66: A Hill To Die On

January 11, 2020

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Sam and Ryan fight for worst host.

Follow Up
- The Apprentice’s difficulties
- Claws 2’s ailing drive
Front Matter
- Australia
  - There are some misleading size comparison images online involving the size of Australia
    - Australia is roughly 75% the size of the entire USA mainland
  - Australia to New Zealand isn’t quite as far as Sam made out, but it’s still pretty far.
- Spinnerproof on YouTube
  - How do you listen to Spinnerproof (or any other podcasts)?
- Spinnerproof on RoboCast
Bugglebots 2019, Heat 5
- Ryan’s conspiracy theories
- Catalyst vs Miny Spinny mk 2
  - Catalyst
    - Those eyes
    - A quietly well-designed, well-refined machine
  - Mini Spinny mk 2
    - Yet another style of undercutter
    - Another dark horse
- Drizzle vs Wee Woo
  - Sticking
  - All kinds of ridiculous
  - Drizzle
    - It gone done self righted
      - Self righting is really easy and making it do it probably took next to no effort
  - Wee Woo
    - The full fleet
      - Finding the limits of the Wee Woo cluster philosophy
    - Dave Weston’s addition as a driver
  - Watching from the pits
  - Drizzle’s Bugglebots debut
- Bourbon vs Jay
  - Bourbon
    - Super compact
    - A very sturdy wedge
  - Jay
    - Strength in simplicity
    - A classic beginners’ build
    - Fairly compact
    - A very sturdy wedge
  - Jay’s wheelectomy
  - Bourbon’s drive difficulties
- Jay vs Wee Woo vs Catalyst
  - A fight between 3 robots
  - Effusing over spinner Wee
    - Managing the ceiling count
  - Catalyst out-bricking the brick
  - Strategic non-engagement
- Mini Spinny mk 2 vs Bourbon
  - Return of the speeeeeeeed
  - Casually wanting some more
- Drizzle vs Jay
  - Watching with a restricted view
  - Close to a double KO
  - Does Drizzle win this as a wedge?
    - Robonerd rumble
      - Jay struggles to push Hello There! (which is only running 2WD)
      - Drizzle happily scoops up Hello There! and pushes it
  - Potential for a double KO?
  - Unexpected mathematics
- Mini Spinny mk 2 vs Jay
  - Perfect box-rush evasion
  - Actual wedging
    - Yet a swift demise
- The grand final lineup
  - The overall success of less extreme spinner designs
    - Homogeneity, with variety
- The rumbles
  - Yes