Description

• Follow up
  • SpaceX
    • Impact of Government shutdown less severe than we assumed
      • Plus that’s over…for now…
    • Texas has a coastline.
    • Why Stainless for the Starship?
  • Bugglebots
    • Meltybrain build diary
    • Robot safety
      • Removable links, external switches, and internal switches all have their pros and cons
    • Kits: more than just the D2
      • Kinetic
      • Weta
      • Safety concerns re: kits with spinners
      • Viper (US Antweight)
      • Reddit comments: 1 & 2
        • The meta at various weight classes
• Bugglebots: The Grand Final
  • RumbleBee
    • Maximum Ogredrive da real MVP
  • =5th: SCD
    • An almost perfect performance
  • =5th: Rev 2
    • POWAAAAAAAAH
  • 4th: Snappy
    • Competetive uncompetetiveness
  • 3rd: Captain Doom
    • Top tier driving = podium places
  • 2nd: Limpet
    • The wedgiest wedge
  • 1st: K2
    • Triple threat: solid weapon, solid drivetrain, solid strategy.
• Bugglebots series review
  • Bugglebots was really good, somehow living up to the hype
  • Production
    • Superb camerawork and editing, particularly in fights
    • Excellent graphics
      • Minor greenscreen issues
    • Reasonably simple improvements to audio
      • Ryan keeps saying ‘condenser mic’ because he apparently forgot how to say the word ‘handheld’
      • “Audio is really important” - Two Podcasters, 2019
    • Possible tweaks to pacing
      • Fewer interviews?
        • Battlebots style overlay?
        • More BTS?
        • Judges’ segments
      • No set runtime
    • High-quality commentary
  • Competition format
    • Really effective heat format
      • Possibly needed explaining early on?
  • Robots
    • Variety of designs of robot
    • Variety of experience levels of teams
    • Possible seeding for Series 2?