Front matterWe’re building for BugglebotsWe should probably also apply at some point…It’s not Split Decision. We have plans for Split Decision. Awful, disgusting plansBuilding robots is hardHDPE is meltyHello There! The prequel-meme-themed bidirectional axebot that nobody asked forWe’ve been guesting on Roasting RobotsMaximum Uncanny ValleyHoly Copyright Infringement, Batman!The Razer of BattlebotsBattlebots Season 4 confirmedSpinnerproof: bringing you the big, breaking news since 2017RTNCTISome follow-upApollo vs Cobra kinda happenedCobra vs Behemoth vs Eruption…vs HobgoblinPhoton Storm is not, as far as we can tell at least, a former UK Heavyweight championThe full rules and competitorsHave 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 BattlebotsQualifying: 32 1v1s and 32 3-way melees, feeding into a randomised 64 robot bracketThe result of every bout is decided by the roll of a D7 die.This episode’s fixtures (no spoilers):Heavy Metal vs Chimera vs Free ShippingHypothermia vs Apocalypse vs HypershockAxe Backwards vs Warrior Clan vs DUCK!Red Devil vs Tantrum vs Battle Royale With CheeseIron-Awe 6 vs Bonk vs Infernal ContraptionMeggamouse vs Valkyrie vs JellyfishSkorpios vs Behemoth vs BiteforceThe General vs Radioactive vs Concussion!!!!!!VERY MILD SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!Heavy Metal vs Chimera vs Free ShippingChimera 2: Elwedgetric BoogalooThwackbots and active weapon rulesPhysics corner: for thwackbots which sit flat when inactive, driving ’towards’ the weapon will cause a combination of wheel movement and weapon movement in which the centre of gravity moves upwards.What does Heavy Metal’s weapon do?Potential difficulties for Free Shipping in the RW arena?Hypothermia vs Apocalypse vs HypershockRyan completely disregards the existence of Season 1 HypershockRyan wrote all of his notes on the train to/from a football match. It shows.We forgot to decide which front end Hypothermia is running, but since we repeatedly allude to the wedge they’re running the wedgeAxe Backwards vs Warrior Clan vs DUCK!Warrior ClanDragonAxe Backwards.jpgDUCK!’s strategyRed Devil vs Tantrum vs Battle Royale With CheeseRed Devil’s configurationDo Tantrum and BRWC work?Ryan.exe has stopped workingKenny and Rose.imgYou just listened to a full 50 seconds of Sam attempting to roll a dieIron-Awe 6 vs Bonk vs Infernal ContraptionBonk and The General were hit at pretty much the same time by Carbide: The General lost a wheel but was still twitching, Bonk doesn’t seem to move thereafterTrying to explain Infernal ContraptionMeggamouse vs Valkyrie vs JellyfishBattle of the BiasesSkorpios vs Behemoth vs BiteforceStruggling to judge SkorpiosWhich Behemoth scoop?Funding RTNCTIGround clearancesThe General vs Radioactive vs ConcussionFun fact: The General faced Behemoth (and Carbide and Bonk) in its only RW battleFunner fact: Radioactive barely even beat the ‘ready’ buttonNext episode:The Swarm vs Deathroll vs GeminiKill-E-Krank-E vs Gigabyte vs RAPIDMoebius vs Brutus vs PetuniaGabriel vs Storm 2 vs Tough as NailsPush to Exit vs Overdrive vs HobgoblinGamma 9 vs WAR Hawk vs NightmareBad Kitty vs Cherub vs UltraviolentCounter Revolution vs Sweeney Todd vs CobaltThe rest of the roundCarbide vs DisConstructer vs King B RemixEnd Game vs Eruption vs SawBlazeHigh-5 vs Reality vs SplatterWitch Doctor vs Lucky vs ShockwaveVanquish vs Basilisk vs Black IceTombstone vs Crackers ‘N’ Smash vs WarheadCreepy Crawlies vs Magnetar vs Double DutchBig Nipper vs Parallax vs Crazy Coupe 88Overhaul vs Mega Tento vs Bucktooth BurlMs Nightshade vs Crank-E vs Son of WyachiTauron vs TMHWK vs DantomkiaThe Four Horsemen vs Thor vs RustyThermidor 2 vs Chompalot vs Sub ZeroVulture vs Foxic vs Trolley RageBale Spear vs Bucky the Robot vs Captain ShredderatorWyrm vs Donald Thump vs Huge
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