32: Yesterday's News, Today

June 17, 2018

Sam and Ryan attempt to catch up with the Battlebots airing schedule, but get distracted by sourdough, wedges, and grammar.

Battlebots Episode 4
- Classic Battlebots footage in the intro
- Red Devil vs Monsoon
  - Is Monsoon among the most energetic spinners?
  - Nightmare vs Slamjob
  - Split decision watch: Part 1
    - Final 16 selection 'process'
      - Judge's scores seem to be 1/40 of the full picture.
- Lucky vs Skorpips
  - The efficacy of saws
  - The rarity of flippers
    - Weird wedglets?
      - What is a wedge?
  - What killed Lucky?
    - KO?
- Battle Royale With Cheese vs Tantrum
  - Schedule shuffling and re-shooting fights
- Lockjaw vs End Game
  - Did End Game hold back?
  - Flipper/Grabber option
- Tombstone vs Gigabyte
  - Could have gone either way. Could have.
  - Anticklockwise spinner vs clockwise spinner
  - RDC explain the issue which caused the shell to detatch
  - Sportsmanship
Battlebots Episode 5
- HUGE intro there!
- Free Shipping vs _huge
  - Free Shipping with the modified forks
    - HUGE immediately wecking those forks
  - HUGE team explain why they don't add rubber to the wheels
  - A small lick of fire turning UHMWPE wheels into jelly /s
  - Split decision watch: Part 2
    - The worst one yet?
    - Damage, Agression, Control, & Strategy defined
- Kenny's interviews
- Minotaur vs Hypothermia
  - Extra wheels vs heavier wedge
  - Split decision watch: denied
- Blacksmith vs The X Horsemen
  - Multibot knockout rules
  - The role of armour against hammers
- Son of Wyachi vs Brutus
  - Uneventful?
  - Has SOW become an easy target?
- ICEwave vs Yeti
  - Yeti in defence mode
  - ICEwave tip speed
  - The late hit
  - Sam finds a new button to press
  - Yeti team explain/demonstrate the reciever failure