76: Be Less Nice

May 21, 2020

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Fantasy sports, but very real upsets.

Front matter
- Spinnerproof on youtube
  - Don’t use it. Listen a better way.
  - New episodes will go up, but might lag slightly behind traditional uploads
  - r/agedlikemilk
- Good Robottal’s latest RA2 expansion pack stuff thing
  - Hello There is overpowered in relation to other non-spinners
    - There are also other robots
RTNCTI
- A reminder of the rules
- This episode’s fixtures (no spoilers)
  - Chomp vs WAR Hawk
  - Lycan vs TR2
  - Tombstone vs Reality
  - Monsoon vs Captain Shrederator
  - Overhaul vs Bronco
  - Basilisk vs Whiplash
  - Expulsion (S10) vs Carbide (S10)
  - Supernova (S9) vs Eruption (S10)
- !!!!!!VERY MILD SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!
  - Chomp vs WAR Hawk
    - Chomp
      - Highly sensitive to the specifics of the matchup
      - Highly unlikely to be KO’d through damage
    - WAR Hawk
      - Important bits exposed from above
        
        Weapon Motor
        
        Drive chains
    - Balancing biases
    - Trying to work through various judging permutations
      - Trying to remember what we do about judging
  - Lycan vs TR2
    - Lycan
      - A ‘control bot’
    - TR2
      - One of the best records, if not the best record, in modern Robot Wars
  - Tombstone vs Reality
    - Tombstone
      - Exists
    - Reality
      - Tanky in a way which may or may not be useful
      - Ominous
        
        Wajoo is scary
  - Monsoon vs Captain Shrederator
    - Monsoon
      - Tauron, but excellent
    - Captain Shrederator
      - A rich history
        
        Phrisbee first ran in 2001
      - An upsetting record
    - Impact of shell choice for Shrederator
    - Weapon-to-weapon impacts
  - Overhaul vs Bronco
    - Overhaul
      - Almost entirely unable to actively win this fight
    - Bronco
      - Unexpected versioning!
  - Basilisk vs Whiplash
    - Basilisk
      - Should it even be here?
        
        Does it matter?
    - Whiplash
      - Exists
  - Expulsion (S10) vs Carbide (S10)
    - Expulsion
      - Failing to self right in the most upsetting of ways
      - Might take the hits, but will still suffer
      - Beat Pulsar to get here
    - Carbide
      - Versions combined
  - Supernova (S9) vs Eruption (S10)
    - Supernova
      - A competent horizontal
    - Eruption
      - Struggles against horizontals, possibly because those horizontals are usually Carbide
      - Wants an OOTA but will struggle to get that here
The rest of the round
- PP3D vs Nuts 2 (S10)
- The Four Horsemen vs Sharkoprion
- Overdrive (2015) vs Beast
- Minotaur (2018) vs Brutus (2016)
- Vulture vs Iron-Awe 6
- RAPID (S10) vs Subzero
- Invader vs Witch Doctor (2018)
- Razorback (2016) vs Complete Control (2016)
- Magnetar vs Hypothermia
- Cherub vs Beta
- Double Jeopardy vs DUCK!
- Crushtacean vs SOW
- Biteforce (2018) vs Plan X
- Photon Storm vs RotatoR
- Storm 2 vs Sabretooth (S9)
- Free Shipping vs Bombshell (2016)