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[Media]

We are going to get curb stomped. Japan will eat us alive

 

[Kthulhu]

Woah woah woah, there's a pilot inside it?! Surely there won't be during the actual fight, right?

Hell yeah there will.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

MURICA!!!!!!

FUCK YEA

 

[Budi]

Hell yeah there will.

Well god damn, I'll expect to see Johnny Sokko in one of these beasts!

This will be my battle music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfBxgPQvKrk

 

[Keasar]

What I am wishing for:

What we're probably getting:

 

[HStallion]

I hope no one is expecting anything anywhere in the same realm as this. They're basically construction equipment with paint ball guns attached.

 

[AAK]

So.... what are the rules of the duel?

 

[Hydrus]

What we're probably getting:

lmao

 

[Loxley]

Necrobump from hell. It's finally happening

It looks like America is sending ED-209 to fight a fucking Gundam XD

 

[adj_noun]

I suppose it's fitting that USAbot features a star spangled codpiece.

 

[Sunster]

Purely on aesthetics, of course. US one looks like your typical tanky mechwarrior robot. Ugly as sin but probably way more practical than the Japanese one that spent half it's design budget on shoulder pads.

I'm also disappointed that nobody has posted any 'robots falling down' gifs in this thread.

na It looks like if they actually fought it would easily tip over.

 

[Buckle]

Man...our robot looks like shit.

 

[Hickbilly Deluxe]

USA bot looks like it came from a future where cool superpower robots fight for freedom and shit

There is a movie based almost entirely on this from like the early 90s or something. It was fucking awful.

 

[The Omega Man]

The designers of the USA Robot should have consulted Anime Mecha experts, thank to their knowledge they already have assessed how the fight will go and USA Robot have a fatal design flaw and it will tip over, USA team should have battle tested this thing or hire an Anime expert.

 

[Principate]

As an Engineer and mecha anime fan, YAAAAAAAS. YAAAAAAS this will be a thing of beauty let's do this.

 

[Xe4]

If fighting robots ever do become a thing, the designs will look a whole hell of a lot closer to the USA's than Japan's, that's for sure.

Also, USA! USA! USA! USA!

 

[Leunam]

It looks like America is sending ED-209 to fight a fucking Gundam XD

I was going to say Mechwarrior versus a Zeon Federation Dom.

 

[bizzarewars]

I don't think I've ever been so excited for something.

G Gundam is finally happening irl. And just like G Gundam, America's gonna get bodied lmao.

Spoiler

Albeit the robots look way lamer, but hey that's expected.

 

[muteki]

No way America has a chance, the Japanese contender looks at least 3 times faster.

 

[KefkaPalazzo]

Admit it, everyone wants to see the Twitter shitstorm if Japan wins.

Especially from our tweeter-in-chief.

Quite the opposite, I want to see the salt when the American robot takes it.

 

[Robot Carnival]

No way America has a chance, the Japanese contender looks at least 3 times faster.

well, it IS red after all. I wish they had gone all in and put the antenna fin on it's head too.

 

[The Sum of Zero]

Quite the opposite, I want to see the salt when the American robot takes it.

Sounds like either way, there will be enough salt to sustain ourselves.

 

[WarRock]

Megabots is teasing a chainsaw on their twitter.

 

[Snaku]

Megabots is teasing a chainsaw on their twitter.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Secretly, I'm expecting this:

 

[Sephzilla]

Secretly, I'm expecting this:

now that's a shooter right there

 

[Umbooki]

American Chainsaws can't fuck with Gundanium alloy. We need that Martian tech.

 

[Akuun]

So.... what are the rules of the duel?

Three transformation sequences and three pilot hidden strength awakening moments allowed per side.

Seriously though, I'd like to know too. All I know is that it's fought with paintballs or something.

 

[PandaShake]

In the Reddit thread, an engineer from the megabot team gave an impromptu ama. The duel already happened about two weeks ago with little fanfare. The twitch steam will show the edited version of the fight because it took over three days.

 

[sixteen-bit]

In the Reddit thread, an engineer from the megabot team gave an impromptu ama. The duel already happened about two weeks ago with little fanfare. The twitch steam will show the edited version of the fight because it took over three days.

3 days? Lmao.

 

[The Omega Man]

In the Reddit thread, an engineer from the megabot team gave an impromptu ama. The duel already happened about two weeks ago with little fanfare. The twitch steam will show the edited version of the fight because it took over three days.

So who won?

 

[Toxi]

I don't think I've ever been so excited for something.

G Gundam is finally happening irl. And just like G Gundam, America's gonna get bodied lmao.

We should have had someone sing "America the beautiful".

 

[mike6467]

Not sure I can take this, it's world cup qualifying all over again.

 

[Pbae]

Three transformation sequences and three pilot hidden strength awakening moments allowed per side.

Seriously though, I'd like to know too. All I know is that it's fought with paintballs or something.

A sad shame we haven't been able to get the magical number 5 for optimal mecha synergy. Baby steps.

And they're not paintballs, they're Prefabricated Anti-Interception and Thermal Ballistics

 

[PandaShake]

So who won?

No one revealed, but I sift through the comments and it looks like engineer Tim is doing an AMA today at 2 pdt.

https://www.reddit.com/r/geek/comments/75wo7r/the_usa_japan_giant_robot_fight_is_happening_next/

 

[Keasar]

In the Reddit thread, an engineer from the megabot team gave an impromptu ama. The duel already happened about two weeks ago with little fanfare. The twitch steam will show the edited version of the fight because it took over three days.

3 days

What? We're REALLY quite a bit from the G-Gundam stage.

 

[Z3M0G]

WAT

subbed

 

[Snaku]

3 days? Did they stop and have picnics and shit?

 

[Einchy]

In the Reddit thread, an engineer from the megabot team gave an impromptu ama. The duel already happened about two weeks ago with little fanfare. The twitch steam will show the edited version of the fight because it took over three days.

Yeah, so this ended up being boring as hell like many expected.

 

[Mr. Smiley]

ONE HOUR LEFT

 

[Bob Coffee]

USA USA USA!

 

[Xe4]

Yall in this thread a bunch of Japan rooting commies!
America ain't ever lost no war, and we ain't loosin this!

 

[Gaius Cassius]

It looks like America is sending ED-209 to fight a fucking Gundam XD

Good. What is more American than ED-209?

 

[nintendoman58]

When is this fight and where can I watch it?

 

[Inukage]

Forgot this was actually happening, I hope the fight gets interrupted midway by a Kaiju assault.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Forgot this was actually happening, I hope the fight gets interrupted midway by a Kaiju assault.

Heck yeah. Then they team up and take it down?!

 

[Bob Coffee]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCg8yJGjrHA should be played pre fight.

 

[compo]

Holy tamoley! I almost forgot about this. It'll probably be disappointing, but I still support the concept.

 

[Imperfected]

The twitch steam will show the edited version of the fight because it took over three days.

So you're telling me it's a DBZ fight?

 

[Vincent Alexander]

So you're telling me it's a DBZ fight?

They probably had to edit out all the violence and gore. I'm guessing this thing is a bloodbath.