Robot Wars Series 4 Heat J

[@Cailus3542]

"It's the tiny things that make all the difference." "In my case, yes." Legend.

[@joeandrews7329]

Ian Watts.

[@infinite_ammo]

I admire the courage of clawed hopper, trying to "break the meta"... but they choose the absolute worst kind of weapon for a slow robot like that

[@NoobixCube]

Definitely. Imagine how they’d have gone with pincers and a scoop. There’s a lot of power in those feet, and they could probably have pushed just about anything.

[@kinagrill]

Big heavy pneumatic ace or spike or some such. something that isn't determined by speed. or like a big hypno-disc type sawcling.

[@sheik2ify]

To see this concept done well please look to shuffle bot son of waitachi

[@gregoryatkin1509]

Stinger is the robot that I'm fairly sure Gabriel has over his mantelpiece. Gods, you don't really realise what a punch that thing had until you watch it in action, what a machine, and what driving skill was necessary to make it work. Thank you so much for reminding me why I loved Series 4.

[@njgw1465]

No problem, man! Thank *you* for your comments on virtually every video - the long comments are great to read.

[@cdname47]

Gregory Atkin for all its success stinger was a bit of a one series wonder sadly. when they got to series 5 it seemed they had terminal trouble with one wheel failing and stinger resorting to spinning on the spot. They never seemed to be able to cure that so all stinger battles were the same, ended in killalot claws

[@gregoryatkin1509]

I think Series 4 had a nice mix of the fact that people had got weapons power under control and the armour wasn't quite good enough with the 80kg weight limit so that real damage could be done. Stinger, Hypno-Disc, Dominator 2 and especially Pussycat all had great runs this series simply because their weapons could do a huge amount of damage. I think you're absolutely right, though, don't get me wrong.

[@gregoryatkin1509]

I will be sure to keep making nice long comments too then from now on!

[@cdname47]

AJV1Beta yeah but as I say, after series 4 the robot seemed to suffer one wheel spinning syndrome in all its fights. It really hurt it's chances from then on

[@predator931]

If I've worked it our right then Joe is 22 or 23 now. Let that sink in.

[@ryanpeters6937]

Mr_Quality97 Don't

[@johnwhitten2441]

Now he's 26 hahaha. I was 10 when I watched this stuff, and he was around 7, so it makes sense!

[@lisajones2767]

Um yeah no

[@lisajones2767]

@@johnwhitten2441 he's 27

[@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers]

I wonder what he's up to nowadays, or any of the kids from the show in fact 🤔 🤷‍♂️ as long as they're doing well for themselves, that's fine in my book

[@XCAltoona]

So few thwackbots really designed to go in both directions - a major strength of Stinger.

[@carribob1992]

I'm suprised no one in the comments noticed the acronym F.U.B.A.R. written on the underbelly of Spikasaurus. It short for F***** Up Beyond All Repair.

[@ChrisCreats]

I thought the wilhelm scream was bad but the same woman scream happening every few seconds is getting worse

[@ekgs1735]

That same loop multiple times in every single episode, woman wooing twice followed by 3 whistles, honestly irritating after marathoning all these episodes haha!

[@misspiggys_cousin]

this was the first episode my dad ever recorded for me on VHS. i still have the tape today

[@Headbanger142]

Today's Robot Wars has Gabriel, Saint and Nuts but Stinger was easily the pioneer of the axlebot design.

[@PokeGuy6]

Actually Wheelosauros was the first axlebot so it's technically the pioneer of the axlebot design

[@oliverprice114]

Stinger debuted in the same year as Weeliwako and Flip Flop Fly, but to be fair, the sucess of Stinger was probably the biggest influence of axlebots thereafter

[@PokeGuy6]

@@oliverprice114 That is true, Flip Flop Fly tho was both boring and pathetic. Stinger of course made it to the Grand Final in Series 4 and was a regular contender. Wheelasourus only did Series 2 and 4 but Peter Gibson was a great roboteer and he gave us a laugh or two. I agree with you tho that Stinger is the biggest influence of the axlebot design, solid construction despite just being two wheels on a mace chassis and it had good top speed and gave us so many laughs with it's erratic driving XD

[@floydjohnson7888]

I still think Stinger's design looked like "mechanized innuendo", although they'd figured to nail their competition with that swinging weapon.

[@kinagrill]

yeah it's all about enemies attacking and Stinger going full spin or doing a full reverse if someone's bot tries to flip at it, etc. cuz that weapon is not about precision. it's about wide arc attacking.

[@phiIco]

16:24 "Warning! Trainee Gynecologist"

[@LuvNotH8]

Oh no :')

[@dasbanhammer]

Love it how Stinger just randomly jumps in background at 14:46. Seriously, one of the funniest robots to watch.

[@bami2]

It wasn't a random jump, they "self-righted" (as much as a invertible twackbot can self-right). If you look at the previous shot at 14:29 you can see that the little support bars are on the top side, this prevents them from swinging the arm overhead. By doing that jump they got the little support bars back on the bottom so the arm could again move freely.

[@dasbanhammer]

@@bami2 thx for ruining the fun

[@bami2]

@@dasbanhammer Just because it has function doesn't mean it can't be fun to watch!

[@TinyDrew5]

I think that the colours on Stinger's tail gives them the hint on when it's right-side up or upside-down. Invertible robots drive the opposite ways if they're upside down so that's what had me thinking yellow means right-side up and red means upside-down. Awesome way of telling which way up Stinger is.

[@Surv1vor1993]

Stinger is still one of my favourite bots of all time

[@TinyDrew5]

The teams of Bigger Brother and Bulldog Breed became a team in Techno Games on the Football event and have taken a gold on it.

[@joeandrews7329]

The 2 both won the techno games series 4 soccer tournament. From Joe. X

[@dru4111]

Stinger is always fun to watch

[@joeandrews7329]

3rd in series 4.

[@StFidjnr]

for spikasauras this is mental mind games for the northern annihilator

[@LuvNotH8]

Apart from Clawed Hopper, some fab robots in this heat wow.

[@florix7889]

Clawed hopper is a really cool robot very ballsy move to go for a walker

[@karlrudd8914]

@@florix7889 It's a shame that ballsy doesn't mean good

[@conorlynch007]

My friend John disagrees

[@grandmasterfarmer4792]

Stinger had a really unique appearance and some great ingenuity behind it. Kind of looks like modern Segway.

[@burzaburza2970]

I love Stinger!

[@cr10001]

Well that second heat was kind of entertaining. Bulldog Breed flipping Spikasaurus and Stinger non-stop and they just kept on driving around as if nothing had happened. Nobody broke down, nobody did much damage to anybody else. Okay, so Spikasaurus was probably the weakest, just, but I did like the ingenuity of its roly-poly self-righting balance. JP gets more obnoxious every time I listen to him. Exulting about how "we" are going to smash your robot up. Bulldog Breed vs Stinger looks like an exercise in futility. Bulldog keeps flipping Stinger which has absolutely no effect on it, Stinger keeps racing around whacking the floor and bouncing off Bulldog Breed... eventually Bulldog Breed lost its CO2 supply (as Bigger Brother did in the previous heat) so Stinger wins by default.

[@joeandrews7329]

One slashing punch from the flipper was all it took and bigger brother was gone. From Joe. X

[@MrKoiking1]

Stinger battered bulldog breed what are you on about lmfao

[@reyzorisk2783]

5:12 Joe said they'll knock Chaos 2 out...it came true the following year in Series 5

[@smallwaves]

lol @ Razer throwing pinball to have a go at Killalot

[@leefisher6366]

9:43 - His wife might be due, but I think she could get off the train without him being there. I think she meant that his wife's child (and actually his own, come to think of it) is due. Probably.

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

I love how aggressive Razers drivers were 🤣 they'd always sacrifice whatever to fight the house bots

[@kerberos623]

would liked to have seen a spinner like hypnodisc go at the hammer and tong bot.

[@alexcasares7401]

42:19 Joe took it well compared to Razer's Ian Lewis

[@johnn278]

i thought the KKK was in the audience at 31:12

[@Tmccreight25Gaming]

Ah Spikasarus, the most unlikely Annihilator winner ever!

[@alexv3375]

AKA, the luckiest smegger in _Robot Wars_ history!

[@dr.zoidberg8778]

As much as I love Stinger, have to admit I think they were lucky to get through that first melee, it was extremely close, but I definitely think Spikasaurus was much more aggressive, though probably less controlled so very hard to call

[@johndasalty111]

Yeah Spikeasaurus was getting bullied by the house robots the whole match

[@ryanodonovan9497]

​@@johndasalty111 What are you talking about? The House Robots never did anything to Spikasaurus. Hell, Dead Metal and Shunt respectively helped it each time it got stuck on the side wall when Refbot should've done that! The closest Spikasaurus came to being illegally attacked was on two occasions when Shunt protruded out of his CPZ unnecessarily, but he barely even touched it.

[@ryanodonovan9497]

They all got a good amount of hits on each other with their weaponry; that certainly made it close to call. But I agree with Spikasaurus being eliminated, based on the fact it suffered the most damage - its self-righting bars got bent, resulting in them failing at the end when it was stuck on its back. It only got back over because of a last flip from Bulldog Breed.

[@burzaburza2970]

Killalot again fcking up someone's run

[@joeandrews7329]

The co2 leak plagued bigger brother's hopes. From Joe. X

[@CrazyHorseTheSiouxW4rrior]

18:30 razer 19:22

[@StFidjnr]

@ 16:13 I think this is JP's Man crush for this heat

[@StFidjnr]

11:02 #WALKIES

[@samuelkirkwood6702]

Without the Sumo, seems like a lot more filler in the second half of this series.

[@ryanpeters6937]

Joe at 23:42!!

[@emirlsanchos6302]

What was Joe crying out there? I think it sounded like "But Dad it's not fair!". Right?

[@alexcasares7401]

Stinger is such an awesome robot. Too bad Stinger and Thermidor never settled the score.

[@andrewobrien8325]

16:46 for the life of me I cannot work out how stinger got through to the second round. It didn’t do anything. Spikeasaurus wasn’t great but it was aggressive and launched as many attacks as stinger did. Stinger winning a judges decision is like wearing barbecue sauce in a lion’s den, bonkers. They have no style, no skill and the only reason they went as far as they did was because the pit wasn’t open! Notice how mace 2 beat them and how in extreme they usually got knocked into the pit! Panic attack and spikeasaurus were both done dirty by the fact the pit couldn’t be opened till extreme changed it. I like the team on stinger but the robot, hate it.

[@Shagger]

I can't be the only who skips whenever Joe Watts is on screen.

[@stuartgibson6357]

22:36 Really? Where the Beano's concerned, I've always preferred Billy Whizz. Let's just say Bulldog Breed was lucky here compared to next series's heat final.

[@burzaburza2970]

138kgs what?

[@alphamone]

Walker-bots have an increased weight limit over robots that used wheels/treads. Though it was only really significant in the earlier years (200kg in RW seasons 5-7).

[@nicanorcunadojr.902]

Hades Mizas

[@jackrabbit1704]

I’m already tired of flippers, I wonder if they’ll get banned. Though they allow opponents to engineer countermeasures they’re still just so cheesy in this setting with limited weight classes.

[@rogervondach1238]

That constant yelling from the commentator made turn that sh..t-show off