@MegaModelMan No. The best you'll get was a 1 hr reality TV show on Discovery Science, but that wasn't done very well, had the presenter guy describing the fight as it was happening and getting in the way, so typical of TV execs, insulting our intellegence.
You need to watch the fight again. AJBKID has the video and the builders comments after the fight and they clearly state what I just told you. And at the beginning of the fight, SoW never ever once, touches a hazard until after he dies. When he starts spinning, he is still in his red square and starts going unbalanced. Yes, it was the drivers fault.
razor was actually in the first 2 battlebots events, as well as panic attack, and neither did that well. infact, i think warhead, killerhurtz, and maybe bigger brother are the only real semi-succesful brit bots to ever compete in battlebots. american rules are just far less restricting than brit rules, so its no surprise then they have a little trouble hanging. look up storm II videos and you'll see it lose in US competition too. tornado 2 got a very lucky win over megabyte in teh same comp.
it had everything to do with weight. the builders even stated after the match that they added weight here and there. thats why SOW killed itself because of the weight not being distributed evenly.
The actual problem w/ Son of Whyachi was a rule change to walkers that he forced into play, the "Shufflebot" rule which stopped robots like SoW from getting the weight bonus.
Its coming back? COOL, TO MY TOOLSHED!!!! i've tried to make a robot and i was like 10% in then it quit. Its a pusher bot like tornado with a scoop, well, that was the plan, works both ways, good pusher and asaw at the back, but like i said, 10% in, not enough, only the chassis and wheels done. just left there.
SoW again employs its most dangerous asset: Dumbass opponents who go "Hey, maybe I should slowly edge up to the spinning hammers and let them whack my robot in the side."
actually what happened was after season 3, battlebots changed the stomp bots rules and set the weight limit from 50 to 20% extra weight limit because SOW was to big of a power house and literally oblitereated every last opponent in its path. son of whyachi was forced to go super heavy weight, it fought swirlee and killed itself, then swirlee went on to lose to new cruelty. SOW wasn't the same force it was in the heavy weights without its extra weight.
It was allowed that extra weight because it was a walking bot at the time. Walkers were allowed that extra weight because they were notorious for being VERY slow. Son of Whyachi essentially defied that stereotype with its shuffle-feet system (to date, only two televised bots have ever used this: SoW and Robot Wars Extreme Warriors's DrillZilla), so the rules were changed.
Let's assume this is the same Son of Whyachi that killed Biohazard in battlebots. Looking at the blade's spinup time, it looks like it's only accelerating about half as fast as it should, making it highly vulnerable to rushing attacks before its blade has enough kinetic energy to do damage. The fact that its blade is spinning during the count seems to be of little consequence because of this. The winner should then be the one with the most traction. But none of this battle made sense...
Battlebots IS coming back... They have struck a deal with ESPN to do a limited series of fights. The competition will take place mid-November 2008. TV air dates have yet to be determined.
Of course he'll lose control, SoW was basically hitting the wall when it hit the screws. It's physics, the force hit into the immobile object has nowhere to go but SoW itself. Seriously, why are you still bothering to argue of something so obvious yet pointless at the same time?
lol, that was after Sow had gone insane. Not before. Sow dies at the dies at the pulveriser north of the red square if you were standing where the drivers stand while fighting. The screw casing comes off the screw located on the opposite side of the red square. I'm pretty sure Sow lost balance while he was still in his square, which is what we are talking about right? What does it imply you ask? That he lost balance before touching a hazard and died after touching a hazard. Just like i said lol.
Maybe it is you who needs to watch the video again? If you look next to the decimated bot, you would see a torn out casing for the screws. So what does that imply?
You see, you're talking about weight in a different perspective now, about SoW and not his opponents. I'm pretty sure SoW lost by backing into a hazard which caused its unbalance but if this is true, that sounds like the driver's fault for not thoroughly testing. Losing control can happen to any class, and it could've happened to SoW in the heavys. SoW made NO contact with Swirlee and therefore had no judgement on whether it could've actually had beaten the machine, but it likely would've.
Man. Son of Whyachi is a shell of its former self, ever since it started getting its "improvements". The walker design with the spikes, instead of the hammers, was an almost flawless design and a lot more intimidating too.
Michael Tom It was better when it was a walker is because of what firestorm2900 said. He got a weight advantage from it being a "walker" but then they changed the rules so he lost the weight advantage.
Michael Tom Whyachi actually caused the rule changed. They use to have a 50% weight bonus just from being non-wheeled. They lowered the bonus, and stated that it's system of walking wasn't a walker.
son of Zeus looks like it was built with food stamp budget
Whatever happened to Whyachi, the superheavyweightfrom season 3.0. I know he didn't do nearly as well as his son in the tournament.
That damn blowfly in the arena! ;-)
HOLY COW! The noise!
cool, when was that?
@MegaModelMan No.
The best you'll get was a 1 hr reality TV show on Discovery Science, but that wasn't done very well, had the presenter guy describing the fight as it was happening and getting in the way, so typical of TV execs, insulting our intellegence.
I want to see Whyachi and Zeus fight, because I bet they're better than their sons.
ICE= loud
2 ICEs= scary
SOW was a beast as a rookie
You need to watch the fight again. AJBKID has the video and the builders comments after the fight and they clearly state what I just told you. And at the beginning of the fight, SoW never ever once, touches a hazard until after he dies. When he starts spinning, he is still in his red square and starts going unbalanced. Yes, it was the drivers fault.
They had 390lbs bots?
theJman that’s the special Mechwars class for ya.
I thought so too, they got whyachi's weakness... I love that robot!
razor was actually in the first 2 battlebots events, as well as panic attack, and neither did that well. infact, i think warhead, killerhurtz, and maybe bigger brother are the only real semi-succesful brit bots to ever compete in battlebots. american rules are just far less restricting than brit rules, so its no surprise then they have a little trouble hanging. look up storm II videos and you'll see it lose in US competition too. tornado 2 got a very lucky win over megabyte in teh same comp.
@NitroRat .. didn't happen.
lol hypono-disc weapon only spins at 75 MPH
so sparta wins (son of zeus)
wow, that was actually lame from start to finish
it had everything to do with weight. the builders even stated after the match that they added weight here and there. thats why SOW killed itself because of the weight not being distributed evenly.
The actual problem w/ Son of Whyachi was a rule change to walkers that he forced into play, the "Shufflebot" rule which stopped robots like SoW from getting the weight bonus.
Its coming back? COOL, TO MY TOOLSHED!!!!
i've tried to make a robot and i was like 10% in then it quit. Its a pusher bot like tornado with a scoop, well, that was the plan, works both ways, good pusher and asaw at the back, but like i said, 10% in, not enough, only the chassis and wheels done. just left there.
SoW again employs its most dangerous asset: Dumbass opponents who go "Hey, maybe I should slowly edge up to the spinning hammers and let them whack my robot in the side."
actually i know the family that built it. the family is out of Abbotsford Wisconsin and their business is a food processing equipment supplier
@NitroRat its 2010 and the sbhow is still not here
besides i prefer robot wars comes back
DEMOLISHED WITH THE MIGHT OF ZEUS
The shell of Whyachi still exists, it was given to Team Toad after battlebots where it was and still is kept in storage.
SoW's no shell - still physically intact, though not exactly anywhere near running condition.
Hypno-disc would kick both these bots shiney metal asses. (futurama reference)
@NitroRat its 2011 now and we still dont have it
i think razer is better, and panic attack, and chaos 2, and hypno-disc
actually what happened was after season 3, battlebots changed the stomp bots rules and set the weight limit from 50 to 20% extra weight limit because SOW was to big of a power house and literally oblitereated every last opponent in its path. son of whyachi was forced to go super heavy weight, it fought swirlee and killed itself, then swirlee went on to lose to new cruelty. SOW wasn't the same force it was in the heavy weights without its extra weight.
I used to be so impressed with sow until I learned it was 50% heavier. That's a lot of advantage
It was allowed that extra weight because it was a walking bot at the time. Walkers were allowed that extra weight because they were notorious for being VERY slow. Son of Whyachi essentially defied that stereotype with its shuffle-feet system (to date, only two televised bots have ever used this: SoW and Robot Wars Extreme Warriors's DrillZilla), so the rules were changed.
SoW need the power of over 9000 pylons. So start constructing :)
thats not son of wayatchi i think its his lesser badass cousin
why does that pos get a head start weapon wise
Let's assume this is the same Son of Whyachi that killed Biohazard in battlebots. Looking at the blade's spinup time, it looks like it's only accelerating about half as fast as it should, making it highly vulnerable to rushing attacks before its blade has enough kinetic energy to do damage. The fact that its blade is spinning during the count seems to be of little consequence because of this. The winner should then be the one with the most traction. But none of this battle made sense...
It’s also an ICE rather than an Etec
13 years are lot
@NitroRat stilll no battle bots
Battlebots IS coming back... They have struck a deal with ESPN to do a limited series of fights. The competition will take place mid-November 2008. TV air dates have yet to be determined.
You see SoW... Then you see Son of Zeus... Most people were probably thinking, "This is gonna end in tears for the Zeus guys..." lol
Ever since SoW self-destructed in Battlebots Season 4, that thing went downhill from there. Oh how the mighty have fallen...
lol at TaQ songs.
Of course he'll lose control, SoW was basically hitting the wall when it hit the screws. It's physics, the force hit into the immobile object has nowhere to go but SoW itself.
Seriously, why are you still bothering to argue of something so obvious yet pointless at the same time?
lol, that was after Sow had gone insane. Not before. Sow dies at the dies at the pulveriser north of the red square if you were standing where the drivers stand while fighting. The screw casing comes off the screw located on the opposite side of the red square. I'm pretty sure Sow lost balance while he was still in his square, which is what we are talking about right? What does it imply you ask? That he lost balance before touching a hazard and died after touching a hazard. Just like i said lol.
You could have took off the first 1 min of this video rofl.
Maybe it is you who needs to watch the video again? If you look next to the decimated bot, you would see a torn out casing for the screws. So what does that imply?
You see, you're talking about weight in a different perspective now, about SoW and not his opponents. I'm pretty sure SoW lost by backing into a hazard which caused its unbalance but if this is true, that sounds like the driver's fault for not thoroughly testing. Losing control can happen to any class, and it could've happened to SoW in the heavys. SoW made NO contact with Swirlee and therefore had no judgement on whether it could've actually had beaten the machine, but it likely would've.
I obviously know that. The fact SoW KILLED ITSELF had nothing to do with Swirlee or weight overall.
yep, no problem! maybe we'll see some brit bots step the game up this summer when battlebots returns!
vuvuzelas?
aye, battlebots coming back is good. hope itl be a more permament thing more then just a one shot.
son of zues reminds me of the first verion of bulldog bread, with the 2 spinners. even the same shape.
Is that a previous version of the SoW? It looks different....
@NitroRat yeah for shure and we are steal waiting...
@NitroRat
did they ever do that?
Man. Son of Whyachi is a shell of its former self, ever since it started getting its "improvements". The walker design with the spikes, instead of the hammers, was an almost flawless design and a lot more intimidating too.
Michael Tom It was better when it was a walker is because of what firestorm2900 said. He got a weight advantage from it being a "walker" but then they changed the rules so he lost the weight advantage.
Stregoyka What was the rule change?
Michael Tom Whyachi actually caused the rule changed. They use to have a 50% weight bonus just from being non-wheeled. They lowered the bonus, and stated that it's system of walking wasn't a walker.
Michael Tom It came back for ABC season 2. And it still did great, winning the rumble and beating Ghost Raptor.
oh cool, thanks maan!
Good. Thanks for the info.
@MegaModelMan Nope
"My dad can beat your dad up."
sweet. i love this show.
sons of vuvuzela
I watch this 'fight', and I keep thinking to myself: "Please bring Battlebots back"
Boy do i have news for you!
2012 and i still want to watch new fights :(
2017
dat megadeth drum intro :D love those drums
which song from Megadeth is it, not familiar with Megadeth so I thought I'd ask since it is a cool intro
Megadeth - Trust, from the album (Cryptic Writings)
thx!
Holy hell thats above supers