Beyond The Battlebox

 Hello everyone and welcome to the first of many editions of Beyond The Battlebox, a satirical, sometimes funny, nevertimes serious review of all things robot combat. Whether it's Battlebots, Robot Wars, Robotica or whatever weird bullshit I find on the internet, I am on a never ending quest to watch it, make fun of it, then ramble about it for 24 paragraphs on this website before making you read it.  We start this off with the first episode of the first season of Battlebots on Comedy Central (oh boy), originally airing on August 23rd, 2000! Robot combat was very much starting to gain steam here, following 3 events in the mid 90s, as well as the Long Beach and Las Vegas events in 1999. So let's see how they were getting on 20 years ago. [Credit to the Combat Robot Archives on YouTube for providing the footage!] What in the hell have I gotten myself into?   Introduction To The Box  The show begins with a rundown of tonight's fight card, followed by the single most 200...