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BattleBots World Championship VII Match Schedule. Fights air every Thursday evening from Jan 1 – Apr 27 at 8pm ET on Discovery in the US (streaming on discovery+) The top 32 compete in the World Championship VII Tournament May 4th – May 25th (link contains spoilers)
The twelfth season of the American competitive television series BattleBots premiered on Discovery Channel on January 5, 2023. This is the fifth main-line season of Battlebots to premiere on Discovery Channel and the seventh main-line season since the show was rebooted in 2015; official material markets this season as World Championship VII .
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- Applicants
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- Trivia
- References
World Championship VIII (also known as Discovery Season 8 and the 2024 season) will be the upcoming eighth season of BattleBots since its return to television in 2015, and the sixth season since the Discovery network picked the show up from ABC.
In January 2023, BattleBots initially confirmed on their official website that they planned to film World Championship VIII in the summer of 2023 after the first wave of BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon live shows. In Episode 52 of the Outside of the Box podcast, co-creator and producer Greg Munson originally stated that attention would begin gearing towards filming for World Championship VIII around May. Trey Roski stated in a Skorpios Builder Blog episode that plans were to film in October 2023.
However, filming will take place later than the previous season due to the need for Koval Lane, the street on which Caesars Palace is located, to be reworked ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix race on November 16-18, 2023. At the Open Sauce event in July 2023, BattleBots co-founder Greg Munson confirmed that World Championship VIII would begin filming in early 2024. The BattleBots website was then updated to reflect this. Trey Roski set an estimated date of April 2024 for World Championship VIII filming in a November 2023 Skorpios Builder Blog episode, though the season has not yet been green-lit by Discovery.
The Fight Night format and Top 32 Giant Nut bracket are both expected to return for World Championship VIII. Tickets are not yet available for the competition, and it is not yet known when applications will be accepted. It is currently unknown whether a third season of BattleBots: Champions will be filmed concurrently with World Championship VIII.
Co-hosts Chris Rose, Kenny Florian, ring announcer Faruq Tauheed, judges Derek Young, Lisa Winter, Fon Davis, referees John Remar, David Sanfilippo, Kathryn Godfrey and Match Steward Mike Jeffries are all expected to return for World Championship VIII. Adam Wrigley is also expected to return for World Championship VIII not only as a competitor, but also as C.R.A.B. (Combat Robotics Association of BattleBots) president.
It was confirmed that the banners featuring past BattleBots champions will return, and SawBlaze's banner will be revealed.
Code of Conduct
Though not yet confirmed, Greg Munson revealed in a March 2023 RoboCast episode that the idea of penalties to punish teams thought to be showcasing poor sportsmanship has been considered. He also stated that an official Code of Conduct was being written as a collaboration between Match Steward Mike Jeffries and C.R.A.B. (Combat Robotics Association of BattleBots) president Adam Wrigley. It will serve as a 'pledge' for competing teams to abide by ahead of the World Championship season. crew welding the floor.
Changes to the BattleBox
In September 2023, Munson stated changes to the BattleBox would solely concern safety and maintenance ahead of the season, and the arena would receive no new or removed hazards. This includes the Upper Deck, which has had mixed receptions since its introduction in 2021. The BattleBox floor has been welded across its seams in an attempt to remove as many catch points as possible. This change began in mid-November 2023, as seen in Facebook post by BattleBots and was in effect for the December 2023 BattleBots Proving Ground fights between Magnitude and HyperShock.
Meltybrain Designs
producers have liaised with Team LiftOff, who entered Daedalus and Icarus into World Championship VII, over stipulations for allowing meltybrain designs into a regular season. According to Greg Munson, the team plan to bring a heavyweight meltybrain multibot into BattleBots Proving Ground called Red and Blue.
Accepted Applicants
Robots and teams who have been informally 'accepted' for World Championship VIII.
Confirmed Applicants
Robots and teams which have confirmed their submissions and applications to World Championship VIII, and are awaiting acceptance or rejection.
Rumored Applicants
Robots and teams whose intention to compete in World Championship VIII has been either stated or heavily inferred in the way of design developments or comments from team members.
•World Championship VIII FAQ on Reddit
•The eighth reboot season of BattleBots will mark the longest stint of a robot combat show in the sport's history, eclipsing the original five televised Comedy Central BattleBots seasons, as well as the seven main series of the original UK Robot Wars before their respective cancelations.
•Although there was no 2017 BattleBots season, the production team remained the same between 2016 and 2018, with Discovery simply adopting the show from ABC in the same year it was dropped.
•Additionally, World Championship VIII will be the sixth BattleBots season in a row to air on the same network, surpassing the number of seasons aired during the original Comedy Central run.
•World Championship VIII will become the second reboot BattleBots season to not be filmed the very next year after the previous season. The first time was World Championship III when it was filmed in 2018 instead of 2017 after the 2016 season.
These are the next generation robots from all corners of the globe trading blows to reign supreme. Watch BattleBots on Discovery or stream full episodes with discovery+.
Discovery Channel. Reality, Science, Family. TVPG. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Each match consists of two robots competing in a single, three-minute bout in which the goal is to destroy or disable...
Ten of the twelve fights were publicly confirmed on the BattleBots website on November 10, 2023, ahead of their public release on November 25. Two, known to be DOOM vs. Samurai and Banshee vs. Horizon, have been omitted for unknown reasons.
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