The most outrageous battlebot battle ever

aka Hydra having fun

[@eggegg2873]

The stoppable force vs the movable object

[@plantainbruh]

Yes

[@staticdescent4769]

XD

[@SoumendraBagh]

Lmaoo...

[@magicianjester5811]

The perfect description.

[@Potato-fc5zx]

LMAO

[@wd3185]

"Mom, can we get Real Steel?" "We have Real Steel at home." Real Steel at home:

[@dnegel9546]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@justsomeplantcells-]

I don’t know what I just watched But I gotta get some eye wash

[@jogolord8122]

OHHH I forgot about that movie

[@JesusChrist-vq6lk]

Real steel in my pants

[@ZNotFound]

I don't even think one them was made of steel.

[@humha7613]

HUGE finally meet his match, *W I D E*

[@Corvus__]

That's what she said.

[@harleymitchelly5542]

No, this was debatably Hydra messing with the rules. I'm not sure that cow catcher of theirs legitimately counts as a weapon since it doesn't appear to have any movable parts. I'd need the rulebook Battlebots was using to be sure, but a raw pushbot isn't allowed, it's gotta have some moving part that functions as a weapon. The real HUGE vs. WIDE fight happened with Smeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee(...) I believe they had a matchup, and I'm honestly not sure who won.

[@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569]

@@harleymitchelly5542 It's definitely not against the rules otherwise they would have had some reprocussions like when Complete Control put the net on Ghost Raptor in one of the earlier seasons. And I'm almost certain they didn't fight because Smeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee is a rookie and there were 3 pre-tournament matches for each bot, and I specifically remember Huge fought Mammoth, Hydra, and Kraken.

[@harleymitchelly5542]

@@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569 I don't think it was this season. I'm fairly sure it happened at some point though, I can recall those two going at it in a "freak fight." The problem, and it really does come down to what the rulebook actually is because I've seen citations of the rules in comments sections, is whether or not Hydra's cow catcher counts as a weapon. I thought all bots needed a weapon, and that a weapon only counts if it can do damage independent of the bot's motion. Unless Hydra's got something moving on it, its status as a weapon is under question. Of course... all that is predicated on me thinking of the applicable set of rules, which I don't know if I'm applying or not.

[@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569]

@@harleymitchelly5542 The flipper is the weapon. The thing is that it didn't do any damage in the fight. If I had to guess the reason they won the judges decision is that I think the small amount of damage that Huge took from the pulverizer was enough for 2 of the judges to justify giving Hydra at least 1 point for damage. And I'm pretty sure Huge didn't get any points for agression or control because frankly it wasn't allowed to do anything

[@Riley_Mundt]

Robot: Hydra Strategy: T-Posing

[@danb8950]

Is asserting Dominance

[@svagglaorde4387]

Huge: You call this a diplomatic solution? Hydra: No, I call it aggressive negotiations.

[@da_plasma_catto1801]

A star wars fan, you are

[@theia2249]

Ref: Where did he learn to negotiate like that? A judge: I wonder.

[@zedlav915]

👏👏👏

[@jonahm3121]

Def one of my favorite comments

[@victorsouza9656]

These look like if you broke a farm harvester in 2 and put the pieces to fight

[@humbled_pleb]

😂😂

[@d4monhk617]

This made me laugh mate well done

[@greenhat8978]

On the contrary if you broke a farm Harvester in half you would actually get two very dangerous Parts this seems more like if you broke a wheelchair in half

[@fylthl]

@@greenhat8978 with prosthetic "arms"

[@aureusknighstar2195]

You dropped this 🏆

[@auronroy5575]

Legend has it that its still ongoing without a clear winner.

[@ahyesexistence1586]

It still is

[@treetheoak8313]

I would say the purple would win. It had control over most of the later round and no clear sign of victory on either sign.

[@zachgilbert3815]

I'd give it to HUGE as it actually TRIED to fight

[@desertkil]

@@zachgilbert3815 it tried to, and got completely denied by the other bot that was in control most of the time and also got damage in by pushing huge into environment traps

[@theedgydoggo1331]

@@zachgilbert3815 No way. That thing done nothing, it was getting completely overpowered by the other bot.

[@eddykidplayzyt]

Fun fact: at one point, KZbin started removing battlebots videos because of “animal cruelty”

[@zerosumgame5700]

and that is why they will be given consideration in the event of their algorithm becoming self aware

[@cgaminganims7046]

I blame Peta for it

[@zerosumgame5700]

@@cgaminganims7046 which is why even emotionless robots will forgive them for allowing it, again

[@greatwavefan397]

*I mean, they're not wrong.*

[@elgordobondiola]

THEY'RE BECOMING SELF AWARE!

[@ianchandler4649]

It wasn’t the cow catcher that bothered me... it was the “I’m not touching him!” comment.

[@brycenpeacock9262]

For real

[@criseist9786]

Well, was he touching him?

[@kgames9403]

Seriously, it wasnt the fact that he did it, it was his attitude about it. Hydra's driver just came off as a douche the entire time. Sure nothing he did was against the rules, but it felt unsportsmanlike.

[@firstnamelastname-oy7es]

it felt like he was stalling for time

[@Madman3721]

@@criseist9786 huge has room to move so it’s not breaking the rules, if you have an opponent completely pinned (where they cannot move) you can only hold it for 30 seconds. Hydra had them boxed in but not pressing them against the wall constantly

[@sonicboom2468]

God I hoped hydra got tombstone

[@GameAlicornLuna]

Nah. Tombstone was knocked out by Black Dragon. Hydra did lose to the runner up.

[@MrSuperReviewer]

Nah they got in the top 8

[@jjjjjjjjjjjmmmmmmm4461]

my picks never win lol

[@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569]

Honestly I found this funny. I feel like I can safely say that this is the first case (that I've seen) where one bot went in with the strategy of just timing out the opponent. I'd say the fault falls more on whoever chose the matches because it was clear that Huge was supposed to win. You honestly couldn't have expected Hydra to enter this match without modifying their bot *somehow*

[@mr8I7]

Would love to see that battle! Hydra has an anti horizontal front plow configuration but I dunno if it's Tombstone proof...

[@KilosFoxo]

huge has been in a battle that's impossible to lose (huge vs moist pony) and huge has also been in a battle impossible to win (here)

[@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569]

Without the attachment it would be impossible for Huge to lose Hydra had to adapt or get destroyed. Also Huge was fed their free win when they fought Kraken

[@jacobwo4133]

Wdym? The Huge vs moist pony battle was a close and hard fought battle that honestly could have gone either way.

[@Im-brain-dead-but]

I have never heard of the bot “moist pony” and now I’m concerned

[@Nealrex101]

ah yes, the dark horse "moist pony"

[@Funk.It1]

@@Im-brain-dead-but “Moist Pony” was a force to be reckoned with, built by the one and only William Osman.

[@alecbader7433]

"Wedges are so boring!'

[@matthewmorales7483]

LMFAO

[@rafaelmoreno6331]

Storm II, Maximus: Are you sure about that?

[@nicholascahyadi2770]

alcoholic stepfather?

[@surprisedlobsta8543]

@@rafaelmoreno6331 cue The Steel Avenger being OOTA'd

[@kingofstuff1732]

I swear they must've designed Hydra that way just to piss off Huge lmao

[@rigtio8887]

You are not wrong lol, they modified the bot to render all of the Huge’s advantages useless

[@jtosety]

Yes, that was specifically made and used for that fight alone. They put it on for that fight and removed it for the rest of their fights

[@Flourikum]

@@jtosety please tell me you are joking...

[@lankywang9543]

@@jtosety just hearing you say that is giving my flash backs to tornado vs razor in robot wars. I'm still not over that fight

[@Syenthros]

@@Flourikum Nope. Hydra is a modular bot that they adapt for their opponents. I distinctly remember them putting a rake on Hydra once to bat a drone out of the air.

[@slingshotkurt8474]

This is what it looks like when two pacifists get into a fight

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

XD this is likely the case

[@JonatasAdoM]

"I'm not attacking you!"

[@slingshotkurt8474]

@@JonatasAdoM 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tk_the_onion]

Hydra somehow made the most exciting thing in the world (two robots fighting each other in gladitorial combat to the death for a giant nut) into the most boring thing in existence for 3 whole minutes Honestly he deserves a trophy for that.

[@pedrocc2624]

*hugs agressively

[@thejman3489]

Huge: We made a bot that's almost impossible to counter Hydra: Have you seen my latest invention?

[@aye_its_sparky7164]

Behold! the bike rack!

[@kimbaldun]

@@aye_its_sparky7164 Fear my moving bicycle wheels!

[@zendell37]

Wow, the algorithm is picking newer vids these days.

[@jetwing9463]

ikr? It just recemended me a video that said one minute ago

[@aromaticbugle22]

Ran out of old ones. Everything else has been recommended already.

[@OneNerdyAce]

I got a video recommended to me that was from 14 years ago earlier so kinda true kinda not

[@VT-zc9ln]

The strategy to overcome this for Huge is if they see someone prepping a bot with this catcher, simply cut a notch out of one of your spare wheels. One they start hemming you in, the notch lines up with the bar and it slips down bringing their spinner close enough to nail that bar and then it's all over. Foolproof? Not completely. But it is an answer for the future.

[@22dolls19]

Then again, usually you dont see the other bot before the fight so you can't tell if they'll use the catcher

[@jaywerner8415]

intersting idea.

[@TrashbashMan]

Solid idea, it might actually be even more beneficial to shape them like sawblades so it doesn't come down to just one spot. Then again I'm still not sure what else it would be useful for, both seem like limp one trick pony's

[@mistermonologue2442]

Honestly, with they way huge is setup they could do this for every match just in case.

[@enochtan2098]

When you and your friend are so bad at Smash that the timer runs out before anyone is KO'd.

[@hamsterman932]

Huge: makes a bot made specifically to counter low to the ground bots Huge when someone builds a counter for them: When they’re ready for a real fight we’ll be waiting

[@whitworth5s248]

I was thinking the same thing. Huge was the original cheap bs strategy, but everyone gives them a pass. Turnabout is fair play.

[@SirKain7676]

Do you win a fight by standing on the other side of a door holding it closed

[@Zander2212]

Ok, I think the problem isn't being built to counter Huge. The problem is they never actually let them fight. The 30-second pin rule exists for a reason, and I don't think Hydra should've gotten away with the "I'm not touching you" bit.

[@docholliday7408]

@@Zander2212 They weren't pinning them though. Literally any other bot including Mammoth could've done something to fight back with that same amount of space. Huge is specifically designed with it's large size to make it difficult to target, well, this time that design screwed them. Too bad for them.

[@Zander2212]

@@docholliday7408 Hey, I would've been just fine if they pinned, released, and pinned again. My problem is that they never really released. They got close enough to the corner to trap huge, and never let up. Notice how most dominant pusher/control bots will pin an opponent for most of a match, but the opponent still gets some chances to run around. My issue isn't the modification, just the way it was used, combined with his attitude.

[@batprime1177]

If you combined those bots you’d have a wheelchair

[@aurumjuice8843]

I mean you're not wrong

[@ericg9802]

i love the referee's face "im done with this shit"

[@charityquill4965]

Hydra: COME AT ME BRO

[@aaeve5676]

People in 5 years be seeing this in their reccomended and I just wanna say that I saw this video when it came out.

[@plantainbruh]

M e too

[@Juply]

Boi

[@lolvapecat4523]

Me too

[@zally8183]

ey i want in on that claim

[@dxrz1264]

Same

[@N9nes]

The people who bought the tickets must have been like: BRUH

[@roymcdre9180]

It was only tbe competing teams but yea they did lol

[@tk_the_onion]

Imagine if you watched two of the best boxers of all time duke it out live But one of them just starts hugging their opponent

[@randomloser5271]

"so how many weapons are we giving this year's bot?" "well you see, I was thinking we'd do something a little different this time. . ."

[@jackpaulis1944]

"Let the bot BATTLE begin!" Yeah, sure.

[@RaceBandit]

More like bot bruhtle?

[@matthewmorales7483]

WHAT EVEN ARE THOSE ROBOTS LMFAOO IM DYING

[@CosetteTape]

The new series banned almost every powerful type of chassis because of metagaming in the previous shows. Eventually, everything became a Wedge flipper or a spinning wheel with blades. Because of those bans, you get really dumb weird shit like this

[@meta02]

@@CosetteTape That's really not true, this years top 16 had a massive variety of weapons used, and sure there were a lot of spinners, but not because the design was overrepresented, just because it's the most effective design with modern technology, and are more likely to make the cut for the tournament. Fights like this aren't common at all, huge, the bot with the big wheels, is probably the most unconventional bot on the show, and relies on its wheels to stay above the opponents weapon, while still hitting them with the large spinning bar in the middle. Hydra, the purple bot, has no way to hit them normally, so they added a large attachment to their robot, that allowed them to push huge around the arena without getting hit.

[@jamesofthekaijukompendium]

@@CosetteTape Read Meta's comment. He spittin' facts out here.

[@tomtzur569]

@@meta02 I think that Smeeeeeeee takes the cake for being the most unconventional

[@tryhardbalthezar]

Hydra just welded on the wideness and didn't use its flipper, everyone flipped out from other teams, and hydra's team even offered the attachment for free to other teams in the pits as a fuck u.

[@juniper6069]

The hydra team:”ok so basically we hug them into submission” The Huge team:”listen here you little shit”

[@ikillstupidcomments]

Turns out that to counter a giant damage sponge you need a giant pushbot.

[@8jmDays]

I hated this “fight” so much

[@greatwavefan397]

r/mildlyinfuriating

[@eekajmoneybaby9309]

Same with rotator vs beta

[@Dragonite_Knight]

@@eekajmoneybaby9309 Nah, Rotator vs Beta was awesome. Beta smashed Rotator into every wall and kept risking damage by ramming them. They didn't pin them in one spot for the entire match and pretend it was a good fight.

[@alexanderthegreat3444]

@@Dragonite_Knight both sucked, but at least in beta v rotator rotator broke the hammer

[@techbeef]

I loved seeing this happen to Huge, it's poorly designed and the driver is braindead. He relies on his bot being mostly untouchable and just points the weapon at things in hopes. You love to see it.

[@livinlikelarry395]

This actually got me a little mad when I first saw it. Hydra didn’t really do anything wrong but it didn’t feel like they were honoring the sport.

[@Cicada3773]

It was very unsportsmanlike. This isn't what the competition is. Hydra has no real weapon, just a bit designed for a loophole in the sport: "Let's flip bots out of the ring!" No. Just. Go home.

[@PandaFan2443]

At the same time, how is Hydra supposed to flip Huge? In my opinion, this was a perfectly reasonable solution. They ran the risk of losing a judge's decision for aggression and damage.

[@gaaraofthedesert801]

@@Cicada3773 hey now, don't diss flippers. Bronco is an amazing robot. Just Hydra's driver is a bit of a prick.

[@whitworth5s248]

@@Cicada3773 "no real weapon" Yeah, It just launches 250 lb bots 10 feet in the air repeatedly until they fall apart. Not a real weapon though. Meanwhile, a bot like Tantrum is a glorified push-bot with a fidget spinner attached to fulfill the minimim requirement of a primary weapon, and nobody complains despite the fact that it is designed specifically for judges decisions.

[@CastafioreOnYoutube]

@@PandaFan2443 This. The main point of HUGE's design is literally built for timeouts did they not have a vertical spinner, because of their absurd chassis height and ability for their wheels to take a beating. Flipper bots are basically fucked if they aren't Bronco and launch their whole body into the air to hit HUGE, and even then the wheels take most of the impact on landing. Hydra played it the only way they could, and simultaneously the most effective way they could because of HUGE's design oversight. Comparing it to Gabriel in Robot Wars, Gabriel could at least never worry about not being able to attack because it was a thwackbot with a long ass arm. Granted, it was arbitrary attacks, but it still helps in judges decision, the point of the design.

[@nyanbonecrush]

Don't worry. Hydra got its ass kicked by whiplash in the quarter finals

[@TrashHeapCustodian]

karma is real

[@Cicada3773]

What goes around

[@gaaraofthedesert801]

Such a satisfying ass kicking. I don't hate hydra but the driver is a douche. I felt bad for Huge during this fight here.

[@johntp185]

Thank god

[@Riley_Mundt]

Ass kicked? Hardly. Whiplash and Hydra went around in circles, hardly doing damage to each other, if any. Whiplash won based on better traction allowing it to push Hydra better. That's all. The only damage suffered was a few little wedglettes came off of Hydra. Whiplash's fights that night were boring as hell until End Game literally kicked them out of the arena.

[@jorgemigueltavares6041]

I clicked expecting Benny Hill music. Wasn't disappointed.

[@MiguelitoJimz]

This makes sumo robot fights seem like a Michael Bay movie.

[@mr.grombo9354]

The funny thing is that huge's design is basically focused 100 % on endurance and resistance, and its able to struggle agaist the best there are. Its silly design strikes to me as a very clever one, following the game rules in a way no one seemed to have realized.

[@WiseFatOwl]

I don't get it.. how exactly does 2 wheels with twin propellers in the middle help them? Unless I'm missing something here.

[@CrewDrastically]

@@WiseFatOwl you should see "Huge BattleBots" fights in previous seasons

[@WiseFatOwl]

@@CrewDrastically I take it that this "huge" bot has an impressive win record

[@omega5285]

@@WiseFatOwl huge is made for timeouts, its wheels are very hard to break and 99% of bots cant really touch the center, but its main weapon also doesnt really have much reach, hyra took advange of this by being able to just push the wheels instead of fighting it.

[@techbeef]

It isn't clever. It's braindead and has been used by other bots in the past, it's just copy paste with a spinner. Is the tournament was actually random Huge wouldn't win very many fights because he would get matches against a lot of bots that could destroy his wheels

[@davisdf3064]

"It cannot be tumbled if it's just wheels"

[@LukeFaulkner]

Like being caught between a sponge and a soft place.

[@alexcinx]

Tombstone would’ve annihilated both of em in a 2v1

[@Zander2212]

Yeah, well most horizontal spinners would annihilate Huge. That's the inherent cost of those wheels.

[@matshbocks]

No shit..

[@jakelawson1]

Quite possibly the worst "fight" I've ever seen. Hyrda was so terrified of Huge that they chose not to fight. Boring, stupid...a total waste of time.

[@Dragon-Zero365]

Indeed, I have no idea why the even allowed that. Hydra just chickened out like a little bitch.

[@beescheese9716]

Totally

[@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569]

Hydra isn't designed to fight a bot so far off the ground like Huge It's the fault of whoever was selecting the matches imo

[@Dragon-Zero365]

I am sure a lot of bots are not designed to fight huge, even mammoth is an oddball, I think making attachments like the one hydra used shouldn't be allowed. Minor stuff like the cross bar on copper head or small guards/deflectors are ok. But to completely avoid a fight like they did is just stupid.

[@PandaFan2443]

@@Dragon-Zero365 What was Hydra supposed to do? They can't flip any part of the bot but the wheels, and that's impractical. In my opinion, this is one of Huge's design flaws.

[@thesquishedelf1301]

This is what we call a “hard counter”

[@moni_dt]

This was hilarious. Just... Pain

[@sirrealism7300]

This is like when you speck all of your stats JUST to counter the one possibility of an enemy like HUGE

[@ThatPunkYT]

Top tier meme. The Benny Hill music really seals the deal 🤣🤣

[@gsas3012]

I remember that fight, I was even *yelling* at the screen for how annoyed I was lmao, now hydra is even top seed in the tournament. Very undeserved top seed if you ask me

[@penguins0301]

The white one looks angry af so purple just want to hug him .

[@TheBigThomas]

I feel like the older bots are like 10000% better than these ones. Just look at tombstone compared to these two bots.

[@doomcurse1986]

the other bots had like actual weapons and strats while this one is just............push. Kinda ruins the whole point of having a "battle" if all you do push things around

[@gerardprescilla3440]

actually Huge has a giant spinning blade on the middle and Hydra was modified before the battle to counter Huge

[@Maurivium]

Pixar: that's some good idea.

[@TheSpektrum1989]

finally, a battle to rival Metapod VS Metapod from Pokémon.

[@curtandrewsjr.8163]

what I literally just watched this on demand a week back. You’re on to me...

[@iandominiclagman7546]

A lot of people complaining about hydra being a coward. I will say this though, if you manage to find your opponent's glaring weakness, you'd be a fool not to take advantage. So the question you'd have to ask yourself is, would you rather be a coward or a fool?

[@addisonfung5009]

I mean, if you’re not going to win by damage, then focus on Aggression and Control. And Hydra Controlled the fight and for aggression, I can give a Sceptical 1 or 2 points for Hydra.

[@reeceleach6233]

In my opinion people got a little to butt hurt about this. Yeah I can understand wanting him to lost against Upper Cut. But that was the thing he proceeded to beat UpperCut, Hypershock, and Gigabyte in epic fashion. He proved that he can brawl against deadly bots. Just sayin he earned my respect when he sent Uppercut flying.

[@mennymoto]

I got the impression they could combine to form a very stoppable but mighty bot.

[@xyz1415]

Report issue: “Unbalanced matchmaking”

[@brady4755]

My whole family screamed in joy when hydra lost to whiplash

[@techbeef]

Weirdos. Hydra is an amazing bot, Huge is a braindead bot. Our entire family was laughing our asses seeing spinners get mad about not being able to be braindead

[@dippyfresh1116]

@@techbeef hydra is an amazing bot but how in any way is huge “brain dead”

[@79bigcat]

NOW HUG ME BROTHER!

[@Señor-Donjusticia]

Magnus the Red: STAY AWAY FROM ME, VULCAN!!!

[@locikoqisu7984]

Imagine buying a ticket just to watch this

[@taterthepenguin]

Honestly if I saw this live I'd be laughing and cheering so hard

[@techbeef]

I would love to see this live, Huge's driver is a douche with a braindead, copy paste strategy. He's just mad that his opponent wasn't also braindead

[@ingridw9675]

Oh god im waiting for a bot to kick hydras ass so badly

[@joetroutt7425]

It happened last night

[@mr8I7]

Minotaur last season. Only bot to KO Hydra.

[@convexpiano]

Whiplash did more than kick hydra's ass, left a boot in there

[@Flour-4]

Nobody: The guy who keeps hitting on the same girl who said no

[@JohnDoe-hr4cf]

The bot literally just T-Posed its way to victory.

[@greatwavefan397]

Like Saitama in Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

[@scienceteam9254]

When you try to win the game without killing but everyone gets upset.

[@tk_the_onion]

They do call it battle bots, so you kind of expect a battle and not a guy standing behind a door and calling it a strat

[@maniakb416]

This was such a bullshit match because Hydra was not following the refs orders and the refs did nothing about it. Jake Ewert enjoys being the bad guy, but this was flagrant rule breaking.

[@dub-jscrub-j2762]

INCREDIBLE DRIVING FROM JAKE EWERT!!!!

[@gregorjefferson6610]

Good to see that, Hydra didn't make the same mistake as its father Bronco

[@ughly8]

These two look like they should be one bot instead of being separate

[@drewthomas2026]

I hate hydra, such a boring team. Huge is so much better

[@whitworth5s248]

Huge is overrated.

[@Zander2212]

agreed

[@markconstance186]

@Shawn Jacobs Buddy, i think you got it reverse. Tombstone is a horizontal spinner, and he would have rip HUGE to shred. Perhaps you mean vertical spinner like Bite Force?

[@skelebone9863]

HUGE is 100% an overrated team. Their design is flawed, and is in need of retirement.

[@ToastySTG_On_Youtube]

@Shawn Jacobs so I take it you don’t like HUGE anymore😂

[@outofusernames9175]

Hydra : You think you can defeat me ? Huge : No, but I can do this all day long .

[@notmeitsyou6913]

He spent all his skill points in THICC - NESS

[@doc-holliday-]

The winner... everyone who didn't watch!

[@dnegel9546]

"Cow catcher" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ethanp.796]

Bad robots are sent to the punishment corner.

[@ewanhoo]

I miss robot wars with the house bots that actively patrol corners.

[@ditto7380]

The BattleBot equivalent of Magikarp VS Magikarp

[@coltonjacobs5383]

This is the funniest shit ever, idk why everyone is taking this so seriously

[@azakranos8100]

I think everyone’s laughing on the inside except the ref. You see his face near the end? That man wanted to go home.

[@Leozarable]

If anyone isn't aware, hydra specifically equipped that corral bar for this fight alone, they're usually just a wedge bot, HUGE should've made it to the final 32 imo

[@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569]

Can you tell me about the tournament you saw because I remember Huge being in the top 32

[@mr8I7]

@@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569 - Lol it was a replay of last year so it's very forgettable!

[@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569]

@@mr8I7 No this fight happened this year, Huge was able to make top 32 which is why I'm greatly questioning this guy's comment

[@thehardie-boy3090]

When Jake said he “didn’t need to move anymore,” the ref should’ve started a countdown

[@gromburt]

I seem to remember there was this one that looked like a wooly dog and it just caught on fire immediately

[@djedifdue6739]

Just put a rocket launcher on it, y’all definitely make progress.

[@whitworth5s248]

I think there was a bot a couple seasons ago that had a projectile weapon on it. It sucked though and never worked.

[@Zander2212]

@@whitworth5s248 Yep, I believe it was called Double Jeopardy. It only had one shot, and then it became a push bot.

[@surprisedlobsta8543]

explosive weapons are way too dangerous to put on these machines with people in the stands and people working on them in the pits. People could get killed

[@djedifdue6739]

@@surprisedlobsta8543 you never know until you try 😘

[@matshbocks]

@@djedifdue6739 there might be a rule against explosives.

[@Mr_Boss_Smile]

it's only fair huge made their bot big to go against the meta. now the meta is going against huge

[@TheSecondVersion]

Pacquiao v. Mayweather (2015, colorized) Whole lotta running and hugging, no knockouts

[@tomokokuroki2506]

I'm still mad about that fight. I remember my dad was hyping up that fight and woke me up out of bed to find a live stream for him and that was what I got to watch.

[@JeffOfTheMountains]

I actually watched this happen, and there were a LOT of people who weren't happy about the decision. I thought it was kinda cool they thought outside the box.

[@johnmoore8627]

Mom: We have Real Steel at home Real Steel at Home:

[@mogechichioppai]

Robots with buzzsaws, hammers and even a flamethrower. This dude just build 2 wheels.

[@unknown98738]

I like how everyone got this recommended, oh the wonders of the KZbin algorithm.

[@lukeh8891]

This fight was what made me root against Hydra for the rest of the season

[@dr.jotarorobotnick813]

Same

[@mr8I7]

Opposite for me. It showed Jake had the win at all cost mentality which is essential if you're running a bot that's not a spinner and want to be truly competitive. I'm a bit gutted he didn't make it a bit further to be honest.

[@PandaFan2443]

@@mr8I7 Exactly. What else was he supposed to do? Lose the match?

[@whitworth5s248]

You rooted against the bot that reinvented flipper bots and made them not only viable again, but realistically a top contender for the nut, because they gave Huge a taste of their own cheap "judges decision" strategy? That seems kinda petty.

[@galaxyknight9123]

@@whitworth5s248 Wdym petty? They come there to win. It was generally a good idea, they found a weakness and used it to there advantage I see no problem with it.

[@MojoRover765]

You have to wonder if future opponents of Huge will use a similar device to defeat it. Complain all you want about sportsmanship, but in Battlebots, it's all about WINNING. And winning is what Hydra did in this bout.

[@mr8I7]

Battlebots definitely isn't all about winning imo. But with Hydra its a complicated one of a kind bot (hydraulic flipper) that is pretty fragile on top. This was the best way to not let the complicated hydraulics get destroyed in a match they didn't have to win. Honestly I think Hydra would've taken a loss as long as they don't get too damaged.

[@Flourikum]

Breaking the rule of pinning a bot and refs doing nothing and acting like what you did was somehow genius is why it got hate and why people cheered when hydra lost.

[@Mr-Ad-196]

Man that huge bot look like the bottom half of what those old cannon used to mount on back in the old days.

[@MicrowaveBrrrrr]

Dad: whats ur fav sports? Me:

[@loonatikk981]

Where's the destruction? That's why everybody watches BattleBots. Destruction!

[@jtosety]

Find a clip of the huge vs mammoth matchup

[@bradurjen6552]

Most rage enduring fight I’ve ever seen. Lost a lot of respect of hydra and their team after this match

[@MrSuperpiff4]

It's been a few days and BattleBots has taken over my life. Now I was to see a live match.

[@ZPaul_]

He's using the T-pose to assert dominance on his opponent. Genius!

[@FluffyToxin]

Tbh I ain't even mad. There isn't much a flipper can really do against huge.

[@whitworth5s248]

Exactly. The producers wanted to feed Hydra to Huge to make Huge look like a top contender, and they got BTFO'd by some last minute strategy.

[@ry6870]

this is not what battlebots is about. this was a cheap, cowardly move on hydra's part. he didnt even want to TRY fighting, he took the easy way out; glad whiplash took jake out before his ego could grow any more

[@lexiouse5357]

It looks like a shepherd trying to put his 1 cow in a pen lmao

[@tyypa]

Outstretched arms vs. Wheelchair with no chair

[@jimmyholman7914]

hydra did not deserve to be the number one seed

[@feministpicnicfallsapartaf3644]

i was here before they kissed

[@senz7339]

They we're literally made for each other "Literally"

[@aronnecroman]

Bruh, this fight is so unfair

[@Scaramouche122]

Cool drawings.

[@aronnecroman]

@@Scaramouche122 well hello there

[@helpy8973]

@@aronnecroman Love your art

[@aronnecroman]

@@helpy8973 thank you!

[@helpy8973]

@@aronnecroman Hey I've been self-teaching myself for about a year using videos and tutorials learning bits and pieces, but I'm not noticing much improvement at all...how is it that you learned and improve? You go to school or something?

[@mileswhite5515]

Hot take: I LOVE how hydra played this fight. Came in with a good strategy and executed it perfectly. Pinned without pinning, used the hammers, etc. 100% deserved win

[@co5micwaffle742]

A lot of people don't realize the risk that Jake took in this fight. If HUGE caught an edge on that "bike rack" *once*, Hydra could have very well been tossed upside-down, and with the attachment completely covering their flipper, they would have been KO'd.

[@PandaFan2443]

@@co5micwaffle742 Not to mention ANY damage to Hydra could have cost them the match, since they can't deal any damage back.

[@whitworth5s248]

Plus the producers knew damn well hydra wasn't going to flip huge. They set up this match as a squash and got BTFO'd by brilliant strategy.

[@wisdomandy9361]

We like high RPM spin for da sparks babyyyyyy