Description

• Follow up
  • TheTrueCorrectGuy’s comment
    • Basically everything said in this comment is accurate
      • The difficulty of doing RTNCTI in a post-2019 world
      • Potential do-overs?
  • The Big Bot Quiz!
• RTNCTI
  • A reminder of the rules
  • This episode’s fixtures (no spoilers)
    • Big Nipper vs Parallax vs Crazy Coupe 88
    • Overhaul vs Mega Tento vs Bucktooth Burl
    • Ms Nightshade vs Crank-e vs SOW
    • Tauron vs TMHWK vs Dantomkia
    • The Four Horsemen vs Thor vs Rusty
  • !!!!!!VERY MILD SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!
    • Big Nipper vs Parallax vs Crazy Coupe 88
      • Big Nipper
        • Versioning?
          • Did we even make a decision about this?
          • Using the disc
        • Since recording, Ryan has learned that Big Nipper also had a third setup (a wedge) which production rejected
      • Parallax
        • A robot which was replaced by P1, and everybody was happy
        • Drum? Drisc? Saw? Wedge?
          • Our survey said: Drisc
            • But what would this be?
      • Crazy Coupe 88
        • Series 8 epitomised
    • Overhaul vs Mega Tento vs Bucktooth Burl
      • Overhaul
        • Versioning?
          • Sam takes the easy way out
        • A control bot in a spinner’s world
        • Before Fight Night, it could take 3 or 4 years to notch up 3 or 4 defeats, now a robot can do it in one season
      • Mega Tento
        • Moving the weapon was possibly more a response to the shell being able to block the weapon if it got broken
        • Tentomushi was a lightweight in Battlebots, but fought with middleweights in Robot Wars series 3
      • Bucktooth Burl
        • vs Chromefly
    • Ms Nightshade vs Crank-e vs SOW
      • Ms Nightshade
        • No
        • Breaking pre-fight
      • Crank-e
        • A better robot that it can be given credit for being?
          • Or entirely forgettable?
      • SOW
        • Energy
          • Regrets
      • The impact of the arena & house robots
    • Tauron vs TMHWK vs Dantomkia
      • Tauron
        • Monsoon, but not Monsoon. Very not
          • S9 Tauron is Monsoon crossed with a boat
        • Versioning: Series 10
      • TMHWK
        • Axes are silly
      • Dantomkia
        • A competent flipper
        • A reliable wedge?
    • The Four Horsemen vs Thor vs Rusty
      • The Four Horsemen
        • Arguing over names
        • Big Break - the snooker-based gameshow you never knew you wanted
      • Thor
        • A strong live event competitor
        • Versioning - Series 10
      • Rusty
        • Also there
      • The need to score points with judges
        • But which judges?