46: Fluid Ducts
February 10, 2019

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The lack of Battlebots has forced your hosts into a world of fantasy from which there is no return...

• Follow up
  • Sam has been reading about meltybrains
    • There was code, it was a special kind of code, Ryan should not be writing this note.
  • Links vs Switches: Redux. Switches bad, links good.
    • Switches don't always fail dangerous, but they're roughly as likely to fail dangerous as safe.
• Front matter
  • Battlebots season 4?
    • Probably. Very probably. But not definitely. Yet.
  • Bugglebots continues!
    • UK vs ROTW: 11th February 2019. AFTER the release of this episode!
• RTNCTI
  • The full rules and competitors
    • Have we missed any robots? If so, please tell us now so we can add them.
  • The very simplified rules:
    • Every robot we have official footage of competing in a reboot series of Robot Wars and Battlebots
    • Qualifying: 32 1v1s and 32 3-way melees, feeding into a 64 robot bracket
    • The result of every bout is decided by the roll of a die
  • !!SPOILERS BELOW!!
  • Expulsion vs Pulsar
    • Versions: Series 10 Expulsion, Series 9 Pulsar
      • S10 Expulsion did win some fights, but largely by default.
    • Expulsion wins
  • Androne 4000 vs Bombshell
    • Season 2 Bombshell with the horizontal bar
    • In the Robot Wars arena
    • Bombshell wins
  • Complete Control vs Overdozer
    • Season 2 Complete Control
    • Complete Control wins
  • Lockjaw vs Tracktion
    • Season 3 Lockjaw, running the spinner
    • Tracktion with Vulture's wedge
    • Lockjaw wins
  • Predator vs Beast
    • What is Predator?
    • Beast wins, despite a spirited Predator performance
  • Yeti vs Double Jeopardy
    • Double Jeopardy wins
  • Minotaur vs Blacksmith
    • Season 3 Blacksmith, with the forks
    • Minotaur wins
  • PP3D vs Chromefly
    • PP3D wins
  • Apex vs Invader
    • Invader wins
  • The Kegs vs Terror Turtle
    • Cloned drivers
    • Technically the team joined with the Bigger Brother team for The Grubs at KoB and the Four Horsemen at Battlebots, not The Swarm
    • The Kegs win
  • Stinger (TKB) vs Escape Velocity
    • Stinger with the wedge, Escape Velocity with the minibot
    • Escape Velocity wins
  • The Ringmaster vs Terrorhurtz
    • The Ringmaster wins
  • Lycan vs Mecha Rampage
    • Lycan wins
  • Devilled Egg vs Bronco
    • Bronco running whatever armour they like because this is still a 1-5
    • Bronco wins
  • Monsoon vs Ultimo Destructo
    • Season 3 Ultimo Destructo, running the horizontal spinner
    • Monsoon wins
  • Chomp vs Glitterbomb
    • Chomp wins
• Next episode:
  • Nuts vs ICEwave
  • Supernova vs Razer
  • Crushtacean vs Sweet Revenge
  • Kraken vs Draven
  • Mohawk vs Sharkoprion
  • Whiplash vs Obwalden Overlord
  • The Disk O' Inferno vs Rotator
  • Poison Arrow vs Photon Storm
  • Coyote vs Beta
  • Ghost Raptor vs TR2
  • Frostbite vs Razorback
  • Cobra vs Apollo
  • Aftershock vs Ironside 3
  • Or Te vs Kan-Opener
  • Sabretooth vs Wrecks
  • Plan X vs M.R. Speed Squared
• The rest of the round (episodes 3 and 4)
  • Heavy Metal vs Chimera vs Free Shipping
  • Hypothermia vs Apocalypse vs Hypershock
  • Axe Backwards vs Warrior Clan vs DUCK!
  • Red Devil vs Tantrum vs Battle Royale With Cheese
  • Iron-Awe 6 vs Bonk vs Infernal Contraption
  • Meggamouse vs Valkyrie vs Jellyfish
  • Skorpios vs Behemoth vs Biteforce
  • The General vs Radioactive vs Concussion
  • The Swarm vs Deathroll vs Gemini
  • Kill-E-Krank-E vs Gigabyte vs RAPID
  • Moebius vs Brutus vs Petunia
  • Gabriel vs Storm 2 vs Tough as Nails
  • Push to Exit vs Overdrive vs Hobgoblin
  • Gamma 9 vs WAR Hawk vs Nightmare
  • Bad Kitty vs Cherub vs Ultraviolent
  • Counter Revolution vs Sweeney Todd vs Cobalt
  • Carbide vs DisConstructer vs King B Remix
  • End Game vs Eruption vs SawBlaze
  • High-5 vs Reality vs Splatter
  • Witch Doctor vs Lucky vs Shockwave
  • Vanquish vs Basilisk vs Black Ice
  • Tombstone vs Crackers 'N' Smash vs Warhead
  • Creepy Crawlies vs Magnetar vs Double Dutch
  • Big Nipper vs Parallax vs Crazy Coupe 88
  • Overhaul vs Mega Tento vs Bucktooth Burl
  • Ms Nightshade vs Crank-E vs Son of Wyachi
  • Tauron vs TMHWK vs Dantomkia
  • The Four Horsemen vs Thor vs Rusty
  • Thermidor 2 vs Chompalot vs Sub Zero
  • Vulture vs Foxic vs Trolley Rage
  • Bale Spear vs Bucky the Robot vs Captain Shredderator
  • Wyrm vs Donald Thump vs Huge

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44: Captain Phasma's Dildo
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Battlebots, Bugglebots, and Buh-SpaceX.

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43: Nut From Outside
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42: Action Castle
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Ryan and Sam get together with some friends for this Christmas Special.

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41: In A Nutshell
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A champion is crowned, Ryan is spoiled, and Sam finds his smoking gun.

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40: Just South of Henley
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39: Coleslaw, But Worse
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Sam and Ryan rewrite the rumble rules, discover the true meaning of 'strength of schedule', and create an entirely new class of weapon.

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38: Mumblephobia
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Sam works at the cutting edge of robot construction, Ryan poorly defines drums, and Jellyfish wins a fight.

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37: Ctrl+Shift+N
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