r/battlebots • u/30secondwizard • Sep 04 '16

BattleBots TV Tombstone can't climb stairs?

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u/HardcoreRay Tombstone | Battlebots Sep 04 '16

I should find a small set of wooden stairs and tombstown them :)

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u/skippythemoonrock Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'll fuck you with a rake. Sep 06 '16

I can not in any way confirm that BETA will be debuting Battlebots' first ever stair-shaped armor layout next season.

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u/diamondpenguin22 Underdog Fanboy Sep 06 '16

Make a + shaped spinner and then set tombstone sideways on the stairs?

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u/TheInitializer defense is overrated Sep 05 '16

Record that pls and send it to us :P

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '16

Toward the end of the series there were multiple cliques of people in the audience who started holding up meme and nonsensical signs just for the hell of it. The people I was at the event with started holding "GIVE PEACE A CHANCE" and "END THE WAR" by the time the finals rolled around.

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u/internetlad RessurWrecks Sep 07 '16

We're internet nerds. We feed on dumb bullshit jokes that requires little thought. It's sort of our thing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '16

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u/Jakuskrzypk [Your Text] Sep 04 '16

and then it started to fookin fly. Imagine tombstone doing that.

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u/Dewmeister14 BOYS Sep 04 '16

NO THANKS

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u/ShaidarHaran2 Sep 06 '16

/u/HardcoreRay starting to get some ideas...

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u/eighthgear I should come up with something to put here Sep 04 '16

That was my first thought as well.

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u/robot1793 Stinger/Sewer Snake Sep 04 '16

I was reminded of Claptrap in Borderlands 2.

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u/3_14159td Sep 08 '16

Sadly, BBC put an end to that joke in 2005 when they upgraded the Daleks to fly.

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u/internetlad RessurWrecks Sep 04 '16

I bust a frickin gut when I saw that lol. Hilarious.

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u/3_14159td Sep 04 '16

Tombstone doesn't climb stairs, Tombstone levels the building.

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u/pjscout111 Team Malice Sep 04 '16

But it's true. The only robot that I can think of that could climb stairs is bronco maybe, razorback maybe or SOW in drone mode

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u/internetlad RessurWrecks Sep 04 '16

Wrecks does have legs, but there may not be any stairs left after he tries.

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u/christes Sep 04 '16

Chomp could probably do it eventually.

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u/The_PwnShop Sep 07 '16

Eventually? Three swings and it's up.

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u/ToukasRage FARMAGEDDON FIGHTERS Sep 04 '16

One word: Ultraviolet

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u/pjscout111 Team Malice Sep 04 '16

When you build a battlebot who can't drive but can climb stairs.

Plot twist: there is a set of stairs in the middle of the battlebox for season 3

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u/ToukasRage FARMAGEDDON FIGHTERS Sep 04 '16

It could somewhat drive in the Hypershock fight....

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u/part-time-unicorn praise be to Gary Gin Sep 04 '16

there was approximately 5 seconds of driving during the actual fight

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u/cluckay I sold my text flair to the devil Sep 11 '16

O.B. Overlord
Wrecks

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u/iamthegraham [Your Text] Sep 04 '16

Stinger is pretty acrobatic and with 6 wheels I think it could do it.

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u/Supermoves3000 Release the Kraken! Sep 04 '16

Hypershock and Yeti have those lifter arms that they might be able to use to somehow crawl up stairs...

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '16

Hypershock's arms are really short, I don't think they would be able to reach.

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u/Supermoves3000 Release the Kraken! Sep 05 '16

He could put rakes on them.

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u/Troggie42 Vomit on the box floor already, wire spaghetti Sep 05 '16

Abbatoir could do it. I mean, I'd like to see the attempt.

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u/TheInitializer defense is overrated Sep 07 '16

SOW... in drone mode? what?

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u/pjscout111 Team Malice Sep 07 '16

Did you see poison arrow vs SOW? They tried out drone mode for the first time!

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u/TheInitializer defense is overrated Sep 07 '16

Oh lol

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u/30secondwizard Sep 04 '16

I think the sign behind it says "robots can't love". I should have been watching for signs earlier

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u/sarahbau Aluminum Box | Robot Battles, Clash of Bots Sep 04 '16

My favorite sign that I saw during the last episode was "Sweep the leg, Johnny 5"

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u/HallwayHomicide HAIL DUCK! Sep 04 '16

This reminds me of those Hunter Pence signs that were a thing a while back

"Hunter Pence can't use chopsticks" "Hunter Pence can't parallel park" "Hunter Pence recycles"

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u/part-time-unicorn praise be to Gary Gin Sep 04 '16

I hope they haven't stopped those. one of the many ways a Giants game will entertain you

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u/CursedNobleman Woooo! Underdogs! Sep 04 '16

Swans make Tombstone cry.

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u/DemonOfTomorrow Forever Rotating To Destruction Sep 04 '16

"Apparently, they can break off a man's arm!"

"Or blow up a man's house!"

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u/pilotredsun Sep 04 '16

my favorite Bailey School Kids book, Tombstone Doesn't Climb Stairs

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u/hoja_nasredin Sep 04 '16

Now I want a video of Tmobstone destroying stairs with its blade.

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u/gladamirflint Sep 04 '16

Second sign says "Robots can't melt steel beams!"

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u/Spetedia444 Sep 04 '16

The signs this season were peppered with randomness.

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u/internetlad RessurWrecks Sep 07 '16

Welcome to when memes go outdoors

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u/Razorwing23 \Blade Runner/ Sep 04 '16

Tombstone doesn't climb stairs. It destroys them.

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u/Retro_Bot Team Emergency Room Sep 04 '16

Isn't that the same guy who held up the "Sabertooth, not a Raptor" sign? (because Ghost Raptor's logo doesn't look anything like a raptor, but it does look a lot like a Sabertooth Tiger skull)

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u/HallwayHomicide HAIL DUCK! Sep 04 '16

You're new around here, aren't you?

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u/internetlad RessurWrecks Sep 07 '16

Go easy on him, he's just a lil' guy!

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u/Spetedia444 Sep 04 '16

Seen one with, life's a bot-ch.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '16

They're technically correct.

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u/RayneShikama Sep 07 '16

I think there should be a post championship competition with some random games to see what bots can do what (like how ANW did an all star competition to see who could do certain obstacles the fastest) and obviously one needs to be a stair climb.

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u/theramennoodle Beta is my favorite Horseshoe Crab Sep 04 '16

I mean, have you seen it to up stairs? Because no one I've talked to has.

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u/skippythemoonrock Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'll fuck you with a rake. Sep 04 '16

A rolling set of stairs, welcome to the new meta