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BattleBots Delayed, Will Go Brains Over Babes

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the more-engineering-the-better dept.

An anonymous reader writes "We got all excited earlier this week about robo-combat returning to TV with ESPN, but now PopMech super geek Erik Sofge talks to the folks at BattleBots and finds out that because of so many early entries, the competition will be delayed until at least November. The reason? Gone are the babes and predictable wedge fights, in are eager engineering students, a crazy ramp arena and lots of new rules. Worth the wait, or do we miss the Comedy Central version?"

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  1. Yes and yes. by urcreepyneighbor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Worth the wait, or do we miss the Comedy Central version? It's worth the wait and we - I, at least - miss the CC version.

    I'd love to see more programming that shows "nerds" / "geeks" / whatever you want to call us in a positive light. We've conquered the public programming sector (PBS, NPR, the cable channels with a scientific bent, etc), but we have made little success in the mainstream programming sector.

    Seeing a pale skin dude (or chic!) on ESPN... workin' a bot... will be a wonderful day.

    And I may actually watch ESPN! (I've got my system setup now so it automatically skips over the channel when surfing.)

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    1. Re:Yes and yes. by somersault · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wow, I've never seen a dll linked from that position before! :o

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      which is totally what she said
  2. Re:Well, being a geek... by palegray.net · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seen on BattleBots fan forums:

    "My God, look how that bot's exoskeleton shines in the moonlight."

    "Those mechanical legs go all the way up, baby."

    "Seeing the lubricating oil spewing from that gouged bot makes me tingle in all the right places."

    "Hot three on one bot action!"

    "Man, those two bots just kept ramming the other one into submission! I had to change my underwear."

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  3. Re:Robots? by somersault · · Score: 2, Funny

    Heck, a lot of AIs go completely mental when faced with unknown stimulus. That doesn't just stand for AIs - put your average slashdotter in a room with a naked woman, and prepare to watch the world go mad!
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    which is totally what she said
  4. Re:Yeahh.... by glavenoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Especially if they actually got a host that new what a servo was. (and got carmen back) Or, better yet, they could let Tom Servo host!!
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  5. Re:Well, being a geek... by L7_ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Two Servos, One Battery!

  6. Ah! by jd · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean we should have Warhammer: 4000 volts?

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  7. Re:Robots? by chroma · · Score: 2, Funny

    The robots fight using kinetic energy.

    You don't actually think that it's practical to have robots that fight with lasers, do you?

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