• Front Matter
  • Robonerd 2019
    • We went
    • We recorded basically nothing
    • Sam was horrifically injured
    • Hello There!, Split Decision, and Tropical Storm Phil v0.3 all fighting
      • Hello There! ~~dominating~~ participating in the ‘Content Creators’ Rumble
      • We have no new footage of Split Decision so here’s a Gabriel fight
      • TSP’s noble death
• Battlebots 2019
  • Episode 11
    • Live commentary track
      • Spinnerproof Bonus feed
    • DUCK! vs Quantum
      • Sam was right
      • Ryan was biased
      • DUCK!‘s lack of KO potential
        • Old weapon vs new weapon
          • Lack of non-invertible robots
            • Ryan counts six competitors which aren’t invertible and have no way to self right:
              • Captain Shredderator, Daisycutter, Deep Six, Kingpin, Shellshock, SOW,
              • Plus four with questionable self righting ability/invertibility
                • Cobalt, End Game, Bombshell, Mammoth
      • DUCK!‘s lack of being-KO’d potential
    • Blacksmith vs Captain Shrederator
      • Ryan is unintentionally meaner than he means to be
      • Sam was right
      • Modifications/configurations
        • Blacksmith’s wedge
        • Shrederator’s fally-offy teeth
        • Shrederator’s sticky-uppy teeth
      • A lengthy debate about how to judge damage to a spinner
        • If a butterfly flaps its wings and Shrederator’s weapon stops working, does Blacksmith get the damage points?
        • A robot being damaged != damage points for the opponent
    • Tombstone vs Gruff
      • A very lengthy (~20 minute) ~~debate~~ monologue about how to judge the aggression of a spinner (and the definition of aggression)
        • Clarification re: ‘severity’ - the 3 judging categories are supposed to be totally separate, so the term ‘forcefulness’ being used is surprising and confusing since force should equate to damage
          • For this reason, it makes more sense (to Ryan) for the term ‘forcefulness’, in this context, to refer to how the attack is carried out rather than its effect
            • By this definition, it makes sense to think of ‘severity’ in terms of whether an attack could have been carried out MORE forcefully
        • Clarification re: ‘boldness’ - Ryan latched onto a single phrase a little too hard here: risking damage to a weapon by using it is considered more bold than an attack with something else (eg a wedge) which is less likely to be damaged.
          • This feels like it crosses over weirdly with the later clause about not using a weapon. Its ‘double damage’ against wedges, and that sucks.
      • A less lengthy discussion about how to judge superficial damage
      • A lengthy debate about how to judge damage to a spinner
    • End Game vs Cobalt
      • A welcome reminder of End Game’s power
      • ~~Plowless~~ Wedgeless Cobalt
      • Cobalt’s disappointing record?
  • Episode 12
    • The sports equivalent of a bottle episode?
      • Short, one sides fights and lengthy, unsatisfying cripple fights
      • Fluffy button-pressing montage
      • Highlighted fights
        • Double Jeopardy’s ‘miss’ on Lucky
    • Shatter! vs Minotaur
      • We love Shatter!
        • We always talk about Shatter!
      • Designs which could benefit from omnidirectional drive
        • Horizontal spinner: Sluggo
        • Wedge: Alcoholic Stepfather
      • How did Shatter! die?
    • Witch Doctor vs Gigabyte
      • A little bit more than ‘one big hit’
      • Dodgy physics alert
    • Bronco vs HUGE
      • TYRES!!
      • Bronco’s top armour choice
        • Defensive driving
      • Bronco’s reputation and the team’s status
        • Sam’s point makes complete sense
  • Looking ahead to the top 16
    • Everybody with 3 or more wins is likely in - even Minotaur
    • Potential for episode 14 to feature 2-2 teams fighting for the last place/places