Angry Goat Robotics is a fantasy robotics team lead by Me, Gabe. That's right, I spend my free time pretending I have the money and ability to build combat robots. It came into being in early September, and has been not overly terrible ever since. The team's creator enjoys naming his robots after various mythological goat-esque creatures. everyone needs a theme, right?
Currently a relatively short history:[]
Gabe was drawn into fantasy combat robotics by the /r/Hammerfall Robotics Competition, in which his first robot, Chimera was entered. It was... okay... overall, making up for its design flaws with good strategy. Excited by moderate early-on success, he decided to enter in Ruination: the Contagion. as it turns out, some of the team's designs weren't exactly terrible, with Cuddle Time! making the Lightweight Finals.
Angry Goat Robotics is currently entered in FRR: Backlash with Venice Queen, Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, Chimera V2, and Khnum. Other than Chimera bringing the whole team down (at 7-4 :v ), all robots held the same 9-2 record going into the knockout rounds.
Robots![]
Overall record (Reddit tournaments included): 116-52
Hobbyweight:[]
Buzzkill: (5-1) - Bot-O-Rama 2016
Featherweight:[]
Oh geeze I'm terribly sorry I didnt mean to flip your robot over: (5-1) - Bot-O-Rama 2016
Xerxes: (6-1) - Cherry Bomb Classic
Ghuleh: (0-0) - R.O.B.O.T.S.
Basilisk: (2-2) - Bot-O-Rama 2016 (as Wyvern)
Sportsman:[]
Wyvern: (2-2) - Bot-O-Rama 2016
Lightweights:[]
Cuddle Time!: (11-5) - Ruination: The Contagion - Ruination: The Upheaval
Venice Queen: (12-2) - FRR: Backlash
Captain Trips: (6-1) - Ruination Lite: The SwitcherTWO - Cherry Bomb Classic
Endless Clowns: (3-1) - Robot Bastards 2
Banebdjedet: (0-0) - ARC Vexed
Shrapnel Cannon: (0-0) - ARC Vexed
Middleweights:[]
Glass Cannon: (7-6) - Ruination: The Contagion - Ruination Lite: The SwitcherTWO
Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr: (9-3) - FRR: Backlash
Heidrun: (3-1) - Robot Bastards 2
Visual Assault: (5-2) - Cherry Bomb Classic
Ritual: (4-0) - ARC Showbots
Glitch: (0-0) - R.O.B.O.T.S.
Spectral Pudding: (0-0) - Reserve
Heavyweights:[]
Chimera: (17-14) - Hammerfall - Ruination: The Contagion - FRR: Backlash - R.O.B.O.T.S.
MC Hammer: (0-0) - Ruination Lite: The SwitcherTWO
Flammenwerfer: (0-0) - Mech Mash
Hazardous Waste Removal: (4-6) - Pressure Drop - Robot Bastards 2
36: (4-2) - Cherry Bomb Classic
Zenith: (0-0) - Ruination: The Upheaval
Snuggles!: (0-0) - Reserve
Superheavyweights[]
Angry Goat: (6-7) - Ruination: The Contagion - Ruination Lite: The SwitcherTWO - Ruination: The Upheaval
Khnum: (9-3) - FRR: Backlash
Big Spoon!: (0-0) - Alternate
The 4 Elements: (4-2) - Cherry Bomb Classic
Accolades:[]
Ruination: The Contagion[]
Copperhead award (most aggressive bot): Angry Goat (In a 5-way tie)
Finalist (Lightweight): Cuddle Time!
Ruination Lite: the SwitcherTWO[]
Champion (Heavyweight): Chino (from Team 57)
Bot-o-Rama 2016[]
Champion (Hobbyweight): Buzzkill
Third Place (Featherweight): Oh Geeze I'm Terribly Sorry I Didn't Mean To Flip Your Robot Over
Rumble Winner (Hobbyweight, Sportsmanweight): Oh Geeze I'm Terribly Sorry I Didn't Mean To Flip Your Robot Over, Wyvern
Cherry Bomb Classic[]
Tag team champion (Featherweight): Xerxes, with The Monsterworks's Howler II
Spinner Savagery Victor: 36
Antimatter Horseshoe (Unluckiest exit): the 4 Elements
Finalist (Lightweight): Captain Trips
FRR: Backlash[]
Finalist (Lightweight): Venice Queen
Trivia/fun facts:[]
-Gabe only recently became a fan of combat robotics due to the new battlebots TV series.
-Angry Goat Robotics is goat themed because goats are fantastic animals, far superior to other farm herd animals, such as the llama or the sheep
-Both Cuddle Time! and Buzzkill have been extremely lucky robots, winning many close decisions, as well as beating many powerful horizontal spinners despite their low body armor. as they were both made within the same render, Gabe now considers that render to be of high luck.
-Thrice the bridesmaid in the Lightweight division, Angry Goat Robotics has suffered two of these defeats at the hand of Team Ignition.