Thrown Across the Arena! Black Dragon vs. Riptide! | Battlebots | Discovery

Black Dragon vs. Riptide full fight!
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Thrown Across the Arena! Black Dragon vs. Riptide! | Battlebots | Discovery

[bluecat]

Despite being a spinner Riptide is like the third best flipper in the sport. XD

[Genecaster]

The power and design of Riptide's spinner is so good. Notice they put almost all of the mass of the drum as far out toward the edge as possible, no reason to spin up mass in the center. I've not seen a single spinner as powerful as Riptide's. And, notice that the edge has a very deliberately designed profile. I think people have accused Riptide's team of cheating but I'm of the opinion that it's really just a great design. Not a lot of spinners have an almost completely open center. Again, this lets you put as much mass out where it is moving as fast as possible, giving the maximum amount of force, without wasting precious bot weight toward the center of the drum.

[RandomAxeOfKindness]

When you have a one-hit-destruction weapon, you just gotta hit first and keep hitting, and that's what won this bout real fast.

[HAHA.GoodMeme]

Faruk's intro for riptide was awesome. lmao

[Bears]

This match has so much passion. It brought a tear to my eye. Dragon had amazing sportsmanship and deserves the recognition they received from an amazing streak of wins.

Overall, it was an amazing and exciting match!

[BattlePark]

Riptide is just something else this season. It was already great when it was a newcomer in World Championship 6, but this year, it looks champion worthy!

[trainhuntersfamily]

The referee while counting out BD “I’ve waited a long time this I gotta finish it fast”.

[DMofDMs]

Riptide is a menace, for sure. The size and weight of that weapon is so hard to get around.
It just sucks that the team has all these questionable behaviors and a murky foundation to deal with.
I'm cool with a pro-wrestling style Heel, but the moment it becomes more than pageantry, it's a problem.

[thecars]

Riptide is well engineered and probably the next champ.

[usptact]

Black Dragon didn’t face the opponent just for a second in the very beginning and paid the price. Wish there was more destruction, smoke and fire!

[drecknathmagladery]

the judges have finaly said it riptide has joined the likes of ziggy and prime tombstone. as one of the most destructive bots in the sports history.
also you gotta love when the lights get destroyed. or really any part of the arena even if it means fixing something between fights

[ripemm]

Best part of these videos is the ability to just go straight to the fight

[jonathanf]

With the show hyping black dragon streak for so long, this was pretty much what we all expected to see

[man_in_space]

The emcee/announcer guy…he’s perfect for this.

[PercalTM]

I love Riptide. The diehard battle bots fans hate them but casuals love the destruction they make and want more.

[ExplosiveRobotics]

I knew Riptide would win this but I did not expect them to be so dominant

[rx]

Finally a fight where Riptide doesn't shred a bot to bits

[Cbcw]

Great match-up of two bots with such similar weapons. I think the first blow from either weapon could have yielded a KO. Black Dragon's strategy to run from a head-on confrontation and offer undefended flanks has a mankind-long history of failure. Maybe they'll learn - put yer best weapon forward - don't run, don't open up your flanks for a center position weapon.

[drunkmonkey]

Riptide’s weapon is incredibly powerful. I think having relatively low drivetrain is actually useful for them as it’s easier to have fine tuned movements and keep the bot in the direction it needs to be - they don’t need to outrun our out maneuver other bots, they simply need to face their weapon the direction of the other bot at all times.

[StormsOutdoors-geym]

Riptide is going to ride the wave of victory and riptide is my favorite machine