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Battlebots Starting On Comedy Central Tonight

Posted by Hemos on from the look-at-a-different-screen dept.

Hitch writes: " Comedy Central begins broadcasting BattleBots tonight at 10:30 EDT. Tonight's episode: Prelude to Battle - introducing the idea to those unfamiliar. For those who want to take a look early, the BattleBots Web site gives a lot of good info, including RealVideo clips of previous battles. "

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  1. This is cool... and some important info by cr@ckwhore · · Score: 5

    I watched this (it should have higher ratings than survivor) and it's very cool! I'm actually considering building one of my own... that desire will probably wear off in a week, but I may as well waste my own cpu cycles thinking about it.

    I checked out their website and read the rules. They recommend using PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) transceivers to minimize interference among the many controllers around the competition. There is NOT any rule about hacking the PCM signal of your opponent!! Whadda'ya think? How about a bot that uses some high tech weaponry, rather than saw blades and missles. Let's get smart here...

    Anyway, I like this show and I think it should stay around for a while. The website mentioned that 16 more episodes are scheduled for the upcoming tournament in November, somewhere in Las Vegas.

    --cr@ckwhore

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  2. Didja Miss It? It's on again at... by CritterNYC · · Score: 5

    If ya missed it, don't worry, one of the great things about Comedy Central is how often they rerun the episodes.

    The episode will be rerun as follows:

    Friday, Aug 25 8:00PM
    Saturday, Aug 26 10:00AM
    Saturday, Aug 26 5:00PM
    Saturday, Aug 26 11:00PM
    Sunday, Aug 27 11:30AM

    (All times EDT)

    BTW - Their Realvideo server is currently /.ed.

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  3. Wonderful!... But still... by hypergeek · · Score: 5

    Warning: Incoherent Mumbling Rant

    Purpose: Unknown

    I think it's great and all that they're doing such a potentially fun/edgykayshunull program... but still...

    Robot Wars had that guy from Red Dwarf!

    What's Battlebots got to beat that, huh?

    In the words of Scott Evil: "*Cough* *Cough* *Ripoff!*"

    Not that I think the show's a bad idea... just that it ought to have something to differentiate it-- y'know... like an Iron Chef bonus round or something (with the chefs made from real iron!)

    See, when you take the time and effort to blatantly rip off two cult TV hits, then you're actually doing the viewer a service, by compressing two shows down to a manageable 30 minute time slot, thereby freeing up everybody's time to go play Networked Pong ("what's your Pong ping?")

    Then again, I hope they don't recycle too many TV favorites... I mean, if Comedy Central gets real cheap, then we might end up watching a gruesome, lopsided deathmatch as some hulking, firebreathing, multiple-chainsaw-propeller-wielding chrome behemoth Mech's mammoth shadow looms over the cowering, doomed duo of Servo and Crow!

    Eep!

    Okay, I promise... this is the second-to-last time that I check the Slashdot headlines right after drinking 2 bottles of generic store brand cola! (From now on, just 1 case of Red Bull oughta last me a whole week!)

    Mmmm... now bring on the educational robotic violence!....

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  4. Survival Research Laboratories by SydBarrett · · Score: 5

    I think Survival Research Laboratories has been doing this kind of stuff longer than anyone( since 1979), except that they do only shows (kinda like a circus). They even have videos for sale. The last time I heard of one of their shows, you had to sign a waiver to see the show in case you got injured by pieces of flying metal or something.

    Check it out at:
    www.srl.org