48: The Subtle Wedge

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
    • Maximum Uncanny Valley
    • Holy Copyright Infringement, Batman!
    • The Razer of Battlebots
  • 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