USA vs Japan

>>14437250
Megabots wussed out.

>>14437404
Kept the money too, didn't they?
Bastards.

>>14437250
>People thought this was gonna happen

T O P K E K

>>14437565
Some of us still dare to dream....

the mega tractor was just a joke

>>14437250

It turns out a couple of grunts with bigger mouths than brains who had to turn to crowdfunding weren't a match for a guy who built a company and then used that company to build a fucking robot.

so here's what we do
we make our own thing
then we make a public challenge to these guys
then we show up with our thing at their office that day and wreck shit with it until they send out a robot
then we wreck that too

Didn't this exact thread literally close 3-4 days ago?

Megabots didn't wuss out. They issued a challenge, and Suidobashi made demands for grounds to accept that challenge, thus meaning that shit would probably take longer to work out than initially expected.

Megabots pretty consistently keeps updates on their progress on their robot, so it's pretty easy to tell where they are in terms of progress. I don't know why people act like they took the money and disappeared from the face of the Earth.

This mostly just falls into the theory that people DESPERATELY want people who run kickstarter to be greedy, thieving fucks that never hold up to their promises, and will make any assumption necessary to hold up that narrative. Because people say that for EVERY kickstarter project that takes longer than expected - maybe because Kickstarters are typically run by amateurs trying to break into an industry who don't know what they're doing as well as they think they do?

But demonizing team America is getting old, honestly.

>>14438954
Either wat America us for winners

Military No1
GDP No1
Obesity to population ratio No1
Traffic accidents No1
Meth addiction AND production No1

Maybe the pussy fucks should just fuck off to Canada if they couldnt git er dun. Pathetic

>>14439225
Don't forget we produce %75 of all pills and drugs worldwide and we're the no.1 producer of porn worldwide

>>14438954
Personally I demonize them because they act like fags, their robot looks like shit, and they're getting other peoples' money in a way that seems more like begging than anything else. Fuck 'em, that isn't American.

>>14437866
This.

>>14437404
Not surprising if so. For one there'd be a shitload of safety regulations they'd have to follow which would possibly cost even more one and since you can't have a real fight go down without risking someone getting crushed to death they'd probably do some lame shit like hitting targets or racing instead.

>>14442271
They beg for money because they dont have the means to build a company without investors.

Funny thing is that that's a pretty common part of launching a business, and the free market that allows people to do that IS deeply American.

>>14445596
So the American way is to beg for money and then do nothing with it while pushing a glorified tractor as a return on an investment?

>>14445614
Yo know it baby, this country only exists because of that.

>>14445621
Well, that explains the way it is now.

>>14437866
This
All day, every day

>>14439225
We're no slouches in crime statistics and our life expectancy is supposed to shrink in a generation as well.

>>14437565
DREAMS COME TRUE SOMETIMES, ANON

j-just not this time!

>the idea of giant fighting robots being a sport was a nice thought, though

>>14445596
So they're using this event to build their own liuttle business? That makes them even bigger fags. Good to know.

I understand that the free market is something that very much relies on investment but this is pathetic.

>>14446318>>14445614

Proof that /m/ will hate anyone for any reason.

>No substantial evidence of where the money has gone aside from direct proof of commissioned upgrades from various companies and the obvious labor costs of 12+ people over a year.

>They must be just jacking off on a pile of cash because that's what anyone who runs a Kickstarter does

Because obviously people would put this much work into a scam for less than a million dollars in kickstarter money. Even if it's a shitty looking robot, it still takes a substantial effort to put something like that together. But /m/ will keep crying because the arms don't move and the paint job sucks.

Also, assuming the two CEOs didn't pay a cent to the 15+ people who have been employed under them for the past few years (which they would fucking have to), commissioning the track base/actuators, transportation, and advertising alone could cost any significant chunk of what they're earning.

So /m/ is basically insinuating that this much time and effort went into the most exhausting and least lucrative scam possible on kickstarter. Unless the implication is also that all the employees and investors were staged as well. Which is probably the most stupidly cynical assumption one could make upon seeing this.

If you want to be a cynical prick, as least be reasonable and assume that this is going to fall through for reasons outside of their control because of how ridiculously far-reaching the notion of a giant robot combat LEAGUE is, and stop this trend of making shit up about Kickstarter companies, or rather anyone that comes off as being a prick because of a stupid sense of humor.

>>14451311
>two people = /m/

I never even said this was a scam. Where are you pulling this from? I said I thought they were fags. What's the problem with that? Are you unhappy people dislike a team for being shitty in their view? Get your head out of your ass.

I don't like them because I dislike their attitude and practice, and their robot looks like shit to me. It's that simple. I could care less if it's a "scam".

>>14451311
>shit robot
>shit attitude
>apprently shit budget
>all at the same time
>WHY DO YOU HATE THEM YOU CYNICAL PRICK
Gee I don't know, maybe because they keep giving us reasons to hate them without fail?
>baseless assumption of a league ever happening
>/m/ is a hivemind and hates anything for any reason
(you)
>/m/ hates kickstarter
more like loud fucks with no self awareness using kickstarter

>>14451311
Suidobashi has actual, functioning units with professional-grade engineering and electronics, and they didn't need to beg people for it or act like loudmouthed douchebags.

The real answer is that Megabots not only fail as robot makers, but as business runners. They are a fucking disgrace.

>>14437715
you can dream but you can't make it into reality

>>14442271
>Fuck 'em, that isn't American.
That's pretty goy if you ask me

>>14451311
it's a tradition to hate everything in 4chan

protip: If the business was a good idea they'd be able to get a business loan.

American mech looks more practical than a fancy Japanese toylike thing. I doubt it's durability. I'm not an engeneer though. But Americans seems to have more real pros on their side.

>>14452439
pro means "person who gets paid as a profession"
not "person who begs for money"
even if you do it online that just makes you a hobo, not a pro

>>14452449
By 'pros' I mean guys from NASA and the chassis company. I don't understand your argumentation about 'begging online'. Governments do the same, they take our taxes and use them for certain goals. These guys made an offer for people who accept it on their own will. Fair.

>>14452314
This

>>14452474
>By 'pros' I mean guys from NASA and the chassis company.
a homeless guy who used to work at GM is still a homeless guy

>>14452552
What does this sentence have to do with the topic?

>>14452474
>Kikestarter begging is the same as taxation
Get this AnCap faggot out of here.

>>14452474
>begging is the same as taxation
go smoke more libertardian

>>14452439
How the FUCK does MegaToy look more practical than Kuratas
In what fucking world does plywood look like that
>It's thiccer
The machine you keep seeing them show is a goddamn toy, only Kuratas is feature complete and in production.

>>14452439
>more real pros on their side
ok racist junkyard fetishist back to /k/ with you

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>>14452671
>>14452680
>>14452763
>libertarian
>racist
>out
That's what a Russian gets when he cheers for Americans.

>>14452686
Megabot is unstable but Kuratas's splayed legs lacks protection. Damage the weels and it's done even if they cover the hydraulics. I'm not a mechanic, it's just an uneducated guess.

>>14452792
What are you even talking about? What fucking protection?

>>14452817
apparently Comrade Shillski thinks that the USA's pile of shit is going to do sniper shots and disable the something or other

>>14452439
>American mech looks more practical
>fancy Japanese toylike thing
here we go again with MUH REALISM and MUH PRACTICAL USE
The Kuratas was supposed to be a GIANT ROBOT, it's supposed to look cool, or toyish if you perfer, no one is delusional about the current Kuratas having combat capabilities. Then team murica showed up with a tractor with guns strapped onto it to challenge an art piece to a fight, wow such fucking pros amirite?

To put it in perspective, someone made a cool looking prop weapon for display/cosplay/fun, then a cunt with a wooden stick showed up to challenge him for a fight, and here you are, cheering for the cunt for how PRACTICAL he is.

If PRACTICAL is so damn important, why fucking bother with robots? Bring an armored vehicle, a tank, nuke them for the sake of it, big guns, fuck yeah, filthy japs go home and cry about WW2, murica number one, wo-fucking-ho.

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>>14453136
Don't forget how, generally speaking, "toyetic" robots tend to actually resemble hardware better than "realistic" robots do.

A Zaku is more comparable to a military vehicle than something like, say, the hardsuits from The Matrix. Most mecha designed here in the US with "realistic" in mind tend to add lots and lots of details and greebling or panel lines for design purposes, that is, they're made to look complex because people don't understand what actually goes on inside of the real deal. If they see a mass of metal and wires or surfaces and the like they think "oh, that's gotta be realistic, it looks so complex!". Meanwhile if you look at something like an actual jet or tank, you won't find too much of these exposed or highly textured bits and gubbins, as they detract from combat effectiveness. Plain and simple geometry and surfaces make better combat machines. Accessories like missile grills, optics, etc. don't count for much. On aircraft this is even more pronounced.

Obviously "super" robots are exempt from this. With those you can do whatever you like!

>>14452792
I feel like one of those bobcat mini loaders things could probably take both of them.

>>14452820
>ski
It's Polish.

>>14453136
>go home and cry about WW2, murica number one
Wow, you really hate USA so.

>>14452439
>American mech looks more practical
no it doesn't. It looks less practical, actually, what with the legs being just for show and adding unnecessary height that, due to its top heavy design, makes it look easy to knock over. Not to mention, the arms look completely useless

>>14445596
>and the free market that allows people to do that IS deeply American.

Bullshit, America's primarily trade policy for most of its history was to be one of the most rabidly protectionist economies on the face of the earth until well into the twentieth century. It was not until 1944, at the Bretton Woods economic summit in New Hampshire, that the U.S. (along with most other countries) finally committed itself to the principle of free trade. Prior to that, high tariffs were as American as apple pie, while free trade was something the hated British practiced.

>>14454156
Free trade and free market aren't really the same thing. I mean if you're crazy protectionist then you probably don't have a free market, but they are capable of co-existing.

>>14453622

dude Im america as fuck but you have to be a pretty huge cunt to challenge a robot that has smile powered arsenal to a fight

>>14453745
That's why they needed that company to rebuild the trucks.

>>14454209
Ha-ha, you're right. I'm just mocking BTW, I'm not from the USA but, you know, you often see how people mix their hate to government politics with regular people and even robots.

>>14452439
>looks more practical
If its as top heavy as it looks, its not. Unless they got a lot of its weight low(Which is unlikely), it'll probably flip the moment they hit a decent slope.


>>14452792
>Kuratas's splayed legs lacks protection.
The Megabot's track-legs don't have protection either.

>Damage the wheels
That's if they can fucking aim down low enough to even attempt to shoot it, or even lead the Kuratas while its rolling around

Kuratas is basically a slow car with a turret. I wonder when they'll get the legs to work.

>>14456263
Maybe they will start a crowdfunding campaign to buy this.

https://youtu.be/hz1qM_Htw_c

>>14459163
>America company buying Japanese made robotics to fight a Japanese robot
HAHAHAHA! Oh man, that'd be too great.

>>14459181
It's called globalization pal.
:^)

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They posted this three weeks ago, so I guess they're still working on it.

>>14437250
Japan wins

>>14459181
Well, I think it's Kuratas which would be investing in the gyroscope tech, not Megabots.

I'm wondering if you could lock the wheels and then just use it as a foot instead.