No, I don’t know where the “L” went in that acronym either my guess is Bezos was smart enough to know that “MLARS” isn’t as cool-sounding. “MARS” is an acronym that stands for “Machine Learning, Automation, Robotics, and Space”. Because let’s face it, of course he can afford to do that. I googled it and apparently re:MARS is the sister convention to MARS which is also an Amazon-sponsored event, something put on by Jeff Bezos himself. Smart readers know what the phrase “improving efficiency” is a codeword for. So yeah, it still takes “fuck you” levels of money to convince BattleBots to set their crap up and honestly I don’t blame them because once you realize just how many pieces there are in the Battlebox you’d probably agree with me when I say it’s something that I would personally set up with the hopes and intentions of never having to touch the goddamned thing again. Who’s running this convention, you might ask? Fucking Amazon. All so that a half-dozen or so robots could battle for 20 minutes and impress some dumb investors who only see things in terms of whether or not it can make them money.ġ8 years have passed since the last time BattleBots attended a trade show and to go along with the premiere of the 2019 season the company was invited to the re:MARS convention to hold a special exhibition event. That was 18 years ago and to give you an idea how rare these special events are it took Hasbro-levels of money for BattleBots to be able to justify transporting their giant goddamned arena, setting it up, testing everything, breaking it down, and then shipping it back to California when everything was over. The last time I can remember this happening was back in 2001 at a toy fair when Hasbro wanted to show off some of the sport’s stars when the original line of toys was coming out. Normally the only robot combat we see from BattleBots is a full proper season with a dozen or so episodes, however very rarely the BattleBots company will perform special events at trade shows. You guys know how I am, I gotta get into anything BattleBots-related and on the evening of June 6th we were treated to one of the most unique BattleBots shows I’ve ever seen.
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