It would have to be over a few days. I've been to a smaller Battlebots like completion and it takes at least 30 to 45 minutes between bouts.
I think they are just playing up the "can you get your bot back together before the next round.
More fake drama:(
They need to learn all we want is robots fighting
On a panel on NerdHQ they said it took 3 days for the whole thing.
shareI'm pretty sure all of the qualifying matches were on the same day, and all of the top 16 matches on a separate day. You might have noticed that all of the hosts were wearing the same clothing for episodes 1-2, and a new set of clothing for episodes 3-4. They may have talked about tuning in next week, but that was just for show purposes.
Episodes 3-4 appear to have been the next day after episodes 1-2, as the bot builders were talking about having very limited time to bring their bots back up to fighting form after their fist round matches.
I'm really disappointed that so many of the robots were obviously broken.
The organizers did NOT give the builders enough time to repair their robots.
This is a major defect in the show.
I'm really disappointed that so many of the robots were obviously broken.
The organizers did NOT give the builders enough time to repair their robots.
This is a major defect in the show.
A week between rounds to allow bot builders to certainly better fix up their bots. I believe the entire series takes place over around four days, based on comments of time constraints to repair their bots between rounds. Time/travel could be another issue. If they stay in the local area with more time between rounds, they are away from work/school for a long time. If they travel back and forth you have high travel costs.
shareWell in Ghost Raptor's case the team neglecting to carry spares of its spinner helped because they were able to build more effective weapons for each match-up. Plan X was able to get repairs done to the ablative armour (the "titanium pillow") because they were able to get replacement parts on the day because all they needed was sheet aluminium and some rods to completely replace every piece that got trashed.
But the various engine issues and in some cases outright losses of pieces (I didn't pay attention for a part of the episode and suddenly Witchdoctor was missing its minibot for the next round, guess they didn't build spares like Warrior Clan.) definitely effected the outcome of multiple rounds.
The participants have other jobs in the real world. Granted, many do work in the robotics industry like Paul the owner of Bite Force. For others it is just a hobby. How many people can afford to take a month off from work, stay in the very expensive San Francisco area, while pumping money into a bot that may get destroyed.
If they started with more bots, I could see it going for a week, but with this number, a long weekend works.
Also, what do they get for winning? A giant nut as a trophy. Has money been mentioned? No. Paul got a half million for winning a NASA contest while a senior at WPI. If Battlebots offered that kind of money maybe they could stretch it over a few weeks.