No, this was debatably Hydra messing with the rules. I'm not sure that cow catcher of theirs legitimately counts as a weapon since it doesn't appear to have any movable parts. I'd need the rulebook Battlebots was using to be sure, but a raw pushbot isn't allowed, it's gotta have some moving part that functions as a weapon. The real HUGE vs. WIDE fight happened with Smeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee(...) I believe they had a matchup, and I'm honestly not sure who won.
@@harleymitchelly5542 It's definitely not against the rules otherwise they would have had some reprocussions like when Complete Control put the net on Ghost Raptor in one of the earlier seasons. And I'm almost certain they didn't fight because Smeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee is a rookie and there were 3 pre-tournament matches for each bot, and I specifically remember Huge fought Mammoth, Hydra, and Kraken.
@@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569 I don't think it was this season. I'm fairly sure it happened at some point though, I can recall those two going at it in a "freak fight." The problem, and it really does come down to what the rulebook actually is because I've seen citations of the rules in comments sections, is whether or not Hydra's cow catcher counts as a weapon. I thought all bots needed a weapon, and that a weapon only counts if it can do damage independent of the bot's motion. Unless Hydra's got something moving on it, its status as a weapon is under question. Of course... all that is predicated on me thinking of the applicable set of rules, which I don't know if I'm applying or not.
@@harleymitchelly5542 The flipper is the weapon. The thing is that it didn't do any damage in the fight. If I had to guess the reason they won the judges decision is that I think the small amount of damage that Huge took from the pulverizer was enough for 2 of the judges to justify giving Hydra at least 1 point for damage. And I'm pretty sure Huge didn't get any points for agression or control because frankly it wasn't allowed to do anything
Seriously, it wasnt the fact that he did it, it was his attitude about it. Hydra's driver just came off as a douche the entire time. Sure nothing he did was against the rules, but it felt unsportsmanlike.
@@criseist9786 huge has room to move so it’s not breaking the rules, if you have an opponent completely pinned (where they cannot move) you can only hold it for 30 seconds. Hydra had them boxed in but not pressing them against the wall constantly
@@zachgilbert3815 it tried to, and got completely denied by the other bot that was in control most of the time and also got damage in by pushing huge into environment traps
Without the attachment it would be impossible for Huge to lose Hydra had to adapt or get destroyed. Also Huge was fed their free win when they fought Kraken
Huge: makes a bot made specifically to counter low to the ground bots Huge when someone builds a counter for them: When they’re ready for a real fight we’ll be waiting
Ok, I think the problem isn't being built to counter Huge. The problem is they never actually let them fight. The 30-second pin rule exists for a reason, and I don't think Hydra should've gotten away with the "I'm not touching you" bit.
@@Zander2212 They weren't pinning them though. Literally any other bot including Mammoth could've done something to fight back with that same amount of space. Huge is specifically designed with it's large size to make it difficult to target, well, this time that design screwed them. Too bad for them.
@@docholliday7408 Hey, I would've been just fine if they pinned, released, and pinned again. My problem is that they never really released. They got close enough to the corner to trap huge, and never let up. Notice how most dominant pusher/control bots will pin an opponent for most of a match, but the opponent still gets some chances to run around. My issue isn't the modification, just the way it was used, combined with his attitude.
It was very unsportsmanlike. This isn't what the competition is. Hydra has no real weapon, just a bit designed for a loophole in the sport: "Let's flip bots out of the ring!" No. Just. Go home.
At the same time, how is Hydra supposed to flip Huge? In my opinion, this was a perfectly reasonable solution. They ran the risk of losing a judge's decision for aggression and damage.
@@Cicada3773 "no real weapon" Yeah, It just launches 250 lb bots 10 feet in the air repeatedly until they fall apart. Not a real weapon though. Meanwhile, a bot like Tantrum is a glorified push-bot with a fidget spinner attached to fulfill the minimim requirement of a primary weapon, and nobody complains despite the fact that it is designed specifically for judges decisions.
@@PandaFan2443 This. The main point of HUGE's design is literally built for timeouts did they not have a vertical spinner, because of their absurd chassis height and ability for their wheels to take a beating. Flipper bots are basically fucked if they aren't Bronco and launch their whole body into the air to hit HUGE, and even then the wheels take most of the impact on landing. Hydra played it the only way they could, and simultaneously the most effective way they could because of HUGE's design oversight. Comparing it to Gabriel in Robot Wars, Gabriel could at least never worry about not being able to attack because it was a thwackbot with a long ass arm. Granted, it was arbitrary attacks, but it still helps in judges decision, the point of the design.
Ass kicked? Hardly. Whiplash and Hydra went around in circles, hardly doing damage to each other, if any. Whiplash won based on better traction allowing it to push Hydra better. That's all. The only damage suffered was a few little wedglettes came off of Hydra. Whiplash's fights that night were boring as hell until End Game literally kicked them out of the arena.
The funny thing is that huge's design is basically focused 100 % on endurance and resistance, and its able to struggle agaist the best there are. Its silly design strikes to me as a very clever one, following the game rules in a way no one seemed to have realized.
@@WiseFatOwl huge is made for timeouts, its wheels are very hard to break and 99% of bots cant really touch the center, but its main weapon also doesnt really have much reach, hyra took advange of this by being able to just push the wheels instead of fighting it.
It isn't clever. It's braindead and has been used by other bots in the past, it's just copy paste with a spinner. Is the tournament was actually random Huge wouldn't win very many fights because he would get matches against a lot of bots that could destroy his wheels
@@eekajmoneybaby9309 Nah, Rotator vs Beta was awesome. Beta smashed Rotator into every wall and kept risking damage by ramming them. They didn't pin them in one spot for the entire match and pretend it was a good fight.
I loved seeing this happen to Huge, it's poorly designed and the driver is braindead. He relies on his bot being mostly untouchable and just points the weapon at things in hopes. You love to see it.
Weirdos. Hydra is an amazing bot, Huge is a braindead bot. Our entire family was laughing our asses seeing spinners get mad about not being able to be braindead
I am sure a lot of bots are not designed to fight huge, even mammoth is an oddball, I think making attachments like the one hydra used shouldn't be allowed. Minor stuff like the cross bar on copper head or small guards/deflectors are ok. But to completely avoid a fight like they did is just stupid.
@@Dragon-Zero365 What was Hydra supposed to do? They can't flip any part of the bot but the wheels, and that's impractical. In my opinion, this is one of Huge's design flaws.
I remember that fight, I was even *yelling* at the screen for how annoyed I was lmao, now hydra is even top seed in the tournament. Very undeserved top seed if you ask me
If anyone isn't aware, hydra specifically equipped that corral bar for this fight alone, they're usually just a wedge bot, HUGE should've made it to the final 32 imo
I'm still mad about that fight. I remember my dad was hyping up that fight and woke me up out of bed to find a live stream for him and that was what I got to watch.
A lot of people complaining about hydra being a coward. I will say this though, if you manage to find your opponent's glaring weakness, you'd be a fool not to take advantage. So the question you'd have to ask yourself is, would you rather be a coward or a fool?
I mean, if you’re not going to win by damage, then focus on Aggression and Control. And Hydra Controlled the fight and for aggression, I can give a Sceptical 1 or 2 points for Hydra.
Opposite for me. It showed Jake had the win at all cost mentality which is essential if you're running a bot that's not a spinner and want to be truly competitive. I'm a bit gutted he didn't make it a bit further to be honest.
You rooted against the bot that reinvented flipper bots and made them not only viable again, but realistically a top contender for the nut, because they gave Huge a taste of their own cheap "judges decision" strategy? That seems kinda petty.
@@whitworth5s248 Wdym petty? They come there to win. It was generally a good idea, they found a weakness and used it to there advantage I see no problem with it.
This was such a bullshit match because Hydra was not following the refs orders and the refs did nothing about it. Jake Ewert enjoys being the bad guy, but this was flagrant rule breaking.
You have to wonder if future opponents of Huge will use a similar device to defeat it. Complain all you want about sportsmanship, but in Battlebots, it's all about WINNING. And winning is what Hydra did in this bout.
Battlebots definitely isn't all about winning imo. But with Hydra its a complicated one of a kind bot (hydraulic flipper) that is pretty fragile on top. This was the best way to not let the complicated hydraulics get destroyed in a match they didn't have to win. Honestly I think Hydra would've taken a loss as long as they don't get too damaged.
Breaking the rule of pinning a bot and refs doing nothing and acting like what you did was somehow genius is why it got hate and why people cheered when hydra lost.
Hot take: I LOVE how hydra played this fight. Came in with a good strategy and executed it perfectly. Pinned without pinning, used the hammers, etc. 100% deserved win
A lot of people don't realize the risk that Jake took in this fight. If HUGE caught an edge on that "bike rack" *once*, Hydra could have very well been tossed upside-down, and with the attachment completely covering their flipper, they would have been KO'd.
this is not what battlebots is about. this was a cheap, cowardly move on hydra's part. he didnt even want to TRY fighting, he took the easy way out; glad whiplash took jake out before his ego could grow any more
its like when some short toddler is trying to tackle you and all you have to do is put your hand out and hold them by the forehead and keep them at a distance
It's meant to counter small, low to the ground bots, using the back prongs to deal damage. Edit: Not the prongs, there's a spinning thing in the middle of the wheels between the eyes, I didn't notice.
Hydra made the bar specifically for Huge. Hydra was the number one seed this year because it is a flipper bot. It has a wedge designed to flip bots out of the ring. However, they got matched up against Huge, the only bot that their flipper doesn't work against, so they went with this strategy.
Those are 250 lbs hunks of steel and titanium, one with a bar 30 pounds going at 250mph, the other a flipper capable of throwing an ATV 6ft in the air. I’m sure you have mean right hook but naw. This fight was just a loop hole in the rules being exploited for three minutes.
Why? Because they were put up against a bot that their weapon is useless against? Hydra greatly out drove them because if Huge approached at the wrong angle then the cow catcher would have gotten destroyed. Hydra deserved the win because they had to go into the match with a different game plan than what they're used to.
@@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569 Bronco could flip Huge, they were very competitive in that match and it was quite entertaining. Unless Hydra is actually not better than Bronco like people are always going on about. It isn't like Jake wasn't aware that Huge existed and didn't have time to plan for this when designing Hydra. #1 seed should be able to show that they have a FIGHTING chance against anyone. Hydra didn't do that.
@@sirius940 What Bronco did didn't work so don't act like it would be a logical choice for Hydra to do the same. I'm not sure if this was their design philosophy, but I'm pretty sure Hydra is meant to be as low to the ground as possible and flip their opponent solely on the fact that the opponent has no choice but to drive on top of Hydra. Huge is ONE bot that this design doesn't work against so don't act like this was such a big design oversight and if Hydra didn't have a fighting chance against Huge why did Huge lose lol
When the only really feasible thing to hit is a thin ass tire then no, its not cowardly. If huge had a good design by being tall, hydra had a good counter by not letting him play. What a braindead sentiment that people have, thinking hydra was in the wrong
HUGE finally meet his match, *W I D E*
That's what she said.
No, this was debatably Hydra messing with the rules. I'm not sure that cow catcher of theirs legitimately counts as a weapon since it doesn't appear to have any movable parts. I'd need the rulebook Battlebots was using to be sure, but a raw pushbot isn't allowed, it's gotta have some moving part that functions as a weapon.
The real HUGE vs. WIDE fight happened with Smeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee(...) I believe they had a matchup, and I'm honestly not sure who won.
@@harleymitchelly5542 It's definitely not against the rules otherwise they would have had some reprocussions like when Complete Control put the net on Ghost Raptor in one of the earlier seasons.
And I'm almost certain they didn't fight because Smeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee is a rookie and there were 3 pre-tournament matches for each bot, and I specifically remember Huge fought Mammoth, Hydra, and Kraken.
@@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569 I don't think it was this season. I'm fairly sure it happened at some point though, I can recall those two going at it in a "freak fight."
The problem, and it really does come down to what the rulebook actually is because I've seen citations of the rules in comments sections, is whether or not Hydra's cow catcher counts as a weapon. I thought all bots needed a weapon, and that a weapon only counts if it can do damage independent of the bot's motion. Unless Hydra's got something moving on it, its status as a weapon is under question.
Of course... all that is predicated on me thinking of the applicable set of rules, which I don't know if I'm applying or not.
@@harleymitchelly5542 The flipper is the weapon. The thing is that it didn't do any damage in the fight.
If I had to guess the reason they won the judges decision is that I think the small amount of damage that Huge took from the pulverizer was enough for 2 of the judges to justify giving Hydra at least 1 point for damage. And I'm pretty sure Huge didn't get any points for agression or control because frankly it wasn't allowed to do anything
The stoppable force vs the movable object
Yes
XD
Lmaoo...
The perfect description.
LMAO
"Mom, can we get Real Steel?"
"We have Real Steel at home."
Real Steel at home:
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don’t know what I just watched
But I gotta get some eye wash
OHHH I forgot about that movie
Real steel in my pants
I don't even think one them was made of steel.
Robot: Hydra
Strategy: T-Posing
Is asserting Dominance
Huge: You call this a diplomatic solution?
Hydra: No, I call it aggressive negotiations.
A star wars fan, you are
Ref: Where did he learn to negotiate like that?
A judge: I wonder.
👏👏👏
Def one of my favorite comments
It wasn’t the cow catcher that bothered me... it was the “I’m not touching him!” comment.
For real
Well, was he touching him?
Seriously, it wasnt the fact that he did it, it was his attitude about it. Hydra's driver just came off as a douche the entire time. Sure nothing he did was against the rules, but it felt unsportsmanlike.
it felt like he was stalling for time
@@criseist9786 huge has room to move so it’s not breaking the rules, if you have an opponent completely pinned (where they cannot move) you can only hold it for 30 seconds. Hydra had them boxed in but not pressing them against the wall constantly
Legend has it that its still ongoing without a clear winner.
It still is
I would say the purple would win. It had control over most of the later round and no clear sign of victory on either sign.
I'd give it to HUGE as it actually TRIED to fight
@@zachgilbert3815 it tried to, and got completely denied by the other bot that was in control most of the time and also got damage in by pushing huge into environment traps
@@zachgilbert3815 No way. That thing done nothing, it was getting completely overpowered by the other bot.
huge has been in a battle that's impossible to lose (huge vs moist pony)
and huge has also been in a battle impossible to win (here)
Without the attachment it would be impossible for Huge to lose
Hydra had to adapt or get destroyed.
Also Huge was fed their free win when they fought Kraken
Wdym? The Huge vs moist pony battle was a close and hard fought battle that honestly could have gone either way.
I have never heard of the bot “moist pony” and now I’m concerned
ah yes, the dark horse "moist pony"
@@Im-brain-dead-but “Moist Pony” was a force to be reckoned with, built by the one and only William Osman.
"Wedges are so boring!'
LMFAO
Storm II, Maximus: Are you sure about that?
alcoholic stepfather?
@@rafaelmoreno6331 cue The Steel Avenger being OOTA'd
Huge: We made a bot that's almost impossible to counter
Hydra: Have you seen my latest invention?
Behold! the bike rack!
@@aye_its_sparky7164 Fear my moving bicycle wheels!
Huge: makes a bot made specifically to counter low to the ground bots
Huge when someone builds a counter for them: When they’re ready for a real fight we’ll be waiting
I was thinking the same thing. Huge was the original cheap bs strategy, but everyone gives them a pass.
Turnabout is fair play.
Do you win a fight by standing on the other side of a door holding it closed
Ok, I think the problem isn't being built to counter Huge. The problem is they never actually let them fight. The 30-second pin rule exists for a reason, and I don't think Hydra should've gotten away with the "I'm not touching you" bit.
@@Zander2212 They weren't pinning them though. Literally any other bot including Mammoth could've done something to fight back with that same amount of space. Huge is specifically designed with it's large size to make it difficult to target, well, this time that design screwed them. Too bad for them.
@@docholliday7408 Hey, I would've been just fine if they pinned, released, and pinned again. My problem is that they never really released. They got close enough to the corner to trap huge, and never let up. Notice how most dominant pusher/control bots will pin an opponent for most of a match, but the opponent still gets some chances to run around. My issue isn't the modification, just the way it was used, combined with his attitude.
If you combined those bots you’d have a wheelchair
I mean you're not wrong
Hydra: COME AT ME BRO
People in 5 years be seeing this in their reccomended and I just wanna say that I saw this video when it came out.
M e too
Boi
Me too
ey i want in on that claim
Same
"Let the bot BATTLE begin!"
Yeah, sure.
More like bot bruhtle?
This actually got me a little mad when I first saw it. Hydra didn’t really do anything wrong but it didn’t feel like they were honoring the sport.
It was very unsportsmanlike. This isn't what the competition is. Hydra has no real weapon, just a bit designed for a loophole in the sport: "Let's flip bots out of the ring!" No. Just. Go home.
At the same time, how is Hydra supposed to flip Huge? In my opinion, this was a perfectly reasonable solution. They ran the risk of losing a judge's decision for aggression and damage.
@@Cicada3773 hey now, don't diss flippers. Bronco is an amazing robot. Just Hydra's driver is a bit of a prick.
@@Cicada3773 "no real weapon"
Yeah, It just launches 250 lb bots 10 feet in the air repeatedly until they fall apart. Not a real weapon though.
Meanwhile, a bot like Tantrum is a glorified push-bot with a fidget spinner attached to fulfill the minimim requirement of a primary weapon, and nobody complains despite the fact that it is designed specifically for judges decisions.
@@PandaFan2443 This. The main point of HUGE's design is literally built for timeouts did they not have a vertical spinner, because of their absurd chassis height and ability for their wheels to take a beating. Flipper bots are basically fucked if they aren't Bronco and launch their whole body into the air to hit HUGE, and even then the wheels take most of the impact on landing. Hydra played it the only way they could, and simultaneously the most effective way they could because of HUGE's design oversight. Comparing it to Gabriel in Robot Wars, Gabriel could at least never worry about not being able to attack because it was a thwackbot with a long ass arm. Granted, it was arbitrary attacks, but it still helps in judges decision, the point of the design.
The hydra team:”ok so basically we hug them into submission”
The Huge team:”listen here you little shit”
Don't worry. Hydra got its ass kicked by whiplash in the quarter finals
karma is real
What goes around
Such a satisfying ass kicking. I don't hate hydra but the driver is a douche. I felt bad for Huge during this fight here.
Thank god
Ass kicked? Hardly. Whiplash and Hydra went around in circles, hardly doing damage to each other, if any. Whiplash won based on better traction allowing it to push Hydra better. That's all. The only damage suffered was a few little wedglettes came off of Hydra. Whiplash's fights that night were boring as hell until End Game literally kicked them out of the arena.
The funny thing is that huge's design is basically focused 100 % on endurance and resistance, and its able to struggle agaist the best there are. Its silly design strikes to me as a very clever one, following the game rules in a way no one seemed to have realized.
I don't get it.. how exactly does 2 wheels with twin propellers in the middle help them? Unless I'm missing something here.
@@WiseFatOwl you should see "Huge BattleBots" fights in previous seasons
@@CrewDrastically I take it that this "huge" bot has an impressive win record
@@WiseFatOwl huge is made for timeouts, its wheels are very hard to break and 99% of bots cant really touch the center, but its main weapon also doesnt really have much reach, hyra took advange of this by being able to just push the wheels instead of fighting it.
It isn't clever. It's braindead and has been used by other bots in the past, it's just copy paste with a spinner. Is the tournament was actually random Huge wouldn't win very many fights because he would get matches against a lot of bots that could destroy his wheels
Like being caught between a sponge and a soft place.
I hated this “fight” so much
r/mildlyinfuriating
Same with rotator vs beta
@@eekajmoneybaby9309 Nah, Rotator vs Beta was awesome. Beta smashed Rotator into every wall and kept risking damage by ramming them. They didn't pin them in one spot for the entire match and pretend it was a good fight.
@@Dragonite_Knight both sucked, but at least in beta v rotator rotator broke the hammer
I loved seeing this happen to Huge, it's poorly designed and the driver is braindead. He relies on his bot being mostly untouchable and just points the weapon at things in hopes. You love to see it.
My whole family screamed in joy when hydra lost to whiplash
Weirdos. Hydra is an amazing bot, Huge is a braindead bot. Our entire family was laughing our asses seeing spinners get mad about not being able to be braindead
@@techbeef hydra is an amazing bot but how in any way is huge “brain dead”
This is what we call a “hard counter”
Tombstone would’ve annihilated both of em in a 2v1
Yeah, well most horizontal spinners would annihilate Huge. That's the inherent cost of those wheels.
No shit..
This is like when you speck all of your stats JUST to counter the one possibility of an enemy like HUGE
Quite possibly the worst "fight" I've ever seen. Hyrda was so terrified of Huge that they chose not to fight. Boring, stupid...a total waste of time.
Indeed, I have no idea why the even allowed that. Hydra just chickened out like a little bitch.
Totally
Hydra isn't designed to fight a bot so far off the ground like Huge
It's the fault of whoever was selecting the matches imo
I am sure a lot of bots are not designed to fight huge, even mammoth is an oddball, I think making attachments like the one hydra used shouldn't be allowed. Minor stuff like the cross bar on copper head or small guards/deflectors are ok. But to completely avoid a fight like they did is just stupid.
@@Dragon-Zero365 What was Hydra supposed to do? They can't flip any part of the bot but the wheels, and that's impractical. In my opinion, this is one of Huge's design flaws.
This was hilarious. Just... Pain
I remember that fight, I was even *yelling* at the screen for how annoyed I was lmao, now hydra is even top seed in the tournament. Very undeserved top seed if you ask me
The white one looks angry af so purple just want to hug him .
The bot literally just T-Posed its way to victory.
Like Saitama in Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Report issue: “Unbalanced matchmaking”
If anyone isn't aware, hydra specifically equipped that corral bar for this fight alone, they're usually just a wedge bot, HUGE should've made it to the final 32 imo
Can you tell me about the tournament you saw because I remember Huge being in the top 32
@@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569 - Lol it was a replay of last year so it's very forgettable!
@@mr8I7 No this fight happened this year, Huge was able to make top 32 which is why I'm greatly questioning this guy's comment
Top tier meme. The Benny Hill music really seals the deal 🤣🤣
what
I literally just watched this on demand a week back. You’re on to me...
INCREDIBLE DRIVING FROM JAKE EWERT!!!!
When you try to win the game without killing but everyone gets upset.
They do call it battle bots, so you kind of expect a battle and not a guy standing behind a door and calling it a strat
Pacquiao v. Mayweather (2015, colorized)
Whole lotta running and hugging, no knockouts
I'm still mad about that fight. I remember my dad was hyping up that fight and woke me up out of bed to find a live stream for him and that was what I got to watch.
NOW HUG ME BROTHER!
Magnus the Red: STAY AWAY FROM ME, VULCAN!!!
Good to see that, Hydra didn't make the same mistake as its father Bronco
Imagine buying a ticket just to watch this
Honestly if I saw this live I'd be laughing and cheering so hard
I would love to see this live, Huge's driver is a douche with a braindead, copy paste strategy. He's just mad that his opponent wasn't also braindead
When Jake said he “didn’t need to move anymore,” the ref should’ve started a countdown
These two look like they should be one bot instead of being separate
I seem to remember there was this one that looked like a wooly dog and it just caught on fire immediately
Nobody:
The guy who keeps hitting on the same girl who said no
Outstretched arms vs. Wheelchair with no chair
Oh god im waiting for a bot to kick hydras ass so badly
It happened last night
Minotaur last season. Only bot to KO Hydra.
Whiplash did more than kick hydra's ass, left a boot in there
He's using the T-pose to assert dominance on his opponent. Genius!
A lot of people complaining about hydra being a coward. I will say this though, if you manage to find your opponent's glaring weakness, you'd be a fool not to take advantage. So the question you'd have to ask yourself is, would you rather be a coward or a fool?
I mean, if you’re not going to win by damage, then focus on Aggression and Control. And Hydra Controlled the fight and for aggression, I can give a Sceptical 1 or 2 points for Hydra.
It’s not about playing your game. It’s about keeping the opponent from playing theirs.
I think this is the first time I've seen a clip of battlebot battle where neither of the robots were destroyed
This is like fighting SpongeBob, he can't defeat you but you can't defeat him either
This fight was what made me root against Hydra for the rest of the season
Same
Opposite for me. It showed Jake had the win at all cost mentality which is essential if you're running a bot that's not a spinner and want to be truly competitive.
I'm a bit gutted he didn't make it a bit further to be honest.
@@mr8I7 Exactly. What else was he supposed to do? Lose the match?
You rooted against the bot that reinvented flipper bots and made them not only viable again, but realistically a top contender for the nut, because they gave Huge a taste of their own cheap "judges decision" strategy?
That seems kinda petty.
@@whitworth5s248 Wdym petty? They come there to win. It was generally a good idea, they found a weakness and used it to there advantage I see no problem with it.
It's been a few days and BattleBots has taken over my life. Now I was to see a live match.
This was such a bullshit match because Hydra was not following the refs orders and the refs did nothing about it. Jake Ewert enjoys being the bad guy, but this was flagrant rule breaking.
They we're literally made for each other
"Literally"
it's only fair huge made their bot big to go against the meta.
now the meta is going against huge
When both challengers have 0 offensive power but there's still the need for one of em to lose
A fight so pathetic that they made a rule preventing this from happening again.
You have to wonder if future opponents of Huge will use a similar device to defeat it. Complain all you want about sportsmanship, but in Battlebots, it's all about WINNING. And winning is what Hydra did in this bout.
Battlebots definitely isn't all about winning imo. But with Hydra its a complicated one of a kind bot (hydraulic flipper) that is pretty fragile on top. This was the best way to not let the complicated hydraulics get destroyed in a match they didn't have to win.
Honestly I think Hydra would've taken a loss as long as they don't get too damaged.
Breaking the rule of pinning a bot and refs doing nothing and acting like what you did was somehow genius is why it got hate and why people cheered when hydra lost.
Robotics class expectation:
*literally any other match*
Robotics class reality:
Turns out that to counter a giant damage sponge you need a giant pushbot.
Most rage enduring fight I’ve ever seen. Lost a lot of respect of hydra and their team after this match
Coat hanger vs hoverboard (circa. 2017)
Mom: We have Real Steel at home
Real Steel at Home:
one made perfectly to push anything around and one made perfectly for being pushed around
The smartest and most nutless move by a battlebots contender is more like it.
Hug machine vs the back half of a tractor
FINALLY A WORTHY OPPONENT
OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY
Hot take: I LOVE how hydra played this fight. Came in with a good strategy and executed it perfectly. Pinned without pinning, used the hammers, etc. 100% deserved win
A lot of people don't realize the risk that Jake took in this fight. If HUGE caught an edge on that "bike rack" *once*, Hydra could have very well been tossed upside-down, and with the attachment completely covering their flipper, they would have been KO'd.
@@co5micwaffle742 Not to mention ANY damage to Hydra could have cost them the match, since they can't deal any damage back.
Plus the producers knew damn well hydra wasn't going to flip huge. They set up this match as a squash and got BTFO'd by brilliant strategy.
When there's a fight between the supports of both teams
this is not what battlebots is about. this was a cheap, cowardly move on hydra's part. he didnt even want to TRY fighting, he took the easy way out; glad whiplash took jake out before his ego could grow any more
He spent all his skill points in THICC - NESS
hydra did not deserve to be the number one seed
It looks like a shepherd trying to put his 1 cow in a pen lmao
its like when some short toddler is trying to tackle you and all you have to do is put your hand out and hold them by the forehead and keep them at a distance
Dad: whats ur fav sports?
Me:
What was the white wheels guy's plan, if it didn't have any forms of attack? "The eyes will scare the opponent so much that he'll quit!"
It's meant to counter small, low to the ground bots, using the back prongs to deal damage.
Edit: Not the prongs, there's a spinning thing in the middle of the wheels between the eyes, I didn't notice.
@@CyrusLagom ah, ok. Thx for the clarification
“Hey let’s fight with a dumbbell”
i was here before they kissed
This is what I see when I watch Full Contact
They literally built that robot to pin its opponents down to get the technical KO 😂
The fact that he talked back to the ref instead of obeying the ref's order to move back should've disqualified him.
I’d love to see nightmare split huge in 2
Bro what is this? I'm pretty sure I could have thrown hands with those bots and won
Hydra made the bar specifically for Huge. Hydra was the number one seed this year because it is a flipper bot. It has a wedge designed to flip bots out of the ring. However, they got matched up against Huge, the only bot that their flipper doesn't work against, so they went with this strategy.
Those are 250 lbs hunks of steel and titanium, one with a bar 30 pounds going at 250mph, the other a flipper capable of throwing an ATV 6ft in the air. I’m sure you have mean right hook but naw. This fight was just a loop hole in the rules being exploited for three minutes.
Have fun getting neutered by a vertical spinner.
Hydra: hides like a bitch behind their bike rack to "beat" Huge
Whiplash: actually fights Huge and wins
Whiplash: wrecks Hydra
They should have won, so cowardly
cope
Why? Because they were put up against a bot that their weapon is useless against? Hydra greatly out drove them because if Huge approached at the wrong angle then the cow catcher would have gotten destroyed.
Hydra deserved the win because they had to go into the match with a different game plan than what they're used to.
@@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569 Bronco could flip Huge, they were very competitive in that match and it was quite entertaining. Unless Hydra is actually not better than Bronco like people are always going on about. It isn't like Jake wasn't aware that Huge existed and didn't have time to plan for this when designing Hydra. #1 seed should be able to show that they have a FIGHTING chance against anyone. Hydra didn't do that.
@@sirius940 What Bronco did didn't work so don't act like it would be a logical choice for Hydra to do the same.
I'm not sure if this was their design philosophy, but I'm pretty sure Hydra is meant to be as low to the ground as possible and flip their opponent solely on the fact that the opponent has no choice but to drive on top of Hydra. Huge is ONE bot that this design doesn't work against so don't act like this was such a big design oversight
and if Hydra didn't have a fighting chance against Huge why did Huge lose lol
When the only really feasible thing to hit is a thin ass tire then no, its not cowardly. If huge had a good design by being tall, hydra had a good counter by not letting him play. What a braindead sentiment that people have, thinking hydra was in the wrong
You guys could learn a thing or two from the British series Robot Wars. They have house bots in the corners and pits for situations like this.
The best part was The Owner of the 2 wheeler is actually pretty smart. But didn’t Have enough power to tip the other not over.
Karma eventually came back because Hydra would eventually go on to lose and much deserved. That’s what it gets for pulling this stunt.
Razer vs tornado vibes.
A great robot vs something that shouldn't have been allowed
The future robots will look back at this as slavery
When only the supports remain after the fight
they should have got the knife wielding tentacle and put it on wheels, bobody can predigt that movement
Huge has to be one of the more ridiculous looking bots I’ve seen, but if it works who am I to argue.
A pair of wheels? Really....?
What's he gonna do, roll the opponent to death?
Huge has a bar spinner in the middle
Feels like watching a football match.
Wheels are compensating for something
I feel like Hydra was made with the sole intent of bullying Huge.
As someone who knows nothing about battlebots and randomly clicked on this video in my recommended which one is the outrageous one
They were perfectly made to counteract each other’s strengths, not to attack their weaknesses
Genuinely looks like they’re doing the waltz or something lol