Description

• Follow up
  • The Judges’ Guide has been published!
    • Check out exactly how badly Ryan explained many, many things
• Front matter
  • FRA Beetleweight Champs
    • We’ve been accepted
    • We’re trying a few new things inside Hello There!
    • Competetive Ryan?
• Battlebots
  • Episode 13
    • Free Shipping vs Railgun Max
      • “Eggbeater drum”
      • The Great Damage Debate pt.2
        • When does damage to a robot ≠ damage done by the opponent?
        • Sam and Ryan agree that the current application of the judging rules is unfairly biased against spinners
      • Lack of resolution in the scoring
      • Protecting the judges
        • A correct decision can still lead to the ‘wrong’ robot winning
    • Bronco vs Hydra
      • Bronco is better than 0-4
      • Tough matchups and a weird defeat
        • Bronco’s history against verts isn’t as bad as it may seem
          • Wins vs ’lesser’ verts: S1 Witch Doctor, Razorback, S3 Bombshell, a semi-functional Lockjaw, and WAR Hawk
          • Defeats to tougher verts: Minotaur, Whiplash, Biteforce, HUGE, re:MARS Witch Doctor.
        • Inertia Labs’ trademark style
      • BrONcO hAS To gO HydrAUlIc nOW!
  • Episode 14
    • A set of questionable matchups
      • And questionable selections
    • Valkyrie vs Quantum
      • Valkyrie’s mysterious 4th fight
      • Every crusher is a control bot
      • The Quantum/Spectre wedge
    • Hypershock vs HUGE
      • Rake: legitimate competitive addition or pure meme?
        • The can be no middle ground
      • HUGE’s excellent wheel design
    • RotatoR vs Blacksmith
      • Waiting for the count vs scoring more points
      • The Great Damage Debate pt.3
    • Cobalt vs Minotaur
      • No wedge = no hope?
      • Cobalt’s ridiculously durable weapon
      • An uncontentious JD?
  • Round of 16 seedings and matchups
    • They’re a tad strange
      • Why is Deathroll so low?
      • Why is Tombstone so high?
      • Why is HUGE so low?
    • Last season’s Desperado winner (Lockjaw) got 9th, not 8th
    • How much of this discussion is a result of confirmation bias? Probably more than we want it to be.