48: The Subtle Wedge

March 29, 2019

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Sam and Ryan break old rules, argue over new rules, and disappoint their entire following.

Front matter
- We're building for Bugglebots
  - We should probably also apply at some point...
  - It's not Split Decision. We have plans for Split Decision. Awful, disgusting plans
  - Building robots is hard
    - HDPE is melty
  - Hello There! The prequel-meme-themed bidirectional axebot that nobody asked for
- We've been guesting on Roasting Robots
- Battlebots Season 4 confirmed
  - Spinnerproof: bringing you the big, breaking news since 2017
RTNCTI
- Some follow-up
  - Apollo vs Cobra kinda happened
  - Cobra vs Behemoth vs Eruption...vs Hobgoblin
  - Photon Storm is not, as far as we can tell at least, a former UK Heavyweight champion
- 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 randomised 64 robot bracket
  - The result of every bout is decided by the roll of a D7 die.
- This episode's fixtures (no spoilers):
  - 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
- !!!!!!VERY MILD SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!
  - Heavy Metal vs Chimera vs Free Shipping
    - Chimera 2: Elwedgetric Boogaloo
      - Thwackbots and active weapon rules
      - Physics corner: for thwackbots which sit flat when inactive, driving 'towards' the weapon will cause a combination of wheel movement and weapon movement in which the centre of gravity moves upwards.
    - What does Heavy Metal's weapon do?
    - Potential difficulties for Free Shipping in the RW arena?
  - Hypothermia vs Apocalypse vs Hypershock
    - Ryan completely disregards the existence of Season 1 Hypershock
      - Ryan wrote all of his notes on the train to/from a football match. It shows.
    - We forgot to decide which front end Hypothermia is running, but since we repeatedly allude to the wedge they're running the wedge
  - Axe Backwards vs Warrior Clan vs DUCK!
    - Warrior ClanDragon
    - Axe Backwards.jpg
    - DUCK!'s strategy
  - Red Devil vs Tantrum vs Battle Royale With Cheese
    - Red Devil's configuration
    - Do Tantrum and BRWC work?
    - Ryan.exe has stopped working
    - Kenny and Rose.img
    - You just listened to a full 50 seconds of Sam attempting to roll a die
  - Iron-Awe 6 vs Bonk vs Infernal Contraption
    - Bonk and The General were hit at pretty much the same time by Carbide: The General lost a wheel but was still twitching, Bonk doesn't seem to move thereafter
    - Trying to explain Infernal Contraption
  - Meggamouse vs Valkyrie vs Jellyfish
    - Battle of the Biases
  - Skorpios vs Behemoth vs Biteforce
    - Struggling to judge Skorpios
    - Which Behemoth scoop?
    - Funding RTNCTI
    - Ground clearances
  - The General vs Radioactive vs Concussion
    - Fun fact: The General faced Behemoth (and Carbide and Bonk) in its only RW battle
    - Funner fact: Radioactive barely even beat the 'ready' button
Next episode:
- 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
The rest of the round
- 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