49: InvMech

May 7, 2019

Ryan forgets how series 10 worked, weapon ideas are turned on their side, and a new word enters the robot combat lexicon.

Follow up
- Behemoth and the axe
  - Probably lacked the power to make a difference
  - We won't need to remember this for future
- Heavy Metal's wheels
  - A potential do-over?
Front matter
- Robot naming gripes
  - ~~Saw~~Blaze
  - Cobalt 2.0
    - Correct robot name versioning - coming soon
- Bugglebots
  - We're in!
  - The current state of Hello There!
    - This episode was recorded April 26th 2019, and since recording we've finished the drive and one front end too
    - Hammer or axe?
    - It now self rights. We are invincible.
  - Going dark?
  - Robot building > podcasting
    - It sucks to be making less regular episodes, but Bugglebots is TOTALLY worth it
    - Battlebots coverage?
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 randomised 64 robot bracket
  - The result of every bout is decided by the roll of a D7 die.
- This episode's fixtures (no spoilers):
  - 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
- !!!!!!VERY MILD SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!
  - The Swarm vs Deathroll vs Gemini
    - Which parts of The Swarm?
      - It turns out there really were two Skyes
        
        Pull yourself together Ryan, they look nothing alike.
    - Great White and Deathroll
      - Invader is essentially Megabyte, not Moebius
  - Kill-E-Krank-E vs Gigabyte vs RAPID
    - RAPID didn't fight Apex, Ryan clearly doesn't remember how Series 10 worked
    - Flipping a full-body spinner
  - Moebius vs Brutus vs Petunia
    - Original Brutus
    - Petunia's difficulties against vertical spinners
    - Brutus' top armour
  - Gabriel (2) vs Storm 2 vs Tough as Nails
    - Storm 2 running the 4-bar lifter
    - Gabriel running the big ol' sword
    - How do hammers work?
    - (mis-)remembering the Gabriel vs Carbide vs Big Nipper melee
  - Push to Exit vs Overdrive vs Hobgoblin
    - Most recent versions of Push to Exit and Hobgoblin
    - 4WD lifter version of Overdrive
      - Ryan's notes are still terrible
    - Ryan almost remembers how Series 10 worked
      - But that trailer was pretty much pure hype
  - Gamma 9 vs WAR Hawk vs Nightmare
    - Nightmare's ~~SRiMech~~ InvMech
    - The true power of Nightmare?
  - Bad Kitty vs Cherub vs Ultraviolent
    - Bad Kitty's bold aesthetic
    - How does a robot lose to Black Ice?
  - Counter Revolution vs Sweeney Todd vs Cobalt
    - Degrees of sillyness
Next episode:
- 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
The rest of the round
- 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