THE GIANT ROBOT DUEL

[@atomv1872]

Japan: "It must be hand to hand combat" America: "Got it, two cannons on one robot"

[@angtot3617]

US never ever follow rules. They.like to impose but theyre the one who loves to destroy it. REAL FACT. US DUMBS

[@atomv1872]

@@angtot3617 I am from the US btw

[@abbydabby475]

@@mrj3151 Don't even try and talk sense they will just ignore the facts.

[@drakke125Channel]

Japan: Strategy, martial arts, etc US: GUNS GUNS GUNS GUNS GUNS GUNS GUNS GUNS GUNS BACON BACON BACON BACON GUNS GUNS GUNS

[@ben5__]

@@drakke125Channel guns and bacon stop both of those things in their tracks lol

[@eatsleepplayrepeat]

This is like watching 2 kids play with their toys but don't want to damage them because their parents will get mad.

[@user-ns3qf9jj5y]

You explained it so well

[@Biden_is_demented]

@@user-ns3qf9jj5y I wanted it to be so good... And it´s so baaaaaaaad!! They should call it the Cringe Metal Fight!

[@IErfanCN]

...

[@funkmantim2661]

To be fair, there are people inside the bots themselves.

[@tronzoid7312]

They should have gone postal and beaten the shit out of each other

[@souldy09]

Mankind will watch this duel in 100-200 years and admire how far their robot duels have come

[@luanandreas]

It will be like the tank test footage from WWI, people look back at them nowadays and say "lol look a this walking wacky box", look where the M1 Abrams is at now

[@gilbertcastro7621]

You know what crazy? long enough you see those hoverboards flied by robots, and the pre-aging tools, and everything. I'm talkin about "Final" Fantasy,, and that's real life. I wish I will see those things

[@MrCananball]

@@gilbertcastro7621 you just might c:

[@learnmore7969]

they won't....things can go back pretty dramatically....if our development was straight line we would've been living in other planets

[@MrCananball]

@@learnmore7969 That could also mean that we can make a big leap over the next 5-10 years. Huh?

[@kylekutinsky2409]

Could you imagine how fast an excavator with a claw could destroy these

[@JesseCase]

Hell even just the standard bucket!!

[@meinkaiser4023]

Noo ha ha an excavator can't withstand the heckin' paintballerinos!

[@garrettchapman8170]

Facts

[@Shovel________________]

just bring in a wrecking ball

[@thetizzleforshizzle]

Lol killdozer

[@master_vator]

I like how the commentator trys his hardest, to make this intense

[@peterpumpkin1]

Literally nothing happened

[@datboitrooper1255]

26 min video with 5 minutes of content

[@souhiroraven4196]

@@datboitrooper1255 5 minutes of sheer awesome.

[@therion5458]

The commentator (Mike Goldberg) can't even pronounce "Kuratas" correctly.

[@master_vator]

@@therion5458 yes, but, its virtually, identical

[@remarit]

Japan: "It must be hand to hand combat" America : "you mean 2 cannons and a chainsaw right?

[@Lady_in_Yearning]

Japan: NO! Ugh, how many times do I- *sigh* Let's go over the plan again... America: I am Groot... Japan: Yes? America: I am Groot... Japan: That's right! America: I am... Groot? Japan: NO! No cannons!

[@mrpancho4372]

And dont forget, 2 against 1. Very fair.

[@Ialsowriteandread0291]

Imperial Knights: *IT’S CALLED CHAINSWOD PLEB*

[@valor1omega]

@@mrpancho4372 Not really, you see the Japanese side wanted to fight the first one because they knew how to take it out in one shot. It was their arrogance we always see when one side thinks they will always win. Had the faced the first second one only, the Japanese would still have lost. As to the guns, need I remind you that they(japanese bot) had two hidden right arm fast firing guns that was never listed or talked about?

[@NK-qn6pq]

the cannons didn't do anything anyhow, but they were useful as a battering ram. So it ended up being hand-to hand anyhow!

[@caleycason8180]

1. Do it in the Nevada desert. 2. Get corporate sponsorship and pay per view. 3. Get rid of the paintball cannons/guns. They're dumb. 4. Take the pilots out of the robots so they can use real weapons. 5. Enjoy

[@charliedavisthearchitect3874]

Ikr just like the other video he said to get rid of the cannons THEY LIED

[@josiptomic7623]

Yeeeah baby

[@bohemondiofantioch539]

What's to stop them from building a bunch of remote controlled Abrams though? I mean don't get me wrong, remote controlled tank battles would be awesome, but there isn't much room for playing with giant robots when it comes to "real weapons."

[@bohemondiofantioch539]

+GodKingVivec Only $9 million according to Wikipedia :)

[@bohemondiofantioch539]

+GodKingVivec Well yeah, I imagine that's how much it cost the U.S military to build them, the guys who already done all the R&D and have the facilities to build one while not needing to cut through all the legal red tape required for civilians to build their own tanks... but that's not really the point. My point is that these fights are always going to have to be at least a little dumb and impractical because giant robots are an inherently inferior design to tanks. You can't just have a competition to see who can build the best 50 or 60 tonne killing machine, because we already know what they look like, we have 100 years of engineering and military tradition, as well as real world combat with human lives on the line (something these events can never simulate) telling us what those look like, and they don't look like giant fighting robots. I thought this fight was awesome, and I am optimistic to see what these guys come out with next, but this isn't battle bots, it never will be, and we shouldn't try to change that. There is no point in trying to make this into a game that all the major military powers in the world have been playing better than us for a goddamned century. Imho this sport would be best to distance itself from battle bots and really try to be its own thing.

[@VirusHunter]

Maybe it wasn't as exciting as we all imagined it would be, but this moment will be remembered in history as the first ever giant robot fight. They crawled so that one day even bigger robots can soar.

[@remingtonbaker1804]

It's no where near the first mech fight

[@Muiperson]

Agree

[@Zesmas]

it makes me wonder why the USA military can do if they wanted so make something like this.

[@remingtonbaker1804]

@@Zesmas well if you think about the mech wouldn't stand against any tank or aircraft. So it would be more effective as a land clearing or fire fighting vehicle

[@oneverymadlad1124]

@@remingtonbaker1804 Don’t forget legs are much more capable of traversing difficult terrain than wheels or treads

[@nilaksh007]

The moment I learned that they would be driving from inside, I was disappointed because I knew they will not use deadly weaponry.

[@beetlepenny4839]

America had a chain saw

[@hapexamendar1093]

I’m pretty sure a 40 hp stone cutting chainsaw counts as deadly weaponry. It actually looked extremely dangerous almost irresponsible. I was waiting for the announcer to say “The Japanese pilot has been cut in half and can’t continue”

[@frederikboeggild]

And is scripted

[@xxlegolas]

@@helslayerknightclaw1339 Yeah but even robot wars does not use any really crazy weaponry. Spinning blades, flamethrowers that never do any damage, piston spike. Where's the bots with 2mm miniguns? They can build an arena that will make it mostly safe for the spectators and you can always have them sign a waiver...

[@xxlegolas]

@@hapexamendar1093 That's where you're wrong. If cut in half, the Japanese pilot would have continued. They are not required to stop the fight until he is cut in thirds.

[@TerranceMann]

let's just hope the monsters from pacific rim give us another 20 years before they surface from the ocean

[@Go0ofygoober]

Terrance Mann we not ready 😭

[@TerranceMann]

lolol

[@LydCal999]

Terrance Mann I AM HERE TO DUEL YOU FOR THE EAR-- wtf is that? Us: it's a robot Monster: yeah okay *goes back in the ocean*

[@Savoury_Jalapeno]

Aiden Nelson 😂

[@We_Reddit]

I'm sorry but this was retarded.

[@arend0918]

Fight starts at 8:32 Edit: the second fight starts at 13:29

[@AutumnDogID]

2nd fight part 2 starts at 20:00

[@princemiranda9456]

Thank you

[@princemiranda9456]

@@AutumnDogID thank you

[@Marandal]

thank you

[@turdferguson2982]

There's maybe 4 minutes of action between the two fights.

[@DSeraph88]

This was a cool experience but the outcomes were pretty obvious. First match: both robots independently built around the same weight class for their creators pleasure. Let’s call it medium weight class. America went for a ranged turret bot and Japan for a melee lancer bot. Melee won when it got the charge in especially since these are concept bots and the American bot was not actually created to use live ammunition. Makes sense. Second match: America custom built a bot specifically for defeating Japan’s bot that was double its weight class. That’s like a assault mech vs a medium mech in Battletech terms. Really it was obvious Japan was fighting at a huge disadvantage in that and makes sense for America to win. Also chain saw and cannons in a supposedly melee duel lol.

[@warrenmetzger6516]

Wasn't Kuratis designed w Iron glory at least peripherally in mind though? I don't think either battle was particularly fair, (though really fuckin cool both times.) I wanna see them build new ones with weight class in mind, and without knowledge of the others. Maybe remotely operated so they can blow each other up or something :D We could make a real sport of this!

[@christopherballard1348]

I mean, a chain saw is melee

[@potawatadingdong]

"Don't get distracted by the drone" *Gets distracted by the drone*

[@chromite_chromite]

Me seeing the drone getting wrecked: You got f**cked up!

[@blakethesnake6686]

@@chromite_chromite Me seeing the drone block the American's view with smoke and it's body: You succeeded!

[@couchpotato9035]

Eagle Prime: "Ok so I'm going to shoot 3 times, annndddd... that ends my turn. KURATIS: *d r o n e*

[@Proiteus]

Gotta say watching the fight was like a school kid challenging a classmate to a fight, getting his ass handed to him. & then having his older brother from high school come in and beat up the kid who won.

[@lispy5174]

Your comment deserves to be higher

[@Spidehman]

So true. It feels almost unfair to be honest.

[@KiraSlith]

If they'd kept the first machine in seated position, the fight would have been far different, definitely longer.

[@KiraSlith]

Mister Frooty they agreed, they're setting up weight classes for the same reason.

[@StormsandSaugeye]

Well I mean, it was kind of expected. Mega bot specifically designed eagle prime to seize upon the exposed weaknesses of the Kuratas system.

[@SkotiM]

That first duel was very amusing. Well done team Japan.

[@juanlloveras5780]

*Bonk*.

[@Idkwhattoput-p2s]

And how about the second one? Or are you a disgusting weeb?

[@SkotiM]

@@Idkwhattoput-p2s what is a weeb?

[@SkotiM]

@@Idkwhattoput-p2s Ok I have now looked up the word weeb, "a derisive term for a non-Japanese person who is so obsessed with Japanese culture that they wish they were actually Japanese" No I am not a weeb. Seems like a bit of a hostile over reaction to me.

[@xenit7837]

Japan: Only hand to hand America: *light fixture, chainsaw, multiple cannons* *laughter*

[@Mike-lu2yl]

Ok but can we talk about what would’ve happened if they went at the cockpit with that chainsaw? Like, how scary would it be to see a chainsaw slowly breaking into your hull and they just stop it with the chainsaw mid-way through the cockpit

[@jrpueyo7531]

Something says inferiority complex about it

[@erebusintown8831]

Japan just wanted to be traditional and do empty hand greetings because you know what would happen if they make the Gundam do the Gundam things. 💥 💀

[@aidenbrown7458]

Japan had a gun to, so he knew the score

[@brianworden7022]

@@aidenbrown7458 a normal paint ball gun that does absolutely nothing... they would have to hit a camera for it to even be effective.

[@vitaljokers3754]

Considering this was funded from Kickstarter I would say it's a success. Not ultra badass by any means but they delivered a piloted robot fight.

[@DeadlyElement07]

Kuratas: "Hand to hand only." Iron Glory: "Did someone say cannons? Hell yeah!" Eagle Prime: "Eh, chainsaw is close enough, right?"

[@まぬる猫-i2t]

よし、次はバーナー持ってくか！

[@_caspian_4474]

500 years later ... Robots will see this clip how their ancestors were used for fun and killed... And seek revenge. 😂🤣

[@harroscieri7623]

500 years later the america doesn't exist

[@thiago.assumpcao]

Double weight, 4 times horsepower and chainsaw. Fair enough.

[@NK-qn6pq]

have tombstone be the japanese robot's minibot LOL!!

[@Chickenworm9394]

And piloted by 2 men instead of 1

[@mal-sua]

2 vs 1... Hell fair enough 4 Americans

[@lennonc]

Cole Brown r/wooosh

[@Vincentteoh86]

chainsaw is unfair hahaha

[@polaroidsofpolarbears365]

well.. we gotta start some where.

[@Zerato]

Better start cheating early

[@krager5566]

Agreed, Stanky.

[@bonebard6178]

finally someone gets it

[@Whitebread0101]

Floofie kun what about the imperial knights and Titans from warhammer 40k?

[@kerigpope]

Stanky Fish Gutz Really? Do we really need to start at all? The future of robotics is full autonomy. NOT hulking, loud, smoking and painfully slow ride-in vehicles, IMHO. Search Boston Dynamics here on YT for a real glimpse of the future: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIfPmYB9hsx3obs

[@scorpion-6183]

"Mom, can we have a Gundam?" "We have a Gundam at home." Gundam at home :

[@rx_c5871]

Lol

[@Fylasfrommabi]

was half expecting some kind of super advanced giant robot drone remote controlled from hundreds of kilometers away to show up, pick up each of those junkers in a hand. then putting them into time out corners before walking out of a wall. arms raised exasperatedly and a robotized voice yelling UNBELIEVABLE! as it walks trough the wall and then flies off.

[@jirik1123]

American mecha be like: Oh? You're approaching me? Instead of running away, you're coming right to me? And the japanese: I can't beat the shit out of you without getting closer. American: Oh ho! Then come as close you like!

[@chromite_chromite]

@@jirik1123 Loads dr bright's chainsaw cannon: No Gundam shit here

[@mememanbehindtheshadows546]

Gundam at home is the most realistic you ever watch and follow physics, this the REALITY

[@gyroscope915]

Feel like someone in a forklift could have won this fight. They would be faster, more stable, and could just drive the forks into the slow big robots

[@griffinf128]

forklifting is just the superior battle strategy

[@qualityhomemadepizza]

Yeah, if the robots were more nimble, and their weight distributed to where they didn't fall over when hit by a slight gust of wind I think making a sport out of this could be entertaining. Hmm maybe they could call it battlebots, or robot wars. Something like that!

[@HalfTangible]

And now you know why giant robots aren't used in military engagements.

[@montanawhite5699]

Forklift, or skid steer , back hoe. Anything really. Grade all.

[@er5943]

"Forklift fight". This would be a great show

[@publius7023]

The 1st fight was basically "Don't bring a paintball gun to a fist fight".

[@bootleg_sagittarius5548]

So was the third fight.

[@Heartlessangel350]

3rd 1 was don't bring a paintball gun to a chainsaw fight.

[@mcnasty6231]

This fight clearly shows that long range isn't as effective as close range combat. Using non lethal rounds, of course.

[@vladimirpootis9690]

They should allow some form of armor piercing round, maybe non ballistic capped steel, and limit maximum muzzle velocity to 100m/s

[@funnycjy]

kuratas was trying to take out the cameras and take away eagle prime's vision. thus the paintball

[@iblobtouch]

First duel starts at 8:00 second at 13:20 third at 19:46

[@MrSquiggles2727]

You The Real MVP

[@weirdyoutubef4189]

The battle of the slowest

[@teasan6943]

Japan :Next, you'll be fighting with an 18-meter gundam.

[@peraltasworld1448]

Lol

[@valor1omega]

America: and you will be facing an Atlas

[@shadowninjarider374]

Didnt japan just unveil like a 5 story gundam robot?

[@valor1omega]

@@shadowninjarider374 It's not an actual robot. Just some crappy giant doll that looks like a gundam.

[@Rinue618]

@@valor1omega better than the shit of giant excavator robots, the Japanese is not to do the functions of that one ... he has intelligence and will have freedom of movement, despite being attached to other structures for this.

[@wildrshed1155]

I agree that them putting a person in the machines just completely took away the real excitement for the viewers and if anything might have made it more entertaining for the competitors themselves. For example, one of the robots fall over after being pushed. This might have been fun experiencing inside of the robot since you are still falling to a degree but from the outside, to me it looks just as exciting as a trashcan being blown over by the wind.

[@soyfelo202]

8:27 Round 1 13:24 Round 2 19:55 Round 3 Your welcome.

[@darkya7068]

Felo Quintero *you're

[@SleepyRickyC92]

Felo Quintero thanks man

[@John_Ridley]

Yes, but where's the exciting part? Nowhere, that's where.

[@glitchsys]

So Round 1 Japan wins. Round 2 (USA gets to bring out a new robot) is a stalemate. Round 3 USA wins (using their new robot)? So overall there was no winner... There should have been a round 4, a tie breaker round, and to be really fair, Japan should have brought out a new and improved robot as well. Lame...

[@agecko7719]

glitchsys then it would have to taken longer to post this because repairing a robot isn't easy when their the size of probably 2 stories high or less

[@dubbydapanda7189]

I waited 2 years for this, it didn't deliver that well.

[@TwinTonyz]

Everything was scripted that's why

[@raccoonwithstupidity5773]

And cus all of this is the first generation of mechs so :T

[@JolanXBL]

A snow removal dozer would have fared better.

[@JustinY.]

Man the new Gundam season looks great!

[@liizzset]

Justin Young 😂😂😂😂

[@oooppiikkk]

Neo america takes down new Japans mobile suite with its secrete weapon, another mobile suit!

[@maciej6898]

Its so shit

[@blackrose6348]

Justin Young 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MxPokirby]

+Maćko Liar.

[@justultrra3568]

Imagine this is a job or a competition you can make a living on. How cool would it be to tell others "Yeah, I'm a pilot" "Oh, for what airlines?" "I don't fly planes, I pilot titans"

[@johnr.timmers2297]

I get it now. They made Iron Glory to draw attention and funds, then used the funds to build Eagle Prime. Thats the power of the free market. Smart move

[@xroukle8137]

John R. Timmers then liberty prime.

[@UmCaraNormalnumPlanetanormal]

John R. Timmers Makes sense

[@Jacen32272]

... And this is why we have weight classes in professional fighting.

[@JacopoSkydweller]

Right? 40 hp vs 80 hp, then 430 hp to 80. lol. I loved it anyway though.

[@Tamlinearthly]

Suidobashi could have built a bigger robot if they'd wanted. They opted to stick with their smaller, faster design and let the other team maneuver them into a shoving match they couldn't win. Better luck next time.

[@Malk_321]

Tamlinearthly but that K.O on the First round tho... Hehe

[@li_tsz_fung]

Tamlinearthly That's would be meaningless if suidobashi build another bigger robot. The fight can't begin if they just keep build new one according to their enemy

[@randomspectator39]

But this ain't professional this is the beginning

[@QuattroPogjeena]

What’s the bet the Japanese team painted their’s red to make it 3x as fast

[@Toshiro_Mifune]

more dakka?

[@blokstudiosentertainment6080]

I get the reference, the zaku from gundam

[@enzoyanggie24]

WWAAARRGGHHH

[@_s-p-e-c-t-r-a_music_]

Piloted by char?

[@QuattroPogjeena]

@@_s-p-e-c-t-r-a_music_ Correct.

[@enigmachinasclass8153]

USA=Imperium of Mankind Japan=Tau in melee

[@alienc]

The robot apocalypse doesn't seem so scary anymore.

[@aymanelyadi9636]

Lmao

[@Become-Eggplant]

Yeah, like, all we need is a fork lift and we can beat these machines.

[@samarsvard6384]

O shit theyre coming!!! JOG FOR YOUR LIVES

[@Become-Eggplant]

Unless they got Guns, then just sit somewhere till they're out of ammo.

[@zizochemlali4639]

K get the explosives

[@Atomzwieback]

My grandkids will laugh their asses off seeing this

[@nakamuradenki]

どんなことでもはじめてのことに 挑戦する人たちは凄いよ。 おそらくは30年、50年後にも語り 継がれる最初の、一歩だね。

[@jessoliver2955]

You DEFINITELY need to form a league. Same as battle bots. Only bigger

[@ulforcemegamon3094]

Everybody says "so lame" "weird tractors" "a forklift would kill these" could be true but gently remind that technology kinda advances stupidily fast , the first compute ENIAC was of the size of a house and was barely able to have a good amount of ram and everybody said that conputers were trash and they had no future , now look at your smartphone today , it is 10000 times more powerful than ENIAC and weights 10000 times less , this may be lame and slow but everything has to start like that until become more powerful , lighter and faster , even human once were a baby that couldn't do anything for themselves , yet some of them did grow up change the world PD: square cube law ? Graphene is the solution

[@nexogeo6949]

Ulforce Megamon I like your mindset

[@ulforcemegamon3094]

Levin Aiden thanks , i see many people with alot of negativity in the comments rather than criticism

[@johnfaux8651]

Exactly, people don't realize what progress Is. I mean the amount of money and hours they must have taken to build these robots. It's amazing.

[@themaughan3378]

You’re right, Japan making a mecha that can strafe will make their fighting style more feasible. And I don’t think this will be a sport because the military definitely will step in and take the tech when it starts getting good.

[@ulforcemegamon3094]

The Maughan yeah , even the first plane wasn't able to flight more than 100 meters yet we have now jets that easily surpass sound speed , something that sounded super crazy many decades ago , honestly i see mecha future to be cuadrupedal that can switch between feet and wheels , wheels when you need speed and feet when you need to climb or the terrain is difficult (there were tanks that got stuck in mud and nobody came to get them out of it ) but mechas can have alot of forms tho

[@jastonyuh765]

Who's the director? Find him and fire him.

[@cod6guy12]

They hired the Mythbusters production crew.

[@MurphyArtPrints]

Well THERE's your problem.

[@jjtreads5472]

The director really wasn’t the problem, the problem was that the tech is still very new and clunky. Once they get better robots then maybe it’ll be more fun to watch, but for now it was really slow and boring for “robot” fighting.

[@portals5785]

Jaston Yuh totally

[@koalemos3636]

Not your style? Leave

[@Everything_All_In_One_Place]

I have to admit, I did not foresee how boring this would be.

[@Ghostthebeatmaker]

From fighting robots to firing guns 💀 how did they get like this?

[@blazepascal1878]

*team megabot sends a robot with a giant nerf gun against a robot designed for melee combat* Announcer: _This was a stunning defeat for team MegaBot_

[@jlewwis1995]

Yeah not only that but they supposedly KNEW that the japanese team would do melee combat and they didn't even add any sort of anti flipping features to their bot like a wheelie bar or something to stop it from tipping over when they attack from the front? Seriously? It almost makes it seem like it's just some completely scripted WWE bullshit to me 😐

[@QuestionableAdviser_]

Kuratas won in my opinion, the Megabot team brought two bots, ain’t fair

[@jacobblanton5179]

Frankly the whole thing seems scripted anyway...

[@TechGroupF430i]

Kuratas asked for hand to hand. Megabot built a mech exclusively for that purpose. Kuratas insisted on fighting Megabot's first mech, which was not built for hand to hand. Why shouldn't have Megabot brought two mechs?

[@ryupelayo]

Yeah like, Japan had one robot to Cover three different battles while USA could specialize each round and had a "fresh set of legs"

[@robertdionne6073]

Yeah kuratas wins for me. Shame on those 2 pilots and their heavy for nothing robot make it looks like just bullying kuratas with its unfair power and weight.

[@TheCrazyCapMaster]

The first battle did absolutely nothing to the Japanese bot, it might as well have not even happened 😅 really ended up just being a one-on-one... also I doubt there was less than an hour between the two parts of the second match so there was time to rest, hydrate, that sort of thing.

[@WolfieD-yp5ez]

That Lady that speaks perfect english and suddenly switches to her Japan Lingo is fantastic! ♥

[@adrian4056]

Mari

[@deceaseddevereaux269]

She's from smosh

[@hamsteronroids5781]

Wolfie D who doesn’t know that that’s Mari. Bruh do you even internet?!

[@versacerik]

Control freak smosh is dead tho, especially its humor

[@teamnogtul]

Wolfie D That is the art of being bilingual

[@nightmareunleash3402]

This was so much more interesting than i thought it was going to be

[@luthorcorp0]

Robots need to be in the same weight class for it to be fair. I found the Japanese bot to be the more innovative.

[@jasonarce5169]

Kevin Bush The second American robot was much more sophisticated than it looked. The first one was a little more crude and bulky. But that's why it failed so fast.

[@AfroMing]

Also it was fair game to be honest mate. If this does kick off then there will indeed be weight classes mate.

[@secondsein7749]

Kevin Bush true lol. I knew the kuratas would lose the moment they didn't set the weight rule. That's like asking a lightweight fight in the heavyweight class lol.

[@servidorcastlehill7660]

Yeah, it was a foolish fight. The big robot is just a big mole, and, for God sake, a chainsaw...

[@gansetsukon]

I liked the chainsaw, but as tradition, I'm more of a drill person like in those animes. A drill would be way cooler than a melon(?) and a paintball guns.

[@recca5957]

Only American can think that hand to hand means a cannon and chainsaw.

[@jasonsage1417]

Oh You Laugh NOw... We Will be building these things with and running war from our living rooms wearing fruit of the looms and eating potato chips... you wait! Our Gamer Addicts of Today are our Knights of Remote Control Armor Tomorrow! :) haha

[@pewpew3866]

I live in america and want japan to succeed in the robotic mech suit industry... for reasons

[@randomspectator39]

Kinda agree on that xD

[@curtmortimer3039]

@@pewpew3866 i can see that man...im a fan too

[@xscitobor1233]

@aristotle quime to bad this like the real world and America gets a surprised attacked then destroys them in retaliation.

[@whiterabbits22]

I kind of feel they did a "I win, You win" thing for this event as an exibition as if I recall, that Kurata robot is manueverable enough to drive circles around the heavy tracked Megabot. They obviously also didn't take the hint about hand to hand.

[@thejman3489]

The amount of weight being thrown around is incredible. I'm used to watching NHRL and Battlebots. While those competitions are crazy in their own right, these megabots are just on an insane scale. Being inside these things must have been insane.

[@p0k3f4n7]

It may be slow, but we still have giant robot fights in our lifetime, and that's pretty cool.

[@weirdyoutubef4189]

It is all because of physics

[@Ridley1313]

to sum up that first battle..... ONE PUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNCCCCCCCHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[@StrangerOman]

That's why unpiloted robot fights are more interesting, because they having real deal weapons. Chainsaw, blades. Everything to actually destroy the opponent. I don't wanna watch piloted fights because only thing you need to do is just 50. BMG pilot cockpit and you done.

[@blindguardian8599]

That is what killed the fun, the safety of the pilots will never allow for more serious weapons. Use unmanned robots next time.

[@tiagotiagot]

I don't wanna watch two deformed tanks shooting each other. Japan was right with pushing for hand-to-hand, much more interesting.

[@jasonarce5169]

What's the point of making giant robots if whom ever is piloting it is a 100yds away.

[@AkimboLizard]

You do realized that'd just be a factor of who shot first, right? Because the name of the game would be put on the biggest gun you can to disable it in one shot, to counter this you'd need heavier metal plating which would slow down but that weight would just support a bigger gun so you're basically just asking for tank combat but much slower. I don't see what's wrong with the current standard besides the need for weight classes. Paintballs are a versatile ammunition, they can be used to block sensors or damage armor but they're not powerful enough to be all you need, you need to consider melee tech for the robot too. But anyone who expected two Gundams to be running around the stadium, explosions everywhere, are complete idiots.

[@Idazmi7]

Eagle Prime had a Chainsaw.

[@buryitdeep]

In 100 years looking back at this, it will look like WW1 bi-planes.

[@EpicGameMusic]

When the robots take over in the future they are going to look back at this and be super angry

[@ColdNorth0628]

Epic Game Music except these are not bots they are MECHS

[@curtisalanmcgee]

Wow. Fancy seeing you here man.

[@EpicGameMusic]

I'm everywhere!

[@TheGreaterSin2]

10/10. 'Sup brah

[@EpicGameMusic]

Sup Fam!

[@Seraphy434]

8:53 ONE PUUUUUUNCH

[@lozalee4783]

thank you i am glad that there at least was one anime reference

[@DeoSiege]

Lmao

[@pewpaupaopaw]

Maybe he is their son saitama and genos

[@kingunicron3863]

Saitama

[@cirinosaldana4289]

I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@77Avadon77]

8:55 When that realization hits that imagining Mech combat is more fun than living it.

[@kennethwilliams2738]

They just need to get faster, better articulation and giant jet packs so they can fly.... They were very slow and not so agile.... Need better agility

[@chromiiayt3044]

Kenneth Williams well, it’s a start

[@XplicitTruth444]

@@kennethwilliams2738 it’s just very hard to do that, these things weigh so much so it’s almost impossible to even throw a punch fast and hard enough to do true damage to the opposition

[@dag1177]

So when are you dropping prt 2 it's been 7 years

[@fastestbasket4327]

Two American robots with chainsaws and cannons, that both weight way more than the Japanese robot... *fair?*

[@John-kd2tc]

IKR

[@Chronoflation]

The chainsaw was BS but the first one was in the same weight class. They definitely should've set limitations for the second robot though, and probably used something less likely to kill the other pilot than the chainsaw. If that hit a little to the right it would've killed the other pilot, geez. They got a bit too into the competition, I think they've watched too many episodes of Gundam

[@Chronoflation]

They both had gun, and the chainsaw setup was a claw and chainsaw. Technically that was the only one that went full melee. That said, they could've so easily killed someone with that thing, especially the other pilot. That was just plain not a fair move. Well, being double the weight is also kinda a separate weight class. They definitely needed better defined rules and safety precautions before doing this. Still, pretty cool gen 1 giant robot stuff. Give it 20 years and we might be touching on the tech that they're trying to emulate lol

[@freelanceart1019]

Fair

[@KubilaySavs]

I mean technically chainsaws are metal and they said metal to metal so idk what your talking about

[@derpaderp6642]

Japanese robot needs a giant flaming sword.

[@brandonb5105]

DerpaDerp it also needs to run like naruto

[@GruntyGame]

DerpaDerp basically needs to be Ronin from titanfall.

[@phanpainwhat2133]

Japan should make Evangelion Unit 01,too bad it’s not a robot or else they will be sure win the fight in two seconds.

[@clayandsand]

Only the Glorious Emperor of Man can wield such a weapon.

[@deathserpent9747]

Japan needs to bust out the ACs

[@thebestnerd4444]

this was to be expected for the first ever giant robot fight. as more people get involved and more fights happen it will get better.

[@AfroMing]

Taylor youngreen this comment should be #1

[@factman8808]

👌👍

[@xsonohx7961]

Agreed.

[@germancarrasco2028]

I don't see a future for fights of manned robots. There is no need to risk human lives and make the battles less destructive just to protect the pilots. Anyway, those robots were very good looking and could be modified and improved. A nice first step.

[@NismoXero]

A lot of people talking shit because it wasnt to the (bot) death. Im excited! I used to play mek-commander and mek-warrior as a kid and now its finally starting to come true. This has potential!!!

[@declanjones8888]

Yeah it's pretty cool, although there was this show almost exactly like this when I was a wee lad, except the robots were piloted outside and away from the ring, meaning the bots could just go to town on each other. I remember one bit being cut in half and keep in mind the robots on this show were almost as big as these ones.

[@y_not]

This was epic, anticlimactic and terrifying

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

Welcome to the tech industry.

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

Sign me up.

[@marewere]

Yep, bit disappointed 😂

[@funnyanimalworld7579]

and boring af :D

[@billyperry3059]

This is the most accurate comment.

[@michaelswiggart5673]

Everyone is saying how this was boring but those people clearly never went to a car derby. watching this live would be AMAZING. and the time it must have took to make those mechs makes it that much more interesting. I do admit it wasnt pacific rim worthy but this was still amazing to watch and i want more

[@jesseredfield8194]

I was jacked. Lol this was so cool. Corporate sponsorship. High power engines like 1,000hp turbo diesels minimum. High speed servos, a desert arena, remote operated mechs for more of a disabling bout. Pnuematics in place of hydraulics.

[@terrencetucker3734]

You and me both

[@Vl0gWithAb]

@@jesseredfield8194 and, have all riders wear body armor and helmets

[@cadosian078]

They had to stop and reset the bots every so often because of wires getting pulled and hydro locks malfunctioning

[@Prometheusplaysminec]

@Nukagreed I was going to say that too. If these are the prototypes, and only done in 2 years for Eagle One. Imagine what we will have in 10-20 years if any form of contractor, including military, picks this up and flies with it. The thought of having a gundam, even slight, is quite the exciting prospect!

[@Kumari_44]

Iron glory engineers: we’ve done so well with this design. Centre of gravity: *laughs uncontrolably*

[@TheChannelOfNonsense-j4m]

Actually, I'm pretty sure it was a draw, "Kutatas" took down "Iron Glory" the first match. The second match, they brought out "Eagle Prime". And both "Eagle Prime" and "Kuratas" got stuck and weren't moving. Third match, "Eagle Prime" Took down "Kuratas" with the claw and chainsaw so in total, it was 1/0 1/0 1/1.

[@lizbeth4662]

Thank you! I see you also have basic human knowledge!

[@ryans.7485]

Add some stripes to the rusty American bot And it will add 600 more hp

[@jacobblanton5179]

But that would cost us our premium currencies... Sigh... *gets out wallet.*

[@MaxBrainDevices]

Hahahhaha top gear style 🖖🏻

[@tribot_leader]

Ryan Sky1 add a star spangled banner and it will add 1000 hp

[@spivel]

@@tribot_leader nah man it would add a weapon slot

[@tribot_leader]

Smirnoff it would add the nagashaki blaster

[@dash8brj]

24 minutes of fluff, 2 minutes of actual robot duelling. :P

[@edwardroach9643]

Eagle Prime: Drone on my head? *I better punch some cars*

[@captainjurgh8142]

Just wait for more decades or so because Metal Gear or Robot Jox is definitely going to happen. Either in WW3 or Dystopian era

[@BeastModeDR614]

Not bad for 1st generation of robots

[@nassimbelghache2739]

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[@PotatocannonLol]

No where near close to 1 st gen... Bomb defusing robots

[@NoahWright28]

Nassim Belghache *Americans

[@shuichisaiharatheshsldrv3q633]

Alexander The Great aww is the little Jew angry?

[@ksiaa814]

Blyat talkin about autistic robots now talking about religion and nationality definitely how the internet works

[@whitehouseanimations9384]

1:make giant robots 2:make giant monsters 3:PACIFIC RIM

[@bettabass1994]

Cool idea but i’d rather we not make giant monsters 😂

[@theepictabbycat9480]

Still won't make the movie good.

[@ninja_wolfofficial]

They should be remote controlled so there can be maximum damage without people possibly dying. Why would they be inside the robot..

[@pectelance5975]

Seriously?

[@roastedlemon]

Because it's badass

[@xixxaxxorux5750]

because fuck you, giant mechs

[@radioactivedynamite]

lol have you never seen a mech before? What rock have you been sleeping under?

[@evanchong6482]

So that it's more legit rather hang playing with toys

[@mremu4358]

This is what I imagine a Star trek Mech fight would look like lol but all jokes aside this is by far one of the greatest things in human history!

[@obliviousfafnir01]

Yeah, some of it was scripted, obviously, and I the commentary was probably done mostly in post, but as a proof of concept fight, it was effective. If anyone was expecting something more than this, then you had some high expectations based on what Eagle Prime's actually performance capabilities are like. In the future, I think they'll find ways to improve the fights and make them a little more interesting and action packed.

[@RoballTV]

They proved nothing, they hyped a fight for over a year and didn't supply one. They brought pantomime. Great now we can watch robots in leotards since the concept is proven now...

[@obliviousfafnir01]

Not sure we watched the same video... I saw two robots clash, and one was even damaged pretty significantly by a giant chainsaw. Looked like a fight to me, even if it was done up a lot in post.

[@deanwilson8004]

The only major improvement that I could think of is more speed! of course, i understand that it would be less safe but a little danger is always fun! ;p

[@shanus11]

I bet they weren't even in the bots. I've always thought how the hell are they gonna pilot huge deathtraps on TV?? AS suspected it was all staged.

[@nobrainfluid]

Significantly damaged where? You mean that hand they put on Kuratas to make it look cool and that had no purpose? Wow, completely destroyed beyond repair, let's say America won because it looks like this shit will get even more boring.

[@screensnot]

Look at the machines here, then think about what it took to produce them. My heart goes out to the guys that built these machines. Sweat and blood was lost. The producers, scriptwriters, and directors of this show have literally raped the rest of us with their storytelling.

[@icicle8263]

"You're the robotics expert" "Thats why im scared" 😂😂😂

[@daisycutter2978]

this looks so dangerous, and i’m sure everyone involved did everything they in their powers to make it safe.

[@shizmanbeat]

Honestly gotta say this is actually pretty damn incredible. For everyone trying to hate on you, you'd think they'd at least understand that the technology isn't quite there yet to have full on robot wars where they can move around easily and maneuver but the people who went to great lengths to build these robots, while also putting on a show I can easily respect that. the 2nd duel was by far my favorite, and I'm impressed with many of these robots gadgets, like the giant claw

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

as slow as this was it's still pretty impressive for what tech we have right now. I mean in battletech thier mechs use artifical muscles so yeah.

[@imagani1875]

there are better robot fights than this ....watch Battlebots

[@ryanthompson3737]

If battlebots exist, this HAS to exist without pilots... you literally cannot say a small rumba can exist but a slightly bigger rumba is IMPOSSIBLE. It's just a shitty scripted show.... if it wasn't, they would have had real weapons and no pilots in the bot.

[@Machina0926]

@@ryanthompson3737 that's so fucking dangerous though lmao, a robot unloading a fully automatic gun in random directions

[@coda8525]

@@Machina0926 Ah yes and battle bots isn't dangerous with metal shrapnel flying everywhere, fire, and sometimes even explosions. All one had to do it set them up in said large building like this, surround the thing in bulletproof material and there you go. Have the pilots watch from monitors and thus make having multiple cameras actually matter, and have people watch something they came here for...Giant Robots destroying eachother...

[@basedbuz]

Someone bring Boston dynamics into this

[@charlestoncooper5265]

Nash Meads nah call up Elon

[@jajaboss]

Nash Meads I think boston join team megabot already

[@GraniteInTheFace]

Ooh Only if and only if Boston dynamics gets 4-5 of their dogs and one controller called the Houndmaster to fight.

[@nonname1239]

Getting the big guns i see

[@nassimbelghache2739]

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[@RaccoonLTD]

8:45 ONE PUUUUUUNCH!!!!!!!!

[@thanhduong-ij6mh]

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[@nobrainfluid]

That was the coolest fucking thing in this.

[@ぽこもーこり]

ワンパーンチ！！！！！！

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

Agreed

[@tknewyork18oo29]

So cool when they took the scaffold pylon and use it as a rotating shield🛡️ I was cthu 😂

[@raphaellauf7786]

Kuratas looks so well put together all around, the iron glory looks like it rolled out of a shed lmao. the match-up kinda gave me a street fighter vs proffesional vibe

[@Imanshots]

fax

[@JAKOB1977]

You should be a farmer.. with your view.. you would see beautiful robots all over.

[@RichardsNickname]

BAHAHAHAHAHA KURATAS IS MADE OF FOAM BAHAHAHA OFC IT LOOKS 'better'

[@raphaellauf7786]

@@RichardsNickname you good there homie, go easy on the booger sugar

[@40games]

Whats amazing to me is that the creators are also the pilots because of their passion for giant robots....Now if we could get about 10 more people/groups interested..

[@joycehayes1454]

Forrest Battles They definitely didn't handle the first round very well because mobile suit reality kicked in lol

[@audreyjit7220]

Yo the japanese dude was so chill abt it his robot that he spent years to make was shredded and the set's equipment was hit down but that was so sick

[@Mrhellslayerz]

you realize he has factory-made ones, right? that was another factory-made kuratas.

[@youraveragerobloxkid]

@@Mrhellslayerz he?

[@Mrhellslayerz]

@@youraveragerobloxkid The guy that made/piloted the Kuratas.

[@wraptonic]

this is literally so fascinating to me because all i can think about is what this will be like in 10-20 years.. unreal!

[@Slop_Dogg]

it’ll be nowhere. nobody is going to do this.

[@Cosmoman78]

12 tons against 6.5 tons robot? Come on, there should be a maximum weight rule or something. It's like a heavyweight vs feather boxer.

[@josephineparsons78]

Cosmoman78 if this takes off I reckon there will be if this properly takes off as a sport but beacause they had like two mechs globally that can actually fight so they were propably went let's just fight them all and see how we do

[@ddvsgd9508]

Joshua Parsons I don't think it will take off for a while because it's really expensive.

[@cresentz23]

And Eagle Prime brought a fkn chainsaw

[@ElMecsicanou]

i thought the same, but think about this, those are the very first robots ever built of that size and with pilot-able capabilities, this is the kick off start! as team medabots said at the ending, its time to make it a league, add weight balancing, etc. this is itttt!!! enjoyed this A LOT!

[@foxley95]

Ddv Sgd maybe not every year

[@sir_justinius]

Well, it ain't Battletech, but we gotta start somewhere...

[@cypheir]

Urbanmech...?

[@tinfoilhatnews7489]

Yup I have to agree. My Dad is 62 and a fan of Battle tech

[@stlchucko]

"Giant robot duel" sounds enticing, but if you're looking for carnage, just go watch Robot Wars or Battle Bots.

[@RikoJAmado]

aka Killer Roombas.

[@stlchucko]

@@RikoJAmado I thought that was a Roomba with a claymore mounted on top

[@LineOfThy]

@@stlchucko *danger detected*

[@thefrizmeister3666]

Mari Takahashi! I've missed you on smosh. Good to see you on youtube still!

[@brandonsyverson6935]

People are complaining about this, but everything has to start somewhere. In a few years this might turn out to be something amazing

[@bolicob]

yeah

[@Hunter-xl5cy]

Edgey

[@alejandrogorricho4791]

bounce How is that edgy?

[@TheFrygar]

No one is arguing that things don't have to "start somewhere". You can start in a good place that makes people WANT to watch and gives networks a financial incentive to continue to produce this kind of content, or you can start in a terrible, cringe-worthy place where no one want to see this shit and everyone laughs at it and it prevents people from creating similar content.

[@brandonsyverson6935]

Pollen Applebee Something like this has to start somewhere since it's a new frontier... the technology and research isn't there yet which limits the robot's capabilities. Once they start real competitions then it will bring in more talented people and sponsors to fund it. To put it simply with an example, the space program didn't instantly arise out of nowhere. It took years of research and failures to make it to where it is today.

[@NathanPops]

To both teams. Thank you. You are making my dreams reality.

[@philipstorm97]

This looks like it could become really entertaining in the future

[@corvus9289]

Forklift operators laughing right now. I could take em both with a single Hyster. Lol

[@metzalunapromichi5346]

8:53 Kuratas : omae wa mou shindeiru MK2: Nani K.O

[@quarkmarino]

Yeah, that punch was epic!

[@xsonohx7961]

I just searched to see if people made clips of this with that line and already found three. lol

[@HenryS136]

best comment hahahahah

[@treyfreeman5992]

I was waiting for this comment lolol

[@whitepolarbearmc8367]

So begins the "Calamity Wars" -Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans

[@maxwellorryn3380]

Oh, Vega, I hope not

[@billrex]

Are these mobile armor prototypes?

[@sgt_derpguy_2541]

Oh sh8 now who will be the ones who will make Mobile Armors?😆

[@carlwesternut2434]

$100 on barbatos

[@vrazer97]

The first baby steps are done, now the big steps.

[@ColdNorth0628]

vincent molenaar the *mech steps*

[@corrollaS2010]

What were they thinking paintballs are not going to stop a 6 ton machine