BattleBots Faceoffs Week 1 - Behind the scenes

[@billverine765]

Thanks for sharing Ray. Can't wait to see you back in the battlebox when you belong. When Tombstone is fighting there is guaranteed carnage and never miss one of your fights.

[@iamdb1990]

when the fights get uploaded, I'll watch for you in the background filming everything lol

[@bami2]

I don't think i've seen a better view of the pits there yet. Very exciting!

[@starry53]

This is going to be BRUTAL. Destroy HyperShock. Smash Orbitron. Break Valkyrie. Tombstone comes back in BATTLEBOTS FACEOFFS. Looking forward to see it.

[@FoxAndAxolotl]

Why do I feel like Tombstone will go 0-3

[@redstone51]

A battle between Tombstone and Witch Doctor is the ultimate for me. It's like the Hatfield-McCoy feud!!!😱🤣❤👌

[@blackmagicbanette2820]

I love 5:03 the authentic sound of a spinner getting going, it just sounds powerful. I'm very excited to see these fights with all the editing and whatnot, and not to mention seeing Tombstone back in action, Tombstone Vs Valkyrie is probably my most anticipated matchup of the whole Face-offs thing. I'm ready to see some high kinetic metal carnage!

[@SkinnySacc]

I'm getting excited for the re-emergence of BattleBots, and Tombstone especially. Thanks for putting together a great video, Ray.

[@Shivaho]

Great to see the behind the scenes views.. Thanks Ray for Your Dedication to this Sport!

[@c.youngberg9511]

I can't wait for more BattleBots action when those vids release. Looking forward to watching parts fly from Tombstone's havoc!

[@BLKBRD-SR71]

Yay! Battle Bots is still on. Can't wait to see the carnage! Thanks Ray.

[@BotFansUnited]

This was awesome, Ray! Thanks so much for giving us some behind the scenes! 😊 🎉

[@coniccinoc]

What a treat, thank you Mr. Billings.

[@metal--babble346]

the world is better when robot combat is on TV

[@jonathanf2392]

Super glad to see new battlebots content

[@grantcatdone3417]

7:42 dude I saw them and came out extremely disappointed with one of the audience judges decisions, it was a straight robbery.

[@PyroBear1776]

I can’t wait to see these fights.

[@forceofwillgaming8475]

I love seeing the camaraderie of the builders as you say you’re a nice guy(and you genuinely are) but in the box it’s robot fighting time. The boxside antics are almost as entertaining as the fights themselves. Also can I borrow the you want some more line when I’m fighting with my antweight horizontal?

[@ray9368]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery :) Be my guest!

[@davidtube79]

The orbitron fight will be interesting to watch. :)

[@Ultimatebubs]

The battlebox is looking a bit beat up. Those house robots must pack a punch!

[@ray9368]

The box always takes a beating. Every time we upgrade they have to as well!

[@breaking4u]

Epic, do you think Roundhouse and calypso have promise Ray? They seem like really well made rookie bots

[@ray9368]

I think both robots show promise for sure.

[@briansandahl6761]

​@@ray9368you really inspired a bunch of new baby tombstones. Didn't know it was pregnant ;)

[@BotvacProductions469]

@@briansandahl6761 LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Arctic-p1u]

Nice Ray! Hope you Smash Hypershock!

[@APunishedManNamed2]

Blows my mind BB ended up in my hometown

[@walletracer9882]

The house always wins

[@gustavoprieto1785]

Suerte en tus próximas batallas, saludos desde Paraguay

[@mikedski9698]

Ray, Go For It!

[@azhikingwithms2491]

I will see you there!

[@bigCobaltguy]

Calypso is absolutely badass!!! Now put it against tombstone.

[@nathanrowe1542]

My favorite bits of all time are tombstone obviously, bite force, and lockjaw

[@kevinmatney2218]

I love BattleBots

[@BotvacProductions469]

in one of your upcoming matches against valkyrie, im a little worried because 2 things could go wrong: 1: the undercutter could slice off the weapn bar support, and the weapon bar could fall off and continue spinning around the battlebox kind of like when valkyrie reatched hypershock 2: valkyries frame is a slope, so tombstone could start defying gravity (but as long as nothing bad happens while it does, that would be kinda cool)

[@azmax623]

I will be there Nov 1 and 2nd for the faceoffs! I will wear my Hardcore Robotics shirt proudly around Las Vegas

[@ray9368]

We’ll see you there!!

[@mrcool0201]

When does all of this start and what channel will it be on?

[@ray9368]

Currently they have this setup so most weekends for the next couple of months there will fights filmed in Vegas, and eventually this will all be edited up into a web series on KZbin. Unfortunately I don't know when that will be ready and viewable.

[@legendarye172]

saw the older BattleBots sign in one of the opening shots in the tool room, how many older pieces of memorabilia does BB have on site?

[@ray9368]

I would assume there are plenty of those things around, but I really didn't notice them.

[@briansandahl6761]

Thanks for the little teaser matches!!! Do you get in trouble for sharing ahead of release? and thanks for the really nice behind the scenes footage!!! Nice nod to biteforce. Hoping to see Paul again.

[@ray9368]

They said we could show some clips if they didn’t indicate any sort of results. This should be just enough for people to want to watch the official fights later.

[@tunaburn2330]

​@@ray9368mission accomplished!

[@scp-zilla5303]

3:12 Celebrity cameo!

[@briansandahl6761]

I wonder if it still functions!?! Probably if you returned the internals

[@thomasveal7697]

"Overpriced sandwich"

[@AdamNRG316]

It's so weird seeing so many copies of the same robots.

[@samuelmchargue6160]

I wonder when battle bots face off will be available to watch on KZbin🤔

[@BotvacProductions469]

"im at the sacramento airport enjoying an overpriced sandwich" -Ray Billings 2024

[@ritesoffirefliers]

2:30 One thing that kinda bothers me about Tombstone’s banner is how far back the wheels are set. Besides that minor detail the banners look great and were a nice touch last season. Wonder how they’re gonna go about designing Sawblaze’s banner

[@4zul4_iwnl]

love ur vids, but could u maybe render the video in 1080 p at least? even if ur original recording is only 720, it will still make it look better. thx a lot

[@BotvacProductions469]

3:11 now i wanna fly 7 hours across the country

[@larryjohns8823]

Where will we be able to view this season of fights???????

[@ray9368]

BattleBots plans to edit these up into a series for KZbin, so all of this content will eventually go up on their channel. I have no idea when they will get these posted however.

[@deathrev0859]

I see they didn’t swap the floor like they said they would and is that damage on the glass still too!

[@jagerzaku9160]

WERE GETTING A NEW SEASON????

[@Nuttnneng]

kind of

[@Fattoxthegreat]

No

[@coniccinoc]

I don't know how this sport isn't given a long term broadcasting contract.

[@BellyLover06]

More like Bounty Hunters than a regular season. The regular season contract expired and most of the people BattleBots worked with on Discovery got fired.

[@daanraes8100]

Its exclusively on youtube

[@external316]

IM SORRY, DO I SEE NIGHT MARIE? Didn’t know it was making its return!

[@ray9368]

Nightmare is a regular part of the Destructathon show. It is not competing in the Faceoffs series.

[@external316]

@@ray9368ohh makes sense. I didn’t know nightmare was competing in face offs. Thanks ray. I sent my best luck to you!

[@BotvacProductions469]

6:32 did the crowd notice you?

[@ray9368]

I tried to spend time interacting with the crowd as much as possible, and since I didn't have a robot I could go hang out in the lobby each day when they let people in. We have the best fans :)

[@BotvacProductions469]

@@ray9368 and im one of them :)

[@3tronicum]

It is NOT a building, its a TENT.

[@ray9368]

I'll agree that it looks very tentlike. But it's a solid roof, solid walls, solid doors, solid concrete and steel foundation, complete plumbing, power, AC, etc. I'd call it more building than tent.

[@thisladsamystery]

Thanks for a sneak peak of the fights. Do you know if the bots that were on display were actual bots or were they replicas? On the video Tombstone looked small so I thought it might be a replica but Minitour looked beaten up which implies it was in a match...Also, I think they announced something about a giant washer given to the winner of the weekend. You should make a video showing if the washer and the bolt fits (in your garage...not at the pits)...no pressure 😏.

[@ray9368]

The robots on display are all the genuine ones. And yes there is a washer on the line so at some point we’ll need a video of them all together so people can see. They are supposed to fit 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@thisladsamystery]

​@@ray9368 Ok thanks. They looked small so I wasn't sure if they were real or not. Looking forwards to the washer fit video 😃.

[@mercedesjacevedosilva9146]

5:33 Start

[@KevinPark-pm3ej]

who won, please?

[@ray9368]

The point to not showing the fights completely was to withhold that information. BattleBots doesn't want to leak that information out until they post officially on their channel.

[@KevinPark-pm3ej]

Thank you for the information.

[@KodyFurlong]

They really need to replace the glass in the driver's box.

[@ray9368]

Running the Destructathon show had put some wear and tear on the box for sure. I’m sure if we get a new tv season we’ll get new lexan. But for now they would only be replacing any if it was damaged structurally