Whoops perfectly sploited Last Rites biggest weakness: itself. If last rites doesn’t break the other bots in a few hits, Last Rites will begin to break itself apart
Awesome fight! I love the battlebots version DUCK! it has so much personality in the box and was a joy to watch this year. I really hope to see it return for a 2019 season.
I was super bummed that Duck didn't get in the top 16 this season of battlebots, it was a mean bot and you could see Ray Billings sweat when your match was aired. Having a Tombstone vs. Duck fight at the start of the post-season would have been intense!
Bronco’s fight was a little sad to watch but it was kind of expected because Duck was built more for facing spinners (such as tombstone) to make the other bot destroy itself. Bronco wasn’t a good matchup, but if it was any other bot I could bet money on you and Duck!! winning. Good luck for the rest of the season, Hal!!
If I remember correctly, when they were explaining how the fights work, they showed the four bots tombstones was going to fight in battlebots, Minotaur, Gygabyte, whiplash and DUCK!
Last Rites has a weapon that can destroy itself. Whoops exploited this. Then it lost aginst Touro Maximus because Touro does not have a self destructing weapon.
Well, Whoops also lost to Touro Maximus because you can't fight vertical spinners in the same way as horizontal spinners. Against a drum like Touro, you'd need a sturdy wedge. I personally would have used the wedge spike against Touro Maximus rather than the AR500 block. After all, that's what worked against Melanistic Leopard every time I went up against one of the team Mugga Junk D2 kits (though I've since developed an attachment specifically to beat D2s with the "wolverine claws").
The idea of using a flat plate against a drum spinner like Touro Maximus is to take the hits and absorb the energy, while hoping their weapon breaks from its own hits. In the beginning of the match, the flat plate was working well, and at least one of Touro's weapon belts broke. I could see it on the floor and was optimistic that if I held on I might be able to completely disable their weapon. From my experiences against their drum spinners, their front forks that feed their opponent into their drum will eventually get under a wedge and turn the match to their advantage. I'm not disagreeing with your comment that a wedge might be a good way to beat a drum, but it's not a clear choice and Whoops! was designed to take big hits over and over. Even after fighting Touro Maximus after Last Rites, and then getting stuck on the wall, the bot was fully functional. Next time I'll use a different fastener to hold my plow's bolts on ;-)
Hal, just wanted to drop by and say, you won that rumble on Battlebots for the 16th slot. Bearing in mind your competition through the series, I think you deserved a slot outright. Were it up to me, I would have ranked you 4th behind Minotaur, Bronco, and Tombstone. Love the durability of your bot. My daughter and I really enjoyed watching you fight. Best of luck in the future.
Don't bother answering this, just food for thought: Maybe a 3rd pair of wheels (even if they're un-powered) for guide. Perhaps, some spikes that extend from the sides of DUCK (screw them in and out of your frame for easy change-out) to protect the wheels? As for the weapon, I'll be interested in seeing what you come up with.
I'm here to protest the judges' decision per Bombshell over Hal Rucker's bot at the Event That Shall Not Be Named. The ruling encourages playing possum (in the future). The Ruckers clearly won that rumble. Bombshell was disabled far too long, roughly 70 seconds. I hope next season Hal's bot bleeps up Bombshell *and* Tombstone in a manner similar to this video. Go Rucker family! Quackem to H3ll!
And now the next generations of whoops and tombstone are in the 2018 season! Don't know if whoops (now duck) made it through, but I'd make a great re-match
That's great to hear! Last time I saw your bot it showed a lot of potential of dealing serious damage and being able to absord the energy better of impacts compared to let's say Tombstone. Can't wait to see version 2.0
This might be a bit silly, but heres an idea for ring master if you can change the rings in a reasonable amount of time: a flail ring. (Using chains) This would solve a major issue that ring spinners have with weapon on weapon contact by not having the ring contact the opponents weapon. This also of course means that you will less concern with being hit in general, and you might get around to vulnerable part of a bot, making it especially effective against off set bar spinners Now of course this has downsides. Theres safety which might prevent from going in with that ring, it likely wont be as strong as the normal one and might not get the bite. This is why it should be using chains. and the increased radius might help compensate for something that either cant, or has a very hard time being single toothed (although it might not have an issue in the first place due to its radius) again you still likely wont be hitting as hard as normal but id imagine itd be enough.
Old comment but two issues: If you decouple the teeth from the ring, you loose a lot of inertial mass so it's not going to really hit hard. And if the chain breaks then you just have high speed projectiles flying through the arena which might cause safety issues if the flails are heavy enough.
Almost every time I have ever seen Ray Billings lose, it's been because his design loses control too easily. I love Tombstone/Last Rites, but you'd think he would have figured out how to mitigate that by now.
You would be right there. Last Rites has competed at Robogames for about 15 years and Ray obviously couldn't use the Tombstone name due to Battlebots copyright stuff. Whoops I think actually pre dated Duck by a few years, and only ran alongside Duck in 2018.
Wahinies last rites. I guess since BattleBots decided to randomly take a year off, Ray got bored so he took his other robot and put it into this tournament. Last Rites is good, but he is sure as hell no Tombstone. If he would have put Tombstone in there, he would have ripped that bot to shreads.
The two names were interchangeable. Tombstone was i itially a super heavyweight back in 2004 while Last Rites was a heavyweight. When Battlebots returned in 2009 and then in 2015 onwards Ray used the Tombstone name. I think due to licencing and contracts he couldn't use the name Tombstone outside of Battlebots so between 2015 and 2018 Tombstone would compete at Robogames under the name Last Rites. It is the same for most Battlebots though. Minotaur was Touro Maximus, Free Shipping was Original Sin, Duck was Whoops etc etc
@@Lakerguy1000 The armor I would ad would stop just behind the wedge, and share the same angle the front wedge has, but protect the exposed wheels. It works pretty well, but once the wheels get taken out, it is in deep trouble.
V Star 1300 Adventures I see what you mean. But typically you don’t need to protect your wheels if you’re a really good driver. Tombstone/Last Rites has exposed wheels as bait. So if their opponent goes for them, all they have to do is turn and hit them
@@Lakerguy1000 Even a really good driver can get hurt by one lucky shot. I would have loved to see this bot go farther and take a couple of spinners out in the process. The impact damage is pretty extreme.
V Star 1300 Adventures well yea ik. It’s inevitable to fully protect your wheels by simply driving. I’m just saying that if you’re a really good driver, you don’t have to worry as much as other people who aren’t very good drivers. Plus, most bots have 4 wheels and are 4 wheel drive. So losing 1 wheel isn’t that bad
Tombstone was its original name when it competed in the 2004 NPC charity open and in the 2009 pro championships, which counted as battlebots events (at least the battlebots wiki counts them as battlebots). But for events such as robogames, it was change to Last Rites because something to do with copyrighting names. This why bots such as Sewer snake and son of ziggy have the names Stinger and lucky in battlebots
Are you the DUCK! guy?! I didn't even know that! That's awesome! I was _thoroughly_ impressed and entertained with that 3 way match. Congratulations on your win! I look forward to seeing more DUCK!
the battlebox and the battlebots show is a billion times better than robogames bc the box actually has hazards and the lighting and filming is adequate.
> filming is adequate. You're comparing footage recorded for tv by a production company to footage of a live event recorded for youtube by a competitor.
Say 150 spectators at 25$ per ticket. Say 25 percent goes to prize money. That's less than 1,000$ to the competitors. These vehicles obviously have an extraordinarily high depreciation rate. Not a good business model.
Honestly, I've really come to enjoy Wedges over Spinners. I just don't get the whole thrill of it anymore since now virtually everyone's using spinners, or drums, or whatever. I get that it's efficient, but for me, they've somehow managed to make wanton destruction dull.
It's a shame I think when this happens. A box with no weapon can't win because it can't do anything. It's also not very creative there are a lot of bots thats just a box with maybe a scoop sometimes not even that and when 2 boxes come up against each other its a pretty lame match. Just bumping into each other till you get a judges decision. Whoops! didnt win. Last Rites lost.
oolay tromas Whoops! has 6 different kinds of defensive attachments that mount to the front, including wedges. The challenge is to use the opponent’s energy against them. In this case, our hope was to survive Last Rites’ impacts. Not an easy engineering or driving challenge!
100% its not easy totally agree. Makes sense however, there seem to be a lot of bots that dont have any weapons that are just defensive and when they come up against each other its not great fight. Its dependant on the other bot being able to actually do something.
Greer, the "interest" of the fight depends on the specific bots, strategies, and styles. A good ram-bot can make a for a great fight. I find this a great fight. If you don't, what can I say. To each their own.
Bendon Wu Last Rites and Tombstone are built by the same team. They’ve been making this style of robot for many years and are always very competitive and successful.
Well thats what you do against spinners now, cause you need to break their fist with your face. Baking on that being your only real counter in the current rule set and with technology isnt skill either *cough* last rites/tombstone. Lets see who i can remember off the top of my head who beat last rites and/or tombstone whoops, face tank Minotaur (50/50 win loss record so that doesnt really count, and its also a spinner) Sewer snake, face tank Drunken stepfather, face tank first hit and the blade broke. That isnt luck, pressure drop was luck, and biohazards first defeat in battle bots was (although, one with ridiculous rules also taking the blame)
Duck vs Tombstone: The prequel
you got it right!
wfa
lol
Right!
Exactly
I love how the dust on the floor always floats away from last rites
Even dust fear
Tombstone
@@thunderp1719 Tombstone is Ray's 250lb bot. Last Rites is his 220lb one.
An unstoppable Force vs an immovable object
Whoops perfectly sploited Last Rites biggest weakness: itself. If last rites doesn’t break the other bots in a few hits, Last Rites will begin to break itself apart
“The only thing that could penetrate it is… itself..” - Mr. Incredible
Tombstone
Such a lame ass boring bot. Doesn't even have an offensive weapon.
Awesome fight! I love the battlebots version DUCK! it has so much personality in the box and was a joy to watch this year. I really hope to see it return for a 2019 season.
I was super bummed that Duck didn't get in the top 16 this season of battlebots, it was a mean bot and you could see Ray Billings sweat when your match was aired. Having a Tombstone vs. Duck fight at the start of the post-season would have been intense!
Before DUCK! and Tombstone, there's Whoops and Last Rites.
so its a rematch?
@@BotvacProductions469 In 2018.
technically tombstone pre-dates last rites, last rites was a heavyweight made in 2005 meanwhile tombstone was a super heavyweight made in 2004.
Loved to see this! Gives me hope for Duck!, who’s my new favorite for this season of battlebots. Best of luck to you and Duck!!
Thanks! DUCK!'s second BattleBots match this season will be on Discovery Channel 6/29/18.
Bronco’s fight was a little sad to watch but it was kind of expected because Duck was built more for facing spinners (such as tombstone) to make the other bot destroy itself. Bronco wasn’t a good matchup, but if it was any other bot I could bet money on you and Duck!! winning. Good luck for the rest of the season, Hal!!
Welp, you didn't give DUCK enough luck...
So Duck! vs Tombstone?
That is exactly what I was thinking.
If I remember correctly, when they were explaining how the fights work, they showed the four bots tombstones was going to fight in battlebots, Minotaur, Gygabyte, whiplash and DUCK!
Weaker duck vs weaker tombstone
Endgame already lost against Biteforce so I don't really wanna see that fight. I'd rather see Tombstone fight Huge or Monsoon
I would love to see Tombstone fight DUCK! I'm not so sure it would be a one sided fight, especially after watching this match.
Last Rites has a weapon that can destroy itself. Whoops exploited this. Then it lost aginst Touro Maximus because Touro does not have a self destructing weapon.
Well, Whoops also lost to Touro Maximus because you can't fight vertical spinners in the same way as horizontal spinners. Against a drum like Touro, you'd need a sturdy wedge. I personally would have used the wedge spike against Touro Maximus rather than the AR500 block. After all, that's what worked against Melanistic Leopard every time I went up against one of the team Mugga Junk D2 kits (though I've since developed an attachment specifically to beat D2s with the "wolverine claws").
The idea of using a flat plate against a drum spinner like Touro Maximus is to take the hits and absorb the energy, while hoping their weapon breaks from its own hits. In the beginning of the match, the flat plate was working well, and at least one of Touro's weapon belts broke. I could see it on the floor and was optimistic that if I held on I might be able to completely disable their weapon. From my experiences against their drum spinners, their front forks that feed their opponent into their drum will eventually get under a wedge and turn the match to their advantage. I'm not disagreeing with your comment that a wedge might be a good way to beat a drum, but it's not a clear choice and Whoops! was designed to take big hits over and over. Even after fighting Touro Maximus after Last Rites, and then getting stuck on the wall, the bot was fully functional. Next time I'll use a different fastener to hold my plow's bolts on ;-)
And thats what Ray fixed on tombstone. Counterweight.
Last rites is like metal man. Its weak to its own weapon
This Is Just The 1st Fight Before Battlebots.
These robot fights are so entertaining. So glad that I found them by accident.
2:24 probably the highest flip by a non flipper bot.
It still works😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hal, just wanted to drop by and say, you won that rumble on Battlebots for the 16th slot. Bearing in mind your competition through the series, I think you deserved a slot outright. Were it up to me, I would have ranked you 4th behind Minotaur, Bronco, and Tombstone. Love the durability of your bot. My daughter and I really enjoyed watching you fight. Best of luck in the future.
Thanks Mark! Hopefully there will be a Season 4 and we'll be back with a new version of DUCK! that has a bigger weapon.
Don't bother answering this, just food for thought: Maybe a 3rd pair of wheels (even if they're un-powered) for guide. Perhaps, some spikes that extend from the sides of DUCK (screw them in and out of your frame for easy change-out) to protect the wheels? As for the weapon, I'll be interested in seeing what you come up with.
I like that it's controllable even with one wheel ;p
What about Bite Force he is amazing
@@chaser_2820 the thing with Duck! is that it doesn't do so well against more balanced bots like Bite Force and Whiplash.
So Whoops! won using Last Rites' weapon. Nice.
Confucius say, best weapon is your opponent's weapon.
That’s basically the only way you can beat Last Rites
2:24, Hey! Remember Tombstone vs Bronco?
Ronald Le oh yeah! Except tombstone won because he had already ripped bronco to shreads.
Hal congrats, (even though I know it's years later), it is a very quality win over a vicious bot in Last Rites.
Thanks! (It was a few years ago...)
Holy guacamole that is fantastic!
Tombstone clean the dust 😂😂😂
Hey Hal! I've been hearing rumors of Tombstone vs. Duck!, and I'm pumped! Good luck on the fight! Us fans are rooting for you! :)
Basilisk Space Marine Check this week’s fight card my dude
Definitely recording that fight! :D Shame that Tombstone vs. Duck won't be highlighted as a main event battle, but still.....I'M PUMPED!
I'm here to protest the judges' decision per Bombshell over Hal Rucker's bot at the Event That Shall Not Be Named. The ruling encourages playing possum (in the future). The Ruckers clearly won that rumble. Bombshell was disabled far too long, roughly 70 seconds. I hope next season Hal's bot bleeps up Bombshell *and* Tombstone in a manner similar to this video. Go Rucker family! Quackem to H3ll!
Whoops/Duck: *my weapon is your weapon*
Think of the force of those hits, sheeeeesh!!!
Awesome fight
And now the next generations of whoops and tombstone are in the 2018 season! Don't know if whoops (now duck) made it through, but I'd make a great re-match
You know it was a great fight when there is that much debris on the arena floor.
Whoops, Duck just gave Tombstone his Last Rites.
Hell of a fight
Hal, will the Ringmaster return to Battlebots if/when it comes back for a new season?
Absolutely. I'm already working on Ringmaster 2.0.
That's great to hear! Last time I saw your bot it showed a lot of potential of dealing serious damage and being able to absord the energy better of impacts compared to let's say Tombstone. Can't wait to see version 2.0
Thanks. I learned a lot from the first version of the Ringmaster. There is much room for improvement ;-)
Hal Rucker Ringmaster is my favourite bot
Finally, a non-horizontal spinner bot goes the distance against a horizontal spinner and defeats it!
The shield hero would be proud.
That's awesome, lol well done
This might be a bit silly, but heres an idea for ring master if you can change the rings in a reasonable amount of time: a flail ring. (Using chains)
This would solve a major issue that ring spinners have with weapon on weapon contact by not having the ring contact the opponents weapon. This also of course means that you will less concern with being hit in general, and you might get around to vulnerable part of a bot, making it especially effective against off set bar spinners
Now of course this has downsides. Theres safety which might prevent from going in with that ring, it likely wont be as strong as the normal one and might not get the bite.
This is why it should be using chains. and the increased radius might help compensate for something that either cant, or has a very hard time being single toothed (although it might not have an issue in the first place due to its radius) again you still likely wont be hitting as hard as normal but id imagine itd be enough.
dat guy so basically nuts 2 that can move around while spinning? That's actually quite powerful
Old comment but two issues:
If you decouple the teeth from the ring, you loose a lot of inertial mass so it's not going to really hit hard. And if the chain breaks then you just have high speed projectiles flying through the arena which might cause safety issues if the flails are heavy enough.
Best Offense vs Best Defense
This Is The Mighty DUCK! Vs. Tombstone The King Of Kinetic Energy's 1st Fight.
That Homer robot can take a punch.
2 wheels on ma wagin, n I'm still rollin along...
Last Rites snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
and this became the DuCK !
5 years ago, the winer wasn't really a robot just a test bot made to test other bots.
How did last rites short out?
Is Last Rites also by Ray Billings like Tombstone? If not, it would be interesting to see both compete.
Yes, its Ray Billing's robogames bot
Never knew last rites still competes
I love this last rites robot when it flies it looks so fucking funny 😂
this is literally duck versus tombstone
Are you ready to be f*cked? It's Duck!
Oh Whoops, wrong bot
If this were a memory recall test, I would come Last, Rite?
🤣 Basically Duck! vs Tombstone.
Duck vs Tombstone? :D
Almost every time I have ever seen Ray Billings lose, it's been because his design loses control too easily. I love Tombstone/Last Rites, but you'd think he would have figured out how to mitigate that by now.
So i heard whoops was made with a single frame aluminum body, i havent checked whoops' build just ringmasters so i ask you, is it true?
Yes, the chassis was milled out of a solid aluminum billet: www.halrucker.com/whoops.html
Hal Rucker ok given scale, is that tank armor you call a front plate 3/4ths of an inch thick or am i just being stupid?
The big orange plate is 1 inch thick steel, but pocketed out on the back side to save weight.
Hal Rucker damn
Do any of you feel like whoops has a strong resemblance to battlebots season 3s "Duck"? Or is it just me?
Is last rights a ray Billings bot also?
Pause at 2:55 and look how banana'd that weapon bar is.
Could call Whoops's victory 'doing a Whoops!'
1:48 looks epic
Is Last Rites just an early Tombstone and Whoops is really Duck? What are these back-alley robot fights anyway?
I have the same question. I'm assuming Battlebots requires the trademarks to any robot on their show?
Duck! VS Tombstone
I am assuming the name changes are for battlebots copyright? Last rites is clearly tombstone, ‘whoops’ looks like ‘duck!’?
You would be right there. Last Rites has competed at Robogames for about 15 years and Ray obviously couldn't use the Tombstone name due to Battlebots copyright stuff. Whoops I think actually pre dated Duck by a few years, and only ran alongside Duck in 2018.
so... Duck! can beat Tombstone? battle bots season 3 2018
Maybe.
Not
Not indeed. Tombstone was looking less than healthy at the end of that match though.
No
They did loose in 2018 but this fight proves that they indeed can beast tombstone
Holy guacamole!
Tomstone Vs Duck: Revenge
Whoops! = Duck!
Last Rites = Tombstone
This took place in 2017?
Yes. April 2017.
Is it last rites or tombstone??
Wahinies, Last Rites is built by the same team as Tombstone. This is an epic battle.
Wahinies last rites. I guess since BattleBots decided to randomly take a year off, Ray got bored so he took his other robot and put it into this tournament. Last Rites is good, but he is sure as hell no Tombstone. If he would have put Tombstone in there, he would have ripped that bot to shreads.
That is indeed epic, TS kicks so much butt the designer created another for funsies
In Robotwars a bot must have an offensive or defensive weapon to stop bot maker building something like whoops
I don’t think there are any commentators that will be better than Chris and Kenny
So it was last rites before it was tombstone
The two names were interchangeable. Tombstone was i itially a super heavyweight back in 2004 while Last Rites was a heavyweight. When Battlebots returned in 2009 and then in 2015 onwards Ray used the Tombstone name. I think due to licencing and contracts he couldn't use the name Tombstone outside of Battlebots so between 2015 and 2018 Tombstone would compete at Robogames under the name Last Rites. It is the same for most Battlebots though. Minotaur was Touro Maximus, Free Shipping was Original Sin, Duck was Whoops etc etc
Duck is going to win BB 2018.
It's technically already won...
I like that someone has come up with a good way to deal with a spinner, but still have to wonder why they leave their wheels exposed.
V Star 1300 Adventures adding armor to the wheels on Duck!/Whoops! would decrease the effectiveness of the main front wedge
@@Lakerguy1000 The armor I would ad would stop just behind the wedge, and share the same angle the front wedge has, but protect the exposed wheels. It works pretty well, but once the wheels get taken out, it is in deep trouble.
V Star 1300 Adventures I see what you mean. But typically you don’t need to protect your wheels if you’re a really good driver. Tombstone/Last Rites has exposed wheels as bait. So if their opponent goes for them, all they have to do is turn and hit them
@@Lakerguy1000 Even a really good driver can get hurt by one lucky shot. I would have loved to see this bot go farther and take a couple of spinners out in the process. The impact damage is pretty extreme.
V Star 1300 Adventures well yea ik. It’s inevitable to fully protect your wheels by simply driving. I’m just saying that if you’re a really good driver, you don’t have to worry as much as other people who aren’t very good drivers. Plus, most bots have 4 wheels and are 4 wheel drive. So losing 1 wheel isn’t that bad
Same thing
Damn, they really need different announcers
But they're _Both Still Talking!!!!_
Last rites blade is spinning so fast it looks very slow
Duck versus minotaur
Is last rights what Tombstone used to be called?
Derby Racer It’s Tombstone’s lighter counterpart for international competitions
Last Rites and Tombstone are made by the same guy. Last Rites = 220lbs weightclass, Tombstone = 250lbs weightclass
Tombstone was its original name when it competed in the 2004 NPC charity open and in the 2009 pro championships, which counted as battlebots events (at least the battlebots wiki counts them as battlebots). But for events such as robogames, it was change to Last Rites because something to do with copyrighting names. This why bots such as Sewer snake and son of ziggy have the names Stinger and lucky in battlebots
Nope. Different robots
Dumbo Octopus That’s the Tombstone before Tombstone (the Super heavyweight
Hal Rucker should put a spinner on the front
Nice winner then... Your bot is destroyed, but hey, you have won!
Beautiful match for the history books.
Which won?
epileptic seizure Whoops, because that last hit destroyed Last Rites and knocked it’s guts out.
Whoppers just trolling Lastrires😂
Its weird that whoops beat last rites, and duck lost to tombstone, it was basicly the same fight
Snickers the Dachsund Well, Duck’s plow was less thick compared to Whoops’ plow.
The immovable object wins against the unstoppable force. I am glad Whoops won.
What is the difference between Whoops! and Duck!
Whoops! is a 220 pound bot with an unpowered, hinged plow. Duck! is a 250 pound bot with an electric powered lifter.
Ok. Best of luck to you for your next fight!
Are you the DUCK! guy?! I didn't even know that! That's awesome! I was _thoroughly_ impressed and entertained with that 3 way match. Congratulations on your win! I look forward to seeing more DUCK!
That was a fun match, especially because the other two bots were so entertaining and well driven. Gary and Christian are great builders.
Ducks wedge lifts
Duck beat TOMBSTONE?
Look everyone it great value tombstone vs great value duck!
Isn't that tombstone?
1:cobalt❌
2: Tombstone❌
3: Minatour
4:SoW
5: Hydra
Only 3 left
1 tier gone 2 ters gone1
the battlebox and the battlebots show is a billion times better than robogames bc the box actually has hazards and the lighting and filming is adequate.
> filming is adequate.
You're comparing footage recorded for tv by a production company to footage of a live event recorded for youtube by a competitor.
what a dirty floor these organizers have no class
S'ciaraf di Last Rites
2:24 omae wa shinderu
Kurafuto Mine nani?!
Any indian there in the areana
is last rites tombstone they look identical...
smashu2 Last Rites and Tombstone are made by Hardcore Robotics. Just as Whoops! and DUCK! are both made by Team Black and Blue.
No, Tombstone is a different bot built to take advantage of the heavier weight limit.
Say 150 spectators at 25$ per ticket. Say 25 percent goes to prize money. That's less than 1,000$ to the competitors. These vehicles obviously have an extraordinarily high depreciation rate. Not a good business model.
kenp3L it’s definitely more than $25 for a ticket. And don’t forget sponsorships
Last rites always stops the moves
Honestly, I've really come to enjoy Wedges over Spinners. I just don't get the whole thrill of it anymore since now virtually everyone's using spinners, or drums, or whatever. I get that it's efficient, but for me, they've somehow managed to make wanton destruction dull.
That's a glorified rc truck
Whoops! 2:23
It's a shame I think when this happens. A box with no weapon can't win because it can't do anything. It's also not very creative there are a lot of bots thats just a box with maybe a scoop sometimes not even that and when 2 boxes come up against each other its a pretty lame match. Just bumping into each other till you get a judges decision. Whoops! didnt win. Last Rites lost.
oolay tromas Whoops! has 6 different kinds of defensive attachments that mount to the front, including wedges. The challenge is to use the opponent’s energy against them. In this case, our hope was to survive Last Rites’ impacts. Not an easy engineering or driving challenge!
100% its not easy totally agree. Makes sense however, there seem to be a lot of bots that dont have any weapons that are just defensive and when they come up against each other its not great fight. Its dependant on the other bot being able to actually do something.
As long as there is sparks, flying bots, and/or loud smashing, I'm happy.
That's why the televised events like BB and RW have the active weapon rule.
Greer, the "interest" of the fight depends on the specific bots, strategies, and styles. A good ram-bot can make a for a great fight. I find this a great fight. If you don't, what can I say. To each their own.
Is last right’s the rip off version of tombstone?
Bendon Wu Last Rites and Tombstone are built by the same team. They’ve been making this style of robot for many years and are always very competitive and successful.
Total rip off of tombstone
Eric Bee Last Rites is by Hardcore Robotics, the same team that built Tombstone.
That was pure luck
XMetalMatter Rammstein yep
Well thats what you do against spinners now, cause you need to break their fist with your face. Baking on that being your only real counter in the current rule set and with technology isnt skill either *cough* last rites/tombstone.
Lets see who i can remember off the top of my head who beat last rites and/or tombstone
whoops, face tank
Minotaur (50/50 win loss record so that doesnt really count, and its also a spinner)
Sewer snake, face tank
Drunken stepfather, face tank first hit and the blade broke.
That isnt luck, pressure drop was luck, and biohazards first defeat in battle bots was (although, one with ridiculous rules also taking the blame)
No? They put a inch thick plate to counter last rites weapon
It would have been if it were tombstone. Last rites, not so much. It has many more flaws than tombstone.
Actually they planned it like that. Massive frontal armour until Last Rights breaks its self.
copy of tombstone
Prince yates Last Rites is built by the same team as Tombstone.
Prince yates
Basically the same, but Tombstone is 250 lbs while Last Rites is 220 lbs
Tombstone is from BattleBots..right?If so.. last rights is a knock off of Tombstone.
They are both made by the same person
Blazer 249 tombstone was it’s original name, but outside of Battlebots, tombstone has to use a different name due to copyright or something