Spinnerproof

49: InvMech


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  • Follow up
    • Behemoth and the axe
      • Probably lacked the power to make a difference
      • We won’t need to remember this for future
      • Heavy Metal’s wheels
        • A potential do-over?
        • Front matter
          • Robot naming gripes
            • SawBlaze
            • Cobalt 2.0
              • Correct robot name versioning - coming soon
              • Bugglebots
                • We’re in!
                • The current state of Hello There!
                  • This episode was recorded April 26th 2019, and since recording we’ve finished the drive and one front end too
                  • Hammer or axe?
                  • It now self rights. We are invincible.
                  • Going dark?
                  • Robot building > podcasting
                    • It sucks to be making less regular episodes, but Bugglebots is TOTALLY worth it
                    • Battlebots coverage?
                    • RTNCTI
                      • The full rules and competitors
                        • Have 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 Battlebots
                          • Qualifying: 32 1v1s and 32 3-way melees, feeding into a randomised 64 robot bracket
                          • The result of every bout is decided by the roll of a D7 die.
                          • This episode’s fixtures (no spoilers):
                            • The Swarm vs Deathroll vs Gemini
                            • Kill-E-Krank-E vs Gigabyte vs RAPID
                            • Moebius vs Brutus vs Petunia
                            • Gabriel vs Storm 2 vs Tough as Nails
                            • Push to Exit vs Overdrive vs Hobgoblin
                            • Gamma 9 vs WAR Hawk vs Nightmare
                            • Bad Kitty vs Cherub vs Ultraviolent
                            • Counter Revolution vs Sweeney Todd vs Cobalt
                            • !!!!!!VERY MILD SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!
                              • The Swarm vs Deathroll vs Gemini
                                • Which parts of The Swarm?
                                  • It turns out there really were two Skyes
                                    • Pull yourself together Ryan, they look nothing alike.
                                    • Great White and Deathroll
                                      • Invader is essentially Megabyte, not Moebius
                                      • Kill-E-Krank-E vs Gigabyte vs RAPID
                                        • RAPID didn’t fight Apex, Ryan clearly doesn’t remember how Series 10 worked
                                        • Flipping a full-body spinner
                                        • Moebius vs Brutus vs Petunia
                                          • Original Brutus
                                          • Petunia’s difficulties against vertical spinners
                                          • Brutus’ top armour
                                          • Gabriel (2) vs Storm 2 vs Tough as Nails
                                            • Storm 2 running the 4-bar lifter
                                            • Gabriel running the big ol’ sword
                                            • How do hammers work?
                                            • (mis-)remembering the Gabriel vs Carbide vs Big Nipper melee
                                            • Push to Exit vs Overdrive vs Hobgoblin
                                              • Most recent versions of Push to Exit and Hobgoblin
                                              • 4WD lifter version of Overdrive
                                                • Ryan’s notes are still terrible
                                                • Ryan almost remembers how Series 10 worked
                                                  • But that trailer was pretty much pure hype
                                                  • Gamma 9 vs WAR Hawk vs Nightmare
                                                    • Nightmare’s SRiMech InvMech
                                                    • The true power of Nightmare?
                                                    • Bad Kitty vs Cherub vs Ultraviolent
                                                      • Bad Kitty’s bold aesthetic
                                                      • How does a robot lose to Black Ice?
                                                      • Counter Revolution vs Sweeney Todd vs Cobalt
                                                        • Degrees of sillyness
                                                        • Next episode:
                                                          • Carbide vs DisConstructer vs King B Remix
                                                          • End Game vs Eruption vs SawBlaze
                                                          • High-5 vs Reality vs Splatter
                                                          • Witch Doctor vs Lucky vs Shockwave
                                                          • Vanquish vs Basilisk vs Black Ice
                                                          • Tombstone vs Crackers ‘N’ Smash vs Warhead
                                                          • Creepy Crawlies vs Magnetar vs Double Dutch
                                                          • Big Nipper vs Parallax vs Crazy Coupe 88
                                                          • The rest of the round
                                                            • Overhaul vs Mega Tento vs Bucktooth Burl
                                                            • Ms Nightshade vs Crank-E vs Son of Wyachi
                                                            • Tauron vs TMHWK vs Dantomkia
                                                            • The Four Horsemen vs Thor vs Rusty
                                                            • Thermidor 2 vs Chompalot vs Sub Zero
                                                            • Vulture vs Foxic vs Trolley Rage
                                                            • Bale Spear vs Bucky the Robot vs Captain Shredderator
                                                            • Wyrm vs Donald Thump vs Huge
                                                            • ...more
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                                                              SpinnerproofBy Sam Hutchins and Ryan Bratley

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