Follow upRyan got things wrongBulky feeder wedges aren’t all that common on HW drumsXiake and Spin Doctor are rare exceptionsVanquish appears set to appear again this seasonFront Matter: technology is bad editionElon Musk vs the pressElon doesn’t like criticismElon wants us to rank press outlets: 1, 2, 3Amazon Echo privacy failureChurch of England’s prayer featureApple ejected Sam’s favourite appBattlebots, Episode 3Another very good episodeOverhaul vs SawblazeOverhaulSam thinks Overhaul is uglyMany invisible improvements to Overhaul, as chronicled in Charles Guan’s superb build-logSawBlazeGreen flames!A saw!Trash talk!Sawblaze’s saw really, really worksWhere does Overhul fit within the meta?Decent anti-spinner setupsWhiplash vs HypothermiaWhiplashVersatile weapon rather than a particularly powerful weaponHypothermiaVery neat lifter mechanismOption of a much more defensive ploughPosibly more robust than this fight would make it seemWonderful overhead hits from WhiplashFour Horsemen vs Double Jeopardy vs Gamma 9Four HorsemenFrom Ian Watts and the team that created The Swarm and The GrubsDouble JeopardyFrom the team that brought us the unreasonably robust and effective Troublemaker at Robogames, among other machines.The quick build means the weapon is much heavier than it could potentially be, hence the very weak armourGamma 9From the team that brought us the largely ineffective but uneniably creative walker GammatronThe dome is an aesthetic throwback to the original machinesDouble Jeopardy’s AMA revealed that the cannon did serious damage to Gamma 9Judges’ decision shenanigensWas it a knockout for Gamma 9?Under Battlebots’ double knockout rules, this fight goes to the judges anyway as it lasted more than 60 secondsWarHawk vs Axe BackwardsWarhawkA standard but well excecuted spinner designAxe BackwardsFull. Body. Drum.Extremely robust drumLess robust everythng elseSam doesn’t understand the cultural importance of the primary weapon memeNuts 3 for Battlebots 2019?#NutsAcrossThePondHypershock vs BiteforceHypershockPossibly the best looking robot ever madeRock ship from FTLHypershock toy when?BiteforceStill an unispiring design, but immensely powerfulFaruq jingle when?Hypershock evidently in trouble from the very startEM driveP H Y S I C SGood explanations of EM drive are hard to findRyan is wrong about the device being open endedBonus after aftershow
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