Description

• Follow up
  • Battlebots’ Top 10 “Moments” of 2019
    • What is a ‘moment’?
    • What is a ‘marketing’?
    • Norwalk Havoc
      • Yes, Ryan has chosen the stream where they had some technical issues
      • Fights are 3 minutes + a potential encore, not 2 minutes
    • BBB Beetle Champs 2020 (SXS)
    • Top Four
    • Robot or Not
  • Bucktooth Burl vs Skorpios vs Deathroll
• RTNCTI
  • A reminder of the rules
  • This episode’s fixtures (no spoilers)
    • Thermidor 2 vs Chompalot vs Subzero
    • Vulture vs Foxic vs Trolley Rage
    • Bale Spear vs Bucky the Robot vs Captain Shrederator
    • Wyrm vs Donald Thump vs HUGE
  • !!!!!!VERY MILD SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!
    • Thermidor 2 vs Chompalot vs Subzero
      • Thermidor 2
        • Series 8 version
        • Did Thermidor 2 ‘break down’?
      • Chompalot
        • Wins that don’t count, losses that count double
          • Chompalot seems to be smoking before Shunt hits it
      • Subzero
        • Old Subzero, but not the really old Subzero which won a championship
        • Durable? Yes. Effective? No
      • Doing the research we should have done beforehand
        • And not getting the answers we want
    • Vulture vs Foxic vs Trolley Rage
      • Vulture
        • The first overhead spinner thing?
          • MegatRON is a featherweight version of a much older Jamison GO beetle (RON), but this seems to have been a saw.
      • Foxic
        • We all knew this day had to come
        • A genuinely beautiful robot we want to see do well
      • Troley Rage
        • Finding out live event records
          • Overall, Team Spinnerproof currently have a record of 5-9 in competetive fights (ignoring large melees):
            • Hello There: 0-5
            • Kylo Wen: 2-2
            • Tropical Storm Phil: 3-2
      • How well do these robots work?
        • We have seen S8 Foxic’s weapon work, but not S9
        • Can Trolley Rage self right?
    • Bale Spear vs Bucky the Robot vs Captain Shrederator
      • Bale Spear
        • A vast array of wheels
      • Bucky the Robot
        • Wej
      • Captain Shrederator
        • Versioning: Slanty shell and Spiky shell
    • Wyrm vs Donald Thump vs HUGE
      • Wyrm
        • Wej, but bad
      • Donald Thump
        • It may or may not work
      • HUGE
        • An absolute JD machine
• The upcoming round of 64:
  • Tauron vs Cobalt
  • Valkyrie vs Orte
  • Concussion (S10) vs Lockjaw (2018)
  • HUGE vs The Kegs
  • Escape Velocity vs The Ringmaster
  • Death Roll vs Apollo (S9)
  • Red Devil (2018) vs Ironside 3 (S9)
  • Kraken vs Big Nipper
  • Chomp vs WAR Hawk
  • Lycan vs TR2
  • Tombstone vs Reality
  • Monsoon vs Captain Shrederator
  • Overhaul vs Bronco
  • Basilisk vs Whiplash
  • Expulsion (S10) vs Carbide (S10)
  • Supernova (S9) vs Eruption (S10)
  • PP3D vs Nuts 2 (S10)
  • The Four Horsemen vs Sharkoprion
  • Overdrive (2015) vs Beast
  • Minotaur (2018) vs Brutus (2016)
  • Vulture vs Iron-Awe 6
  • RAPID (S10) vs Subzero
  • Invader vs Witch Doctor (2018)
  • Razorback (2016) vs Complete Control (2016)
  • Magnetar vs Hypothermia
  • Cherub vs Beta
  • Double Jeopardy vs DUCK!
  • Crushtacean vs SOW
  • Biteforce (2018) vs Plan X
  • Photon Storm vs RotatoR
  • Storm 2 vs Sabretooth (S9)
  • Free Shipping vs Bombshell (2016)