Gear down for what is insane! I’d love to know what those drive motors are for when I build my own nutty beetle! The robots just in general in Bugglebots are great this season! :)
Jesus, what an action packed episode. Gear Down for What vs Snappy was a blast. It is like seeing two 4 year old children loaded up with caffeine! Also poor Phoenix, to lose to the same robot twice in the same way must hurt. Gotta say tho the evisceration of Snappy was neat. Finally Splodeyboi. What can I say other than be careful who you call weak in middle school. All robots put on one heck of a show, and I can't wait for next heat :)
This week, my Hit Of The Week award goes to Wajoo after serving everyone a lovely few dozen portions of Shark Setrakian. Just make sure you save those wheels for Reira, guys!
Finally got around to watching this absolutely fantastic episode, Gear down for what vs Snappy has to be my favourite bugglebot fight of all time and seeing Pheonix hit the ceiling is great entertainment.
Sharksetrakien has caused me the most genuine laughter I have had in weeks. I was rolling in my bed laughing at it the entire time. My absolute favorite.
I love the extreme... er, 'Britishness' of Bugglebots. None of that over-hyped bright-eyed stage-school jumping up and down USA-style wholesome squealing go-team-go, flag waving "You're so AWESSSSUM, GOOD JAAAAARB, WAY TO GO, WE'RE ALL SOOOOO SPECIALLLLL!!!" Disney-esque uber-enthusiastic perky peppy bubbly cheerleading nonsense. Nope. "How're you feeling?" "Fine, thanks." "Good luck, then." "Cheers, mate." Dour. Classic. :-)
Snappy vs Geared Down For What was the best fight of the episode, but GDFW is the embodiment of controlled chaos and it's the type of Robot I imagine Jeremy Clarkson would build, with it being the physical philosophy of speed and power.
Not quite the objects you're talking about, but my bot Daedalus (appearing in a future episode) had a go at smashing some things: th-cam.com/video/7Arg24xF18s/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/5rBqdH4mxkA/w-d-xo.html
Another great episode with some hilarious fights, loved it. Just the fights ( spoilers ): Pheonix vs Splodeyboi 4:01 Snappy vs Gear down for what 10:27 Sharksetrakian vs Wajoo 21:49 Pheonix vs Snappy vs Sharketrakian 27:12 Gear down for what vs Pheonix 33:25 Splodeyboi vs Wajoo 38:09 Pheonix vs Splodeyboi 43:37
TONIGHT Infenal contraption's kid VS uh Best wedge VS Horrifyingly well driven psychobot and Cannon fodder VS The cannon that's sending debris all across the arena
Am I the only person that sees GEAR DOWN FOR WHAT's driver looking like the same person on team TORNADO from the earlier series of the heavyweight show?
Reira is my favorite newbie to Bugglebots. The aesthetic, the personality, the confidence, all things that have made me a huge fan of them and Splodeyboi.
I think Splodeyboi has a good chance to win due to is destructive power of the weapon. Also the machine is well driven so i reckon its going to win this season. Overall this Heat was hilarious and entertaining and im really looking forward to Heat 3.
Great show, as always. Please tell me you're back next year :) I'm just starting to look at building a bot as a project, I've got two mates with some relevant skills interested. With no concept or direction, just for fun, i mean why else. Can't wait for next week, the rumble is shaping up to be a mad one.
22:25 Get your inhaler ready Owain, cos Stephen's talking about CHUM again! (Don't get that reference? Watch Mystrsyko's Roasting Robots podcast, episode 13!)
Okay, so Snappy gets ejected for having a battery out during the losers melee, but Gear Down For What Is allowed to have his hanging out the back the entire match? Edit: everyone seems to have their own opinion on whether all bots should be immediately ejected on exposure of a lipo or of it should be a case by case risk assessment. I think it's a rule that favors bots with active weapons over bots that don't. I fundamentally believe there should not be any rules in place that have rulings in favor of one type of bot over another. I think this is a great case example of Snappy getting the wrong end of this subjective ruling 2 times.
I think the situations are a little different, Snappy was stranded on the wall with its Lipo all the way out the bot, with Phoenix spun up to full right next to it. I think in that case the chance of the Lipo being punctured and there being a fire was much higher than the first match. Maybe not ideal in the first match, but definitely the sensible thing to do in the second.
@@dragonsteincole I just think it should be consistent across all matches regardless of situation, if the li-po falls out of where it's suppose to be and is exposed bot should be ejected.
@@RayLopezBTownSting Having just watched the fight back again, it's loose within the robot with about 1:10 left. But I wouldn't say it's out of the robot and exposed until the last few seconds of the fight where it is inverted, and the fight ends a few seconds afterwards anyway. Might be a case of lucky timing in that regard, but otherwise the lipo is certainly not hanging out the back for the entire match, and never in an obviously risky manner as happened in the Snappy match.
The question being asked in every case is - "Is there an immediate danger of a lipo breach/fire?" The answer against Gear Down - No. There was no immediate or direct danger to the battery getting damaged in that situation, even if it was a little loose. There's nothing in the arena that could directly cause a fire. The answer with Phönix - Yes. There's a high KE spinning weapon in the immediate vicinity and the battery is immediately exposed/prone to being hit. Especially accidentally. Same thing happened last year with Flick. Their fight with Rev II was cut short as there was an immediate danger of the battery getting damaged given the weapons that were present. It's less an issue of "If battery is loose, cancel fight" and more a case of "If battery in danger of exploding in current situation, then halt fight for safety".
@@dragonsteincole I just lean to the side that it should be an objective not subjective ruling. I've attended tournaments where the rule is once a li-po is exposed/outside the bot/not where its suppose to be that calls for an immediate dq regardless of the subjective risk assessment. Rules that call for immediate dq after a lipo is exposed only encourages bot builders to be more mindful of how they mount and secure their li-pos and reduces risk overall. Gear Down For What even mentions how his battery is damaged at the end of the match and needs to switch it out. Even minor damage and shorts can cause a lipo fire.
Btw i have no idea how could somebody score battle for Snappy vs Gear Down, Snappy was mostly... confused and just waiting for hit to receive. Being less mobile is NOT a control. Also damage... only Gear did some :)
It's a tough one! I can see how you would call that, but also having judged competitions it's a bit more complex. Damage was basically 0 on the part of both bots. Aggression was definitely on the side of GDFW, but control depends on how you are calling it. The issue with calling GDFW's score for control is it frequently scuttles in the wrong direction or slams into a wall - this counts against it in control. At the end of the day, I have no quarrels with the result and Gareth is the best guy, but we both said it was very close :)
GDFW is a Ragnarok clone Ragnarok is a Beta clone Beta is a Dominator 2 clone Dominator 2 is a Steel Avenger clone Steel Avenger is a Berserk 2 clone Berserk 2 is an Ultor clone Ultor is a Napalm clone Napalm is a Killertron clone Postmodern roboteering
what a load of bullplop. Gear Down for What had 0 control and both were equally aggressive, snappy arguably more so. and just because Gear Down landed a few hits dosent mean any significant damage was caused. Snappy shouldve won that
You're the first person I've seen who feels strongly either way. Nobody who saw it live could confidently pick a winner at the time, and even now it feels like a pretty complete 50:50.
@@Garfie489 Bruh, All of north america uses power switches. Including the heavy weights. Ragnarok didnt and if I remember right they had 2 matches last sub 30 seconds because, stop me if you heard this one, THE LINK FELL OUT! For beetles the fingertech power switch works perfectly, Ik shipping across the pond sucks though. See ya in OOTA Garfie happy holidays! -Raven
@@bigfootjustkilledyou Bruh, they have also had multiple safety incidents where batteries had to be removed from the robot whilst live because the switch stopped working, or the access hole no longer lined up, or because the person operating the switch didnt realise they hadnt fully turned it off. Heres the thing - a well designed link will never fall out.... just most people dont bother to design them. A link is just a connector, and i bet you every robot in the US has at least 4 or 5 of them inside the robot - yet when was the last time you heard Tombstone, Biteforce, etc lost a fight because the battery became disconnected..... yet its the exact same system as the link - because people actually pay attention to their battery connections. In Europe we avoid risk. Links are significantly safer than Switches - but in the same sense US robots dont use fuses.... hence LiPo fires are alot more common over there.
We're back next Monday at 7pm GMT for heat 3 live. We hope you enjoy Heat 2 :)
the presenters mic needs a low pass filter on it, too much low end in his voice. love the series though :)
Gear down for what is insane! I’d love to know what those drive motors are for when I build my own nutty beetle! The robots just in general in Bugglebots are great this season! :)
I have a bunch of 1407 motors from my drone... im about to build me an ant weight
OK, we NEED to see Splodeyboi vs 2 Berg 2 Furious. If only to hear the banter.
Jesus, what an action packed episode.
Gear Down for What vs Snappy was a blast. It is like seeing two 4 year old children loaded up with caffeine!
Also poor Phoenix, to lose to the same robot twice in the same way must hurt. Gotta say tho the evisceration of Snappy was neat.
Finally Splodeyboi. What can I say other than be careful who you call weak in middle school.
All robots put on one heck of a show, and I can't wait for next heat :)
Those two bots are probably loaded with red bull
yeah when I said untested was the weakness I wasn't lying. ha
Can't believe this is my first time watching bugglebots, this is amazing!!
Glad you liked it :)
Shark Setrakian is such fun, I can't wait to see it again! Shark shark shark shark shark!
fun fact: originally it was gonna be everyone cheering in the opening but then i suggested only dave do it instead
#moviemagic
That's awesome! It was funny
Good call
SCREAM IF YA GONNA WIN!! (only one guy screams)
You're BEAUTIFUL Bugglebots!
This week, my Hit Of The Week award goes to Wajoo after serving everyone a lovely few dozen portions of Shark Setrakian. Just make sure you save those wheels for Reira, guys!
I agree!
We're back with Heat 2! Tune in live for the premiere at 7pm GMT!
Can you set the premier time to 18:58 it’s really annoying having to wait the 2 extra TH-cam countdown minutes
@@thrilermike It can only be every 15 mins nowhere inbetween
Hexbug Heroes well that sucks
Maybe a 30 second countdown would be better
best episode yet. great bots, great fights, and as if that's not enough it kept being hilarious too.
Snappy verses Gear Down For What is probably the single best wedge fight I've ever seen.
Finally got around to watching this absolutely fantastic episode, Gear down for what vs Snappy has to be my favourite bugglebot fight of all time and seeing Pheonix hit the ceiling is great entertainment.
21:57 So that's what battered fish looks like, LOL!
Ha ha! I agree! That was a destructive fight!
This Is basically mini robot wars without house robots and its awesome
Sharksetrakien has caused me the most genuine laughter I have had in weeks. I was rolling in my bed laughing at it the entire time. My absolute favorite.
Two of the best fights so far, gdfw v snappy battle of the qwik bois and splodieboi is taking skulls
Holt shit what an episode. I absolutly splodeyboi is brutal both inside and outside of the arena. LOVE THAT NECKLESS!
I want to buy the die gracefully t-shirts
I love the extreme... er, 'Britishness' of Bugglebots. None of that over-hyped bright-eyed stage-school jumping up and down USA-style wholesome squealing go-team-go, flag waving "You're so AWESSSSUM, GOOD JAAAAARB, WAY TO GO, WE'RE ALL SOOOOO SPECIALLLLL!!!" Disney-esque uber-enthusiastic perky peppy bubbly cheerleading nonsense.
Nope.
"How're you feeling?"
"Fine, thanks."
"Good luck, then."
"Cheers, mate."
Dour.
Classic. :-)
The production quality of this is absolutely phenomenal. They need to bring this back :[
22:00 it’s just a fleshwound!
Snappy vs Geared Down For What was the best fight of the episode, but GDFW is the embodiment of controlled chaos and it's the type of Robot I imagine Jeremy Clarkson would build, with it being the physical philosophy of speed and power.
Turn gear for what omg amazing bot
It is like seeing a 4 year old child loaded up with caffeine!
Another great episode, congrats on the bugglebots team for creating such a great event / series !
BUGGLEBOTS
Some great action and surprises this week. The next heat looks stacked!
What I’d really like to see are some videos of the weapons of these bots used against household objects: pop cans, apples, pencils.
Not quite the objects you're talking about, but my bot Daedalus (appearing in a future episode) had a go at smashing some things:
th-cam.com/video/7Arg24xF18s/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/5rBqdH4mxkA/w-d-xo.html
this is like the kidsbop version of battle bots
change my mind
Gear Down For What is the crazy Beetleweight ever It is like seeing a 4 year old child loaded up with caffeine!
I have a feeling that splodeyboi is on course to become bugglebots's equivelant of tombstone :)
Another great episode with some hilarious fights, loved it.
Just the fights ( spoilers ):
Pheonix vs Splodeyboi 4:01
Snappy vs Gear down for what 10:27
Sharksetrakian vs Wajoo 21:49
Pheonix vs Snappy vs Sharketrakian 27:12
Gear down for what vs Pheonix 33:25
Splodeyboi vs Wajoo 38:09
Pheonix vs Splodeyboi 43:37
Am i blind or does gdfw use its motors as wheels because they are absolutely mad if so
The wheels are attached directly to the motor instead of having a gearbox between them.
@@robotwarsshuntposting617 i know thats what direct drive means but from a visual standpoint it looks like hes using his motors as wheels
@@datguy8805 Yep, the tyres are glued directly to the motors IIRC
@@BadTimingRobotics Can confirm.
@@gareth4817 woah a Gareth
If Gears down for what can slow itself down, I think it'd be a true beast.
Splodeyboi is the Bugglebots version of Tombstone from Battlebots
A Tombstone worthy kill!
Shark setrakian reminds me of sharkoprion from battlebots
My son you have done well
Not Sharkoprion is bae.
SHARK SHARK SHARK SHARK SHARK
Next Week: Firestorm vs Nuts
TONIGHT
Infenal contraption's kid
VS
uh
Best wedge
VS
Horrifyingly well driven psychobot
and
Cannon fodder
VS
The cannon that's sending debris all across the arena
Gear down for what needs to be in a miniature f1 bugglebots
Am I the only person that sees GEAR DOWN FOR WHAT's driver looking like the same person on team TORNADO from the earlier series of the heavyweight show?
Yay
Reira is my favorite newbie to Bugglebots. The aesthetic, the personality, the confidence, all things that have made me a huge fan of them and Splodeyboi.
Awwww thankyou ^~^ I am a happy gal to hear that 💛
@@ReiraTheBard You're quite welcome! I hope you and your teammate go far. Excited to see more of Splodeyboi in the future.
Sharksplosion lol
I think Splodeyboi has a good chance to win due to is destructive power of the weapon. Also the machine is well driven so i reckon its going to win this season. Overall this Heat was hilarious and entertaining and im really looking forward to Heat 3.
Thanks :)
I hope i don't let you down. Jeremy.
Omgggg yessss
Ned, Start the game
Jamammatak
33:14 Tentijester!
"it's ok"
Featuring Phoenix, Splodeyboi, Snappy, Gear Down for What?!, Shark Setrakian and Wajoo (Capt. Shrederator's BuggleBots counterpart)!
Great show, as always. Please tell me you're back next year :)
I'm just starting to look at building a bot as a project, I've got two mates with some relevant skills interested. With no concept or direction, just for fun, i mean why else.
Can't wait for next week, the rumble is shaping up to be a mad one.
Shark Setrakian reminds me of Sharkoprion.
Spodeyboi = Tombstone 2.0
22:25 Get your inhaler ready Owain, cos Stephen's talking about CHUM again!
(Don't get that reference? Watch Mystrsyko's Roasting Robots podcast, episode 13!)
The return of saw loser
26:40 Hi there...
Nooo, where is Anxt :D?
The announcer is from PP3D right?
Okay, so Snappy gets ejected for having a battery out during the losers melee, but Gear Down For What Is allowed to have his hanging out the back the entire match?
Edit: everyone seems to have their own opinion on whether all bots should be immediately ejected on exposure of a lipo or of it should be a case by case risk assessment. I think it's a rule that favors bots with active weapons over bots that don't. I fundamentally believe there should not be any rules in place that have rulings in favor of one type of bot over another. I think this is a great case example of Snappy getting the wrong end of this subjective ruling 2 times.
I think the situations are a little different, Snappy was stranded on the wall with its Lipo all the way out the bot, with Phoenix spun up to full right next to it. I think in that case the chance of the Lipo being punctured and there being a fire was much higher than the first match. Maybe not ideal in the first match, but definitely the sensible thing to do in the second.
@@dragonsteincole I just think it should be consistent across all matches regardless of situation, if the li-po falls out of where it's suppose to be and is exposed bot should be ejected.
@@RayLopezBTownSting Having just watched the fight back again, it's loose within the robot with about 1:10 left. But I wouldn't say it's out of the robot and exposed until the last few seconds of the fight where it is inverted, and the fight ends a few seconds afterwards anyway. Might be a case of lucky timing in that regard, but otherwise the lipo is certainly not hanging out the back for the entire match, and never in an obviously risky manner as happened in the Snappy match.
The question being asked in every case is - "Is there an immediate danger of a lipo breach/fire?"
The answer against Gear Down - No. There was no immediate or direct danger to the battery getting damaged in that situation, even if it was a little loose. There's nothing in the arena that could directly cause a fire.
The answer with Phönix - Yes. There's a high KE spinning weapon in the immediate vicinity and the battery is immediately exposed/prone to being hit. Especially accidentally.
Same thing happened last year with Flick. Their fight with Rev II was cut short as there was an immediate danger of the battery getting damaged given the weapons that were present. It's less an issue of "If battery is loose, cancel fight" and more a case of "If battery in danger of exploding in current situation, then halt fight for safety".
@@dragonsteincole I just lean to the side that it should be an objective not subjective ruling. I've attended tournaments where the rule is once a li-po is exposed/outside the bot/not where its suppose to be that calls for an immediate dq regardless of the subjective risk assessment.
Rules that call for immediate dq after a lipo is exposed only encourages bot builders to be more mindful of how they mount and secure their li-pos and reduces risk overall. Gear Down For What even mentions how his battery is damaged at the end of the match and needs to switch it out. Even minor damage and shorts can cause a lipo fire.
Gear down for what v Phoenix is a prime example of why links suck. #GoWithSwitches
Got to #legaliseswitches first
#legaliseswitches
#legaliseswitches
Btw i have no idea how could somebody score battle for Snappy vs Gear Down, Snappy was mostly... confused and just waiting for hit to receive. Being less mobile is NOT a control. Also damage... only Gear did some :)
It's a tough one! I can see how you would call that, but also having judged competitions it's a bit more complex. Damage was basically 0 on the part of both bots. Aggression was definitely on the side of GDFW, but control depends on how you are calling it. The issue with calling GDFW's score for control is it frequently scuttles in the wrong direction or slams into a wall - this counts against it in control. At the end of the day, I have no quarrels with the result and Gareth is the best guy, but we both said it was very close :)
Why don't Reira just wear the entirety of Phoenix?
Trust me I asked 😂
this needs some background music! Just to make it feel a little bigger!
This would be a really good program if there was better presenters...
Spoilers
Gear down for what is a ragnarok clone and it lost in the same way ragnarok lost to everything
I for one greatly enjoyed Ragnarok's direct brushless drive system.
Ragnarok is a good machine it just
Breaks down in battlebots
In this competition it is a fast clone with that same issue as we saw
GDFW is a Ragnarok clone
Ragnarok is a Beta clone
Beta is a Dominator 2 clone
Dominator 2 is a Steel Avenger clone
Steel Avenger is a Berserk 2 clone
Berserk 2 is an Ultor clone
Ultor is a Napalm clone
Napalm is a Killertron clone
Postmodern roboteering
Ryan Bratley
Me: ok then
Also me:what on earth?
what a load of bullplop. Gear Down for What had 0 control and both were equally aggressive, snappy arguably more so. and just because Gear Down landed a few hits dosent mean any significant damage was caused. Snappy shouldve won that
You're the first person I've seen who feels strongly either way. Nobody who saw it live could confidently pick a winner at the time, and even now it feels like a pretty complete 50:50.
Please stop talking to people, its bad content
This, was... um..... *cringey.*
I to this day do not know why Europe runs links. IF YOU CAN PULL IT OUT BY HAND A ROBOT CAN REMOVE IT EASILLY. Fingertech power switches ftw
Build a robot with a human hand and come beat all of us
@@ryanbratley6199 Ive already beat a robot that had a link fall out. Build a robot hand that can locate and unscrew a 2mm allen key then talk to me ❤
@@bigfootjustkilledyou Europe uses links because it is a fail-safe device. To use anything else would be a compromise on safety
@@Garfie489 Bruh, All of north america uses power switches. Including the heavy weights. Ragnarok didnt and if I remember right they had 2 matches last sub 30 seconds because, stop me if you heard this one, THE LINK FELL OUT! For beetles the fingertech power switch works perfectly, Ik shipping across the pond sucks though. See ya in OOTA Garfie happy holidays! -Raven
@@bigfootjustkilledyou Bruh, they have also had multiple safety incidents where batteries had to be removed from the robot whilst live because the switch stopped working, or the access hole no longer lined up, or because the person operating the switch didnt realise they hadnt fully turned it off.
Heres the thing - a well designed link will never fall out.... just most people dont bother to design them. A link is just a connector, and i bet you every robot in the US has at least 4 or 5 of them inside the robot - yet when was the last time you heard Tombstone, Biteforce, etc lost a fight because the battery became disconnected..... yet its the exact same system as the link - because people actually pay attention to their battery connections.
In Europe we avoid risk. Links are significantly safer than Switches - but in the same sense US robots dont use fuses.... hence LiPo fires are alot more common over there.