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Ginga Kikoutai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hEjVKlU_o8
The result of the first round of the Japan vs US Mecha Fight last night
Oct 18, 2017 3:15 AM
LaughingMan2Gig
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Ginga Kikoutai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hEjVKlU_o8
MKaiser
give it time, the US will turn them into giant masses of terror and destruction while japan uses them more practically for construction
Bolouko
Falcon Punch!
MigraMines
well they have to start somewhere i mean they did have a 4 foot chainsaw later in the match
orngeturtl
The reality seems more like a regular sized mech fight. I’m sure we’ll get there some day
HorsefaceBeeguy
This was the most anti climactic event I had ever seen.
Sirfistyass
You haven't seen me have the sex.
Mesmerizzle
Needs more Minovsky particles
dingoatemybaby88
But what is the first gif from? Inquiring minds must know.
LaughingMan2Gig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hEjVKlU_o8&t=29s
AtsaMattaForYou
ThatsPermanent
MechaShiva!
InfiniteGravy
The fights will always be fairly predictable/staged until pilot safety is more or less guaranteed. Alternative is remote control/automation.
BlackJesus1001
I doubt many real improvements will be made until they can actually test to destruction instead of just staging garbage fights.
DestroXAvalon
ONE PUNCH!!!!!!!
pronzpronzpronz
100 pushups, 100 situps, 100 squats robot
JoeBobBriggs
MKIII was the real show this was just for lols. Tore the red bot to pieces.
lightbuster
you people need to stop having high expectations
ignimbrite
MINOVSKY PARTICLES
OshyuOshyu18
I knew it wouldn't be like super amazing but by god am I excited to see where these go.
Jabberwotchi
If they keep up the fakeness not far....
luminousbeing
Watch the whole video. The other rounds with the other American bot are more fun.
LiveSoMuchEveryDay
They should have regulations so they both have similar stabilities so they can damage each other more without falling
eddiekwi
I don't even like mecha anime but aldnoah zero and eureka seven had some pretty cool fight scenes and story!
user843
"that one is for hiroshima"- red robo pilot
Solusphere
Does anyone else REALLY hope they make a remastered (NOT 3d) version of One Must Fall 2097 some day? Still the best robot tournament ever.
Zalminen
Agreed. It's also one of the few shareware games where I bought the full version.
thatcarguywithaZ32
I was hoping the Japanese bot would just clothsline the other bot.
EClaire1073
Me too. I think that would have been at least a little more entertaining than just being a battering ram.
Insomnia297
More force in a swing + run then just a run. Not to mention the leverage disadvantage.
dontrike
Honestly the red one was going to win anyways thanks to it having far more maneuverability.
jexsam
The fight against the newer American robot, Eagle Prime, was much better.
hakujoumuse
You mean a load of countering bullshit specifically against the Japanese mech.
ArnoldSchwarzeneggerLookingConcernedEatingASandwich
So Japan won then
mrteagle
They won round 1, but that was against the old US bot. Round 2/3 the newer bot crushed the JP one.
mdtrep
sevren77
Let's shoot a dogeball at it, that will work against an armored mech.
MrShikko
Dude in red kinda looks like Lawrence
DriftingSteps
lawdawg is da dawg
sennamaham
Lawrence would totally pilot the Japanese mech though.
HERBIVOREMUNCH
Is that 2016's quintessential gamer?
Imgonnatipyouwell
So weird to see him like this, I went to highschool with him.
zzztgot
jokerman77
Always upvote Lawrence/ Funhaus. ALWAYS.
AgentMongoose
Funhaus reaction gifs are on the rise INVEST NOW!
creativeusernamewastakenapparently
They call him Lawrence Sakamoto.
Bradadiah
Well excuuuuuse me, Princess. You do know that there's a whole host of incredibly complex engineering problems in the way of creating mechs?
VenserArtifice
I mean for starters, tanks are better. The one setting I found that justified bipedal mechs was Warhammer. 1.
VenserArtifice
Bipedal mechs were designed for the frontier, dual industrial/military usage specifically, during the dark age of technology. 2.
VenserArtifice
And considering they could have both tools and almost star-ship grade weaponry mounted on them... 3.
Bradadiah
Tanks are better if you're looking to see an actual combat operation. Giant robots are flashy and cool and fun to watch, which was the point
Ihavewaytoomanyfavoritestosort
That was round 1. Then we brought out the bot actually MADE to counter Kuratas and we WON!
msa011
"We"
Ihavewaytoomanyfavoritestosort
We being USA
MaddogExplosive
Eagle Prime was enormous, and Kuratas had only been customized to battle Iron Glory. Kuratas deserved that first fight.
MaddogExplosive
I agree with the Twitch commenters who said that there should be weight classes haha.
Ihavewaytoomanyfavoritestosort
Oh yeah it was a good fight all around from both of them.
petekron
I seriously don't know what you guys expected. This was the FIRST fight, just wait for a few more hundreds of fights and it will develop (1)
luminousbeing
That was just the first round. Round 2 was more exciting. They put on some theatrics for the final round. It was still fun.
Z0op
They installed friggin paintball guns on the silly thing. They themselves didnt expect anything from it either
TobiOfTheAkatsuki
Well, they can't use real bullets because people are inside them.
Z0op
I get that, but why put any of that crap on it in the first place?
AmIAUniquePersonality
We expected something that wasn't so grossly scripted.
turbulentlizard
I was just hoping it wouldn't turn into scripted 'murica garbage. Too much to ask.
CatBlaster5000
a shit load of brain cancer and cookies (2)
petekron
enough to be even more exciting. These things take time, don't expect to a fully developed AI-controlled robot to come out of nowhere (2)
petekron
and fight each other until one is shattered to pieces. (3/3)
superbadonkey
So were you driving the American or the Japanese robot?
Porecomesis
Feels like nobody understood this with UWM either.
suntzupup
i was excited. a mech had a giant chainsaw and was trying to cut into another mech. THERE ARE PEOPLE INSIDE!
scapegrace1998
I KNOW RIGHT!
LaughingMan2Gig
they need to have the pilots feel pain
snurx
Just get in the damn robot, shinji!
krapmyself
No. Because then the mechs would look like the michelin and stay puft marshmallow men and that would look stupid.
Peynus
He's referring to anime, where the pilot feels pain when the robot gets punched. It's great TV!
buggeredifiknow
I seem to remember that the pilots did feel pain.
SpecialProjectY
Think they had that in "Exosquad"?
GradiustheFox
I dunno. Remember Robot Wars? It got LESS interesting as the viable combat types were whittled down to like, what, three?
AmiEvilYet
Like think of Smash Bros. Invariably, there's 1-2 "absolute top tier" picks that establish themselves, but get banned. Promotes MORE choice.
AmiEvilYet
But if you keep banning down the list as things go without foresight, eventually you just end up with nothing left.
AmiEvilYet
That's because they kept banning shit. By removing options, they inadvertently created a metagame few competitive remaining choices.
ZZhillTopper
Razor was both the best & very unique.
Insomnia297
Unless you ban the boring shit ;-)
SwaghettiYologneseWithMemeballs
I expected it to be less staged than fucking WWE.
Kalriostraz
I'm so happy to find someone else who was thinking the same thing. All of my buddies loved it and I'm just sitting here like O.o The fuck?
Z0op
Really? Havent heard anyone who thought this was more than a staged, slow, overly american and lame event...
Kalriostraz
Well they're American so.... XD I feel it needed to be sold as a 'proof of concept' not trying to make it a tournament.
Z0op
As a proof of concept, imo, it failed. At least, no1 around me was like "id love to see more" next time theyll just ignore it
PaladinGreenjay
While i didnt expect THAT much, I was let down with the fight not being dynamic, like team USA didnt even try and move in round 1.
FerbErrger
The US robot only moved at 2.5 mph or something, with 40 hp.
RonSwansonsdad
I hope I don'd sound too dickish, but seemed semi-staged. Like censored live? kinda fishy. Still bad ass regardless.
EClaire1073
A lot of people in Twitch chat were saying it was recorded last month. I didn't want to believe them, but after the "interaction" with the
EClaire1073
commentators, I think they were right.
Racealistic
It was prerecorded because they did repairs and tuning in between rounds. The whole streamed match on twitch has been done in a few days.
superbadonkey
It looked very staged. The commentators reactions? The lighting rigs blasting out sparks? Lighting rigs don't spark like that when knocked.
GTVH
Thier first bot was a pita to operate. not surprised that was thee outcome. Give it time, this could be great. Besides, you can
GTVH
Only do so much with live people in these things. Thier safety is first. Make these things remote controlled, then you get your Carnage.
Reviire
Will need to become a lot more popular to justify the 1M+ price tags though. We can only hope.
delpharseven
Sorry folks, physics says mechs are *never* going to happen. Even if we ever have the technology to make them feasible, they will never 1/
delpharseven
be practical enough to justify their use. A tank will always have better armour/firepower/mobility/survivability to weight and cost. On 2/
delpharseven
the battlefield you want to be as small and mobile as possible. Don't have armour? Gotta go super mobile (helicopter). To heavy to fly? 3/
delpharseven
Shittonne of armour and keep yourself low (a lot of effort is put into keeping tanks squat). Need to crawl around on the ground? Tracks 4/
delpharseven
distribute your weight better than feet. There is zero advantage to being super-tall. 5/5
TallgeeseIV
I'll bet you're just the life of the party, aren't ya...
GadenKerensky
Power armour, on the other hand, is a little bit more possible. Also, Mechs for industrial use are much more likely.
treeburner000
Great argument on all points. I would say this is more tied to practicality and overall effectiveness rather than physics issues.
IWantToUseAHyphenInMyName
You'll notice that the comparison anime clip takes place in space though. Conventional tanks are not going to be well suited there either.
Soulsaretoomainstream
That was interesting but why you gotta crush my dreams?