to destroy or being destroyed. I would prefer the rule that u can attack as long as time runs or the referee stops the fight. I want to see robots doing damage with there heavy weapon to other robots. And if it’s your robot who gets destroyed in a fight it probably wasn’t good enough against the other bot. Build a new upgraded bot and try to be the one who is destroying in the next match 🤷🏾♂️
@olimara1647 Жыл бұрын
"It was pretty hard to tell when to stop" - My man, if you've bent their baseplate at a 90 degree angle THEY AREN'T GOING TO MOVE
@olimara1647 Жыл бұрын
If you're going to lie at least pretend to be convincing
@BigFatWedge Жыл бұрын
Great. Call people liars. That's great. Captain Shred was smothering around while it was shaking, and the rules say that ANY movement is enough to avoid a countout, do they not?
@wisewolftony Жыл бұрын
@@olimara1647 Not to mention Captain Shred can't self right when flipped. Which it what Ethan the driver in the pre match interview said the goal was to flip Captain and win the fight in the first few seconds by doing that. Which they basically do just that within 20 seconds flipping Captain over. Yet then landed another like 5 or 6 hits to them past that point.
@olimara1647 Жыл бұрын
@@BigFatWedge The rules specifically state an exception that full body spinners that "Cannot noticeably change it's position" in 7.6.2 Responsiveness Procedures. And if you're going to state that they were changing position, that probably had something to do with being hit in the face repeatedly.
@olimara1647 Жыл бұрын
@@wisewolftony Yep, all they needed was an inversion and maybe 1 hit to make sure they're dead if they were feeling gratuitous.
@ryanbratley6199 Жыл бұрын
You know what was a great fight? Monsoon vs Whiplash. You know, that fight you choose as the main event because you knew it was full of quality, rather than because it was great outrage-fuelled engagement-bait, and which absolutely lived up to that billing by going the distance and creating a very difficult decision for the judges? That one. That's your actual 'fight of the week'. That's the kinda thing you promote. What you've got here is your 'controversy of the week'.
@teamgetwreckedcombatrobots776 Жыл бұрын
Couldn’t have said it better myself. This does not deserve to be fight of the week.
@raqqun1115 Жыл бұрын
Agreed! This fight is so boring
@Damop17 Жыл бұрын
I love controversy
@wristofkings Жыл бұрын
Absolutely this ^^ The main event was a downright tense battle, and I was rooting for Monsoon all the way.
@nick2000720 Жыл бұрын
🤓
@The8BitNerd Жыл бұрын
The sad part is that this could be Shredarator’s last televised fight.
@TheSneakyMonk222 Жыл бұрын
Sad?
@xtheamazingax Жыл бұрын
Nah... team weren't making the top 32 anyway.
@-saklo-2256 Жыл бұрын
It's the lamest bot anyways...
@sparkplug1018 Жыл бұрын
What’s sad about this? Never gets very far to begin with
@left4newbz Жыл бұрын
This might just be a producer bait rumor, especially after what Nick Nave said regarding Shrederator's redesign "for the first time in 20 years" currently going on, and Brian saying no such thing apparently. They'll be back.
@Cheezeball Жыл бұрын
Here's a thought. Instead of having random people in black and white striped shirts that can count to 10, get people that are actually involved in the sport to ref and give them the power to stop a fight instantly like in ALL other combat sports.
@Jeramy_Essner Жыл бұрын
Only problem is that sometimes people seem like they have no movement but make a miraculous recovery before time is up
@bobbob-iv4we Жыл бұрын
they have demonstrated the power to stop a fight without a countdown as seen in a tombstone fight a few years ago, but there was no way in a million years they would ever do that in this fight. The robot was still spinning
@OverlordZeroULTIMA Жыл бұрын
I think one of them is actually a crow...*side eyes countdown ref in this fight*
@PsyKeks Жыл бұрын
Is there no tapout/forfeit in this league? I have seen others, where the opponent can just accept defeat to save what's left of their robot.
@theapocilip11 ай бұрын
@@PsyKeks idk if you can forfeit but I’ve never seen it. It’s the only way to know really what if they start driving again because you stopped.
@scottcastle9119 Жыл бұрын
So glad this show survived through out the years, love it
@iamjoey16 Жыл бұрын
I have a feeling team riptide has made themselves a lot of enemies and will get they come ups one day. it may not be in the box but in the pits that we will never see.
@Untoastedbagel1271 Жыл бұрын
Imagine they run out of parts in the tournament. Would’ve been good to make some friends wouldn’t it?
@UserUser-ku6gm Жыл бұрын
Steal and break their stuff since they love unnecessary damage so much
@haroldfarquad6886 Жыл бұрын
Nothing like unsportsmanlike conduct outside the arena to pay back conduct that was perfectly legal inside the arena. Riptide doesn't look like they'll need anyone's charity any time soon.
@Mike_Dubayou11 ай бұрын
"Hey ref, he was punching really hard, isnt that against the rules?" People are here to see destruction between two deadly robots. This isnt womans basketball.
@mewmew893210 ай бұрын
@@Mike_Dubayou Do you want to pay 1000+ plus for these only to see them turned to scrap?
@Servellion9 ай бұрын
People calling out Riptide for hitting Shredderator over and over again, but in the past Shredderator has hit bots DURING the countdown against disabled bots.
@hiygamer Жыл бұрын
When the ref has to take the controller out of your hand because you refuse to disengage, I think it's a pretty clear indicator that you are going too far.
@akaicedtea6236 Жыл бұрын
That's not what happened. The ref took the remote after he disengaged. Yeah it's bad sportsmanship but it wasn't illegal and their ref should have started counting them out sooner. That's actually what a ref is a for.
@Troglobitten Жыл бұрын
Where exactly does that happen in this video? The moment you see the ref take the controller is done after the fight, long after they disengaged. At 5:42 riptide gives the last hit, after which they disengage from attacking. In the wide shot you can still see both refs still standing at the shrederator side. Team Riptide went way too far, and they need to learn a thing or two about sportsmanship. But don't make up this fake narrative about a ref having to take away the controller from his hands because he refused to disengage. After the fights the teams are supposed to shut down the bot and put the controller down. This does not always happen in a timely manner and then the ref will grab your controller. This has happened in other fights this season before and is not exclusive to this fight.
@RUINERx117 Жыл бұрын
Too far? Unsportsman? It's freaking BATTLEBOTS! You must not be very familiar with the original series and how damaged bots got in that.
@fluffbot3000 Жыл бұрын
@@RUINERx117 that was back when you could enter a bot that costs 500 bucks and a pack of bubble gum and have a chance. Now these bots can cost 10-20-30k and complete destruction all the time will cause many builders to quit
@kodoqbesar4301 Жыл бұрын
@@RUINERx117 This match costs Shrederator 10k. Riptide can just flipped Shrederator over than leave it there to avoid anymore damage to Shrederator because this is qualifying rounds, not tournament. And as the final nail in the coffin, they had to rebuilt the entire thing because that whole thing is gone
@Rygoat Жыл бұрын
They didnt break any official rules as far as I can tell, but yes I do feel they went too far. They knew that to beat CS you only need to flip him and they did that. Could have sat back and let the count out occur
@shadow7037932 Жыл бұрын
They broke a unwritten sportsmanship rule that's been in robot combat (be it in Battlebots or something like NHRL).
@michaelhouse6606 Жыл бұрын
@@shadow7037932BS shrederator’s weapon was still spinning even when it was upside down. You don’t stop until your enemies weapon is dead.
@gggamer3851 Жыл бұрын
By following the rules. Shred kept spinning so riptide kept engaging like the rules require.
@madingthree Жыл бұрын
Riptide is an amazing bot. The team that runs Riptide though needs to learn some respect
@kings_nemesis5995 Жыл бұрын
@@darthkai8242 you can say that shred was still a threat if he was on his wheels and spinning not up on its side spinning outta control
@Dysphoros Жыл бұрын
This has already been said a lot but Monsoon vs Whiplash is the true Fight of the Week.
@gtcreations7666 Жыл бұрын
Yes I couldn't agree more that was an actual fight.
@mech-x-xavious Жыл бұрын
No it wasn't
@AZBCDE Жыл бұрын
No it wasn’t, that was a tickling match. So boring zzzzz
@Dysphoros Жыл бұрын
@@AZBCDE You're the kind of a person to say Claw Viper and Quantum are boring as they zip like a freight train and slam their opponent aggressively.
@AZBCDE Жыл бұрын
@@Dysphoros Your the kind of person who likes to cry a lot, it’s what’s know as being a snowflake. If you don’t like it just watch something else, it’s that simple.
@pr_squared Жыл бұрын
Riptides primary weapon packs some serious damage (heaviest weapon this championship or something). But I'd like to see how they fare against an exceptionally fast bot that can get behind them like Claw viper
@Cheng-nm4cc10 ай бұрын
Well above riptides's puny drum spinner, there's Minotaur with their drum powered by a jet engine, tombstone with its massive blade, end game with its insane defense capabilities and tantrum with its impressive stats
@NathanPops Жыл бұрын
Jake. Plays the villain. These folks seem to actually be one.
@Untoastedbagel1271 Жыл бұрын
Builders hate this team in the pits apparently. It’s not just a TV act riptide actually acts this immature
@angmering5899 Жыл бұрын
I think Battlebots' social media manager knew which fight this week would get the most engagement... ;)
@RocketboyX Жыл бұрын
But they brought out the trolls making it look like the whole thing and its fans are toxic.
@thedman1696 Жыл бұрын
Social media team leaning back in their chair with Trollolol face
@ralphjohnticsay8771 Жыл бұрын
bad publicity is still publicity
@johnzhu45 Жыл бұрын
Did the break the law of the rules? No. Did they break the spirit of the rules? In my mind yes.
@larsstougaard7097 Жыл бұрын
Yes it was heartbreaking to watch that poor bot got completely destroyed 😢
@rsltgc8706 Жыл бұрын
There should be throw in the towel provision where the side forfeits the game. Simple. Else get rekt. It's the other sides choice.
@larsstougaard7097 Жыл бұрын
@@l-dragonix3580 bot this was savage, I had to look away 🫣😄
@blacktainfalcon7097 Жыл бұрын
Someone better call the wahbulancd
@RocketboyX Жыл бұрын
@L-dragonix But it's not doe.
@Davidofsmeg Жыл бұрын
Fairly certain Monsoon vs. Whiplash was the fight of the week but controversy gets more views I guess.
@jackboulter4901 Жыл бұрын
this is very true.
@BlitzerXYZ Жыл бұрын
And comment engagement
@jl8205 Жыл бұрын
Unless you make it about the judges and the promotion. Fans with a grudge against a team drives revenue. Fans that dislike how the sport is operated decreases revenue.
@teamgetwreckedcombatrobots776 Жыл бұрын
Monsoon VS Whiplash should’ve been fight of the week.
@HazukiTheWitchy Жыл бұрын
Or maybe Horizon vs Shatter
@typhoon7914 Жыл бұрын
They have 2 weeks without episodes ahead, I have a feeling they’ll be fight of the week for those weeks
@ansgar_odinson Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it was way over the top. It crossed the line big time. This is an insanely expensive sport, and if you treat your competitors that way, soon you wont have any. Nobody can afford to completely replace every part of their bot after every match.
@heartofdawnlight Жыл бұрын
they might wanna get some extra tools in their pits for next season... making actual enemies of everyone outside the box is a really bad idea
@usptact Жыл бұрын
Should've withdrawn from the fight early on.
@Cobrax_x Жыл бұрын
Apparently the footage is edited, captain protested after the fight was over, it was edited to seem like riptide kept hitting after being told to stop. Though admittedly I saw this in a comment, so the reliability cannot be guaranteed.
@Zack_Taylor Жыл бұрын
@@Cobrax_x I've heard the opposite and my source is comments from actual builders on social media.
@Zack_Taylor Жыл бұрын
@@usptact That hasn't happened in the history of modern battlebots except in cases where a bot couldn't pass safety inspection or work at all.
@PogChump Жыл бұрын
Riptide said all they needed to do is flip them and Shrederator would be done, they did that but proceeded to continue hitting, Shred has no self righter, bad sportsmanship
@merp_dino Жыл бұрын
True i agree with you it was a surprise
@arhankhan00786 Жыл бұрын
Yup, I agree what they did was totally unnecessary and wrong. People already know you and see you as a Top tier robot, destroying a bot like that was totally a BAD SPORTSMANSHIP
@kobby86 Жыл бұрын
imho if you dont want you precious robot be put so shreds, perhaps don't take part in a robot match where you try to do that exact thing to your opponent?
@sganet_ Жыл бұрын
I disagree, Shred had no business being in there. Their armor was bad, driving was bad (crashed and stopped the spin at the start), and strategy was bad. Getting hit is the point, until ref starts counting its all fair game.
@ultmswag3170 Жыл бұрын
That may be true but I guess Riptide was trying to live up to it’s name.
@ThePopeII Жыл бұрын
Riptide did in fact stop hitting Shrederator as soon as Shrederator stopped spinning. Even at 5:28 Shrederator landed flat and was starting to spin up again while not upside down. As a fan, I know Shrederator was a huge underdog and the fight was basically over at 5:18, but you could argue the hit at 5:23 was generous because it gave Shrederator a chance to flip back over and continue fighting. But, again Riptide stopped hitting Shrederator as soon as it was clear that the active weapon stopped at 5:44. If teams want to tap out before that they should add a white flag or something and have the refs stop the fight. Mind you I am a big fan of Shrederator, but their slogan is "if we're spinning we're winning" and they were still actively spinning up until 5:39, albeit upside down. I understand their frustration with the cost of rebuilding, but I think the hate on Riptide is a bit too much. Not exactly rooting for them but they have a scary robot, probably among the top 5 bots to win the whole thing this year.
@elliottenriquez Жыл бұрын
Finally, someone said it. I am all for sportsmanship and bots respecting the cost and time that goes into repairs, but are they supposed to allow their opponent to keep spinning and recover or come back at them?
@duncanbones Жыл бұрын
Glad I saw this comment, thought I was the only one with common sense. You can argue that he could of backed off before the last hit but like you said they were still technically “moving” so it may not of been counted out for a while. It’s not like shrederator was actively getting counted out and riptide was continuously hitting it. If you don’t want your robot to be damaged then don’t enter into combat robotics or make a better robot.
@russellhltn1396 Жыл бұрын
CS does not have a self-righter. If they're upside down, they can't move. They'll be counted out. In the pre-fight interview, Riptide's plan was to put CS on it's back and that's what they did - but still attacked.
@terellchapman8737 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, I think a lot of the comments are just genuinely upset at the outcome. It was a fair game till the end
@lcpeterbilt3799 ай бұрын
@@russellhltn1396 as soon as they powered down the hits stopped. so as long as they was actively spinning they took hits, who is to say they couldnt upright themselves and get back into the fight?
@littleratfella6857 Жыл бұрын
We found him, the CEO of unsportsmanlike conduct.
@xJMSports Жыл бұрын
Its a bot battle to the death? Im not sure what your crying about. Stop moving if you dont want to get him, or don't enter competition if you can't win a fight.
@AvidDoes Жыл бұрын
I can't wait to see the next MMA match or boxing match where they say are you ok I will stop now. 😂 Unnecessary damage? You're in a fight.
@zachf3788 Жыл бұрын
@@AvidDoes They already do that? If a fighter is clearly impaired and having trouble continuing they'll call the fight to prevent injury.
@AvidDoes Жыл бұрын
@@zachf3788 agreed so maybe they needed to call this fight earlier. As an athlete myself for over 25 years we are taught not to stop until you here the "whistle". I played American football.
@greenestpotatoes Жыл бұрын
Nah man this is how it's supposed to be battle bots to the death! No tap outs or anything.
@typhoon7914 Жыл бұрын
Boutta get some popcorn for this comment section
@howardbartlett3419 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately this fight has lost Riptide a fan from me. Having fought in dozens of lighter weight class competitions, I have never had an opponent who was so disrespectful to continue dishing out that kind of damage after I was clearly disabled. I genuinely hope that another team has the opportunity to give them the same treatment and write off a robot after this. Completely unprofessional and uncalled for.
@Giovansbilly Жыл бұрын
Don't forget that they allegedly copied the design of team bad kitty's champion-winning beetleweight, lynx, for their own beetleweight, rival, which they then use as the basis for riptide. Then there's also other reports of the riptide team being unpleasant as well, not just here. Oh, and ethan's father thinks autism is a "disease" that could be "cured" and basically sells snake oil "cures". He even tried "curing" his son
@theendistheend123 Жыл бұрын
I hope Riptide DESTROYS EVERY BOT! BBs is about DESTRUCTION! It's not patty-cake. The best fights are when a bot is torn to pieces.
@PelleKuipers Жыл бұрын
@@theendistheend123 Do you know how much these teams pay? Battlebots is a competition that exists because everyone loves doing it and don't mind losing money. If everyone behaves like the dude from Riptide, Battlebots will seize to exist.
@theendistheend123 Жыл бұрын
@@PelleKuipers NO...if there was more excitement, more destruction, then there would be more fans and more money.
@PelleKuipers Жыл бұрын
@@theendistheend123 Battlebots has existed for 20+ years. It hasn't been this exciting in ages (before bots broke down way easier more often, weren't as powerful, etc). And still money is tight on all ends, because it's such an expensive show for everyone.
@wristofkings Жыл бұрын
Okay, now you're just trying to stoke fires here. These are not the fights you should be encouraging. We want slugfests full of destruction that go right to the buzzer (or close enough), not some spoiled brat causing $10k of damage to a bot that's already dead after being told several times to stop. Incredibly poor sportsmanship on the part of Ethan and the Riptide team.
@fr4me.01 Жыл бұрын
Whining when your bot gets beat is also bad sportsmanship btw.
@michaelgabriel7766 Жыл бұрын
@@fr4me.01 not when it cost you 10k of damage, and forced you rebuild the bot in one day.
@someguy4915 Жыл бұрын
@@fr4me.01 Nobody was whining about being beaten. They were 'whining' about being destroyed for no reason, AFTER they were already beaten.
@Pepsi-Mann21 Жыл бұрын
Bots have been hitting their crippled opponents way before this.
@ernelercilla5166 Жыл бұрын
Lets just hope team riptide feels ok if someone will give them same treatment someday. Hoping for MINOTAUR OR HYẞRA to give it to him .
@ATGaric Жыл бұрын
Saw the posts on social media before seeing the video. Was not as bad as I anticipated. Kid will eat humble pie soon. I like the idea of tap out buttons, however this sport wouldn't get nearly as much viewership outside of the "inner nerds" if they just have everyone tap out to save money on repairs. To wrap up, the fight was fair and within the rules, the behavior before and after is where the un sportsman like behavior lies. *if* they had gone over and shook his hand and said hey sorry, but good fight. Glad I got to battle you. After the fight it would have been 1000x better.
@zachf3788 Жыл бұрын
I mean if they don't want drivers to tap out they should help finance the bots in their tournament to assist in repairs
@ryansainsbury7858 Жыл бұрын
yeah man you're right it wouldn't have been an issue if his actions and behaviour had been completely different from what they were
@The_Seaborg Жыл бұрын
"Some of us are gentlemen... some of us hold back. Now, if you're out of control... you don't just go for it, do you? It's a gentlemen's agreement. Around here... we're kind of a bit 'hold-back-ish'... those guys, for some reason, they just... they just lay into it!" - Ian Lewis In short, yes. yes they did. Battlebots I beg you, please dont bring them back next season unless a serious attitude change occurs, we want the best robots and more importantly the best teams in the world, and whilst riptide is a great robot, the team seem to be souring not just the teams but now the audience as well. Going in for unnecessary damage after the fight is already won is not sportsman like, it increases the repair bill and only gives an advantage to them in the world championship bracket. Also Monsoon vs Whiplash was fight of the week, not this show of unsportsman-like conduct and squash match
@blacktainfalcon7097 Жыл бұрын
Wah wah wah it’s battle bots not counseling bots
@W3R3W00F Жыл бұрын
@@blacktainfalcon7097 you must be a total badass in real life
@bobbydrillboid Жыл бұрын
First of this isn’t a sport, second off they are made to be put in that box and put on a show to make money. The riptide team does a fantastic job of putting on a show and doing damage which get views and make money. Nobody wants to see short fights where someone gets hit once and gets counted out. That’s boring. Also, CS should just dump the full body spinner idea they never work.
@The_Seaborg Жыл бұрын
@@bobbydrillboid you're probably just a casual viewer, so you probably don't know there's multiple competitions and championships happening across the world, UK, US, China, Brazil, Holland, Australia erltc. that host multiple different weight classes, with battlebots being the one everyone wants to reach and get to. It's as much a sport as MMA, Boxing or Racing is. Second I can't argue that team riptide is making Battlebots a bit of money on viewership, cause people will want to continue watching to see them get beaten. But the amount Battlebots will make is pennies compared to the amount of damage Shredderator took. They lost over $10,000 worth of components, machining, and materials. by the end of the fight it was completely written off. Nowadays teams bring multiple chassis and spares cause the SPORT has gotten increasingly expensive the more eyes are on it and the more people want to compete, that and tech moves fast. But if this was even as far back as 2018. Most teams never really brought a second robot with them, so if riptide did that to Shredderator in 2018, Shredderator would be completely done for the rest of the tournament.
@bobbydrillboid Жыл бұрын
@@The_Seaborg it’s isn’t a sport, it’s a hobby, and again it’s just money and a hunk of metal. They take this risk of losing it all by participating. If they didn’t want to lose $10,00 dollars maybe they should have built a different bot and not a full body spinner which almost never win anything. And always get destroyed.
@trojan_games Жыл бұрын
Even though riptide is better than glitch physically. At least glitch has a better, sportsmanlike team. That’s why they are the true rookies if the year in my book
@olisk-jy9rz Жыл бұрын
Glitch only got a lucky ran mostly due to opponentns just throwing themselves into their spinner. Now they've been figured out, and their lucky streak is over. Riptide deserved rookie of the year last year, and they're even better this year. As they showed when they one-shotted Glitch.
@trojan_games Жыл бұрын
@@olisk-jy9rz I don’t think beating hydra if all boys comes down as luck. They beat a ton of good bots that have to throw themselves at its spinner. I mean look at the way the ripped rotator in half.
@ecclecticnewt Жыл бұрын
I remember watching Riptides first match and being really impressed with the bot. Then the team captain spoke and left me feeling like he was a child with little about him to admire. Yes, he has a powerful bot and passable driving skills but little else is impressive about this child in an adult body. I love Battlebots and watch it religously but this fight was an embarassment to the sport. There are so many amazing teams that seem more like good friends than competitors. That's part of the draw to watch. Then there's the Riptide team. You owe an apology for your childish behavior. If that was my son, he wouldn't be competing again until he learned some humility, respect, and sportmanship. Grow up and quit acting like a spoiled brat.
@Giovansbilly Жыл бұрын
Well, his dad is someone who thinks autism is a "disease" that can be "cured" and sells snake oil "cures", which he even used on his own son to "cure" him
@bobbysoulus2212 Жыл бұрын
its a fight, tombstone is know to destory bots and nobody cares, don't want your bot destroyed, get good or don't fight.
@blacktainfalcon7097 Жыл бұрын
@@bobbysoulus2212 yeah I’m sick of this double standard. Remember Tombstone vs Counter Revolution? That poor bot was in way worse shape and Ray kept hitting him anyways. It’s battlebots, not counseling bots.
@BigFatWedge Жыл бұрын
You have kids? Too bad.
@immortaldeadfast5530 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Kid's annoyingly screechy millennial reeing was grating on the nerves. Wonder how he'd act if you shut off his wifi access.
@Zack_Taylor Жыл бұрын
Battlebots if you want to profit off of the fact that the wider audience likes to watch total destruction like this then pay your builders better so they can afford a $10k repair in 1 day. You're right that the non-fan audience will like this more than a better more technical fight and it will bait engagement from fans who know how much toxicity the Kurtz's have brought to the pits.
@jasteni9744 Жыл бұрын
As a fan you are right. They should pay them better. But as a fan the destruction is better than a attacking and causing no/less damage. We want a fight and in a fight they should be beaten up.
@blacktainfalcon7097 Жыл бұрын
Cry some more
@duckmandrake1859 Жыл бұрын
@@jasteni9744 As a fight, it wasn't even good. Once Shrederator was upside down, Riptide had already won. Everything after that is no more interesting than watching a bot destroy a washing machine.
@Zack_Taylor Жыл бұрын
@@blacktainfalcon7097 Anyone who comments like this is really weird
@TheHEAVYDAN Жыл бұрын
@@duckmandrake1859I'd watch a bot destroy a washing machine any day...
@sonicthehedgehog7115 Жыл бұрын
Riptide is like the Denver Broncos of the Battlebots.
@kola544 Жыл бұрын
thanks sonic the hedgehog
@Supaschinni Жыл бұрын
I hope that if Riptide once gets damaged so badly it can't move, the other team remembers this fight and shows no mercy either. Karma will settle this sooner or later.
@kevinbell9255 Жыл бұрын
Used to happen on Robot Wars back in the day. Look at what happened to X-terminator in Series 7. Unnecessarily dismantled Bulldog Breed in the semi finals after it had died, so Typhoon 2 did the exact same thing to them in the following round...
@Milnoc Жыл бұрын
We could very well see this happening to teams that have a reputation towards bad sportsmanship.
@davidwong5984 Жыл бұрын
Like end game, cobalt, Minotaur, witch doctor, hyper shock, I think these ones have a chance
@arlingtontrains7 Жыл бұрын
I hope to see riptide get its just deserts as well!
@kingumangofficial6148 Жыл бұрын
Riptide vs Tombstone would be great or even minotaur
@anirecorder2555 Жыл бұрын
"Captain Shred was still moving therefore it is still a threat" Uhmmm Captain shred was flipped upside down and flopping like a fish... How is that even a threat Plus Ethan said it himself the plan was to flip Captain Shred upside down and that's it so why they kept attacking In a UFC fight that's like kicking the body of your opponent that is already unconscious or incapacitated which is really disrespectful Yeah we definitely need BiteForce back in the field these kids needs to learn some manners and respect
@BigFatWedge Жыл бұрын
I think Ethan reconsidered his plan after seeing Captain Shred gyro up like it did.
@pldoolittle Жыл бұрын
@anirecorder Yep. "in under 5 seconds" were his exact words.
@TheHEAVYDAN Жыл бұрын
Shredderator's captain: "if we're spinning we're winning" They were spinning for all but maybe one of the hits...I don't understand the hate. It was a fun to watch match. Not a great match by any means but still fun.
@armoredanteater609 Жыл бұрын
@Daniel Ulman not when the bot is slowing down and bent at like 75 degrees
@cherno8336 Жыл бұрын
@@armoredanteater609 they don't have all the fancy cameras
@paralicular3927 Жыл бұрын
Riptide is the villain of this season. But not like how tombstone or hydra was. This is just a childish villain with no self control.
@OverlordZeroULTIMA Жыл бұрын
He could be a Despicable Me type villain. :P
@soaringeagle175 Жыл бұрын
He's literally Cesare Borgia from Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
@Sierlea Жыл бұрын
Tombstone's the best villain. Hydra, I can find the 'we're here to win,' attitude grating, but they don't mess with their opponents. This was, yea, just childish and showed no self control.
@REVENANT-77 Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@TheTrooperMB Жыл бұрын
Tombstone vs Gigabyte.. Ray Billings* showed some sportsmanship not to destroy a vulnerable bot without any protection and asking the other team to stop moving to get counted out . Riptide had all the time to think about this situation (beforehand) knowing well how overpowered they are against CS. Flipped CS is basically knocked out , everyone knows that.
@BigFatWedge Жыл бұрын
It's almost impossible to "think about" things when you're fighting, and are in the moment. You need to do basically the first thing that comes into your head, and it's hard to get out of that mindset until the fight is officially over. Plus, did you not hear Ethan Kurtz afterwards? "He was still kinda moving, so I wondered if I should keep hitting him(or something like that)." If you think you need to keep fighting, there is NO time for think--you need to DO it.
@blacktainfalcon7097 Жыл бұрын
What about Tombstone vs Counter Revolution you donut
@imthemainspaz Жыл бұрын
@@blacktainfalcon7097That thing was already destroyed beyond repair with the first hit, besides them doing this to a veteran is gross
@TheTrooperMB Жыл бұрын
@@blacktainfalcon7097 it was clearly for the show and have you heard of them ever after ?
@TheTrooperMB Жыл бұрын
@@BigFatWedge then think beforehand?
@Lampe2020 Жыл бұрын
They wanted to topple Captain Shredderator and they did it. All of the fight after that was unnecessary, they could've just let him lay on his back like a bug not able to self-right.
@siralknight7554 Жыл бұрын
You can tell riptide wanted the KO and not the JD
@2097Pyros Жыл бұрын
@@siralknight7554 With how early Shrederator got flipped over, they were going to get a KO anyway.
@Kuba_K Жыл бұрын
As long as bot moves it wont get counted out, people please learn rules before complaining
@gggamer3851 Жыл бұрын
@@Kuba_K yup. They Should of kept last years mobility rules.
@detsuh Жыл бұрын
@@Kuba_Knew rules say bot needs to show some form of mobility, just spinning in place wouldn’t count. That’s why immobilized bots with functional weapons still get counted out.
@joepegel Жыл бұрын
Doesn't really matter whether we KZfaq viewers think he went too far, but it matters whether the other drivers think he did. Riptide just cost Cap's team a lot of money in unnecessary repairs, and that's just poor sportsmanship. A lot of the other teams might take that personally and decide dude needs to be taught a lesson. Because what goes around comes around. And I'm absolutely there for it. Dude is obnoxious both inside and outside the arena and I'm hoping Black Dragon knocks him out and keeps hitting him until the refs pry the controller of of his hands. But that's just me. I'm petty like that.
@OverlordZeroULTIMA Жыл бұрын
No, I feel this too. I honestly don't root for certain Bots for the team/captain's behavior and attitudes alone. Even if I also try to be on the mindset of "Don't hate the Bot, hate the person", because the Bot's just doing what it's controlled to do by the person; It can't work on its own. I don't care if it's a "weaker" Bot either; If it's got a horrible builder with an arrogant attitude, I won't root for them. I love teams like SubZero because they are humble. Maybe not the "strongest" but they are humble and even when they win, they don't flaunt it in your face and act like children (or heck, have some unneccesary entrance like Riptide did here, acting like tough guys and ripping off clothes). Speaking of which, I even want those poor innocent clothes avenged by BD. (I admit, people that do that on purpose frighten me...)
@zachcressman5614 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Give them Minotaur or Endgame. I want the left overs of Riptide leaving the arena in a bag
@EgorKaskader Жыл бұрын
Remember also that bot building is a community, and you often see people helping each other out a lot behind the scenes - irrespective of their "personas". Ray Billings would often help a team with their bot for the match against his own, and help AGAIN after to make good the damages despite showing as a bad guy. Riptide's making sure to turn themselves into a pariah with behaviour like this, and even if someone doesn't turn their bot into a writeoff like they did here to Shred (which is quite likely, given they're fighting a Brazilian drum spinner next and odds are good they're willing to do unto them), they'd be certain to be unable to call on this kind of help.
@BigFatWedge Жыл бұрын
"Another team might take this personally and decide he needs to be taught a lesson." Really? What other teams. Gosh, silly me, I thought we were civilized human beings here. Jeez. Some people are just getting out of hand.
@epiphonium Жыл бұрын
The whole goal of this is to destroy the other robot
@mbart Жыл бұрын
Not conclusive whether Riptide should have stopped earlier, imho. Shrederator went on rotating. That was a choice. Shrederator sended two signals: please stop (verbally), and in the same time 'go on, I am still alive'.
@Ben-oi6kz11 ай бұрын
riptide acknowledged on camera that they knew shred couldn't self right. once they were upside down there was no reason to keep hitting them
@shinyumbreon6964 ай бұрын
I'm with you. If there's one thing we learned from the Hypershock/Gigabyte fight it's that just because a bot seems crippled doesn't mean they are. Riptide backed off as soon as Shrederator stopped rotating. Maybe some people see that as excessive but it just seems cautious to me. If there isn't a forfeit option, there should be one. Until the other team isn't moving or has forfeited, keep going.
@oxaile40214 ай бұрын
@@Ben-oi6kz If they kept spinning there was a slight chance the gyroscopic force with some imbalance could have righted it. Not defending riptide and their cocky team here but if shredderator wanted to stop the fight then they should have stopped the weapon.
@phantominway2 ай бұрын
It takes time to spin a bot down from full speed
@Eidolon1andOnly2 ай бұрын
@@oxaile4021But if their weapon was their only shot at self righting, why would they stop it? Not to mention how the weapons relay could have suffered damage leaving the pit no control over shutting it down.
@raikaria3090 Жыл бұрын
On one hand, you can say Riptide should have stopped once they had Sherdderator flipped over. They had no means of self-righting. It was over then. On the other hand, they DID stop when the count started and when the bot was wedged.
@gizel437610 ай бұрын
they should give them a surrender button, alot of unnecessary destruction like they say, but that's what people want to see and like you said, it's not over until the arbitrator said so, in martial art people don't hesitate a second to punch on an unconscious body until the arbitrator stop them. At least here, nobody got in an hospital.
@Jerry-tb8cb9 ай бұрын
Exactly.
@phoulmouth8 ай бұрын
They stopped attacking when trasherstor stopped spinning which is how it is supposed to be. If trasherstor stopped spinning earlier it would have suffered less damage because riptide wouldn't have continued attacking. That's generally how all fights go.
@Eidolon1andOnly2 ай бұрын
@@phoulmouthSo weapon active makes it fair game? That's like saying it's OK to continue beating someone after they hit the floor because they're still flailing while trying to defend themself.
@erebusvonmori80504 күн бұрын
@@gizel4376 In what universe? I've never seen a martial artist continue past the point of unconsciousness and I've been practicing over two decades.
@ALHAREZ Жыл бұрын
Nobody can tell me that Captain Shrederator was a threat to Riptide anymore after their hull was ripped open like a tuna can. In therms of sportsmanship this was much worse than the Huge vs Hydra fight a couple of years ago. Huge lost by lack of sportsmanship but at least had still a working bot left. Those teams and builders are a great community which shares the same passion about bot building and understand, how much effort, money and time it takes to build a working 220lbs battlebot. Destroying an incapacitated bot by no reason is an unspoken no-go. I think this fight is another example of the controversy with team Ripide. The rumors about their stolen design from team Madcatter, beating bots by dominant knock-outs and making fun of their opponents, or this lack of sportsmanship that happened against Captain Shrederator.
@ku8721 Жыл бұрын
Was it moving? Then the fight isn't over! Just because you have taken their weapon system off doesn't mean the bell has rung. PLENTY of bots have lost their weapon and kept fighting, some even winning!
@kings_nemesis5995 Жыл бұрын
@K U plenty of other teams would've waited for shred to go back on its wheels or land on its roof to see if it was still operational not attack it as it was up on its side
@Retrosicotte Жыл бұрын
@@ku8721 It wasn't moving because Riptide kept hitting it to make it bounce. Shred was done and gone. It couldn't operate.
@Living_Murphys_Law Жыл бұрын
@K U It wasn’t moving, tho. (Other than from Riptide's hits)
@ku8721 Жыл бұрын
@@Retrosicotte Upside down hit at 5:20. 5:27 they are STILL TRYING to spin up the weapon! Wanna give up? Maybe don't make a fist!
@BanditSurvivorContent Жыл бұрын
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@CommunityGuidelines Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it reeks of estrogen and soy...
@ryanbarker5217 Жыл бұрын
i always thought riptide was the douchiest team, this just proves it. i will root for their complete obliteration in every fight.
@StreetLurker Жыл бұрын
Gonna run into Minotaur sooner or later :)
@margaretblom9349 Жыл бұрын
Agree!!!!
@childofsol5843 Жыл бұрын
Right there with you, from the moment he put his hand over Martin Mason's mouth after the madcatter fight
@gtcreations7666 Жыл бұрын
Yes either minotaur or endgame will satisfy me in his down fall and I can't wait for it
@ryanbarker5217 Жыл бұрын
@@childofsol5843 oh, yeah, i remember that. kid was lucky he didn't pull that on me, i'm not nearly as nice. not that i would have beat him senseless, of course... but, i would have put a little fear into him. mason just tries to put a little showmanship ala WWF into the game. annoying? a little, but it's for fun.
@jackboulter4901 Жыл бұрын
Yes, they did is the short answer. The lack of sportsmanship and remorse was truly despicable in this fight. When you see the head ref take the controller of the driver, you know they've had enough. Also, I love how battlebots chooses controversy of a great fight, Aka the whiplash monsoon fight. I do genuinely feel sorry for the shrederator team as this has retired an entire shell and countless parts.
@DeAtHaToMiC88 Жыл бұрын
I think that's the point of making a bot though isn't it? You put a bot into the cage to see if it can destroy the other bot or survive ... Let's face it, shrederator is an out of date finished design that had many fights and accolades to go along with it, people wouldn't mind if this would have been a rookie bot built out of fiberglass or if it would have been a one hit OK complete obliteration.
@jackboulter4901 Жыл бұрын
@DeAtHaToMiC88 Well, yes, but also, I think you're missing what people are getting angry at here. The riptide team could have backed off when shrederator was quite clearly dead, but no, they keep engaging and cause needless damage, now I know there's a rule about keeping engaging but the riptide team knew what they were doing and that's just not needed especially on a bot that doesn't need 10,000 dollars worth of damage done to it.
@michaelhouse6606 Жыл бұрын
This is BS. Shrederators weapon was still spinning up. You don’t stop until the enemies weapon does. They just didn’t know when they were beaten and then complained about the damage like babies.
@jackboulter4901 Жыл бұрын
@michaelhouse6606 Really, seriously?? I get that there's the engagement rule this season that plays into aggression points, but that does not excuse the fact that riptide caused needless damage to captain shrederator, and can't really call them 'Cry babies' when they're more grown up than ethan as he was like a hyperactive child, so much so the head ref had to take the controllers out of his hands, I'd be suprised if they even get into the tournament honestly, as production, the builders and the fans were not happy about this at filming.
@DeAtHaToMiC88 Жыл бұрын
@@jackboulter4901 similarly other robots have been criticised for not 'finishing the job', this year states any movement means that bots won't be canceled out... If shred didn't want to carry on they should have spun down and told the ref they were done. I think battlebots is at a crossroads with all this kinda stuff, they need to pick weather or not they want to go the respectable sport route or the WWE theatrical route ... Because at the moment there's a lot of people who can't seem to understand if it's to be taken seriously or just a bit of fun for a laugh.
@Killer_Draco Жыл бұрын
Making this the "Fight of the Week" is in such incredibly poor taste after Whiplash vs. Monsoon was very clearly the best fight this week. This is just a bad attempt to milk controversy for engagement. Was Riptide within the rules? Yes. Was it poor Sportsmanship? Also yes. Ethan Kurts very clearly knew Shrederator was dead. He said in the before fight interview that he knew the fight would be over if Shrederator was inverted. He got him inverted, and then went far beyond that. At 5:15 they launched and inverted Shrederator and immediately kept hitting them. They knew they were just piling it on at that point. Ray Billing showed us that Karma does come knocking if you take too many hits on already dead bots (Tombstone vs. Bronco). Ethan and Riptide should tread carefully, because at this point, if they get stuck on their side or on the rails or something, I doubt anyone is gonna give them a friendly push to resume the match.
@cjmsacomments4389 Жыл бұрын
I really want to see riptide get absolutely torn apart soon so he can hopefully get off his high horse
@AmulrajSundaramoorthyTAS Жыл бұрын
Minotaur will be the perfect opponent for that. ENDgame too
@scribejackhammar Жыл бұрын
Agreed. We'll have to see if Black Dragon can beat them. We know BD has the durability, they lasted _two. Whole. Minutes._ with an internal fire.
@cjmsacomments4389 Жыл бұрын
@@AmulrajSundaramoorthyTAS yes
@BigFatWedge Жыл бұрын
I don't think ANYONE can just come in and beat Riptide the way it's been beating other bots. the way it's been performing, it might be End Game coming out in pieces.
@AmulrajSundaramoorthyTAS Жыл бұрын
@@scribejackhammar But it needs to withstand the heavy weapon to weapon collision and get rid of the riptide weapon, so that the other can torn things up.
@ResettisReplicas Жыл бұрын
Rewarding this behavior is not good for the sport long term. Many of BB’s mainstay competitors hate Team Riptide, and there was never this level of conflict before them. Battlebots survived the loss of Bite Force and Tombstone, and I urge you to really consider if this one generic vertical spinner is worth the deterioration of camaraderie and community that comes with it.
@levertigo2665 Жыл бұрын
Battlebots fan’s hate list after going after Bite Force: Riptide’s next
@mehashi Жыл бұрын
Quite the opposite. When you compete you must accept potentially you are going to be destroyed. Having people throw blows then run away behind a white flag as soon as they get hurt would undermine the whole competition. You are in, or you are out. None of this half hearted “please don’t hurt me” nonsense.
@jerrytheidiot-cz6gn Жыл бұрын
@@levertigo2665 Just imagine Riptide being bought by Paul man
@ResettisReplicas Жыл бұрын
@@jerrytheidiot-cz6gn I would be jumping up and down cheering if that happened - it's not the robot I have a problem with, just the people.
@ResettisReplicas Жыл бұрын
@@mehashi Tapouts happen at every competition except BB. Note that I am NOT saying that BB should introduce tap outs, just giving context about the mentality of builders who aren't named Kurtz - they will allow their opponents to make de facto tapouts because that's the kind of community and camaraderie they have.
@collinashley7259 Жыл бұрын
He was still moving, it wasn’t riptides fault
@zablak6896 ай бұрын
That was awesome...the look on their face as their robot is being shredded
@Messerschmitt262a2a Жыл бұрын
In BattleBots, I want to see damage! But I think the next opponent facing Riptide may not stop as well... At least thats what I would do...
@TheHEAVYDAN Жыл бұрын
The next opponent has technically never stopped lol. They get black dragon next. Pretty excited by the match on paper.
@theendistheend123 Жыл бұрын
Good hope BOTH boys get destroyed. BBs is all about damage. When they show highlights they show the devastating hits, the pieces flying off, bots on fire. Let teams tear each other up and there will be more fans, more sponsors, more money.
Жыл бұрын
@@theendistheend123 It is about damage but it is even more about good sportsmanship and camaraderie. It's built into the core of the sport. They all go it expecting damage and a lot of repairs aftwerwards, but it is so far outside the unwritten code of conduct to deliberately cause a lot of unnecessary damage that it leaves a bad taste in the mouth. It's unprecedented.
@theendistheend123 Жыл бұрын
@ it's TOO MUCH of the core. Teams need to stop acting like this is freeze tag. They need to start a new way of playing BBs, destroy everything! They should clean the loser out of the box with a dustpan. THAT will get people more excited. The "good sportsmanship" is killing the game. I'm all for a tap out button. Teams hit it when they are done. If they don't.....SHRED THEM!
Жыл бұрын
@@theendistheend123 No they don't and no it isn't. The sport has been doing just fine, and enough people are interested in it that there's a successful TV show and loads of competitions everywhere. If you want dustpans, why don't you provide the teams with thousands of dollars it takes to design, build, maintain and repair the machines? I'm certain that if money wasn't an issue people would be way more willing to quench your thirst for (robot) blood.
@gtcrc Жыл бұрын
Battlebots be like: Fight of the week = Quality Fight < Controversy
@KangasKong9944 Жыл бұрын
The video would probably get more engagement (comments) if it’s a controversial fight, and that means more views because it’s more likely to get recommended. I would have liked to see the main event instead just like many others, but this video got a ton of comments from people putting in their opinion on Riptides behavior
@DJ-bg3de Жыл бұрын
6:07 ok Darren relax. It’s call Battle Bots.
@EisIzo5 ай бұрын
They didn't touch the other bot once the countdown started. They were only hit when their weapon was engaged. All fair play from Riptide.
@Oof_Robotics Жыл бұрын
To answer the title, yes, definitely.
@AsheCrow Жыл бұрын
I dont agree. Captain was still moving and when the countdown began, Riptide stop attacking. Its called Battlebots, not Mercybots! xD
@Oof_Robotics Жыл бұрын
@@AsheCrow they were flipped. They can’t move when flipped.
@AsheCrow Жыл бұрын
@@Oof_Robotics 7.6.2 Responsiveness Procedures. A Robot is considered Responsive if it can display some kind of noticeable translational or rotational movement on the Arena Floor. So if they are not suitable for a countdown, shouldn't be suitable for mercy IMO. (I hope Im being able to explain my Point, English is not my first languague)
@irradiatedanky1780 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Very messed up.
@timp1521 Жыл бұрын
This season has been all "if it is moving it is not dead yet" now we get "that was so unnecessary" while the robot is moving all over the place. Pick one 🤷♂️
@pixiegears8787 Жыл бұрын
To answer that question, NO. That’s the referee’s role to inform them to stop.
@TheMisterTibbles Жыл бұрын
I understand there will be some casual viewers who don't understand the full situation who'll respond to this but, Captain Shrederator was already done, it was upside down without a viable way of self righting. Riptide didn't need to go full boar. Now Shrederator has a slim chance of being at full fighting capacity when it faces Jackpot. A complete lack of sportsmanship from Riptide was shown here. The robot fighting community is built on sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct, simple. Like it or not.
@sparkplug1018 Жыл бұрын
Stop moving and I’ll stop hitting you. CS never seems to be any real competition anyway so no love lost.
@Fennecfanboy Жыл бұрын
@@sparkplug1018 they weren't moving, and don't you say they were still spinning cause it's not like they can just stop spinning on a dime
@sparkplug1018 Жыл бұрын
@@Fennecfanboy Wasn’t even slowing down, ref wasn’t counting, fights not over. Only thing that would be a problem would’ve been a late hit, but once they were sure it was done they stopped. Don’t want your stuff destroyed don’t enter a contest where that’s the literal point
@AZBCDE Жыл бұрын
They did stop spinning but started to spin again even after being totally destroyed and upside down so it’s their own fault
@Fennecfanboy Жыл бұрын
@@sparkplug1018 the ref didn't count because riptide kept hitting, had they stopped I bet you the ref would've counted
@skipwilliam5639 Жыл бұрын
Sad part is ya kept hearing the one guy. Hit him again hit him again after he was destroyed
@Kuba_K Жыл бұрын
He was still functioning, they stopped as soon as cs stopped moving
@AZBCDE Жыл бұрын
They were still spinning you CLOWN
@ALloydRH Жыл бұрын
@@Kuba_K Bruh Shrederator stopped moving 3 times during this fight. Stop defending bad sportmanship.
@Kuba_K Жыл бұрын
@@ALloydRH im not defending it, at least in this comment, all im saying shredderator was still spinning therefore functioning
@22dolls19 Жыл бұрын
But was it spinning out of own function or because it was still being hit?
@OverlordZeroULTIMA Жыл бұрын
The entrance *alone* was too far. :P I like how the announcers even commented on that with the same thing I thought: "REALLY?" I admit, people doing stuff like that irk me - and I am afraid of people like that. They honestly give me horrible high school flashbacks when I was surrounded by classmates with similar behavior (except they acted out when angry, and while they didn't rip their shirts off, they started a lot of fights with each other and/or knocked tables around). But in a more joking manner: Let's leave the scare tactics to Minotaur. ;) Because angry bull is ANGRY. Regarding the fight: I did still see Shred spinning so as long as you can move at all, according to the new rules, your opponent can still hit you and it's a fight to the death. Some people will show mercy, others won't, and some may take the "easy route" and others want to showcase their potentntial. Don't forget, during End Game vs Ripperoni, EG got stuck and Ripp could've won automatically, but they wanted to have a real fight and while it was a huge risk, they freed EG and did just that; Even that is showing some sportsmanship - even moreso when Ripp had the upset against EG BUT didn't act like arrogant buttheads about it. They didn't go on saying that "oh yeah, we're gonna just KO everyone out here, just like that" and have an obnoxious "victory speech". They were still humble, despite winning over one of the most powerful Bots in the tournament! I do feel bad about how much damage Shred took, and I hope they can make the Jackpot fight with the support of other teams. HOWEVER, the arrogance shown at the end and obnoxious yelling was just...Unecessary, to be frank. Again, it doesn't hurt to be humble. And I admit, Shred isn't the "best" Bot by a long shot, but at least the team doesn't act like crazy teenagers if/when they win. Even when they upset against Tombstone, they didn't act out like this. TLDR: Just a lot of unruly behavior out of the fight, and they can definitely celebrate! Just do it with some respect...Or y'know...Go to the bar later or something, idk. :P Also just gonna repeat that I didn't see the entrance as "cringe" as much as "terrifying" due to my direct fear of people who act like that. I didn't cringe, I freaking looked away and tensed up!!
@BigFatWedge Жыл бұрын
What the f*ck are you talking about? Before the End Game win, RIPperoni lost to Gruff. Them saying that they would just go and beat everyone would have been ridiculous. And Riptide didn't give a "win speech," as you say, either. So either you weren't paying attention, or you're making a point that I don't understand
@olisk-jy9rz Жыл бұрын
Oh, please. Most team entrances are over the top like that or even much worse. In fact they're often much cringier than this one. Hypershock and Skorpios teams in particular push the cringe levels to new heights. If you think this was weird, you have not been following very much.
@addisonfung5009 Жыл бұрын
Oh, about the joke, Yeah. That Bull is scary, and so is their bot. Number 1 seed contender. About what you think of the fight, yeah......I'm thinking its the right move from Riptide. Because of the new rules this season that is. I might say they have gone too far if it's any other season, but not this time. Shredderator's probably not gonna beat Jackpot. I'm sorry, but it's just maybe it needs a complete redesign. Overall, I agree with what you said. Unless that was the finals, then I'm all good with it.
@Zack_Taylor Жыл бұрын
@@olisk-jy9rz Cringe and disrespect are different. It's bad form to go over the top about how much you're going to win when your bot is several tiers above your opponent.
@Zack_Taylor Жыл бұрын
@@addisonfung5009 what about the new rules says it's a good idea to continue to do thousands of dollars of damage to an upsidedown bot with no scrimech that a blind person can tell is going to be counted out?
@Maeyanie Жыл бұрын
What made it even worse was the smug look on his face afterwards. Not cool. If it were up to me, he wouldn't be welcome at Battlebots in the future.
@stonedpaladin8632 Жыл бұрын
But think of how good it's going to feel when we get to see his bot get scrapped cause after doing this everyone will be giving you the same treatment.
@cherno8336 Жыл бұрын
isn't he autistic?
@R-Nold934 ай бұрын
isnt this the point of the show? its a battle. dont sign up for it if you cant handle to get beat.
@kodoqbesar4301 Жыл бұрын
If you guys haven't seen the subreddit y'all should see it. Right after the episode aired, the subreddit is basically France in 1794.
@mr.partyinaboxxx4560 Жыл бұрын
NO! THEY DIDNT GO TO FAR! THIS IS ROBOT FIGHTING! I WANNA SEE SOME PARTS FLYING!! LETSSSS GOOOOO
@irradiatedanky1780 Жыл бұрын
Your new to this.
@compherut Жыл бұрын
Honestly… team riptide isn’t making any friends. Total lack of sportsmanship. What goes around comes around. Hope whoever beats them leaves their machine with just as much damage
@armoredanteater609 Жыл бұрын
Its very clear to me that the people in the comment section either actually engage with battlebots and enjoy the sport, or have no idea that nobody makes money from the show. If your bot gets destroyed, you have to just make up 5-10k in two days and/or rebuild the entire bot from literal spares.
@PresidentCamacho2024 Жыл бұрын
yep, and build a better one, instead of bringing the old one back that didn't work the previous 20 times,..
@DavidJohnson-mv2cy Жыл бұрын
That's their choice. If you spend 5-10k on a bot, put it in a ring with another killer bot, and expect it to come out clean then you're very dillusional. Besides that, Captain Shredderator loses most of it's fights, maybe tread some new ground and improve your bot if you hate losing that much money.
@ALloydRH Жыл бұрын
Couldn't give us Whiplash v Monsoon instead? Don't give Riptide more screentime than they deserve.
@souperkid100 Жыл бұрын
That was a good fight too. I hope that also gets uploaded.
@AlmostEthical Жыл бұрын
Battlebots ratings in part rely on carnage. The show benefits from destroyers like Tombstone and Minotaur, who have been breaking bots to bits this badly for some time. Maybe the show could help builders finance expensive repairs since carnage is so good for ratings? And couldn't the ref have called the fight when it was obvious that Shredderator was knocked out? I think the person here who predicted there will be a tap-out button is ahead of the curve. That idea seems pretty credible.
@cheezuschrist1102 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, except they know when to stop
@som3bode577 Жыл бұрын
I mean, if the producers of this show did help, then fine, destroy the bots as much as you want. The thing is that these people pay to build their bots out of their own pocket as well as relying on sponsors, but even then, it's not always going to be enough. On top of that, I don't think the producers are willing to pay that much, as each bot costs around $35,000 to $50,000 to make, and to accommodate 60+ teams would probably be worrisome for them, even if they were to cover like $5k-10k for each team. Finally, each team has to repair their bot on their own time before their next fight. I remember one team said they spent 8 hours repairing their bot before their next fight during the tournament, more or less. So each team has to at least try and not inconvenience the others too much. Also, from what I read, a tap-out button wouldn't get as many views as teams would just press it whenever they are losing before they get damaged too badly. And that just takes away the carnage along with the challenge that comes from the competition, making it unfun for the audience and team members.
@AlmostEthical Жыл бұрын
@@som3bode577 You make good points. The inconvenience factor, the economics and the tap out button. Brian Nave put it well later on. He said that friends don't do that to each other, so maybe Riptide isn't a friend. Nor should it be compulsory for everyone to be friends. But if a team doesn't have friends in the pit, then they won't benefit from exchanging tips and getting assistance with parts. Maybe it would help if Elon helped to fund contestants? After all, robot fighting brings technology to the public eye in a positive way ...
@Pepsi-Mann21 Жыл бұрын
@@cheezuschrist1102 Tombstone was most popular when Ray showed no mercy.
@thomasconnolly7452 Жыл бұрын
I think they promote one robot demolishing another. Isn't that the whole idea of Battle Bots?
@GetHypedandShocked Жыл бұрын
It was unnecessary damage though. Shredderator was flipped over and wasn't able to do anything, it would've been counted out if not for Riptide just constantly attacking it
@thomasconnolly7452 Жыл бұрын
@@GetHypedandShocked Does the crowd egg them on? I have never seen one in person.
@GetHypedandShocked Жыл бұрын
@@thomasconnolly7452 I don't think the crowd was telling them to keep attacking. If they did then they must've edited it out. Sometimes the crowd will chant for another hit. An example would be Cobalt vs Pardon My French, where they kept chanting "One More Hit".
@metal--babble3462 ай бұрын
it was funny to see the Shredder operator crying like a baby. "NOooo ): "
@Michaelcollins933Ай бұрын
He became the "Shredderaded" 😂😂
@user-ej2lb4ii9yАй бұрын
Boooooooo
@nobuyoshikitano3305 Жыл бұрын
In the heat of the moment, inadvertently going too far can happen. But that arrogant grinning and shouting after the match shows that they intentionally caused that kind of unnecessary extra damage. When seeing someone being hit by a car, the riptide guys would likely just steal his wallet and kick him in the head instead of calling an ambulance. I hope that they´ve got the chance to meet minotaur later on and he does the same thing to their bot.
@blacktainfalcon7097 Жыл бұрын
Now you are going to far ironically. Yeah the other team went to far but technically since shred was still moving from the motion of the weapon, it wouldn’t be counted out (new rule added this season). If Shred didn’t want to keep getting hit, it should have turned off the weapon.
@Caveman125 Жыл бұрын
Man this is battle bots. If you can’t handle the destruction these things were designed to do and for the entertainment then they shouldn’t even be battling.
@linuspoindexter106 Жыл бұрын
Until the bout is over, it's 100% on.
@22dolls19 Жыл бұрын
If it weren't for the sake of preventing spoilers, that title would be an huge understatement
@chasr34 Жыл бұрын
even when the fight was over, you can see the smugness at 6:15 , absolutely no sportsmanship there
@OverlordZeroULTIMA Жыл бұрын
And the comment he made, immediately saying that they'll be the first to knock out Black Dragon... I hope that attitude comes back with the ferocity of a dragon and he'll eat those words. (and yes, I know that Riptide IS a powerful Bot! I dread seeing my faves against it! But honestly...When you have that much power at the palm of your hand, you need to use it wisely and have some humility. It doesn't hurt to be humble, especially after winning - OR LOSING - a fight in a sport)
@caligrownvisuals6717 Жыл бұрын
The ref screaming the KO countdown was something else😂. I thought they had a crow in there for a second
@kindabluejazz Жыл бұрын
That's poor sportsmanship. Shrederator was obviously already done, yet Mr. Testosterone couldn't stop himself from pounding it to a pulp. In any properly regulated fight, it would have been stopped by a referee before the useless and wasteful carnage.
@cbmtrx7 ай бұрын
You're still spinning, you're still a target.
@WorldofWoodrow Жыл бұрын
Yes. They did. Worst Sportsmanship I’ve ever witnessed in Robot Combat - really a poor look for the sport.
@teamgetwreckedcombatrobots776 Жыл бұрын
100% agreed. Even if you don’t think the team did it on purpose (which is a whole other conversation), it’s needs to be understood that attacking an already dead bot against the builder’s consent is objectively wrong and goes against the spirit of the sport.
@blackfox1320 Жыл бұрын
Not the worst. Witch Doctors team consistently shows poor sportsmanship with their whining and favoritism.
@kodoqbesar4301 Жыл бұрын
@@blackfox1320 Get out. Witch Doctor is one of the best team in the sport and there's no way that they're the "Golden child" of Battlebots or poor sportsmanship
@GsG23161 Жыл бұрын
So agreed
@HazukiTheWitchy Жыл бұрын
I think we found the new villain of BattleBots here Even worse than Jake
@vladpop998 Жыл бұрын
Shrederator needs a nice retirement a gracefully one not this bad. Riptide is a great bot but the team is too obnoxious and over the top .
@bobbydrillboid Жыл бұрын
Dude shut up, it’s a tv show, without teams like riptide who are willing to do some real damage and put on a show the game would become boring.
@AndrewSmith-pc8eq Жыл бұрын
Add a "throw in the towel" button, to quit a fight to avoid further bot damage.
@blacktainfalcon7097 Жыл бұрын
And make it optional of course for the opponent to listen. HAHAHA
@user-on6uf6om7s Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's what the fans want to see, people immediately throwing in the towel to keep their bots fresh if they're going up against dangerous competition. BattleBots (and the bot builders) need to focus on making an entertaining show. investing money into a bot and getting it torn up is the nature of the business and if you can't handle that, you need to stick to the lower weight classes.
@someguy4915 Жыл бұрын
@@user-on6uf6om7s You want this to change from hobby bot builders to no teams by requiring each team to build a bot to last 1 fight?... CS was a total loss on this match, they could not save a single part. $10,000 damage for one fight. You really expect teams to be able to cough up $10K for each fight? Also, CS is a relatively simple bot, some bots cost up to $35K, so you only want one or two teams to drop millions per season to have a few fights...
@user-on6uf6om7s Жыл бұрын
@@someguy4915 It's regrettable when that happens but if it's that or a bunch of fights where the bots are running away or tactical submissions to avoid difficult competition, then I think that's just the nature of the beast. If builders are encourage to duck competition out of self-preservation, no one benefits because people aren't going to watch the fights. Robot fighting is the modern form of gladiatorial combat, you can only expect to keep doing if it you can win or manage to keep your bot in decent enough shape to keep going. Most builders seem to have made peace with that, this is the only time I can recall someone protesting the fact that a competitor is continuing to fight while their bot is still operational and the countdown hasn't begun.
@302hobronco10 ай бұрын
Last i checked its called "battle bots"not "mercy bots". You know what you signed up for when you enter that arena.
@vincentiusrioyoshilistyo6601 Жыл бұрын
The man whose handling the remote on Capt. Shred team looks like the bad guy on John Wick 1
@larsstougaard7097 Жыл бұрын
It's the same guy 😎
@olisk-jy9rz Жыл бұрын
Always nice to see Captain Shredderator getting destroyed
@TheNeuman Жыл бұрын
Sad thing for the community, sure no “rules” were broken, but there are unwritten rules like in all sports. So much effort and $$ is put into these bots and I rather have the field open to more bots then just 6 vertical spinners
@leothompson2777 Жыл бұрын
If your design is so flawed and outdated, then that effort and money is completely wasted. They were taught a lesson that they can now learn from if they wish. Can't really have any sympathy. They lost a destructive competition. They know their design isn't up to scratch, so either come back with something better. Or don't. Plenty of teams get destroyed and laugh it off, because they know they weren't up to the competition. Complaining about it is just pitiful behaviour.
@TheNeuman Жыл бұрын
@@leothompson2777 whatever dude. Clearly you have no sportsmanship. Hope you enjoy 6 vertical spinners dominating the competition.
@talakagames5 Жыл бұрын
Yes. Yes they did.
@stickmandaninacan Жыл бұрын
I could be supportive of the fact of being able to show more destruction and spectacle by continuing to hit them, onlu if they then followed through with sportsmanlike behaviour such as offering financial and physical assistance with rebuilding shrederator in good faith. It could have been a more acceptable and kinder ending to the story
@Zack_Taylor Жыл бұрын
Or even acknowledging that they failed to read the room and went overboard instead of deflecting blame. Even "yeah we went to far it's just hard to recognize in the heat of the moment that it's time to stop even when in hindsight it seems obvious"
@shinyguy3766 Жыл бұрын
@@Zack_Taylor No they're forced to say that from the weakminded like you. Real men want full destruction. this weak mindedness needs to be beaten out of people.
@phoulmouth8 ай бұрын
So you think incompetent builders should be assisted by competent builders? No, that's assinine. Why should a competent builder have to financially or physically assist an incompetent builder who hasn't had a winning record in the past decade? That's completely nonsensical, get you carebear BS outta here.
@mrkdwld Жыл бұрын
I don't like Team Riptide. Great, impressive Bot, but I don't think I would easily befriend the teammembers. That said, Shrederator was still spinning during the hits. If there is anything Biteforce proved us, it is that you keep hitting your opponent until it is no more moving to win fights. Exactly what Riptide did. Clean fight to me, and not liking that controversy is pushed on us. I do feel sorry for team Shrederator.
@GetHypedandShocked Жыл бұрын
Bite Force never did something like this iirc. Paul would land some hits and see if the opponent was still able to move, if not he would position Bite Force in a good position to continue so if the opponent did get back up he could continue to control the fight. You can see this in a lot of his fights
@Cobrax_x Жыл бұрын
@@GetHypedandShockedbite force sometimes lost drive but regained it later, like in hyper shock fight.
@GetHypedandShocked Жыл бұрын
@@Cobrax_x Yeah. I thought he was saying that Bite Force fought like Riptide did where they just don't stop attacking
@olisk-jy9rz Жыл бұрын
Ok, so for those who don't know, this footage is heavily edited. The part where the team protests happened at the end of the fight, not during. It was edited in to seem like they kept hitting after being asked to stop, but it's not what happened. Also as you can see Cpt. Shredderator kept spinning and bouncing around, basically signaling to keep the fight going. Only in the very last seconds of the fight footage it can be argued there was an unnecessary hit, but the damage had already been done at that point. It's funny because usually Shredderator always dies on the first or second impact. Like, dies dies, immobile. This is the only fight of them where they kept spinning even after taking heavy hits. Maybe they're not used to it, but they should have powered down.
@Cobrax_x Жыл бұрын
In essence, discovery tried to make battlebots a drama
@kathorsees27 күн бұрын
Fully agree with your conclusions. And I expec5ed as much about the editing. It amazes me how 95% of the commenters can't see that Shredd is clearly still spinning and trying to turn over.
@JustaGoodOlDodge Жыл бұрын
This level of destruction is what I expect of every battle!!
@hughanthony2001 Жыл бұрын
This is what they used to do on the UK version and it was great. If they'd stopped trying to spin and get away, then they probably would have been left alone. Whining because your robot was killed is daft on this show.
@dlcarburetor Жыл бұрын
Yes Riptide went too far. One of the values in BattleBots has always been sportsmanship
@ThePurpleCheesecakeZebra Жыл бұрын
the robot was still moving its weapon. you gonna stop fighting someone whos still swinging their axe?
@CBrown621 Жыл бұрын
@@ThePurpleCheesecakeZebranot the same at all. For one, it said axe robot was not moving, then yes any other team would back off and wait for the countdown. Weapon activity doesn’t count as movement. As for full body spinners, just spinning internals doesn’t count as movement either, and neither does spinning your body and going nowhere. That’s not movement and they would’ve been counted out had riptide stayed away
@ZeroSymbolic7188 Жыл бұрын
He stopped hitting em when they stopped spinning. Nothing wrong here.
@ThePorpoisepower Жыл бұрын
Granted it's hard to tell how much spin is just kinetic energy being expended vs actively running, but it looked like they were still pressing go.
@andrewdoble7973 Жыл бұрын
My thoughts: they went to far but it’s about entertainment and finding. A balance. There are so many fights especially this season where the winning bot backs off to wait for the count down and the fights are boring. Some of these weapons are getting so powerful they can with in under 20 seconds. How do you make an hour long tv show out of 6 fights that are 20 seconds long. You can’t.
@TheTrooperMB Жыл бұрын
i'm still watching the entire show til the last drop whatever the lenght of the matches
@levertigo2665 Жыл бұрын
Icewave casually destroying razorback
@willisskull26769 ай бұрын
I get that Riptide's crew has a bad rep, and rightfully earned, but I'm not sure they are in the wrong here. Captain Shrederator was still spinning. This shows me that there should be an option to surrender during the fight. The BattleBots version of "throwing in the towel". The end result would have been the same, and there would have been a lot less damage to a legendary bot. I'm surprised that this isn't already an option, at least at the time.
@compassandradio62619 ай бұрын
It's called tapping out. It needs to be added to the rules, and reffs also need to be allowed to stop the fight, not just count down the knockouts. We need to take a couple of pages from UFC.
@Jerry-tb8cb9 ай бұрын
Agreed. Riptide was 100% corrrect in pressing the attack, becaue Shrederrator was still moving. Though Team Riptide do seem like AHoles.