@@njgw1465 This might end up being a wall of text, but I have a fair few things I remember :) With the Hypnodisc fight in particular, there had been a moment where Dave or Derek Rose saw me doing the spinning-finger motion, smiled warmly and did it back
hey, loose armor can be good as well. just look at something like Napalm. floppy as hell but due to the fact the armor can give and bend and move, lessens the overall potential damage from impacts.
same with Stealth in all honesty; for how "terribly made" that super nice kid said his robot was, it kept moving for a long time when most of it was around the arena floor
Such a shame Hypno-Disc never won a UK championship. They always ended up going out in such sad ways each series. Flipped by Chaos 2 this series, jammed wheel against Pussycat next series, utterly destroyed Bigger Brother but still lost due to being pitted in series 5, losing out 3rd place to Firestorm because their motors went in the same series, a failed disc against Tornado in series 6 plus failing to win anything in both Extremes. Such a sad record for such a beastly robot. 22 wins but 10 losses, many of which were down to bad luck, which is so sad. I'd like to have seen Hypno-Disc become champions at least once.
@@Whoami691 Yeah, Hypno-Disc was just plagued by such bad fortune. Such a track record and entering every series between 3-6 including both extremes, but never getting anything to show for it. The only trophy they won was "Most Original Entry" in series 3, which is such a shame. Also I think we *could* have gotten Hypno-Disc vs Razer in one of the extremes, as it was on the cards as a potential battle. However, both teams were also fighting in the UK championship so declined the fight, as they both wanted to avoid major damage for the UK championship.
Hypno Disc was probably the greatest debut of a team in Robot Wars history. In a sea of one and done competitors no one knew what to expect, and yet it was ferocious, ushering in an era of destruction
I saw Hypno Disc and thought what can that do and it turned out to be quite powerful. I still am amazed at Razer and it's ability to inflict damage on another robot.
At this point, there are two teams that really “get it” with destructive weapons (I’m not talking about flippers like Cassius, here). Razer’s team understands it doesn’t matter how fast an axe swings if it’ll bounce off a custard tart, so they went with slow, high pressure. Hypnodisc’s team understand that a 3,000 RPM cutting disc is useless if you’d feel safe stopping it with your Johnson, because it doesn’t have the torque to push through resistance. 600 RPM, and just a LOT of mass.
"When we took Hypno-Disc to the 3rd wars for its 1st appearance, we had no idea how the disc was going to work. We knew we had a powerful weapon but we didn't- we weren't too sure." Words from Dave Rose from the Ultimate Warrior DVD. Didn't take long to find out just what Hypno-Disc could do.
Probably my favourite heat final of all time (with S4's Pussycat vs Razer and S7's X-Terminator vs Tsunami closely behind), Hypno-Disc meeting its first ever adversary so the Roses had to use their tactics and strategy to win rather than sheer power. Nothing but respect for the Berserk 2 team for putting up such a good fight and admittedly getting unlucky with the arena spike, though Hypno-Disc helping it up again was nice, this debut episode as a whole perfectly showcased the personality of the Rose team - power, ingenuity and sportsmanship.
Legendary debut from Hypno-Disc, but honestly they did get a bit lucky in the final. Beserk II might have taken the win if it weren't for that damned spike...
True that Berserk II was a pretty tough robot, though its axe was fairly feeble. HypnoDisc got spiked too, one could argue that it was more stable than Berserk which is why Berserk got flipped when HypnoDisc didn't. And also, Berserk would probably have remained immobile if Hypnodisc hadn't righted them. HypnoDisc *could* have lost through being flipped, but they didn't... So IMO they deserved their win.
There was no flip in that flipper and the speed on steath was ass. That said, oof! Some of that footage...I tell ya if it wasn't for Hypno Disc's debut, Robot wars probably wouldn't have lasted another season. Hypno Disc created spinning destuction, Carbicde and tombstone perfected it.
I felt sort of bad for the Robogeddon crew until I realised this was one of the only surefire ways to go down in history on the show and always be remembered
Hypno disc ripping out the insides of stealth was the equivalent of a gladiator dismboweling his opponent, and the battery coming out was like it's heart was ripped out. What hypno disc did to robogeddon then stealth and then was close with beserk II, but Hypno Disc such a cool machine. Like Razer, Chaos II and Firestorm, Robot Wars Legends!
Adam Clark should win some sort of award for sheer persistence if nothing else! Which judge voted for Corporal Punishment though? And what highlights were there? Berserk 2 was built like a tank, has a way to flip opponents and an overhead weapon. It was pretty much perfect for stopping Hypno Disc, but didn't! Probably didn't help that it drove over one of those BS spikes. Hypno Disc... What is there to say that numerous others haven't already? Oh, here's something! It really benefited from the removal of the Gauntlet and the demotion of the Trials to a bunch of side competitions. It's all weapon, which was pretty unique for the time. There's no way it would have survived something like Sumo or Tug of War! Might have been alright at Skittles? Death Warmed Up... Sorry, I am never going to have high amounts of confidence in a bloke who believes a shovel compensates for a lack of power. Walkers that aren't Anarchy are pretty universally rubbish. At least Miss Struts works though!
Fun fact, as most spinners nowadays have asymmetrical discs/blades. Hypnodisc here had an asymmetrical flywheel, it had the slicing tooth on the side and another tooth on top of the disc as a counterweight.
Shremechs weren't a common thing yet, they didn't know there would be so many flippers, by the time they put one in, flippers were strong enough to flip robots out of the arena. the final of this series was always going to be decided in about the first 30 seconds. All Chaos II needed was one good flip before they could get that flywheel up to speed, but at the same time it's armour was light and weak, so all hypno disc needed was one solid hit. As it happens, chaos II got there first.
oh wow - I said last heat that napalm got shredded, but hypnodisk here is truly something else! absolutely the most devastating robot so far by an english mile!
Irenembe seeing the name hypnodisc (i missed the intro for this show when it was first aired) and I thought 'what a stupid name for a robot. It won't make anything' how WRONG I was.
Hypnodisc took the best idea of Blendo and made it more practical. I'm surprised it took this long for someone to do it, but you can't deny...it was an awesome weapon.
It's always odd going back and seeing where obscure teams were randomly ahead of the game, Allygator just chilling there with ground scraping wedgelets before Most people had even figured out the edge.
I think part of this was because early on a lot of the robots were built with obstacles in mind (even the series 3 qualifiers was some sort of obstacle course/slalom) and didn't know the gauntlet/trials had been dropped until after they were built, so low ground clearances only really became common from series 4 onwards, whereas low ground clearance was the bane of robots like Angel of Death and Vector of Armageddon early on.
kinda feel bad for the stealth team... you can see the driver going 'no. don't do it. don't do it' before the flipper gets taken out by hypno-disc.... but on the other hand, it was a good show by hypno-disc.
Yeah im like 50/50 about that. There is no need to totally destroy work done to the other robot (and money) but... it's Robot Wars, as been said they dont promise to any1 that they robots will come back as they entered to show
To be honest, it was called robot wars. To win, you gotta beat your opponent decisively. You would know the risks if you entered a robot in a Robot combat tournament. And as JP said, honest endeavor to all who enter.
Beserk's shell was not only strong, it was rounded - so it was the best robot in the heat to be able to glance off the blows of the early Hypnodisc blade. Combine that with the weapon and Hypnodisc finally had a battle on its hands! I remember first watching this as a kid and being like "They stopped the disc!" because given how Hypnodisc had performed in the previous fights that was MASSIVE. Suddenly the Rose family had to show off how good the robot was without being able to count 100% on their weapon, which was the main strength of it. :D
Bear in mind that HypnoDisc bounced off the spike a couple of times too, but without getting flipped. So maybe a more stable flip-resistant design. It was admittedly a lot closer than expected, bearing in mind what HypnoDisc did to the two previous bots.
I mean... They clearly thought about how to combat Hypnodisk. The very first thing they did was turn their flipper towards hypnodisk, they knew exactly what they were doing. Also they really just had the bravery to not be impressed by the havok raised by hypnodisk
I remember watching this episode as a kid and having not been that impressed with any saw / spinner type weapons I'd seen on the show up to that point, didn't think hypnodisc would be that powerful or dangerous. I was convinced that flippers were the way forward and thus had Stealth pegged to win this heat after the first look at each contestant. Man was I wrong.
Quite possibly, but HypnoDisc got spiked a few times too, but without getting flipped. So IMO HypnoDisc deserved the win, but it was a lot closer than expected.
I feel like Firestorm deserves that title having finished 3rd three times and never failed to reach the semi final in the 5 series they competed in compared to Hypnodisc's 4.
Those arena spikes were ridiculous. Almost took out Hypnodisc a few times, almost unfairly took out Berserk 2, took out Behemoth unfairly. They should have been deactivated early.
HypnoDisc's team really understood the physics of the flywheel by giving mass with speed to convert to kinetic energy to damage opponents. Then further improved in series 4 with blunter blades with more surface area for even larger energy transfer for striking and pulling thicker armor rather than slashing. The moment they upped the motors, the Roses could afford to increase the weight of the disc while further increasing the speed. Btw, RIP Ken Rose, the Dad of the HypnoDisc Team. Just my opinion, the Series 3 weapon was alot noisier than future series though.
You have to admit that the Berserk team are the bravest team to compete on Robot Wars as two team members are deaf and have someone doing the sign language for them.
To be fair, given how loud these fights get (I've seen live fights between just lightweight bots!) they probably had a little bit of an advantage because of the lack of distractions! Believe me, the show NEVER did justice to how very loud these fights get! xD
I'm guessing Corporal Punishment received a vote so it wouldn't be a completely shitty way to go out? I mean, there is supposed to be a time limit on being stuck on another robot, and instead he had to deal with it for essentially the entire match, giving him no chance; and say its 'immobilized' all you like, but it doesn't change the fact he never had an opportunity to demonstrate mobility :\
There was no need to smash some kid's robot to pieces. Once it was immobilised and it was clear they had won, they should have left it alone and gone after one of the house robots like Rex Garrod used to do. Or save the destruction for when facing another "pro" team.
Neither bot was immobilised or even much damaged. HypnoDisc didn't do really badly, so much as fail to shred Berserk II the way it did the two previous bots. But Berserk II got flipped and would have been immobilised if HypnoDisc hadn't righted them. So on the whole, HypnoDisc performed slightly better.
The "controversy" might be the fact it was a split deecision, rather than Ally Gator winning, or perhaps some felt there should be a rematch? Or maybe other, less boring, stuff happened that they didn't air. It's hard to believe that Corporal Punishment just sat on top of Ally Gator for 5 minutes.
Hypnodisc had the first réal weapon on this series that did actual damage I litteraly only saw once a weapon being destructive and it was the Hammer from mortis that did only minor damage. It's a real breakthrought !
Hypno-Disc is one scary robot. The way Craig laughs when a robot gets destroyed by Hypno-Disc is so funny :D I wonder if Hypno-Disc ever went up against Razer or Typhoon? Thanks for uploading this show I'm really enjoying it :)
I'm thinking Razer as well. That robot is so strong in it's design I think it could beat Hypno-Disc. I think it would be strong enough to stop the disc and get it into it's clamp.
You are right it can cause damage to Razer. I did see (is it shunt?) one of the house robots on one episode where it hit Hypno-Disc with it's ax and stopped it dead in it's tracks. I couldn't believe it. The guys who have Hypno-Disc said the sudden stop of the disc caused some internal damage to the robot. I'm sure you are right about getting it into the pit but It seems very difficult to avoid that disc. I've seen robots dance around it trying to get behind it but it always manages to get them with that disc. Razer and Carbide would be a good one too. Also I would like to see Typhoon vs Hypno-Disc. Two spinning robots :D
Wow! Amazing power! I was surprised when the ax on the house robot stopped it dead. I thought it would have ripped the ax right off but maybe as you said it was at a time when the batteries were running low.
Oh my... that Stealth was just way too slow and weak in it's flipper to be of use.... against anything else than Death Warmed Up XD The flipper should go from the top instead and push, rather than try to 'lift'. much less power needed and a lot more effect for minimal effort.
Maxime F Tombstone is literally 10X more powerful than Hypno-Disc. A better comparison would be Tombstone vs Carbide, who are relatively evenly matched in terms of power
In the past several UK mainstays like Razer, Panic Attack, Dantomkia, and Bigger Brother competed in Battlebots and were pretty mediocre. So in my opinion it is Battlebots that has the tougher, badder robots. I believe that the teams that compete in the US have bigger budgets than the UK ones so that makes a difference.
Threadoflength well razer went up against tazbot, and well, there was no way that razer would beat tazbot as itd be pretty difficult to hand craft a bot to completely control and destroy razer that isnt like tazbot.
Threadoflength well tombstone has a slight weight advantage, either way its just gonna be whos weapon breaks first (although ive seen carbides weapon have a failure point on its underside tombstone cant reach that, so theyre just gonna hit eachother until one of their weapons stops moving, which is the solution to spinners now, break their fist with your face and beat them in a shoving match)
I'd been in the audience for a few series of Robot Wars and there were some fights that were qualifiers to get onto the TV show. That meant that there were a bunch of robots that didn't qualify for the main show but were already in the pits and avaiable to do the side games. I don't know for sure, but that would be my guess :)
What are the rules on house robots, I can see there zone, but they seem to leave it, jump in and not let the bots fight each other. If pushed in zone of house bots ok fair but it seems they leave the zone a lot.?
As a technical rule, the House Robots are allowed to leave their CPZs to attack beaten machines or machines that are stuck in some way. However, they're not allowed to come out of the CPZ when the competing machines are freely attacking each other. There have been numerous occasions during the original run of the show where they broke the rules during a fight though.
they can attack a robot if its pushed into their cpz but aren't allowed to pursue the robot if it escapes. once a robot gets immobilised, then the house robots can come out and attack it without any limitations. I think this is why they put refbot and his timer in in later series', that way it made it clearer to when the house robots could attack
I love robot wars to bits, one of my favourite shows ever but this was on the history channel? Come on history, put actual history content on! Tbh these days the history channel still has non history related content but it sucks, at least robot wars was good.
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I was in the audience for Hypnodisc's first fight, and it truly was one of the best moments of my childhood. It was AMAZING.
Do you remember anything about the battle or the day that never made it to TV? Amazing stuff.
@@njgw1465 This might end up being a wall of text, but I have a fair few things I remember :)
With the Hypnodisc fight in particular, there had been a moment where Dave or Derek Rose saw me doing the spinning-finger motion, smiled warmly and did it back
@@JDLupus great details, thank you for sharing! If you ever recall anything else do let us know!
@@njgw1465 I happily will do, and thank you so much for uploading once again
Holy Hell dude you’re lucky af. I’d kill to be able to go back in time and be in that audience.
Corporal Punishment: is stuck on Ally Gator's back all fight
One of the judges: "I think Corporal Punishment was better this fight"
I will say that through all that, Robogeddon was still working up until that very last hit. Pretty well built underneath even if the armour wasn't.
Funnily enough thats what saved biggerbrother in season 5 against hypnodisc too. Almost like foreshadowing
bit like napalm in that respect, but with a better weapon.
hey, loose armor can be good as well. just look at something like Napalm. floppy as hell but due to the fact the armor can give and bend and move, lessens the overall potential damage from impacts.
same with Stealth in all honesty; for how "terribly made" that super nice kid said his robot was, it kept moving for a long time when most of it was around the arena floor
The dawn of a legend... Hypno Disc was born this day.
one of the Greatest Robots in Robot Wars hands down in my top 10
My all time favourite robot, it may never have been all that reliable in later series, but it was still good fun to watchin the arena.
@Trapster2 I think they sped it up a bit each time they came back
I love the fact that you can hear Hypno's debut during Beserk's post-match interview. Just listen to the other roboteers watching!
Wow, never noticed that before but you're right! Must have been intimidating watching that as another roboteer hahaha
The Beserk team couldn't hear what was going on in the background though
I'm sorry but it had to be said
@@adamh2900 Only one of them was deaf you know.
I've never noticed that until now; great spot!
@@111111hakaroh, really? I thought three of them were, only Martin ever spoke fluently and Philippa signed 'good luck' to each in turn at some point.
Such a shame Hypno-Disc never won a UK championship. They always ended up going out in such sad ways each series. Flipped by Chaos 2 this series, jammed wheel against Pussycat next series, utterly destroyed Bigger Brother but still lost due to being pitted in series 5, losing out 3rd place to Firestorm because their motors went in the same series, a failed disc against Tornado in series 6 plus failing to win anything in both Extremes. Such a sad record for such a beastly robot. 22 wins but 10 losses, many of which were down to bad luck, which is so sad. I'd like to have seen Hypno-Disc become champions at least once.
It still crushes me whenever i see hypno disc go down that pit against bigger brother.
We could have had Hypno Disc v Razor.
@@Whoami691 Yeah, Hypno-Disc was just plagued by such bad fortune. Such a track record and entering every series between 3-6 including both extremes, but never getting anything to show for it. The only trophy they won was "Most Original Entry" in series 3, which is such a shame.
Also I think we *could* have gotten Hypno-Disc vs Razer in one of the extremes, as it was on the cards as a potential battle. However, both teams were also fighting in the UK championship so declined the fight, as they both wanted to avoid major damage for the UK championship.
I agree
Hypno Disc was probably the greatest debut of a team in Robot Wars history. In a sea of one and done competitors no one knew what to expect, and yet it was ferocious, ushering in an era of destruction
Tombstone is the best I've even seen in my opinion. But hes in battlebots =/ not robot wars
Remember, this was 1999. Tombstone showed us what it could do in 2015/16.
DutchMuffin
Exactly. I don't think that MegaReddevil has seen the original Robot Wars UK or the first five series of BattleBots for that matter.
I saw Hypno Disc and thought what can that do and it turned out to be quite powerful. I still am amazed at Razer and it's ability to inflict damage on another robot.
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At this point, there are two teams that really “get it” with destructive weapons (I’m not talking about flippers like Cassius, here). Razer’s team understands it doesn’t matter how fast an axe swings if it’ll bounce off a custard tart, so they went with slow, high pressure. Hypnodisc’s team understand that a 3,000 RPM cutting disc is useless if you’d feel safe stopping it with your Johnson, because it doesn’t have the torque to push through resistance. 600 RPM, and just a LOT of mass.
"When we took Hypno-Disc to the 3rd wars for its 1st appearance, we had no idea how the disc was going to work. We knew we had a powerful weapon but we didn't- we weren't too sure."
Words from Dave Rose from the Ultimate Warrior DVD. Didn't take long to find out just what Hypno-Disc could do.
Probably my favourite heat final of all time (with S4's Pussycat vs Razer and S7's X-Terminator vs Tsunami closely behind), Hypno-Disc meeting its first ever adversary so the Roses had to use their tactics and strategy to win rather than sheer power. Nothing but respect for the Berserk 2 team for putting up such a good fight and admittedly getting unlucky with the arena spike, though Hypno-Disc helping it up again was nice, this debut episode as a whole perfectly showcased the personality of the Rose team - power, ingenuity and sportsmanship.
And the award for the most badass entrance into Robot Wars goes to......Hypno-Disc!
Legendary debut from Hypno-Disc, but honestly they did get a bit lucky in the final. Beserk II might have taken the win if it weren't for that damned spike...
True that Berserk II was a pretty tough robot, though its axe was fairly feeble. HypnoDisc got spiked too, one could argue that it was more stable than Berserk which is why Berserk got flipped when HypnoDisc didn't. And also, Berserk would probably have remained immobile if Hypnodisc hadn't righted them. HypnoDisc *could* have lost through being flipped, but they didn't... So IMO they deserved their win.
I'm glad they removed them by series 4. I remember them being wholly responsible for a few defeats in the semi-finals.
33:20 I absolutely wasn't expecting that as a response but I love it
There was no flip in that flipper and the speed on steath was ass.
That said, oof! Some of that footage...I tell ya if it wasn't for Hypno Disc's debut, Robot wars probably wouldn't have lasted another season.
Hypno Disc created spinning destuction, Carbicde and tombstone perfected it.
props to the robogeddon kid. He did great
I felt sort of bad for the Robogeddon crew until I realised this was one of the only surefire ways to go down in history on the show and always be remembered
Doesn't help when they make you do an interview immediately after to talk about how you got battered and how good your opponent was!
The Hypnodisc boys seem to really be enjoying themselves in the heat final, it's really nice to see
Hypnodisc being the first destructive spinner. It’s beautiful.
"It's terrible made!"
Pff, that one caught Phillipa offguard!
"It's going to fall to pieces". Since they were about to encounter HypnoDisc, that was maybe not too startling a prediction to make :)
Hypno disc ripping out the insides of stealth was the equivalent of a gladiator dismboweling his opponent, and the battery coming out was like it's heart was ripped out. What hypno disc did to robogeddon then stealth and then was close with beserk II, but Hypno Disc such a cool machine. Like Razer, Chaos II and Firestorm, Robot Wars Legends!
Adam Clark should win some sort of award for sheer persistence if nothing else! Which judge voted for Corporal Punishment though? And what highlights were there?
Berserk 2 was built like a tank, has a way to flip opponents and an overhead weapon. It was pretty much perfect for stopping Hypno Disc, but didn't! Probably didn't help that it drove over one of those BS spikes.
Hypno Disc... What is there to say that numerous others haven't already? Oh, here's something! It really benefited from the removal of the Gauntlet and the demotion of the Trials to a bunch of side competitions. It's all weapon, which was pretty unique for the time. There's no way it would have survived something like Sumo or Tug of War! Might have been alright at Skittles?
Death Warmed Up... Sorry, I am never going to have high amounts of confidence in a bloke who believes a shovel compensates for a lack of power.
Walkers that aren't Anarchy are pretty universally rubbish. At least Miss Struts works though!
Oh yeah Anarchy is such a blast in Series 6. Stood its ground against Tornado
Fun fact, as most spinners nowadays have asymmetrical discs/blades. Hypnodisc here had an asymmetrical flywheel, it had the slicing tooth on the side and another tooth on top of the disc as a counterweight.
philipa was at her best in this series. Her little review of each robot at the beginning of the show is always very entertaining
Although not as mysterious as them emerging from smoke being dragged by fishing wire! (S1+2) 😂
HYPNO-DISC deserved to be champions for a least one year they had the means to be as well
Shremechs weren't a common thing yet, they didn't know there would be so many flippers, by the time they put one in, flippers were strong enough to flip robots out of the arena.
the final of this series was always going to be decided in about the first 30 seconds. All Chaos II needed was one good flip before they could get that flywheel up to speed, but at the same time it's armour was light and weak, so all hypno disc needed was one solid hit. As it happens, chaos II got there first.
oh wow - I said last heat that napalm got shredded, but hypnodisk here is truly something else! absolutely the most devastating robot so far by an english mile!
Irenembe seeing the name hypnodisc (i missed the intro for this show when it was first aired) and I thought 'what a stupid name for a robot. It won't make anything' how WRONG I was.
14:58 - The battle that changed Robot Wars
Hypno-Disc and Chaos 2, they really shook things up.
Robot wars and battle bots
The moment everyone in the back dropped a brown brick in there pants.
13:20 the sudden gasps throughout the pits as Hypno Disc tears up their opponent in their debut fight in the background was awesome.
Hypnodisc took the best idea of Blendo and made it more practical. I'm surprised it took this long for someone to do it, but you can't deny...it was an awesome weapon.
It's always odd going back and seeing where obscure teams were randomly ahead of the game, Allygator just chilling there with ground scraping wedgelets before Most people had even figured out the edge.
I think part of this was because early on a lot of the robots were built with obstacles in mind (even the series 3 qualifiers was some sort of obstacle course/slalom) and didn't know the gauntlet/trials had been dropped until after they were built, so low ground clearances only really became common from series 4 onwards, whereas low ground clearance was the bane of robots like Angel of Death and Vector of Armageddon early on.
24 Years today, The Rose Family took the Roboteering world by storm with Hypno-Disc!
All
Hail
Hypno-Disc
My all time favourite. Others have cmoe along later that put it to chame, but Hypno's the grand daddy of those powereful spinners.
"What on earths an Earthquake Saw?" Its that glorified Hedgetrimmer sticking out from the front of Death Warmed Up.
kinda feel bad for the stealth team... you can see the driver going 'no. don't do it. don't do it' before the flipper gets taken out by hypno-disc.... but on the other hand, it was a good show by hypno-disc.
Yeah im like 50/50 about that. There is no need to totally destroy work done to the other robot (and money) but... it's Robot Wars, as been said they dont promise to any1 that they robots will come back as they entered to show
To be honest, it was called robot wars. To win, you gotta beat your opponent decisively. You would know the risks if you entered a robot in a Robot combat tournament.
And as JP said, honest endeavor to all who enter.
*ALL THAT WORK TO BUILD THESE ROBOTS ONLY TO BE DEFEATED FOR A LACK OF DRIVING SKILLS OR PERHAPS THEIR DRUNK DRIVERS...?!!*
So, H is for Hypnodisc, as it turns out.
The arena spike is such a bs hazard to have.
Im REALLY surprised how good Beserk II did. It was like 50/50 final but imho arena spike did the job for HypnoDisc! It was like 3:2 in football match!
Beserk's shell was not only strong, it was rounded - so it was the best robot in the heat to be able to glance off the blows of the early Hypnodisc blade. Combine that with the weapon and Hypnodisc finally had a battle on its hands! I remember first watching this as a kid and being like "They stopped the disc!" because given how Hypnodisc had performed in the previous fights that was MASSIVE. Suddenly the Rose family had to show off how good the robot was without being able to count 100% on their weapon, which was the main strength of it. :D
Bear in mind that HypnoDisc bounced off the spike a couple of times too, but without getting flipped. So maybe a more stable flip-resistant design.
It was admittedly a lot closer than expected, bearing in mind what HypnoDisc did to the two previous bots.
I mean... They clearly thought about how to combat Hypnodisk. The very first thing they did was turn their flipper towards hypnodisk, they knew exactly what they were doing. Also they really just had the bravery to not be impressed by the havok raised by hypnodisk
It still shocks me to this day that hypnodisk never won a championship.
I love seeing the house robots back away when that disc is at full speed.
I remember watching this episode as a kid and having not been that impressed with any saw / spinner type weapons I'd seen on the show up to that point, didn't think hypnodisc would be that powerful or dangerous. I was convinced that flippers were the way forward and thus had Stealth pegged to win this heat after the first look at each contestant. Man was I wrong.
17:16 Just noticed Matilda been deshelled, never noticed that whilst watching this back in the day...
Oh my nostalgia, used to wake up 630 am saturday morning in Australia to watch this as a kid
why do that? why not just watch it on youtube
Because 2001 didn't have youtube, duh...
I wonder, if that spike hadn't flipped Beserk II, would it have beaten Hypno-Disc?
Quite possibly, but HypnoDisc got spiked a few times too, but without getting flipped. So IMO HypnoDisc deserved the win, but it was a lot closer than expected.
Damn, that blade of Hynodisc does not play.
Mine and almost everyone’s favorite finally arrives.
Hypnodisc was the best robot never to win...
I feel like Firestorm deserves that title having finished 3rd three times and never failed to reach the semi final in the 5 series they competed in compared to Hypnodisc's 4.
@@davidvasey5065 I remember they were placed 32nd in the ranking so they had to be below semifinal somewhere
Those arena spikes were ridiculous. Almost took out Hypnodisc a few times, almost unfairly took out Berserk 2, took out Behemoth unfairly. They should have been deactivated early.
HypnoDisc's team really understood the physics of the flywheel by giving mass with speed to convert to kinetic energy to damage opponents. Then further improved in series 4 with blunter blades with more surface area for even larger energy transfer for striking and pulling thicker armor rather than slashing. The moment they upped the motors, the Roses could afford to increase the weight of the disc while further increasing the speed. Btw, RIP Ken Rose, the Dad of the HypnoDisc Team. Just my opinion, the Series 3 weapon was alot noisier than future series though.
that's what robogeddon and stealth look like? i didnt recognise them intact.
ALL GLORY TO HYPNO DISC
The birth of a legend
while i enjoy the insanity of modern battbots og robotwars still have great charm
Series 3 really did shape the future of Robot Wars. Well, Hypno-Disc and Chaos II shaped it.
Some of those bots were slower than a dead snail!
You have to admit that the Berserk team are the bravest team to compete on Robot Wars as two team members are deaf and have someone doing the sign language for them.
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Ekhm... no? Being deaf makes no difference here at all. They are not blind, mate...
To be fair, given how loud these fights get (I've seen live fights between just lightweight bots!) they probably had a little bit of an advantage because of the lack of distractions! Believe me, the show NEVER did justice to how very loud these fights get! xD
Being deaf isn;t to much of a drawback here, all they need is to be told when the start and stop and also to have a interepretor at iterviews, etc.
I think we can all agree that Walker's are OP
It's pure anarchy and should be banned!!!
I know they Are WAY too fast
I almost cried with laugher when I noticed that they'd been positioned to start the fight closer together!
Hypno-Disc was always my favourite. pure destruction
berserk 2 (from 1999) could take on Carbide and hold out IMO. Just improve the weaponry and it has a real chance.
Nah
Carbide's blade is heavier and twice as fast. So there wouldn't be any contest.
Imagine sacrificing months of your life and tons of cash from your savings just to see your creation destroyed in mere seconds. Robot Wars.
13:10 Those screens in the background are showing the Hypno-Disc fight. You can hear the awe in the roboteers watching it.
Good spot. Sounds almost like a nervous chuckle from them as they know they may have to go up against that
How deadly was hypno disc!!
what judge voted in favour of corporal punishment? i find it hard to believe that could ever be anything but a unanimous decision.
Oh my gosh, Hypno-Disc!
I felt so sorry for the Robogeddon and Stealth Teams!
Best heat so far! Do feel sorry for Hypno-Disc's victims a little.
That BSL at the start was truely seemless.
SPINNAAAAAHHHHHHHH
I'm guessing Corporal Punishment received a vote so it wouldn't be a completely shitty way to go out?
I mean, there is supposed to be a time limit on being stuck on another robot, and instead he had to deal with it for essentially the entire match, giving him no chance; and say its 'immobilized' all you like, but it doesn't change the fact he never had an opportunity to demonstrate mobility :\
There was no need to smash some kid's robot to pieces. Once it was immobilised and it was clear they had won, they should have left it alone and gone after one of the house robots like Rex Garrod used to do. Or save the destruction for when facing another "pro" team.
Miss Struts vs Stomp is just about the biggest nail biter in Robot Wars history.
series 3 is where the bots get much better, bring on the spinners
I'm really surprised that Hypnodisc did really badly in the final, and I'm even more surprised they were let through.
Neither bot was immobilised or even much damaged. HypnoDisc didn't do really badly, so much as fail to shred Berserk II the way it did the two previous bots. But Berserk II got flipped and would have been immobilised if HypnoDisc hadn't righted them. So on the whole, HypnoDisc performed slightly better.
Controversial, my butt. It was pretty obvious Ally Gator was going to win against Corp. Punishment.
It does seem odd
Johnno9989 *money intensifies*
The "controversy" might be the fact it was a split deecision, rather than Ally Gator winning, or perhaps some felt there should be a rematch? Or maybe other, less boring, stuff happened that they didn't air. It's hard to believe that Corporal Punishment just sat on top of Ally Gator for 5 minutes.
The dawn of the Death Hum
Hypnodisc had the first réal weapon on this series that did actual damage I litteraly only saw once a weapon being destructive and it was the Hammer from mortis that did only minor damage.
It's a real breakthrought !
I think you forgot about Razer, after all he was in Series 2
@@chikara123fan oh yeah indeed ! But he was only in one fight right ?
@@florix7889 Yes he was
Berserk 2 did incredibly well against hypnodisc
34:50 "LIKE A GREAT F BRONCO!!!"
Hypno-Disc is one scary robot. The way Craig laughs when a robot gets destroyed by Hypno-Disc is so funny :D I wonder if Hypno-Disc ever went up against Razer or Typhoon? Thanks for uploading this show I'm really enjoying it :)
I would like to see that one!
I'm thinking Razer as well. That robot is so strong in it's design I think it could beat Hypno-Disc. I think it would be strong enough to stop the disc and get it into it's clamp.
You are right it can cause damage to Razer. I did see (is it shunt?) one of the house robots on one episode where it hit Hypno-Disc with it's ax and stopped it dead in it's tracks. I couldn't believe it. The guys who have Hypno-Disc said the sudden stop of the disc caused some internal damage to the robot. I'm sure you are right about getting it into the pit but It seems very difficult to avoid that disc. I've seen robots dance around it trying to get behind it but it always manages to get them with that disc. Razer and Carbide would be a good one too. Also I would like to see Typhoon vs Hypno-Disc. Two spinning robots :D
Wow! Amazing power! I was surprised when the ax on the house robot stopped it dead. I thought it would have ripped the ax right off but maybe as you said it was at a time when the batteries were running low.
as far as i'm aware, it never fought either of those robots
Oh my... that Stealth was just way too slow and weak in it's flipper to be of use.... against anything else than Death Warmed Up XD The flipper should go from the top instead and push, rather than try to 'lift'. much less power needed and a lot more effect for minimal effort.
Except for Hypnodisc, engineering and thus entertainment at its worst.
ALLY G ROBOT BIG UP YOURSELF BOYAKACHA
Corporal Punishment = does absolutely nothing, still gets one judge point, the fuck?
Enter Hypno-Disc!
is beserk 2 reference to the berserk manga?
Did Shunt break down next to Death Warmed Up?
I think if today's judges were judging that heat final it would have been Hypno-disc out.
Not really, Beserk was immobilised by spike. HypnoDisc just helped them to get back
Hypnodisc 800 pounds, same from the beggining of Robot Wars Napalm - 5000
Who have the best robots?? Robot Wars or BattleBots ?? I would like to see Hypno-Disc VS Tombstone
Maxime F Tombstone is literally 10X more powerful than Hypno-Disc. A better comparison would be Tombstone vs Carbide, who are relatively evenly matched in terms of power
I would've preferred Hypnodisc VS Napalm.
In the past several UK mainstays like Razer, Panic Attack, Dantomkia, and Bigger Brother competed in Battlebots and were pretty mediocre. So in my opinion it is Battlebots that has the tougher, badder robots. I believe that the teams that compete in the US have bigger budgets than the UK ones so that makes a difference.
Threadoflength well razer went up against tazbot, and well, there was no way that razer would beat tazbot as itd be pretty difficult to hand craft a bot to completely control and destroy razer that isnt like tazbot.
Threadoflength well tombstone has a slight weight advantage, either way its just gonna be whos weapon breaks first (although ive seen carbides weapon have a failure point on its underside tombstone cant reach that, so theyre just gonna hit eachother until one of their weapons stops moving, which is the solution to spinners now, break their fist with your face and beat them in a shoving match)
why some robots are competing just in pinballs etc?
I'd been in the audience for a few series of Robot Wars and there were some fights that were qualifiers to get onto the TV show. That meant that there were a bunch of robots that didn't qualify for the main show but were already in the pits and avaiable to do the side games. I don't know for sure, but that would be my guess :)
@@JDLupus Okay, thanx :D
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What are the rules on house robots, I can see there zone, but they seem to leave it, jump in and not let the bots fight each other. If pushed in zone of house bots ok fair but it seems they leave the zone a lot.?
As a technical rule, the House Robots are allowed to leave their CPZs to attack beaten machines or machines that are stuck in some way. However, they're not allowed to come out of the CPZ when the competing machines are freely attacking each other. There have been numerous occasions during the original run of the show where they broke the rules during a fight though.
also known as they are sometime angels and sometimes devils *cough* mostly devils *cough*
they can attack a robot if its pushed into their cpz but aren't allowed to pursue the robot if it escapes. once a robot gets immobilised, then the house robots can come out and attack it without any limitations. I think this is why they put refbot and his timer in in later series', that way it made it clearer to when the house robots could attack
I love robot wars to bits, one of my favourite shows ever but this was on the history channel? Come on history, put actual history content on! Tbh these days the history channel still has non history related content but it sucks, at least robot wars was good.
Did he really just say his name is true fart?
How did the beserk team know when activate was called...
Or Cease...
Insert_Name_Here224 they had a translator in their team
U blind bro?
Did any1 else notice how the hypnodisc team is basically big nipper minus the meth?
why does stealth's james look more like a harry
Muy bueno, me gusta
Second one here! Thanks NJGW!
Adam Clark always crappy :D
I wonder if the host messes up the remote signal with those ears he's got?!
Is this a collection of the most boring fights in robotwars?